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This Day in History for 28th January


Historical Events

                                             
Russian Tsar Peter the Great              Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky         Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley

                                             
Actor Dustin Hoffman                             CIA Director William Casey                      Singer Janet Jackson


1077 - German King Henry IV is absolved by Holy Roman Emperor Pope Gregory VII after his   
           penitent Walk to Canossa.
1099 - 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
1262 - Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm
1393 - Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1495 - Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
1521 - The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1547 - 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
1561 - By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
1573 - Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1581 - James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland
1613 - Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
1624 - Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
1689 - English parliament ends king Charles II reign
1724 - The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and
           implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until   
           1917.
1754 - Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity
1760 - Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
1787 - Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
1788 - Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney
1788 - Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
1807 - London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
1813 - Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1814 - Stendahl's 1st book is published
1819 - Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
1820 - Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev 
          discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
1821 - Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
1824 - William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
1830 - Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris
1846 - Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
1848 - King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution
1851 - Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
1855 - The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
1860 - Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
1864 - Battle of New Bern, NC
1865 - Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
1871 - Paris surrenders to Prussians
1878 - 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)
1878 - George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
1878 - Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
1881 - Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
1887 - England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever
1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 
          15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
1893 - Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet & Ophelia," premieres in Boston
1899 - American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
1902 - Carnegie Institute founded in Wash DC
1904 - 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are
           awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
1909 - US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
1911 - Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
1914 - 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)
1914 - Beverly Hills, Ca, is incorporated
1915 - 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
1915 - US Coast Guard created from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services
1915 - US Pres Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
1916 - 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson
1916 - German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France
1916 - Opera "Goyescas," premieres (NYC)
1917 - Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
1918 - Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory
1918 - Trotsky becomes leader of Reds
1918 - Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of
           Finland go underground.
1922 - American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
1922 - J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
1922 - Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of
           life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapses.
1923 - 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich
1923 - Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
1923 - NSDAP 1st election in Munich
1925 - -46°F (-43°C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)
1927 - Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls
1928 - Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway
1931 - Bradman scores 220 NSW v Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours
1932 - 1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)
1932 - Japan occupies Shanghai
1932 - Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1933 - French government of Paul Boncour falls
1933 - German government of Von Schleicher falls
1933 - The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian
           Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking
            independence.
1934 - 1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)
1935 - Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
1936 - Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera
1941 - French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect
           later in the day.
1942 - General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine
1942 - German troops occupy Benghazi Libya
1943 - Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
1943 - Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game
1944 - 683 British bombers attack Berlin
1944 - Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh
1944 - U-271 & U-571 sunk off Ireland
1945 - Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java
1945 - Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
1945 - Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands
1947 - "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000
1949 - NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
1949 - UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia
1950 - Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
1951 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1951 - "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination & is the 1st X-rated movie,
           opened in London
1953 - J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"
1953 - WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
1957 - "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie & Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC
           (between Steve Allen & Jack Paar)
1958 - Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
1958 - Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck
1958 - The Lego company patented their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced
            today.
1959 - Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
1960 - 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC
1960 - Goon Show's final episode on BBC
1960 - NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises
1961 - Republic of Rwanda proclaimed
1962 - Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives
1963 - -34°F (-37°C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)
1965 - The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1967 - Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
1968 - 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper
1968 - Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1969 - 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville
1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America
1970 - Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia
1972 - Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game
1973 - "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV
1973 - Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont
1973 - Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame
1973 - Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
1974 - Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame
1975 - 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio
1976 - Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through NZ at Eden Park
1976 - NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
1978 - "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1978 - Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 - Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife
1979 - "Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1672 performances
1979 - Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in NYC
1980 - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins
1980 - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida
           and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1981 - "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances
1981 - William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987)
1981 - Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision
1982 - US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy
1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 - 41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins
1984 - LA Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak
1984 - Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany
1985 - Charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson,
           Lionel Richie and other pop stars)
1985 - 12th American Music Award
1986 - "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 24 perfs
1986 - 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
1986 - Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC
1987 - US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo
1987 - Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
1988 - "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
1988 - Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
1989 - 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl
1989 - 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64)
1989 - Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG
1990 - "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London
1990 - 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret)
1990 - Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe
           Montana, San Francisco, QB
1991 - "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV
1991 - 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer & Janet Jackson
1991 - Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide
1991 - Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
1992 - Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide
1992 - Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown
1994 - Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose California, 1 dead
1994 - Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m)
1995 - 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)
1995 - 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64)
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
1996 - "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs
1996 - 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62)
1996 - Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl MVP:
1998 - Michelangelo, "Christ & the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million
2002 - TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia
           killing 92.
2010 - Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed
           Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin
           Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed were hanged.
2011 - Hundreds of thousands of protesters fill the Egyptian's streets against the Mubarak regime in
          demonstrations referred to as the "Friday of Anger"
2012 - Death toll from coordinated bombing attacks in Kano, Nigeria, reaches 185

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This Day in History for 28th January


Famous Weddings

1984 - Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
1994 - Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)
2006 - London Broncos rugby football player Craig Gower (27) weds TV personality and model
           Amanda Flynn (24) in Sydney, Australia
2006 - "The Biggest Loser" TV personality Rasha Spindel weds Edwin Chapman at the Wai'oli Tea
            Room in Manoa Valley, Honolulu
2006 - A bright-eyed 18-month-old from Midland, Texas, who fall into abandoned well Jessica 
           McClure (19) weds Daniel Morales (32) in the Greenwood Church of Christ near Midland

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This Day in History for 28th January


Famous Divorces

2011 - "Desperate Housewives" actress Eva Longoria (37) divorces NBA player Tony Parker (30) due to
            irreconcilable differences after 3 years of a storybook wedding

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This Day in History for 28th January


Famous Birthdays

                                             
Novelist and Performer                             President of France                               Actor Elijah Wood (1981)
Colette (1873)                                          Nicolas Sarkozy (1955)                                                         


