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This Day in History for 4th January


Historical Events

                                                 
Inventor/Industrialist Samuel Colt          Playwright George Bernard Shaw            United States founding father 
                                                                                                                                Benjamin Franklin

                 
Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Gandhi       Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley


46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.
274 - St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
871 - Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
1357 - Flemish earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty
1490 - Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be
           considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty.
1493 - Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage
1519 - -6] 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz)
1570 - Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a
           Jew"
1642 - King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament
1698 - Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is
          destroyed by fire.
1717 - Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance
1725 - Benjamin Franklin arrives in London [OS=Dec 24 1724]
1754 - Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1762 - England declares war on Spain & Naples
1780 - Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
1781 - Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1832 - Insurrection of Trinidad negroes
1843 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris
1843 - Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
1847 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1854 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
1861 - Pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession
1861 - US Ft Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama
1862 - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
1863 - 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near
           Wall Street in New York City.
1878 - Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
1881 - Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau
1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms
1884 - Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)
1884 - The Fabian Society is founded in London.
1885 - Dr W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)
1887 - Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1893 - US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
1894 - France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia
1896 - AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
1896 - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
1898 - 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears
1902 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG
1903 - Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents
           campaign.
1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
1904 - Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
1906 - South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
1907 - George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London
1912 - Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
1912 - The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal
           Charter.
1915 - 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
1915 - Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
1920 - 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
1920 - Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
1921 - Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in NYC
1923 - 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Fort Worth Texas)
1923 - Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin
1925 - French psychologist Emil Coué brings his self-esteem therapy to US "Every day in every way I
           am getting better & better"
1926 - Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator
1932 - Bradman scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG
1932 - British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru
1932 - State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
1934 - 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres
1935 - Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue"
1935 - Ft Jefferson National Monument, Fla established
1936 - Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
1936 - Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v South Africa
1939 - Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school
1939 - Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration
1941 - Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet
1942 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24
1942 - Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly to Florida
1942 - Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame
1943 - Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers"
1944 - Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department
1945 - Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam
1945 - US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack
1947 - "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 72 performances
1947 - "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 417 performances
1948 - Burma declares independence from UK
1951 - During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul
1953 - KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
1954 - Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
1957 - "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS)
1957 - Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000
1958 - Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up
1959 - Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
1960 - European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
1961 - Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants
1962 - 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (NYC)
1962 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board.
1963 - Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
1965 - LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
1966 - Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test
1966 - WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 - Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas
1968 - Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million
1969 - "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 4 perfs
1969 - France begins arms embargo against Israel
1970 - Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
1970 - KC Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game
1970 - Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game
1970 - NYC transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
1970 - Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary
1971 - Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1971 - Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is
1971 - Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims
1971 - Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated
1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
1974 - Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
1975 - "Good News" closes at St James Theater NYC after 16 performances
1975 - "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 120 performances
1975 - "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 341 performances
1975 - Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the US (No 11828)
1975 - Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica
1975 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1976 - "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 740 performances
1976 - "Home Sweet Homer" opens & closes at Palace Theater NYC
1977 - Mary Shane hired by Chic White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
1981 - "Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway
1981 - "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances
1981 - 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63)
1981 - British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"
1982 - Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"
1982 - Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
1982 - Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
1982 - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
1983 - US Football League holds its 1st player draft
1984 - "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
1984 - Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game
1986 - David Boon's second Test century, 131 v India at Adelaide
1986 - NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
1987 - 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md
1989 - Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion
1989 - US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
1989 - VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president
1991 - AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
1991 - Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
1991 - Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
1991 - Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
1992 - 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1993 - 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)
1994 - 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
1995 - Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the House
1996 - "Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
1998 - "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St James NYC after 715 perform
1998 - "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 51 performances
1998 - "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater NYC
1998 - Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
1998 - A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing
           through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
1999 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people
           and injuring 25.
2001 - Rapper Vanilla Ice spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wife's hair during
          a row
2004 - Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
2006 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His
           authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
2007 - The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
2010 - The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building is officially opened.
2010 - The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
          removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance.

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This Day in History for 4th January


Famous Weddings

1997 - Czech Republic's first president Vaclav Havel (60) weds Czech actress Dagmar Havlova (43) in
           Prague, Czech Republic
1997 - "Smothers Brothers" actor-singer Dick Smothers (58) weds Denby Franklin (47) in Las Vegas
2012 - Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry (66) weds PR executive Amanda Sheppard (29) in Turks and
          Caicos Island

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Famous Divorces

2004 - Britney Spears has her surprise marriage annulled less than 55 hours after tying the knot with   
           childhood friend Jason Alexander at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas

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This Day in History for 4th January


Famous Birthdays

                                               
Braille Inventor Louis Braille (1809)          Opera Singer Grace Bumbry (1937)


1077 - Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100)
1334 - Amadeus VI, [Green Count], Count of Savoy (d. 1383)
1567 - Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect
1579 - Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar
1581 - James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)
1604 - Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe)
1664 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
1672 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)
1717 - Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer
1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist
1726 - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1739 - Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)
1756 - Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
1759 - Maria Rosa Coccia, composer
1772 - Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French writer/interpreter
1773 - Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer
1785 - Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, philologist and folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy
           Tales" (d. 1863)
1789 - Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
1797 - Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
1805 - Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1807 - Baltasar Saldoni, composer
1809 - Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind)
1813 - Alexander Freiherr von Bach, Austria attorney/premier (1852-59)
1813 - Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor (stenographic shorthand)
1813 - Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator
1821 - John James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1822 - Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1823 - Otto van Rees, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)
1823 - Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
1832 - George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)
1837 - Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)
1838 - Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)
1839 - Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896)
1842 - Frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1844 - Thomas H Rollinson, composer
1847 - Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician
1848 - Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
1869 - Percy Pitt, composer
1869 - Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)
1872 - Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder
1874 - Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)
1874 - Sven Fleuron, writer
1877 - Gibson Gowland, England, actor (Blind Husbands, Phantom of the Opera)
1878 - Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)
1878 - Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)
1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)
1882 - Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943)
1883 - Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52)
1883 - Max Eastman, American critic/essayist and editor of The Masses (d. 1969)
1888 - Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)
1889 - Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum, actor/director (Abandoned Child)
1890 - Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff
1890 - Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, MP (communist)
1891 - Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)
1893 - Manuel Palau Boix, composer
1893 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese, became worlds oldest living person January 29, 2007. (d. Aug. 13,
          2007)
1894 - Wesley La Violette, composer
1894 - Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)
1895 - Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter
1895 - Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)
1896 - Everett Dirksen, American politician (Sen-R-Ill) (d. 1969)
1898 - Roger Vuataz, composer
1900 - James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989)
1901 - C. L. R. James, writer and journalist (d. 1989)
1902 - John McCone, CIA Director (d. 1991)
1903 - Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy)
1905 - Sterling Holloway, Cedartown Ga, actor (Waldo-Life of Riley)
1908 - Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover
1908 - Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian
1910 - Arthur Villeneuve, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
1913 - Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of West-Samoa (1962- )
1914 - Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)
1914 - Herman Franks, American baseball player
1916 - Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter
1916 - Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)
1916 - Slim Gaillard [Bulee], Edinburgh, Scotland, American Jazz singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
1916 - Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)
1917 - Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire
1919 - Al "Jazbo" Collins, NYC, DJ (Tonight! America After Dark)
1919 - Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, underwriter (Lloyd's of London)
1920 - Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta)
1920 - William Egan Colby, CIA director (Nixon)
1922 - Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer
1922 - Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (d. 1997)
1923 - Flavio Testi, composer
1924 - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993)
1925 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956)
1927 - Barbara Rush, Denver Co, actress (Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road)
1927 - Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman
1929 - Amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society)
1929 - Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist
1929 - Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor
1930 - Don Shula, winningest NFL coach (Miami Dolphins)
1930 - Iain Cuthbertson, British actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB)
1930 - Sorrell Booke, Buffalo NY, actor (Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me)
1931 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, First Lady of Fiji (d. 2004)
1931 - Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia 1996-2001
1932 - Richard Stahl, Detroit Mich, actor (Howard-It's a Living)
1932 - Carlos Saura, Spanish director
1933 - Ed Jenkins, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
1933 - Ilia II Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia.
1934 - Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
1935 - Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ (1956-59, 1960-62) (Oly-gold-1952)
1935 - Kenneth Money, Canada, astronaut (STS 42-alt)
1937 - Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait)
1937 - Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser)
1937 - R Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s)
1938 - Louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open)
1939 - Jon Appleton, composer
1940 - Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)
1940 - Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)
1940 - Helmut Jahn, German architect
1940 - Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate
1941 - John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)
1941 - Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)
1942 - John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)
1943 - Tom Wilkinson, CFL QB (Edmonton Eskimos)
1943 - Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer
1944 - Volker Hornback, rocker (Tangerine Dream)
1945 - Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1945 - Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer
1945 - Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1946 - Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)
1946 - Arthur Conley, McIntosh County, Georgia, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music), (d. 2003)
1946 - Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)
1947 - Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
1947 - Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter
1948 - Eugeniusz Wycisło, Polish politician
1949 - Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player
1951 - Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972)
1953 - Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer
1954 - Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician
1955 - Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1955 - Mark Hollis, English pop musician (Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl)
1956 - Ann Magnuson, Charleston WV, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger)
1956 - Barney Sumner, rock guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)
1956 - Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist (Joy Division)
1956 - Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer
1957 - Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville Ky, singer (Blue Side of Town)
1958 - Matt Frewer, Washington DC, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)
1958 - Nina Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th)
1958 - Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
1958 - Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
1959 - Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)
1959 - Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist
1960 - Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder (6X Ms Olympia)
1960 - Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand)
1960 - April Winchell, American actress
1961 - Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)
1962 - Joe Kleine, NBA center (Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls)
1962 - Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
1962 - Patrick Cassidy, LA California, actor/composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall)
1962 - Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress
1962 - Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative)
1963 - Dave Foley, actor/comedian (Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson-NewsRadio)
1963 - Linda Muri, Killingly Conn, rower (Olympics-96)
1963 - Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein)
1964 - Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)
1965 - David Glasper, rocker (Breathe-All I Need)
1965 - Guy Forget, Morocco, tennis star
1965 - Jergus Baca, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, IHL defenseman (Team Slovakia 98)
1965 - John Jackson, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1965 - Julia Ormond, London England, actress (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall)
1965 - Kevin Wickander, US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1965 - Mitch Booth, Australian tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
1965 - Yvan Attal, French actor and director
1965 - Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead)
1965 - Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues)
1966 - Deana Carter, country singer
1967 - David Wayne Toms, Monroe LA, PGA golfer (1992 Northern Telecom-3rd)
1967 - Michael "Mike" Peterson, Wash DC, rower (Olympics-1996)
1967 - Rick Cunningham, NFL tackle (Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders)
1967 - Johnny Nelson, English boxer
1967 - Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
1968 - Jackie Harris, NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Bucs)
1968 - Mike Wilpolt, Head Coach of the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League
1969 - Corie Blount, NBA forward (LA Lakers)
1969 - Kees van Wonderen, Dutch soccer player (NEC/NAC)
1969 - Lindsay Kennedy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie)
1970 - Colin Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1970 - Sean Lumpkin, NFL safety (NO Saints)
1970 - Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler
1971 - Carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1971 - Deb Sonnenberg, Edmonton Alberta, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
1971 - Errol Brown, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 - Garrison Hearst, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals, SF 49ers)
1971 - Jeremy Licht, LA California, actor (Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family)
1971 - Orlanda Truitt, wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
1971 - Richard Chee Quee, cricketer (NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry)
1971 - Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor
1972 - Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 - James Longley, American documentary filmmaker
1973 - Lamont Warren, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 - Ray Mickens, cornerback (NY Jets)
1973 - Todd Sauerbrun, NFL punter/kicker (Chic Bears)
1973 - Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
1973 - Harmony Korine, American film director and artist
1974 - Carl Powell, defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 - Ian Moor, English singer
1976 - Benoît Joachim, Luxembourg cyclist
1976 - Ted Lilly, American baseball player
1977 - Irán Castillo, Mexican actress
1977 - Dan Shanahan, Irish hurler
1977 - Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash)
1978 - Dominik Hrbatý, Slovakian tennis player
1978 - Mai Meneses, Spanish singer
1979 - Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver
1979 - Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used)
1980 - Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
1980 - Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
1980 - Greg Cipes, American actor
1980 - Erin Cahill, American actress
1982 - Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer
1982 - Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress
1982 - Richard Logan, English footballer
1985 - Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
1985 - Al Jefferson, American basketball player
1986 - James Milner, English footballer
1986 - Steve Slaton , American football player
1988 - Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
1989 - Graham Rahal, American race car driver
1990 - Toni Kroos, German footballer
1991 - Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress
1995 - María Isabel, Spanish singer
1995 - Harry Skinner, English skiier
2000 - Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress

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This Day in History for 4th January


Famous Deaths

                                               
1st American-born Saint                          Author Albert Camus (1960)                  Author and Nobel Laureate T S Eliot (1965)                 
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
 (1821)

