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January 9 Deaths in History - January 9 Birthdays - January 9 Events
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January 9, 2005 Robert Sheckley, American Author January 9, 2004 Iris Chang, Chinese Historian January 9, 2002 Aileen Wuornos, American Criminal January 9, 2002 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician January 9, 2002 Charles Guggenheim, American Director January 9, 2001 Dorothy Dunnett, Scottish Novelist January 9, 1999 Morris West, Australian Writer January 9, 1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 January 9, 1998 Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 January 9, 1997 Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies January 9, 1997 Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90 January 9, 1996 Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88 January 9, 1996 Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies January 9, 1996 Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45 January 9, 1995 Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57 January 9, 1995 Souphanouvong, [Red Prince], president of Laos (1975-87), dies at 85 January 9, 1994 Silas Hogan, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 82 January 9, 1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies January 9, 1993 Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87 January 9, 1992 Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72 January 9, 1992 William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/Brit playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 January 9, 1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 January 9, 1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies January 9, 1984 Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77 January 9, 1982 Paul Lynde, actor (Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55 January 9, 1981 Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58 January 9, 1979 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 January 9, 1979 Sara Carter, vocalist and guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80 January 9, 1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies January 9, 1977 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71 January 9, 1977 Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62 January 9, 1975 John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58 January 9, 1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77 January 9, 1974 Oskar Schindler, German Businessman January 9, 1972 Ted Shawn, U.S. dancer, dies at 80 January 9, 1969 Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 January 9, 1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide January 9, 1968 Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90 January 9, 1968 Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet January 9, 1966 Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 January 9, 1964 Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 January 9, 1962 LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 January 9, 1959 Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 January 9, 1958 Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies January 9, 1957 Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 January 9, 1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 January 9, 1953 Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman January 9, 1949 Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 January 9, 1948 Robert Quillen, American Journalist January 9, 1947 Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 January 9, 1947 Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80 January 9, 1946 Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 January 9, 1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 January 9, 1941 Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies January 9, 1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 January 9, 1936 John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40 January 9, 1931 Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies January 9, 1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 January 9, 1929 Heiner Muller, writer, dies January 9, 1927 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 January 9, 1923 Katherine Mansfield, NZ/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34 January 9, 1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 January 9, 1908 Abraham Goldfaden, U.S. Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 January 9, 1908 Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies January 9, 1902 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66 January 9, 1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten January 9, 1886 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73 January 9, 1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 January 9, 1878 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 January 9, 1863 Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 January 9, 1858 Anson Jones, American Public Servant January 9, 1854 Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77 January 9, 1853 Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 January 9, 1849 Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 January 9, 1843 Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany January 9, 1828 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83 January 9, 1798 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 January 9, 1729 Richard Blackmore, English Poet January 9, 1679 Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 January 9, 1677 Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73 January 9, 1514 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36 January 9, 1499 Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43 January 9, 1437 Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman |