January 31 — On This Day

Pope Sylvester I succeeds Pope Miltiades.

Pope Sylvester I · Pope Miltiades

France cedes Naples to Aragon.

Naples · Aragon

The Battle of Gembloux takes place.

Battle of Gembloux (1578)

Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.

Gunpowder Plot · Guy Fawkes · Parliament of England · James VI and I

The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.

Venereal disease · London Lock Hospital

John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.

John Marshall · Chief Justice of the United States

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas · Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata

After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Bridge War · Milwaukee

John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.

John C. Frémont · Court-martial

Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom pursuant to legislation in 1846.

Corn Laws

Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.

Alvan Graham Clark · White dwarf · Sirius · Northwestern University

American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.

American Civil War · United States Congress · Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.

Confederate States of America · Robert E. Lee

History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.

History of Portugal (1834-1910) · Republicanism · Porto

Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.

Czechoslovak Trade Union Association · Prague

Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.

Mat Salleh Rebellion

World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.

World War I · German Empire · Chemical weapons in World War I · Battle of Bolimów · Russian Empire

World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.

U-boat · U-boat Campaign (World War I)

A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.

Battle of May Island · Royal Navy · Submarine

The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.

Battle of George Square · Glasgow

The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.

Soviet Union · Leon Trotsky

3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

3M · Scotch Tape

World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.

World War II · Battle of Malaya

World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.

Friedrich Paulus · Battle of Stalingrad

World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

Kwajalein Atoll · Marshall Islands

World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.

Battle of Anzio · 1st Ranger Battalion · Battle of Cisterna

US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.

Eddie Slovik · Desertion · American Civil War

World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.

Stutthof concentration camp · Baltic Sea · Yantarny

World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.

Battle of Hill 170 · Burma Campaign · 3 Commando Brigade · Rakhine State

Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · 1946 Yugoslav Constitution · Soviet Union · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.

North Vietnam · North Vietnamese đồng · French Indochinese piastre

These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

These Are My Children · Soap opera

United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

Harry S. Truman · Hydrogen bomb

A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom

North Sea flood of 1953

Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.

Pacoima, Los Angeles · Pacoima aircraft accident · Douglas DC-7 · Northrop F-89 Scorpion

The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.

Explorer 1 · Van Allen radiation belt

Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.

Project Mercury · Mercury-Redstone 2 · Ham the Chimp · Space science

The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.

Soviet Union · Luna 9 · Luna programme

Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.

Vietnam War · Viet Cong · Saigon · Tet Offensive

Nauru gains independence from Australia.

Nauru

Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

Apollo program · Apollo 14 · Alan Shepard · Stuart Roosa · Edgar Mitchell

The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.

Winter Soldier Investigation · Vietnam Veterans Against the War · War crime · Vietnam · Detroit

An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.

Central Bank of Sri Lanka · Colombo

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 · MD-83 · Point Mugu, California

In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

Libya · Abdelbaset al-Megrahi · Pan Am Flight 103 · Lockerbie

In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.

Kenya · Molo fire · Molo, Kenya · 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire · Nakumatt

Taejo of Goryeo (d. 943)

Taejo of Goryeo

Henry, King of Portugal (d. 1580)

Henry, King of Portugal

Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1616)

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Peter Bulkley, English and later American Puritan (d. 1659)

Peter Bulkley

John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (d. 1640)

John Francis Regis

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (d. 1651)

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher and academic (d. 1669)

Arnold Geulincx

Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (d. 1716)

Louis de Montfort

Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary and explorer (d. 1758)

Hans Egede

Gouverneur Morris, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1816)

Gouverneur Morris · United States Ambassador to France

François Devienne, French flute player and composer (d. 1803)

François Devienne

André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (d. 1823)

André-Jacques Garnerin

Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1828)

Franz Schubert

Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (d. 1846)

Rodolphe Töpffer

William B. Washburn, American politician, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)

William B. Washburn · Governor of Massachusetts

Lunalilo of Hawaii (d. 1874)

Lunalilo

David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)

David Emmanuel (mathematician)

Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist (d. 1940)

Henri Desgrange

Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS (d. 1951)

Shastriji Maharaj · Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha

Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

Theodore William Richards · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Zane Grey, American author (d. 1939)

Zane Grey

Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

Irving Langmuir · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1963)

Theodor Heuss · President of the Federal Republic of Germany

Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (d. 1955)

Mammad Amin Rasulzade · List of heads of government of Azerbaijan

Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)

Frank Foster (cricketer)

Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (d. 1964)