838 - Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred
1248 - King Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1207)
1428 - Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 'The Warlike' (b. 1370)
1564 - Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (b. 1514)
1584 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 - Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 - Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 - Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 - Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 - Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 - Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1729 - Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies
1745 - Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 - Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1773 - Anton Losenko, Russian painter (b. 1737)
1778 - Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1786 - Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1804 - Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 - Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1821 - Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland at 46
1825 - Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 - Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 - Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 - Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1874 - Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1877 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
1880 - Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
1882 - John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)
1883 - Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91
1883 - Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
1885 - Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 - Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
1891 - Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies
1891 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (b. 1833)
1896 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)
1898 - Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73
1903 - Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49
1903 - W H M "Dicky" Richards, cricketer (score 4 & 0 in Test for S Af), dies
1903 - Gulstan Ropert, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1839)
1903 - Topsy the elephant (b. circa 1875)
1908 - Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
1910 - Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
1913 - Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79
1914 - Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
1919 - Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1843)
1920 - Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843)
1924 - Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
1931 - Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs & Saddles), dies at 40
1933 - Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87
1940 - Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59
1941 - Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81
1942 - Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70
1944 - Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1944 - Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies
1946 - Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67
1947 - Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71
1952 - Constantly Permeke, Flemish painter (Boerin), dies at 65
1953 - Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78
1955 - Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80
1955 - Francois Rasse, composer, dies at 81
1955 - Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84
1956 - Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91
1957 - Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84
1958 - Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75
1960 - Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46
1961 - Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72
1961 - Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 73
1962 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)
1964 - Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64
1965 - T S Eliot, poet and Nobel laureate (Washed Country), dies in London at 76
1967 - Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
1968 - Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
1969 - Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83
1969 - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908)
1970 - Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)
1971 - Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)
1972 - Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57
1974 - Karel Janacek, composer, dies at 70
1975 - Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72
1976 - Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
1978 - Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76
1985 - Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
1985 - Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (b. 1899)
1986 - Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81
1986 - Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
1987 - F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79
1987 - Jack Martin, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-111 & 0-18 in Test), dies
1987 - Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
1988 - Lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)
1990 - Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1990 - Robert F Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57
1990 - Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (b. 1903)
1990 - Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria 1955-1972 (b. 1908)
1991 - Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1991 - Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon), committed suicide at 94
1991 - Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1992 - Earl Colbert, entertainer, dies
1992 - William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74
1993 - Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
1993 - Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
1993 - Charles Bridgford, Australian politician
1994 - Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48
1994 - Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Gov of Curacao (1951-67), dies at 80
1994 - RD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1939)
1995 - D Elmina Davies, filmmaker, dies at 36
1995 - Dorothy Granger, US actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80
1995 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1995 - Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist, dies at 43
1995 - Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1995 - Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar, dies at 82
1995 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (b. 1907)
1996 - Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83
1996 - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83
1997 - Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87
1998 - John Gary, singer, dies at 65
1998 - Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
1999 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (b. 1904)
2000 - Tom Fears, American football player (b. 1922)
2001 - Les Brown, American bandleader (b. 1912)
2003 - Sabine Ulibarri, Mexican American writer (b. 1919)
2003 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)
2003 - Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (b. 1927)
2004 - John Toland, American historian (b. 1912)
2004 - Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
2004 - Jake Hess, American singer (b. 1927)
2004 - Jeff Nuttall, English writer (b. 1933)
2004 - Brian Gibson (director), English film director (b. 1944)
2005 - Alton Tobey, American artist (b. 1914)
2005 - Robert Heilbroner, American economist (b. 1919)
2005 - Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
2005 - Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
2005 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (b. 1927)
2005 - Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946)
2006 - Irving Layton, Canadian poet (b. 1912)
2006 - Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (b. 1914)
2006 - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai (b. 1946)
2007 - Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
2007 - Sir Lewis Hodges, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1918)
2007 - Steve Krantz, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat) (b. 1923)
2007 - Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (b. 1925)
2007 - Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (b. 1934)
2007 - Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
2007 - Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
2007 - Gáspár Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (b. 1949)
2007 - Ben Gannon, Australian theatre film and television producer (b. 1952)
2007 - Helen Hill, American independent film-maker (b. 1970)
2008 - Joyce Carlson, American artist (b. 1923)
2008 - Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan print editor (b. 1932)
2008 - Jimmy Nah, Singapore celebrity (b. 1968)
2009 - Giselle Salandy, Trinidad & Tobago female boxer (b. 1987)
2010 - Johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (b. 1910)
2010 - Sandro, Argentine songwriter (b. 1945)
2010 - Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (b. 1979)
2010 - Rory Markas, American sportscaster (b. 1955)
2010 - Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese Businessman, and Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic
           Bombings (b. 1916)
2011 - Mick Karn, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan) (b. 1958)
2011 - Dick King-Smith English Author (b. 1922)
2011 - Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937)
2011 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (b. 1947)
2012 - Eve Arnold, American photojournalist, dies at 99
2012 - Ruben Ayala, American politician (California State Senator 1974-1998), dies of natural cause
           at 89
2012 - James Crow, American geneticist, dies at 95
2012 - Harry Fowler, English actor, dies at 85
2012 - Gatewood Galbraith, [Louis], lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure,
          dies from pneumonia at 64
2012 - Rod Robbie, Canadian architect and planner, dies at 83

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This Day in History for 5th January


Historical Events

                                               
US Defector General Benedict Arnold      Frontiersman/Soldier Davy Crockett        Baseball Great Babe Ruth

                                               
Chinese Prime Minister Mao Tse-Tung    33rd US President Harry Truman              Singer Buddy Holly


1349 - Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand
1438 - Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
1463 - French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris
1477 - Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000 + killed including their leader Charles Duke of Burgundy
1500 - Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
1527 - Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, is executed by drowning. (b. 1498)
1554 - Great fire in Eindhoven Neth
1593 - William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
1638 - Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
1649 - Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice
1675 - Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
1709 - Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
1717 - Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
1719 - Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
1757 - Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1776 - Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
1781 - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va
1800 - 1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
1804 - Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
1809 - Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France
1822 - Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1828 - 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
1834 - Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
1836 - Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1840 - Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
1841 - James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
1846 - The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with
           the United Kingdom.
1850 - California Exchange opens
1854 - Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1859 - 1st steamboat sails, Red River
1861 - 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter
1861 - Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
1875 - Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
1875 - President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss
1887 - 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
1888 - Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
1892 - 1st successful auroral photograph made
1895 - Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
1895 - Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
1895 - French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
1896 - German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1896 - Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
1899 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
1900 - Irish leader John Edward Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
1903 - SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1904 - -34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
1904 - -42°F (-41.1°C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
1904 - England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68
1905 - Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
1905 - National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
1909 - Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1911 - Portuguese expel Jesuits
1911 - San Francisco has its first air meet
1912 - 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)
1912 - The Prague Party Conference takes place.
1914 - Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
1916 - Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
1918 - British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
1919 - National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
1919 - Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
1920 - Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
1920 - NY Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
1925 - James Gleason & Richard Tabers "Is zat so?" premieres in NYC
1925 - Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA
1925 - Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
1925 - French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh
           Jennings
1927 - Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
1927 - Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago &
           Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
1929 - Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
1930 - Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
1931 - 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the
           Western League
1933 - Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1934 - Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
1934 - National & American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
1937 - Fingleton & Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
1937 - Only unicameral state legislature in US opens 1st session (Nebr)
1940 - FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
1940 - Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1940 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.
1941 - British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1942 - 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1943 - Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
1943 - William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed
           forces
1944 - The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
1945 - Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"
1945 - Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
1946 - "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances
1949 - General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
1949 - President Harry Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
1950 - Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in NYC
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1952 - Flying Enterprise sinks
1953 - -6] Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea
1953 - Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris
1955 - KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
1957 - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to NY Giants
1957 - Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
1959 - "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV
1959 - Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
1960 - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional
           support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
1961 - US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"
1963 - "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 873 performances
1963 - "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 719 performances
1963 - San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
1964 - Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel
1964 - San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1967 - KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
1968 - Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
1968 - Dubcek succeeds pres Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia
1969 - "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances
1969 - Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman & Karl Shapiro
1969 - Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
1969 - USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
1970 - 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
1970 - KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 - Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
1971 - 1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG
1971 - Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
1971 - US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
1972 - Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
1972 - NASA announces development of space shuttle
1972 - NYC transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
1972 - Pres Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
1972 - West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
1973 - Mali & Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
1973 - Netherlands recognizes German DR
1974 - Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"
1974 - An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
1975 - "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1672 performances
1975 - Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in NYC
1975 - Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
1975 - 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart,
            Tasmania & ship sinks
1976 - "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS
1976 - Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1976 - Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
1977 - Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
1981 - "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins
1981 - British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders
           of 13 women
1982 - Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1984 - Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1984 - Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings
1985 - Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
1985 - Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
1987 - Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
1989 - 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in
           security test
1989 - Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
1990 - J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1991 - "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 77 performances
1991 - Edwin Jongejans of Neth wins 1-meter springboard diving title
1991 - Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
1992 - "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 perf
1992 - "Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 32 performances
1992 - "On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 99 perfs
1992 - "Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1992 - Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt
1993 - Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
1993 - Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident
1993 - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
1993 - The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700
           tons of crude oil.
1993 - Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America
           since 1965).
1994 - Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
1994 - Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
1994 - Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)
1995 - AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl
1995 - Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
1996 - Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
1996 - Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI v WI at the Gabba
1996 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
1997 - "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC
1997 - "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater NYC
1997 - "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater NYC
1998 - Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario
1998 - Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
2005 - Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael
           E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21,
           2003, at the Palomar Observatory.

