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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[393]] &ndash; [[Roman emperor]] [[Theodosius I]] proclaims his eight-year-old son [[Honorius (emperor)|Honorius]] co-emperor.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Stephen|first2=Gerard|last2=Friell|title=Theodosius: The Empire at Bay|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1994|page=129}}</ref> 
* [[971]] &ndash; Using [[crossbow]]s, [[Song dynasty]] troops soundly [[History of the Song dynasty#Founding of the Song|defeat]] a [[war elephant]] corps of the [[Southern Han]] at Shao.
*[[1229]] &ndash; The episcopal seat is moved from [[Nousiainen]] to [[Koroinen]] (located near the current centre of [[Turku]]) by the permission of [[Pope Gregory IX]]. The date is starting to be considered as the founding of Turku.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-10607853|title=Suomen vanhin kaupunki täyttää 790 vuotta ja valkoinen risti seisoo Turun syntymämerkkinä Koroisilla – katso video|first=Minna|last=Rosvall|work=[[Yle]]|date=23 January 2019|access-date=17 August 2024|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1264]] &ndash; In the conflict between King [[Henry III of England]] and his rebellious barons led by [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort]], King [[Louis IX of France]] issues the [[Mise of Amiens]], a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the [[Second Barons' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tout|first=T.F.|title=The Political History of England. Vol. 3: From the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377)|location=London|date=1920|pages=112–113|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRI5AQAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1368]] &ndash; [[Zhu Yuanzhang]] proclaims himself the [[Hongwu Emperor]], beginning the [[Ming dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Bowman|editor-first=John S.|title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=2000|isbn=9780231110044|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkqsAgAAQBAJ|page=39}}</ref>
*[[1546]] &ndash; Having published nothing for eleven years, [[François Rabelais]] publishes the ''Tiers Livre'', his sequel to ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel]]''.
*[[1556]] &ndash; The deadliest [[earthquake]] in history, the [[1556 Shaanxi earthquake|Shaanxi earthquake]], hits [[Shaanxi]] province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Y-X.|last1=Hu|first2=S-C.|last2=Liu|author2-link=Liu Shaw-chen|first3=W.|last3=Dong|title=Earthquake Engineering|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=suaVCkVdyuwC&pg=PA101|date=18 July 1996|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-419-20590-6|pages=101}}</ref>
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]], [[regent]] for the infant King [[James VI of Scotland]], is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Derek James|title=The Armstrongs: The History of a Riding Family, 1040-1650|location=Salt Lake City|publisher=American Academic Press|date=2017|isbn=9781631818790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH0uDwAAQBAJ|page=97}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; The [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] opens in London.<ref>{{cite book|last=Saunders|first=Ann|title=The Royal Exchange|location=London|publisher=London Topographical Society|date=1997|isbn=9780902087385|page=44}}</ref>
*[[1579]] &ndash; The [[Union of Utrecht]] forms a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] republic in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book|first=George Henry|last=Townsend|author-link=George Henry Townsend|title=The Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSVTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA860|year=1862|pages=860}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Blaise Pascal]] publishes the first of his ''[[Lettres provinciales]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Blaise|last1=Pascal|author-link1=Blaise Pascal|first2=Roger|last2=Ariew|title=Pensees|year=2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdlNuvGMPisC&pg=PR18|publisher=Hackett Publishing|isbn=1-60384-404-X|pages=18}}</ref>
*[[1719]] &ndash; The [[Principality]] of [[Liechtenstein]] is created within the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Instituto del Tercer Mundo|title=The World Guide: A View From the South|location=Oxford, U.K.|publisher=New Internationalist Publications|date=2005|isbn=9781904456117|page=353}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Georgetown University|Georgetown College]], the first [[Catholic university]] in the United States, is founded in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown, Maryland]] (now a part of Washington, D.C.) when Bishop [[John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore)|John Carroll]], Rev. [[Robert Molyneux]], and Rev. John Ashton purchase land for the proposed academy for the education of youth.<ref>{{cite book|last=Conn|first=James Jerome|title=Catholic Universities in the United States and Ecclesiastical Authority|location=Rome|publisher=Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana|date=1991|isbn=9788876526398|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCKk0nNBqPgC|page=134}}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Second Partition of Poland]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lukowski|first1=Jerzy|last2=Zawadzki|first2=Hubert|title=A Concise History of Poland|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780521853323|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMylRh-wHWEC|page=128}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; After an extraordinary charge across the frozen [[Zuiderzee]], the French cavalry [[Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder|captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns]], in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry.
