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2021

18 de enero de los últimos años

2021 (lunes)

2020 (sábado)

2019 (viernes)

2018 (jueves)

2017 (miércoles)

2016 (lunes)

2015 (domingo)

2014 (sábado)

2013 (viernes)

2012 (miércoles)

Date

El 18 de enero es el día 18 del año en el calendario gregoriano ; Quedan 347 días para el final del año (348 en años bisiestos ).

Eventos

Antes de 1600

• 474 - León II , de siete años, sucede a su abuelo materno León I como emperador bizantino . ^[1] Muere diez meses después.
• 532 - Los disturbios de Nika en Constantinopla fracasan.
• 1126 - El emperador Huizong abdica del trono chino en favor de su hijo, el emperador Qinzong . ^[2]
• 1486 - El rey Enrique VII de Inglaterra se casa con Isabel de York , hija de Eduardo IV , uniendo la Casa de Lancaster y la Casa de York . ^[3]
• 1562 - El Papa Pío IV reabre el Concilio de Trento para su tercera y última sesión.
• 1591 - El rey Naresuan de Siam mata al príncipe heredero Mingyi Swa de Birmania en combate singular , fecha para la que ahora se observa como el día de las Fuerzas Armadas Reales de Tailandia .

1601-1900

• 1670 - Henry Morgan captura Panamá .
• 1701 - Federico I se corona rey de Prusia en Königsberg .
• 1778 - James Cook es el primer europeo conocido en descubrir las islas hawaianas , a las que llama las "Islas Sandwich".
• 1788 - Los primeros elementos de la Primera Flota que transportan a 736 convictos de Gran Bretaña a Australia llegan a Botany Bay .
• 1806 - Jan Willem Janssens entrega la colonia holandesa del Cabo a los británicos.
• 1866 - Se establece Wesley College en Melbourne, Australia. ^[4]
• 1871 - Wilhelm I de Alemania es proclamado Kaiser Wilhelm en el Salón de los Espejos del Palacio de Versalles (Francia) hacia el final de la Guerra Franco-Prusiana . Wilhelm ya tenía el título de emperador alemán desde la constitución del 1 de enero de 1871 , pero había dudado en aceptar el título.
• 1886 - Nace el hockey sobre césped moderno con la formación de la Asociación de Hockey en Inglaterra.
• 1896 - HL Smith exhibe por primera vez una máquina generadora de rayos X.

1901 - presente

• 1911 - Eugene B. Ely aterriza en la cubierta del USS  Pennsylvania anclado en la Bahía de San Francisco , la primera vez que un avión aterriza en un barco.
• 1913 - Primera Guerra Balcánica : Una flotilla griega derrota a la Armada Otomana en la Batalla Naval de Lemnos , asegurando las islas del norte del Mar Egeo para Grecia.
• 1915 - Japón emite las " Veintiuna Demandas " a la República de China en un intento por aumentar su poder en Asia Oriental.
• 1919 - Primera Guerra Mundial : Se abre la Conferencia de Paz de París en Versalles , Francia.
• 1919 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski se convierte en primer ministro de la Polonia recién independizada.
• 1941 - Segunda Guerra Mundial : las tropas británicas lanzan una contraofensiva general contra el África oriental italiana .
• 1943 - Levantamiento del gueto de Varsovia : El primer levantamiento de judíos en el gueto de Varsovia .
• 1945 - Segunda Guerra Mundial: Liberación de Cracovia , Polonia por el Ejército Rojo .
• 1958 - Willie O'Ree , el primer jugador negro canadiense de la Liga Nacional de Hockey , hace su debut en la NHL con los Boston Bruins .
• 1960 - El vuelo 20 de Capital Airlines se estrella contra una granja en el condado de Charles City, Virginia , matando a los 50 a bordo, el tercer accidente fatal de Capital Airlines en otros tantos años.
• 1967 - Albert DeSalvo , el " estrangulador de Boston ", es condenado por numerosos delitos y condenado a cadena perpetua.
• 1969 - El vuelo 266 de United Airlines se estrella en la bahía de Santa Mónica y mata a los 32 pasajeros y seis miembros de la tripulación.
• 1972 - Miembros de Mukti Bahini entregan las armas al gobierno del recién independizado Bangladesh , un mes después de ganar la guerra contra el ejército ocupante de Pakistán . ^[5]
• 1974 - Se firma un acuerdo de Separación de Fuerzas entre los gobiernos de Israel y Egipto , que pone fin al conflicto en el frente egipcio de la Guerra de Yom Kippur .
• 1976 - Las milicias cristianas libanesas matan al menos a 1.000 en Karantina, Beirut .
• 1977 - Los científicos identifican una bacteria previamente desconocida como la causa de la misteriosa enfermedad del legionario .
• 1977 - El peor desastre ferroviario de Australia ocurre en Granville, Sydney , matando a 83 personas.
• 1977 - El primer ministro de SFR Yugoslavia , Džemal Bijedić , su esposa y otras seis personas mueren en un accidente aéreo en Bosnia y Herzegovina .
• 1978 - El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos declara al gobierno del Reino Unido culpable de maltrato a prisioneros en Irlanda del Norte , pero no culpable de tortura .
• 1981 - Phil Smith y Phil Mayfield se lanzan en paracaídas desde un rascacielos de Houston, convirtiéndose en las dos primeras personas en saltar BASE desde objetos en las cuatro categorías: edificios, antenas, tramos (puentes) y tierra (acantilados).
• 1983 - El Comité Olímpico Internacional devuelve las medallas olímpicas de Jim Thorpe a su familia.
• 1990 - La alcaldesa de Washington, DC, Marion Barry, es arrestada por posesión de drogas en una operación del FBI .
• 1993 - El Día de Martin Luther King, Jr. se celebra oficialmente por primera vez en los 50 estados de EE. UU.
• 2002 - Se declara terminada la Guerra Civil de Sierra Leona .
• 2003 - Un incendio forestal mata a cuatro personas y destruye más de 500 hogares en Canberra , Australia.
• 2005 - El Airbus A380 , el avión comercial más grande del mundo, se presenta en una ceremonia en Toulouse , Francia.
• 2007 - La tormenta más fuerte en el Reino Unido en 17 años mata a 14 personas y Alemania sufre la peor tormenta desde 1999 con 13 muertes. El ciclón Kyrill causa al menos 44 muertes en 20 países de Europa occidental.
• 2008 - El Euphronios Krater se presenta en Roma después de ser devuelto a Italia por el Museo Metropolitano de Arte .
• 2018 - Un autobús se incendia en la carretera Samara - Shymkent en el distrito de Yrgyz , Aktobe , Kazajstán . ^[6] El incendio mata a 52 pasajeros, con tres pasajeros y dos conductores escapando. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Nacimientos

Antes de 1600

• 1404 : Sir Philip Courtenay , noble británico (muerto en 1463)
• 1457 - Antonio Trivulzio, seniore , cardenal católico romano (m. 1508)
• 1519 : Isabel Jagiellon , reina de Hungría (m. 1559)
• 1540 : Catalina, duquesa de Braganza (m. 1614)