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This Day in History for 5th January


Famous Weddings

1531 - Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
1998 - "Hercules" actor Kevin Sorbo (39) weds actress Sam Jenkins (33) at the Beurge Chapel in
           Pacific Palisades, California
2002 - Former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona (21) weds "Westlife" member Brian McFadden
           (21) at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathfeigh, County Meath, Republic of
           Ireland
2006 - Adult film actress Linsey Dawn McKenzie (27) weds former Wimbledon F.C. and Northern
           Ireland footballer Mark Williams (35) at the central London register office

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This Day in History for 5th January


Famous Birthdays

                                               
Physiologist Joseph Erlanger (1874)       German Chancellor Konrad                        Actress Diane Keaton (1946)
                                                                  Adenauer (1876)


1209 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1272)
1548 - Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian (d. 1617)
1560 - William Cobbold, composer
1587 - Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer (d. 1641)
1592 - Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
1596 - Henry Lawes, English composer
1614 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
1661 - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
1667 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1740)
1679 - Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
1696 - Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (d. 1757)
1710 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
1717 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
1729 - Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter
1759 - Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
1762 - Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)
1769 - Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
1773 - Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
1778 - Fortunato Santini, composer
1779 - Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
1779 - Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)
1787 - John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
1788 - Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
1806 - Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
1810 - Auguste Mermet, composer
1811 - Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
1813 - Thomas Neville Waul, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1822 - Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1823 - William Rockstro, composer
1828 - August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
1829 - Sir Roger Tichborne, missing U.K. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in British history (d. c.1854)
1834 - William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861)
1835 - Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835 - Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten
1837 - A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]
1838 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)
1840 - John Doby Kennedy, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
1848 - Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1850 - Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher
1855 - King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)
1858 - Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
1859 - DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
1864 - Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (d. 1911)
1865 - Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (d. 1920)
1871 - Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
1874 - Joseph Erlanger, San Francisco, California, American physiologist (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
1876 - Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
1879 - Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
1880 - Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer
1881 - Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer
1882 - Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958)
1885 - Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (d. 1940)
1889 - Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
1890 - Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
1891 - Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]
1892 - Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
1893 - Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)
1893 - Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician (d. unknown)
1893 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)
1895 - Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
1895 - Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (d. 1987)
1896 - Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
1897 - Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)
1897 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
1900 - Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
1900 - Paula Ludwig, writer
1900 - Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
1901 - H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter
1901 - Mario Scelba, premier Italy (1954-55)
1902 - Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
1902 - Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
1903 - Leighton Lucas, composer
1903 - Harold Gatty, Australian aviator, navigator with Wiley Post (d. 1957)
1904 - Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist (d. 1995)
1904 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (d. 1997)
1906 - Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
1907 - Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)
1907 - Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor
1907 - Willi Soukop, sculptor
1908 - George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)
1909 - Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile
1909 - Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions)
1910 - Hugh Brannum, American actor (d. 1987)
1911 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker) (d. 2001)
1912 - Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
1914 - George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind)
1914 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (d. 1955)
1915 - Mabel Leigh, potter
1915 - Uta Graf, singer/teacher
1915 - Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian-born cartographer (d. 2004)
1917 - Reginald Smith Brindle, composer
1917 - Wieland Wagner, German opera director
1917 - Jane Wyman, St. Joseph, Missouri, American actress (Magnificent Obsession) and 1st Mrs Ronald Reagan (d. 2007)
1917 - Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (d. 2006)
1918 - Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)
1919 - Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist (d. 1992)
1920 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
1920 - Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test)
1921 - Friedrich Dörrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
1921 - Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
1921 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (d. 1990)
1922 - Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (d. 2001)
1923 - Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)
1923 - Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
1923 - Sam Phillips, American music producer (d. 2003)
1924 - Dr Gilbert Bogle, Australian scientist who died in the Bogle-Chandler case (1963)
1925 - Wolf Morris, actor (Decoy)
1926 - Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
1926 - Robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)
1926 - Hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)
1926 - William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet
1928 - Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62)
1928 - Walter Fritz Mondale, (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81)
1928 - Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier (Pakistan)
1928 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani statesman (d. 1979)
1929 - Wilbert Harrison, singer
1930 - Edward Galven Givens Jr, Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
1930 - Frederick Charles Tillis, composer
1930 - Richard Hayes, Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
1931 - Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
1931 - Alvin Ailey, choreographer (American Dance Theater)
1931 - Robert Duvall, San Diego California, actor (Great Santini, Taxi Driver)
1931 - Walter Davis, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
1931 - Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician
1932 - Chuck Noll, Cleveland, NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1932 - Umberto Eco, author (Name of the Rose)
1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer
1934 - William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (d. 1971)
1935 - Nancy L Johnson, (Rep-R-CT, 1983- )
1936 - Florence King, American humorist
1938 - Edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)
1938 - Jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
1938 - Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- )
1938 - Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr
1938 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star
1938 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer
1939 - Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972)
1939 - Peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher
1940 - Dany Saval, Oakland California, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)
1940 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)
1940 - Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician
1940 - Athol Guy, Australian singer, member of The Seekers
1940 - General Sir Michael Rose, UK military officer, prominent in Bosnia
1941 - Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)
1941 - Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)
1941 - Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)
1941 - Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker
1942 - Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)
1942 - Cliff Potts, Glendale California, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)
1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
1942 - Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader
1942 - Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (d. 2003)
1943 - Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star (Europa Cup 1 1962)
1943 - Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player
1944 - Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)
1944 - Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]
1945 - Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)
1945 - Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)
1945 - Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director
1946 - "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd)
1946 - Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)
1947 - Michael DeWine, (Rep-R-Oh, 1983- )
1947 - Ted Lange, Oakland California, actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina)
1947 - Mercury Morris, American football player
1948 - Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's)
1948 - Thom Mooney, rocker
1949 - George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
1950 - Chris Stein, rock guitarist and co-founder of Blondie (Heart of Glass, Call Me) born in Brooklyn, New York
1950 - Michael O'Donoghue, writer/performer
1950 - Ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian-born professor (d. 1991)
1950 - John Manley, Canadian politician
1950 - Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur
1951 - Steve Arnold, English footballer
1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)
1953 - Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)
1953 - Mike Rann, Australian politician
1953 - George Tenet, American CIA director
1954 - Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)
1956 - Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef
1957 - Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league footballer
1958 - Suzy Amis, Oklahoma City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is)
1960 - Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)
1960 - Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer
1961 - Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1962 - Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut v NZ 1987)
1962 - Danny Jackson, US baseball pitcher (Royals/Phillies/Cardinals)
1962 - Donald John Cowie, Auckland NZ, yachting Star class (Olympics-96)