Eddie Cantor

Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1956)

Isham Jones

Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1966)

Sofya Yanovskaya

Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector (d. 1982) [1]

Betty Parsons

Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot (d. 1978)

Nat Bailey · White Spot

Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)

Tallulah Bankhead

Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

Alva Myrdal · Nobel Peace Prize

John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1970)

John O'Hara

Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (d. 1995)

Miron Grindea

Don Hutson, American football player and coach (d. 1997)

Don Hutson

Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer (d. 1994)

Jersey Joe Walcott

Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player (d. 1976)

Bobby Hackett

Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar (d. 2002)

Alan Lomax

Thomas Merton, American monk and author (d. 1968)

Thomas Merton

Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host (d. 1993)

Garry Moore

Frank Parker, American tennis player (d. 1997)

Frank Parker

Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (d. 2013)

Fred Bassetti · Bassetti Architects

Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1972)

Jackie Robinson

Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2010)

Stewart Udall · United States Secretary of the Interior

Bert Williams, English footballer (d. 2004)

Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920)

John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)

John Agar

Carol Channing, American actress, singer, and dancer

Carol Channing

E. Fay Jones, American architect, designed the Thorncrown Chapel (d. 2004)

E. Fay Jones · Thorncrown Chapel

Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (d. 1959)

Mario Lanza

Joanne Dru, American actress (d. 1996)

Joanne Dru

Norman Mailer, American journalist and author (d. 2007)

Norman Mailer

Benjamin Hooks, American minister, lawyer, and activist (d. 2010)

Benjamin Hooks

Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)

Tom Alston

Norm Prescott, American animator, producer, and composer, co-founded Filmation Studios (d. 2005)

Norm Prescott · Filmation

Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (d. 1958)

Chuck Willis

Irma Wyman, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2015)

Irma Wyman

Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

Rudolf Mössbauer · Nobel Prize in Physics

Jean Simmons, English-American actress (d. 2010)

Jean Simmons

Joakim Bonnier, Swedish race car driver (d. 1972)

Joakim Bonnier

Al De Lory, American composer, conductor, and producer (d. 2012)

Al De Lory

Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)

Ernie Banks

Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)

Christopher Chataway

Miron Babiak, Polish captain (d. 2013)

Miron Babiak

Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1997)

Camille Henry

Morton Mower, American cardiologist and inventor

Morton Mower

Ernesto Brambilla, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver

Ernesto Brambilla

Gene DeWeese, American author (d. 2012)

Gene DeWeese

James Franciscus, American actor and producer (d. 1991)

James Franciscus

Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005)

Bob Turner (ice hockey)

Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Kenzaburō Ōe · Nobel Prize in Literature

Can Bartu, Turkish former basketball and football player

Can Bartu

Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor

Regimantas Adomaitis

Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 2007)

Andrée Boucher · Mayor of Quebec City

Philip Glass, American composer

Philip Glass

Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008)

Suzanne Pleshette

Beatrix of the Netherlands

Beatrix of the Netherlands

Lynn Carlin, American actress

Lynn Carlin

James G. Watt, American lawyer and politician, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior

James G. Watt · United States Secretary of the Interior

Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach (d. 1998)

Kitch Christie

Dick Gephardt, American lawyer and politician

Dick Gephardt

Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)

Gerald McDermott

Jessica Walter, American actress

Jessica Walter

Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress

Daniela Bianchi

Derek Jarman, English director, stage designer, and author (d. 1994)

Derek Jarman

Connie Booth, American-English actress, screenwriter, comedian and psychotherapist

Connie Booth

John Inverarity, Australian cricketer and coach

John Inverarity

Rynn Berry, American historian and author (d. 2014)

Rynn Berry

Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, English lawyer, judge, and academic

Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond

Joseph Kosuth, American sculptor and theorist

Joseph Kosuth

Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (d. 2012)

Medin Zhega

Nolan Ryan, American baseball player

Nolan Ryan

Matt Minglewood, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Matt Minglewood

Glynn Turman, American actor

Glynn Turman

Volkmar Groß, German footballer

Volkmar Groß

Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician

Muneo Suzuki

Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and journalist

Johan Derksen

Norris Church Mailer, American model and educator (d. 2010)

Norris Church Mailer

Ken Wilber, American sociologist, philosopher, and author

Ken Wilber

Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator

Denise Fleming

Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard

Alexander Korzhakov

Janice Rebibo, American-Israeli author and poet (d. 2015)

