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Pre-1600

 * 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
 * 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 km northwest of Rome.
 * 474 – Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
 * 637 – The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
 * 843 – The Vikings sack the French city of Nantes.
 * 972 – Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
 * 1128 – Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.
 * 1230 – The Siege of Jaén begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
 * 1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.
 * 1340 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
 * 1374 – A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
 * 1497 – John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
 * 1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
 * 1535 – The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
 * 1540 – English King Henry VIII commands his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave the court.
 * 1571 – Miguel López de Legazpi conquers Manila for Spain, modern day capital of the Philippines.
 * 1593 – The Dutch city of Geertruidenberg held by the Spanish, capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau.

1601–1900

 * 1604 – Samuel de Champlain encounters the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present-day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
 * 1622 – Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
 * 1663 – The Spanish garrison of Évora capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial.
 * 1717 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
 * 1724 – On the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Bach leads the first performance of his Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV7, the third cantata of his chorale cantata cycle.
 * 1762 – Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
 * 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
 * 1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
 * 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
 * 1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
 * 1821 – Battle of Carabobo: Decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
 * 1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
 * 1866 – Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
 * 1880 – First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
 * 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France, is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.

1901–present

 * 1913 – Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
 * 1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
 * 1918 – First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
 * 1922 – The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
 * 1932 – A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
 * 1938 – Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
 * 1939 – Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
 * 1940 – World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
 * 1943 – US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
 * 1945 – The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.
 * 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
 * 1948 – Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
 * 1949 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
 * 1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
 * 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
 * 1957 – In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
 * 1960 – Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.
 * 1963 – The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
 * 1973 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
 * 1975 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
 * 1981 – The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.
 * 1982 – "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 009 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
 * 1989 – Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.
 * 1994 – A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington, killing four.
 * 1995 – Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
 * 2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
 * 2004 – In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
 * 2010 – At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
 * 2010  – Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
 * 2012 – Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
 * 2013 – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
 * 2021 – The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.
 * 2022 – In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
 * 2023 – The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.

Pre-1600

 * 1210 – Count Floris IV of Holland (d. 1234)
 * 1244 – Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1308)
 * 1254 – Floris V, Count of Holland (d. 1296)
 * 1257 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford, English nobleman (probable; d. 1331)
 * 1314 – Philippa of Hainault Queen of England (d. 1369)
 * 1322 – Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (d. 1406)
 * 1343 – Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (d. 1373)
 * 1360 – Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general
 * 1386 – John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (d. 1456)
 * 1465 – Isabella del Balzo, Queen Consort of Naples (d. 1533)
 * 1485 – Johannes Bugenhagen, Polish-German priest and reformer (d. 1558)
 * 1485  – Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (d. 1555)
 * 1499 – Johannes Brenz, German theologian and the Protestant Reformer (d. 1570)
 * 1519 – Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (d. 1605)
 * 1532 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1588)
 * 1532  – William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1573)
 * 1535 – Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (d. 1573)
 * 1546 – Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (d. 1610)
 * 1587 – William Arnold, English-American settler (d. 1675)