1962 - Joel Wyner, actor/director (Lyle Springer-Sirens, Listen, Club)
1962 - Suzy Amis, American actress
1962 - Perry Fenwick, English actor
1963 - Jeff Fassero, Springfield IL, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1963 - Rick Ambrose, singer (Jewel)
1964 - John Erickson, Woodland Hills California, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)
1964 - Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1964 - Tracy Ham, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
1965 - Rick Tuten, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
1965 - Vinnie Jones, English-born Welsh footballer and actor
1966 - Kate Schellenbach, musician (Luscious Jackson)
1966 - Renaldo Turnbull, NFL defensive end (NO Saints, Carolina Panthers)
1967 - Chris Nabholz, US baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1967 - J B Brown, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1967 - Ray Crockett, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1967 - Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World)
1967 - Joe Flanigan, American actor
1968 - Carl Evans, Actor (Guilding Light)
1968 - Felton Spencer, NBA center (Utah Jazz)
1968 - Jean Zedlitz, Stockton CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Children's Med-14th)
1968 - Joe Juneau, Pont-rouge, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
1968 - Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star (1995 Hobart)
1968 - DJ Bobo, Swiss singer
1968 - Andrew Golota, Polish boxer
1968 - Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer
1969 - David Dixon, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 - Derrick Ned, NFL fullback (NO Saints)
1969 - Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end (NY Jets)
1969 - Marilyn Manson, singer/musician
1969 - Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
1970 - James Patton, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Rick Campanelli, Canadian TV presenter
1971 - Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Scotland Claymores)
1971 - Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Jason Bates, Downey CA, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
1971 - Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
1972 - Joseph Patton, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
1972 - Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer
1973 - Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys)
1974 - Calvin Collins, center/guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - John Drew Nichols, Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
1974 - Michelle Scerri, Melbourne Australia, golfer (1995 Tasmanian)
1975 - Ray Morgan, announcer (I'd Like to See)
1975 - Warrick Dunn, running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1975 - Kylie Bax, New Zealand model
1975 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
1976 - Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
1976 - Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
1978 - Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
1978 - January Jones, American actress
1978 - Sabrina Harman, American military figure and accused torturer
1979 - Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer
1980 - Garette Patrick Ratliff, actor (Return to Blue Lagoon)
1980 - Bennie Joppru, National Football League tight end
1981 - Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1981 - Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
1982 - Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
1983 - Sean Dockery, American basketball player
1984 - Amanda Hearst, American heiress
1985 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor (d. 2001)
1985 - Yoon So-Yi, South Korean actress
1986 - Deepika Padukone, Indian model and actress
1986 - Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
1987 - Kristin Cavallari, American actress
1988 - Pauline, French singer
1989 - Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
1996 - Max Baldry, English actor

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th January


Famous Deaths

30th US President Calvin Coolidge (1933)

842 - Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
1066 - Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
1387 - Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
1400 - John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)
1425 - John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
1448 - Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)
1465 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (b. 1394)
1477 - Charles, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, dies at the Battle of Nancy at 43
1524 - Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
1588 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)
1589 - Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1592 - Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
1595 - Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
1603 - Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
1684 - Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
1713 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (b. 1643)
1740 - Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
1746 - Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
1759 - Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
1762 - Elizabeth of Russia [Elizaveta Petrovna], tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52
1771 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (b. 1710)
1783 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
1788 - Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85
1796 - Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
1807 - Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
1814 - Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
1823 - Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
1827 - Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63
1846 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (b. 1812)
1848 - Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73
1856 - Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67
1858 - Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
1860 - St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
1862 - Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
1883 - Charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806)
1888 - Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
1891 - Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89
1891 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (b. 1849)
1904 - Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
1922 - Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47
1933 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
1937 - Marie Booth, child of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
1939 - Amelia Earhart, American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897)
1940 - Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
1940 - Humbert Wolfe, Italian-British poet (b. 1885)
1941 - Amy Johnson, English aviator (b. 1903)
1942 - Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
1943 - George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
1944 - Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
1946 - Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)
1951 - Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51
1952 - Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1952 - Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64
1954 - Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1956 - Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84
1956 - Mistinguett, French singer (b. 1875)
1960 - Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies
1960 - Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
1963 - Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
1965 - Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73
1965 - Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
1966 - George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies
1968 - Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
1969 - Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
1969 - Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY
1970 - Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
1970 - Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
1970 - Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73
1970 - Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (b. 1896)
1971 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)
1973 - Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79
1974 - Roy Bargy, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1974 - Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (b. 1907)
1975 - Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
1976 - Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
1976 - John A. Costello, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
1977 - Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
1979 - Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
1981 - Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
1981 - Paul Félix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67
1981 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
1982 - Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
1982 - Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
1982 - Sir Edmund Herring, Australian military commander, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (b. 1892)
1985 - Robert L. Surtees, American Oscar-winning cinematographer (Ben-Hur) (b. 1906
1987 - Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
1987 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (b. 1875)
1988 - "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
1988 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
1990 - Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
1990 - Bart LaRue, entertainer, dies
1991 - John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82
1991 - Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at 80
1991 - Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at 68
1993 - George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
1993 - Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
1993 - Jennifer Raine Bissell, daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60
1993 - Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
1993 - Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
1993 - Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
1993 - Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
1993 - Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
1993 - Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
1994 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies
1994 - Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
1994 - Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
1994 - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
1994 - William Raynor, writer, dies at 73
1994 - Tip O'Neill, American politician (b. 1912)
1995 - Francis Lopez, Fren dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78
1995 - Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
1995 - Yahya Ayyash, PLO bomb maker, booby trapped cellular phone at 28
1996 - Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86
1996 - Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84
1996 - Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
1996 - Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at 63
1997 - Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72
1998 - Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
1998 - Sonny Bono, (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62
1998 - Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (b. 1943)
2001 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
2003 - Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (b. 1918)
2003 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
2003 - Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
2003 - Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
2004 - Tug McGraw, American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw (b. 1944)
2005 - Danny Sugerman, American music manager (The Doors) (b. 1954)
2006 - Lord Merlyn-Rees, British politician (b. 1920)
2007 - Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)
2007 - Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2008 - Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)
2009 - Ned Tanen, American movie executive (b. 1931)
2010 - Rory Markas, Angels baseball announcer (b.1955)
2010 - Murray Saltzman, Reform Jewish rabbi and civil rights leader (b. 1929)
2012 - Donald Carter, American professional bowler, dies from pneumonia and emphysema
           complications at 85
2012 - Frederica Maas, American playwright and screenwriter, dies at 111