1225 - Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
1312 - Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)
1457 - Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1578 - Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
1582 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)
1600 - Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)
1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
1611 - Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)
1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1627 - Alfonso Marsh, composer
1645 - Gottfried Vopelius, composer
1688 - Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1691 - Johann Balthasar Konig, composer
1693 - Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
1693 - Gregor Joseph Werner, composer
1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1702 - Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774). Reigned 1757-74.
1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)
1722 - Johann Ernst Bach, composer
1756 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer
1757 - Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer
1768 - Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
1784 - George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State
1815 - Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1818 - George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
1822 - Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
1825 - George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
1828 - Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor
1828 - Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1868
1831 - Henry Brevard Davidson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1832 - Franz Wullner, composer
1833 - Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)
1841 - Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingstone in Africa)
1841 - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer
1853 - Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
1855 - William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)
1863 - Ernst William Christmas, Australian painter (d. 1918)
1864 - Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer - inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d.
           1927)
1865 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928)
1865 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first president of Finland (d. 1952)
1868 - Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer
1868 - Julian Aguirre, composer
1873 - Colette [Sidonie-Gabrielle], Paris, French novelist and performer (Gigi)
1873 - M A Noble, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)
1875 - Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer
1878 - Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer (Der Juxbaron)
1880 - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I)
1880 - Mary Boland, Phila, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)
1884 - Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist), twin brother of Jean Felix Piccard
1884 - Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist) twin brother of Auguste Piccard
1884 - Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer (chromosome of sun)
1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
1886 - Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976)
1887 - Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist
1887 - Lily Theresa Strickland, composer
1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963)
1891 - Camille Melloy, [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis)
1891 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer
1891 - Bill Doak, American baseball player (d. 1954)
1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor, producer and film director (Love Parade)
1893 - Elliot Griffis, composer
1897 - Valentin Kataev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled) Died 1986
1898 - Vittorio Rieti, composer
1898 - Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi
1899 - Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger
1899 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940)
1900 - Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher (History of Ecuador)
1900 - Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner (Olympic-1928)
1900 - Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange)
1900 - Michael Dewar Head, composer
1900 - Alice Neel, American artist (d. 1984)
1903 - Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)
1904 - Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (d. 1979)
1906 - Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)
1906 - Harry van Kruiningen, [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist
1906 - Henry Foley, cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930)
1907 - Constantin Regamey, composer
1908 - Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear)
1908 - Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
1909 - Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)
1910 - Arnold Moss, Bkln, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata)
1910 - John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor (Sgt Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes)
1910 - Verda Bryant, American author
1912 - Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist)
1912 - William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat (Prague 1939)
1913 - Jan Masseus, composer
1913 - Oliver Chesterton, chartered surveyor
1916 - Peter Crossley-Holland, composer
1918 - Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)
1918 - Suzanne Flon, Paris France, actress (One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge)
1918 - Trevor Skeet, British MP
1918 - Vito Scotti, SF California, actor (Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park)
1918 - Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker
1920 - James Whyte, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1921 - Alfred Marks, actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again)
1922 - Robert W Holley, US, biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel '68)
1924 - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ)
1925 - Henry Harris, British professor of medicine
1927 - Anthony Garner, director (Conservative Central Office)
1927 - J D Hughes, Principal (Ruskin College-Oxford)
1927 - James Callaghan, British MP
1927 - Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner
1928 - MG Falcon, CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group)
1928 - Martin Sinnatt, Major-General/secretary (Kennel Club)
1928 - Slade Gorton, (Sen-R-WA, 1981- )
1929 - Acker Bilk, singer (Stranger on the Shore)
1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Stockholm Sweden, US pop artist (Alphabet/Good Humor)
1929 - Richard Clement Charles Thomas, rugby international/journalist
1930 - David Morris, British MEP
1930 - Luis de Pablo, composer
1931 - Timothy Kitson, former MP
1932 - David Thompson, CEO (Gestetner Holdings)
1932 - Thomas J Bliley Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
1932 - W Parry O'Brien, California, shot putter (Oly-2 gold/silver-52, 56, 60, 64)
1932 - Windlesham, Lord
1934 - BR White, principal (Regent's Park College-Oxford)
1934 - Bill White, US, 1st baseman (Cards)/announcer (Yanks)/pres (NL)
1934 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970)
1935 - David John Lodge, English writer (Soul & Bodies)
1935 - Leonid Grabovsky, composer
1935 - Manuel dos Santos Lima, Angolian revolutionary/poet (Pele do Diabo)
1935 - Nicholas Pryor, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1936 - Alan Alda, [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], NYC, actor (Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H)
1936 - Bill Jordan, British trade unionist
1936 - Enid Castle, principal (Cheltenham Ladies' College)
1936 - Jack Scott, vocalist (My True Love)
1936 - Robert Suderburg, composer
1937 - Ken Hill, playwright/director
1938 - Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
1939 - John M Fabian, Goosecreek Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 7, STS 51G)
1940 - Carlos Slim Helú, Mexican businessman
1941 - Joel Crothers, Cincinnati OH, actor (Edge of Night)
1943 - Dick Taylor, rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry on Me)
1943 - Jean Knight, rocker
1943 - John Beck, Chic, actor (Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara)
1943 - Susan Howard, Marshall Tx, actress (Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli)
1943 - Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 - Arnold Muhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home)
1944 - Brian Keenan, NYC, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)
1944 - James Cran, British MP
1944 - John Edmonds, British trade unionist
1944 - John Tavener, composer (The Whale)
1944 - Martin Fried, rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball)
1945 - Nick Raynsford, British MP
1945 - José Luis Perales, Spanish singer
1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
1946 - Renne Jarrett, Bkln NY, actress (Nancy)
1946 - Rick Allen, Ark, rock bassist (Box Tops-Letter)
1947 - MJ Ainsworth, CEO (Institute of Chartered Secretaries)
1947 - Valerie Bragg, principal (City Technology College-Kingshurst)
1948 - Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser (BBC)
1948 - Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut (STS 47)
1948 - Charles Taylor, President of Liberia
1949 - Thomas J Downey, (Rep-D-NY, 1975- )
1949 - Gregg Popovich, NBA Basketball Coach
1950 - Barbi Benton, [Klein], California, Playboy model (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!)
1950 - David Carl Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42)
1950 - Glyn Ford, British MEP
1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
1950 - Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician
1951 - Gordon Prentice, British MP
1951 - Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Kkishkov Ukraine, astronaut (STS 87)
1951 - William Nelson Jr, US bassist (Connections & Disconnections)
1951 - Brian Bilbray, American politician
1953 - Debbie Steinbach, LPGA golfer
1953 - Michael Day, rocker
1954 - Anicee Alvina, Paris France, actress (Friends)
1954 - Shawn Murray, rock drummer (Mink Deville)
1954 - Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, President of France (2007-)
1956 - Peter Schilling, Stuttgart Germany, rocker
1957 - Harley Jane Kozak, actress (Arachnophobia, Necessary Roughness)
1957 - Nick Price, Durban South Africa, PGA golfer (1991 Byron Nelson Classic)
1957 - Frank Skinner English comedian
1959 - Dave Sharp, rock guitarist (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1959 - Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
1959 - Burkhard Dallwitz, German-born composer
1959 - Randi Rhodes, Nova M Radio personality
1960 - John Caliri, Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble)
1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
1961 - Luann L Lee, Santa Monica Ca, playmate (Jan, 1987)
1962 - Keith Hamilton Cobb, Tarrytown NY, actor (Noah Keefer-All My Children)
1962 - Michael Cage, NBA forward/center (Cleveland Cavaliers, NJ Nets)
1962 - Sam Phillips, singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance)
1963 - Colleen Harp, Washington DC, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1994)
1963 - Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
1963 - Denise Beillmann, Switz, figure skater (Olympics-4th-1980)
1964 - Dwight Stone, NFL receiver/running back (Car Panthers, GB Packers)
1964 - Emlyn Aubrey, PGA golfer (1995 Nestles-25th)
1965 - Lynda Boyd, American actress
1966 - Jeff Uhlenhake, NFL center (NO Saints, Washington Redskins)
1966 - Michal Pivonka, Kladno Cze, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1967 - Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)
1967 - Tom Hodson, NFL quarterback (NO Saints)
1967 - Jan Lamb, Hong Kong disc jockey & stand-up comedian
1968 - Henry Hering, Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower (Olympics-9-92, 96)
1968 - Marnie McBean, Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1968 - Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)
1968 - Sarah McLachlan, folk singer (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy)
1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
1968 - Rakim, born William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper
1969 - Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m)
1969 - John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
1969 - Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian
1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
1970 - Barry Minter, NFL middle linebacker (Chic Bears)
1970 - Donald Tardy, US, death metal drummer (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1970 - James Atkins, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Mike Chalenski, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Carey Bender, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Elena Baranova, WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
1972 - Frank Garcia, NFL center (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Nicky Southall, English footballer
1973 - Bronwyn Thompson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Jerome Allen, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1973 - Joe Stephens, NBA forward (Houston Rockets)
1973 - Robert Braknis, Montreal Quebec, 100m backstroke/4 x 100 (Olympics-96)
1974 - Derrick Mayes, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1974 - Jermaine Dye, Oakland CA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
1974 - Tony Delk, NBA guard (SF Warriors)
1974 - Vitaly Tregubov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1974 - Zack Bronson, safety (San Francisco 49ers)
1974 - Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
1974 - Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 - Anne Montminy, Montreal Quebec, 10m diver (Olympics-17-92, 96)
1975 - Julian Dean, Waihi NZ, team pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
1975 - David Zingler, American writer
1975 - Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer
1975 - Junior Spivey, American baseball player
1975 - Terri Colombino, American Actress
1976 - Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
1976 - Lee Ingleby, British actor
1976 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1977 - Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira)
1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese Formula One driver
1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
1977 - Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
1978 - Helga Bauer Salas, Miss Bolivia Universe (1997)
1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
1979 - Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
1980 - Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1980 - Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive
1981 - Elijah Wood, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Radio Flyer, Good Son)
1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player
1984 - Andre Iguodala, basketball & NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers)
1985 - Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina
1985 - Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1986 - Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
1986 - Jessica Ennis, English heptathlete
1988 - Henry Mortensen, American actor

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This Day in History for 28th January


Famous Deaths

Roman Emperor Charlemagne (814)


814 - Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1061 - Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1119 - Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
1256 - Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1271 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
1393 - Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball in Paris
1443 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1528 - Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
1547 - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
1549 - Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80
1560 - John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
1595 - Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West
            Indies), dies at 50
1606 - Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85
1612 - Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
1621 - Pope Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68
1672 - Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1681 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
1687 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
1697 - John Fenwick, English conspirator
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
1768 - John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44
1782 - Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
1810 - Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead
1813 - Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
1817 - Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55
1829 - William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
1832 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1838 - Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
1859 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
           1782)
1864 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
1868 - Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1869 - Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72
1873 - Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
1895 - Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
1896 - Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57
1898 - Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74
1903 - Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55
1903 - Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54
1910 - Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74
1912 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
1915 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)
1918 - John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies
1924 - Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56
1930 - Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies
1932 - Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75
1933 - Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80
1935 - Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75
1937 - Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862)
1938 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
1938 - John Sharp, cricketer (England bat 1909, also soccer intl), dies
1939 - William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73
1942 - Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61
1945 - Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37
1947 - Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72
1949 - Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62
1950 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883)
1951 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b.1867)
1953 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953 - Derek Bentley (b. 1933) (executed)
1957 - Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88
1959 - Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73
1959 - Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85
1960 - Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54
1960 - Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891)
1963 - Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday
1963 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1965 - Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57
1965 - Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor/director, dies at 63
1965 - Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
1965 - Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867)
1967 - Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies
1970 - Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
1971 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1972 - Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
1973 - John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday
1974 - Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67
1975 - Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
1976 - Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
1977 - Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92
1979 - Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901)
1983 - Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure
1983 - Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
1984 - John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
1986 - Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
1986 - Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1986 - Greg Jarvis - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
1988 - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
1991 - Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
1992 - Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37
1992 - Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86
1993 - Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8 ), dies of heart failure at 96
1993 - John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83
1994 - Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77
1994 - Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
1994 - William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86
1994 - Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
1995 - Barrie Wilson, academic, dies at 59
1995 - George Woodcock, author, dies at 82
1995 - James P Grant, US director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72
1995 - Jim Gilbert, artist, dies at 61
1995 - Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80
1995 - Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83
1996 - Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
1996 - Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44
1996 - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81
1996 - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
1996 - Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55
1996 - Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies
1996 - U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77
1996 - Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71
1997 - James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72
1997 - Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68
1997 - Vivien Signy, nurse, dies at 80
1999 - Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918)
1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
2001 - Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2002 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907)
2004 - Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927)
2004 - Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
2004 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
2004 - Don Stansauk, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
2004 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
2005 - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2005 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973)
2005 - Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
2006 - Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi (b. around 1900)
2006 - Henry McGee, English comedian (b. 1929)
2007 - Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist (b. 1929)
2007 - Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
2007 - Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2007 - Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
2007 - Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2007 - Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
2008 - Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
2008 - Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
2009 - Billy Powell, American musician (b. 1952)

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This Day in History for 29th January


Historical Events

                                             
Classical music prodigy Mozart               Animator Walter Elias Disney                      Baseball Great Babe Ruth

                                             
Playwright Arthur Miller                         Versatile Athlete Jim Thorpe                   Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix

                                             
Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry            CIA Director William Casey              Champion Tennis Player Pete Sampras


904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope
         Christopher.
1523 - Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
1574 - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
1587 - Deventer & Zutphen surrender to Spain
1595 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
1613 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1676 - Feodor III succeeds his father and becomes Tsar of Russia.
1728 - John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London [NS=Feb 9]
1732 - Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual
1781 - Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich
1802 - John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
1834 - Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
1845 - Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (NYC)
1848 - Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
1850 - Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
1856 - Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
1860 - American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
1861 - Kansas becomes 34th state
1863 - Battle at Bear River, Washington: US army vs indians
1872 - Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
1879 - Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established
1886 - 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
1891 - Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
1895 - King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
1896 - Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
1900 - Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
1900 - American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City,
           Milwaukee & Minneapolis
1903 - Dutch railroad workers strike
1904 - 1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team)
1906 - Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km
1908 - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates
1912 - Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA
1913 - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
1916 - 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1917 - English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
1919 - Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment (prohibition)
1920 - Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co
1921 - Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
1922 - Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1923 - 1st flight of autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
1924 - Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1925 - British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader
1927 - 4th German government of Marx forms
1929 - Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
1932 - Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide
1933 - German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor
1936 - 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy
           Mathewson & Walter Johnson
1942 - 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
1942 - German & Italian troops occupy Banghazi
1942 - Peru & Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
1943 - New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
1943 - Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots," premieres in NYC
1944 - 285 German bombers attack London
1944 - USS Missouri the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy is launched.
1944 - World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy.
1944 - World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland.
1947 - Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in NYC
1948 - "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 188 perfs
1948 - Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high
           school players
1949 - Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel
1951 - "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances
1951 - Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million
1951 - Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)
1953 - 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
1954 - Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis," premieres in Cologne
1955 - John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves
           structure to Rice University (1962)
1956 - F Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich
1957 - Graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in NYC
1958 - Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
1958 - Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed
1959 - Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
1961 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen
1961 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord
1963 - Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame
1964 - 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
1964 - Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich"
1964 - Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana)
1964 - NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
1964 - Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres
1964 - Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1966 - "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances
1966 - Lawry & Simpson complete 244 opening stand v England, Adelaide
1966 - Snow storm in north east US kills 165
1966 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1966 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
1967 - "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs
1967 - Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1967 - Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
1967 - WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 - Nauru adopts constitution
1969 - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1969 - Sheahan & Connolly hang on for exciting draw Aust v W Indies
1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1971 - Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide
1972 - 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
1974 - 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago
1975 - "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater NYC for 5 performances
1975 - 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King
1975 - W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2
1976 - Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
1978 - Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
1978 - Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the
           first nation to enact such a ban.
1979 - 9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7
1979 - Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
1979 - Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, DC
1979 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
1979 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 13-7
1979 - Pres Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
1980 - 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of Canadians
1980 - Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
1981 - AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf & Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, & 80% of
           Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million
1982 - Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
1982 - Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
1983 - "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart
1983 - 40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET & Tootsie win
1984 - 34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver
1984 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 45-3
1984 - Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
1984 - Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek
1984 - Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
1985 - Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
1986 - 193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986 - Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda
1987 - Lisa files for separation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry
1987 - William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
1988 - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
1988 - Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
1988 - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
1988 - United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
1989 - 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62)
1989 - Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
1989 - Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1989 - Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
1989 - Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
1989 - L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
1989 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3
1989 - Orlando Arena opens
1989 - USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
1989 - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY Mets Keith Hernandez is
           the all-time leader with 129
1990 - Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
1991 - "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 320 perfs
1991 - Nelson Mandela & Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
1993 - Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
1995 - Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open
1995 - Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide
1995 - Superbowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami
1995 - Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB
1996 - 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins
1996 - Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
1996 - 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-
           running musical, "A Chorus Line"
1996 - La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
1998 - "Capeman," opens at Marquis Theater NYC
1998 - Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1998 - Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR
1998 - Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium & Netherlands, 6 die
1998 - Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Ala bombed, 1 killed
2001 - Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President
           Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
2002 - In his State of the Union Address, United States President George W. Bush describes
          "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North
           Korea.
2005 - The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since
           1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing.

