January 22 Events 613 - Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor by his father Heraclius at Constantinople . 871 - Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing . 1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican . 1517 - The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya . 1555 - The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar . 1689 - The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII , the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688 . 1808 - The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier. 1824 - The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast . 1849 - Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan , Punjab , surrender. 1863 - The January Uprising breaks out in Poland , Lithuania and Belarus . The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia. 1879 - The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat. 1879 - The Battle of Rorke's Drift , also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15 km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory. 1889 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio . 1901 - Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria . 1905 - Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg , beginning of the 1905 revolution . 1906 - runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia , killing more than 130. 1915 - Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara , Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon. 1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. 1919 - Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic . 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . 1927 - Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury . 1941 - World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass . 1943 - World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona . 1944 - World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle , an assault on Anzio and Nettuno , Italy. 1946 - In Iran , Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad ; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister . 1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group , forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency . 1947 - KTLA , the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River , begins operation in Hollywood . 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula . 1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs. 1963 - The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer . 1968 - Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space. 1968 - Operation Igloo White , a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation. 1970 - The Boeing 747 , the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport . 1971 - The Singapore Declaration , one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations , is issued. 1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton , legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states. 1973 - The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission. 1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 explodes in flames upon landing at Kano Airport , Nigeria , killing 176. 1973 - In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica , challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante . 1984 - The Apple Macintosh , the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface , is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial . 1987 - Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace , Manila , killing 13. 1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation. 1992 - Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar , who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space. 1995 - Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre: In central Israel, near Netanya , two Gazans blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israelis. 1998 - Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavor launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir . 1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India. 2002 - Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . 2006 - Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia , becoming the country's first indigenous president. 2007 - At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad , Iraq . 2015 - An explosion near a civilian trolley-bus in Donetsk kills at least thirteen people.Births 826 - Emperor Montoku of Japan 1263 - Ibn Taymiyyah , Syrian scholar and theologian 1440 - Ivan III of Russia 1522 - Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans , 1552 - Walter Raleigh , English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer 1561 - Francis Bacon , English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales 1570 - Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington , English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library 1573 - John Donne , English poet and cleric in the Church of England , wrote the Holy Sonnets 1592 - Pierre Gassendi , French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher 1645 - William Kidd , Scottish sailor and pirate hunter 1654 - Richard Blackmore , English physician and poet 1690 - Nicolas Lancret , French painter 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German philosopher and author 1733 - Philip Carteret , English admiral and explorer 1740 - Noah Phelps , American soldier, lawyer, and judge 1781 - François Habeneck , French violinist and conductor 1788 - Lord Byron , English poet and playwright 1792 - Lady Lucy Whitmore , English noblewoman, hymn writer 1796 - Karl Ernst Claus , Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic 1797 - Maria Leopoldina of Austria 1799 - Ludger Duvernay , Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician 1802 - Richard Upjohn , English-American architect 1828 - Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry , Irish hereditary