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 6th January


Historical Events

                                               
Educator Maria Montessori                      Inventor Thomas Edison                         Singer & Cultural Icon Elvis Presley

1066 - King Harald of England crowned
1099 - Henry V crowned German king
1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
1227 - Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1352 - French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1449 - Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra.
1453 - Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
1494 - The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola.
1496 - Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
1497 - Jews are expelled from Graz in Styria, Austria
1579 - Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras
1579 - The Union of Atrecht is signed.
1622 - Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
1639 - Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1649 - The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other "high crimes"
1661 - The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
1663 - Great earthquake in New England
1681 - 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1690 - Joseph I, later Holy Roman Emperor and son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the
           Romans.
1720 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
1773 - Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
1781 - Battle of Jersey (Island in UK)
1784 - Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
1832 - New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1839 - 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"
1842 - 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1857 - Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
1861 - Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
1861 - NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with N & S
1870 - The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).
1873 - Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
1873 - US Congress begins investigating Crédit Mobilier scandal
1880 - Record snow cover in Seattle - 120 cm
1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
1887 - `Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the
            Shewan army of Negus Menelik II.
1893 - Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1893 - The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by
            President Benjamin Harrison.
1896 - 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1896 - Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
1898 - 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
1900 - Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
1900 - Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
1903 - Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
1906 - Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris
1907 - Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
1912 - New Mexico becomes 47th state
1914 - Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
1922 - -13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
1924 - Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
1925 - Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
1926 - Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
1927 - US marines sent to Nicaragua
1928 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
1929 - Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest and diseased
           people.
1930 - 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
1930 - Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
1936 - Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)
1937 - Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1938 - Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
1939 - Daily newspaper comic strip "Superman" debuts
1940 - Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań, Warthegau.
1941 - FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)
1942 - 1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
1942 - Bob Feller, enlists in Navy & reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the
           world.
1946 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
1947 - Ray Lindwall smashes 100 v England in MCG Test
1950 - "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances
1950 - Britain recognizes Communist government of China
1951 - "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 perfs
1951 - Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
1953 - WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
1957 - Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1957 - Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
1958 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
1958 - Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
1958 - WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 - "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
1963 - "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances
1964 - Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
1964 - Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1965 - Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
1967 - "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
1967 - KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 - 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff,
            killing 84, injuring 140
1967 - United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the
           Mekong River delta.
1968 - Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
1968 - Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
1968 - Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
1969 - Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
1969 - WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
1971 - Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
1971 - Neil Young returns to his homeland of Canada for his first concert there since his pre-stardom
           days
1972 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1972 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
1972 - Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
1973 - "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1974 - "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
1974 - England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1974 - In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months
           early in the United States.
1975 - "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv
1975 - 1000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's February 4th gig to go on sale, cause a riot and an esimated $30,000 damage
1976 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1977 - EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1978 - 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1978 - US hand over St Stephan crown to Hungary
1979 - The Village People's Y.M.C.A becomes their only UK No.1 single. At it's peak it sold over
           150,000 copies a day
1980 - "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
1980 - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1980 - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1980 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
1981 - 50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
1984 - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
1986 - British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1986 - Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
1986 - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1986 - STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1987 - 100th US Congress convenes
1987 - Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1990 - NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991 - "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances
1991 - "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
1991 - Jorge Serrano Elias elected president of Guatemala
1991 - Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
1992 - NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
1992 - Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA
1992 - Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
1992 - Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings
1993 - Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
1993 - Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
1993 - Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
1994 - "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
1994 - Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
1994 - Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
1994 - Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
1994 - Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)
1995 - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans
           for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
1996 - Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
1997 - "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1998 - Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
2002 - Daniel Bedingfield returns to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time with Gotta Get
           Thru This
2004 - Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in
           Greece.
2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 6th January


Famous Weddings

1759 - US 1st President George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis at White House
           Plantation
1945 - Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye
           NY

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 6th January


Famous Birthdays

                                               
French National Heroine                          Rocker Syd Barrett (1946)                     Composer & Actor Rowan Atkinson (1955)
 Joan of Arc (1412)