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Slavery in Tunisia]] is abolished.<ref>{{in lang|ar}} [http://www.archives.nat.tn/pdf_doc/849300.PDF Original decree of 23 January 1846 on the enfranchisement of slaves (National archives of Tunisia)]</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Blackwell]] is awarded her M.D. by the [[Geneva Medical College]] of [[Geneva, New York]], becoming the United States' first female doctor.
*[[1870]] &ndash; In [[Montana]], U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the [[Marias Massacre]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: The [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]] ends.
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Malolos Constitution]] is inaugurated, establishing the [[First Philippine Republic]]. [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] is sworn in as its [[List of presidents of the Philippines|first]] [[President of the Philippines|president]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: The [[Battle of Spion Kop]] between the forces of the [[South African Republic]] and the [[Orange Free State]] and British forces ends in a British defeat.

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Ålesund Fire]]: The Norwegian coastal town [[Ålesund]] is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]] funds the rebuilding of the town in [[Art Nouveau|Jugendstil]] style.
*[[1909]] &ndash; {{RMS|Republic|1903|6}}, a passenger ship of the [[White Star Line]], becomes the first ship to use the [[CQD]] distress signal after colliding with another ship, the [[SS Florida (1905)|SS ''Florida'']], off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The ''Republic'' sinks the next day.
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[International Opium Convention]] is signed at [[The Hague]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents#First Congress (January 1919)|First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents]] is held by the [[Makhnovshchina]] at [[Velykomykhailivka]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Steven J.|editor-last1=Hirsch|editor-first2=Lucien|editor-last2=van der Walt|editor-link2=Lucien van der Walt|chapter=The Makhnovist Movement and the National Question in the Ukraine, 1917–1921|title=Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870–1940|first=Aleksandr|last=Shubin|series=Studies in Global Social History|volume=6|publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]]|location=[[Leiden]]|year=2010|page=165|isbn=9789004188495|oclc=868808983}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]] of Germany to the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Moscow Trials|trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center]] sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with [[Leon Trotsky]] and plotting to overthrow [[Joseph Stalin]]'s regime.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Charles Lindbergh]] testifies before the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] and recommends that the United States negotiate a [[neutrality pact]] with [[Adolf Hitler]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Rabaul (1942)|Battle of Rabaul]] commences Japan's [[New Guinea campaign|invasion]] of Australia's [[Territory of New Guinea]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Troops of the British [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] capture [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] in [[Libya]] from the [[German–Italian Panzer Army]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: German admiral [[Karl Dönitz]] launches [[Operation Hannibal]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Knesset]] resolves that [[Jerusalem]] is the capital of Israel.
*[[1957]] &ndash; American inventor [[Walter Frederick Morrison]] sells the rights to his [[Frisbee|flying disc]] to the [[Wham-O]] toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
*[[1958]] &ndash; After a [[1958 Venezuelan coup d'état|general uprising and rioting in the streets]], [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[Marcos Pérez Jiménez]] leaves [[Venezuela]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[bathyscaphe]] [[Bathyscaphe Trieste|USS ''Trieste'']] breaks a depth record by descending to {{Convert|10911|m|ft}} in the Pacific Ocean.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Guinea-Bissau War of Independence]] officially begins when [[PAIGC]] guerrilla fighters attack the [[Portuguese Army]] stationed in [[Tite (Guinea-Bissau)|Tite]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service|author-link=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|title=Daily Report: People's Republic of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKIbAQAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=National Technical Information Service|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], prohibiting the use of [[Poll tax (United States)|poll taxes]] in national elections, is ratified.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Diplomatic relations]] between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Ivory Coast]] are established.
*  1967   &ndash; [[Milton Keynes]] (England) is founded as a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|new town]] by [[Order in Council]], with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with [[History of Milton Keynes|evidence of continuous settlement]] dating back to the [[Bronze Age]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS ''Pueblo'' (AGER-2)]] is attacked and seized by the [[Korean People's Navy]]. 
