What happened on January 22? There are more than 341 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

Interesting Facts & Myths About January 22

January 22 In HistoryJanuary 22 is the 22nd day of the year 2024. There are 344 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 4th week of the year 2024.

On this day in Sandisfield, Massachusetts 01255 sunrise occured at 07:12 AM and sunset occured at 04:55 PM (local time).

The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aquarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Garnet while the mystical birthstone is Emerald.

According to the Chinese calendar, there are 19 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024).

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Historical Events For January 22

  • 565
    Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  • 1506
    The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
  • 1521
    Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.
  • 1689
    The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
  • 1771
    Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to the United Kingdom.
  • 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 defeat British troops.
  • 1879
    Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke’s Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five 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 St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
  • 1906
    SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
  • 1909
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
  • 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
    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, Italy.
  • 1946
    Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • 1946
    Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people’s Republic of Mahabad at Chuwarchira Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
  • 1947
    KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
  • 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.
  • 1959
    Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
  • 1962
    The Organization of American States suspends Cuba’s membership.
  • 1963
    The Elysée 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.
  • 1969
    A gunman attempts to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
  • 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
    A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176.
  • 1973
    The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
  • 1984
    The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
  • 1987
    Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
  • 1987
    Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
  • 1990
    Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
  • 1991
    Gulf War: Three 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.
  • 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.

Who Were Born On January 22?