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This Day in History for 29th January


Famous Weddings

1839 - English Naturalist and author of Origin of the Species Charles Darwin marries Emma
           Wedgwood
1958 - Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman (33) weds "The Three Faces of Eve" actress
           Joanne Woodward (27) at the El Rancho hotel-casino in Las Vegas
1984 - Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
2005 - "New York Mets" catcher Mike Piazza (36) weds former "Baywatch" actress Alicia Rickter (32)
           at St. Jude Catholic Church in Miami, Florida

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This Day in History for 29th January


Famous Divorces

1951 - Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)

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This Day in History for 29th January


Famous Birthdays

                                             
25th US President                                     Actor Tom Selleck (1945)                  Talk show host Oprah Winfrey (1954)
William McKinley (1843)


1584 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
1632 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)
1688 - Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
1689 - Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
1700 - Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
1703 - Carlmann Kolb, composer
1711 - Giuseppi Bonno, composer
1715 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court) composer/pianist
1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
1718 - Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)
1737 - Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
1756 - Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Congressman, Governor of Virginia and American General
1761 - Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
1763 - J G Seume, writer
1782 - Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)
1782 - Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer
1783 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]
1784 - Ferdinand Ries, composer
1798 - Henry Neele, London, poet
1801 - Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis)
1803 - James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general
1810 - Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician
1821 - Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1823 - Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)
1824 - Karl von Perfall, composer
1836 - Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1836 - James Meech Warner, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1843 - William McKinley, Niles Ohio, 25th US President (1897-1901), (d. 1901)
1846 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915)
1850 - Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
1850 - Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
1852 - Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer
1852 - Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)
1854 - Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian
1860 - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)
1862 - Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)
1864 - Adolf Philipp, composer
1866 - Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
1867 - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1869 - Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
1871 - Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer
1873 - Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
1874 - John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
1874 - Robert Lach, composer
1876 - Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer
1876 - Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer
1877 - Georges Catroux, French general (d. 1969)
1878 - Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
1880 - W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick)
1884 - Juhan Aavic, composer
1887 - Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion)
1889 - Francisco Santiago, composer
1889 - Rudolf Mauersberger, composer
1890 - Marguerite Canal, composer
1891 - R Norris Williams, American tennis champ (US Open-1914) and survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 1968)
1892 - Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928)
1893 - Edric Cundell, composer
1893 - Martian Negrea, composer
1895 - Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
1896 - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)
1898 - Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)
1898 - Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha)
1900 - Marco Tajcevic, composer
1900 - Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea)
1901 - Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube)
1903 - Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist
1905 - Barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction)
1906 - Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
1906 - Joe Primeau, NHL center
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)
1909 - Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia)
1909 - Tonypandy, Viscount
1910 - Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher
1910 - Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983)
1911 - George Burns, British major-general
1911 - Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986)
1912 - "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)
1912 - Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon)
1913 - Victor Mature, Louisville KY, actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah) (d. 1999)
1913 - Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
1913 - Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001)
1915 - Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author
1915 - Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
1915 - John Serry, Sr., American musician and arranger (d. 2003)
1916 - Barbara Skelton, writer
1917 - John Raitt, Santa Ana California, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game)
1918 - John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
1918 - William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)
1919 - Norman F Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum)
1920 - Alec Coppen, psychiatrist
1920 - José Luis de Villalonga, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2007)
1921 - Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)
1922 - Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concetration camp supervisor (d. 1946)
1923 - Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital) (d. 1981)
1924 - Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot
1924 - Gregson, Lord
1924 - Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
1924 - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
1924 - Peter Voulkos, American artist (d. 2002)
1925 - Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate)
1925 - Lane of Horsell, Lord
1925 - Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting)
1926 - Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist
1926 - Bob Berry, cricketer (England slow lefty 1950)
1927 - Edward Abbey, US author (Desert Solitaire)
1928 - Bengt Hambraeus, composer
1928 - Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician
1928 - Peter Byrne, actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby)
1929 - Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property is no theft)
1929 - William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) [or Jul 3]
1930 - John Junkin, actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night)
1930 - Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005)
1931 - Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off)
1932 - Clyde, Lord
1932 - Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board)
1932 - George Allen, English footballer
1933 - A C Alston, bibliographer
1933 - Margaret Laird, Commissioner (Third Church Estates)
1934 - Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer
1936 - Malcolm Binns, concert pianist
1936 - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
1937 - Bobby Scott, jazz singer
1938 - Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 - Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
1939 - O P Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress
1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
1942 - Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)
1942 - Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer
1942 - F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University)
1942 - Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
1942 - Richard Needham, British MP
1942 - Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)
1943 - Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
1943 - Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer
1944 - Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)
1944 - Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)
1944 - Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
1944 - Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
1945 - Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
1945 - James Nicholson, British MEP
1945 - Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
1945 - Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
1947 - David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep)
1947 - Israel Wetrin, managing director (Elonex)
1947 - Michael Mavor, Head Master (Rugby School)
1947 - Linda B. Buck, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1947 - Marián Varga, Slovak musician
1948 - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)
1948 - Felice Taylor, R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On)
1948 - Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas)
1948 - Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter & radio host
1950 - Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)
1950 - Jody Schecter, South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979)
1951 - Andy Roberts, cricketer (brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84)
1952 - Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Budapest, Hungary, rock drummer/bassist (Ramones)
1953 - Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue)
1953 - Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
1953 - Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
1953 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
1954 - Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators)
1954 - Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)
1954 - Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
1955 - John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1955 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
1957 - Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1957 - Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
1957 - Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist
1958 - Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica California, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)
1958 - Ole Mortensen, cricketer (pace bowler for Derbyshire & Denmark)
1959 - Paul McGann, actor (Dr Who)
1960 - Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)
1960 - Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
1960 - Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
1960 - Matthew Ashford, Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives)
1960 - Sean Kerly, hockey player
1960 - Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
1960 - Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
1961 - Mike Aldrete, US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees)
1962 - Nicholas Turturro, Queens NY, actor (James Martinez-NYPD Blue)
1963 - Michelle Bell, Melrose MA, LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ)
1963 - Bob Holly, American professional wrestler
1964 - Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1964 - John Gallagher, rugby league player
1964 - John Habyan, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1964 - Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
1964 - Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter
1965 - Dominik Hasek, Pardubice CZE, NHL goalie (Czech Oly-Gold-98, Buffalo)
1965 - Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star
1965 - Tim Johnson, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1966 - Romário, Brazilian footballer
1967 - David Pitcher, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1967 - Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner
1967 - Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
1967 - Stacey King, NBA forward/center (Miami Heat)
1968 - Aeneas Williams, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 - Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990)
1968 - Ed Burns, director/actor (Brothers McMullen)
1968 - Harold Green, NFL running back (Cin Bengals, Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - John Hudson, NFL center/guard (NY Jets, Philadelphia Eagles)
1968 - Kevin Roberson, US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
1968 - Edward Burns, American actor
1968 - Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder and luger
1968 - Sora Jung, Korean actress
1969 - Aeneas Williams, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA)
1969 - Karen Fonteyne, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1969 - Robert Young, NFL player (St Louis Rams)
1969 - Hyde, Japanese singer
1970 - Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1970 - Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)
1970 - Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1970 - Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
1971 - Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 - Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Hessley Hempstead, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Simon Cook, cricketer (Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96)
1973 - Darnell Stephens, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1973 - Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1973 - Scott Milanovich, quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 - David LaFleur, tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1974 - Jeff Mitchell, corner (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 - Kris Burley, Truro Nova Scotia, gymnist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Pat Walsh, WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs)
1975 - Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star
1975 - Kelly Packard, Glendale CA, actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams)
1975 - Lorraine Magwenzi, Miss Zimbabwe Universe (1997)
1975 - Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap)
1975 - Sara Gilbert, Santa Monica California, actress (Melissa-Roseanne)
1976 - Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume (1996)
1976 - Charles Divins, American model and actor
1977 - Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1977 - Justin Hartley, American actor
1978 - Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
1978 - Rob Bironas, American football player
1979 - Andrew Keegan, actor (Step by Step, Party of Five)
1979 - April Scott, American actress and model
1979 - Joseph Todd, Arena Football League player
1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
1980 - Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
1980 - Yael Bar-Zohar, Israeli actress and model
1980 - Ivan Klasnić, Croatian football player
1981 - Álex Ubago, Spanish musician
1981 - Darío Lopilato, Argentine actor
1982 - Heidi Mueller, American actress
1983 - Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
1985 - Isabel Lucas, Australian actress
1985 - Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1986 - Mark Howard, English football player
1986 - Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin football player
1986 - Chris Bourque, American pro hockey player
1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
1987 - Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)
1987 - Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
1988 - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
1991 - Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Son of the Duke of Westminster
1993 - Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player
1996 - Megan Jossa, English actress