1367 - Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)
1412 - Joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
1486 - Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor
1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)
1525 - Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)
1561 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
1580 - (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (d. 1631)
1585 - Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
1587 - Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43)
1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650)
1602 - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader
1617 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
1655 - Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)
1655 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1673 - 1st Duke of Chandos, English aristocrat, eponym of Handel's Chandos Anthems (d. 1744)
1683 - Francois de La Croix, composer
1692 - Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer
1695 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer
1702 - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
1714 - Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
1728 - Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer
1728 - Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet
1732 - Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
1745 - Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
1745 - Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1799)
1776 - Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel
1791 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer
1793 - James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862)
1794 - Kaspar Masek, composer
1795 - Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)
1798 - Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer
1799 - Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer
1800 - Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician
1802 - Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
1803 - Henri Herz, composer
1807 - Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
1807 - Ludwig Erk, composer
1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
1808 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
1811 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874
1812 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (d. 1919)
1819 - Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)
1826 - Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
1827 - John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1827 - John Wesley Frazer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), die in 1906
1829 - Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author
1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1838 - Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer
1842 - Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)
1850 - Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)
1850 - Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)
1854 - Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
1856 - Giuseppe Martucci, composer
1857 - Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)
1857 - William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1859 - Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)
1861 - Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer
1861 - George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1864 - Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
1867 - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer
1868 - Vittorio Monti, composer
1870 - Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
1872 - Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
1873 - Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
1874 - Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948)
1878 - Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
1878 - Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)
1880 - Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin), died 1940
1880 - Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer
1882 - Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)
1882 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)
1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)
1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)
1889 - Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
1891 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
1892 - Ludwig Berger, writer
1896 - Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
1896 - Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter
1897 - Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
1898 - Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)
1898 - Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)
1899 - Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)
1900 - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
1901 - Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes)
1902 - Mark Brunswick, composer
1902 - Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer
1902 - Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (d. 1994)
1903 - Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
1903 - Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)
1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer
1903 - Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
1905 - Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
1906 - Benedict Vilakazi, South Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
1906 - Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor
1907 - David Fleay, Australian naturalist (d. 1993)
1908 - Menahem Avidom, composer
1909 - Johannes H Moesman, Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor)
1909 - Keith Davis, voice tutor/author
1910 - Wright Morris, US writer
1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
1911 - Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
1911 - Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)
1911 - Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer
1912 - Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer
1913 - Edward Gierek, party leader (Polish CP)
1913 - Loretta Young, Salt Lake City Ut, actr (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
1913 - Tom Brown, NYC, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
1914 - Arnold Richardson, composer
1914 - Danny Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
1914 - David Bruce, Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
1915 - Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)
1915 - Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1915 - John C. Lilly, U.S. psychoanalyst, writer (d. 2001)
1916 - Philip Bezanson, composer
1916 - Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007)
1917 - Guillermo Rosario, Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
1917 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)
1918 - Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
1918 - Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)
1919 - Sylvia Syms, US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes)
1920 - Earl Kim, composer
1920 - Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies), (d. 2012)
1920 - Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)
1920 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)
1921 - Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
1921 - Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
1922 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer
1923 - Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition
1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1924 - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012)
1925 - John Z DeLorean, former automaker (DeLorean)
1926 - Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (2002)
1926 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
1926 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
1926 - Ralph Branca, American baseball player
1926 - Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea and Nobel laureate
1928 - George H. Ross, American businessman
1929 - Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City)
1929 - Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996)
1930 - Denis Pitts, journalist
1930 - Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
1931 - Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP (CDA)
1931 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
1931 - Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], Toulon France, actress (Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?) (d. 1990)
1931 - E. L. Doctorow, American author
1932 - Sacha Distel, French singer
1932 - Stuart A. Rice, American chemist
1933 - Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian
1934 - Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1934 - Harry M. Miller, Australian entrepreneur
1934 - Tassos Papadopoulos, president of the Republic of Cyprus
1935 - Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1935 - Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1935 - Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria
1936 - Julio Maria Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95- )
1936 - Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player
1936 - Darlene Hard, U.S. tennis player
1937 - Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
1937 - Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets)
1937 - Paolo Conte, Italian singer
1938 - Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor
1938 - Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria
1938 - Mario Rodríguez Cobos "Silo", Argentine writer and spiritual leader
1939 - Murray Rose, Nairn Scotland, Australian Olympic swimmer (4x oly gold), (d. 2012)
1940 - Ed Zschau, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
1940 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)
1940 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989)
1941 - Sandy Denny, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
1942 - Barbara Lynn Alexander, producer
1943 - Osvaldo Soriano, writer
1943 - Paul James Nunn, mountaineer
1943 - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager
1944 - Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time)
1944 - Henry Kravis, author (The Money Machine)
1944 - Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80)
1944 - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
1944 - Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate
1945 - Barry Holstein Lopez, US author (Of Wolves & Men)
1945 - Barry John, Welsh international rugby player
1945 - Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty)
1945 - Allen Appel, American novelist
1946 - Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
1946 - Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
1947 - Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Oly-96)
1948 - Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's)
1948 - Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35)
1948 - Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
1949 - Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1949 - Richard Horowitz, composer
1950 - Louis Freeh, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1951 - Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1951 - Don Gullett, American baseball player
1952 - Armelia McQueen, NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
1952 - Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
1952 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1952 - Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor
1953 - Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1954 - Anthony Minghella, director (English Patient)
1954 - Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1954 - Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
1954 - Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer
1954 - Trudie Styler, English actress
1955 - Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder)
1957 - C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86)
1957 - Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance California, pro golfer (1981 Dinah Shore)
1958 - Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist, television presenter and newspaper editor
1958 - Scott Bryce, American actor
1959 - John Singleton, LA California, director (Boyz n The Hood)
1959 - Kapil Dev, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982)
1959 - Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1959 - Nancy Rubin Sharff, New Kensington, LPGA golfer (1991 Jamie Farr-9th)
1960 - Paul William Azinger, Holyoke MA, PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open)
1960 - Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer
1961 - Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
1961 - Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow)
1961 - Paul Azinger, golfer
1962 - Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
1962 - Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
1963 - Norm Charlton, Fort Polk LA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1963 - Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure)
1963 - Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lt Col FAF/astronaut
1964 - Charles Haley, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1964 - Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
1964 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)
1964 - Henry Maske, German boxer
1964 - Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler
1964 - Yuri, Mexican actress and singer
1965 - Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
1965 - Jose Dejesus, US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
1965 - Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
1965 - Tim McDonald, NFL player (SF 49ers)
1965 - Bjorn Lomborg, Danish mathematician
1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
1965 - Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler
1966 - Bob Kratch, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
1966 - Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears)
1966 - Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India 1989)
1966 - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
1966 - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
1966 - A. R. Rahman, Indian composer
1967 - David Belcher, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Larry Donald, Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
1967 - Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
1968 - Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 - John Singleton, director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood)
1968 - Vlastimil Plavucha, Banska Bystrica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1969 - Alvin Morman, Rockingham NC, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1969 - Jason Childs, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1969 - Nick A'Hern, Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-92, 96)
1969 - Norman Reedus, American model and actor
1970 - Daniel Naulty, LA California, pitcher (Minnesota Twins)
1970 - Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model (Extremists)
1970 - Geert Brusselers, soccer player (NAC)
1970 - John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams)
1970 - Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Jaguars)
1970 - Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1970 - René Binken, soccer player (Volendam)
1970 - Julie Chen, American television presenter
1971 - Jed DeVries, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
1971 - Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
1971 - Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1971 - Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer
1972 - Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Shae Marks, New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
1972 - Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 - Nek, Italian singer
1973 - Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder)
1974 - Juan Roque, tackle (Detroit Lions)
1974 - Marcus Crandell, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1974 - Paul Grant, NBA center (Minn Timberwolves)
1974 - Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer
1975 - James Farrior, linebacker (NY Jets)
1975 - Laura Berg, Whittier CA, softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 - Yukana, Japanese seiyū
1975 - Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)
1976 - Agnieszka Zielinska, Miss Poland Universe (1997)
1976 - Danny Pintauro, Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss)
1976 - Jeremy Linn, US, 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-96)
1976 - Richard Zednik, Bystrica CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash)
1977 - Amy Zappone, Wolcott Connecticut, Miss America-Connecticut (1996)
1977 - Stacey Gartrell, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 - Steve Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Danielle Hartsell)
1978 - Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer
1978 - Casey Fossum, Major League Baseball player
1978 - Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress
1980 - Steed Malbranque, French footballer
1980 - Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model
1981 - Mike Jones, American rapper
1981 - Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
1981 - Asante Samuel, National Football League Defensive Back
1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
1982 - Brian Bass, American baseball player
1982 - Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality
1984 - Sean O'Brien, Australian professional windsurfer
1984 - A.J. Hawk, American football player
1985 - RP Singh, Indian cricketer
1986 - Paul McShane, Irish footballer
1986 - Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)
1989 - Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
1991 - Nikola Saric , Danish footballer