  • 1263
    Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)
  • 1440
    Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
  • 1553
    Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
  • 1561
    Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
  • 1570
    Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631)
  • 1592
    Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
  • 1654
    Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
  • 1690
    Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
  • 1729
    Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
  • 1733
    Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer (d. 1796)
  • 1740
    Noah Phelps, American Spy (d. 1809)
  • 1781
    François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (d. 1849)
  • 1788
    George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (Lord Byron), English poet (d. 1824)
  • 1796
    Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
  • 1797
    Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)
  • 1799
    Ludger Duvernay, Canadian printer and publisher (d. 1852)
  • 1820
    Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
  • 1831
    Jack Slade, American frontier figure (d. 1864)
  • 1831
    Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1917)
  • 1840
    Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
  • 1849
    August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
  • 1858
    Beatrice Webb, English economist (d. 1943)
  • 1869
    Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
  • 1869
    José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese military officer and politician (d. 1952)
  • 1874
    Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
  • 1874
    Jay Hughes, American baseball player (d. 1924)
  • 1875
    D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)
  • 1876
    Warren McLaughlin, American baseball player (d. 1923)
  • 1877
    Tom Jones, American baseball player (d. 1923)
  • 1879
    Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
  • 1880
    Bill O'Neill, American baseball player (d. 1920)
  • 1881
    Ira Thomas, American baseball player (d. 1958)
  • 1882
    Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956)
  • 1886
    Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921)
  • 1887
    Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
  • 1889
    Amos Strunk, American baseball player (d. 1979)
  • 1889
    Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
  • 1890
    Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
  • 1890
    Vinko Žganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
  • 1891
    Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher, and political theorist (d. 1937)
  • 1892
    Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986)
  • 1893
    Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
  • 1897
    Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
  • 1899
    Martti Haavio, Finnish poet (d. 1973)
  • 1900
    Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (d. 1980)
  • 1902
    Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
  • 1903
    Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
  • 1903
    Robin Milford, British composer (d. 1959)
  • 1904
    Arkady Gaidar, Russian children’s writer (d. 1941)
  • 1904
    George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
  • 1904
    John Milligan, American baseball player (d. 1972)
  • 1906
    Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987)
  • 1906
    Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)
  • 1907
    Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
  • 1907
    Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995)
  • 1907
    Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
  • 1908
    Lev Davidovich Landau, Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
  • 1908
    Prince Oana, American baseball player (d. 1976)
  • 1909
    Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001)
  • 1909
    Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965)
  • 1909
    U Thant, Burmese diplomat and 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
  • 1911
    Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
  • 1913
    Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
  • 1913
    Henry Bauchau, Belgian novelist, poet, and psychoanalyst
  • 1913
    William Conway, Northern Irish cardinal (d. 1977)
  • 1914
    Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
  • 1915
    Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993)
  • 1916
    Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1972)
  • 1916
    Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati author, poet, astrologist (d. 1994)
  • 1916
    Henri Dutilleux, French composer
  • 1917
    Huck Geary, American baseball player (d. 1981)
  • 1918
    Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1919
    Diomedes Olivo, Dominican Republic baseball player (d. 1977)
  • 1920
    Irving Kristol, American pundit, columnist and author (d. 2009)
  • 1920
    Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager (d. 1999)
  • 1922
    Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. 1987)
  • 1924
    J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
  • 1925
    Bobby Young, American baseball player (d. 1985)
  • 1925
    Johnny Bucha, American baseball player (d. 1996)
  • 1927
    Lou Creekmur, American football player (d. 2009)
  • 1928
    Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (d. 2004)
  • 1931
    Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
  • 1932
    Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist (d. 2007)
  • 1932
    Piper Laurie, American actress
  • 1934
    Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1934
    Graham Kerr, British-born chef
  • 1935
    Seymour Cassel, American actor
  • 1936
    Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate
  • 1936
    Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (d. 2002)
  • 1937
    Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader
  • 1937
    Joseph Wambaugh, American author
  • 1938
    Altair, Brazilian footballer
  • 1939
    Alfredo Palacio, former President of Ecuador
  • 1939
    Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
  • 1939
    J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
  • 1939
    Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004)
  • 1940
    George Seifert, American football coach
  • 1940
    John Hurt, English actor
  • 1942
    Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
  • 1943
    Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress
  • 1945
    Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2011)
  • 1946
    Malcolm McLaren, British music manager (d. 2010)
  • 1946
    Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1948
    Gilbert Levine, American conductor
  • 1948
    Northern Calloway, American actor (d. 1990)
  • 1949
    Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
  • 1949
    Phil Miller, English guitarist (National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole)
  • 1949
    Steve Perry, American singer and musician (Journey)
  • 1950
    Pamela Salem, English actress
  • 1951
    Leon Roberts, American baseball player
  • 1951
    Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
  • 1951
    Steve J. Spears, Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer (d. 2007)
  • 1952
    Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007)
  • 1952
    Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1952
    Teddy Gentry, American musician (Alabama)
  • 1953
    Jim Jarmusch, American director
  • 1953
    Myung-Whun Chung,South Korean Conductor and pianist
  • 1954
    Chris Lemmon, American actor
  • 1954
    Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
  • 1954
    Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler
  • 1955
    Thomas David Jones, American astronaut
  • 1955
    Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
  • 1956
    John Wesley Shipp, American actor
  • 1956
    Steve Riley, American drummer
  • 1957
    Brian Dayett, American baseball player
  • 1957
    Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
  • 1957
    Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
  • 1957
    Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1957
    Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d. 1993)
  • 1958
    Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager
  • 1959
    Linda Blair, American actress
  • 1960
    Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (d. 1997)
  • 1961
    Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and artist
  • 1961
    Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
  • 1962
    Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
  • 1962
    Eric Schaeffer, American actor and director
  • 1962
    Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
  • 1963
    Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist
  • 1963
    Javier Ortiz, American baseball player
  • 1963
    Jeff Treadway, American baseball player
  • 1964
    Joe Dudek, American football player
  • 1964
    Nigel Benn, English boxer
  • 1964
    Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player
  • 1964
    Wayne Kirby, American baseball player
  • 1965
    Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter
  • 1965
    Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
  • 1965
    Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
  • 1965
    DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
  • 1965
    Diane Lane, American actress
  • 1965
    Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses)
  • 1967
    Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
  • 1967
    Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer and songwriter
  • 1967
    Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1967
    Nick Gillingham, British swimmer
  • 1968
    Frank Lebœuf, French footballer
  • 1968
    Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan)
  • 1968
    Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
  • 1969
    John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist
  • 1969
    Keith Gordon, American baseball player
  • 1969
    Olivia d'Abo, English actress
  • 1970
    Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
  • 1970
    Alex Ross, American comic book artist
  • 1971
    Stan Collymore, English footballer
  • 1972
    Gabriel Macht, American actor
  • 1972
    Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
  • 1972
    Katie Barberi, Mexican actress
  • 1972
    Namrata Shirodkar, Indian actress
  • 1972
    Romi Park, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
  • 1973
    Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer
  • 1974
    Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver
  • 1975
    Balthazar Getty, American actor
  • 1975
    David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1975
    Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
  • 1975
    James Murray English actor
  • 1976
    James Dearth, American football player
  • 1976
    Jimmy Anderson, American baseball player
  • 1977
    Aaron Rakers, American baseball player
  • 1977
    Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
  • 1977
    Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • 1977
    Luciano Andrade Rissutt, Brazilian footballer
  • 1977
    Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter
  • 1977
    Matthew Newton, Australian actor
  • 1978
    Chone Figgins, American baseball player
  • 1979
    Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
  • 1980
    Christopher Masterson, American actor
  • 1980
    Jake Grove, American football player
  • 1980
    Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
  • 1980
    Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese writer
  • 1981
    Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)
  • 1981
    Beverley Mitchell, American actress
  • 1981
    Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
  • 1981
    Willa Ford, American singer
  • 1982
    Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer
  • 1982
    Jason Peters, American football player
  • 1983
    Shaun Cody, American football player
  • 1984
    Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984
    Leon Powe, American basketball player
  • 1984
    Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
  • 1984
    Raica Oliveira, Brazilian model
  • 1984
    Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player
  • 1985
    Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
  • 1985
    Orianthi Panagaris, Australian guitarist
  • 1986
    Daniel Wayne Smith, American reality television personality (d. 2006)
  • 1986
    Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
  • 1986
    Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
  • 1987
    Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
  • 1987
    Ray Rice, American football player
  • 1987
    Shane Long, Irish footballer
  • 1988
    Asher Allen, American football player
  • 1988
    Greg Oden, American basketball player
  • 1990
    Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
  • 1991
    Alex MacDowall, British racing driver
  • 1993
    Rio Haryanto, Indonesian racing driver
  • 1993
    Tommy Knight, English actor