Janice Rebibo

Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Harry Wayne Casey

Faoud Bacchus, Guyanese cricketer

Faoud Bacchus

Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist and songwriter

Adrian Vandenberg

Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player and manager

Virginia Ruzici

John Lydon, English singer-songwriter

John Lydon

Stefan Majewski, Polish footballer and coach

Stefan Majewski

Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer

Shirley Babashoff

Armin Reichel, German footballer and manager

Armin Reichel

Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor and producer

Anthony LaPaglia

Kelly Lynch, American model and actress

Kelly Lynch

Akbar Ganji, Iranian journalist and author

Akbar Ganji

Grant Morrison, Scottish author and screenwriter

Grant Morrison

Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (d. 2014)

Željko Šturanović · Prime Minister of Montenegro

Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker, English politician

Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker

Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer and judge

Fatou Bensouda

Lloyd Cole, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lloyd Cole

Craig Coleman, Australian rugby league player and coach

Craig Coleman

Gwen Graham, American lawyer and politician

Gwen Graham

Martha MacCallum, American journalist

Martha MacCallum

Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player and coach

Giorgos Gasparis

Ofra Harnoy, Israeli-Canadian cellist

Ofra Harnoy

Peter Sagal, American author and radio host

Peter Sagal

Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist

Umar Alisha

Dexter Fletcher, English actor and director

Dexter Fletcher

Fat Mike, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Fat Mike

Matt King, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Matt King (comedian)

Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician, 2nd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure

Ulrica Messing · Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden)

Patrick Stevens, Belgian sprinter

Patrick Stevens

Dov Charney, Canadian-American fashion designer and businessman, founded American Apparel

Dov Charney · American Apparel

Daniel Moder, American cinematographer

Daniel Moder

Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress

Minnie Driver

Danny Michel, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

Danny Michel

Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian and television host

Patrick Kielty

Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan model and actress

Patricia Velásquez

Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress

Portia de Rossi

Othella Harrington, American basketball player and coach

Othella Harrington

Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player

Ariel Pestano

Fred Coleman, American football player and coach

Fred Coleman

Preity Zinta, Indian Actress, producer, television host

Preity Zinta

Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer and manager

Traianos Dellas

Buddy Rice, American race car driver

Buddy Rice

Paul Scheer, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Scheer

Kerry Washington, American actress

Kerry Washington

Fabián Caballero, Argentinian footballer and manager

Fabián Caballero

Daniel Tammet, English author and educator

Daniel Tammet

James Adomian, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

James Adomian

Shim Yi-young, South Korean actress

Shim Yi-young

Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer

Julio Arca

Mark Cameron, Australian cricketer

Mark Cameron (cricketer)

Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

Justin Timberlake

Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player

Maret Ani

Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball player

Yuniesky Betancourt

Andreas Görlitz, German footballer

Andreas Görlitz

Salvatore Masiello, Italian footballer

Salvatore Masiello

Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer

Allan McGregor

Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player

Jānis Sprukts

Yukimi Nagano, Swedish singer-songwriter

Yukimi Nagano

Brad Thompson, American baseball player

Brad Thompson

James Sutton, English actor

James Sutton (actor)

Fabio Quagliarella, Italian footballer

Fabio Quagliarella

Vernon Davis, American football player

Vernon Davis

Josh Johnson, Canadian-American baseball player

Josh Johnson (baseball)

Jeremy Wariner, American runner

Jeremy Wariner

Alessandro Zanni, Italian rugby player

Alessandro Zanni

Adam Federici, Australian footballer

Adam Federici

Mario Williams, American football player

Mario Williams

Megan Ellison, American film producer, founded Annapurna Pictures

Megan Ellison · Annapurna Pictures

George Elokobi, Cameroonian footballer

George Elokobi

Yves Ma-Kalambay, Belgian footballer

Yves Ma-Kalambay

Pauline Parmentier, French tennis player

Pauline Parmentier

Marcus Mumford, American-English singer-songwriter

Marcus Mumford

Justine Ozga, German tennis player

Justine Ozga

Brett Pitman, English footballer

Brett Pitman

Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer

Taijo Teniste

Kyle Kulinski, American talk show host

Kyle Kulinski

Jacopo Fortunato, Italian footballer

Jacopo Fortunato

Jacob Markström, Swedish ice hockey player

Jacob Markström

Kota Yabu, Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, model, actor

Kota Yabu

Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer

Kenneth Zohore

Sten Olmre, Estonian basketball player

Sten Olmre

Máedóc of Ferns, Irish bishop and saint (b. 550)

Máedóc of Ferns

Hemma of Altdorf, Frankish queen

Hemma

William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)

