January 24

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (342 in leap years).

Events

• 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor
• 661 - Ali ibn Abu Talib, caliph of Islam (656-61), was murdered. Caliph Ali, son-in-law of Muhammad, was assassinated and his followers (Shiites) broke from the majority Muslim group.
• 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.
• 1458 – Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.
• 1624 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
• 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
• 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth I of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)
• 1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
• 1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
• 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
• 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully-fledged university in South Asia.
• 1859 – Political and state union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as Domnitor in both Principalities.
• 1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania.
• 1878 – The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 1911 – Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku is hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice.
• 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS)
• 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
• 1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• 1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
• 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
• 1947 – Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• 1961 – 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa
• 1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
• 1977 – Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
• 1978 – Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.
• 1986 – Voyager 2 passes within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus.
• 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
• 1993 – Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
• 1996 – Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
• 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
• 2009 – The storm Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
• 2011 – At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.
• 2014 – Three bombs explode in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about 7 people and injuring over 100 others.
• 2014 – The Philippines and the Bangsamoro agree to a peace deal that would help end the 45-year conflict.

Births

• 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)
• 1287 – Richard de Bury, English bishop (d. 1345)
• 1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (d. 1476)
• 1540 – Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr (d. 1581)
• 1638 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)
• 1670 – William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)
• 1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
• 1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754)
• 1705 – Farinelli, Italian singer (d. 1782)
• 1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organ builder (d. 1779)
• 1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (d. 1786)
• 1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)
• 1742 – Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808)
• 1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792)
• 1752 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
• 1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)
• 1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
• 1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist and author (d. 1822)
• 1779 – Elizabeth Alexeievna, German wife of Alexander I of Russia (d. 1826)
• 1841 – Robert Williams, American archer (d. 1914)
• 1843 – Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
• 1862 – Edith Wharton, American author (d. 1937)
• 1864 – Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)
• 1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 1920)
• 1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
• 1872 – Ethel Turner, Australian author (d. 1958)
• 1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist (d. 1961)
• 1883 – Philip Schuster, American gymnast (d. 1926)
• 1886 – Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian author (d. 1960)
• 1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958)
• 1889 – Charles Hawes, American author (d. 1923)
• 1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)
• 1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
• 1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
• 1901 – Edward Turner, English motorcycle designer (d. 1973)
• 1902 – E. A. Speiser, American scholar (d. 1965)
• 1905 – J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)
• 1907 – Tuts Washington, American pianist (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (d. 2005)
• 1909 – Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Doris Haddock, American activist (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)
• 1912 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Norman Dello Joio, American composer (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
• 1916 – Jack Brickhouse, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan politician, 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Coleman Francis, American director (d. 1973)
• 1920 – Jerry Maren, American actor
• 1922 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter and director (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Joe Albany, American pianist (d. 1988)
• 1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, Scottish chief (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
• 1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor
• 1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter
• 1930 – Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010)
• 1930 – John Romita, Sr., American illustrator
• 1931 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984)
• 1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Jaan Puhvel, Estonian-American linguist and mythographer
• 1933 – Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Ann Cole, American singer (d. 1986)
• 1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet (d. 1976)
• 1935 – Eric Ashton, English rugby player (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Bamber Gascoigne, English television host and author
• 1936 – William Bogert, American actor
• 1936 – Doug Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1936 – Bobby Wellins, Scottish saxophonist
