January 9

January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of the year (357 in leap years).

Events

• 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
• 1127 – Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty.
• 1150 – Prince Hailing of Jin and other court officials murder Emperor Xizong of Jin. Hailing succeeds him as emperor.
• 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
• 1431 – Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
• 1760 – Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• 1768 – In London, England, Great Britain, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
• 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
• 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
• 1822 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
• 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake strikes California, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
• 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
• 1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 1880 – The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high winds and heavy snow.
• 1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded.
• 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• 1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1918 – Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1921 – Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 1923 – Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• 1941 – World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
• 1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
• 1945 – World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
• 1947 – Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
• 1960 – President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• 1964 – Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1965 – The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
• 1992 – The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
• 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• 2004 – An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28.
• 2005 – Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to replace Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority. He replaces interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
• 2005 – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
• 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.
• 2011 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
• 2013 – A SeaStreak ferry travelling to lower Manhattan, New York City, crashes into the dock, injuring 85 people.

Births

• 1475 – Crinitus, Italian scholar (d. 1507)
• 1554 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
• 1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French military commander (d. 1621)
• 1589 – Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
• 1622 – Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
• 1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
• 1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
• 1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
• 1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral (d. 1832)
• 1745 – Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
• 1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano (d. 1833)
• 1773 – Cassandra Austen, English painter (d. 1845)
• 1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)
• 1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
• 1819 – James Francis, Australian politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
• 1822 – Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (d. 1896)
• 1823 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
• 1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
• 1829 – Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
• 1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer (d. 1906)
• 1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
• 1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
• 1854 – Lady Randolph Churchill, American-English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill (d. 1921)
• 1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)
• 1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)
• 1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
• 1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian poet (d. 1934)
• 1873 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Harry Spanjer, American boxer (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Arthur Darby, English rugby player (d. 1960)
• 1879 – John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)
• 1881 – Edouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (d. 1904)
• 1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)
• 1889 –Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech author (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
• 1892 – Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Wally Baker, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1898 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
• 1898 – Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Richard Halliburton, American adventurer and author (d. 1939)
• 1901 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-English opera manager (d. 1997)
• 1902 – Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Anthony Mamo, Maltese politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest (d. 1992)
• 1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer, actress, and author (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Richard Nixon, American politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Clive Dunn, English actor, singer, and author (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)
• 1924 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Len Quested, English footballer (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Jani Christou, Egyptian-Greek composer (d. 1970)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Judith Krantz, American author
• 1928 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director
• 1929 – Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Dorothea Puente, American murderer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Robert García, American politician
• 1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author
• 1934 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Bart Starr, American football player and coach
• 1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
• 1935 – Earl G. Graves, Sr., American businessman and publisher, founded Black Enterprise Magazine
• 1935 – Brian Harradine, Australian politician
• 1936 – Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian politician
• 1938 – Claudette Boyer, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator
• 1938 – Stuart Woods, American author
• 1939 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Rik Kemp, Australian cartoonist
• 1939 – Susannah York, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Al Downing, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician, 151st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 1941 – Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 1942 – K Callan, American actress
• 1942 – John Dunning, American author
• 1942 – Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman
• 1942 – Judy Malloy, American poet
• 1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author
• 1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
• 1943 – Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Walker Brothers)
• 1943 – Jerry Yester, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Modern Folk Quartet, The Lovin' Spoonful, and The New Christy Minstrels)
• 1944 – Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, The Firm, and XYZ)
• 1945 – John Doman, American actor
• 1946 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician
• 1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American painter
• 1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (The Honkettes) (d. 1977)
• 1950 – David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (New York Dolls)
• 1950 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (Ton Steine Scherben) (d. 1996)
• 1951 – M. L. Carr, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 – Hugh Bayley, English politician
• 1952 – Mike Capuano, American politician
• 1953 – Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist
• 1953 – Morris Gleitzman, English-Australian author
• 1954 – Philippa Gregory, English author
• 1955 – Michiko Kakutani, American critic
• 1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
• 1956 – Kimberly Beck, American actress
• 1956 – Imelda Staunton, English actress
• 1956 – Mike Walczewski, American announcer
• 1957 – Bibie, Ghanaian singer
• 1957 – Yury Bandazhevsky, Belarusian scientist
• 1957 – Phil Lewis, American singer-songwriter (L.A. Guns, Girl, New Torpedos, and Tormé)
• 1958 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish murderer
• 1958 – Stephen Neale, English philosopher
• 1959 – Mark Martin, American race car driver
• 1959 – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1959 – Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1961 – Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 – Al Jean, American screenwriter and producer
• 1963 – Michael Everson, American-Irish linguist
• 1964 – Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player
• 1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer
• 1965 – Darren Bennett, Australian-American football player
• 1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
• 1965 – Iain Dowie, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1965 – Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Hole, RRIICCEE, and Rodney & the Tube Tops)
• 1965 – Joely Richardson, English actress
• 1965 – Farah Khan, Indian director, actress, and choreographer
• 1966 – Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
• 1966 – Candi Milo, American voice actress and singer
• 1967 – Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fuel)
• 1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
• 1967 – Steve Harwell, American singer-songwriter (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 – Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Dave Matthews Band and Dave Matthews & Friends)
• 1967 – Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player
• 1968 – Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer
• 1968 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• 1968 – Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
• 1968 – Al Schnier, American guitarist (moe. and Al and the Transamericans)
• 1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer
• 1970 – Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter (Rhapsody Of Fire)
• 1970 – Mia X, American rapper
• 1971 – MF Doom, English-American rapper (Danger Doom, Madvillain, and KMD)
• 1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
• 1971 – Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director and producer
• 1971 – Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
• 1971 – Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Sarah Beeny, English television host
• 1972 – Mat Hoffman, American motocross cyclist
• 1972 – Jay Powell, American baseball player
• 1973 – Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer
• 1974 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1975 – Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1975 – Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
• 1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Simon Gosejohann, German comedian and actor
• 1976 – Todd Grisham, American sportscaster
• 1976 – Hayes Carll, Texas country singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Beth Troutman, American television host
• 1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Chad Johnson, American football player
• 1978 – A. J. McLean, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 1978 – Maggie Rizer, American model, actress, and activist
• 1979 – Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Tomiko Van, Japanese singer and actress (Do As Infinity)
• 1980 – Edgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
• 1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
• 1981 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
• 1982 – Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
• 1982 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• 1982 – Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 – Sharad Malhotra, Indian actor
• 1984 – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 1985 – Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
• 1987 – Sam Bird, English race car driver
• 1987 – Mao Inoue, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1988 – Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
• 1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
• 1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
• 1989 – Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Justin Blackmon, American football player
• 1990 – Oteng Oteng, Batswana boxer
• 1990 – Melissa Ricks, Filipino actress
• 1993 – Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
• 1995 – Nicola Peltz, American actress