William V, Duke of Aquitaine

Theodore II of Constantinople

Theodore II of Constantinople

Emperor Sukō of Japan (b. 1334)

Emperor Sukō

Mircea I of Wallachia (b. 1355)

Mircea I of Wallachia

Xuande Emperor of China (b. 1398)

Xuande Emperor

Bairam Khan, Mughalan general (b. 1501)

Bairam Khan

Menno Simons, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496)

Menno Simons

Henry, King of Portugal (b. 1512)

Henry, King of Portugal

Guy Fawkes, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1570)

Guy Fawkes · Gunpowder Plot

Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1578)

Ambrose Rookwood · Gunpowder Plot

Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1571)

Thomas Wintour · Gunpowder Plot

Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1543)

Claudio Acquaviva · Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)

Jost Bürgi

Johannes Clauberg, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1622)

Johannes Clauberg

Jean Mairet, French playwright (b. 1604)

Jean Mairet

Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654)

Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)

Jacob Roggeveen

Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect and set designer, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)

Filippo Juvarra · Basilica of Superga

Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)

Thomas Lewis (Virginia)

Mariot Arbuthnot, English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1711)

Mariot Arbuthnot · List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia

Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763)

Manuel Alberti

José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)

José Félix Ribas

Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)

Alexander Ypsilantis

John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)

John Cheyne (physician)

Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)

Henri Gatien Bertrand

11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)

11th Dalai Lama

Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)

Cilibi Moise

John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)

John Bosco · Salesian Society

Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)

Charles Spurgeon

John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)

John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry

Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)

Timothy Eaton · Eaton's

Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski

John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)

John Galsworthy · Nobel Prize in Literature

Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

Henry Larkin

Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

Jean Giraudoux

Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)

Edwin Howard Armstrong · Frequency modulation

Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

Vivian Woodward

John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

John Mott · Nobel Peace Prize

A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)

A. A. Milne · Winnie-the-Pooh

Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)

Karl Selter · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)

Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

Krishna Singh (politician) · Chief Minister of Bihar

Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)

Arthur Percival

Eddie Tolan, American sprinter and educator (b. 1908)

Eddie Tolan

Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)

Meher Baba

Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)

Viktor Zhirmunsky

Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

Ragnar Frisch · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Goldwyn Pictures (b. 1882)

Samuel Goldwyn · Goldwyn Pictures

Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)

Evert Taube

Reginald Baker, English-Australian film producer (b. 1896)

Reginald Baker (film producer)

Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1905)

Tatsuzō Ishikawa

Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

Yves Allégret

William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)

William Stephenson

Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German zoologist and academic (b. 1901)

Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus

Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1935)

Rashad Khalifa

George Abbott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1887)

George Abbott

John Joseph Scanlan, Irish-American bishop (b. 1930)

John Joseph Scanlan

Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and trainer, co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (b. 1938)

Giant Baba · All Japan Pro Wrestling

Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)

Norm Zauchin

Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926)

Gil Kane

Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923)

Gordon R. Dickson

Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)

Gabby Gabreski

Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (b. 1913)

Eleanor Holm

Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926)

Moira Shearer

Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (b. 1944)

Molly Ivins

Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1929)

Adelaide Tambo

Bartolomeu Anania, Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921)

Bartolomeu Anania

Mark Ryan, English guitarist and playwright (b. 1959)

Mark Ryan (guitarist)

Mani Ram Bagri, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)

Mani Ram Bagri

Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal (b. 1923)

Anthony Bevilacqua

Tristram Potter Coffin, American author, scholar, and academic (b. 1922)

Tristram Potter Coffin

Dorothea Tanning, American painter and sculptor (b. 1910)

Dorothea Tanning

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1923)

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño

Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 1st Vice President of Iran (b. 1937)

Hassan Habibi · Vice President of Iran

Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (b. 1959)

Francis M. Fesmire

Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (b. 1922)

Anna Gordy Gaye · Anna Records

Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1924)

Abdirizak Haji Hussein · Prime Minister of Somalia

Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1921)

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Joseph Willcox Jenkins

Christopher Jones, American actor (b. 1941)

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Vic Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)

Vic Howe

Udo Lattek, German footballer, coach, and journalist (b. 1935)

Udo Lattek

Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 1922)

Lizabeth Scott

Richard von Weizsäcker, German captain and politician, 6th President of Germany (b. 1920)

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Gil Carmichael, American businessman and politician (b. 1927)

Gil Carmichael

Terry Wogan, Irish-British radio and television host (b. 1938)

Terry Wogan

Rob Stewart, Canadian filmmaker (b. 1979)

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