• 1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Joachim Gauck, German politician, 11th President of Germany
• 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer (Neville Brothers)
• 1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Gary K. Wolf, American author and humorist
• 1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Julie Bennett, American voice actress
• 1943 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Peter Struck, German politician (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Sharon Tate, American actress (d. 1969)
• 1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver
• 1944 – David Gerrold, American author and screenwriter
• 1944 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1983)
• 1945 – D. Todd Christofferson, American religious leader
• 1945 – John Garamendi, American politician, 46th Lieutenant Governor of California
• 1946 – Haji, Canadian-American actress (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
• 1947 – Michio Kaku, Japanese-American physicist
• 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
• 1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (Hindu Love Gods and lyme and cybelle) (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Michael Des Barres, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Power Station, Silverhead, and Detective)
• 1949 – John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor
• 1950 – Gennifer Flowers, American actress and model
• 1950 – Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-American author and scholar
• 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
• 1953 – Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
• 1953 – Bruce Jones, English actor
• 1953 – Tim Stoddard, American baseball player
• 1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1955 – Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
• 1956 – Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer and actress (Bobbysocks)
• 1956 – Lounès Matoub, Algerian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1956 – Jack Neo, Singaporean actor and director
• 1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player
• 1957 – Ade Edmondson, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Bad Shepherds)
• 1958 – Neil Allen, American baseball player
• 1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist (Squeeze and Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra)
• 1959 – Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler
• 1959 – David Mills, American author
• 1959 – Vic Reeves, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1960 – Rick Leventhal, American journalist
• 1960 – Mária Bajzek Lukács, Hungarian author and educator
• 1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer
• 1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress
• 1961 – Vince Russo, American wrestling manager and journalist
• 1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian horse racer
• 1962 – Sly Bailey, English businesswoman
• 1962 – Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
• 1963 – Martyn Grimley, English field hockey player
• 1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
• 1965 – Mike Awesome, American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1966 – Jimeoin, Irish comedian and actor
• 1967 – Mark Kozelek, American singer-songwriter and producer (Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon)
• 1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor
• 1967 – John Myung, American bass player (Dream Theater, Platypus, The Jelly Jam, and Explorers Club)
• 1968 – Robert Chote, English economist
• 1968 – Michael Kiske, German singer-songwriter (Helloween, Unisonic, Place Vendome, and Kiske/Somerville)
• 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast
• 1969 – Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor
• 1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Cory Bailey, American baseball player
• 1972 – Daniel Kawczynski, Polish-born British politician
• 1972 – Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer
• 1972 – Daan Schuurmans, Dutch actor
• 1972 – Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian martial artist and politician
• 1973 – Eero Endjärv, Estonian architect
• 1974 – Ed Helms, American actor
• 1975 – Isobel Cooper, English soprano
• 1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer
• 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
• 1976 – Olga Vymetálková, Czech tennis player
• 1977 – Kensuke Kita, Japanese singer and guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
• 1977 – Johann Urb, Estonian-American actor, producer, and model
• 1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress and author
• 1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• 1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
• 1979 – Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat and daredevil
• 1980 – Rocky Boiman, American football player
• 1980 – Yamandu Costa, Brazilian guitarist and composer
• 1980 – Nicole Marie Lenz, American model and actress
• 1980 – Rebecca Romero, English cyclist and rower
• 1981 – Travis Hanson, American baseball player
• 1981 – Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player
• 1982 – Fiona Xie, Singaporean actress
• 1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Diane Birch, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
• 1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver
• 1984 – Jay Briscoe, American wrestler
• 1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
• 1984 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Josie Gibson, English television personality, contestant on Big Brother UK
• 1986 – Vieirinha, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress
• 1986 – Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
• 1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer
• 1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer
• 1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1988 – Jade Ewen, English singer-songwriter and actress (Sugababes)
• 1989 – Samba Diakité, Malian footballer
• 1989 – Calvin Goldspink, English singer and actor (S Club 8)
• 1989 – Ki Sung-Yueng, South Korean footballer
• 1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Artjom Artjunin, Estonian footballer
• 1992 – Becky Downie, British gymnast
• 1994 – Youngjae, South Korean singer (B.A.P)
• 1995 – Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
• 1997 – Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1997 – Samantha Yeo, Singaporean swimmer
• 2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark

Deaths

• 41 – Caligula, Roman emperor (b. 12)
• 1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
• 1366 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)
• 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306)
• 1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (b. 1410)
• 1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)
• 1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
• 1639 – Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss politician (b. 1596)
• 1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (b. 1588)
• 1709 – George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
• 1769 – François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)
• 1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)
• 1882 – Levi Boone, American politician, 17th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)
• 1883 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician (b. 1849)
• 1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1867)
• 1918 – George Arthur Crump, American architect, designed the Pine Valley Golf Club (b. 1871)
• 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1924 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (b. 1853)
• 1924 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
• 1932 – Alfred Yarrow, English businessman, founded Yarrow Shipbuilders (b. 1842)
• 1936 – Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873)
• 1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician (b. 1867)
• 1943 – John Burns, English union leader and politician (b. 1858)
• 1948 – Maria Mandel, Austrian SS officer (b. 1912)
• 1955 – Ira Hayes, American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (b. 1923)
• 1955 – Henry Potter, American golfer (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Arthur Murray Chisholm, American author (b. 1872)
• 1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 – André Lhote, French painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 – Stanley Lord, English captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909)
• 1969 – Saud of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1970 – Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891)
• 1971 – Bill W., American activist, co-founded of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1973 – Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (b. 1949)
• 1975 – Larry Fine, American actor and singer (b. 1902)
• 1978 – Herta Oberheuser, German physician (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Lil Dagover, Dutch-German actress (b. 1887)
• 1981 – Orville Brown, American wrestler (b. 1908)
• 1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
• 1983 – George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)
• 1986 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1988 – Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1989 – George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
• 1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1990 – Kevin James, American porn actor (b. 1954)
• 1991 – John M. Kelly, Irish academic and politician (b. 1931)
• 1991 – Jack Schaefer, American author (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1992 – Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
• 1993 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 – Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
• 1993 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (b. 1942)
• 1994 – Yves Navarre, French author (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Dr. Jerry Graham, American wrestler (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Walter D. Edmonds, American author (b. 1903)
• 2000 – Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler (b. 1965)
• 2002 – Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
• 2005 – June Bronhill, Australian soprano (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Volodymyr Ivanovych Savchenko, Ukrainian author (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Chalkie White, English rugby player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
• 2006 – Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1970)
• 2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican soldier (b. 1891)
• 2008 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Randy Salerno, American journalist (b. 1963)
• 2009 – Gérard Blanc, French singer and guitarist (b. 1947)
• 2009 – Reg Gutteridge, English sportscaster (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Kay Yow, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor and singer (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian singer (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Gerry Ortega, Filipino environmentalist, journalist, and politician (b. 1963)
• 2012 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director and producer (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Sukumar Azhikode, Indian author and critic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938)
• 2012 – J. Joseph Garrahy, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Vadim Glowna, German actor and director (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (b. 1897)
• 2012 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Stig Sæterbakken, Norwegian author (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Althea Wynne, English sculptor and educator (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Khuseyn Gakayev, Russian commander (b. 1970)
• 2013 – Dave Harper, English footballer (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1959)
• 2013 – Gottfried Landwehr, German physicist (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Barbara Leonard, American politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Jim Line, American basketball player (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Umashanker Singh, Indian politician (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Richard G. Stern, American author and educator (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Harry Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Jim Wallwork, English sergeant and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Shulamit Aloni, Israeli politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Igor Badamshin, Russian skier (b. 1966)
• 2014 – Curt Brasket, American chess player (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Lisa Daniely, English actress (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Abdelkader El Brazi, Moroccan footballer (b. 1964)
• 2014 – Boyd Oxlade, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Maren-Sofie Røstvig, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Cadoc (Wales)
  • Francis de Sales
  • January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Li Tim-Oi (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • St. Timothy and St. Titus, Apostolic men, (commemoration, Anglicanism)
• Earliest day on which Saturday of Souls can fall, while February 27 (or 28 during Leap Year) is the latest; observed 57 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox)
• Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:
  • Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)
• First day of the Sementivae, in honor of Ceres and Terra (Roman Empire)
• Unification Day (Romania)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada