On this day in History - Jan. 19

• 0399 - Pulcheria was born (d. 0453). Byzantine empress.
• 0639 - Dagobert I dies (b. c. 0603). King of the Franks.
• 0973 - Pope Benedictus VI elected.
• 1200 - Dogen was born (d. 1253). Japanese Buddhist monk and philosopher.
• 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which makes Normandy a part of England.
• 1493 - Treaty of Barcelona signed, France cedes Roussillon and Cerdagne to Spain.
• 1511 - Mirandola surrenders to the French.
• 1520 - Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
• 1526 - Isabella of Burgundy dies (b. 1501). Queen of Christian II of Denmark.
  
• 1544 - King Francis II of France was born (d. 1560).
• 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey dies beheaded (b. 1517), because of his enmity with the Seymours, who were ruling the kingdom for the young Edward.
  
• 1576 - Hans Sachs dies (b. 1494). German Meistersinger.
• 1607 - San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is currently the oldest church in the Philippines.
  
• 1661 - Thomas Venner dies (executed). Fifth Monarchist.
• 1729 - William Congreve dies (b. 1670). English playwright (Love for Love).
• 1736 - James Watt was born (d. 19 Aug 1819). Scotish inventor, builder of steam engines; the watt, a unit of power, was named after him.
• 1739 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder was born (d. 1808). Italian architect.
• 1752 - James Morris III was born (d. 1820). American army officer.
  
• 1757 - Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf was born (d. 1831). German Princess.
• 1757 - Thomas Ruddiman dies (b. 1674). Scottish classical scholar.
• 1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
• 1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni dies (b. 1695). Italian-born French architect and painter.
  
• 1766 - Jean-Nicolas Servan dies (b. 1695). French architect and painter.
• 1785 - Jonathan Toup dies (b. 1713). English classical scholar and critic.
• 1788 - Second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
• 1788 - Arthur Phillip founds a penal settlement in Sydney.
• 1793 - French King Louis XVI is sentenced to death for treason.
• 1795 - Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands. End of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
• 1798 - Auguste Comte was born. French philosopher.
• 1806 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
• 1807 - Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia (d.1870); he was one of
• the greatest of Confederate Generals in The American Civil War (1861-1865).
• 1808 - Lysander Spooner was born (d. 1887). American philosopher.
• 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston (d. 1849). American poet, short-story writer, and critic.
• 1809 - O Exército francês de Soult vence em La Coruña os ingleses de Wellesley, que se vêem obrigados a recuar.
• 1811 - Los paraguayos derrotan al Ejército porteño argentino del general Belgrano en la batalla de Paraguarí.
• 1812 - Peninsular War: After ten days of intensive siege work, Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, ordered British soldiers of the Light and third divisions storm Ciudad Rodrigo, the conquest of the town wouldn't be complete until January 20.
• 1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer was born in Charlton, Hertfordshire, UK (d. 1898). English inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter.
• 1817 - An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crossed the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
• 1826 - Capitulan las tropas españolas que durante nueve años se mantuvieron en la isla de Chiloé, situada en la parte meridional de Chile.
• 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 premieres.
• 1832 - Ferdinand Laub was born (d. 1875). Czech violinist.
• 1833 - Alfred Clebsch was born (d. 1872). German mathematician.
• 1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold dies (b. 1791). French composer.
• 1839 - The British East India Company captures Aden.
• 1839 - Paul Cézanne was born (d. 1906). French painter.
• 1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
• 1847 - Charles Bent dies assassinated. New Mexico pioneer. After killing the sheriff and a prefect, Native American Indians force their way into the house of New Mexico's first American Territorial Governor, Charles Bent and scalp him and three others.
• 1848 - John F. Stairs was born (d. 1904). Canadian businessman and statesman.
• 1851 - Jacobus Kapteyn was born (d. 1922). Dutch astronomer.
• 1851 - David Starr Jordan was born (d. 19 Sep 1931). American ichthyologist, educator and writer.
• 1851 - Esteban Echeverría dies (b. 1805). Argentine writer.
• 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.
• 1859 - Bernardino da Costa Lopes was born (d. 18 Sep. 1916). Brazilian poet.
• 1861 - Georgia becomes 5th state to secede.
• 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs - The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• 1863 - Werner Sombart was born (d. 1941). German sociologist.
• 1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon dies (b. 1809). French philosopher and anarchist.
• 1869 - US: Susan B. Anthony elected president of the American Equal Rights Association.
• 1869 - Carl Reichenbach dies (b. 1788). German chemist and philosopher.
• 1871 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of St. Quentin is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben dies (b. 1798). German poet.
• 1878 - Herbert Chapman was born (d. 1934). English football player and manager.
• 1878 - Henri Victor Regnault dies (b. 1810). French physicist and chemist.
• 1879 - Boris Savinkov was born (d. 1925). Russian writer and terrorist.
• 1880 - El Congreso de los Diputados español vota la abolición de la esclavitud en Cuba.
• 1881 - En plena guerra del Pacífico, el Ejército chileno entra en Lima tras dos días de cruentos combates en los alrededores de la capital peruana.
• 1883 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison.
• 1887 - Alexander Woollcott was born (d. 1943). American intellectual.
• 1889 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp was born in Davos, Switzerland. Artist, she is best known for paintings, graphic designs and drafts in abstract, geometrical form.
• 1892 - Ólafur Thors was born (d. 1964). Icelandic politician and five-time prime minister.
• 1893 - Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.
• 1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• 1903 - First transatlantic radio broadcast between United States and England.
• 1905 - Stanley Hawes was born (d. 1991). British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator.
• 1905 - Debendranath Tagore dies (b. 1817). Indian philosopher.
• 1906 - Gerhart Hauptmann play "Und Pippa tanzt!" premiers, Berlin.
• 1906 - Bartolomé Mitre dies. Argentine poet, historian and politician. President of Argentina (1962-68).
• 1908 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh was born (d. 1971). Russian mathematician.
• 1909 - Hans Hotter was born (d. 2003). German bass-baritone.
• 1912 - Leonid Kantorovich was born (d. 1986). Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1912 - Armand Robin was born (d. 1961). French translator, writer/poet, anarchist.
• 1913 - Minnesota Fats was born (d. 1996). American billiards player.
• 1913 - Rex Ingamells was born (d. 1955). Australian poet.
• 1914 - Bob Gerard was born (d. 1990). British racing driver.
• 1915 - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• 1915 - World War I: German zeppelins bomb the cities of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• 1915 - Isadora Duncan dance "Dionysion" premiers at the NY Met.
• 1917 - German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States.
• 1917 - Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
• 1917 - John Raitt was born (d. 2005). American singer and actor.
• 1918 - Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
• 1918 - John H. Johnson was born (d. 2005). American publisher.
• 1920 - The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• 1920 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar was born. Peruvian diplomat, United Nations Secretary General (1982-1991)
• 1921 - Sporting Club de Braga is founded (Portugal).
• 1921 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union, que sólo duró un año.
• 1921 - "Billy Batts" Devino was born (d. 1970). American gangster.
  
• 1921 - Patricia Highsmith was born (d. 1995). American mistery writer author (Strangers on a Train).
• 1922 - Guy Madison was born (d. 1996). American actor.
• 1923 - Jean Stapleton was born. American actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family).
• 1923 - Markus Wolf was born. German spy.
• 1923 - Eugénio de Andrade was born (d. 13 Jun 2005). Portuguese poet. / O poeta Eugénio de Andrade (pseudónimo literário de José Fontinhas) nasceu neste dia, na Póvoa da Atalaia, concelho do Fundão, na Beira Baixa.
• 1924 - Jean-Francois Revel was born (d. 2006). French author.
• 1924 - Nicholas Colasanto was born (d. 1985). American actor.
  
• 1925 - Nina Bawden was born. English author.
• 1926 - Fritz Weaver was born. American actor (Holocaust, Marathon Man, Black Sunday).
• 1927 - British government decides to send troops to China.
• 1927 - Empress Carlotta of Mexico dies (b. 1840).
• 1929 - Liang Qichao dies (b. 1873). Chinese scholar.
• 1930 - Tippi Hedren was born. American actress.
• 1931 - Robert MacNeil was born. Canadian journalist.
• 1932 - Richard Lester was born. Film director (Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia).
• 1932 - Russ Hamilton was born (d. 2008). British singer.
  