1601–1900

 * 1614 – John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
 * 1616 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt (d. 1680)
 * 1661 – Hachisuka Tsunanori, Japanese daimyō (d. 1730)
 * 1663 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (d. 1742)
 * 1687 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German-Lutheran clergyman and scholar (d. 1757)
 * 1694 – Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss author and theorist (d. 1748)
 * 1704 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (d. 1771)
 * 1753 – William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (d. 1825)
 * 1755 – Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (d. 1794)
 * 1767 – Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (d. 1846)
 * 1771 – Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, French chemist and businessman, founded DuPont (d. 1834)
 * 1774 – Antonio González de Balcarce, Argentinian commander and politician, 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (d. 1819)
 * 1774  – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (d. 1838)
 * 1777 – John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (d. 1856)
 * 1782 – Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (d. 1847)
 * 1783 – Johann Heinrich von Thünen, German economist and geographer (d. 1850)
 * 1784 – Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 1853)
 * 1788 – Thomas Blanchard, American inventor (d. 1864)
 * 1795 – Ernst Heinrich Weber, German physician and psychologist (d. 1878)
 * 1797 – John Hughes, Irish-American archbishop (d. 1864)
 * 1797  – Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish geologist and explorer (d. 1873)
 * 1804 – Stephan Endlicher, Austrian botanist, numismatist, and sinologist (d. 1849)
 * 1804  – Willard Richards, American religious leader (d. 1854)
 * 1811 – John Archibald Campbell, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1889)
 * 1813 – Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and reformer (d. 1887)
 * 1813  – Francis Boott, American composer (d. 1904)
 * 1821 – Guillermo Rawson, Argentinian physician and politician (d. 1890)
 * 1826 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (d. 1898)
 * 1835 – Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (d. 1902)
 * 1838 – Jan Matejko, Polish painter (d. 1893)
 * 1839 – Gustavus Franklin Swift, American businessman (d. 1903)
 * 1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (d. 1914)
 * 1846 – Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (d. 1901)
 * 1850 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (d. 1916)
 * 1852 – Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic (d. 1915)
 * 1854 – Eleanor Norcross, American painter (d. 1923)
 * 1856 – Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author (d. 1930)
 * 1858 – Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1924)
 * 1865 – Robert Henri, American painter and educator (d. 1929)
 * 1867 – Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (d. 1944)
 * 1869 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (d. 1957)
 * 1872 – Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic (d. 1947)
 * 1875 – Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator (d. 1947)
 * 1880 – Oswald Veblen, American mathematician and academic (g. 1960)
 * 1880  – João Cândido Felisberto, Brazilian revolutionary and sailor (d. 1969)
 * 1881 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1949)
 * 1882 – Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
 * 1882  – Carl Diem, German businessman (d. 1962)
 * 1883 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
 * 1883  – Fritz Löhner-Beda, Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (d. 1942)
 * 1883  – Jean Metzinger, French artist (d. 1956)
 * 1883  – Arthur L. Newton, American runner (d. 1956)
 * 1883  – Frank Verner, American runner (d. 1966)
 * 1884 – Frank Waller, American runner (d. 1941)
 * 1885 – Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (d. 1975)
 * 1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect, designed the Rietveld Schröder House (d. 1964)
 * 1893 – Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1971)
 * 1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983)
 * 1898 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (d. 1983)
 * 1898  – Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (d. 1958)
 * 1900 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (d. 2001)
 * 1901  – Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (d. 1974)
 * 1901  – Chuck Taylor, American basketball player and salesman (d. 1969)
 * 1904 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
 * 1905 – Fred Alderman, American sprinter (d. 1998)
 * 1906 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (d. 1986)
 * 1906  – Willard Maas, American poet and educator (d. 1971)
 * 1907 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1989)
 * 1908 – Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
 * 1908  – Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (d. 1976)
 * 1909 – Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1978)
 * 1909  – William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1991)
 * 1909  – Betty Cavanna, American author (d. 2001)
 * 1911 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1995)
 * 1911  – Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011)
 * 1911  – Portia White, Canadian opera singer (d. 1968)
 * 1912 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (d. 1994)
 * 1912  – Mary Wesley, English author (d. 2002)
 * 1913 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (d. 2002)
 * 1914 – Kari Diesen, Norwegian singer and revue actress (d. 1987)
 * 1914  – Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (d. 2000)
 * 1914  – Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (d. 2008)
 * 1915 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (d. 2001)
 * 1916 – William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General (d. 2010)
 * 1916  – Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
 * 1917 – David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (d. 2014)
 * 1917  – Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020)
 * 1917  – Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
 * 1917  – Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (d. 1996)
 * 1918 – Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
 * 1918  – Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean businessman and politician, Singaporean Minister for Education (d. 2012)
 * 1919 – Al Molinaro, American actor (d. 2015)
 * 1921 – Gerhard Sommer, German soldier (d. 2019)
 * 1922 – Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (d. 2015)
 * 1922  – John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
 * 1922  – Richard Timberlake, American economist (d. 2020)
 * 1923 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (d. 2011)
 * 1924 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2008)
 * 1924  – Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 2012)
 * 1924  – Yoshito Takamine, American politician (d. 2015)
 * 1925 – Ogden Reid, American politician (d. 2019)
 * 1927 – Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (d. 1997)
 * 1927  – James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (d. 2014)
 * 1927  – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
 * 1929 – Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer (d. 2021)
 * 1930 – Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
 * 1930  – Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019)
 * 1930  – William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006)
 * 1931 – Billy Casper, American golfer (d. 2015)
 * 1932 – David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (d. 2001)
 * 1933 – Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (d. 2024)
 * 1933 – Sam Jones, American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
 * 1933  – Ngina Kenyatta, 1st First Lady of Kenya
 * 1934 – Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (d. 2013)
 * 1934  – Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
 * 1934  – Gloria Christian, Italian singer
 * 1935 – Terry Riley, American composer and educator
 * 1935  – Jean Milesi, French racing cyclist
 * 1935  – Charlie Dees, American baseball player
