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Events

Pre-1600

• 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.BOOK, Jacques, Legrand, Chronicle of the World, Ecam Publication, 1989, 222, 0-13-133463-8,
• 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.BOOK, John J., Butt, Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne,weblink 2002, Greenwood Publishing Group, 978-0-313-31668-5, 13,
• 1069 – Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels.BOOK, Stenton, Frank, Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1971, 0-19-821716-1, 602, This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
• 1077 – Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.NEWS, The Walk to Canossa: The Tale of an Emperor and a Pope,weblink 28 January 2018, Medievalists.net, 4 August 2017,
• 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.BOOK, Johann Heinrich, Kurtz, Johann Heinrich Kurtz, Text Book of Church History,weblink 1875, Smith, English & Company, 39,
• 1547 – Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
• 1568 – The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
• 1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
• 1591 – Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.BOOK, Calendar State Papers Scotland, 10, Edinburgh, 1936, 464,

1601–1900

• 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
• 1671 – Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
• 1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
• 1754 – Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
• 1813 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
• 1846 – The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.BOOK, James, Lunt, James Lunt, Scarlet Lancers: The story of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689-1992,weblink 1 March 1993, Pen and Sword, 978-0-85052-321-8, 85,
• 1851 – Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
• 1855 – A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
• 1871 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.BOOK, Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia,weblink 1882, S.W. Green's Son, 230,
• 1878 – Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.BOOK, Sara, Schwebel, Kaplan Yale Daily News Guide to Summer Programs,weblink 30 October 2001, Kaplan, 978-0-7432-1426-1, x,
• 1896 – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at {{convert|8|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of {{convert|2|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.

1901–present

• 1902 – The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• 1908 – Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• 1909 – United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• 1915 – An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• 1916 – The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.WEB, November 4, 2019, Women's Suffrage in Manitoba,weblink 2022-03-31, The Canadian Encyclopedia,
• 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
• 1919 – The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of the Kingdom of Finland.WEB,weblink Finnish Orders and Where to Find Them, Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood, December 6, 2017, January 23, 2022, WEB,weblink The Order of the White Rose of Finland, Presidentti.fi, January 23, 2022,
• 1920 – Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• 1922 – Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.BOOK, United States. Weather Bureau, National Weather Service, The Climatic Handbook for Washington, D.C.,weblink 1949, U.S. Government Printing Office, 16,
• 1932 – Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
• 1933 – The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
• 1935 – Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
• 1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of {{convert|432.7|km/h|mph}}.
• 1941 – Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
• 1945 – World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
• 1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
• 1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
• 1960 – The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
• 1964 – An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
• 1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
• 1977 – The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps {{convert|10|ft|m|order=flip|0}} of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
• 1980 – {{USCGC|Blackthorn|WLB-391|6}} collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
• 1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
• 1982 – US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
• 1984 – Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
• 1985 – Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
• 1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
• 1988 – In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
• 2002 – TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
• 2006 – The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
• 2021 – A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.WEB, Georgia nitrogen deaths: Leak kills six at Gainesville poultry plant,weblink BBC News, 29 January 2021, 28 January 2021,
• 2023 – Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.NEWS, 27 January 2023, Harrowing videos show police fatally beat Tyre Nichols, who cries out for his mother, NBC News,weblink

Births

Pre-1600

• 598 – Taizong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 649)BOOK, Directory of historical figures, Salem Media Group, 2000, 978-0-89356-334-9, Pasadena, 613, en,
• 1312 – Joan II, queen of Navarre (d. 1349)The Flores historiarum of Bernard Gui records the birth "V Kal Feb" in 1311 of "Ludovicus rex...filiam Johannam". Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France, vol. XXI, Guigniaut, Wailly (dirs.) Paris, 1855: E floribus chronicorum auctore Bernardo Guidonis, p. 724.
• 1368 – Razadarit, king of Hanthawaddy (d. 1421)BOOK, Pan Hla, Nai, Razadarit Ayedawbon, my, 1968, 8th printing, 2005, Yangon, Armanthit Sarpay, 356 (footnote 1),
• 1457 – Henry VII, king of England (d. 1509)Kisby, F. (1997). A mirror of monarchy: Music and musicians in the household chapel of the Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Early Music History, 16, 203-234. doi:10.1017/S0261127900001728
• 1533 – Paul Luther, German scientist (d. 1593)BOOK, Robert Kolb, Irene Dingel, L'ubomír Batka, The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology, 24 April 2014,weblink OUP Oxford, 27 December 2019,weblink 45, 9780191667473, en, 27 December 2019,
• 1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)WEB, Ludolph Van Ceulen,weblink MacTutor, 27 December 2019,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20191227015817weblink">weblink 27 December 2019, en, April 2009, live,
• 1582 – John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)WEB, John Barclay,weblink Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 February 2020,weblink 11 February 2020,
• 1600 – Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)WEB, Pope Clement IX,weblink CatholicSaints.Info, 11 June 2014, 11 February 2020,