• 1932 - George Mann MacBeth was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire. Scottish poet whose verses encompass moving personal elegies, highly contrived poetic jokes, dream fantasies, and macabre satires. Published his first poetry collection, A Form of Words in 1954.
• 1933 - George Coyne was born. American theologian.
• 1935 - Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.
• 1935 - Johnny O'Keefe was born (d. 1978). Australian singer.
• 1936 - Ziaur Rahman was born (d. 1981). President of Bangladesh.
• 1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
• 1937 - Alberto de Oliveira dies (b. 1857). Brazilian poet.
• 1939 - William Faulkner's novel The Wild Palms is published.
• 1939 - Phil Everly was born. American musician.
• 1939 - Cliff Heathcote dies (b. 1898). American baseball player.
• 1940 - Mike Reid was born (d. 2007). English comedian.
• 1940 - Paolo Borsellino was born (d. 1992). Italian anti-Mafia magistrate.
• 1941 - World War II: British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea.
• 1941 - Colin Gunton was born (d. 2003). British theologian.
• 1941 - Pat Patterson was born. Canadian wrestler.
• 1941 - Tony Anholt was born (d. 2002). British actor.
• 1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.
• 1942 - Michael Crawford was born. British singer and actor (Phantom of the Opera).
• 1942 - Nara Leão was born. Brazilian singer.
• 1943 - Janis Joplin was born (d. 1970). American singer.
• 1943 - Larry Clark was born. American film director.
• 1943 - Petchara Chaowarat was born. Thai film actress.
• 1943 - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was born.
• 1944 - Dan Reeves was born. American football coach.
• 1944 - Laurie London was born. English singer.
• 1944 - Peter Lynch was born. American investor.
• 1944 - Shelley Fabares was born. American actress.
• 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces liberate ghetto of Łódź. Out of 230,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived Nazi occupation.
• 1946 - General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• 1946 - Dolly Parton was born. American singer and actress.
• 1946 - Julian Barnes was born. English author.
• 1947 - Ann Compton was born. American news reporter.
• 1947 - Paula Deen was born. American chef, writer, and restaurateur.
• 1947 - Rod Evans was born. Founding member of Deep Purple.
  
• 1947 - Manuel Machado Ruiz dies (b. 29 Aug 1874). Spanish poet.
• 1948 - Frank McKenna was born. Canadian politician.
• 1948 - Tony Garnier dies (b. 1869). French architect.
• 1949 - Cuba recognises Israel.
• 1949 - Dennis Taylor was born. Northern Irish snooker player.
• 1949 - Robert Palmer was born (d. 2003). English singer, guitarist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer).
• 1950 - Grant Nordman was born. Canadian politician.
• 1950 - Sébastien Dhavernas was born. Quebec actor.
• 1951 - Dewey Bunnell was born. American singer and songwriter (America).
• 1952 - David Patrick Kelly was born. American actor.
• 1953 - 68% of all United States television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• 1953 - Desi Arnaz, Jr. was born. American actor.
• 1953 - Linda Hayden was born. English actress.
• 1953 - Richard Legendre was born. Canadian tennis player and politician.
• 1954 - Cindy Sherman was born. American artist.
• 1954 - Katey Sagal was born. American actress.
• 1954 - Katharina Thalbach was born. German actress and film director.
• 1954 - Ted DiBiase was born. American professional wrestler.
• 1954 - Theodor Kaluza dies (b. 1885). German scientist.
• 1955 - The Scrabble board game debuts.
• 1955 - President Eisenhower okayed the first filming of a news conference for television.
• 1955 - Paul Rodriguez was born. Mexican-born actor and comedian.
• 1955 - Simon Rattle was born. English conductor.
• 1956 - Carman Licciardello was born. American Christian singer.
• 1957 - Kenneth McClintock was born. Puerto Rican politician.
• 1957 - József Dudás dies (b. 1912). Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter.
  
• 1958 - Marechal Rondon dies (b. 5 May 1865). Brazilian explorer (sertanista).
• 1962 - Hans Daams was born. Dutch cyclist.
• 1963 - Caron Wheeler was born. British singer (Soul II Soul).
• 1963 - Martin Bashir was born. Pakistani-born reporter.
• 1963 - Michael Adams (basketball) was born. American basketball player.
• 1964 - Firmin Lambot was born (d. 1886). Belgian cyclist.
• 1964 - Sourou-Migan Apithy is elected president of Dahomey (renamed Benin in 1975).
• 1964 - Janine Antoni was born. Bahamian artist.
• 1964 - Ricardo Arjona was born. Guatemalan singer.
• 1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India becoming the first woman to do it.
• 1966 - Floris Jan Bovelander was born. Dutch field hockey player.
• 1966 - Lena Philipsson was born. Swedish singer.
• 1966 - Stefan Edberg was born. Swedish tennis player.
• 1966 - Sylvain Côté was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
  
