Historical Events
Film and TV Awards
41st People's Choice Awards: Robert Downey & Jennifer Lawrence win (movie star), Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pomero (TV dramatic)
Jennifer Lawrence
Patrick Dempsey
- A car bomb explodes in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, killing 38 people and injuring more than 63
Event of Interest
Terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris kills 12 (including Jean Cabut and Stéphane Charbonnier), injures 11
Stéphane Charbonnier
Famous Deaths
- Jean Cabut [Cabu], French caricaturist (Charlie Hebdo), killed in terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris at 76
Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor, Australian actor (Time Machine, The Birds), dies at 84
Rod Taylor
Stéphane Charbonnier
Stéphane Charbonnier [Charb], French cartoonist and editor of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, dies in a terrorist attack at 47
Stéphane Charbonnier
- Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer (Bohin Manor) and film director, dies at 88