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 29th January


Famous Deaths

969 - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
1240 - Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165)
1342 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1559 - Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
1597 - Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)
1608 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
1647 - Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)
1663 - Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
1676 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
1678 - Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
1696 - Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
1706 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
1737 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (b. 1666)
1743 - Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
1763 - Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
1814 - Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51
1820 - King George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738). Reigned 1760-1820.
1824 - Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71
1829 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (b. 1755)
1837 - Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
1870 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
1871 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786)
1879 - Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80
1888 - Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75
1899 - Alfred Sisley, painter, dies
1899 - Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75
1906 - Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies
1910 - Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
1912 - Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54
1916 - Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62
1917 - Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75
1921 - Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies
1924 - Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79
1928 - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66
1933 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
1934 - Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65
1941 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1942 - Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92
1944 - William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1946 - Harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
1946 - Sidney James Jones, composer, dies at 84
1947 - Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
1948 - Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
1950 - Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1951 - James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies
1951 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
1955 - Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51
1956 - H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75
1960 - Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54
1962 - Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86
1963 - Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
1964 - Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif
1965 - John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
1965 - Michael Spisak, composer, dies at 50
1966 - Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
1966 - Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38
1967 - Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62
1968 - Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies
1970 - Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74
1973 - Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67
1973 - Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89
1976 - Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59
1977 - E P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies
1977 - Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22
1978 - Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86
1980 - Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85
1980 - Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1981 - Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies
1984 - Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
1986 - Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
1987 - Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73
1988 - Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide
1988 - James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83
1988 - Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
1989 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
1991 - Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies
1992 - Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
1993 - Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79
1993 - Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies
1994 - Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67
1994 - Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81
1994 - Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
1995 - Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88
1995 - Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52
1995 - Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69
1995 - Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at 77
1995 - Richard Desborough Burnell, oarsman, dies at 77
1996 - Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at 79
1996 - John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82
1997 - Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35
1997 - Louis Pauwels, writer/editor, dies at 76
1997 - Osvaldo Soriano, writer, dies at 54
1998 - Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
1999 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
2002 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (b. 1914)
2003 - Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911)
2004 - M. M. Kaye, British writer (b. 1908)
2004 - Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
2005 - Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
2005 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirst (b. 1924)
2007 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
2007 - Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
2008 - Raymond Jacobs, American soldier (b. 1925)
2008 - Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
2009 - Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
2009 - John Martyn, Scottish singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
2009 - Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)
2012 - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian politician, dies at 93
2012 - Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, dies at 92

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 30th January


Historical Events

                                             
King of England King Charles I                  US President & General                          Comedian Charlie Chaplin
                                                                      Andrew Jackson

                                             
Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin    Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi       Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley

                                             
US President John F. Kennedy                British war time Prime Minister             US President George H. W. Bush
                                                                   Winston Churchill

                           
Rock Vocalist George Michael                   American Football Player
                                                                        Emmitt Smith


1077 - Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV
1349 - Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king
1349 - Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred
1467 - Battle at Velke Kostolany: Hung king Mátyás Corvinus beats Bratrici
1487 - Bell chimes invented
1522 - Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland
1544 - Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
1592 - Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
1647 - Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for £400
1648 - Spain & Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War
1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after
           having been dead for two years.
1667 - Treaty/Truce of Andrusovo signed between Tsardom of Russia & Polish-Lithuanian
          Commonwealth
1713 - England & Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
1774 - Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)
1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland
1790 - Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor
1797 - Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks
1798 - Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in US House of
          Representatives, after an argument
1800 - US population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%)
1804 - Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
1806 - Prussia takes possession of Hanover
1806 - The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge),
           which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is
           opened.
1815 - Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols
1818 - Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears"
1820 - Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim)
1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge,
           connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened.
1835 - Richard Lawrence misfires at Pres Andrew Jackson in Washington DC
1841 - A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1847 - Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
1854 - 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast
1858 - Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester
1858 - William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"
1862 - US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched
1877 - Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces
1879 - French President MacMahon resigns
1883 - England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test
1888 - Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria
1889 - John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope
1889 - Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)
1889 - Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead
           with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
1892 - Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test
1892 - Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out
1894 - Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit
1894 - US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
1895 - C J Eady (Tas) 1st Australian to score twin centuries (v Vic)
1895 - SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed
1895 - Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
1911 - 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
1913 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1915 - German submarine attack on Le Havre
1915 - No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Vic v Tas
1917 - 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1919 - Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army
1921 - French rapist-murderer Henri-Desire Landru sentenced to death
1922 - Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW
1922 - World Law Day, 1st celebrated
1924 - Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Vic win over NSW
1925 - Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople
1927 - Left wins national election in Thuringen
1928 - 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US
1928 - Bradman scores 134 not out (225 mins, 13 fours) NSW v Vic
1928 - Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," premieres in NYC
1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad
1930 - The world's first radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR.
1931 - Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater
1932 - Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval
1933 - "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
1933 - Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen
1933 - Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match
1934 - 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by US government, NYC
1934 - Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 yrs 298 days
1934 - Hitler proclamation on German unified states
1935 - Ezra Pound meets Benito Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos"
1936 - New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
1936 - Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it
           doesn't catch on & is scrapped by 1940 season
1937 - 2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death
1939 - Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile
1939 - Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews
1940 - Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London
1940 - Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race
1940 - Hassett's second 122 of the game for Vic can't stop a NSW win
1941 - Australian troops conquer Derna Libya
1942 - Japanese troops land on Ambon
1943 - 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin
1943 - German assault on French in Tunisia
1943 - German under officers shot down in Haarlem Neth
1943 - Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to general-fieldmarshal
1943 - Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing
1943 - USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean
1944 - US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands
1944 - World War II: United States troops land on Majuro.
1945 - "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die
1945 - German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed
1946 - 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime
1948 - 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse
1950 - "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV
1951 - Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
1952 - Lehmer verifies: 2^521-1 & 2^607-1 (183 ciphers) Mersenne-prime #
1952 - Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres
1954 - Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR
1954 - Italy's Fanfani government resigns
1956 - Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"
1956 - KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed
1957 - US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"
1958 - 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx
1958 - Baseball announces players & coaches rather than fans pick all stars
1958 - Dore Schary's "Sunrise at Campobello," premieres in NYC
1958 - House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
1959 - Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test v England, Adelaide Oval
1959 - Paul Hindemith's symphony "Pittsburgh," premieres
1960 - CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
1960 - Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands
1960 - Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England
1960 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1960 - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1961 - Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC
1961 - JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corp
1961 - KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide
1962 - UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 - 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed
          during a performance in Detroit
1964 - Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam
1964 - Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail
1965 - "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3
1965 - State funeral of Winston Churchill
1966 - -19°F (-28°C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
1966 - -27°F (-33°C), New Market, Alabama (state record)
1966 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2)
1966 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet
1968 - Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"
1968 - Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on US embassy in Saigon
1969 - Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
1969 - US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere
1971 - "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 19 performances
1971 - Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, v England
1971 - UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak
1972 - Bloody Sunday: Brit soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
1972 - Pakistan withdraws from Commonwealth
1973 - 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at NY Rangers
1973 - Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts
1973 - KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens NY)
1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1976 - 1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg
1976 - George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
1976 - William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
1977 - 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
1977 - Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW v Qld)
1977 - Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame
1978 - Addie Joss & Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1978 - Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio
1979 - Rhodesia agrees to new constitution
1979 - Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the
           Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
1980 - Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in NYC
1981 - 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins
1982 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1982 - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an
           Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
1983 - Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic
1983 - Superbowl XVII: Wash Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP:
           John Riggins, Washington, RB
1988 - Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
1989 - 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis & George Michael wins
1989 - 5 Pharaoh sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor
1989 - Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter
1989 - Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
1989 - Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk
           driving accident
1989 - The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.
1992 - Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands
1993 - 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism
1993 - 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62)
1994 - 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62)
1994 - 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64)
1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)
1994 - Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts
1994 - Superbowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Atlanta Superbowl MVP: Emmitt
           Smith, Dallas, RB
1994 - Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master.
1995 - 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win
1995 - Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
1995 - Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured
1995 - Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"
1995 - Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing
           the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
1996 - Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while
           waiting in line for his unemployment benefit.
1997 - Minuteman III launches
1998 - All-Star Fla Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires
1998 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM
1998 - Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres
2000 - Super Bowl XXXIV: St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans, 23-16 at the Georgia Dome
           Atlanta MVP: Kurt Warner, St. Louis, QB
2000 - Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing
          169.
2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.

