January 20
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Art and culture
- 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred. Afterwards the Donatist controversy over readmitting lapsed Christians disaffects many in North Africa.
Births
- 1804 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
- 1919 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
- 1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
- 1926 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
- 1946 - David Lynch, American film director
- 1947 - Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif
- 1948 - Natan Sharansky, Russian-born physicist and politician
- 1949 - Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1950 - Liza Goddard, British actress
- 1950 - Edward Hirsch. American poet
- 1950 - Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger
- 1951 - Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor
- 1951 - Ian Hill, British musician (Judas Priest)
- 1952 - Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss)
- 1955 - Wyatt Knight, American actor
- 1955 - Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- 1956 - Maria Larsson, Swedish politician
- 1956 - Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst
- 1958 - Lorenzo Lamas, American actor
- 1960 - Scott Thunes, American musician (Frank Zappa)
- 1960 - Will Wright, American computer game designer
- 1963 - James Denton, American actor
- 1965 - Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
- 1965 - Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring)
- 1965 - Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- 1965 - John Michael Montgomery, American singer
- 1965 - Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
- 1966 - Tracii Guns, American guitarist
- 1968 - Melissa Rivers, American reporter and actress
- 1968 - Rainn Wilson, American actor
- 1969 - Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker
- 1969 - Nicky Wire, British Musician (Manic Street Preachers)
- 1970 - Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor
- 1970 - Kerri Kenney-Silver, American actress
- 1970 - Skeet Ulrich, American actor
- 1971 - Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura)
- 1971 - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots)
- 1971 - Brian Giles, American baseball player
- 1973 - Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
- 1975 - David Eckstein, American baseball player
- 1975 - Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver
- 1976 - Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
- 1978 - Joy Giovanni, American actress and glamour model
- 1978 - Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
- 1978 - Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
- 1979 - Rob Bourdon, American musician (Linkin Park)
- 1979 - Asaka Kubo, Japanese gravure idol of 20th Century
- 1979 - Will Young, British singer
- 1980 - Matthew Tuck, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)
- 1980 - Philippe Cousteau Jr. Oceanographer/Environmentalist, grandson of Jacques Cousteau
- 1981 - Owen Hargreaves, English international footballer
- 1981 - Jason Richardson, American basketball player (Golden State Warriors)
- 1981 - Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress
- 2002 - Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria
Deaths
- 1156 - Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
- 1191 - Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
- 1479 - King John II of Aragon (b. 1397)
- 1568 - Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator
- 1612 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
- 1666 - Anna of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France and regent (b. 1601)
- 1707 - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
- 1709 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
- 1739 - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)
- 1751 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
- 1770 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
- 1779 - David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717)
- 1810 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722)
- 1819 - King Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748)
- 1848 - Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
- 1850 - Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
- 1873 - The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
- 1875 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
- 1891 - David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii (b. 1836)
- 1900 - John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819)
- 1901 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826)
- 1920 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)
- 1936 - King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
- 1940 - Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)
- 1944 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
- 1947 - Josh Gibson, African-American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 1954 - Fred Root, English cricketer (b. 1890)
- 1962 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet (b. 1887)
- 1965 - Alan Freed, American disk jockey (b. 1922)
- 1971 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
- 1973 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (b. 1885)
- 1979 - Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)
- 1983 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
- 1984 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
- 1988 - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun Nationalist & non-violent freedom fighter (b. 1890)
- 1988 - Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)
- 1989 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
- 1990 - Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942)
- 1990 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929)
- 1994 - Sir Matt Busby, Scottish football player and coach (b. 1909)
- 1996 - Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927)
- 1997 - Curt Flood, baseball player (b. 1938)
- 1998 - Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2003 - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)
- 2003 - Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
- 2004 - Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920)
- 2005 - Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
- 2005 - Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
- 2005 - Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
Notes
Eugène Sue John Ruskin David Lynch Roland Topor Federico Fellini Raymond Roussel David Tudor Jean-Jacques Perrey Peter Bradshaw Juan García Esquivel Mark Ryden Émile Cohl Audrey Hepburn Pierre Gandon Jean-François Millet Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor The O'Jays Alan Freed Bettina von Arnim José Guadalupe Posada Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail
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