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[World Airways Flight 30]] overshoots the runway at [[Logan International Airport]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], and crashes into [[Boston Harbor]]. Two people are missing and presumed dead.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF N113WA Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820123-0 |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] inducts its first members: [[Little Richard]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[James Brown]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Sam Cooke]], [[Fats Domino]], [[The Everly Brothers]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and [[Elvis Presley]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan]] sends a "[[Isaaq genocide#Letter of Death|letter of death]]" to Somali President [[Siad Barre]], proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7w8VAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Balancing+the+well-to-do+to+eliminate+the+concentration+of+wealth%22 |title=Past human rights abuses in Somalia: report of a preliminary study conducted for the United Nations (OHCHR/UNDP-Somalia) |last1=Mburu |first1=Chris |last2=Rights |first2=United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human |author-link2=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |last3=Office |first3=United Nations Development Programme Somalia Country |date=1 January 2002 |publisher=s.n. |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Madeleine Albright]] becomes the first woman to serve as [[United States Secretary of State]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Netscape]] announces [[Mozilla]], with the intention to release Communicator code as [[open source software|open source]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; Five people attempt to [[Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident|set themselves on fire]] in Beijing's [[Tiananmen Square]], an act that many people later claim is staged by the [[Chinese Communist Party]] to frame [[Falun Gong]] and thus escalate their [[persecution of Falun Gong|persecution]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; U.S. journalist [[Daniel Pearl]] is kidnapped in [[Karachi]], Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
*[[2003]] &ndash; A very weak signal from [[Pioneer 10]] is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
*[[2018]] &ndash; A 7.9 {{M|W}} [[2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake|earthquake]] occurs in the [[Gulf of Alaska]]. It is tied as the [[List of earthquakes in the United States|sixth-largest earthquake]] ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
*  2018   &ndash; A double car bombing in [[Benghazi]], [[Libya]], kills at least 33 people and wounds "dozens" of others. The victims include both military personnel and civilians, according to local officials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security/twin-car-bombs-kill-more-than-20-in-libyas-benghazi-officials-idUSKBN1FC2TC|title=Twin car bombs kill more than 30 in Libya's Benghazi: officials|first=Ayman|last=al-Warfalli|website=reuters.com|date=23 January 2018}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; The [[China–United States trade war]] begins when President [[Donald Trump]] places [[Trump tariffs|tariffs]] on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-28|title=Donald Trump - Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; Mutinying Burkinabè soldiers led by [[Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba]] [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|depose and detain]] President [[Roch Marc Christian Kaboré]] amid widespread anti-government protests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/africa/military-detains-president-kabore-intl/index.html|title=Burkina Faso's military seizes power in a coup, detains president and dissolves government|first1=Sam|last1=Mednick|first2=Stephanie|last2=Busari|first3=Niamh|last3=Kennedy|website=cnn.com|date=24 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Northwestern Air Flight 738]] crashes after takeoff from [[Fort Smith Airport]], killing six people.<ref name="cbc">{{cite news |date=23 January 2024 |title=Coroner confirms deaths in plane crash near Fort Smith, N.W.T. |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7092137 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126145336/https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7092137 |archive-date=26 January 2024 |access-date=23 January 2024 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1350]] &ndash; [[Vincent Ferrer]], Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)
*[[1378]] &ndash; [[Louis III, Elector Palatine]] (d. 1436)
*[[1514]] &ndash; [[Hai Rui]], Chinese politician (d. 1587)
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Mary Ward (nun)|Mary Ward]], English Catholic Religious Sister (d. 1645)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Abraham Diepraam]], Dutch painter (d. 1670)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[John Landen]], English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[John Hancock]], American general and politician, first [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite book|author=Abram English Brown|title=John Hancock: His Book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924032746368|year=1898|publisher=Lee and Shepard}}</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[William Jessop]], English engineer, built the [[Cromford Canal]] (d. 1814)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Muzio Clementi]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)<ref>{{cite book|author=EVA BADURA-SKODA|title=The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons: From Scarlatti to Beethoven|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ui48DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA432|date=20 November 2017|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-02264-6|pages=432}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Georgios Karaiskakis]], Greek general (d. 1827)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Stendhal]], French novelist (d. 1842)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Auguste de Montferrand]], French-Russian architect, designed [[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]] and [[Alexander Column]] (d. 1858)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Alois Negrelli]], Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858) 
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Surendra Sai]], Indian activist (d. 1884)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Camilla Collett]], Norwegian novelist and activist (d. 1895)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Saigō Takamori]], Japanese samurai (d. 1877)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Édouard Manet]], French painter (d. 1883)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Muthu Coomaraswamy]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1879)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Marianne Cope]], German-American nun and saint (d. 1918)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Ernst Abbe]], German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Umov]], Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1915)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[John Marks Moore]], American politician (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite book|last=Daniell|first=Lewis E.|title=Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive Staff, Heads of Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the XXth legislature|date=1887|publisher=Press of the City Printing Company|publication-place=Austin|lccn=19016834|page=19|quote=The Secretary of State, was born in Houston county, Texas, on the twenty-third day of January, 1853.}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[John Browning]], American weapons designer, founded the [[Browning Arms Company]] (d. 1926)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Andrija Mohorovičić]], Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (d. 1936)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[David Hilbert]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)