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 6th January


Famous Deaths

                                   
Braille Inventor Louis Braille (1852)      26th US President Theodore Roosevelt (1919)

664 - Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)
1088 - Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies
1275 - Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
1374 - Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
1425 - Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
1448 - Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1481 - Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde
1536 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
1541 - Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
1592 - John Casimir of Simmern, German prince and regent for his nephew, Elector Frederick IV (b. 1543)
1616 - Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)
1646 - Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
1685 - Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
1689 - Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
1693 - Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
1694 - Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies
1697 - Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
1702 - Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
1718 - Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
1731 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)
1734 - John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
1738 - Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
1742 - Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
1785 - Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution
1790 - Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
1799 - W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25
1800 - William Jones, composer, dies at 73
1813 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
1840 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
1852 - Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
1855 - Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)
1882 - Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)
1884 - Gregor Mendel, Austrian Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
1884 - Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
1885 - Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
1907 - Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
1913 - Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)
1915 - Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
1917 - Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82
1918 - Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72
1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
1919 - Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
1922 - Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)
1928 - Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
1929 - Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
1933 - Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 - Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1935 - George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
1936 - Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies
1937 - André Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
1939 - Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1941 - Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60
1941 - Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1942 - Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
1944 - Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
1945 - Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
1950 - Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
1958 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
1959 - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
1960 - Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
1960 - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope & Means), dies at 68
1961 - Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76
1962 - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
1963 - Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
1964 - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
1965 - John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
1967 - Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
1967 - Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
1968 - Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
1972 - Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)
1974 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1975 - Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
1978 - John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80
1978 - Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1981 - A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84
1981 - A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
1984 - Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1985 - Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
1986 - Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90
1988 - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1989 - Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
1990 - Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies
1990 - Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
1991 - Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
1992 - Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
1992 - Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
1993 - Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70
1993 - John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
1993 - Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1994 - "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
1994 - Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1994 - Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
1994 - Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
1994 - Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of Pres Clinton, dies at 70
1995 - Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
1995 - James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
1995 - Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/sect-gen (SACR), dies at 68
1995 - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
1996 - Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
1996 - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
1996 - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
1996 - Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
1997 - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52
1997 - Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
1997 - Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
1997 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
1999 - French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness at age 36
2000 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2004 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
2004 - Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)
2004 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2005 - Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2005 - Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
2006 - Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
2006 - Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)
2007 - Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
2007 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2007 - Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2009 - Ron Asheton, The Stooges guitarrist (b. 1948)
2011 - Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 - Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
2012 - Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and film-maker, dies at 96
2012 - Robert Holness, English radio and television presenter, dies at 83
2012 - William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78
2012 - Ellen Pence, social activist, dies from cancer at 63
2012 - Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist, dies at 73

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 7th January


Historical Events

                 
Russian Tsar Peter the Great                     33rd US President Harry Truman

                 
Dictator Fidel Castro                              White House Intern Monica Lewinsky


754 - Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion
1325 - Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as King of Portugal
1558 - Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French
1566 - Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
1579 - England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland
1584 - Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia & Holy Roman empire
1598 - Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I
1601 - Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1608 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
1610 - Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede
1618 - Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
1622 - Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg
1654 - Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Neth, 1 dies
1698 - Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Neth to England
1714 - Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1761 - Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten
1782 - 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia
1784 - 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
1785 - 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)
1797 - The modern Italian flag is first used.
1817 - 2nd Bank of US opens
1822 - 1st printing in Hawaii
1822 - Liberia colonized by Americans
1830 - 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
1835 - HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago
1842 - Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris
1861 - Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine
1862 - Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
1862 - Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
1868 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1868 - Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
1888 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" (BG)
1890 - W B Purvis patents fountain pen
1892 - Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Oklahoma-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
1893 - Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin
1894 - Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
1896 - Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
1899 - Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1903 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG)
1903 - Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel
1904 - Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal
1907 - Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC
1908 - England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG
1910 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
1911 - 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
1911 - Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
1913 - William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
1914 - 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
1916 - German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
1923 - Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
1925 - Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC
1927 - Coml transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY & London
1927 - Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Illinois)
1929 - "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
1929 - "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
1930 - Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC
1931 - Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
1932 - 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
1933 - 1st edition of People & Fatherland published in Netherlands
1934 - "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
1935 - Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC
1936 - Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1939 - US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
1942 - WW II siege of Bataan starts
1944 - Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
1945 - Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
1946 - Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
1947 - Aust v Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
1948 - US president Harry Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
1949 - 1st photo of genes taken at U of S California by Pease & Baker
1950 - "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances
1950 - Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
1950 - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
1952 - French Plevin government falls
1953 - Pres Harry Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
1954 - Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system,
           is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
1955 - Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (NYC)
1955 - WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 - Vinoo Mankad scores 231 v NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy
1958 - USSR shrinks army to 300,000
1959 - US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government
1961 - 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
1961 - Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27
1962 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1962 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock
1963 - 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
1964 - Bahamas becomes self-governing
1964 - Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
1965 - France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold
1966 - Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
1966 - Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become NWA champ
1967 - "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
1968 - "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV
1968 - 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents
1969 - US Congress doubles president salary
1970 - Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"
1971 - -40°F (-40°C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
1972 - Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
1972 - LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
1972 - Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1972 - LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1973 - "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 14 performances
1973 - British Darts Organisation founded in North London
1973 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1973 - Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again
1973 - US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
1973 - WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 - Dutch rations gasoline
1975 - "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances
1975 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere)
1975 - Gary Geld & Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in NYC
1975 - Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage
1977 - Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague
1978 - Angola revises its constitution
1979 - Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
1980 - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1982 - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
1982 - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
1983 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win v England
1983 - Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
1984 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
1985 - "King & I" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
1985 - Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
1985 - KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
1985 - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1986 - Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes
1986 - STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
1986 - US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1987 - French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum
1987 - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest
1989 - Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
1989 - Intl Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11)
1989 - Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1990 - Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
1990 - Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
1991 - "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
1992 - AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)
1992 - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
1992 - Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1993 - The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
1994 - South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1994 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
1994 - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
1995 - "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 18 perfs
1995 - "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 280 performances
1996 - "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 perfs
1996 - "Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after * performances
1996 - 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
1997 - Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House
1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with
           President Bill Clinton
1999 - President Bill Clinton begins his impeachment trial in the Senate.
2012 - Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 7th January


Famous Weddings

1630 - Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno
1879 - Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
1934 - Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
1971 - American horror, sci-fi and fantasy author Stephen King marries Tabitha Spruce, author and
           activist
1995 - Actor-comedian Martin Lawrence (29) weds former Miss Virginia USA Patricia Southall (24) at
           Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Virginia
2006 - Punky pop singer Pink (26) weds motocross daredevil and The Surreal Life actor Carey Hart
          (30) at the Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
2012 - Lady Antebellum singer-songwriter Hillary Scott (26) weds drummer Chris Tyrrell (25) at the
           Appel Inn near Albany, New York