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106 -BC- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rome, statesman/author (Academica) 1624 William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America 1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator 1777 Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker 1777 M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino 1789 Carl G Carus, German artist/psychologist/philospher 1793 Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag) 1810 Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness 1819 Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892 1829 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden) 1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor 1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii 1870 Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communistic Party/pres (1949-60) 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) 1883 Clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51) 1884 Eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road) 1886 John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas) 1886 Josephine Hull, Academy award character actress (Harvey) 1892 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, S Afr, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings) 1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles) 1898 Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) 1898 ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames) 19-- Frank Dicopolous, Akron Ohio, actor (Frank-Guiding Light) 19-- Tom Bower, Denver Colo, actor (Dr Willard-The Waltons) 1901 Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History) 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63) 1903 Charles Foulkes, Canada, general 1905 Ray Milland, Neath Wales, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945) 1907 Anna May Wong, LA Calif, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet) 1909 Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum] Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian 1911 John Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7) 1912 Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston) 1915 James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan) 1916 Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1) 1917 Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN 1918 Maxene Andrews, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) 1919 Jesse White, Buf NY, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid) 1921 John Russell, LA Calif, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo) 1922 Bill Travers, England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo) 1922 Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldaat Schweik) 1926 George Martin, record producer (The Beatles) 1928 Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master (1954) 1929 Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- ) 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars) 1930 Eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester) 1930 Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat) 1932 Mara Corday, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion) 1934 Carla Hills, politician (US Pres Commission on Housing-1982) 1939 Bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72) 1941 Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour) 1944 Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1960) 1945 Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash) 1945 Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) 1946 John Paul Jones, rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) 1948 Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) 1953 Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980) 1955 Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere) 1956 Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) 1961 Erwin Blom, singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) 1964 Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) 1967 Helena Bonham Carter, London England, actress (Getting it Right) 1967 Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders) 1975 Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) 1975 Jason Marsden, actor (General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 031322 Philippe V, the Lange, King of France (1316-22), dies 1543 Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies 1552 Hendrik van Beieren, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies 1570 Bartholomeus Latomus, [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies 1571 Joachim II Hector, monarchr (Brandenburg), dies at 65 1641 Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22 1761 Willem de Fesch, violinist/composer (Joseph), dies 1795 Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies 1875 George Bizet, composer, dies 1898 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70 1915 James E Flecker, British poet (Golden Journey to Samarkind), dies 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave Soldier Schweik), dies 1931 Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78 1933 Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies 1946 William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) hanged in Britain for treason 1967 Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies 1975 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 1979 Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91 1988 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82 1992 Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79 1992 Dame Judith Anderson, actress (Laura, Rebecca), dies at 93 1992 Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS 1993 Henk Dorl, [Doreleijers], singer (Go to it Holland Go to it), dies 1997 Sophia Valentine Obrocki left us today. Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 03[Alaska] Admission Day (1959) [Scotland] Handsel Monday Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 03[Orth] Comm of Discovery of Sacred Remains of St Efrem 236 [RC] Feast of St Anteros, 19th Roman Catholic pope (235-36) 512 [RC] Commemoration of St Genevieve, virgin/patroness of Paris Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 03 Congress assembles, according to 20th amendment to constitution [Rome] a d iij Non Jan 236 St Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 269 St Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1638 Schouwburg Theatre, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens 1667 Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland 1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ 1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...", 1st sung 1831 1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn 1840 1st deep sea sounding 1852 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii 1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1861 US Ft Pulaski & Ft Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester 1865 Con Orem & Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match 1870 Brooklyn Bridge begun; completed May 24, 1883 1871 Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY 1872 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office 1876 1st free kindergarten in US opens in Florence, Mass 1888 1st drinking straw patented, by M C Stone in Washington, DC 1889 Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood 1890 1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin 1900 Perihelion Passage 1908 M Wolf discovers asteroid #3202 1910 Great Britain adopts 8 hour working day 1911 US postal savings bank inaugurated 1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #887 Alinda 1918 US employment service opens as a unit of Dept of Labor 1925 Mussolini becomes Italy's dictator 1926 Greek gen Theodorus P ngulos names himself dictator 1929 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres 1931 Nels Stewart of Montr‚al Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record) 1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio 1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in US House of Representatives 1940 WPG-AM in Atlantic City NJ consolidates with WBIL & WOV as "new" WOV 1941 Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1943 1st missing persons telecast (NYC) 1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa 1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma 1945 Cato-Meridian School, NY, installs germicidal lamps in every room 1945 US aircraft carriers go to Okinawa 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee 1949 "Colgate Theatre" dramatic anthology series premiers on NBC TV 1951 9 Jewish Kremlin members "unmasked" by British/Americans police 1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (US athlete of 1950) 1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premiers on NBC TV 1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa 1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached South Pole overland 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th US state 1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education & Labor 1961 US breaks relations with Cuba 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You" 1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE 1967 "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes 1967 Carl Wilson of the Beachboys is indicted for draft evasion 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ 1969 Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress 1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo 1970 WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting 1971 Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game 1971 Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million 1974 Burma accepts its constitution 1974 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London 1976 Felix Aguilar Obs discovers asteroids #2381 Landi & #2490 Bussolini 1977 Apple Computer incorporated 1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr 1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2410 Morrison & #3267 Glo 1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2684 Douglas 1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota 1984 Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson 1985 Israel govt confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews 1987 Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in NYC 1988 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut 1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century 1989 Jim & Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) 1989 Russian newspaper Izvestia has there 1st commercial advertisement 1990 Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities 1991 Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years 1992 32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 033rd day of the year with 362 remaining (Numerology = 4) 1879 -4øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1950 60øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 0301/03/41 --- I Hear A Rhapsody --- Barnet, Charlie 01/03/41 --- Anvil Chorus --- Miller, Glenn 01/03/41 --- Five O'Clock Whistle --- Miller, Glenn 01/03/46 --- Symphony --- Crosby, Bing 01/03/46 --- Symphony --- Stafford, Jo 01/03/47 --- Gal In Calico, A --- Beneke, Tex 01/03/70 --- Without Love (There Is Nothing) --- Jones, Tom 01/03/70 --- I'll Never Fall In Love Again --- Warwick, Dionne 01/03/76 --- Love Hurts --- Nazareth 01/03/76 --- 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover --- Simon, Paul 01/03/87 --- Livin' On A Prayer --- Bon Jovi 01/03/87 --- Ballerina Girl --- Richie, Lionel |
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