1601-1900

• 1641 : François-Michel le Tellier, marqués de Louvois , político francés, secretario de Estado de Guerra (m. 1691)
• 1659 - Damaris Cudworth Masham , filósofa y teóloga inglesa (m. 1708)
• 1672 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte , autor francés (m. 1731)
• 1688 : Lionel Sackville, primer duque de Dorset , político inglés, Lord Teniente de Irlanda (m. 1765)
• 1689 - Montesquieu , abogado y filósofo francés (m. 1755)
• 1701 – Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (d. 1785)
• 1743 – Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1803)
• 1751 – Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831)
• 1752 – John Nash, English architect (d. 1835)^[10]
• 1764 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician (d. 1815)
• 1779 – Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (d. 1869)
• 1782 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
• 1793 – Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1847)
• 1815 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar (d. 1874)
• 1835 – César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic (d. 1918)
• 1840 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author (d. 1921)
• 1841 – Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (d. 1894)
• 1842 – A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
• 1848 – Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1925)
• 1849 – Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
• 1850 – Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City (d. 1916)
• 1853 – Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (d. 1900)
• 1854 – Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)
• 1856 – Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist (d. 1931)
• 1867 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1916)
• 1868 – Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
• 1877 – Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company (d. 1961)
• 1879 – Henri Giraud, French general and politician (d. 1949)
• 1880 – Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933)
• 1880 – Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (d. 1954)
• 1881 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (d. 1975)
• 1882 – A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (d. 1989)
• 1892 – Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (d. 1957)
• 1892 – Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach (d. 1957)
• 1892 – Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic (d. 1984)
• 1894 – Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter (d. 1976)
• 1896 – C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (d. 1967)
• 1896 – Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1978)

1901 – present

• 1901 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer (d. 1996)
• 1904 – Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (d. 2006)
• 1904 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (d. 2002)
• 1907 – János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic (d. 1993)
• 1911 – José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (d. 1969)
• 1911 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972)
• 1914 – Arno Schmidt, German author and translator (d. 1979)
• 1914 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
• 1915 – Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 2012)
• 1915 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1984)
• 1917 – Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984)
• 1921 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
• 1923 – John Graham, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Gilles Deleuze, French metaphysician and philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1925 – John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Sundaram Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990)
• 1928 – Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea
• 1932 – Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1933 – David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic (d. 2019)
• 1933 – John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1933 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)
• 1933 – William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
• 1933 – Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2004)
• 1933 – Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (d. 2017)
• 1934 – Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator
• 1935 – Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director (d. 2018)
• 1935 – Jon Stallworthy, English poet, critic, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Gad Yaacobi, Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2007)
• 1936 – David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1937 – John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
• 1938 – Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
• 1938 – Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
• 1938 – Werner Olk, German footballer and manager
• 1938 – Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American Country Music Hall of Fame session keyboard and piano player
• 1940 – Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver (d. 1971)
• 1941 – Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author
• 1941 – Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1941 – David Ruffin, American singer (d. 1991)
• 1943 – Paul Freeman, English actor
• 1943 – Kay Granger, American educator and politician
• 1943 – Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
• 1943 – Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1944 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
• 1944 – Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
• 1944 – Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria^[11]
• 1945 – Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 – Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler (d. 2019)
• 1946 – Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1946 – Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist (d. 2018)
• 1947 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
• 1949 – Bill Keller, American journalist
• 1949 – Philippe Starck, French interior designer
• 1950 – Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italian race car driver
• 1950 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
• 1951 – Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist (d. 1982)
• 1951 – Bob Latchford, English footballer
• 1952 – Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
• 1952 – R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – B. K. Misra, Indian neurosurgeon ^[12]
• 1953 – Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor
• 1953 – Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
• 1960 – Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
• 1961 – Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager
• 1961 – Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961 – Jeff Yagher, American actor and sculptor
• 1962 – Alison Arngrim, Canadian-American actress
• 1963 – Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 1963 – Ian Crook, English footballer and manager^[13]
• 1963 – Carl McCoy, English singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland
• 1964 – Brady Anderson, American baseball player
• 1964 – Richard Dunwoody, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
• 1964 – Virgil Hill, American boxer
• 1964 – Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer
• 1966 – Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player and author
• 1966 – Kazufumi Miyazawa, Japanese singer
• 1966 – André Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
• 1967 – Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
• 1967 – Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• 1969 – Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1969 – Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1969 – Jim O'Rourke, American guitarist and producer
• 1970 – Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 – Amy Barger, American astronomer
• 1971 – Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 – Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (d. 2019)
• 1972 – Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
• 1972 – Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
• 1972 – Kjersti Plätzer, Norwegian race walker
• 1973 – Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
• 1973 – Luke Goodwin, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1973 – Benjamin Jealous, American civic leader and activist
• 1973 – Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer
• 1973 – Crispian Mills, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
• 1973 – Rolando Schiavi, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1974 – Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
• 1976 – Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1976 – Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1978 – Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
• 1978 – Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
• 1979 – Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 – Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Kenyatta Jones, American football player (d. 2018)
• 1980 – Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1980 – Robert Green, English footballer
• 1980 – Kert Haavistu, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1980 – Julius Peppers, American football player
• 1980 – Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter
• 1981 – Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
• 1981 – Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
• 1981 – Kang Dong-won, South Korean actor
• 1982 – Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
• 1982 – Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
• 1983 – Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
• 1984 – Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
• 1984 – Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic
• 1984 – Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
• 1984 – Viktoria Shklover, Estonian figure skater
• 1985 – Dale Begg-Smith, Canadian-Australian skier
• 1985 – Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
• 1985 – Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Hyun Woo, South Korean actor
• 1986 – Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 – Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
• 1987 – Christopher Liebig, German rugby player
• 1987 – Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Angelique Kerber, German tennis player
• 1988 – Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Boy van Poppel, Dutch cyclist
• 1989 – Rubén Miño, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Nacho, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner
• 1990 – Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player
• 1991 – Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
• 1993 – Sean Keenan, Australian actor
• 1994 – Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer
• 1994 – Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player
• 1995 – Bryce Alford, American basketball player
• 1998 – Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 52 BC – Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (b. 93 BC)
• 474 – Leo I, Byzantine emperor (b. 401)
• 748 – Odilo, duke of Bavaria
• 896 – Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (b. 864)
• 1213 – Tamar of Georgia (b. 1160)
• 1253 – King Henry I of Cyprus (b. 1217)
• 1271 – Saint Margaret of Hungary (b. 1242)
• 1326 – Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (b. 1247)
• 1357 – Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)
• 1367 – Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320)
• 1411 – Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans
• 1425 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
• 1471 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)
• 1479 – Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417)
• 1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)
• 1586 – Margaret of Parma (b. 1522)
• 1589 – Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545)