*  1862   &ndash; [[Frank Shuman]], American inventor and engineer (d. 1918)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Paul Langevin]], French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
*  1872   &ndash; [[Jože Plečnik]], Slovenian architect, designed [[Plečnik Parliament]] (d. 1957)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Otto Diels]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1954)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Rutland Boughton]], English composer (d. 1960)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama]], Mexican politician (d. 1967)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Claribel Kendall]], American mathematician (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite book | first=Ruth Rebekka | last=Struik | chapter=Claribel Kendall | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/92 92] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/92 }}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Jyotirmoyee Devi]], Indian author (d. 1988)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Alf Blair]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1944)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Alf Hall]], English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], Indian freedom fighter and politician (d. 1945)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky]], Austrian architect (d. 2000)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Ieva Simonaitytė]], Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
*  1897   &ndash; [[William Stephenson]], Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Georg Kulenkampff]], German violinist (d. 1948)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Randolph Scott]], American actor (d. 1987)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Freda Utley]], English scholar and author (d. 1978)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Glen Kidston]], English racing driver and pilot (d. 1931)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[William Ifor Jones]], Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Arthur Wirtz]], American businessman (d. 1983)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Jorge Eliécer Gaitán]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th [[Minister of National Education of Colombia]] (d. 1948)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Erich Borchmeyer]], German sprinter (d. 2000)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Dan Duryea]], American actor and singer (d. 1968)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 23: Chita Rivera, Julia Jones |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/23/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-23-Chita-Rivera-Julia-Jones/2381674417753/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=23 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1907   &ndash; [[Hideki Yukawa]], Japanese physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1981)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Django Reinhardt]], Belgian guitarist and composer (d. 1953)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Boris Pokrovsky]], Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Jean-Michel Atlan]], Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Wally Parks]], American businessman, founded the [[National Hot Rod Association]] (d. 2007)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Herma Bauma]], Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)
*  1915   &ndash; [[W. Arthur Lewis]], Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1991)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Potter Stewart]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1985)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[David Douglas Duncan]], American photographer and journalist (d. 2018)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Airey Neave]], English colonel, lawyer, and politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]] (d. 1979)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Gertrude B. Elion]], American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1999)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Charlie Kerins]], Executed [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2013/12/21/1215/ |title=Charlie Kerins commemorated in Tralee |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 December 2013 |website=Irish Republican Information Service |publisher= |access-date=19 May 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Florence Rush]], American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Frances Bay]], Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Hans Hass]], Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Ernie Kovacs]], American actor and game show host (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=100}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Bob Paisley]], English footballer and manager (d. 1996)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Böhm]], German architect (d. 2021)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Henry Eriksson]], Swedish runner (d. 2000)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Walter Frederick Morrison]], American businessman, invented the [[Frisbee]] (d. 2010)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Leon Golub]], American painter and academic (d. 2004)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Tom Lewis (Australian politician)|Tom Lewis]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 2016)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Horace Ashenfelter]], American runner (d. 2018)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Walter M. Miller, Jr.]], American soldier and author (d. 1996)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Frank Lautenberg]], American soldier, businessman, and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Marty Paich]], American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1995)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Bal Thackeray]], Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (d. 2012)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Lars-Eric Lindblad]], Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Fred Williams (artist)|Fred Williams]], Australian painter (d. 1982)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jeanne Moreau]], French actress (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Myron Cope]], American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Filaret Denysenko]], Ukrainian religious leader, Patriarch of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate]]
*  1929   &ndash; [[Phillip Knightley]], Australian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
*  1929   &ndash; [[John Polanyi]], German-Canadian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Tanya Savicheva]], Russian child diarist (d. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-07 |title=Еженедельная интернет-газета "Петербургская семья" / Исторические чтения / Блокадная хроника Тани Савичевой |url=http://spb-family.ru/history/history_15.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507133416/http://spb-family.ru/history/history_15.html |archive-date=2017-05-07 }}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Mervyn Rose]], Australian tennis player (d. 2017)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Derek Walcott]], Saint Lucian poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jay Parini|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA274|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515653-9|pages=274}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Teresa Żylis-Gara]], Polish operatic soprano (d. 2021)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[George Allen (footballer, born 1932)|George Allen]], English footballer (d. 2016)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Larri Thomas]], American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Bill Hayden]], Australian politician, 21st [[Governor General of Australia]] (d. 2023)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Chita Rivera]], American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wagmeister |first1=Elizabeth |title=Chita Rivera, Tony Award-winning actress and singer, dead at 91 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/entertainment/chita-rivera-death/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=January 31, 2023 |language=en |date=January 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Lou Antonio]], American actor and director<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 23, 2023 includes celebrities Mariska Hargitay, Chita Rivera |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-23-2023-includes-celebrities-mariska-hargitay-chita-rivera.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 January 2024 |date=23 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Pierre Bourgault]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2003)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Mike Agostini]], Trinidadian sprinter (d. 2016)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Tom Reamy]], American author (d. 1977)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Jerry Kramer]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1936   &ndash; [[Cécile Ousset]], French pianist
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Giant Baba]], Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] (d. 1999)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Georg Baselitz]], German painter and sculptor
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Ed Roberts (activist)|Ed Roberts]], American activist (d. 1995)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Alan Cheuse]], American writer and critic (d. 2015)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Joe Dowell]], American singer (d. 2016)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jock R. Anderson]], Australian economist and academic
*  1941   &ndash; [[João Ubaldo Ribeiro]], Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Laurie Mayne]], Australian cricketer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Herman Tjeenk Willink]], Dutch judge and politician
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Gary Burton]], American musician<ref name="AP"/>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Gil Gerard]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Özhan Canaydın]], Turkish basketball player and businessman (d. 2010)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Rutger Hauer]], Dutch actor, director, and producer (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/24/rutger-hauer-star-of-blade-runner-dies-aged-75|title =Rutger Hauer, star of Blade Runner, dies aged 75|first =Andrew|last =Pulver|website =The Guardian|date =24 July 2019}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Mike Harris]], Canadian politician, 22nd [[Premier of Ontario]]
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Arnoldo Alemán]], Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, [[President of Nicaragua]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]], Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)
* 1946   &ndash; [[Marie Charlotte Fayanga]], Central African politician and diplomat<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Richard |last2=Rius |first2=Juan Fandos |title=Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (Historical Dictionaries of Africa) |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham |page=260}}</ref> (d. 2021)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Tom Carper]], American captain and politician, 71st [[Governor of Delaware]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]], Indonesian politician, [[President of Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Megawati Sukarnoputri |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/megawati-sukarnoputri |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=28 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Anita Pointer]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Charlie Papazian]], American nuclear engineer, brewer and author.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Acitelli |first=Tom |url=http://archive.org/details/audacityofhopshi0000acit |title=The audacity of hops : the history of America's craft beer revolution |date=2013 |publisher=Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-61374-388-1}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Richard Dean Anderson]], American actor, producer, and composer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Guida Maria]], Portuguese actress (d. 2018)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Suzanne Scotchmer]], American economist and academic (d. 2014)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Luis Alberto Spinetta]], Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (d. 2012)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Chesley Sullenberger]], American airline pilot and safety expert<ref>{{cite book|author=David Curnock|title=History's Greatest Pilots Close Up|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KI1hDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA56|date=15 July 2015|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-1-4994-6170-1|pages=56}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Omar Henry]], South African cricketer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Jaroslav Pouzar]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaroslav Pouzar |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jaroslav-pouzar-8450513 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[John Luther Adams]], American composer<ref>{{cite book|author=Edith Borroff|title=American Operas: A Checklist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzMKAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Harmonie Park Press|isbn=978-0-89990-063-6|page=4}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Alister McGrath]], Irish priest, historian, and theologian
*  1953   &ndash; [[Antonio Villaraigosa]], American politician, 41st [[Mayor of Los Angeles]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Robin Zander]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Trevor Hohns]], Australian cricketer
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]], Russian hammer thrower (d. 2018)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Clive Bull]], English radio host
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Greg Ritchie]], Australian cricketer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Peter Mackenzie]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Yelena Sinchukova]], Russian long jumper
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[David Arnold]], English composer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Aivar Lillevere]], Estonian footballer and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Elvira Lindo]], Spanish journalist and author