1601–1900

• 1608 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)BOOK, Barry, Jonathan, Bigotti, Fabrizio, Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790, 2021, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, 978-3-030-79587-0, 274,
• 1611 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)WEB, Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687),weblink High Altitude Observatory, 11 February 2020,weblink 27 December 2018,
• 1622 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
• 1693 – Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
• 1701 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
• 1706 – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
• 1712 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun (d. 1761)
• 1717 – Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
• 1719 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)
• 1726 – Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (d. 1802)
• 1755 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
• 1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
• 1797 – Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
• 1818 – George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
• 1822 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)WEB, Alexander Mackenzie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland,weblink www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk, 24 November 2020,
• 1833 – Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
• 1853 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
• 1853 – Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
• 1855 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
• 1858 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
• 1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
• 1863 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
• 1864 – Charles W. Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
• 1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
• 1865 – Kaarlo Juho StÃ¥hlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
• 1873 – Colette, French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)BOOK, Flower, John, Historical Dictionary of French Literature, Lanham, Md., Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, 9781538168578,weblink 151,
• 1873 – Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
• 1875 – Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
• 1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (d. 1940)
• 1880 – Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
• 1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
• 1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)BOOK, Philippe, Michel-Thiriet, Dominique, Frémy, The Book of Proust, London, Chatto & Windus, 1989, 162, 978-0-70113-360-3,
• 1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
• 1887 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)