peer 1831 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 1840 - Ernest Wilberforce , English bishop 1849 - August Strindberg , Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright 1858 - Beatrice Webb , English sociologist and economist 1861 - George Fuller , Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales 1865 - Wilbur Scoville , American chemist and pharmacist 1867 - Gisela Januszewska , Jewish-Austrian physician 1869 - José Vicente de Freitas , Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal 1874 - Edward Harkness , American philanthropist 1874 - Jay Hughes , American baseball player and coach 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1877 - Tom Jones , American baseball player and manager 1879 - Francis Picabia , French painter and poet 1880 - Bill O'Neill , Canadian-American baseball player 1880 - Frigyes Riesz , Hungarian mathematician and academic 1881 - Ira Thomas , American baseball player and manager 1886 - John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor 1887 - Helen Hoyt , American poet and author 1889 - Henri Pélissier , French cyclist 1889 - Amos Strunk , American baseball player and manager 1890 - Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States 1891 - Antonio Gramsci , Italian philosopher and politician 1892 - Marcel Dassault , French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation 1893 - Conrad Veidt , German-American actor, director, and producer 1897 - Rosa Ponselle , American operatic soprano 1897 - Dilipkumar Roy , a Bengali Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. 1898 - Ross Barnett , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi 1898 - Sergei Eisenstein , Russian director and screenwriter 1898 - Denise Legeay , French actress 1899 - Martti Haavio , Finnish poet and mythologist 1900 - Ernst Busch , German actor and singer 1902 - Daniel Kinsey , American hurdler, coach, and academic 1903 - Fritz Houtermans , Polish-German physicist and academic 1904 - George Balanchine , Georgian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet 1904 - Arkady Gaidar , Russian journalist and author 1905 - Willy Hartner , German physicist, historian, and academic 1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author and poet 1907 - Douglas Corrigan , American pilot and engineer 1907 - Dixie Dean , English footballer 1908 - Lev Landau , Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1908 - Prince Oana , American baseball player and manager 1909 - Martha Norelius , Swedish-born American swimmer 1909 - Porfirio Rubirosa , Dominican racing driver, polo player, and diplomat 1909 - Ann Sothern , American actress and singer 1909 - U Thant , Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General 1911 - Bruno Kreisky , Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria 1913 - Henry Bauchau , Belgian psychoanalyst and author 1913 - William Conway , Irish cardinal 1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher 1914 - Dimitris Dragatakis , Greek violinist and composer 1915 - Heinrich Albertz , German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin 1916 - Bill Durnan , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1916 - Henri Dutilleux , French pianist, composer, and educator 1916 - Harilal Upadhyay , Indian author, poet, and astrologist 1918 - Elmer Lach , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1919 - Diomedes Olivo , Dominican baseball player and scout 1920 - Irving Kristol , American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest 1920 - Alf Ramsey , English footballer and coach 1922 - Howard Moss , American poet, playwright and critic 1923 - Diana Douglas , British-American actress 1924 - J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer 1924 - Ján Chryzostom Korec , Slovak cardinal 1924 - Charles Lisanby , American production designer and art director 1925 - Johnny Bucha , American baseball player 1925 - Bobby Young , American baseball player 1927 - Lou Creekmur , American football player and sportscaster 1927 - Joe Perry , American footballer 1928 - Yoshihiko Amino , Japanese historian, author, and academic 1929 - Petr Eben , Czech composer, organist and choirmaster 1930 - Mariví Bilbao , Spanish actress 1930 - Éamon de Buitléar , Irish accordion player and director 1931 - Sam Cooke , American singer-songwriter 1931 - Galina Zybina , Russian shot putter and javelin thrower 1932 - Berthold Grünfeld , Norwegian psychiatrist and academic 1932 - Piper Laurie , American actress 1932 - Tom Fisher Railsback , American politician, member of the Illinois and U.S. House of Representatives 1933 - Yuri Chesnokov , Russian volleyball player and coach 1934 - Vijay Anand , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1934 - Bill Bixby , American actor and director 1934 - Graham Kerr , English chef and author 1935 - Alexander Men , Russian priest and scholar 1936 - Ong Teng Cheong , Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore 1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1937 - Edén Pastora , Nicaraguan politician 1937 - Joseph Wambaugh , American police officer and author 1938 - Peter Beard , Australian photographer and author 1938 - Joe Esposito , American author 1938 - Altair Gomes de Figueiredo , Brazilian footballer 1939 - Jørgen Garde , Danish admiral 1939 - Alfredo Palacio , Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador 1939 - Luigi Simoni , Italian footballer and manager 1939 - J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout 1940 - John Hurt , English actor 1940 - George Seifert , American football player and coach 1940 - Gillian Shephard , English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education 1941 - Jaan Kaplinski , Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic 1941 - Eugene Hasenfus , former United States Marine whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair 1942 - Mimis Domazos , Greek footballer 1943 - Michael Spicer , English journalist and politician 1944 - Khosrow Golsorkhi , Iranian journalist, poet, and activist 1944 - Uto Ughi , Italian violinist and conductor 1945 - Jophery Brown , American baseball player, actor, and stuntman 1945 - Jean-Pierre Nicolas , French racing driver and manager 1945 - Christoph Schönborn , Austrian cardinal 1945 - Alojz Uran , Slovenian archbishop 1946 - Malcolm McLaren , English singer-songwriter and manager 1946 - Serge Savard , Canadian ice hockey player and manager 1947 - Vladimir Oravsky , Czech-Swedish author and director 1948 - Gilbert Levine , American conductor and academic 1949 - Mike Caldwell , American baseball player and coach 1949 - J.P. Pennington, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 1949 - Steve Perry , American singer-songwriter and producer 1950 - Paul Bew , Northern Irish historian and academic 1950 - Frank Schade , American basketball player and coach 1951 - Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater and coach 1951 - Leon Roberts , American baseball player and manager 1952 - Ramón Avilés , Puerto Rican-American baseball player 1953 - Winfried Berkemeier , German footballer and manager 1953 - Myung-whun Chung , South Korean pianist and conductor 1953 - Jim Jarmusch , American director and screenwriter 1955 - Thomas David Jones , American captain, pilot, and astronaut 1955 - Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician 1956 - Steve Riley , American drummer 1957 - Mike Bossy , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1957 - Brian Dayett , American baseball player and manager 1957 - Godfrey Thoma , Nauruan politician 1957 - Francis Wheen , English journalist and author 1958 - Nikos Anastopoulos , Greek footballer and manager 1958 - Filiz Koçali , Turkish journalist and politician 1959 - Linda Blair , American actress 1960 - Michael Hutchence , Australian singer-songwriter 1961 - Quintin Dailey , American basketball player 1961 - Daniel Johnston , American musician 1962 - Jimmy Herring , American guitarist 1962 - Huw Irranca-Davies , Welsh lawyer and politician 1962 - Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu , Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia 1964 - Nigel Benn , English-Australian boxer 1964 - Stojko Vranković , Croatian basketball player 1965 - Steven Adler , American rock drummer 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff , American DJ and producer 1965 - Diane Lane , American actress 1965 - Andrew Roachford , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1966 - Craig Salvatori , Australian rugby league player and coach 1967 - Nick Gillingham , English swimmer 1968 - Guy Fieri , American chef, author, and television host 1968 - Heath , Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player 1968 - Frank Leboeuf , French footballer, sportscaster, and actor 1968 - Mauricio Serna , Colombian footballer 1969 - Olivia d'Abo , English-American singer-songwriter and actress 1969 - Keith Gordon , American baseball player and coach 1970 - Jason Lowrie , New Zealand rugby league player and coach 1970 - Abraham Olano , Spanish cyclist 1971 - Stan Collymore , English footballer and sportscaster 1972 - Terry Hill , Australian rugby league player and coach 1973 - Rogério Ceni , Brazilian footballer 1974 - Cameron McConville , Australian racing driver and sportscaster 1974 - Joseph Muscat , Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta 1976 - Jimmy Anderson , American baseball player and coach 1976 - James Dearth , American football player 1977 - Mario Domm , Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1977 - Anna Linkova , Russian tennis player 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata , Japanese footballer 1977 - Luciano Andrade Rissutt , Brazilian footballer 1978 - Chone Figgins , American baseball player 1979 - Aidan Burley , New Zealand-English politician 1979 - Carlos Ruiz , Panamanian baseball player 1979 - Chor Boogie , American artist 1980 - Jonathan Woodgate , English footballer 1981 - Willa Ford , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1981 - Beverley Mitchell , American actress 1981 - Ben Moody , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor 1981 - Ibrahima Sonko , French footballer 1981 - Guy Wilks , English racing driver 1982 - Fabricio Coloccini , Argentinian footballer 1983 - Shaun Cody , American football player 1984 - Ben Eager , Canadian ice hockey player 1984 - Ubaldo Jiménez , Dominican baseball player 1984 - Leon Powe , American basketball player 1984 - Maceo Rigters , Dutch footballer 1985 - Fotios Papoulis , Greek footballer 1985 - Yan Xu , Singaporean table tennis player 1986 - Maher Magri , Tunisian footballer 1986 - Matt Simon , Australian footballer 1987 - Astrid Jacobsen , Norwegian skier 1987 - Shane Long , Irish footballer 1988 - Asher Allen , American football player 1988 - Greg Oden , American basketball player 1988 - Marcel Schmelzer , German footballer 1989 - Theo Robinson , English-Jamaican footballer 1990 - Alizé Cornet , French tennis player 1990 - Dean Whare , New Zealand rugby league player 1990 - Logic , American rapper 1990 - Phil Wang , British-Malaysian comedian 1991 - Stefan Kolb , German footballer 1996 - Joshua Ho-Sang , Canadian ice hockey player 1998 - Silento , American rapper, singer and songwriterDeaths 239 - Cao Rui , Chinese emperor 628 - Anastasius of Persia , monk 906 - He , empress of the Tang Dynasty 935 - Ma , empress of Southern Han 1051 - Ælfric Puttoc , archbishop of York 1170 - Wang Chongyang , Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the Quanzhen School 1188 - Ferdinand II of León 1341 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon 1517 - Hadım Sinan Pasha , Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1536 - Bernhard Knipperdolling , German religious leader 1536 - John of Leiden , Anabaptist leader from the Dutch city of Leiden 1552 - Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset , English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England 1560 - Wang Zhi , Chinese pirate 1575 - James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault 1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian organist and composer 1666 - Shah Jahan , Mughal emperor 1750 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl , Bavarian politician 1763 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1767 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German meteorologist and geologist 1779 - Jeremiah Dixon , English surveyor and astronomer 1779 - Claudius Smith , American guerrilla leader 1798 - Lewis Morris , American judge and politician 1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach , German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist 1850 - Vincent Pallotti , Italian missionary and saint 1879 - Anthony Durnford , Irish colonel 1879 - Henry Pulleine , English colonel 1892 - Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist 1900 - David Edward Hughes , Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone 1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom 1901 - Emil Erlenmeyer , German chemist and academic 1921 - George Streeter , American captain and businessman 1922 - Fredrik Bajer , Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate 1922 - Pope Benedict XV 1922 - Camille Jordan , French mathematician and academic 1925 - Fanny Bullock Workman , American geographer and mountain climber 1927 - James Ford Rhodes , American historian and author 1929 - R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician 1930 - Stephen Mather , American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company 1931 - László Batthyány-Strattmann , Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist 1945 - Else Lasker-Schüler , German poet and playwright 1949 - William Thomas Walsh , American author, poet, and playwright 1950 - Alan Hale, Sr ., American actor and director 1951 - Lawson Robertson , Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper 1955 - Jonni Myyrä , Finnish-American athlete 1957 - Ralph Barton Perry , American philosopher and academic 1959 - Mike Hawthorn , English race car driver 1964 - Marc Blitzstein , American pianist and composer 1966 - Herbert Marshall , English actor 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku , American swimmer and water polo player 1971 - Harry Frank Guggenheim , American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States 1975 - Andrew George Burry , Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist 1977 - Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel , Saudi Arabian diplomat 1978 - Oliver Leese , English general 1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe , English cricketer and soldier 1979 - Ali Hassan Salameh , Palestinian rebel leader 1980 - Yitzhak Baer , German-Israeli historian and academic 1981 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi , Pakistani historian and academic 1982 - Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile 1985 - Arthur Bryant , English historian and journalist 1987 - R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania 1989 - S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic 1991 - Robert Choquette , Canadian author, poet and diplomat 1993 - Kōbō Abe , Japanese playwright and photographer 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault , French actor and director 1994 - Telly Savalas , American actor 1996 - Israel Eldad , Polish-Israeli philosopher and author 1997 - Billy Mackenzie , Scottish singer-songwriter 1999 - Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator 2000 - Craig Claiborne , American journalist, author, and critic 2000 - Anne Hébert , Canadian author and poet 2001 - Tommie Agee , American baseball player 2001 - Roy Brown , American clown and puppeteer 2003 - Bill Mauldin , American soldier and cartoonist 2004 - Billy May , American trumpet player and composer 2004 - Tom Mead , Australian journalist and politician 2004 - Ann Miller , American actress, singer, and dancer 2005 - César Gutiérrez , Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager 2005 - Carlo Orelli , Italian soldier 2005 - Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican pianist and songwriter 2006 - Aydın Güven Gürkan , Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security 2007 - Ngô Quang Trưởng , Vietnamese general 2007 - Abbé Pierre , French priest and activist 2007 - Liz Renay , American actress, author and performer 2008 - Heath Ledger , Australian actor and director 2008 - Miles Lerman , Polish Holocaust survivor and activist 2009 - Billy Werber , American baseball player 2010 - Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author 2010 - Jean Simmons , English-American actress 2012 - Simon Marsden , English photographer and author 2012 - Joe Paterno , American football player and coach 2012 - Clarence Tillenius , Canadian painter and environmentalist 2012 - Dick Tufeld , American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor 2013 - Robert Bonnaud , French historian and academic 2013 - Hinton Mitchem , American businessman and politician 2014 - Maziar Partow , Iranian cinematographer 2015 - Fabrizio de Miranda , Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge 2015 - Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky 2015 - Margaret Bloy Graham , Canadian author and illustrator 2016 - Homayoun Behzadi , Iranian footballer and coach 2016 - Cecil Parkinson , English politician 2016 - Lois Ramsey , Australian actress 2016 - Kamer Genç , Turkish politician 2017 - Masaya Nakamura , Japanese businessman 2017 - Yordano Ventura , Dominican baseball player 2018 - Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelistHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Anastasius of Persia *Gaudentius of Novara *László Batthyány-Strattmann *Laura Vicuna *Vincent Pallotti *Vincent of Saragossa *Vincent, Orontius, and Victor *Blessed William Joseph Chaminade *January 22 Day of Unity of Ukraine Grandfather's Day
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