Who Died On January 22?

  • 239
    Cao Rui (Wei Ming Di), emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (b. 205)
  • 1536
    Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
  • 1575
    James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, regent of Scotland (b. 1516)
  • 1599
    Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
  • 1666
    Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592)
  • 1750
    Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
  • 1763
    John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
  • 1767
    Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
  • 1779
    Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
  • 1779
    Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
  • 1840
    Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
  • 1892
    Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813)
  • 1900
    David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
  • 1901
    Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
  • 1921
    Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)
  • 1922
    Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838)
  • 1922
    Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837)
  • 1922
    Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
  • 1929
    R.C. Lehmann, English writer (b. 1856)
  • 1930
    Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and conservationist (b. 1867)
  • 1931
    Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
  • 1945
    Else Lasker-Schüler, German-born poet (b. 1869)
  • 1949
    William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)
  • 1950
    Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
  • 1950
    Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921)
  • 1951
    Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (b. 1872)
  • 1954
    Princess Margaret of Prussia, queen of Finland (b. 1872)
  • 1957
    Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (b. 1876)
  • 1959
    Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929)
  • 1966
    Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
  • 1967
    Robert Henriques, English writer (b. 1905)
  • 1968
    Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
  • 1973
    Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
  • 1975
    Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
  • 1978
    Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
  • 1978
    Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894)
  • 1980
    Yitzhak Baer, German-born Israeli historian (b. 1888)
  • 1981
    Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
  • 1982
    Eduardo Frei Montalva, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
  • 1982
    Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
  • 1985
    Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian (b. 1899)
  • 1987
    Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
  • 1988
    Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
  • 1991
    Kenas Aroi, Nauruan politician (b. 1942)
  • 1991
    Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
  • 1993
    Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (b. 1924)
  • 1994
    Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
  • 1994
    Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
  • 1994
    Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
  • 1995
    Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (b. 1949)
  • 1995
    Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family (b. 1890)
  • 1997
    Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957)
  • 1997
    Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
  • 1997
    Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929)
  • 1999
    Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
  • 2000
    Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska) (b. 1916)
  • 2000
    Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
  • 2001
    Roy Brown, American clown (b. 1932)
  • 2001
    Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
  • 2002
    Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905)
  • 2003
    Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
  • 2004
    Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
  • 2004
    Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
  • 2004
    Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918)
  • 2005
    César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
  • 2005
    Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
  • 2005
    Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
  • 2005
    Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917)
  • 2007
    Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
  • 2007
    Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer (b. 1962)
  • 2007
    Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
  • 2008
    Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
  • 2008
    Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
  • 2008
    Roberto Gari, American actor (b. 1920)
  • 2009
    Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
  • 2010
    Jean Simmons, English-American actress (b. 1929)
  • 2010
    Sultan Iskandar of Johor, also the 8th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (b. 1932)

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