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1334 Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye 1580 James Ussher, bishop/calculated Earth's beginning (Nov 23, 4004 BC) 1643 Sir Isaac Newton, scientist (Whatever goes up) 1710 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo) 1720 Johann F Agricola, German (court)composer/organist 1726 Cornelis Ploos of Amstel, engraver/art collecor 1785 Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector) 1789 Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist 1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map) 1809 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind) 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 Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917 1837 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) 1838 Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) 1847 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, politician 1872 Edmund Rumple, Austria, auto/airplane builder 1874 Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) 1878 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories) 1881 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth) 1883 Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52) 1883 Max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses) 1888 Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12) 1890 Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff 1890 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, communist parliament chairman 1896 Andr‚ Aim‚ Ren‚ Masson, French Surrealist artist (Labyrinth) 1896 Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) 19-- Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) 19-- Oliver Clark, Buffalo NY, actor (Newhart, Two of Us) 19-- Rick Hearst, Howard Beach NYC, actor (Alan-Michael-Guiding Light) 1903 Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy) 1903 Ramon Ernesto Cruz Ucl‚s, Honduras president (1971-72); overthrown 1905 Sterling Holloway, Cedartown Ga, actor (Waldo-Life of Riley) 1910 L‚on Delagrange, France, air pioneer 1913 Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of West-Samoa (1962- ) 1914 Jane Wyman, St Joseph Mo, 1st Mrs Ron Reagan, (Magnificent Obsession) 1914 Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan) 1916 Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale) 1919 Al "Jazbo" Collins, NYC, DJ (Tonight! America After Dark) 1920 Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta) 1920 William Colby, CIA director (Nixon) 1922 Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer 1925 Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956) 1927 Barbara Rush, Denver Co, actress (Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road) 1929 Amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society) 1930 Don Shula, NFL coach (Miami Dolphins) 1930 Sorrell Booke, Buffalo NY, actor (Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me) 1932 Richard Stahl, Detroit Mich, actor (Howard-It's a Living) 1933 Ed Jenkins, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- ) 1935 Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ (1956-59, 1960-62) (Oly-gold-1952) 1937 Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait) 1937 Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzosoprano (Venus in Tannh„user) 1940 Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) 1940 Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) 1941 John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest) 1941 J”rg Rem‚, German/Dutch painter/graphic artist 1941 Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan) 1942 John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy) 1943 Tom Wilkinson, CFL QB (Edmonton Eskimos) 1946 Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) 1947 J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger 1951 Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972) 1956 Barney Sumner, guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday) 1958 Matt Frewer, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor) 1959 Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up) 1960 Michael Stipe, rocker (R E M -Stand) 1962 Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good) 1964 Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92) 1965 David Glasper, rocker (Breathe-All I Need) 1969 Lindsay Kennedy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie) 1971 Jeremy Licht, LA Calif, actor (Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 041678 Johan Maetsuyker, governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71 1701 Earnest R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62 1707 Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies 1804 Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies 1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland 1880 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies 1903 Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, surrealist painter, dies 1908 Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70 1910 L‚on Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies 1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marschal, dies 1920 Benito P‚rez Galdos, Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at 76 1940 Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tie Herz of Wortes), dies 1941 Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies 1944 Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies 1946 Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67 1952 Constantly Permeke, Flemish painter (Boerin), dies at 65 1955 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, preacher, dies 1957 Theodor K”rner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84 1960 Albert Camus, Fr author (L'etanger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1961 Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 1964 Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64 1965 T S Eliot, poet (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 1975 Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72 1987 Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91 1990 Robert F Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57 1991 Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I left my heart in San Francisco), dies 1993 Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 04[Burma] Independence Day (1948) [Sri Lanka] Tamil Thai Pongal Day [Utah] Admission Day (1896) [Za‹re] Martyrs' Day [Scotland] Handsel Monday Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 04[RC] Feast of St Rigobert (St Robert) 1821 [RC] Memorial of Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 04 National Trivia Day [Rome] Prid Non Jan in the Roman calendar 274 St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1493 Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage 1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible) 1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC) 1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ 1781 Andr‚ M‚chain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpius) 1790 Pres Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union" 1832 Insurrection of Trinidad negroes 1843 The opera "Don Pasquale" is produced (Paris) 1861 Pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession 1861 US Ft Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama 1862 -Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post) 1862 Battle of Helena, AK 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath 1863 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY 1866 F Tietjen discovers asteroid #86 Semele 1876 V Knorre discovers asteroid #158 Koronis 1881 Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premiers, Breslau 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) formed 1885 Dr W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) 1887 1st bicycle trip around the world (SF-SF) completed; 21,700 km 1893 US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy 1896 AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC 1896 Utah admitted as 45th state 1898 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears 1904 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club 2 games to 1 (Stanley Cup) 1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US 1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #654 Zelinda 1912 Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr 1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho 1915 Trans-Caustic: Russian defeat Turkish troops 1920 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes 1923 1st broadcast of "barn dance show" (WBAP - Ft Worth Texas) 1923 Lenin's "Political Testament" removes Stalin 1930 M Wolf discovers asteroid #1141 Bohmia 1932 British-Dutch East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru 1935 Ft Jefferson National Monument, Fla established 1939 Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school 1943 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers" 1944 Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department 1945 Germans execute resistance strikers in Amsterdam 1948 Burma declares independence from UK 1951 During Korean conflict, North Korean 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" premiers 1957 "Blondie" situation comedy premiers on NBC TV (later on CBS) 1958 Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up 1959 Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity 1960 EVA, European Vr˜handels Assn forms in Stockholm 1961 Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants 1962 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (NYC) 1963 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon 1965 LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address 1966 WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million 1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios 1970 KC Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game 1970 Minn Vikings beat Cleve Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game 1970 NYC transit fare rises from 20› to 30›, new larger tokens used 1971 Congesssional 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 1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica 1975 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 1980 President Carter announed the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics 1981 "Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway 1982 Bryant Gumbel becomes co-host of the Today Show 1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show 1983 US Football League holds its 1st player draft 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premiers on NBC TV 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8-highest-scoring modern NHL game 1986 NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots 1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md 1987 Thomas Stevens became 1st man to bicycle around the world 1989 C Pollas discovers asteroid 4179 Toutatis 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 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th 1991 John Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 044th day of the year with 361 remaining (Numerology = 5) 1918 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1958 66øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 0401/04/45 --- Rum And Coca-Cola --- Andrews Sisters 01/04/45 --- There Goes That Song Again --- Kaye, Sammy 01/04/45 --- Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive --- Mercer, Johnny 01/04/60 --- Teen Angel --- Dinning, Mark 01/04/64 --- Hey Little Cobra --- Rip Chords 01/04/64 --- Anyone Who Had A Heart --- Warwick, Dionne 01/04/69 --- I Started A Joke --- Bee Gees 01/04/69 --- Worst That Could Happen --- Brooklyn Bridge 01/04/69 --- Can I Change My Mind --- Davis, Tyrone 01/04/69 --- Touch Me --- Doors 01/04/69 --- Everyday People --- Sly & The Family Stone 01/04/75 --- You're No Good --- Ronstadt, Linda |
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