 * 1936 – Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director (d. 2021)
 * 1937 – Anita Desai, Indian-American author and academic
 * 1938 – Lawrence Block, American author
 * 1938  – Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani politician, 1st democratically elected Azerbaijani President (d. 2000)
 * 1938  – Ken Gray, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
 * 1939 – Brigitte Fontaine, French singer
 * 1939  – Judy Olson Duhamel, American politician and educator
 * 1940 – Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (d. 2014)
 * 1940  – Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
 * 1941 – Erkin Koray, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)
 * 1941  – Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French psychoanalyst and author
 * 1941  – Graham McKenzie, Australian cricketer
 * 1942 – Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
 * 1942  – Michele Lee, American actress and singer
 * 1942  – Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
 * 1942  – Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator  (d. 2017)
 * 1943 – Birgit Grodal, Danish economist and academic (d. 2004)
 * 1944 – Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2023)
 * 1944  – Kathryn Lasky, American author
 * 1944  – Chris Wood, English saxophonist (d. 1983)
 * 1945 – Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter
 * 1945  – Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1945  – George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
 * 1945  – Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
 * 1946 – David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
 * 1946  – Ellison Onizuka, American engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986)
 * 1946  – Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
 * 1947 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (d. 2014)
 * 1947  – Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer
 * 1947  – Peter Weller, American actor and director
 * 1948 – Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter
 * 1949 – John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
 * 1949  – Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
 * 1950 – Nancy Allen, American actress
 * 1950  – Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer (d. 2006)
 * 1950  – Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (d. 2015)
 * 1950  – Mercedes Lackey, American author
 * 1951 – Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
 * 1951  – Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1952 – Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
 * 1952  – Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
 * 1953 – William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1953  – Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1955 – Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
 * 1955  – Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
 * 1955  – Loren Roberts, American golfer
 * 1956 – Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
 * 1957 – Mark Parkinson, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Kansas
 * 1958 – Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
 * 1958  – Silvio Mondinelli, Italian mountaineer
 * 1958  – Reed Oliver, governor of Pohnpei State, Micronesia
 * 1958  – John Tortorella, American ice hockey player and coach
 * 1959 – Andy McCluskey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
 * 1960 – Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
 * 1960  – Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist
 * 1960  – Karin Pilsäter, Swedish accountant and politician
 * 1960  – Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
 * 1961 – Dennis Danell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2000)
 * 1961  – Iain Glen, Scottish actor
 * 1961  – Bernie Nicholls, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1961  – Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American journalist and activist
 * 1961  – Curt Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1962 – Gautam Adani, Indian industrialist and billionaire
 * 1962  – Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican politician
 * 1963 – Yuri Kasparyan, Russian guitarist
 * 1963  – Preki, Serbian-American soccer player and coach
 * 1963  – Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (d. 2007)
 * 1964 – Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (d. 2012)
 * 1964  – Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician
 * 1964  – Gary Suter, American ice hockey player and scout
 * 1965 – Claude Bourbonnais, Canadian race car driver
 * 1965  – Uwe Krupp, German ice hockey player and coach
 * 1965  – Richard Lumsden, English actor, writer, composer and musician
 * 1966 – Hope Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and musician
 * 1966  – Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
 * 1967 – Janez Lapajne, Slovenian director and producer
 * 1967  – John Limniatis, Canadian soccer player and manager
 * 1968 – Alaa Abdelnaby, Egyptian-American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1970 – Glenn Medeiros, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1970  – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2012)
 * 1972 – Robbie McEwen, Australian cyclist
 * 1972  – Denis Žvegelj, Slovenian rower
 * 1973 – Alexis Gauthier, French chef
 * 1973  – Jere Lehtinen, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1974 – Dan Byles, English sailor, rower, and politician
 * 1974  – Chris Guccione, American baseball player and umpire
 * 1975 – Marek Malík, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1975  – Federico Pucciariello, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
 * 1976 – Brock Olivo, American football player and coach
 * 1977 – Dimos Dikoudis, Greek basketball player and manager
 * 1977  – Jeff Farmer, Australian footballer
 * 1978 – Luis García, Spanish footballer
 * 1978  – Pantelis Kafes, Greek footballer
 * 1978  – Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer
 * 1978  – Ariel Pink, American singer-songwriter
 * 1978  – Juan Román Riquelme, Argentinian footballer
 * 1978  – Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
 * 1979 – Mindy Kaling, American actress and producer
 * 1979  – Petra Němcová, Czech model and philanthropist
 * 1980 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
 * 1980  – Nina Dübbers, German tennis player
 * 1980  – Andrew Jones, Australian race car driver
 * 1980  – Minka Kelly, American actress
 * 1982 – Kevin Nolan, English footballer
 * 1982  – Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1983 – Rebecca Cooke, English swimmer
 * 1983  – John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino actor
 * 1983  – Gianni Munari, Italian footballer
 * 1983  – Gard Nilssen, Norwegian drummer
 * 1983  – David Shillington, Australian rugby league player
 * 1984 – Andrea Raggi, Italian footballer
 * 1984  – JJ Redick, American basketball player
 * 1984  – Johanna Welin, Swedish-born German wheelchair basketball player
 * 1985 – Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer
 * 1985  – Tom Kennedy, English footballer
 * 1985  – Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player
 * 1985  – Vernon Philander, South African cricketer
 * 1985  – Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model
 * 1986 – Stuart Broad, English cricketer
 * 1986  – Phil Hughes, American baseball player
 * 1986  – Solange Knowles, American singer-songwriter and actress
 * 1987 – Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player
 * 1987  – Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer
 * 1987  – Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder
 * 1988 – Micah Richards, English footballer
 * 1989 – Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
 * 1990 – Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1990  – Richard Sukuta-Pasu, German footballer
 * 1991 – Yasmin Paige, English actress
 * 1991  – Aidan Sezer, Australian rugby league player
 * 1992 – David Alaba, Austrian footballer
 * 1996 – Duki, Argentinian rapper
 * 1996  – Marcus Coco, Guadeloupean footballer
 * 1999 – Darwin Núñez, Uruguayan footballer
 * 2004 – Erika Andreeva, Russian tennis player
 * 2004  – Luke Chambers, English footballer

