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1081 Hendrik V, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) 1583 Simon Episcopius, bishop/theologist 1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) 1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) 1628 Franois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier 1632 Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist 1777 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicology 1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank 1791 Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt) 1792 Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo) 1814 Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], writer 1814 Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1815 George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1815 Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1817 John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 1821 James Longstreet, Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV) 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution) 1824 Wilkie Collins, English novelist (Woman in White) 1830 Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882 1830 Hans von Blow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer 1836 Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad 1851 Grard Leman, Belgian general 1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co) 1864 William Wilkie Collins, England, novelist (The Moonstone) 1867 Emily Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946) 1868 Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity 1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) 1885 John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) 1891 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer 1891 Storm Jameson, English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor) 1891 Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) 1896 Jaromir Weinberger, Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) 1896 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South) 1899 Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59) 19-- Ann Schedeen, Portland Ore, actress (Alf, Paper Dolls, Marcus Welby) 19-- Bob Eubanks, Flint Mich, TV host (Newlywed Game) 19-- Lauri Walters, Sf Calif, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment) 19-- Maria Pitillo, actress (Ryan's Hope) 1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia 1901 Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable) 1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music) 1902 Carl R[ansom] Rogers, US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy) 1902 Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55) 1902 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Entartet/Stilles Song) 1904 Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker) 1905 Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher 1906 Jacob C van Marken, owner (Calv-Delft) 1906 John AHJS Bruins editor in chief (illegal) Loyal/ARP 1906 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter 1909 Jos Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac) 1911 Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind) 1912 Rudolf G Escher, composer 1917 Peter Taylor, US writer 1917 Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl) 1922 Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist 1923 Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso 1923 Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa) 1923 Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer 1923 Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show) 1924 Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer 1924 Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer 1924 Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right) 1926 Evelyn Lear, Brooklyn NY, soprano 1926 Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show) 1928 Sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News) 1930 Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972) 1931 Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore) 1931 May Wynn, [Donna Lee Hickey], NYC, actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark) 1933 Charles Osgood, NYC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News) 1933 Jean-Marie Straub, France, director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach) 1934 Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner) 1934 Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (PvdA) 1934 Roy Kinnear, English actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers) 1935 Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog) 1935 Nolan Miller, Burkburnett Tx, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat) 1937 Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker) 1939 Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actr (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are) 1940 Anthony Gaurdine, (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head) 1942 Vyacheslav D Zudov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23) 1944 Terry Brooks, US, sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara) 1945 Jac[obus] P Thsse, biologist (Omgang met planten) 1946 Kathleen Noone, actress (All My Children, Knots Landing) 1946 Robbie Kreiger, rocker (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire) 1946 Tod Brannan 1947 David Bowie, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust) 1947 Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- ) 1947 Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe) 1953 Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves) 1955 Mike Reno, rock vocalist (Loverboy-Get Lucky, Heaven in Your Eyes) 1960 Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983) 1964 Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) 1964 Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984) 1967 Hollis Conway, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1988) 1967 Willie Anderson, US, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988) 1968 Ami Dolenz, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love) 1971 Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea Minn, Miss Minn-America (1991) 1975 Jenny Lewis, Las Vegas Nv, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy) 1979 Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 08482 Severinus, German monastary founder/saint, dies 1198 Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies 1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies 1336 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 1455 Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies 1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 1598 Johan Georg, ruler of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies 1642 Galileo Galilei, astronomer, dies at 78 in Arceti Italy 1775 John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 1796 Jean Marie Collot d'herbois, French actor, dies 1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies 1815 Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle 1842 Pierre, earl the Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba), dies 1880 Norton I, Emperor of US, Protector of Mxico, dies 1896 Paul M Verlaine, French poet (Elgies, Bonne Chanson), dies 1906 Jacob C of Marken, founder (Calv-Delft), dies 1922 Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria 1934 Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies 1941 Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies 1945 Jacobus P Thijsse, biologist (Contact with Plant), dies 1948 Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (Lhar), dies 1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Austrian/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies 1950 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies 1952 Antonia Maury, discoverer of supergiant, giant & dwarf stars, dies 1963 Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 1975 Louis J H C A de Bourbon, writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies 1975 Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies 1976 Chou En-lai, China's premier, dies of cancer in Peking at 78 1978 Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 1980 Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 1981 Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 1982 Gregoire Aslan, character actor, dies of 73 of a heart attack 1982 Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 69 1983 Gale Page, actress, dies of cancer at 72 1983 Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 1988 Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76 1989 Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies 1991 Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30 1992 Abderrahim Bouabid, Moroccan politician, dies 1992 Johnny [Jan] Meer, king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies 1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack 1993 Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies 1993 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered 1993 Theo Bruins, pianist/composer (Syncopation), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 08[Louisana] Battle of New Orleans/Old Hickory Day/ Jackson Day (1815) [Northern Mariana Islands] Commonwealth Day (1978) [Switzerland] Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 08[Christian] Commemoration of St Gudula, patron of Brussels [Orthodox] St Dominique's Day [RC] Feast of St Severinus [Ang, RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ [Christian] Plough Monday 1998 [Jewish] Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5758 Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 08Last day a ball club can re-sign its own free agents until May 1 [Greece] Midwife's Day/Women's Day [Rome] (a d vj Id Jan) [UN] World Literacy Day 794 Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Northmen 1198 Lotario di Segni becomes Pope Innocentius III 1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy 1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1675 1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co) 1705 "Almira," Handel's 1st opera, premiers, Hamburg 1790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or 0104) 1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed 1800 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi 1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1811 Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes 1815 Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew 1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established 1838 1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, NJ 1838 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out 1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia 1853 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash 1856 Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif 1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto 1870 US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins 1884 Augustus Schultz, NYC, patents chrome tanning process for leather 1884 Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz 1889 Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine 1894 A Charlois discovers asteroids #379 Huenna & #380 Fiducia 1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire 1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship 1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) 1905 P Gotz discovers asteroids #554 Peraga & #556 Phyllis 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #660 Crescentia 1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager 1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) 1918 Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I 1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam 1925 1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas 1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia 1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies 1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC 1930 Belgium Princess Marie Jos marries Italian's crown prince Umberto 1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1152 Pawona 1931 Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses 1932 Ratification of present SF City Charter 1934 Cut Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam 1934 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #3177 1935 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy 1937 -50ø F (-45ø C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record) 1937 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1409 Isko, #1410 Margret & #1411 Brauna 1940 Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar) 1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes 1947 Gen George Marshall becomes Sect of State 1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game 1948 M Laugier discovers asteroid #2068 Dangreen 1952 Jordan adopts constitution 1953 Ren Mayer forms French cabinet 1954 S Arend discovers asteroid #1717 Arlon 1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt 1955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak 1955 WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken 1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana 1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic 1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters 1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth) 1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" 1965 Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass) 1965 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History 1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks 1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks 1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV 1970 H Potter & A Lokalov discovers asteroid #2975 1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minn established 1973 Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris 1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing 1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London 1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York 1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, 1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles 1978 Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai 1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up 1979 Today Show gets a new theme song 1980 Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0 1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports 1981 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2367 Praha 1982 AT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies 1982 Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1984 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3277 Aaronson, #3759 & #3760 1984 J Wagner discovers asteroids #3045 Alois, #3512, #3562 & #3589 1984 Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals 1985 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet 1987 1st time, Dow Jones avg surpassed 2,000, closing at 2,002.25 1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games 1988 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit 1988 Dow Jones down 140.58 points 1988 Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator 1989 Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die 1989 Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons 1991 Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premiers on ABC-TV 1992 George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 088th day of the year with 357 remaining (Numerology = 9) 1930 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1968 2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 0801/08/55 --- Melody Of Love --- Carroll, David 01/08/55 --- Sincerely --- McGuire Sisters 01/08/66 --- Men In My Little Girl's Life, The --- Douglas, Mike 01/08/66 --- Jenny Take A Ride! --- Ryder, Mitch & The Detroit Wheels 01/08/66 --- As Tears Go By --- Rolling Stones 01/08/72 --- Never Been To Spain --- Three Dog Night 01/08/77 --- Fly Like An Eagle --- Miller, Steve 01/08/77 --- Evergreen (A Star Is Born Theme) --- Streisand, Barbra 01/08/83 --- Stray Cat Strut --- Stray Cats |
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