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This Day in History for 30th January


Famous Weddings

1853 - Emperor and French President Napoleon III marries Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Teba
2011 - "Chuck" actress Sarah Lancaster (30) weds attorney Matthew Jacobs in Southern California

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This Day in History for 30th January


Famous Birthdays

                                             
32nd US President                                   Actor Gene Hackman (1930)                    46th US Vice-President
Franklin Roosevelt (1882)                                                                                          Dick Cheney (1941)


133 - Marcus Severus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (d. 193)
1505 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (d. 1585)
1563 - Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer
1566 - Alessandro Piccinini, composer
1615 - Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe (d. 1675)
1616 - William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)
1624 - Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher (About Virtue)
1628 - George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham England
1647 - Konrad Hoffler, composer
1661 - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
1687 - [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
1694 - Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer
1697 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
1708 - Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist
1710 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
1720 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778)
1724 - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer
1752 - Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer
1754 - John Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d. 1829)
1756 - Josef Preindl, composer
1760 - Franz Xaver Partsch, composer
1775 - Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)
1781 - A v Chamisso, writer
1789 - George Augustus Kollmann, composer
1797 - Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1814 - Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter
1816 - Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1822 - John Basil Turchin, [Ivan Turchinoff], Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1822 - Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (d. 1899)
1829 - Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1830 - James G Blaine, US, minister of foreign affairs
1832 - Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (d. 1897)
1834 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician
1835 - Oliver Edwards, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1841 - Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914
1841 - Félix Faure, 6th President of the French Third Republic (d. 1899)
1844 - Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)
1846 - Francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism)
1853 - Leland Hone, cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience)
1859 - Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (d. 1944)
1861 - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer
1862 - Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer
1865 - Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian
1866 - Gelett Burgess, author (Purple Cow)
1871 - Seymour Hicks, St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge)
1871 - Wilfred Lucas, actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford)
1873 - Rose Melville, actress (Sis)
1873 - Georges Ricard-Cordingley, painter (d. 1939)
1878 - Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
1882 - Franklin Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd US President (1933-1945), (d. 1945)
1885 - John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
1889 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (d. 1937)
1892 - Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer
1892 - Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs (1938-39)
1894 - Boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43)
1894 - Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet)
1899 - Max Theiler, English/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)
1900 - Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer
1900 - Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket)
1900 - Sandy Powell, Rotherham England, costume designer (Rob Roy)
1901 - Earl of Huntingdon, mural painter
1901 - H E Nossak, writer
1902 - Elise Cavanna, actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop)
1902 - Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian (The Buildings of England)
1903 - G Evelyn Hutchinson, British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology)
1906 - Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill)
1909 - Mihaly Hajou, composer
1909 - Richard Hearne, Norwich England, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower)
1909 - Saul David Alinsky, Chic Ill, radical writer (John L Lewis)
1910 - Frans Dohmen, union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union)
1910 - C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000)
1911 - Alexander George Ogston, biochemist
1911 - Hugh Marlowe, Phila Pa, actor (Ellery Queen)
1911 - Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
1911 - Roy Eldridge, American musician (d. 1989)
1912 - Barbara Tuchman, US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August)
1912 - Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1932)
1912 - Francis Schaeffer, American Evangelical theologian and pastor (d. 1984)
1913 - Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935, 1, 0-12)
1913 - Percy Thrower, English radio host
1914 - David Wayne, Traverse City Mich, actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib)
1914 - John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral)
1914 - Louis Osman, artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman
1915 - Dorothy Dell, actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel)
1915 - John D Profumo, England, politician (C)
1915 - Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno)
1915 - Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976, by assassination)
1917 - Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist d. 2008)
1918 - David Opatoshu, NYC, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada)
1918 - Jarl Andre Bjerke, [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer
1919 - Robert Suter, composer
1919 - Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet (d. 1979)
1920 - George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
1920 - Patrick Heron, abstract painter
1920 - Carwood Lipton, American WWII veteran (d. 2001)
1921 - Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orchestra leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
1922 - Dick Martin, Detroit Mich, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy)
1922 - Pal Jardanyi, composer
1924 - Margaret Beda Nicholson, author (No Medals for the Major)
1924 - Lloyd Alexander, American writer (d. 2007)
1924 - Margaret Yorke [Margaret Beda Nicholson], Compton, Surrey, author (Patrick Grant novels), (d. 2012)
1925 - Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place)
1925 - Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist
1926 - Ruth Brown, Portsmouth Va, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In)
1926 - Lizbeth Webb, Reading,, UK, soprano, (d. 2013)
1927 - Olof Palme, Stockholm, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated
1928 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster
1928 - Harold Prince, US producer/director (West Side Story, Evita)
1928 - Mitch Leigh, composer
1929 - Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60)
1929 - Viscount Long
1929 - Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian surgeon and international aid worker (d. 1996)
1930 - Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense (1980- )
1930 - Gene Hackman, San Bernardino California, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman)
1930 - Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
1930 - Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (d. 1974)
1931 - Jack Bowman, Chief Constable (Tayside)
1931 - Shirley Hazzard, Australian author (Transit of Venus)
1931 - Stewart B McKinney, (Rep-R-CT, 1971- )
1931 - John Crosbie, Canadian politician
1931 - Allan W. Eckert, American historian, naturalist, and author
1932 - Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co)
1932 - Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician
1933 - Bob Muddimer, CEO (Ranks Hovis McDougall)
1933 - Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz (Wall Street Week)
1933 - Richard Dufallo, Chicago Ill, clarinetist/conductor
1934 - Tammy Grimes, Lynn Mass, actress (Can't Stop the Music)
1935 - Richard Brautigan, Tacoma Washington, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing in America)
1935 - John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington
1935 - Martin Taylor, former vice-chairman, Hanson
1936 - F. Vernon Boozer, American politician
1936 - Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker (d. 2005)
1937 - Boris Spassky, USSR, world chess champion (1969-72)
1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express)
1937 - Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (d. 2005)
1938 - Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV)
1938 - Marlies van Alcmaer, [Smal], Dutch actress/director (Bridge too Far)
1938 - Islom Karimov, President of Uzbekistan
1939 - Eleanor Smeal, feminist/pres (NOW)
1939 - Frank R Wolf, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
1939 - Nick Gaselee, racehorse trainer
1940 - David Johnson, composer
1941 - Dick Cheney, Lincoln, Nebraska, 46th US Vice President
1941 - Joe Terranoua, rocker (Danny & The Juniors)
1941 - Gregory Benford, American author and scientist
1941 - Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
1942 - Andres, [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres)
1942 - Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner
1942 - Dave Brown, cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England)
1942 - Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles)
1943 - Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets)
1943 - Sandy Deane, rocker
1944 - John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire
1944 - Lynn Harrell, NYC, cellist
1945 - Michael Dorris, writer
1945 - Robert Wittinger, composer
1946 - Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC
1947 - Martin Christoph Redel, composer
1947 - Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces)
1947 - Les Barker, English poet
1948 - Earl of Huntingdon
1948 - Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss)
1948 - Paul Magee, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1949 - William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer (Commodores-Easy)
1949 - Peter Agre, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1950 - Bruce Howard Lidington, actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses)
1950 - Silvia Bertolaccini, LPGA golfer
1950 - Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
1951 - Bobby Stokes, footballer
1951 - Charles S Dutton, Balt Md, actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc)
1951 - Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker (Cure)
1951 - Marv Ross, rocker (Quarterflash)
1951 - Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)
1951 - Trevor Laughlin, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79)
1952 - Doug Falconer, Canadian football player
1954 - Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist (Time Bandits)
1955 - Curtis Strange, Norfolk VA, PGA golfer (1989 US Open)
1955 - Judith Tarr, US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica)
1955 - Michael Thompson, guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd)
1956 - Jeremy Gittins, English actor
1956 - Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver
1957 - William Payne Stewart, Springfield MO, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney)
1958 - Brett Butler, Montgomery Ala, comedienne (Grace-Grace Under Fire)
1958 - Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts)
1959 - Jody Watley, Chic, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love)
1960 - Tony O'Dell, Pasadena California, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class)
1961 - Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer (3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92)
1962 - King Abdullah II of Jordan
1962 - Mary Kay Letourneau, American convicted statutory rapist
1964 - Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America (1991)
1965 - Julie McCullough, Honolulu Hi, playmate (Feb 86)/actr (Growing Pains)
1966 - Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1966 - Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach California, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor)
1967 - Bill Leverty, Richmond Va, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
1967 - Jay Gordon, American musician
1968 - Bob Nardella, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1968 - Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne
1968 - Trevor Dunn, American musician (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Secret Chiefs 3)
1969 - Carolyn Kepcher, American businesswoman and reality TV show star
1970 - Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen)
1970 - Hans Spark, soccer player (RKC)
1970 - Oleg Khmyl, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
1970 - Scott Levins, Spokane, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators)
1971 - Brent Moss, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Chris Slade, NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots)
1971 - Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (NY Giants, Rhein Fire)
1971 - Kevin Knox, WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Kimo Von Oelhoffen, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
1971 - Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1971 - Quentin Neujahr, NFL center (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns)
1971 - Takeshi Yamanaka, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
1971 - Trent Klatt, Robbinsdale, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers)
1971 - Darren Boyd, British actor
1972 - Burt Thornton, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 - Chris Simon, Wawa, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1972 - Jill McGill, Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-2nd)
1973 - Brad Yamaoka, CFL running back (BC Lions)
1973 - Holly Noelle Roehl, Miss Indiana USA (1996)
1973 - Jalen Rose, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
1973 - Jimmy Oliver, NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
1973 - Sharone Wright, NBA center/forward (Toronto Raptors)
1974 - Christian Bale, Wales, actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women)
1974 - Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center (Olympics-96)
1974 - Robert Rollins, cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman)
1974 - Jemima Khan, English socialite
1975 - Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
1975 - Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
1976 - Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim)
1976 - Andy Milonakis, American comedian
1977 - Deltha O'Neal, American football player
1978 - Lnd Girchoukevitch, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98)
1978 - John Patterson, American baseball player
1979 - Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank
1979 - Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback (Olympics-96)
1980 - Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
1980 - Leilani Dowding, British glamour model
1980 - Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
1980 - Pavel Ponomaryov, Russian-Estonian actor
1981 - Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
1981 - Mathias Lauda, Austrian racing driver
1981 - Peter Crouch, English footballer
1981 - Josh Kelley, American musician
1982 - Jorge Cantu, Mexican baseball player
1984 - Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player
1985 - Aaadietya Pandey, Indian astrologer
1985 - Trae Williams, American football player
1986 - Sam Duckworth, British singer-songwriter
1986 - Nick Evans, American baseball player
1987 - Rebecca Knox, Irish professional wrestler
1988 - Rob Pinkston, American actor
1989 - Khleo Thomas, American actor and rapper
1990 - Jake Thomas, American actor
1990 - Eiza Gonzalez, Mexican actress/singer
1991 - Matthew Werkmeister, Australian actor
2005 - Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II, of Jordan

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This Day in History for 30th January


Famous Deaths

                                             
Seamstress Credited with                Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi (1948)     Aviator Orville Wright (1948)
Creating the First American Flag
 Betsy Ross (1836)

                               
Blues Singer Lightnin' Hopkins (1982)         Novelist Sidney Sheldon (2007)


