January 15

## Events
### Up to 1900 
* 69 &ndash; Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.
* 1362 &ndash; A North Sea flood kills many thousands of people.
* 1541 &ndash; King Francis I of France gives Jean-Francois Roberval a commission to settle the Province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the Roman Catholic Faith.
* 1559 &ndash; Queen Elizabeth I of England is officially crowned Queen of England.
* 1582 &ndash; Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
* 1759 &ndash; The British Museum is opened.
* 1777 &ndash; American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
* 1790 &ndash; The Bounty mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, arrive on Pitcairn Island.
* 1815 &ndash; War of 1812: American frigate USS *President*, commanded by Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
* 1822 &ndash; Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected President of the Legislative Assembly.
* 1844 &ndash; The University of Notre Dame receives its charter from the state of Indiana.
* 1865 &ndash; American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to Union forces.
* 1870 &ndash; A political cartoon (by Thomas Nast) for the first time uses a donkey as a symbol of the Democratic Party in the United States.
* 1876 &ndash; The first newspaper in Afrikaans, De Afrikaans Patriot, is published.
* 1885 &ndash; American Wilson Bentley takes the first photographs of snowflakes.
* 1889 &ndash; The Coca-Cola Company, then-known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia, US.
* 1892 &ndash; James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.

### 1901&ndash;2000 
* 1910 &ndash; Building work begins ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, at 99 meters.
* 1919 &ndash; German socialist activists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are tortured and executed by the Freikorps.
* 1919 &ndash; The Boston Molasses Disaster, killing 21 and injuring 150 others.
* 1933 &ndash; A 12-year-old girl is said to have experienced the first Marian Apparition of Our Lady of Banneux in Banneux, Belgium.
* 1934 &ndash; A magnitude 8.1 earthquake on the India–Nepal border kills around 10,700 people.
* 1936 &ndash; The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company is completed in Toledo, Ohio, United States.
* 1937 &ndash; Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republicans both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
* 1943 &ndash; The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
* 1943 &ndash; World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive in Voronezh begins.
* 1944 &ndash; A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in San Juan, Argentina, kills around 5,000 people.
* 1949 &ndash; Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the National Government.
* 1962 &ndash; The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest-surviving manuscript dating back to 340 BC, is found in Northern Greece.
* 1966 &ndash; Nigeria's First Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in military coup d'état. 
* 1967 &ndash; The first-ever Super Bowl takes place in Los Angeles, as the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
* 1969 &ndash; The Soyuz 5 spacecraft is launched by the Soviet Union.
* 1970 &ndash; Nigerian Civil War: Biafra surrenders.
* 1970 &ndash; Muammar al-Gaddafi is proclaimed Premier of Libya.
* 1971 &ndash; The Aswan Dam in Egypt is officially opened.
* 1973 &ndash; Vietnam War: Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam, citing the progress of peace negotiations.
* 1975 &ndash; The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence.
* 1976 &ndash; Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to kill President Gerald Ford.
* 1981 &ndash; Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish Solidarity Trade Union, led by Lech Walesa.
* 1991 &ndash; The United Nations deadline for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait expires.
* 1992 &ndash; The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia.
* 1993 &ndash; Mafia boss Salvatore Riina is arrested by police.
* 1996 &ndash; Lesotho's King, Moshoeshoe II dies in a car crash. He is succeeded by his son, Letsie III.

### From 2001 
* 2001 &ndash; Wikipedia goes online.
* 2004 &ndash; The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yoon Young-kwan resigns following his support for American policy towards North Korea.
* 2005 &ndash; The European Space Agency's *SMART-1* lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminium, silicon, iron and other elements on the Moon.
* 2006 &ndash; Michelle Bachelet is elected President of Chile. She becomes Chile's first female president when she takes office on March 11.
* 2009 &ndash; Chesley Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, steers the plane to a safe emergency landing on the Hudson River after experiencing trouble shortly after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport.
* 2015 &ndash; Two suspected Jihadists are killed in an anti-terror raid in Verviers, Belgium.
* 2018 &ndash; British newspaper The Guardian changes to a tabloid format.
* 2018 &ndash; Mihai Tudose announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Romania after losing support within his own party.
* 2018 &ndash; A bomb attack in Baghdad kills 38 people.
* 2019 &ndash; A terrorist attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, results in 21 people being killed.
* 2019 &ndash; British Prime Minister Theresa May loses a parliamentary vote in the House of Commons by the biggest margin ever for a sitting Prime Minister, losing a vote on her proposed Brexit deal by 432 votes to 202.
* 2024 &ndash; The Iranian-backed Houthi movement launch an attack on the Marshall Islands–flagged, United States–owned and operated bulk carrier *Gibraltar Eagle*.

## Births
### Up to 1850 
* 5 BC &ndash; Emperor Guang Wu of Han in China (d. 57)
* 1292 &ndash; Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (d. 1330)
* 1342 &ndash; Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1404)
* 1432 &ndash; Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1481)
* 1481 &ndash; Ashikaga Yoshizuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1511)
* 1538 &ndash; Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
* 1622 &ndash; Molière, French writer and philosopher (d. 1673)
* 1716 &ndash; Philip Livingston, American founding father (d. 1778)
* 1780 &ndash; Cornelius P. Comegus, American politician, Governor of Delaware (d. 1850)
* 1785 &ndash; William Prout, English chemist, physician and theologian (d. 1850)
* 1791 &ndash; Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (d. 1872)
* 1795 &ndash; Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
* 1803 &ndash; Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet (d. 1811)
* 1807 &ndash; Hermann Burmeister, German naturalist (d. 1892)
* 1809 &ndash; Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French anarchist (d. 1865)
* 1815 &ndash; William Bickerton, English-American religious leader (d. 1905)
* 1824 &ndash; Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847)
* 1841 &ndash; Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
* 1842 &ndash; Mary MacKillop, Australian saint (d. 1909)
* 1842 &ndash; Paul Lafargue, French journalist, literary critic and activist (d. 1911)
* 1842 &ndash; Josef Breuer, Austrian physician (d. 1925)
* 1844 &ndash; Cole Younger, American outlaw (d. 1916)
* 1850 &ndash; Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet (d. 1889)
* 1850 &ndash; Leonard Darwin, son of Charles Darwin (d. 1943)
* 1850 &ndash; Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1891)

### 1851&ndash;1900 
* 1858 &ndash; Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (d. 1899)
* 1859 &ndash; Archibald Peake, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
* 1859 &ndash; Nathaniel Lord Britton, American geologist and botanist (d. 1934)
* 1862 &ndash; Loie Fuller, American dancer (d. 1928)
* 1863 &ndash; Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
* 1866 &ndash; Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop (d. 1931)
* 1867 &ndash; Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (d. 1900)
* 1869 &ndash; Ruby Laffoon, American politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941)
* 1869 &ndash; Stanislaw Wyspianski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)
* 1870 &ndash; Pierre S. du Pont, American industrialist (d. 1954)
* 1875 &ndash; Thomas Burke, American athlete (d. 1929)
* 1878 &ndash; Johanna Mueller-Hermann, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1941)
* 1882 &ndash; Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
* 1885 &ndash; Huang Yuanyong, Chinese writer (d. 1915)
* 1891 &ndash; Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (d. 1938)
* 1892 &ndash; Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950)
* 1893 &ndash; Ivor Novello, Welsh entertainer and composer (d. 1951)
* 1893 &ndash; George, Crown Prince of Saxony (d. 1943)
* 1894 &ndash; Ecaterina Teodoriu, Romanian World War I heroine (d. 1917)
* 1895 &ndash; Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist (d. 1973)
* 1897 &ndash; Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
* 1898 &ndash; Erik Byléhn, Swedish runner (d. 1986)
* 1900 &ndash; William Heinesen, Faroese writer, poet and artist (d. 1991)
* 1900 &ndash; Stanley Lucas, British supercentenarian (d. 2010)

### 1901&ndash;1950 
* 1902 &ndash; King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
* 1903 &ndash; Paul A. Dever, American politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
* 1906 &ndash; Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (d. 1975)
* 1908 &ndash; Edward Teller, Hungarian physicist (d. 2003)
* 1909 &ndash; Jean Bugatti, German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)
* 1909 &ndash; Gene Krupa, American automobile designer (d. 1973)
* 1912 &ndash; Michel Debré, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996)
* 1913 &ndash; Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
* 1913 &ndash; Alexander Marinesko, German submarine captain (d. 1963)
* 1914 &ndash; Hugh Trevor-Roper, British historian (d. 2003)
* 1916 &ndash; Maurice Bavaud, Swiss activist (d. 1941)
* 1918 &ndash; Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (d. 1970)
* 1918 &ndash; Joao Figueiredo, President of Brazil (d. 1999)
* 1918 &ndash; David George Kendall, English statistician and mathematician (d. 2007)
* 1918 &ndash; Vicente de la Mata, Argentine footballer (d. 1980)
* 1919 &ndash; George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)
* 1919 &ndash; Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer (d. 2012)
* 1920 &ndash; Bob Davies, American basketball player (d. 1990)
* 1920 &ndash; Pamela Cundell, English actress (d. 2015)
* 1920 &ndash; John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal and Archbishop of New York City (d. 2000)
* 1921 &ndash; Babasaheb Bhasale, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
* 1923 &ndash; Lee Twng-hui, 4th President of the Republic of China
* 1924 &ndash; George Lowe, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 2013)
* 1924 &ndash; Georg Ratzinger, brother of Pope Benedict XVI
* 1924 &ndash; Jean-Bertrand Pontalis, French philosopher, writer, editor and psychoanalyst (d. 2013)
* 1925 &ndash; Ernst Benda, German politician (d. 2009)
* 1926 &ndash; Maria Schell, Austrian actress (d. 2005)
* 1926 &ndash; Karl-Alfred Jacobsson, Swedish footballer (d. 2015)
* 1927 &ndash; Phyllis Coates, American actress
* 1928 &ndash; M. V. Devan, Indian artist and writer (d. 2014)
* 1928 &ndash; W. R. Mitchell, English writer (d. 2015)
* 1929 &ndash; Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights activist (d. 1968)
* 1929 &ndash; Earl Hooker, American blues guitarist (d. 1970)
* 1934 &ndash; V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
* 1939 &ndash; Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician
* 1940 &ndash; Arlie Russell Hochschild, American sociologist and academic
* 1941 &ndash; Captain Beefheart, American singer (d. 2010)
* 1943 &ndash; Ashraf Aman, Pakistani mountaineer
* 1943 &ndash; Margaret Beckett, British politician
* 1944 &ndash; Jenny Nimmo, British writer
* 1945 &ndash; Princess Michael of Kent
* 1945 &ndash; David Pleat, English footballer
* 1945 &ndash; Maria Antonia Iglesias, Spanish writer (d. 2014)
* 1945 &ndash; Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director and politician (d. 2015)
* 1947 &ndash; Martin Chalfie, American biologist and Nobel Prize winner
* 1947 &ndash; Pete Waterman, English songwriter and producer
* 1948 &ndash; Ronnie Van Zant, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
* 1950 &ndash; Bebeto de Freitas, Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager (d. 2018)

### 1951&ndash;1975 
* 1951 &ndash; Catherine Trautmann, French politician
* 1954 &ndash; Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
* 1955 &ndash; JoAnne Good, British radio presenter, television presenter, broadcast journalist and actress
* 1955 &ndash; Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian assassin (d. 1982)
* 1956 &ndash; Mayawati, Indian politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
* 1957 &ndash; Mario Van Peebles, American actor
* 1957 &ndash; David Ige, American politician, 8th Governor of Hawaii
* 1958 &ndash; Ken Judge, Australian rules footballer (d. 2016)
* 1958 &ndash; Boris Tadic, former President of Serbia
* 1959 &ndash; Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian climber (d. 2008)
* 1962 &ndash; Margherita Buy, Italian actress
* 1962 &ndash; Ken Macintosh, Scottish politician
* 1964 &ndash; Jackie Baillie, Scottish politician
* 1965 &ndash; Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
* 1965 &ndash; James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
* 1968 &ndash; Chad Lorre, American director, actor and producer
* 1968 &ndash; Iñaki Urdangarin, Spanish former handball player and royal
* 1970 &ndash; Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler, son of WWE President Vince McMahon
* 1972 &ndash; Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
* 1973 &ndash; Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
* 1974 &ndash; Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
* 1975 &ndash; Mary Pierce, French tennis player

