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1554 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) 1695 John E Loovens, lawyer 1699 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer 1728 Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) 1803 Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888 1816 John Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889 1822 John Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1901 1829 Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste) 1839 John Knowles Paine, Portland, Maine, composer 1843 Christiaan A Ulder, Cura‡ao, composer (walsen/tumba's) 1851 Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy) 1857 Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights) 1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters) 1866 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher 1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge) 1873 Hayyim Nahman Bialik, R„di Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator 1879 John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist 1881 Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo) 1881 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations) 1890 Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined "robot" 1890 Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panther Tiger & Co) 1894 Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter, graphic artist 1898 Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer 1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer (1/20 NS) 19-- K Callan, Dallas Tx, actress (Joe's World, Cutter to Houston) 19-- Kathryn Walker, Phila Pa, actress (Beacon Hill) 19-- Margaret Klenck, actress (One Life to Live) 19-- Melissa Morgan, actress (Brittany-Young & Restless) 19-- Pat Dubar, heavy metal rocker (Mind Funk-Sugar Aint So Sweet, Fire) 1901 Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie) 1902 Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera) 1904 George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer 1908 Simone de Beauvoir, France, author (Mandarins, 2nd Sex) 1913 Richard Milhous Nixon, (R) 37th pres (1968-74) (I am not a crook!) 1914 Derek Allhusen, England, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1968) 1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy) 1914 Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop) 1915 Anita Louise, NYC, actress (My Friend Flicka) 1915 Fernando Lamas, actor ("You look marvelous") 1916 Vic Mizzy, Bkln NY, orch leader (Don Rickles Show) 1917 Herbert Lom, Czech, actor (Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray) 1922 Ahmed S‚kou Tour‚, president of Guinea (1957-84) 1925 Lee Van Cleef, NJ, actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from NY) 1928 Fernand J St Germain, (Rep-D-RI, 1961- ) 1928 Judith Krantz, NYC, author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle) 1931 Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author (Man of Earth) 1933 Robert Garcia, (Rep-D-NY, 1978- ) 1933 Sonia Garmers, [Justina], Cura‡ao, author (Dear Queen) 1934 Bart Starr, NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay) 1934 Julian B Coco, Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina) 1935 Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island) 1935 Dick Enberg, Mt Clemens Mich, sportscaster (Where's Huddles) 1938 Aad Kosto, theologist/actor/Dutch asst secretary of state 1940 Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, actor/singer (Howard-Bachelor Father) 1941 Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate 1941 Susannah York, London, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones) 1943 Rob Hoeke, pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed) 1944 Jimmy Page, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) 1944 Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore) 1948 William Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills-Hair) 1950 David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!) 1951 Crystal Gayle, Ky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue) 1951 Rosalyn Kind, Bkln, singer (« sister of Barbra Striesand) 1952 Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1954 Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) 1956 Kimberly Beck Hilton, Glendale Calif, actress (Kim-Peyton Place) 1962 Phil Lewis, London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now) 1965 Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (Washington Bullets) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 091499 Johan Cicero, monarch (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43 1843 Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy," dies at 98 in Germany 1854 Filippo Traetta/Philip Trajetta, Ital's composer/musicologist, dies 1878 Victor Emanuel II, king of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies 1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, duke of Vitoria, dies 1902 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/foreign minister, dies at 66 1908 Abraham Goldfaden, Yiddish songwriter, dies 1923 Katherine Mansfield, Brits writer (Dove's Nest), dies 1927 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies 1931 Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies 1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball music director, dies 1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Novel Britain), dies 1946 Countee Cullen, black poet, dies at 42 in NYC 1958 Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (Um der Wende der Zeit), dies 1972 Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80 1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies 1977 Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62 1984 Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies 1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 09[Connecticut] Ratification Day (1788) [Panam , Canal Zone] Martyrs' Day/D¡a de los M rtires [Switzerland] Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 09[RC] Feast of St Adrian [Ang, RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ [Christian] Plough Monday 313 [RC] Commemoration of St Julian the Hospitaller & companions Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 09 [Rome] (a d v Id Jan) [Sweden] Gunnar name day 1317 Phillips V, the tall, crowned king of France 1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses 1522 Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI) 