• 1967 - Javier Cámara was born. Spanish actor.
• 1968 - Ray Harroun dies (b. 1879). American race car driver.
• 1969 - Czech Student Jan Palach (b. 1948) dies after setting himself on fire 3 days ago in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.
• 1969 - Edwidge Danticat was born. Haitian-born American author.
• 1969 - Junior Seau was born. American football player.
• 1969 - Luc Longley was born. Australian basketball player.
• 1969 - Steve Staunton was born. Irish footballer.
• 1970 - Kathleen Smet was born. Belgian triathlete.
• 1970 - Udo Suzuki was born. Japanese comedian.
• 1970 - William 'Billy Batts' Devino was born.
• 1971 - The revival of No, No, Nanette premieres at 46th Street Theatre, New York City.
• 1971 - John Wozniak was born. American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground).
• 1971 - Shawn Wayans was born. American actor, writer, and producer.
• 1971 - Harry Shields dies (b. 1899). American musician.
• 1972 - Angham was born. Egyptian singer, record producer and actress
• 1972 - Drea de Matteo was born. American actress.
• 1972 - Elena Kaliská was born. Slovak slalom canoer.
• 1972 - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria was born. Titular Bulgarian royal family.
• 1972 - Ron Killings was born. American professional wrestler
• 1972 - Troy Wilson was born. Australian racing driver and AFL player.
• 1972 - Michael Rabin dies (b. 1936). American violinist.
• 1973 - Aaron Yonda was born. YouTube celebrity.
• 1973 - Antero Manninen was born. Finnish cellist.
• 1973 - Karen Lancaume was born (d. 2005). French actress.
• 1973 - Max Adrian dies (b. 1903). Northern Irish actor.
• 1974 - The UCLA men's basketball team sees its 88-game winning streak end at the hands of Notre Dame.
• 1974 - Frank Caliendo was born. American comedian.
• 1974 - Ian Laperrière was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1974 - Jaime Moreno was born. Bolivian footballer.
• 1975 - Noah Georgeson was born. American musician and producer.
• 1975 - Triple J begins broadcasting in Sydney, Australia.
• 1975 - Thomas Hart Benton dies (b. 1889). American painter.
• 1976 - Tarso Marques was born. Brazilian racing driver.
• 1976 - Hidetsugu Yagi dies (b. 1886). Japanese electrical engineer.
  
• 1977 - President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
• 1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
• 1977 - Cocco was born. Ryukyuan singer.
• 1977 - Lauren Etame Mayer was born. Cameroonian footballer.
• 1977 - Nicole was born. Chilean singer.
• 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America will continue until 2003.
• 1978 - Mário Soares is nominated Prime-Minister of Portugal.
• 1979 - Josu Sarriegi was born. Spanish/Basque footballer.
• 1979 - Svetlana Khorkinan was born. Russian gymnast.
• 1979 - Wiley (rapper) was born. English Rapper (Grime).
• 1980 - Jenson Button was born. English Formula One driver.
• 1980 - Kotoko was born. Japanese singer.
• 1980 - Luke Macfarlane was born. Canadian actor.
• 1980 - William O. Douglas dies (b. 1898). U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
• 1980 - Jenson Button was born. Formula 1 race car driver.
• 1981 - Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• 1981 - Asier Del Horno was born. Spanish footballer.
• 1981 - Lucho Gonzalez was born. Argentine footballer (plays currently in FC Porto, Portugal).
• 1982 - Angela Chang was born. Taiwanese singer and actress.
• 1982 - Jodie Sweetin was born. American child actress.
• 1982 - Mike Komisarek was born. American ice hockey player.
• 1982 - Elis Regina dies (b. 1945). Brazilian singer / Morte de Elis Regina (A Pimentinha), aos 36 anos de idade; cantora brasileira, ( gaúcha) foi uma das mais importantes intérpretes da geração pós-bossa nova.
• 1983 - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia on charges of crimes committed against humanity four decades earlier.
• 1983 - The Apple Lisa, their first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer, Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
• 1983 - Hikaru Utada was born. American-born Japanese singer and songwriter.
• 1983 - Ham the Chimp was born (d. 1956). First hominid launched into outer space.
  
• 1984 - Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km.
• 1984 - Euan Blair was born. Eldest son of Tony Blair.
  
• 1984 - Karun Chandhok was born. Indian racing driver.
• 1984 - Thomas Vanek was born. Austrian ice hockey player
• 1984 - Max Bentley dies (b. 1920). National Hockey League player.
• 1985 - Benny Feilhaber was born. American soccer player.
• 1985 - Esteban Guerrieri was born. Argentine racing driver.
• 1985 - Rika Ishikawa was born. Japanese singer (Morning Musume).
• 1985 - Juan Antonio Corretjer dies. Leader of Puerto Rican nationalist party.
• 1986 - Spain recognizes Israel.
• 1987 - The SFStory is the first original shared universe to be created on the Internet.
• 1987 - Edgar Manucharyan was born. Armenian footballer.
• 1989 - Josh Hill was born. Australian rules footballer.
• 1990 - Herbert Wehner dies (b. 1906). German politician.
• 1990 - Rajneesh dies (b. 1931). Indian religious leader.
  