### From 1976 
* 1977 &ndash; Giorgia Meloni, Italian politician
* 1978 &ndash; Eddie Cahill, American actor
* 1978 &ndash; Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer
* 1979 &ndash; Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
* 1979 &ndash; Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer, actor and Tai-chi champion
* 1980 &ndash; Matt Holliday, American baseball player
* 1981 &ndash; El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
* 1981 &ndash; Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
* 1981 &ndash; Pitbull, American rapper
* 1982 &ndash; Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
* 1982 &ndash; Prince Philip of Yugoslavia
* 1983 &ndash; Matic Kralj, Slovenian ice hockey player
* 1983 &ndash; Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
* 1983 &ndash; Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
* 1985 &ndash; René Adler, German footballer and goalkeeper
* 1985 &ndash; Clara Lee, Swiss-born British-South Korean actress
* 1985 &ndash; Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
* 1986 &ndash; Jessie Schram, American actress
* 1987 &ndash; Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
* 1987 &ndash; Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler
* 1987 &ndash; Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, producer and screenwriter
* 1988 &ndash; Jun. K, South Korean singer
* 1988 &ndash; Skrillex, American musician and producer
* 1989 &ndash; Ryan Corr, Australian actor
* 1990 &ndash; Paul Blake, English Paralympic athlete
* 1996 &ndash; Dove Cameron, American actress and singer

## Deaths
### Up to 1900 
* 41 &ndash; Caligula, Roman Emperor (b. 12)
* 69 &ndash; Galba, Roman Emperor (b. 3 BC)
* 570 &ndash; Saint Ides, Irish nun (b. ca. 475)
* 936 &ndash; King Rudolph of France
* 1519 &ndash; Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
* 1595 &ndash; Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)
* 1623 &ndash; Fra Paolo Sarpi, Italian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer (b. 1552)
* 1683 &ndash; Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
* 1775 &ndash; Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
* 1781 &ndash; Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain, Queen Regent of Portugal (b. 1718)
* 1815 &ndash; Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Horatio Nelson (b. 1765)
* 1876 &ndash; Eliza Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
* 1893 &ndash; Fanny Kemble, British actress and writer (b. 1809)
* 1896 &ndash; Mathew Brady, American photographer (b. 1822)
* 1899 &ndash; Serafino Dubois, Italian chess player (b. 1817)

### 1901&ndash;2000 
* 1915 &ndash; Mary Slessor, Scottish Christian missionary to West Africa (b. 1848)
* 1916 &ndash; Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright (b. 1850)
* 1919 &ndash; Rosa Luxemburg, German politician and activist (b. 1870)
* 1919 &ndash; Karl Liebknecht, German politician and activist (b. 1871)
* 1926 &ndash; Enrico Toselli, Italian composer (b. 1883)
* 1927 &ndash; David R. Francis, American politician, Governor of Missouri (b. 1850)
* 1936 &ndash; Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
* 1947 &ndash; Elizabeth Short, AKA The Black Dahlia, murder victim (b. 1924)
* 1948 &ndash; Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat (b. 1862)
* 1952 &ndash; Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (b. 1866)
* 1955 &ndash; Yves Tanguy, French Surrealist painter (b. 1900)
* 1964 &ndash; Jack Teagarden, musician (b. 1905)
* 1968 &ndash; William Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
* 1983 &ndash; Meyer Lansky, mobster (b. 1902)
* 1987 &ndash; Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer (b. 1904)
* 1988 &ndash; Sean MacBride, Irish politician (b. 1904)
* 1990 &ndash; Gordon Jackson, Scottish  movie and TV actor; best known as the butler "Hudson" on *Upstairs Downstairs* (b. 1923)
* 1993 &ndash; Sammy Cahn, songwriter (b. 1913)
* 1994 &ndash; Harry Nilsson, American musician (b. 1941)
* 1994 &ndash; Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (b. 1921)
* 1996 &ndash; King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
* 1998 &ndash; Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician (b. 1898)
* 2000 &ndash; Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian leader (b. 1952)