Deaths

• 1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)
• 1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
• 1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)
• 1324 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1254)
• 1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
• 1514 – Anna, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1477)
• 1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)
• 1562 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
• 1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French navy officer (b. 1510)
• 1598 – Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)
• 1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
• 1757 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (b. 1657)
• 1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian (b. 1705)
• 1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)
• 1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
• 1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 – Neophytus Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 – Anson Jones, American politician, 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1877 – Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)
• 1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1910 – Nathaniel Moore, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
• 1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Slovene pilot (b. 1886)
• 1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand author (b. 1888)
• 1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German author (b. 1855)
• 1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 – John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1939 – Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (b. 1908)
• 1945 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
• 1947 – Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
• 1958 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Emily Greene Balch, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
• 1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
• 1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 – Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
• 1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1992 – Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
• 1994 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Peter Cook, English comedian and actor (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American author (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
• 2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican sound technician (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
• 2006 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
• 2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French structuralist, historian, and anthropologist (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio hots and producer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
• 2008 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English explorer (b. 1987)
• 2009 – René Herms, German runner (b. 1982)
• 2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Vimcy, Indian journalist (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Alex DeCroce, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Pyotr Vasilevsky, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Brigitte Askonas, English immunologist (b. 1923)
• 2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Sakine Cansız, Turkish activist (b. 1958)
• 2013 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Frank Esposito, American politician, 37th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Jim Godbolt, English historian (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich, English politician (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988)
• 2013 – Jean R. Preston, American politician (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1935)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Adrian of Canterbury
  • Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow
  • January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of the Black Nazarene (Quiapo District, Manila, Philippines)
• Martyrs' Day (Panama)
• Republic Day (Republika Srpska)
• First Agonalia (Roman Empire)

External links

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

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