• 1990 - Semprini dies (b. 1908). English musician.
  
• 1991 - The Party of the Alliance of Youth, Workers and Farmers of Angola is founded in Luanda, Angola.
• 1991 - Erin Sanders was born. American child actress.
• 1991 - John Russell dies (b. 1921). American actor.
• 1991 - Marcel Chaput dies (b. 1918). Quebec politician.
• 1991 - 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves.
• 1992 - Zhelyu Zhelev, chefe de Estado da Bulgária desde 1990, é ratificado em seu cargo nas urnas e se converte no primeiro presidente do país eleito democraticamente.
• 1992 - Decree time is restored in Russia after its previous abolition in March 1991.
• 1992 - Logan Lerman was born. American actor.
• 1992 - Shawn Johnson was born. American gymnastics champion.
• 1992 - Manuel Silva Pereira dies. Portuguese musician.
• 1993 - IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992 which is the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.
• 1994 - Record cold temperatures across the eastern half of the United States brings temperatures below -20°F in many locations, such as Ohio and Kentucky.
• 1994 - The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley & Rod Stewart inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
• 1995 - Gene MacLellan dies (b. 1938). Canadian composer and singer.
• 1996 - Don Simpson dies (b. 1943). American film producer.
• 1997 - Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
• 1997 - Adriana Caselotti dies (b. 1916). American actress.
• 1997 - James Dickey dies (b. 1923). American writer.
• 1997 - 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn & Geoffrey Rush.
• 1998 - Carl Perkins dies in Nashville (b. 1932). American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Blue Suede Shoes).
• 1998 - Maria Judite de Carvalho dies (b. 18 Sep 1921). Portuguese writer (Tanta Gente Mariana...). Ver biografia em português do IPLB.
• 1999 - British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
• 1999 - Ivan Francescato dies (b. 1967). Italian Rugby Union star.
• 2000 - Fire at Seton Hall University kills three students and injures 54.
• 2000 - Bettino Craxi dies (b. 1934). Prime Minister of Italy.
• 2000 - Hedy Lamarr dies (b. 1913). Austrian-born actress.
• 2001 - Dario Vittori dies (b. 1921). Argentinean actor.
• 2002 - Faleceu aos 67 anos, o célebre futebolista brasileiro "Vavá", Edvaldo Izidio Neto.
• 2002 - Michael Jordan, formerly of the Washington Wizards, plays his first game in Chicago since rejoining the NBA.
• 2003 - Françoise Giroud dies (b. 1916). French journalist and politician. Co-founder of L'Express she was laureate with the Medicis Prizer in 1984.
• 2004 - David Hookes dies (b. 1955). Australian cricketer and coach.
• 2004 - Harry E. Claiborne dies (suicide) (b. 1917). American judge.
• 2005 - Anita Kulcsár dies (b. 1976). Hungarian handball player.
• 2005 - Bill Andersen dies (b. 1924). New Zealand communist and trade union leader.
• 2005 - K. Sello Duiker dies (b. 1974). South African novelist.
• 2006 - The New Horizons probe was launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
• 2006 - Opening of the Canadian Undergraduate Software Engineering Conference 2006 in Montreal, Quebec.
• 2006 - A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes in Hungary.
• 2006 - Jet Airways announces its purchase of Air Sahara, creating the largest domestic airline in India.
• 2006 - Anthony Franciosa dies (b. 1928). American actor.
• 2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim dies (b. 1933). Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar.
• 2006 - Geoff Rabone dies (b. 1921). New Zealand cricket player.
• 2006 - Wilson Pickett dies (b. 1941). American singer.
• 2007 - Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink (b. 1954) is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
• 2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
• 2007 - Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão dies (b. 1938). Portuguese poet.
• 2007 - Hrant Dink dies (b. 1954). Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor.
• 2007 - Murat Nasyrov dies (b. 1969). Russian singer and composer.
• 2007 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow dies (b. 1961). American professional wrestler.
  
• 2008 - Don Wittman dies (b. 1936). Canadian sportscaster for CBC.
  
• 2008 - John Stewart dies (b. 1939). American musician (The Kingston Trio).
  
• 2008 - Suzanne Pleshette dies (b. 1937). American actress.
  
• Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy — Julian Calendar Theophany (Epiphany).
• St. Mark of Ephesus feast day.
• Kappa Alpha Order Convivium (Founders Day).
• Confederate Heroes Day in Texas.
• The Poe Toaster commemorates the death of Edgar Allan Poe at his grave in Baltimore.
• Bahá'í Faith — Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty) — First day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í Calendar.