### From 2001 
* 2003 &ndash; Doris Fisher, singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
* 2005 &ndash; Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
* 2005 &ndash; Walter Ernsting, German science fiction writer (*Perry Rhodan*) (b. 1920)
* 2005 &ndash; Elizabeth Janeway, United States feminist writer (b. 1913)
* 2005 &ndash; Dan Lee, animator for movie Finding Nemo (b. 1969)
* 2005 &ndash; Ruth Warrick, United States actress best known for *Citizen Kane* and *All My Children* (b. 1915)
* 2006 &ndash; Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1926)
* 2007 &ndash; James Hiller, Canadian inventor (b. 1915)
* 2008 &ndash; Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
* 2009 &ndash; Said Seyam, Palestinian military commander (b. 1959)
* 2010 &ndash; Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist, won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927)
* 2011 &ndash; Nat Lofthouse, English footballer (b. 1925)
* 2011 &ndash; Susannah York, English actress (b. 1939)
* 2012 &ndash; Manuel Fraga Iribarne, former Prime Minister of Spanish Galicia (b. 1922)
* 2012 &ndash; Ed Derwinski, American politician (b. 1926)
* 2013 &ndash; Nagisa Oshima, Japanese movie director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
* 2013 &ndash; Jean-Bertrand Pontalis, French philosopher, writer, editor and psychoanalyst (b. 1924)
* 2014 &ndash; Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
* 2014 &ndash; John Dobson, American astronomer (b. 1915)
* 2015 &ndash; Ervin Drake, American songwriter (b. 1919)
* 2015 &ndash; Kim Fowley, American record producer (b. 1939)
* 2015 &ndash; Val Holten, Australian cricketer (b. 1927)
* 2015 &ndash; Ethel Lang, British supercentenarian (b. 1900)
* 2015 &ndash; Jean-Claude Baker, French-American restaurateur (b. 1943)
* 2015 &ndash; Joseph Mukasa Zuza, Malawian bishop (b. 1955) 
* 2015 &ndash; Rameshwar Thakur, Indian politician (b. 1927)
* 2016 &ndash; Ken Judge, Australian rules footballer (b. 1958)
* 2016 &ndash; Dan Haggerty, American actor (b. 1941)
* 2016 &ndash; Oleksandr Shevchenko, Ukrainian scientist, jurist and politician (b. 1937)
* 2016 &ndash; P. J. Mara, Irish public affairs consultant and senator (b. 1942)
* 2016 &ndash; Noreen Corcoran, American actress (b. 1943)
* 2016 &ndash; Aristide von Bienefeldt, Dutch writer (b. 1959)
* 2017 &ndash; Ciel Bergman, American painter (b. 1938)
* 2017 &ndash; Babette Cole, English children's writer (b. 1949)
* 2017 &ndash; Richard Divall, Australian conductor and musicologist (b. 1945)
* 2017 &ndash; Aleksandr Ezhevsky, Russian engineer and statesman (b. 1915)
* 2017 &ndash; Dermot Gallagher, Irish civil servant and diplomat (b. 1944)
* 2017 &ndash; Han Peixin, Chinese politician (b. 1921)
* 2017 &ndash; Kozo Kinomoto, Japanese footballer (b. 1949)
* 2017 &ndash; Vicki Lansky, American writer and publisher (b. 1942)
* 2017 &ndash; Eddie Long, American pastor (b. 1953)
* 2017 &ndash; David Poythress, American military officer and politician (b. 1943)
* 2017 &ndash; Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
* 2017 &ndash; Greg Trooper, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
* 2018 &ndash; Viktor Anpilov, Russian political activist and trade unionist (b. 1945)
* 2018 &ndash; Joe Frank, American radio personality (b. 1938)
* 2018 &ndash; Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1971)
* 2018 &ndash; John Spellman, American politician, former Governor of Washington (b. 1926)
* 2018 &ndash; Edwin Hawkins, American musician (b. 1943)
* 2018 &ndash; Peter Wyngarde, British actor (b. 1927)
* 2018 &ndash; Carl Emil Christiansen, Danish footballer (b. 1937)
* 2018 &ndash; Romana Acosta Bañuelos, American public servant (b. 1925)
* 2018 &ndash; Dick King, American politician (b. 1934)
* 2018 &ndash; Mathilde Krim, Italian-American HIV researcher (b. 1926)
* 2018 &ndash; Karl-Heinz Kunde, German racing cyclist (b. 1938)
* 2018 &ndash; Roderick Rijnders, Dutch rower (b. 1941)
* 2019 &ndash; Carol Channing, American actress and singer (b. 1921)

## Observances
* Earliest day that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day can fall, while January 21 is the latest, on the third Monday in January (United States)
* Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)
* Army Day (India)
* Tree Planting Day (Egypt)

## References