1030 - William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
1156 - Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies
1181 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
1384 - Louis II of Flanders (b. 1330)
1393 - Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
1393 - Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
1574 - Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)
1584 - Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle
1584 - Pieter Jansz Pourbus, Flemish painter, dies
1606 - Everard Digby, English conspirator (b. 1578)
1644 - William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies
1649 - Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason
1730 - Peter II Alekseyevitch, tsar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
1774 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69
1774 - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer, dies at 71
1797 - Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40
1816 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74
1827 - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53
1836 - Betsy Ross [Elizabeth Griscom], seamstress widely credited with making the first American
           flag (b. 1752)
1838 - Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
1858 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (b. 1778)
1860 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44
1867 - Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
1869 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794)
1881 - Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58
1888 - Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77
1889 - Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria (b. 1858)
1890 - Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53
1897 - John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies
1900 - Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71
1925 - Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66
1925 - John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79
1926 - Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
1927 - Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64
1928 - Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66
1928 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1867)
1929 - La Goulue, French Cancan dancer (b. 1866)
1934 - Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1862)
1942 - Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72
1945 - Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90
1945 - William Busch, composer, dies at 43
1947 - Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi, India's political and spiritual leader, assassinated in New Delhi
1948 - Herb Pennock, pitcher (NY Yankees)/GM (Phillies), dies
1948 - Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India
1948 - Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies at 76
1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
1953 - Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 68
1956 - Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88
1956 - Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 56
1957 - Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
1958 - Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
1958 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (b. 1878)
1962 - Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
1963 - P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies
1963 - Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899)
1964 - Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
1965 - Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car
1967 - Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies
1968 - Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
1969 - Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75
1969 - Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58
1970 - Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
1972 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
1973 - Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54
1974 - Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wkts v South Africa 1910-11 series), dies
1975 - Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
1976 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80
1976 - Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at 80
1976 - Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Af), dies
1980 - Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at 82
1980 - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61
1982 - Félix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76
1982 - Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
1982 - Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at 73
1982 - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
1982 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)
1983 - Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia
1983 - [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65
1985 - Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67
1986 - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
1987 - Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
1987 - Ken Drake, actor (Crime & Punishment USA), dies
1988 - Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85
1991 - John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies of emphysema at 83
1991 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1908)
1991 - Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. 1907)
1993 - Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88
1994 - Bahjat Talhouni, PM of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
1994 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
1994 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86
1994 - Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
1995 - George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
1995 - George Richard James, saxophonist, dies at 88
1995 - Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70
1996 - Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73
1996 - Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at 72
1998 - Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
1998 - Richard Cassilly, American tenor (b. 1927)
1999 - Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919)
1999 - Ed Herlihy, American broadcaster (b. 1909)
2001 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. 1911)
2001 - Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
2001 - Joseph Ransohoff, the father of modern neurosurgery (b. 1915)
2005 - Martyn Bennet, Canadian musician (b. 1971)
2005 - Wes Wehmiller, American musician (b. 1971)
2006 - Coretta Scott King, American activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1927)
2007 - Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)
2007 - Sidney Sheldon, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2008 - Jeremy Beadle, British television host, (b. 1948)
2008 - Roland Selmeczi, Hungarian actor (b. 1969)
2008 - Marcial Maciel, Mexican religious leader (b. 1920)
2009 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion of the world (b.
          1932)
2011 - John Barry, English film score composer (b. 1933)
2012 - Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86
2012 - Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, dies at 99

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 31st January


Historical Events

                                             
Confederate General Robert E Lee                 Outlaw Jesse James                      Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky

                                             
33rd US President Harry Truman          MacDonalds Entreprenuer Ray Kroc             Rocker/Beatle John Lennon

                           
Deaf Actress Marlee Matlin                       Tennis Star Martina Hingis     

314 - St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
876 - Charles becomes king of Italy
1504 - By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
1531 - Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other
1578 - Battle of Gembloers
1596 - Catholic League disjoins
1609 - Wisselbank of Amsterdam established
1627 - Spanish government goes bankrupt
1675 - Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
1679 - Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris
1696 - Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
1779 - Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog
1804 - British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao
1814 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
1817 - Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna
1846 - After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unified as the City of
           Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1849 - Corn Laws abolished in Britain
1851 - Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk
1851 - SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded
1854 - Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)
1855 - Western railroads blocked by snow
1861 - Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar
1861 - State of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans
1862 - Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
1863 - 1st black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army
1865 - Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24)
1865 - Gen Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies
1867 - Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for
           Algeria
1871 - Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky
1874 - Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri
1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
1891 - The first attempt of a Portuguese republican revolution breakes out in the northern city of
           Porto.
1893 - "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing
1895 - Jose Martí & others leave NYC for invasion of Spanish Cuba
1901 - Boer general John Smuts & De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal
1901 - Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1901 - Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montreal Shamrocks in 2 for Stanley Cup
1904 - Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres
1905 - 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach
1905 - Carroll Wright appointed 1st US Commissioner of Labor
1906 - Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
1911 - Congress names SF as Panama Canal opening celebration site
1915 - 1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
1916 - Dutch Girl Guides form
1917 - Germany notifies US that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship
1918 - A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy
           submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1919 - The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.
1920 - 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (NYC) begins publication
1920 - Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game
1920 - Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates
1925 - Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola
1927 - Intl allies military command in Germany disbands
1927 - NL Pres John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals & play for the
          Giants
1928 - Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
1929 - Erich Maria Remarque publishes "Im Westen nichts Neues" in Berlin
1929 - Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
1930 - 1st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ
1931 - NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals
1931 - Philip Barry's "Tomorrow & Tomorrow," premieres in NYC
1932 - US railway unions accept 10% wage reduction
1933 - French government of Daladier takes power
1933 - Hitler promises parliamentary democracy
1934 - FDR devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
1936 - "Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
1940 - 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton)
1940 - C Turney & J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in NYC
1941 - 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton)
1941 - Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands
1941 - Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 - Layforce set sail.
1942 - 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton)
1943 - 39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton)
1943 - Chile breaks contact with Germany & Japan
1943 - Gen Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad
1944 - Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June
1944 - U-592 sunk off Ireland
1944 - US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll
1945 - US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath
1946 - Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic
1948 - J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY
1948 - Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway
1949 - 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
1950 - President Harry Truman publicly announces development of H-bomb
1950 - Pres Harry Truman OKs building of hydrogen bomb
1952 - Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1½ centuries
1952 - Harry Heilmann & Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1953 - "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die
1953 - Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835
1953 - NY, Cleveland, & Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to
           avoid sharing TV revenues
1955 - RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1956 - French government of Mollet forms
1956 - Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil
1956 - Guy Mollet becomes Prime Minister of France.
1957 - Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)
1957 - Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished
1957 - Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision
           between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
1958 - "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
1958 - James van Allen discovers radiation belt
1958 - US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
1959 - Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL
1961 - David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel
1961 - Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2
1961 - Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium
1961 - Kanhai completes twin tons (117 & 115) v Aust at Adelaide
1961 - NATO secretary-general Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign
1961 - USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
1962 - Gen Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1962 - Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout"
1963 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" & "Ruby Baby"
1964 - US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer
1965 - Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1966 - Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
1966 - USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon
1968 - Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 v India in his last Test for ten years
1968 - Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia
1968 - Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 - Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins
1969 - Beatles perform last live gig (42-min concert on roof of Apple HQs)
1969 - Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1970 - Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
1971 - "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart
1971 - Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
1971 - Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick Hafey
1971 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1971 - US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich
1971 - & Dave Bancroft & George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1972 - Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
1972 - Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
1972 - Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
1972 - US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)
1974 - MacDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres
1975 - Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold
1975 - John Lennon releases "#9 Dream"
1975 - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1976 - "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1
1976 - Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
1977 - Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad
1977 - Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, & Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1978 - "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 101 perfs
1978 - Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
1980 - Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41
1981 - "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
1981 - 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter
1981 - Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39)
1982 - 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
1982 - 12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13
1982 - 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey
1982 - Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59)
1982 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
1982 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13
1982 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1984 - 36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at NJ
1984 - Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - "Harrigan 'n Hart" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
1985 - South African president PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence
1986 - Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart
1987 - 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Marlee Matlin win
1987 - United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp
1988 - Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
1988 - Superbowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Superbowl MVP:
           Doug Williams, Washington, QB
1990 - 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds
1990 - 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing
1990 - Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ
1990 - The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow, USSR.
1991 - Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBAer to get a triple-double
1991 - Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude
1992 - MTA raised tolls on most NYC bridges from $2.50 to $3.00
1993 - "St Joan" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 49 performances
1993 - 81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61 26 75)
1993 - Superbowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Troy
           Aikman, Dallas, QB
1994 - Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down
1994 - Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36
1995 - President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
1998 - 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63)
1998 - STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands
2000 - Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the
           Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard.
2001 - In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the
           bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
2003 - The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
2007 - Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and
           eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.
2009 - In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in
           Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.