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January 6 Deaths in History - January 6 Birthdays - January 6 Events
January 6, 2004 Francesco Scavullo, photographer, dies at 82
January 6, 2000 Don Martin, Mad cartoonist, dies at 68
January 6, 2000 William P. Bundy, American Historian
January 6, 1999 Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36
January 6, 1997 Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52
January 6, 1997 Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
January 6, 1997 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
January 6, 1996 Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
January 6, 1996 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
January 6, 1996 John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
January 6, 1996 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
January 6, 1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
January 6, 1995 James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
January 6, 1995 Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/sect-gen (SACR), dies at 68
January 6, 1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
January 6, 1994 "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch Undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
January 6, 1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
January 6, 1994 Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
January 6, 1994 Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
January 6, 1994 Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of President Clinton, dies at 70
January 6, 1993 Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70
January 6, 1993 John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
January 6, 1993 Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
January 6, 1992 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
January 6, 1992 Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
January 6, 1992 Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journee torride), dies at 45
January 6, 1991 Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
January 6, 1990 Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies
January 6, 1990 Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
January 6, 1989 Hirohito, Japan's emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
January 6, 1989 Edmund Leach, British Scientist
January 6, 1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
January 6, 1986 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90
January 6, 1985 Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
January 6, 1984 George Gaylord Simpson, American Scientist
January 6, 1981 A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84
January 6, 1978 John D MacArthur, U.S. insurance billionaire, dies at 80
January 6, 1978 Harry Bertoia, Italian Artist
January 6, 1976 Oscar Espla, Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at 89
January 6, 1975 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
January 6, 1974 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
January 6, 1974 Luther H. Hodges, American Politician
January 6, 1968 Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
January 6, 1967 Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
January 6, 1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, New York Yanks), dies at 55
January 6, 1965 John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
January 6, 1964 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
January 6, 1963 Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
January 6, 1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
January 6, 1961 Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76
January 6, 1960 Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
January 6, 1960 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at 68
January 6, 1959 Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
January 6, 1958 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
January 6, 1956 Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman
January 6, 1950 Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
January 6, 1941 Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60
January 6, 1936 Charles A Stoneham, President (New York Giants), dies
January 6, 1935 George P Baker, U.S. playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
January 6, 1932 Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman
January 6, 1929 Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
January 6, 1928 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
January 6, 1919 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (1901-09), dies in New York at 60
January 6, 1919 Max Heindel, Danish Celebrity
January 6, 1918 Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72
January 6, 1917 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82
January 6, 1885 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
January 6, 1884 Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
January 6, 1884 Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
January 6, 1882 Louis Blanc, French Politician
January 6, 1853 Simon Greenleaf, American Judge
January 6, 1831 Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
January 6, 1800 William Jones, composer, dies at 73
January 6, 1799 Maria G Agnesi, Italian mathematician (xy=a(a-y)), dies at 80
January 6, 1799 W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25
January 6, 1796 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty
January 6, 1790 Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
January 6, 1785 Haym Salomon, dies in Philadelphia at 44, helped finance the revolution
January 6, 1742 Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
January 6, 1738 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
January 6, 1725 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
January 6, 1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies
January 6, 1697 Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
January 6, 1694 Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies
January 6, 1693 Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
January 6, 1685 Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
January 6, 1646 Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
January 6, 1592 Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies
January 6, 1541 Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
January 6, 1536 Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
January 6, 1448 Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
January 6, 1425 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
January 6, 1374 Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
January 6, 1275 Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
January 6, 1088 Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies



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