*  1962   &ndash; [[Boris McGiver]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Gail O'Grady]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jonatha Brooke]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Mariska Hargitay]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Bharrat Jagdeo]], Guyanese economist and politician, 7th [[President of Guyana]]
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Louie Clemente]], American drummer 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Damien Hardman]], Australian surfer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Haywoode Workman]], American basketball player and referee
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Taro Hakase]], Japanese violinist and composer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Petr Korda]], Czech-Monacan tennis player
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Andrei Kanchelskis]], Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
*  1969   &ndash; [[Brendan Shanahan]], Canadian ice hockey player and actor
*  1969   &ndash; [[Susen Tiedtke]], German long jumper
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Richard Šmehlík]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Smehlik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/richard-smehlik-8458058 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Spyridon Vasdekis]], Greek long jumper
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Kevin Mawae]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Mawae |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/kevin-mawae/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Adam Parore]], New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Claire Rankin]], Canadian actress
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ewen Bremner]], Scottish actor 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Tomas Holmström]], Swedish ice hockey player
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Glen Chapple]], English cricketer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Rebekah Elmaloglou]], Australian actress 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Richard T. Slone]], English painter
*  1974   &ndash; [[Tiffani Thiessen]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Phil Dawson]], American football player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Tito Ortiz]], American mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Tito Ortiz |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335472/tito-ortiz |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Brandon Duckworth]], American baseball player and scout
*  1976   &ndash; [[Anne Margrethe Hausken]], Norwegian orienteering competitor
*  1976   &ndash; [[Alex Shaffer (alpine skier)|Alex Shaffer]], American skier
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Scott Hannan]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Hannan |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/scott-hannan-8466158 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Larry Hughes]], American basketball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Dawn O'Porter]], Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
*  1979   &ndash; [[Juan Rincón]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach
*  1979   &ndash; [[Maria Stepanova]], Russian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Maria Stepanova |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100227/maria-stepanova |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Rob Friend]], Canadian soccer player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Julia Jones]], American actress<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |page=251}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Oceana Mahlmann]], German singer and songwriter
*  1982   &ndash; [[Wily Mo Peña]], Dominican baseball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Andrew Rock]], American sprinter
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Irving Saladino]], Panamanian long jumper
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Arjen Robben]], Dutch footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[San E]], South Korean rapper
*  1985   &ndash; [[Dong Fangzhuo]], Chinese footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Doutzen Kroes]], Dutch model and actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Lukyanenko]], Russian pole vaulter
*  1985   &ndash; [[Aselefech Mergia]], Ethiopian runner
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jeff Samardzija]], American baseball and football player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Gelete Burka]], Ethiopian runner
*  1986   &ndash; [[Marc Laird]], Scottish footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[José Enrique (footballer)|José Enrique]], Spanish footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Steven Taylor (footballer)|Steven Taylor]], English footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Sandro Viletta]], Swiss skier
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Leo Komarov]], Estonian-Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Alex Silva (wrestler)|Alex Silva]], Canadian wrestler
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Steve Birnbaum]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/200836/steve-birnbaum|title=Steve Birnbaum Stats, News, Bio|website=ESPN}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Reina Triendl]], Japanese model and actress
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Addison Russell]], American baseball player
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Keita Bates-Diop]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Keita Bates-Diop |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628966/keita-bates-diop |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Ruben Loftus-Cheek]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruben Loftus-Cheek|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5179/Ruben-Loftus-Cheek/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[XXXTentacion]], American rapper (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |last2=Coscarelli |first2=Joe |title=XXXTentacion, Rapper Accused of Violent Crimes, Shot Dead at 20 (Published 2018) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/arts/music/xxxtentacion-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The New York Times |access-date=17 November 2020 |date=18 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Alban Lafont]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwyc/2017/pdf/fwyc_2017_squadlists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017: List of Players: France |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225174344/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2017/pdf/FWYC_2017_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=25 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Olga Danilović]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olga Danilovic {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324934/olga-danilovic |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Joško Gvardiol]], Croatian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Josko Gvardiol|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/67178/Josko-Gvardiol/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[667]] &ndash; [[Ildefonsus]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|bishop of Toledo]]
* [[989]] &ndash; [[Adalbero (archbishop of Reims)|Adalbero]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims|Reims]]<ref name="hamm">{{cite book |last1=Bautz |first1=Friedrich Wilhelm |title=Adalbero, Erzbischof von Reims. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1 |date=1990 |publisher=Ham |isbn=3-88309-013-1 |page=23}}</ref>
