January 22

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January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 343 days remain until the end of the year (344 in leap years).

Events

• 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
• 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by king Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.
• 1506 – The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
• 1517 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.
• 1555 – The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now present-day Burma.
• 1689 – The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
• 1808 – The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
• 1824 – The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
• 1849 – Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
• 1863 – The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• 1877 – Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
• 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana: Zulu troops decisively defeat British troops.
• 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift: One hundred thirty-nine British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an onslaught by three to four thousand Zulu warriors.
• 1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• 1899 – Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
• 1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• 1905 – Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
• 1906 – SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• 1915 – Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
• 1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• 1919 – Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
• 1924 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• 1941 – World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
• 1944 – World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
• 1946 – In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh is the prime minister.
• 1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
• 1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• 1957 – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1957 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• 1962 – The Organization of American States suspends Cuba's membership.
• 1963 – The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
• 1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
• 1968 – Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
• 1970 – The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
• 1971 – The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
• 1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
• 1973 – The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
• 1973 – A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
• 1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
• 1987 – Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
• 1991 – Persian Gulf War: Three Iraqi Scuds and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.
• 1992 – Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
• 1992 – Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
• 1995 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre: In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
• 1999 – Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
• 2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• 2006 – Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
• 2007 – At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
• 2015 – An explosion near a civilian trolley-bus in Donetsk kills at least thirteen people.

Births

• 826 – Emperor Montoku of Japan (d. 858)
• 1263 – Ibn Taymiyyah, Syirian scholar and theologian (d. 1328)
• 1440 – Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
• 1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)
• 1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)
• 1570 – Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (d. 1631)
• 1592 – Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)
• 1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)
• 1654 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (d. 1729)
• 1690 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
• 1729 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author (d. 1781)
• 1733 – Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer (d. 1796)
• 1740 – Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1809)
• 1781 – François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (d. 1849)
• 1788 – Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)
• 1796 – Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic (d. 1864)
• 1797 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826)
• 1799 – Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician (d. 1852)
• 1802 – Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (d. 1878)
• 1831 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
• 1831 – Joseph Alfred Slade, American businessman (d. 1864)
• 1840 – Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
• 1849 – August Strindberg, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
• 1858 – Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (d. 1943)
• 1865 – Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist (d. 1942)
• 1869 – José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1952)
• 1874 – Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach (d. 1924)
• 1875 – D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
• 1877 – Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager (d. 1923)
• 1879 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d. 1953)
• 1880 – Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1920)
• 1880 – Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1956)
• 1881 – Ira Thomas, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
• 1886 – John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1961)
• 1887 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
• 1889 – Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager (d. 1979)
• 1890 – Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
• 1891 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1937)
• 1892 – Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (d. 1986)
• 1893 – Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1943)
• 1897 – Rosa Ponselle, American operatic soprano (d. 1981)
• 1897 – Dilipkumar Roy, a Bengali Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Ross Barnett, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (d. 1987)
• 1898 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)
• 1898 – Denise Legeay, French actress (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist (d. 1973)
• 1900 – Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1902 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler, coach, and academic (d. 1970)
• 1903 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1966)
• 1904 – George Balanchine, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (d. 1941)
• 1905 – Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (d. 1936)
• 1907 – Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
• 1908 – Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (d. 1965)
• 1909 – Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (d. 2001)
• 1909 – U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)
• 1911 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
• 1913 – Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012)
• 1913 – William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977)
• 1913 – Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
• 1916 – Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977)
• 1920 – Irving Kristol, American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Arno Babajanian, Armenian pianist and composer (d. 1983)
• 1922 – Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (d. 1987)
• 1923 – Diana Douglas, British-American actress (d. 2015)
• 1924 – J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Charles Lisanby, American production designer and art director (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1927 – Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1931 – Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower
• 1932 – Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Piper Laurie, American actress
• 1933 – Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Vijay Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor and director (d. 1993)
• 1934 – Graham Kerr, English chef and author
• 1935 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)
• 1936 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician
• 1937 – Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author
• 1938 – Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author
• 1939 – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
• 1939 – Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
• 1939 – J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout (d. 1994)
• 1940 – John Hurt, English actor
• 1940 – George Seifert, American football player and coach
• 1940 – Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1941 – Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
• 1942 – Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
• 1943 – Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Michael Spicer, English journalist and politician
• 1944 – Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (d. 1974)
• 1944 – Uto Ughi, Italian violinist and conductor
• 1945 – Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Jophery Brown, American baseball player, actor, and stuntman (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Jean-Pierre Nicolas, French race car driver and manager
• 1945 – Christoph Schönborn, Bohemian-Austrian cardinal
• 1945 – Alojz Uran, Slovenian archbishop
• 1946 – Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1947 – Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director
• 1948 – Northern Calloway, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
• 1948 – Gilbert Levine, American conductor and academic
• 1948 – Roger Williams, Welsh politician
• 1949 – Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 – Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 – Paul Bew, Northern Irish historian and academic
• 1950 – Pamela Salem, Indian-English actress
• 1951 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (d. 1989)
• 1951 – Leon Roberts, American baseball player and manager
• 1951 – Steve J. Spears, Australian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 2007)
• 1952 – Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1953 – Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager
• 1953 – Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor
• 1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter
• 1955 – Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1955 – Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
• 1956 – Steve Riley, American drummer
• 1957 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1957 – Brian Dayett, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 – Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
• 1957 – Francis Wheen, English journalist and author
• 1958 – Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
• 1958 – Filiz Koçali, Turkish journalist and politician
• 1959 – Linda Blair, American actress and producer
• 1960 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1961 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
• 1961 – Yang Geum-seok, South Korean actress
• 1962 – Jimmy Herring, American guitarist
• 1962 – Huw Irranca-Davies, Welsh lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director
• 1962 – Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
• 1962 – Sirous Ghayeghran, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
• 1963 – Nicola Duffett, English actress
• 1963 – Javier Ortiz, American baseball player
• 1963 – Andrei Tchmil, Russian-Belgian cyclist and politician
• 1964 – Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer
• 1964 – Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player
• 1965 – Steven Adler, American drummer and songwriter
• 1965 – DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ and producer
• 1965 – Diane Lane, American actress
• 1965 – Andrew Roachford, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1966 – Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1967 – Nick Gillingham, English swimmer
• 1967 – Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1968 – Heath, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1968 – Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and television host
• 1968 – Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor
• 1965 – Andrew Roachford, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1968 – Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
• 1969 – Olivia d'Abo, English-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1969 – Keith Gordon, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 – Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
• 1971 – Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1972 – Terry Hill, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1972 – Gabriel Macht, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan race car driver (d. 1999)
• 1972 – Norberto Téllez, Cuban runner
• 1973 – Larry Birkhead, American photographer
• 1973 – Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 – Cameron McConville, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1974 – Joseph Muscat, Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta
• 1975 – Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
• 1975 – James Murray, English actor
• 1975 – David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – James Dearth, American football player
• 1977 – Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1977 – Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1977 – Anna Linkova, Russian tennis player
• 1977 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
• 1977 – Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Joseph Calleja, Maltese actor
• 1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player
• 1979 – Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician
• 1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
• 1980 – Jake Grove, American football player
• 1981 – Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1981 – Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1981 – Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
• 1981 – Guy Wilks, English race car driver
• 1982 – Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Shaun Cody, American football player
• 1984 – Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Leon Powe, American basketball player
• 1984 – Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
• 1985 – Orianthi, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer
• 1986 – Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
• 1986 – Matt Simon, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
• 1987 – Shane Long, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Ray Rice, American football player
• 1988 – Asher Allen, American football player
• 1988 – Greg Oden, American basketball player
• 1989 – Rūta Gajauskaitė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1989 – RJ Padilla, Filipino actor
• 1989 – Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer
• 1990 – Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
• 1991 – Marcus Canty, American singer and dancer
• 1991 – Stefan Kolb, German footballer
• 1991 – Alex MacDowall, English race car driver
• 1993 – Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (d. 2013)
• 1996 – Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