Pre-1600

 * 1046 – Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (b. 1018)
 * 1088 – William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman nobleman
 * 1314 – Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester, English commander (b. 1291)
 * 1314  – Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Marches (b. 1274)
 * 1398 – Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328)
 * 1439 – Frederick IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382)
 * 1503 – Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)
 * 1519 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)
 * 1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)

1601–1900

 * 1604 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)
 * 1637 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
 * 1643 – John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
 * 1766 – Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
 * 1778 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
 * 1803 – Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
 * 1817 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
 * 1835 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)

1901–present

 * 1902 – George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
 * 1908 – Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
 * 1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
 * 1922 – Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
 * 1923 – Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (b. 1892)
 * 1931 – Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
 * 1931  – Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
 * 1932 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
 * 1943 – Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
 * 1946 – Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
 * 1947 – Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
 * 1962 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
 * 1964 – Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
 * 1969 – Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
 * 1969  – Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
 * 1975 – Wendell Ladner, Professional Basketball Player in the ABA
 * 1976 – Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
 * 1978 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
 * 1980 – V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
 * 1984 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
 * 1987 – Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
 * 1988 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)
 * 1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (b. 1917)
 * 1991  – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1899)
 * 1994 – Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
 * 1995 – Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney Morissette v. United States (b. 1903)
 * 1997 – Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
 * 2000 – Vera Atkins, British intelligence officer (b. 1908)
 * 2000  – David Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (b. 1917)
 * 2000  – Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine cuarteto singer (b. 1973)
 * 2001 – Konstantin Gerchik, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958-1961).
 * 2002 – Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian banker and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
 * 2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter and author (b. 1957)
 * 2005 – Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
 * 2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)
 * 2007  – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
 * 2007  – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
 * 2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
 * 2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)
 * 2010 – Fred Anderson, American jazz tenor saxophonist (b. 1929)
 * 2011 – Tomislav Ivić, Croatian football coach and manager (b. 1933)
 * 2012 – Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (b. 1962)
 * 2012  – Gad Beck, German author and educator (b. 1923)
 * 2012  – Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
 * 2012  – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (b. 1988)
 * 2012  – Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (b. 1952)
 * 2012  – Lonesome George, last known Pinta Island tortoise (h. c. 1910)
 * 2013 – Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1946)
 * 2013  – Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
 * 2013  – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (b. 1932)
 * 2013  – William Hathaway, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
 * 2013  – James Martin, English-Bermudian computer scientist and author (b. 1933)
 * 2013  – Alan Myers, American drummer  (b. 1955)
 * 2014 – John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
 * 2014  – Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)
 * 2014  – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
 * 2014  – Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
 * 2015 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
 * 2015  – Mario Biaggi, American police officer, politician and criminal (b. 1917)
 * 2015  – Marva Collins, American author and educator (b. 1936)
 * 2015  – Susan Ahn Cuddy, American lieutenant (b. 1915)
 * 2021 – Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960)
 * 2021 – Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (b. 1925)
 * 2024 – Shifty Shellshock, American vocalist (b. 1974)

Holidays and observances

 * Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
 * Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
 * Christian feast day:
 * María Guadalupe García Zavala
 * Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
 * June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)
 * Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)
 * St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances:
 * Enyovden (Bulgaria)
 * Jaanipäev (Estonia)
 * Jāņi (Latvia)
 * Jónsmessa (Iceland)
 * Midsummer Day (England)
 * Saint Jonas' Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)
 * Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
 * Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)
 * Wattah Wattah Festival (Philippines)
 * Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna

title: June 24


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January 30

Pre-1600

 * 1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
 * 1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.

1601–1900

 * 1607 – An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
 * 1648 – Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
 * 1649 – Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.
 * 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
 * 1667 – The Truce of Andrusovo is signed, ending the Russian-Polish War of 1654-1667
 * 1703 – The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
 * 1789 – Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
 * 1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
 * 1820 – Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
 * 1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
 * 1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
 * 1847 – Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
 * 1858 – The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
 * 1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
 * 1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.

1901–present

 * 1902 – The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
 * 1908 – Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
 * 1911 – The destroyer USS Terry (DD-25) makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy 10 mile from Havana, Cuba.
 * 1920 – Japanese carmaker Mazda is founded, initially as a cork-producing company.
 * 1925 – The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
 * 1930 – The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.
 * 1933 – Adolf Hitler's rise to power: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
 * 1939 – During a speech in the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler makes a prediction about the end of the Jewish race in Europe if another world war were to occur.
 * 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.
 * 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
 * 1945 – World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
 * 1945  – World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
 * 1948 – British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
 * 1948  – Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in his home compound, India's prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, broadcasts to the nation, saying "The light has gone out of our lives".  The date of the assassination becomes observed as "Martyrs' Day" in India.
 * 1956 – In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
 * 1959 – The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
 * 1959 – MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
 * 1960 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
 * 1964 – In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
 * 1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
 * 1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
 * 1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
 * 1972  – Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
 * 1974 – Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97.
 * 1975 – The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
 * 1975  – Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crashes into the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, killing 42.
 * 1979 – A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
 * 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
 * 1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
 * 1995 – Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
 * 2000 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
 * 2006 – The Goleta postal facility shootings occur, killing seven people before the perpetrator took her own life.
 * 2007 – Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.
 * 2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
 * 2020 – The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Pre-1600

 * 58 BC – Livia, Roman wife of Augustus (d. 29)
 * 1410 – William Calthorpe, English knight (d. 1494)
 * 1520 – William More, English courtier (d. 1600)
 * 1563 – Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1641)
 * 1573 – Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1638)
 * 1580 – Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein, court official in Vienna (d. 1658)
 * 1590 – Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford (d. 1676)