*[[1002]] &ndash; [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 980)
*[[1199]] &ndash; [[Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur]], Moroccan caliph (b. 1160)
*[[1252]] &ndash; [[Isabella, Queen of Armenia]]
*[[1297]] &ndash; [[Florent of Hainaut]], Prince of Achaea (b. c. 1255)
*[[1423]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Bavaria]], Burgundian regent (b. 1363)
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] (b. 1452)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferdinand II {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-II-king-of-Spain |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1548]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Pisano]], Italian priest, scholar, and composer (b. 1490)
*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Johannes Honter]], Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (b. 1498)
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[Jiajing Emperor]] of China (b. 1507)
*[[1570]] &ndash; [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]], Scottish politician (b. 1531)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[John Croke]], English politician and judge (b. 1553)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[William Baffin]], English explorer and navigator (b. 1584)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke]] (b. 1584)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Vico]], Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Matthew Stewart (mathematician)|Matthew Stewart]], Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Frances Brooke]], English author and playwright (b. 1724)
*  1789   &ndash; [[John Cleland]], English author (b. 1709)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Edward Rutledge]], American captain and politician, 39th [[Governor of South Carolina]] (b. 1749)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Arthur Guinness]], Irish brewer, founded [[Guinness]] (b. 1725)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Claude Chappe]], French engineer (b. 1763)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[William Pitt the Younger]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1759)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Pitt 'The Younger' - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-pitt |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Johann Wilhelm Ritter]], German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Robert Craufurd]], Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]] (b. 1767)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth]], English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[John Field (composer)|John Field]], Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Thomas Love Peacock]], English author and poet (b. 1785)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Charles Kingsley]], English priest and author (b. 1819)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Gustave Doré]], French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II]], American lawyer and politician, 16th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1825)
*  1893   &ndash; [[William Price (physician)|William Price]], Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (b. 1800)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dewey |first1=Philip |title=The radical Welsh doctor who became an Archdruid and helped change the law by cremating his son |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/radical-welsh-doctor-who-became-15008914 |website=Wales Online |date=10 August 2018 |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>
*  1893   &ndash; [[José Zorrilla]], Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)

===1901–present===
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Mykola Leontovych]], Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[René Beeh]], Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Arthur Nikisch]], Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Max Nordau]], Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Anna Pavlova]], Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank N.|last=Magill|title=Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror|location=Pasadena|publisher=Salem Press|year=1990|page=1814|isbn=978-0-89356-569-5}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Orso Mario Corbino]], Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Matthias Sindelar]], Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Alexander Woollcott]], American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Edvard Munch]], Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bonnard]], French painter (b. 1867)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Alexander Korda]], Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Józef Gosławski (sculptor)|Józef Gosławski]], Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[T. M. Sabaratnam]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1895)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Fritz Feigl]], Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Alexander Onassis]], American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Kid Ory]], American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Paul Robeson]], American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Toots Shor]], American businessman, founded [[Toots Shor's Restaurant]] (b. 1903)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Terry Kath]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jack Oakie]], American actor (b. 1903)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Michelotti]], Italian engineer (b. 1921)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Samuel Barber]], American pianist and composer (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Barber {{!}} American composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Barber |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Fred Bakewell]], English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Muin Bseiso]], Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[James Beard]], American chef and cookbook author for whom the [[James Beard Foundation Award]]s are named (b. 1905)<ref>{{Cite book|title=James Beard: A Biography|last=Clark|first=Robert|publisher=HarperCollins|year=1993|isbn=978-0060167639|pages=[https://archive.org/details/jamesbeardbiogra00clar/page/326 326]|url=https://archive.org/details/jamesbeardbiogra00clar/page/326}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Joseph Beuys]], German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Charles Glen King]], American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Salvador Dalí]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Lars-Erik Torph]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Allen Collins]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1952)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Northrop Frye]], Canadian author and critic (b. 1912)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Freddie Bartholomew]], American actor (b. 1924)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Keith Laumer]], American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Ogarkov]], Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Brian Redhead]], English journalist and author (b. 1929)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Joe D'Amato]], Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Jay Pritzker]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Hyatt|Hyatt Corporation]] (b. 1922)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Paul Aars]], American race car driver (b. 1934)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Pierre Bourdieu]], French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Robert Nozick]], American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Nell Carter]], American actress and singer (b. 1948)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Bob Keeshan]], American television personality and producer (b. 1927)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Helmut Newton]], German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare]], English lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Johnny Carson]], American talk show host, television personality, and producer (b. 1925)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Syed Hussein Alatas]], Malaysian sociologist and politician (b. 1928)