1601 – 1900

• 1677 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
• 1756 – Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
• 1783 – Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
• 1803 – Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 – Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 – John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 – Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 – Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 – Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 – Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)

1901 – present

• 1923 – Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 – Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 – Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 – Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)^[14]
• 1952 – Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 – Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 – Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1956 – Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1963 – Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)
• 1966 – Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)
• 1967 – Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1970 – David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1971 – Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 – Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 – Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 – Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 – Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 – Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
• 1989 – Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
• 1990 – Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
• 1990 – Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
• 1993 – Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
• 1996 – N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
• 1998 – Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
• 2003 – Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (b. 1935)^[15]
• 2005 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
• 2006 – Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Brent Liles, American bass player (b. 1963)
• 2008 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2008 – John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Tony Hart, English painter and television host (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet and author (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Anthony Gonsalves, Indian composer and educator (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Georg Lassen, German captain (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Yuri Rasovsky, American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (b. 1989)
• 2013 – Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (b. 1982)
• 2013 – Ron Nachman, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Andy Graver, English footballer (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Sarah Marshall, English actress (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (b. 1963)
• 2015 – Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (b. 1933)
• 2016 – Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2016 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948)
• 2016 – T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (b. 1930)
• 2016 – Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 2017 – Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919)
• 2017 – David P. Buckson, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Delaware (b. 1920)
• 2017 – Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939)
• 2017 – Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (b. 1930)
• 2019 – John Coughlin, American figure skater (b. 1985)^[16]

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Amy Carmichael (Church of England)
  • Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches)
  • Cyril of Alexandria
  • Deicolus
  • Margaret of Hungary
  • Prisca
  • Volusianus of Tours
  • January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Federal Holiday, United States of America)^[17]
• Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)
• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18–25) (Christianity)

References

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3. BIRCHALL, James (1861). England under the Tudors and Stuarts: a history of two centuries of revolution, etc. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 3.
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13. "Ian CROOK". sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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16. Brennan, Christine. "Former U.S. figure skating champion dies by suicide after being suspended from sport". USA TODAY.
17. "Federal Holidays". Opm.gov. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

External links

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