1601–1900

 * 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)
 * 1661 – Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (d. 1741)
 * 1697 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (d. 1773)
 * 1703 – François Bigot, French politician (d. 1778)
 * 1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1778)
 * 1754 – John Lansing Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1829)
 * 1775 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author (d. 1864)
 * 1781 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838)
 * 1816 – Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
 * 1822 – Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator (d. 1899)
 * 1841 – Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France (d. 1899)
 * 1844 – Richard Theodore Greener, American lawyer, academic, and diplomat (d. 1922)
 * 1846 – Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1932)
 * 1861 – Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)
 * 1862 – Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer (d. 1950)
 * 1866 – Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1951)
 * 1878 – A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
 * 1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and statesman, 32nd President of the United States (d. 1945)
 * 1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937)
 * 1899 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
 * 1900 – Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress (d. 1969)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (d. 1959)
 * 1902 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (d. 1983)
 * 1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)
 * 1911 – Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989)
 * 1912 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (d. 1988)
 * 1912  – Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
 * 1912  – Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989)
 * 1913 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter (d. 1941)
 * 1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter (d. 2000)
 * 1914  – John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
 * 1914  – David Wayne, American actor (d. 1995)
 * 1915 – Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
 * 1915  – John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 2006)
 * 1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (d. 2008)
 * 1918 – David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
 * 1919 – Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)
 * 1920 – Michael Anderson, English director and producer (d. 2018)
 * 1920  – Patrick Heron, British painter (d. 1999)
 * 1920  – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)
 * 1922 – Dick Martin, American comedian, actor, and director (d. 2008)
 * 1923 – Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013)
 * 1924 – Ernie Calverley, American basketball player and coach (d. 2003)
 * 1924  – S. N. Goenka, Burmese-Indian author and educator (d. 2013)
 * 1925 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (d. 2013)
 * 1927 – Olof Palme, Swedish statesman, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)
 * 1928 – Harold Prince, American director and producer (d. 2019)
 * 1928  – Paul Seymour, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
 * 1929 – Lois Hole, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (d. 2005)
 * 1929  – Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (d. 1994)
 * 1929  – Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)
 * 1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor and author
 * 1930  – Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, South African Minister of Defence (d. 2011)
 * 1931 – John Crosbie, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 2020)
 * 1931  – Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2016)
 * 1932 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (d. 2007)
 * 1934 – Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer (d. 2016)
 * 1935 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 1984)
 * 1935  – Tubby Hayes, English saxophonist and composer (d. 1973)
 * 1936 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998)
 * 1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
 * 1937  – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
 * 1938 – Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (d. 2016)
 * 1941 – Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author
 * 1941  – Dick Cheney, American businessman and politician, 46th Vice President of the United States
 * 1941  – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
 * 1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
 * 1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager
 * 1944 – Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic (d. 2020)
 * 1944  – Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
 * 1945 – Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) (d. 2016)
 * 1945  – Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997)
 * 1946 – John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
 * 1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author (d. 2023)
 * 1947  – Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
 * 1949 – Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1950 – Jack Newton, Australian golfer (d. 2022)
 * 1951 – Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
 * 1951  – Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director
 * 1951  – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)
 * 1952 – Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer (d. 2021)
 * 1953 – Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator
 * 1955 – John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine
 * 1955  – Curtis Strange, American golfer
 * 1955  – Mychal Thompson, Bahamian-American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1956 – Ann Dowd, American actress
 * 1957 – Chris Jansing, American television reporter
 * 1957  – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
 * 1958 – Brett Butler, American actress
 * 1959 – Jody Watley, American entertainer
 * 1962 – Abdullah II of Jordan
 * 1962  – Mary Kay Letourneau, American sex offender (d. 2020)
 * 1964 – Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
 * 1965 – Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach
 * 1966 – Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1968 – Felipe VI of Spain
 * 1969 – Justin Skinner, English footballer and manager
 * 1970 – Kimiya Yui, Japanese astronaut
 * 1972 – Mike Johnson, American politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 * 1972  – Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1973 – Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1974 – Christian Bale, British actor
 * 1974  – Olivia Colman, English actress
 * 1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
 * 1976 – Andy Milonakis, American entertainer
 * 1978 – Carmen Küng, Swiss curler
 * 1978  – John Patterson, American baseball player
 * 1979 – Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1980 – Lena Hall, American actress and singer
 * 1980  – Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter and musician
 * 1980  – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
 * 1980  – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer
 * 1981 – Jonathan Bender, American basketball player
 * 1981  – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
 * 1981  – Peter Crouch, English footballer
 * 1981  – Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver
 * 1982 – Jorge Cantú, American-Mexican baseball player
 * 1982  – DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player and coach
 * 1982  – Cameron Wake, American football player
 * 1983 – Drake Maverick, English wrestler
 * 1983  – Slavko Vraneš, Montenegrin basketball player
 * 1984 – Kid Cudi, American entertainer
 * 1984  – Junior dos Santos, Brazilian mixed martial artist
 * 1984  – Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese sumo wrestler
 * 1985 – Gisela Dulko, Argentinian tennis player
 * 1987 – Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler
 * 1987  – Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer
 * 1987  – Arda Turan, Turkish footballer
 * 1989 – Jahvid Best, American football player and athlete
 * 1989  – Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer
 * 1989  – Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-American actress
 * 1990 – Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
 * 1990  – Luca Sbisa, Italian-Swiss ice hockey player and coach
 * 1990  – Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer
 * 1990  – Jake Thomas, American actor
 * 1991 – Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1993 – Katy Marchant, English track cyclist
 * 1993  – Kodai Senga, Japanese baseball player
 * 1993  – Thitipoom Techaapaikhun, Thai actor
 * 1995 – Danielle Campbell, American actress
 * 1995  – Jack Laugher, English diver
 * 1996 – Dafne Navarro, Mexican trampoline gymnast
 * 1997 – Thomas Chabot, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1997  – Colin White, American ice hockey player
 * 2000 – Markella Kavenagh, Australian actress
 * 2000  – Bryan Woo, American baseball player
 * 2001 – Curtis Jones, English footballer
 * 2002 – Bijan Robinson, American football player
 * 2003 – Amen Thompson, American basketball player
 * 2003  – Ausar Thompson, American basketball player
 * 2005 – Prince Hashem, second son of King Abdullah II of Jordan

Pre-1600

 * 680 – Balthild, Frankish queen (b. 626)
 * 970 – Peter I of Bulgaria
 * 1030 – William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
 * 1181 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
 * 1240 – Pelagio Galvani, Leonese lawyer and cardinal (b. 1165)
 * 1314 – Nicholas III of Saint Omer
 * 1344 – William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b. 1301)
 * 1384 – Louis II, Count of Flanders (b. 1330)
 * 1574 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese historian and philosopher (b. 1502)