1558 Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland 1570 Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod 1760 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat 1788 Connecticut becomes 5th state 1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America 1793 Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery 1799 1st income tax imposed, in England 1812 Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon 1839 Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science 1839 Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri) 1847 1st SF newspaper published (California Star) 1848 1st commercial bank in SF established 1854 Astor Library opens in NYC 1855 Clipper Guiding Star disappears in the Atlantic, 480 dies 1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter, SC 1861 Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede 1861 Star of the West is fired upon as it enters Charlestown Harbor 1863 -Jan 11th) Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman) 1866 Fisk University establishes 1879 Cheyennes prisioners revolt at Dull Knife Ft Robinson 1880 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days 1901 M Wolf discovers asteroid #464 Megaira & #467 Laura 1903 AL Baltimore baseball team bought for $18,000, moves to NYC (Yanks) 1903 Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace 1903 Wind Cave National Park, SD established 1905 Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops (1/22 NS) 1908 Muir Woods National Monument, Calif established 1909 Ernest Shackleton reaches 88ø23' south 1912 US marines invade Honduras 1915 Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF 1922 KQV-AM in Pittsburgh PA begins radio transmissions 1923 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain 1925 German Postal Minister A H”fle dismissed due to coruption 1927 Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died 1929 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions 1933 Amsterdam confectionary worker go on strike against wage reduction 1934 L Volta discovers asteroid #1332 Marconia 1936 Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army 1937 A Patry discovers asteroid #3142 Kilopi 1937 Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians 1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1424 Sundmania 1941 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1942 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer 1942 US Joint Chiefs of Staff was created 1945 US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines 1951 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3383 Koyama 1951 Washington Capitals NBA club folds 1952 Belgian Pholien govt resigns 1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title 1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game 1953 Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249 1954 -87ø F (-66ø C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) 1954 Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game 1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan & Leonie Adams 1956 Samir el-Rifai forms govt in Jordan 1957 British premier Anthony Eden resigns 1957 Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR 1957 Cooperation Dutch Dagbladpers publishes newspaper "The Truth" 1957 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2391 Tomita 1957 Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR 1957 Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR 1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54 1959 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premiers on CBS TV 1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins 1962 NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks 1963 Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo" 1964 Anti-US rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone 1965 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks 1967 Georgia legislature seats Rep Julian Bond 1967 The NFL New Orleans franchise takes the name "Saints" 1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon 1969 1st trial flight of the Concorde 1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted 1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes said Clifford Irving's bio is a fake 1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot 1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK 1977 Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, in Super Bowl XI 1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established 1978 R M West discovers asteroid #2117 Danmark 1979 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin 1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws 1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1982 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855 1982 Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game 1983 B A Skiff discovers asteroids #3140, #3505 & #3684 1983 British PM Margaret Thatcher visits the Falkland Islands 1984 "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premiers on NBC TV (Whoops) 1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh 1984 John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me" 1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out 1986 NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins 1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect 1987 Sir Rudolf Bing (of NY Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 1989 "Pat Sajak Show" premiers on CBS 1990 64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit 1990 Boston Celtics worst ¬ ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78 1991 Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse the gulf crisis 1992 Asteroid 1992AD discovered 4.8 billion km from Sun Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 099th day of the year with 356 remaining (Numerology = 1) 1937 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1968 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 0901/09/42 --- Tonight We Love --- Martin, Freddy 01/09/42 --- I Said No --- Rey, Alvino 01/09/48 --- Ballerina --- Crosby, Bing 01/09/48 --- Beg Your Pardon --- Craig, Francis 01/09/65 --- Name Game, The --- Ellis, Shirley 01/09/71 --- Amos Moses --- Reed, Jerry 01/09/82 --- Sweet Dreams --- Air Supply 01/09/93 --- Mr. Wendal --- Arrested Development 01/09/93 --- Ditty --- Paperboy |
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