• 239 – Cao Rui, Chinese emperor (b. 205)
• 1341 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
• 1517 – Hadım Sinan Pasha, Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. ?)
• 1536 – Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
• 1552 – Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500)
• 1575 – James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)
• 1599 – Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
• 1666 – Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592)
• 1750 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
• 1763 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1767 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)
• 1798 – Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)
• 1779 – Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• 1779 – Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
• 1840 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1850 – Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
• 1879 – Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
• 1879 – Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
• 1892 – Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
• 1900 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1901 – Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1921 – George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1922 – Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
• 1922 – Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)
• 1925 – Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 – James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 – R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 – Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 – László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 – William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 – Karl Nessler, German-American hairdresser, invented the Perm (b. 1872)
• 1951 – Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1957 – Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
• 1959 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1964 – Marc Blitzstein American pianist and composer (b. 1905)
• 1966 – Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
• 1967 – Robert Henriques, English farmer and author (b. 1905)
• 1968 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
• 1975 – Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873)
• 1978 – Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894)
• 1978 – Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)
• 1979 – Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
• 1980 – Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1981 – Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
• 1982 – Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1987 – R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939)
• 1989 – S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924)
• 1991 – Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Rhett Forrester, American singer-songwriter (Riot) (b. 1956)
• 1994 – Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1995 – Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (b. 1949)
• 1996 – Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Ron Holden, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1997 – Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 1997 – Wally Whyton, English singer-songwriter and broadcaster (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)
• 2000 – Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
• 2001 – Roy Brown, American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Peter Bardens, English keyboard player (b. 1945)
• 2002 – Stanley Marcus, American businessman and author (b. 1905)
• 2003 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
• 2005 – César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Carlo Orelli, Italian soldier (b. 1894)
• 2005 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Ngô Quang Trưởng, Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Abbé Pierre, French priest and activist (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Liz Renay, American actress, author and performer (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (b. 1979)
• 2008 – Miles Lerman, Polish Holocaust survivor and activist (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 2010 – Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Jean Simmons, English-American actress (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Simon Marsden, English photographer and author (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Clarence Tillenius, Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Dick Tufeld, American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Hinton Mitchem, American businessman and politician (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Lucyna Winnicka, Polish actress (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and producer (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Fabrizio de Miranda, Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Margaret Bloy Graham, Canadian author and illustrator (b. 1920)
• 2016 – Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942)
• 2016 – Cecil Parkinson, English politician (b. 1931)
• 2016 – Lois Ramsey, Australian actress (b. 1922)
• 2016 – Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Anastasius of Persia
  • Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
  • Gaudentius of Novara
  • Vincent Pallotti
  • Vincent of Saragossa
  • Vincent, Orontius, and Victor
  • January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)
• Grandfather's Day (Poland)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Today in Canadian History