1601–1900

 * 1606 – Everard Digby, English criminal (b. 1578)
 * 1606  – John Grant, English conspirator (b. 1570)
 * 1606  – Robert Wintour, English conspirator (b. 1565)
 * 1649 – Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1600)
 * 1664 – Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor (b. 1599)
 * 1730 – Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
 * 1770 – Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (b. 1712)
 * 1836 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, said to have designed the American Flag (b. 1752)
 * 1838 – Osceola, American tribal leader (b. 1804)
 * 1858 – Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778)
 * 1867 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
 * 1869 – William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794)
 * 1881 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
 * 1889 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)

1901–present

 * 1923 – Columba Marmion, Benedictine abbot (b. 1858)
 * 1926 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
 * 1928 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
 * 1934 – Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
 * 1947 – Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
 * 1948 – Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
 * 1948  – Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
 * 1948  – Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
 * 1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
 * 1958 – Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
 * 1958  – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
 * 1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
 * 1963 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
 * 1966 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
 * 1968 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
 * 1969 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
 * 1973 – Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (b. 1885)
 * 1973  – Titina Silá, Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (b. 1943)
 * 1974 – Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910)
 * 1977 – Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (b. 1883)
 * 1980 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)
 * 1982 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
 * 1991 – John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
 * 1991  – Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907)
 * 1993 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
 * 1994 – Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (b. 1912)
 * 1999 – Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919)
 * 1999  – Ed Herlihy, American journalist (b. 1909)
 * 2001 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French soldier and actor (b. 1911)
 * 2001  – Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915)
 * 2001  – Joseph Ransohoff, American surgeon and educator (b. 1915)
 * 2004 – Egon Mayer, Swiss-American sociologist (b. 1944)
 * 2005 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971)
 * 2006 – Coretta Scott King, American author and activist (b. 1927)
 * 2006  – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright and academic (b. 1950)
 * 2007 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
 * 2008 – Marcial Maciel, Mexican-American priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi (b. 1920)
 * 2009 – H. Guy Hunt, American soldier, pastor, and politician, 49th Governor of Alabama (b. 1933)
 * 2010 – Fadil Ferati, Kosovar accountant and politician (b. 1960)
 * 2011 – John Barry, English composer and conductor (b. 1933)
 * 2012 – Frank Aschenbrenner, American football player and soldier (b. 1925)
 * 2012  – Doeschka Meijsing, Dutch author (b. 1947)
 * 2013 – Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (b. 1920)
 * 2013  – Patty Andrews, American singer (b. 1918)
 * 2013  – George Witt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
 * 2014 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general and photographer (b. 1914)
 * 2014  – The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
 * 2014  – William Motzing, American composer and conductor (b. 1937)
 * 2014  – Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * 2014  – Greater, oldest known greater flamingo and Feast Festival 2021 mascot (h. c.1919–1933)
 * 2015 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923)
 * 2015  – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (b. 1947)
 * 2015  – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (b. 1932)
 * 2015  – Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
 * 2015  – Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
 * 2016 – Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926)
 * 2016  – Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)
 * 2016  – Georgia Davis Powers, American activist and politician (b. 1923)
 * 2016   – Gaston Mialaret, French pedagogist and professor (b. 1918)
 * 2018 – Mark Salling, American actor and musician (b. 1982)
 * 2019 – Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928)
 * 2021 – Sophie, Scottish musician (b. 1986)
 * 2022 – Cheslie Kryst, American television presenter and model (b. 1991)
 * 2023 – Bobby Beathard, American Pro Football Hall of Fame executive (b. 1937)
 * 2023  – Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
 * 2024 – Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian Feast Day:
 * Adelelmus of Burgos
 * Aldegonde
 * Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)
 * Armentarius of Pavia
 * Balthild
 * Charles, King and Martyr (various provinces of the Anglican Communion)
 * Hippolytus of Rome
 * Hyacintha Mariscotti
 * Martina
 * Matthias of Jerusalem
 * Mutien-Marie Wiaux
 * Savina
 * Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox), and its related observances:
 * Teacher's Day (Greece)
 * January 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Day of Azerbaijani customs (Azerbaijan)
 * Day of Saudade (Brazil)
 * Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)
 * Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances:
 * Martyrs' Day (India)
 * School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)
 * Start of the Season for Nonviolence (January 30 – April 4)

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January 29

Pre-1600

 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
 * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.

1601–1900

 * 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
 * 1819 – Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
 * 1845 – "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
 * 1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
 * 1856 – Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
 * 1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
 * 1863 – The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
 * 1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
 * 1891 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

1901–present

 * 1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
 * 1911 – Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
 * 1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
 * 1918  – Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
 * 1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
 * 1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
 * 1943 – World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
 * 1944 – World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
 * 1944  – World War II: In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid.
 * 1959 – The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.
 * 1973 – EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
 * 1983 – Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.
 * 1989 – Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
 * 1991 – Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
 * 1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
 * 2001 – Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
 * 2002 – In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
 * 2005 – The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
 * 2008 – An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
 * 2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
 * 2013 – SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
 * 2014 – Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
 * 2017 – A gunman opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.
 * 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.

