January 04
[1643] Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England.
[1785] Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist, and editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales", born in Hanau, Germany.
[1809] Louis Braille, French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, born in Coupvray, France.
[1905] Sterling Holloway, American actor, born in Cedartown, Georgia.
[1914] Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (1933-73), born in Kabul, Afghanistan.
[1939] Jens Jørgen Hansen, Danish football right back, born in Stuer, Denmark.
[1949] Mick Mills, English football player and manager (Stoke City, Colchester United, Birmingham City), born in Godalming, United Kingdom.
[1953] Norberto Alonso, Argentine football midfielder, born in Vicente López, Argentina.
[1969] Kees van Wonderen, Dutch football player and manager (Heerenveen), born in Bergen, Netherlands.
[1980] Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese football right back, born in Lisbon, Portugal.
[1982] Paulo Ferrari, Argentine football right back and manager (San Martín de San Juan), born in Rosario, Argentina.
[1982] Richard Logan, English footballer, born in Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom.
[1986] James Milner, English football midfielder, born in Wortley, Leeds, United Kingdom.
[1990] Toni Kroos, German football midfielder, born in Greifswald, Germany.
[2005] Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress, born in Madrid, Spain.
[1248] Sancho II, King of Portugal (1223-47), dies at 41.
[1465] Charles, duc d'Orléans, French Duke and poet, died.
[1821] St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, first native-born American to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, died.
[1825] Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73.
[1926] Margherita of Savoy, Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Italy by marriage to Umberto I (1878-1900), dies at 74.
[1953] Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, brother of Emperor Showa, dies at 50.
[1965] T.S. Eliot, American-born British poet and Nobel laureate (1948), dies in London at 76.
[2011] Coen Moulijn, Dutch football winger, dies from a cerebral infarction at 73.
[2013] Derek Kevan, English footballer, dies at 77.
[2020] Herbert Binkert, German football striker, dies at 96.
[2020] Walter Ormeño, Peruvian football goalkeeper, dies at 93.
[2021] Tanya Roberts (Victoria Blum), American actress, dies of sepsis at 71.
[2022] Anatoliy Kuksov, Ukrainian football midfielder and manager (Hirnyk Rovenky), dies at 72.
[2022] Javier Astúa, Costa Rican football forward and manager (Puntarenas FC), dies at 53.
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