1901–present

• 1903 – Aleksander KamiÅ„ski, Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
• 1903 – Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (d. 1971)BOOK, Bailey Ogilvie, Marilyn, Harvey, Joy, The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, 2000, London, Routledge, 978-0-41592-039-1, 804,
• 1906 – Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (d. 1991)WEB, Patrick O'Callaghan,weblink International Olympic Committee, 5 March 2020,
• 1906 – Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
• 1909 – John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
• 1910 – John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)BOOK, Royce, Brenda Scott, Hogan's Heroes: Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13, New York, Renaissance Books, 1998, 9781580630313,weblink 87,
• 1911 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (d. 2018)
• 1912 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)WEB, Famous birthdays for Jan. 28: Will Poulter, Alan Alda,weblink UPI, 27 January 2024, 28 January 2023,
• 1918 – Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1918 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Lewis Wilson, American actor (d. 2000)NEWS, Births, The Christian Register, February 5, 1920, January 28, 2023,weblink 149,
• 1921 – Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
• 1925 – Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
• 1926 – Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (d. 1960)
• 1927 – Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist
• 1929 – Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2022)NEWS,weblink Claes Oldenburg, a whimsical father of pop art, dies at 93, The Washington Post, Fred, Bernstein, 18 July 2022, 18 July 2022,
• 1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (d. 2021)
• 1930 – Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
• 1933 – Jack Hill, American director and screenwriterBOOK, Knight, Gladys L., Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film, and Television, Santa Barbara, Calif., Greenwood Press, 2010, 9780313376122,weblink 129,
• 1934 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
• 1935 – David Lodge, English author and critic
• 1935 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor
• 1936 – Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writerWEB, Rose, Mike, Today's famous birthdays list for January 28, 2023 includes celebrities Ariel Winter, Will Poulter,weblink The Plain Dealer, Associated Press, 27 January 2024, 28 January 2023,
• 1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwrightWEB,weblink Ismail Kadare &124; Biography, Books, & Facts, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 January 2024,
• 1937 – Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
• 1937 – John Normington, English actor (d. 2007)NEWS, Coveney, Michael, Obituary: John Normington, The Guardian, 7 August 2007, 28 January 2023,weblink
• 1938 – Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
• 1939 – John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1940 – Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
• 1941 – Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)BOOK, Denis, Paul, Daytime TV's Star Directory, New York, Popular Library, 1976, 2518996,weblink 220,
• 1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
• 1942 – Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
• 1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and authorWEB, Paul Henderson,weblink National Hockey League, 27 January 2024,
• 1943 – Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 – Susan Howard, American actress and writer
• 1944 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
• 1944 – John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)BOOK, Maggie Humphreys, Robert Evans, Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland,weblink 1 January 1997, A&C Black, 978-0-7201-2330-2, 333,
• 1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
• 1947 – Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1948 – Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (d. 2022)WEB, 14 April 2022, Kansanedustaja Ilkka Kanerva on kuollut,weblink 14 April 2022, Yle Uutiset, fi,
• 1948 – Bob Moses, American drummer
• 1948 – Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
• 1949 – Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2020)BOOK, Who's who in New Zealand,weblink 1991, A.H. & A.W. Reed, 978-0-7900-0130-2, 446,
• 1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
• 1949 – Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (d. 2017)NEWS, Hawthorn, Tom, Jim Wong-Chu was a tireless promoter of Asian-Canadian writing,weblink 28 January 2021, The Globe and Mail, 31 July 2017,
• 1950 – Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model
• 1950 – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
• 1950 – David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
• 1950 – Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
• 1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician
• 1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2018)
• 1951 – Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
• 1952 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1953 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1954 – Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
• 1954 – Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Rick Warren, American pastor and author
• 1955 – Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
• 1956 – Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
• 1956 – Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
• 1957 – Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1957 – Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
• 1957 – Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1959 – Frank Darabont, American director and producer
• 1960 – Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1961 – Mike Holoway, British musician and actorWEB, Mike Holoway, British Film Institute, 2023, 28 January 2023,weblinkweblink dead, May 29, 2019,
• 1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Michael Cage, American basketball player and broadcasterWEB, Michael Cage,weblink National Basketball Association, 27 January 2024,
• 1962 – Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actorWEB, Williams, Seth, Famous Birthdays Today- Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter Is 40, WTAM News Radio, January 28, 2020, January 28, 2023,weblink
• 1962 – Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – Dan Spitz, American musician and songwriter
• 1964 – David Lawrence, English cricketer
• 1966 – Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
• 1966 – Michal Pivoňka, Czech ice hockey playerWEB, Michal Pivonka,weblink National Hockey League, 27 January 2024,
• 1967 – Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1968 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1968 – DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer
• 1968 – Rakim, American rapperWEB, Huey, Steve, Rakim Biography,weblink allmusic, November 2, 2018,
• 1969 – Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
• 1969 – Kathryn Morris, American actress
• 1969 – Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
• 1969 – Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
• 1971 – Anthony Hamilton, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1972 – Elena Baranova, Russian basketball playerWEB, Elena Baranova,weblink WNBA, 27 January 2024,
• 1972 – Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesWEB,weblink Who is Amy Coney Barrett? Meet Trump's Supreme Court pick, chicago.suntimes.com, 25 September 2020,
• 1972 – Mark Regan, English rugby player
• 1972 – Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
• 1972 – Gillian Vigman, American actress and comedian
• 1974 – Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
• 1974 – Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
• 1974 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
• 1975 – Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
• 1975 – Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
• 1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 – Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
• 1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
• 1977 – Sandis BuÅ¡kevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 1977 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player
• 1977 – Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality
• 1977 – Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
• 1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)
• 1978 – Big Freedia, American musicianBOOK,weblink Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!, Freedia, Big, Balin, Nicole, 2015, Simon and Schuster, 978-1-5011-0124-3, 9,
• 1978 – Sheamus, Irish wrestlerWEB,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20151201072124weblink">weblink dead, December 1, 2015, Sheamus, Kamchen, Richard, 6 October 2009, Slam! Sports, Canadian Online Explorer,
• 1979 – Angelique Cabral, American actress
• 1980 – Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1980 – Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor and producerWEB, Elijah Wood,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170518205423weblink">weblink dead, May 18, 2017, BFI, 30 March 2022, en,
• 1982 – Chad Aull, American politicianWEB, Legislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission,weblink 2023-11-24, legislature.ky.gov,
• 1982 – Omar Cook, American-Montenegrin basketball player and coachWEB, Omar Cook,weblink National Basketball Association, 27 January 2024,
• 1984 – Ben Clucas, English race car driver
• 1984 – Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
• 1984 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
• 1984 – Anne Panter, English field hockey player
• 1985 – Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – J. Cole, American rapper
• 1985 – Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Tom Hopper, English actor
• 1985 – Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
• 1985 – Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
• 1986 – Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdlerWEB, Jessica Ennis-Hill {{!, Biography, Olympic Medals, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jessica-Ennis-Hill |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 December 2021 |language=en}}
• 1986 – Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
• 1986 – Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1988 – Paul Henry, English footballer
• 1988 – Alexandra Krosney, American actress
• 1988 – Sanada, Japanese wrestler
• 1989 – Siem de Jong, Dutch footballerWEB, Siem de Jong,weblink ESPN.com, 24 November 2020, en,
• 1991 – Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey playerWEB, Olympedia – Carl Klingberg,weblink www.olympedia.org, 24 November 2020,
• 1992 – Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballerWEB, Sergio Araujo,weblink ESPN.com, 24 November 2020, en,
• 1993 – Will Poulter, English actor
• 1993 – Alan Williams, American basketball playerWEB, Alan Williams,weblink National Basketball Association, 27 January 2024,
• 1994 – Joel Bolomboy, Russian-American basketball playerWEB, Joel Bolomboy,weblink National Basketball Association, 27 January 2024,
• 1994 – Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis playerWEB,weblink WTAtennis.com Profile: Lin Zhu, Women's Tennis Association, 17 October 2022,
• 1994 – Maluma, Colombian singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor
• 1995 – Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnastWEB, Profile of Mimi-Isabella Cesar,weblink Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation, 2018, 9 December 2020, live,weblink 9 December 2020,
• 1998 – Payton Pritchard, American basketball playerWEB, Payton Pritchard,weblink National Basketball Association, 27 January 2024,
• 1998 – Ariel Winter, American actressWEB, Jakiel, Olivia, Sarah Hyland Wishes 'Little Sister' Ariel Winter Happy Birthday in Sweet Instagram Post,weblink People (magazine), People, 20 January 2023, 28 January 2022,
• 2000 – DuÅ¡an Vlahović, Serbian footballerWEB,weblink FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022â„¢: List of Players: Serbia, FIFA, 26, 18 December 2022, 31 October 2023,weblink 18 December 2022, live,
• 2004 – Emoni Bates, American basketball playerWEB, Emoni Bates,weblink National Basketball Association, 27 January 2024,
• 2004 – Liam Öhgren, Swedish ice hockey playerWEB, Liam Ohgren,weblink 12 April 2024, National Hockey League,

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 724 – Yazid II, Umayyad caliph (b. 687){{The History of al-Tabari |volume=24 |url={{Google Books|kIKGclA7YykC|plainurl=y}} |pages=193–194}}
• 814 – Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (b. 742)BOOK, An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time,weblink 1761, T. Osborne, 232,
• 919 – Zhou Dewei, Chinese general
• 929 – Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)
• 947 – Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)
• 1061 – SpytihnÄ›v II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
• 1142 – Yue Fei, Chinese general (b. 1103)BOOK,weblink registration, Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization, Mair, Victor H., Chen, Sanping, Wood, Frances, 2013-05-01, Thames & Hudson, 9780500771471, 120–121, mdy-all,
• 1256 – William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (b. 1227)
• 1271 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)BOOK, Warner, Kathryn, Philippa of Hainault: Mother of the English Nation, 2019, Amberley Publishing Limited, 978-1-4456-6280-0, 22,weblink en,
• 1290 – Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210)WEB, Devorgilla, Lady of Galloway: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland,weblink www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk, 17 January 2020,
• 1443 – Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)
• 1501 – John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)ODNB, Hicks, Michael, 2004, Dynham, John, Baron Dynham (c.1433–1501), 50234,
• 1547 – Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)WEB, Henry VIII {{!, Biography, Wives, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en}}

1601–1900

• 1613 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
• 1621 – Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
• 1666 – Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
• 1672 – Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
• 1681 – Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
• 1687 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
• 1688 – Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
• 1697 – Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
• 1754 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
• 1782 – Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1697)
• 1832 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
• 1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 – John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)Sally O'Neill, 'Hart, John (1809–1873)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 355–356. Retrieved 29 January 2018

1901–present

• 1903 – Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819).
• 1912 – Eloy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador (b. 1842)
• 1918 – John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 – Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 – Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1965 – Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1971 – Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
• 1973 – John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
• 1976 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
• 1983 – Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
• 1983 – Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
• 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger crew
  • Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)WEB, Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts,weblink CNN, 16 September 2013, 4 December 2021,
  • Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
  • Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
  • Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
  • Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)
  • Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
  • Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)
• 1988 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
• 1989 – Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)JOURNAL, Clement, Christine, Helen Sawyer Hogg, 1905-1993, Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (JAAVSO), 1993, 22, 1, 83–86, 1993JAVSO..22...83C,weblink 28 July 2020, en, 0271-9053,
• 1996 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
• 1996 – Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
• 1999 – Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)
• 2001 – Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 2002 – AyÅŸe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
• 2003 – Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
• 2007 – Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Werner Flume, German jurist (b. 1908)BOOK, Medicus, Dieter,weblink BAdW Jahrbuch 2009, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2009, de, Werner Flume: 12.9.1908 – 28.1.2009, 233–235, Dieter Medicus,
• 2009 – Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – OldÅ™ich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
• 2014 – John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)
• 2015 – Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
• 2015 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2016 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
• 2016 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
• 2016 – Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2016 – Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)
• 2016 – Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)
• 2017 – Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (b. 1940)
• 2017 – Geoff Nicholls, British musician (b. 1948)
• 2019 – Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)WEB,weblink Pinoy rock pioneer Joey 'Pepe' Smith dies at 71, Krissy Aguilar, Pocholo, Concepcion, January 28, 2019, INQUIRER.net,
• 2021 – Cicely Tyson, American actress (b. 1924)WEB, Dagan, Carmel, Cicely Tyson, Pioneering Hollywood Icon, Dies at 96,weblink Variety, January 28, 2021, en, January 29, 2021,

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Joseph Freinademetz
  • Julian of Cuenca
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Army Day (Armenia)
• Data Privacy Day

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