Pre-1600

 * 1455 – Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (d. 1522)
 * 1475 – Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (d. 1555)
 * 1499 – Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (d. 1552)
 * 1525 – Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (d. 1562)
 * 1584 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)
 * 1591 – Franciscus Junius, German pioneer philologist (d. 1677)

1601–1900

 * 1602 – Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1651)
 * 1632 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (d. 1703)
 * 1688 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)
 * 1711 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
 * 1715 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)
 * 1717 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1797)
 * 1718 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)
 * 1737 – Thomas Paine, English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (d. 1809)
 * 1749 – Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
 * 1754 – Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)
 * 1756 – Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (d. 1818)
 * 1761 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
 * 1782 – Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
 * 1792 – Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician (d. 1852)
 * 1801 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1857)
 * 1810 – Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)
 * 1810  – Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (d. 1862)
 * 1843 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
 * 1846 – Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (d. 1915)
 * 1852 – Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1935)
 * 1858 – Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (d. 1916)
 * 1860 – Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (d. 1904)
 * 1861 – Florida Ruffin Ridley, American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (d. 1943)
 * 1862 – Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
 * 1864 – Richard Arman Gregory, British astronomer (d. 1952)
 * 1866 – Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
 * 1867 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (d. 1928)
 * 1874 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1960)
 * 1876 – Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)
 * 1880 – W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
 * 1881 – Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (d. 1975)
 * 1884 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (d. 1982)
 * 1886 – Karl Freudenberg, German chemist (d. 1983)
 * 1888 – Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
 * 1888  – Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (d. 1985)
 * 1892 – Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1947)
 * 1895 – Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965)
 * 1901  – E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (d. 1989)
 * 1905 – Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (d. 1970)
 * 1913 – Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
 * 1915 – Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
 * 1915  – John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d. 2003)
 * 1916 – Roy Markham, British plant virologist (d. 1979)
 * 1917 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
 * 1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
 * 1920 – Paul Gayten, American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (d. 1991)
 * 1923 – Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 1981)
 * 1923  – Eddie Taylor, American electric blues guitarist and singer (d. 1985)
 * 1926 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
 * 1927 – Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)
 * 1928 – Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)
 * 1929 – Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
 * 1931 – Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer (d. 2021)
 * 1931  – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
 * 1932 – Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee (d. 2024)
 * 1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
 * 1934 – Alan Cowley, British chemist (d. 2020)
 * 1936 – James Jamerson, American bass player (d. 1983)
 * 1936  – Veturi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010)
 * 1937 – Jeff Clyne, British musician (d. 2009)
 * 1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
 * 1939  – Jeanne Lee, American jazz singer, poet and composer (d. 2000)
 * 1940 – Justino Díaz, Puerto Rican opera singer
 * 1940  – Katharine Ross, American actress and author
 * 1941 – Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author
 * 1941  – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2024)
 * 1942 – Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban military officer, legislator and cosmonaut
 * 1943 – Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host
 * 1943  – Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
 * 1943  – Mark Wynter, English singer and actor
 * 1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2022)
 * 1945  – Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman
 * 1946 – Geater Davis, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
 * 1946  – Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
 * 1947 – Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1947  – David Byron, English singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
 * 1947  – Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer (d. 2017)
 * 1948 – Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
 * 1948  – Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American journalist, actress and talk show host
 * 1948  – Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor
 * 1949 – Doris Davenport, American poet and teacher
 * 1949  – Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (d. 2014)
 * 1950 – Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
 * 1950  – Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter and translator
 * 1952 – Pete Geren, American attorney and politician
 * 1952  – Tim Healy, British actor
 * 1953 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
 * 1953  – Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1954 – Terry Kinney, American actor and director
 * 1954  – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
 * 1955 – Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
 * 1955  – John Tate, American boxer (d. 1998)
 * 1956 – Irlene Mandrell, American musician, actress, and model
 * 1956  – Amii Stewart, American singer and dancer
 * 1957 – Diane Delano, American actress
 * 1957  – Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
 * 1958 – Judy Norton, American actress and theater director
 * 1960 – Cho-liang Lin, Taiwanese-American musician
 * 1960  – Greg Louganis, American diver and author
 * 1960  – Steve Sax, American baseball player
 * 1961 – Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist
 * 1962 – Gauri Lankesh, Indian journalist and activist (d. 2017)
 * 1962  – Lee Terry, American politician and lawyer
 * 1962  – Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1964 – Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
 * 1964  – Andre Reed, American football player
 * 1965 – David Agus, American physician and author
 * 1965  – Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1967 – Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1967  – Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
 * 1968 – Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer, and producer
 * 1968  – Monte Cook, American game designer and writer
 * 1968  – Aeneas Williams, American football player
 * 1969 – Sam Trammell, American actor
 * 1970 – Heather Graham, American actress
 * 1970  – Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
 * 1970  – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
 * 1970  – Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 * 1971 – Clare Balding, English broadcaster, journalist and author
 * 1972 – Brian Wood, American writer, illustrator and graphic designer
 * 1973 – Megan McArdle, American journalist
 * 1973  – Jason Schmidt, American baseball player
 * 1975 – Sharif Atkins, American actor
 * 1975  – Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host
 * 1975  – Kelly Packard, American actress
 * 1977 – Justin Hartley, American actor
 * 1977  – Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter
 * 1979 – Andrew Keegan, American actor
 * 1979  – Christina Koch, American engineer and astronaut
 * 1980 – Jason James Richter, American actor and musician
 * 1981 – Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor
 * 1981  – Jonny Lang, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
 * 1982 – Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
 * 1983 – Tim Gleason, American ice hockey player
 * 1985 – Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
 * 1985  – Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model
 * 1985  – Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer-songwriter
 * 1986 – Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player
 * 1986  – Thomas Greiss, German ice hockey player
 * 1986  – Jair Jurrjens, Curaçaoan baseball player
 * 1987 – José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
 * 1987  – Alex Avila, American baseball player
 * 1987  – Jessica Burkhart, American author
 * 1987  – Vladimír Mihálik, Slovak ice hockey player
 * 1988 – Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author
 * 1988  – Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran
 * 1988  – Hank Conger, American baseball player
 * 1988  – Shay Logan, English footballer
 * 1989 – Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer
 * 1989  – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
 * 1992 – Markel Brown, American basketball player
 * 1992  – Maxi Kleber, German basketball player
 * 1993 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer
 * 1997 – Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1997  – Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player
 * 2003 – Jarell Quansah, English footballer