*  2007   &ndash; [[E. Howard Hunt]], American [[CIA]] officer (b. 1918)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Ryszard Kapuściński]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Robert W. Scott]], American farmer and politician, 67th [[Governor of North Carolina]] (b. 1929)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Kermit Tyler]], American colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Earl Wild]], American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Jack LaLanne]], American fitness instructor, author, and television host (b. 1914)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Wesley E. Brown]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Maurice Meisner]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bingham Ray]], American businessman, co-founded [[October Films]] (b. 1954)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Józef Glemp]], Polish cardinal (b. 1929)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Peter van der Merwe (cricketer)|Peter van der Merwe]], South African cricketer and referee (b. 1937)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet]], French bishop (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Yuri Izrael]], Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Riz Ortolani]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1926)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Ernie Banks]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Prosper Ego]], Dutch activist, founded the [[Oud-Strijders Legioen]] (b. 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia]] (b. 1924)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Bain]], Scottish bassist (b. 1947)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Bobby Wanzer]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Bobby Freeman]], American singer, songwriter and record producer (b. 1940)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Gorden Kaye]], English actor (b. 1941)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Hugh Masekela]], South African trumpeter, composer and singer (b. 1939) 
*  2018   &ndash; [[Nicanor Parra]], Chilean poet (b. 1914)
*  2018   &ndash; [[Wyatt Tee Walker]], American civil rights activist and pastor (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Schudel|first1=Matt|title=Wyatt Tee Walker, civil rights leader and top assistant to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 89|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/wyatt-tee-walker-civil-rights-leader-and-top-assistant-to-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-at-89/2018/01/23/35ad4686-0075-11e8-9d31-d72cf78dbeee_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 23, 2018|quote=Wyatt Tee Walker was born Aug. 16, 1928, in Brockton, Mass. (His family said most biographical information about him incorrectly gives his year of birth as 1929.)}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Aloysius Pang]], Singaporean actor (b. 1990)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/actor-aloysius-pang-dies-from-injuries-sustained-during-saf-accident-in-new-zealand|title=Actor Aloysius Pang dies from injuries suffered during SAF accident in New Zealand|work=[[The Straits Times]]|first1=Lim|last1=Min Zhang|date=January 24, 2019}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Oliver Mtukudzi]], Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oliver Mtukudzi {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/oliver-mtukudzi-mn0000471887/biography|access-date=2021-01-14|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Hal Holbrook]], American actor and director (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Iannucci|first1=Rebecca|date=February 2, 2021|title=Hal Holbrook, Tony Award and Five-Time Emmy Winner, Dead at 95|url=https://tvline.com/2021/02/02/hal-holbrook-dies-mark-twain-lincoln-dead/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=TV Line}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Larry King]], American journalist and talk show host (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |title=Five interesting things about Larry King |url=https://apnews.com/article/34dfa3571b5c41378b643f8c5273d205 |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Larry King: US talk show host dies weeks after testing positive for COVID-19|url=https://news.sky.com/story/larry-king-us-talk-show-host-dies-weeks-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19-12196392|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Sky News|language=en}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Song Yoo-jung]], South Korean actress and model (b. 1994)<ref name="dod">{{cite web |date=January 25, 2021 |title= |script-title=ko:써브라임아티스트 측 "배우 송유정 지난 23일 사망" [공식] |trans-title=Sublime Artist side "Actress Song Yoo-jung passed away on the 23rd" [Official] |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=018&aid=0004836887 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125094352/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=018&aid=0004836887 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=January 25, 2021 |website=Edaily News |language=ko}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Charles Osgood]], American radio and television commentator, writer and musician (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charles-osgood-veteran-cbs-newsman-and-longtime-host-of-sunday-morning-dies-at-91/|title = Charles Osgood, veteran CBS newsman and longtime host of "Sunday Morning," dies at 91|date = January 23, 2024|accessdate = January 23, 2024|work = [[CBS News]]}}</ref>
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*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Melanie (singer)|Melanie Safka]], American Emmy winning singer-songwriter (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=KiMi |date=25 January 2024 |title=Melanie, Emmy-winning singer-songwriter whose career launched at Woodstock, dies at 76 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/01/24/melanie-safka-dead-woodstock-performer/72344383007/ |work=USA Today |location= |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Bounty Day]] ([[Pitcairn Islands]])
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Abakuh]]
**[[Marianne Cope|Marianne of Molokai]]
**[[Emerentiana]]
**[[Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary]]
**[[Ildefonsus]] of Toledo
**[[Phillips Brooks]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
**[[January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Netaji Jayanti|Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti]] ([[Orissa, India|Orissa]], [[Tripura]], and [[West Bengal]], India)
*[[World Freedom Day]] ([[Taiwan]] and [[South Korea]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/23 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=23}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/23 Historical Events on January 23]

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[[Category:Days of the year]]
[[Category:January]]