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379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia) 898 Odo, Paris, King of France (888-98) 1387 Charles de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87) 1449 Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence 1467 Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland 1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer 1515 Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist 1618 Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist (baptised) 1714 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas) 1729 Edmund Burke, famous Whig (Reflections on the Revolution) 1735 Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming) 1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne, general 1752 Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker 1815 Charles Renouvier, French philospher (neocriticism) 1817 Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist 1819 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold 1819 George Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 1823 S ndor Pet”fi, Kikk”r”s, Hungary, poet, revolutionary (J os Vit‚z) 1827 William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1838 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 1854 Sir James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) 1861 Isaac Murphy, thoroughbred jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%) 1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games) 1864 Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography 1867 Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields) 1873 Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses) 1875 Charles Rist, French economist 1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India) 1879 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) 1879 William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) 1880 Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev) 1883 Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci) 1883 Ko Arnoldi, actor/director 1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence 1889 Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1889 Charles Bickford, Cambridge Mass, actor (John-The Virginian) 1892 Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, comductor 1892 Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines 1895 J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI 1895 Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor 1897 Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) 19-- Alexia Robinson, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Total Recall, Gen Hospital) 19-- Rick Hurst, Houston Tx, actor (Dukes of Hazzard) 19-- Stephanie Faracy, Bkln NY, actress (Judy-Thorn Birds) 1900 Xavier Cugat, Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo) 1905 Melvin Price, (Rep-D-IL, 1945- ) 1906 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) 1909 Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- /Pres candidate (R) 1964) 1909 Dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura) 1910 Bernard Printer, organist/pianist/orch leader (Folies-Bergres) 1911 Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger) 1912 Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole 1912 Victor Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader 1913 Eliot Janeway, financial writer (Economics of Chaos) 1916 Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) 1918 Willy den Ouden, swimmer, (WR 100m 1:04.06) 1919 Bernard Drukker, organist/pianist/orch leader (Duivelswiel) 1919 Carole Landis, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns) 1919 J F "Jerome David" Salinger, author (Catcher in the Rye) 1921 Alain Mimoun-o-Kacha, France, world cross-country champion 1922 Ernest F Hollings, (Sen-D-SC, 1966- ) 1923 Milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags) 1925 George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears) 1925 Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate) 1927 Maurice B‚jart, France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring) 1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Russia, choreographer 1928 Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection) 1929 Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure 1930 Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan) 1930 Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) 1932 Arnfried GD P, pharmaceutical manufacturer 1932 Giuseppe Patan, Naples Italy, conductor 1933 Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears) 1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist 1936 Eve Queler, NYC, conductor 1936 Willy White, long jumper 1938 Bill Emerson, (Rep-R-MO, 1981- ) 1940 Frank Langella, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs) 1942 Country Joe McDonald, Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish) 1942 Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula Oh, comedian (SNL) 1942 Gennadi V Sarafanov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15) 1942 Martin Frost, (Rep-D-TX, 1971- ) 1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner) 1946 Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1960) 1947 Peter Lankhorst, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PPR) 1947 Vladimir G Titov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-8, T-9, T-10) 1953 Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem) 1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 1956 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, cosmonaut 1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Kiss, Gorky Park) 1958 Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Sadler], rocker (Message) 1958 Ren Woods, Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots) 1966 Rawley Valberde, Oceanside Calif, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara) 1967 Andy Heck, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawk) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 01379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies 898 Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies 962 Boudewijn III, count of Flanders, dies 1387 Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies 1502 Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies 1515 Louis XII, Father of People, King of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 1517 Hermann de Jonge Vischer, German bronze merchant, dies 1559 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies 1560 Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies 1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 1766 Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies 1800 Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies 1817 Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies 1953 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies 1953 Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68 1957 Ruth Draper, US lecture artist, dies 1958 David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55 1960 Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), dies 1961 Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 1964 Rika Hopper, actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86? 1969 Barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68 1972 Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91 1972 Kenneth Patchen, US poet/writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60 1972 Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies 1980 Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70 1982 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (De baadster, Orl‚ans), dies 1982 Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43 1982 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American sculptor, dies 1988 Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies 1990 Charles Boost, film critic, dies 1990 Gerhard Schr”der, West German minister of Defense, dies 1991 Charles B Timmer, interpreter/writer (Russia black on white), dies 1991 Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies 1992 Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies 1992 Hette G Abma, vicar/member of Dutch parliament (SGP), dies 1992 Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess who's coming to dinner), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 01Kwanzaa Ends [Alabama] Mobile Carnival [Australia] Independence Day (1901) [Brunei] Independence Day (1984) [Cameroon] Independence Day (1960) [Cuba] Revolution Day (1959) [Haiti] Independence Day (1804) [Japan] New Year (year = AD + 660) [Mozambique] Universal Fraternity [Netherlands] Day of Peace [Pasadena, Calif] Tournament of Roses Parade [Philadelphia] Mummers' Parade [Sudan] Independence Day (1956) [Western Samoa] Independence Day (1962) [Scotland] Handsel Monday 102 [Capetown, South Africa] Coon Carnival 102 [Taiwan] Foundation of the Republic Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 01[Ang, Luth] Feast of Holy Name of Jesus [Christian] Feast of St Odilo [RC] Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God [Unification Church] God's Day [old RC] Commemoration of Circumcision of Jesus 104 [Brazil, El Salvador] feast of "Boa Viagem" 379 [Orth] St Basil's Day (1/14 NS) Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 01 Start of a new year... Enjoy the bowl games [Roman calendar] Kalend‘ Januarius in Kalend Jan [Rome] Kalend‘ Januarius (Kalend Jan) [New Year's] Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif 0105 Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Bo”tes 0120 Astrological sign: Capricorn 1 -BC- Origin of Era of Pisa 1 Origin of Christian Era 30 -BC- Origin of Actian Era 38 -BC- Origin of Era of Spain (C‘sars) 45 -BC- Origin of Julian Era; Julian calendar begins 313 Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction 990 Russia adopts Julian calendar 1515 Francis, Duke of Angoulˆme succeeds Louis XII as Francis I of Frane 1515 Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria 1583 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Belgium 1618 Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo baptised 1622 Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25) 1660 1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary 1673 Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston 1739 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica 1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine" 1772 1st traveller's checks issued (London) 1785 "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue 1788 London's Daily Universal Registar becomes the Times 1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers asteroid #1 Ceres 1801 Ireland & Great Britain (England & Scotland) form United Kingdom 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1804 Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti 1807 Cura‡ao is taken by English (until March, 1816) 1808 African Benevolent Society (education) forms 1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves 1809 Holland Brigade under brig gen Chass‚ defeats Madrid 1831 William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide 1840 1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC 1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC 1846 Yucatan declares independence from M‚xico 1848 Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua 1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line 1852 1st US public bath opens, in NYC 1852 National debt of Britain & Ireland is œ765,126,582 1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service 1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) 1861 Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico 1861 Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful 1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr 1863 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city 1863 Battle of Helena, AK 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln 1863 Naval Engagement at Galveston, TX - attack on blockade fleet 1865 -Apr 26th) Carolinas' campaign 1873 Origin of Japanese Era 1874 New York City annexes the Bronx 1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India 1879 Brahms' violin concerto in D major premiers 1881 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes 1886 1st Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Calif 1892 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY 1892 Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants 1893 1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar 1894 Denmark adopts Mid-European time 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic 1895 Norway adopts Mid-European time 1896 Wilhelm R”ntgen announces his discovery of x-rays 1897 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0 1898 Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay 1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902) 1900 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel) 1900 British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established 1900 Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect 1901 Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies 1902 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0) 1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn 1907 Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day 1908 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square 1911 Belgian Mining law ends 9«-hour work day 1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government 1912 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km) 1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries 1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot) 1914 Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam) 1914 Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria 1916 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published 1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland 1919 Belorussian SSR established 1920 League of Nations forms 1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road 1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established 1924 Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/V”lkische Block replaces NSDAP 1925 Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo 1928 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio 1928 Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth) 1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1105 Fragaria 1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery 1932 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1214 Richilde 1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective 1934 International Telecommunication Union established 1935 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl 1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM 1935 Pres Moestafa Kemal Pasja names himself "Atatrk: Father of Turkey" 1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune 1937 Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua 1937 US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio 1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages 1942 Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16 1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, NYC 1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa 1945 France joins the UN 1946 ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic 1947 Benelux agress to work related issues 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting 1948 1st newsreel in color filmed, Pasadena, Calif 1948 Britain nationalizes its railways 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective 1948 Italy adopts constitution 1948 Orissa province accedes to India 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand 1950 Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally Ÿ 5 per week 1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China 1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism 1955 Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps 1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1956 KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK 1956 WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep 1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year) 1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m 1958 European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation 1958 Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White 1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep 1959 Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community 1960 Bank of France issues a franc, worth 20› 1960 Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France 1960 Montserrat adopts constitution 1960 US census at 179,245,000 1961 Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game 1961 Largest check issued, Natl Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) 1961 Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 1962 Beatles' Decca audition 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting 1964 Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1965 International Cooperation Year begins 1966 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3335 1967 FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different 1967 Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game 1967 KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game 1967 St Helena adopts constitution 1967 Tonga revises constitution 1967 WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM) 1968 Cesco & A Samuel discovers asteroid #1917 Cuyo 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump C‘sar's Palace Fountain 1970 Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1970 Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV 1972 International Book Year begins 1972 KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1973 Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) 1974 World Population Year begins 1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime 1975 International Women's Year begins 1975 Sweden adopts constitution 1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) 1977 Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 1978 Air India 747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1978 Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1979 International Year of the Child begins 1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established 1979 US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations 1980 Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship 1980 Chrysler UK renamed Talbot 1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins 1980 Sweden changes order of succession to throne 1981 E Bowell disc asteroids 2357 Phereclos, 2761 Eddington & 3197 Weissman 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins 1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors 1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry 1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship 1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland 1983 PGA inaugrates all-exempt tour 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1983 World Communications Year begins 1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies 1984 Brunei becomes independent of UK 1984 NYC transit fare rises from 75› to 90› 1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) gets married 1985 International Youth Year begins 1986 Aruba becomes independent part of Kingdom of the Netherlands 1986 International Peace Year begins 1986 NYC transit fare rises from 90› to $1.00 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico 1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect 1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins 1987 Year of the Reader begins 1988 Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship 1989 Actress Kelly McGillis gets married 1989 NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 1989 Year of the Young Reader begins 1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1dst black mayor of NYC 1991 5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian Pres Hosi Mubarak 1992 Cura‡ao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education 1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers 1992 International Space Year begins 1992 NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25 1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in NYC's MTA 1993 Harry Connick Jr arrested at a NY airport for gun posession 1996 Cura‡ao gains self rule 2015 Asteroid 1989FC closest approach to Earth 2304 Mid-CALENDAR day 4713 -BC- Julian Year 1 begins, at Greenwich mean noon (OS) 4714 -BC- Origin of Julian Period (Year 0) (OS) 5777 -BC- Origin of Solar Cycle Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 011st day of the year with 364 remaining (Numerology = 2) 1918 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1966 62øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 0101/01/55 --- Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine --- Cowboy Church Sunday School 01/01/66 --- Must To Avoid, A --- Herman's Hermits |