Pre-1600

 * 757 – An Lushan, Chinese general (b. 703)
 * 1119 – Pope Gelasius II (b. 1060)
 * 1597 – Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (b. 1530)

1601–1900

 * 1647 – Francis Meres, English priest and author (b. 1565)
 * 1678 – Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
 * 1706 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1643)
 * 1737 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
 * 1743 – André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
 * 1763 – Juan José Eguiara y Eguren, Mexican bishop and Catholic scholar (b. 1696)
 * 1763  – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
 * 1820 – George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
 * 1829 – Paul Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
 * 1870 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
 * 1888 – Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
 * 1899 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt, French bassoonist, composer and pedagogue (b. 1815)
 * 1906 – Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
 * 1910 – Édouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist (b. 1857)
 * 1912 – Herman Bang, Danish journalist and author (b. 1857)
 * 1916 – Sibylle von Olfers, German art teacher, author and nun (b. 1881)
 * 1917 – Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (b. 1841)
 * 1923 – Elihu Vedder, American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet (b. 1836)
 * 1928 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
 * 1929 – Jacques Bouhy, Belgian baritone (b. 1848)
 * 1929  – Charles Fox Parham, American preacher and evangelist (b. 1873)
 * 1933 – Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
 * 1934 – Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
 * 1934  – Dukinfield Henry Scott, British botanist (b. 1854)
 * 1935 – Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, American explorer (b. 1853)
 * 1940 – Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (b. 1874)
 * 1941 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
 * 1944 – William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
 * 1946 – Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
 * 1946  – Sidney Jones, English conductor and composer (b. 1861)
 * 1948 – Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
 * 1951 – James Bridie, Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician (b. 1888)
 * 1954 – Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (b. 1878)
 * 1955 – Hans Hedtoft, Danish politician (b. 1903)
 * 1956 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
 * 1959 – Pauline Smith, South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright (b. 1882)
 * 1960 – Mack Harrell, American operatic and concert baritone vocalist (b. 1909)
 * 1960  – George S. Messersmith, American diplomat (b. 1883)
 * 1961 – Angela Thirkell, English novelist (b. 1890)
 * 1962 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
 * 1962  – William Francis Gray Swann, Anglo-American physicist (b. 1884)
 * 1963 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
 * 1964 – Vera Hall, American folk singer (b. 1902)
 * 1964  – Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
 * 1965 – Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario (b. 1892)
 * 1966 – Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist and administrator (b. 1927)
 * 1967 – Harold Munro Fox, English zoologist (b. 1889)
 * 1969 – Allen Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
 * 1969 - Max Weinreich, Russian-American-Jewish linguist and cofounder of YIVO (b. 1894)
 * 1970 – Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (b. 1885)
 * 1970  – B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
 * 1973 – Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer (b. 1903)
 * 1974 – H. E. Bates, English writer (b. 1905)
 * 1976 – Jesse Fuller, American one-man band musician (b. 1896)
 * 1977 – Johnny Franz, English record producer and pianist (b. 1922)
 * 1977  – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
 * 1978 – Tim McCoy, American actor and military officer (b. 1891)
 * 1978  – Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
 * 1979 – Sonny Payne, American jazz drummer (b. 1926)
 * 1980 – Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)
 * 1981 – Jack A. W. Bennett, New Zealander literary scholar (b. 1911)
 * 1981  – John Glassco, Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist (b. 1909)
 * 1982 – Rudolph Peters, British biochemist (b. 1889)
 * 1982  – Roger Stanier, Canadian microbiologist (b. 1916)
 * 1982  – Charles Sykes, British physicist and metallurgist (b. 1905)
 * 1983 – Stuart H. Ingersoll, American naval aviator, USN vice admiral (b. 1898)
 * 1984 – Frances Goodrich, American actress, dramatist and screenwriter (b. 1890)
 * 1984  – John Macnaghten Whittaker, British mathematician (b. 1905)
 * 1987 – Vincent R. Impellitteri, American politician and judge, 101st Mayor of New York City (b. 1900)
 * 1988 – James Rhyne Killian, American educator, scientist and White House advisor (b. 1904)
 * 1989 – Morton DaCosta, American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor (b. 1914)
 * 1991 – Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
 * 1992 – Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
 * 1993 – Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
 * 1994 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
 * 1999 – Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
 * 2002 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
 * 2003 – Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
 * 2004 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
 * 2005 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
 * 2006 – Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist (b. 1932)
 * 2008 – Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
 * 2009 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
 * 2009  – John Martyn, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
 * 2011 – Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
 * 2012 – Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (b. 1928)
 * 2012  – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)
 * 2012  – Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (b. 1919)
 * 2015 – Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (b. 1937)
 * 2015  – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1933)
 * 2015  – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (b. 1918)
 * 2016 – Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
 * 2016  – Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1928)
 * 2019 – George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
 * 2019  – James Ingram, American musician (b. 1952)
 * 2021 – Walker Boone, Canadian actor (b. 1944)
 * 2022 – Howard Hesseman, American actor (b. 1940)
 * 2023 – Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1921)
 * 2023  – Will Steffen, American-Australian chemist (b. 1947)
 * 2023  – Gero Storjohann, German politician (b. 1958)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Gildas
 * Sabinian of Troyes
 * Sulpitius I of Bourges
 * January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)
 * Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

title: January 29