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1403 Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg 1503 Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck) 1732 Pehr Forsk†hl, Finish botanist 1757 Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st US Sec of treasury ($10 face) 1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army) 1807 Ezra Cornell, founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University) 1814 Richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1815 Sir John A MacDonald, (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73) 1816 Fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878 1818 John Reese Kenly, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1831 James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 1839 Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar 1842 William James, US, psychologist/philosopher 1849 Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house) 1850 J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts) 1850 Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist 1852 Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21) 1856 Christian Sinding, Kongsberg, Norway, composer 1859 (Gerard) Jan Ligthart, educator (Nog b˜ mother, Ot & Sien) 1875 Reinhold M Glire, Kiev Ukraine, composer (Zapowit) 1880 Rudolf T Palm, Cura‡ao, pianist/composer 1885 Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party) 1887 Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) 1896 Eva Le Gallienne, actress/director (Resurrection) 1896 Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears) 19-- Caskey Swaim, Lexington NC, actor (Sgt Fitz-Project UFO) 19-- Christian Jacobs, Rexburg Idaho, actor (Maggie, Gloria) 19-- Stan Ivar, Bkln NY, actor (John-Little House on the Prairie) 19-- Vicky Peterson, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian) 1901 Andries D Copier, glass manufacturer (Gildeglass) 1903 Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country) 1904 Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly) 1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer (« of Ellery Queen) 1905 Pierre Mendes-France, French Premier (1954-55) 1906 Albert Hofmann, Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD) 1908 Lionel Stander, NYC, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours) 1910 Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor 1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76) 1912 Donald Barry, Houston Tx, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak) 1912 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am) 1912 Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) 1916 James H [Jimmy] Quillen, (Rep-R-TN, 1963- ) 1922 Tony Charmoli, Minn, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew) 1924 Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show) 1924 Slim Harpo, musician 1926 Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV) 1926 Lev S Demin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15) 1928 David L Wolper, producer (Devil's Brigade) 1928 Mitchell Ryan, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Chase, Executive Suite) 1929 Rod Taylor, Sydney Australia, actor (Bearcats, Time Machine) 1929 Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist 1931 Ed Hall, Roxbury Mass, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center) 1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1936 Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie) 1936 Meindert Leerling, journalist/TV director/(RPF) 1939 Anne Heggtveigt, Canada, slalom (Olympic-gold-1960) 1942 Clarence Clemons, saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band) 1945 Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips) 1946 Ludmila Poradnik, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1946 Naomi Judd, country singer (The Judds) 1947 Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show) 1948 Madeline Manning, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1968) 1949 Dennis Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon) 1952 Ben Crenshaw, Austin Tx, PGA golfer (1974 Rookie of Year) 1952 Lee Ritenour, jazz musician 1957 Darryl Dawkins, NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets) 1958 Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores, Honolulu Hawaii, playmate (Jun, 1982) 1961 Paul Skansi, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawk) 1963 Tracy Caulkins, Winona Minn, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1984) 1965 Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, actress (Fatal Temptation) 1965 Olivia Barash, Miami Fla, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue) 1967 Jeff Bankett, Pittsburgh Pa, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live) 1968 Sharon Brown, NYC, actress (Chantal-Generations) 1974 Rosenkowitz sextuplets, Cape Town (1st known to survive infancy) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 11705 John VI, Greek pope (701-05), dies 1055 Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies 1552 Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies 1641 Franciscus Gomarus, [Fran‡ois Gomaer], opera star, dies 1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia 1801 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il matrimonio segreto), dies at 5 1843 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63 1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83 1893 Benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74 1923 Constantine I, king of Greece, dies 1928 Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 1943 Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered 1944 Galeazzo graaf van Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies 1952 Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies 1953 Earnest H Ridder Rappard, founder (NSNAP), dies 1954 Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77 1954 Emmy Arbous, actress/cabaret performer, dies at 56 1954 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Tapfere Soldier), dies 1955 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa minister of Defense, dies at 72 1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies 1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60 1966 Lal Bahadur Sjastri, Indian politician, dies 1979 Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63 1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies 1984 Jack La Rue, TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at 84 1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer 1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 11[Albania] Republic Day (1946) [Chad] Independence Day (1960) [Puerto Rico] De Hostos' Birthday (1839) [Switzerland] Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 11[RC] Feast of St Theodosius the Cenobite [ancient Rome] Carmentalia (a d iij Id Jan) [Ang, RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ [Christian] Plough Monday 140 [RC] Commemoration of St Hyginus, 9th pope (c 136-c 140), martyr Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 11314 St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope 532 Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople 705 John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope (701-05) 1569 1st recorded lottery in England, at St Paul's Cathedral 1642 Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society 1693 Mt Etna erupts, Sicily 1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia 1774 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog 1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) 1785 Continental Congress convenes in NYC 1787 Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1790 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium 1803 Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La 1805 Michigan Territory organized 1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21) 1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die 1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede 1861 Mexico City captured by Ju rez (Lib) in War of the Reform 1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras 1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas 1865 Battle of Beverly, WV 1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded 1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia 1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah) 1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC) 1915 Jacob Ruppert & Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 1916 French troops captured; Serbian Army flees to Korfoe 1919 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed 1919 Romania annexes Transylvania 1920 French passenger ship Africa sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters) 1923 French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations 1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Sect of State 1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1126 Otero 1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course) 1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives 1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank 1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premiers in Lenningrad 1941 Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton 1942 -23ø F (-31ø C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) 1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya 1943 US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China 1944 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established 1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commisioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila 1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore 1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1959 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke 1960 Chad declares independence from France 1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts 1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia 1962 Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England 1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die 1963 1st discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go 1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why" 1964 1st govt report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health 1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox) 1964 Panama ends diplomatic relations with US 1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous 1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premiers on CBS TV 1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain 1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts 1970 Super Bowl IV-KC Chiefs-23, Minnesota Vikings-7 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule 1973 Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC 1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions 1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow 1978 Gov Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building 1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link) 1980 Debut of the Pretenders 1981 Palau adopts constitution 1982 Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F 1982 Honduras adopts constitution 1983 Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 3rd time 1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game 1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad 1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family 1986 1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1986 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3647 Dermott 1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0) 1988 USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics 1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) 1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws 1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229) 1990 Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight 1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq 1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 1111th day of the year with 354 remaining (Numerology = 3) 1968 3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1975 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 1101/11/45 --- Don't Fence Me In --- Kaye, Sammy 01/11/45 --- There Goes That Song Again --- Kyser, Kay 01/11/45 --- Don't Fence Me In --- Smith, Kate 01/11/52 --- Tiger Rag --- Paul, Les 01/11/60 --- Where Or When --- Dion 01/11/60 --- He'll Have To Go --- Reeves, Jim 01/11/64 --- You Don't Own Me --- Gore, Lesley 01/11/64 --- Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um --- Lance, Major 01/11/64 --- For You --- Nelson, Ricky 01/11/75 --- Black Water --- Doobie Brothers 01/11/75 --- #9 Dream --- Lennon, John 01/11/86 --- Living In America --- Brown, James 01/11/86 --- Life In A Northern Town --- Dream Academy 01/11/86 --- Kyrie --- Mr. Mister |