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1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland 1492 Andrea Alicati, Italian author 1562 Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy 1588 John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) 1638 Earnest R Tarhemberg, Austrian field marshal (Turkish Wars) 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician 1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist 1737 John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) 1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator 1749 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat 1751 Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples 1751 Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) 1792 Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 1807 John T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert 1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer 1810 Ferdinand II, king of Sicily 1814 Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890 1819 Zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900 1825 Joseph Robert Davis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1826 Charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1832 Richard Waterhouse Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1842 Franois Coppe, French poet 1852 Joseph J C Joffre, French chief of staff 1853 Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis) 1856 John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters) 1863 Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer 1871 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer 1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer 1876 Jack London, writer/socialist (Call of the Wild) 1882 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist 1890 Mordecai W Johnson, educator 1893 Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) 19-- Dorothy Green, LA Calif, actress (Lavinia-Tammy) 1901 Kurt Jooss, Wrtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer 1902 Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia) 1902 Ray Teal, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza) 1902 Simon H Track, intelligence officer for Gen MacArthur 1903 Igor V Koertsjatov, Russian nuclear physics (1st Rus nuclear bomb) 1906 Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...) 1906 Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind) 1908 Jos Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus) 1910 Luise Rainer, Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City) 1910 Patsy Kelly, Bkln, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars) 1915 Frank Annunzio, (Rep-D-IL, 1965- ) 1915 Martin Agronsky, journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia) 1916 A P[ieter] W Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa 1917 Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor 1920 James Farmer, black activist 1921 John Henry Davis Jr, Smithtown NY, weightlifter (Olym-gold-1948, 52) 1921 Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist 1925 Bill Burrud, Hollywood Calif, host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World) 1926 Morton Feldman, NYC, composer 1926 Ray Price, country singer (Good Times) 1928 Lew Gallo, Mt Kisko, actor (12 O'Clock High) 1930 Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee) 1933 Michael Aspel, British talk show host 1934 Burdette Haldorson, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) 1935 "The Amazing" Kreskin, Montclair NJ, mentalist/telepath 1935 Ron Harper, Turtle Creek Pa, actor (Wendy & Me, Planet of the Apes) 1937 Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director (Berlin Affair) 1939 Jacques Hamelink, writer/poet (Cold Unrest) 1939 William Lee Gloden, singer 194- Rush Limbaugh, extreme right radio personality 1941 Jaime B Fuster, (Rep-D-PR, 1985- ) 1941 Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie) 1943 Ray Manzarek, rock pianist (Doors-Light my Fire) 1944 Joe Frazier, Beaufort SC, HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73) 1945 Maggie Bell, Glasgow Scotland, rocker 1946 Cindy Robinson, rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People) 1946 George Duke, rocker 1949 James W Dietz, rower 1950 Bob McEwen, (Rep-R-OH, 1981- ) 1951 Kirstie Alley, Wichita Ks, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca) 1951 Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me) 1952 Ricky Van Shelton, country singer 1954 Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK) 1959 Per Helmstad, Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love) 1960 Dominique Wilkins, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks) 1964 Lynne Marie Thurik, Vancouver Wash, Miss Washington-America (1991) 1965 Mark Moore, rocker (S'Express-Winter Course) 1967 Vendela [Kirsebom], Stockholm Sweden, model (Sports Illustrated 1993) 1973 Greg Morton, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King) 1975 Chase Hampton, Okla City Okla, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 12689 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies 1049 Aboe Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies 1519 Maximilian I van Habsburg, German kaiser, dies 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies 1860 Martinus J Niewindt, Curaao bishop (christened slaves), dies 1928 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair 1940 Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies 1943 Jan R T Campert, writer (Song of 18 Murders, Neuengamme), dies 1956 John Raedecker, sculptor (National monument of the Dutch Dam), dies 1965 Lorraine Hansberry, US song writer, dies in NYC, at 34 1965 Porcupine, in Washington DC zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent 1970 Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 1972 Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies 1975 Caryn Campbell, Bundy victim, disappears from Snowmass, Colo 1976 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85 1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89 1990 Laurence J Peter, author (Peter Princible), dies of a stroke at 70 1991 Keye Luke, actor (Charlie Chan's No 1 Son), dies 1991 Vasco Pratolini, Italy, writer (Le ragazze di San Frediano), dies 1992 Harry van Doorn, Dutch politician (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies 1993 Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 12[Tanzania] Zanzibar Revolution Day [Switzerland] Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 12[Ang] Commemoration of St Aelred [RC] Feast of St Victorian [Ang, RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ [Christian] Plough Monday Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 12 Volunteer Fireman Day [Rome] Prid Id Jan 1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily 1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes the duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso 1701 Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar (others in 1 1723 Handel's opera "Ottone" premiers, London 1733 1st museum in America opens (Charleston SC) 1773 1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC) 1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Cal 1806 French evacuate Vienna 1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814) 1812 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez 1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England 1836 Battle of Wetumka, Fla 1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn 1842 Franciscans begin missionary work in Netherland Antilles 1856 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #38 Leda 1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens 1863 President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address 1879 British Zulu war begins 1893 M Wolf discovers asteroid #352 Gisela 1896 1st x-ray photo in US, Dr Henry Smith, Davidson, NC 1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170 1906 Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass 1907 Britain grants responsible govt to former colony of Transvaal 1912 -47ø F (-44ø C), Washta, Iowa (state record) 1915 House of Reps rejects proposal to give women the right to vote 1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Is colony in the Pacific 1918 Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4 1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball 1923 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #993 Moultona 1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston 1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1012 Sarema & #1092 Lilium 1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana 1930 NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game 1932 France: Laval cabinet falls 1932 Hattie Caraway elected 1st woman senator (Ark) 1933 US Congress recognize independence Philipines 1933 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies 1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented 1942 British troops reconquer Sollum 1942 National War Labor Board created 1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal) 1944 Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh 1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge 1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea 1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA 1948 Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast 1948 US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents) 1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premiers on CBS TV 1949 Bzondere Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Hanns Rauter 1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die 1951 Ezzard Charles KOs Lee Oma to retain heavyweight boxing crown 1952 University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student 1953 9 "Jewish" artsens arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow 1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115 1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring 1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points 1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points 1964 Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar 1 month after independence 1965 "Hullabaloo" premiers on NBC-TV 1966 "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premiers on ABC TV 1966 LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1966 Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics 1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd 1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premiers on NBC TV 1969 AFL/AFC wins its 1st Super Bowl (III-NY Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7) 1971 "All in the Family" premiers on CBS featured 1st toilet flush on TV 1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes 1975 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2078 Nanking 1975 Super Bowl IX-Pittsburgh Steelers-16, Minnesota Vikings-6 1976 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org 1979 LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham 1979 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1981 "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premiers on ABC-TV 1981 -35ø F (-37ø C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record) 1983 B A Skiff discovers asteroids #2864 Soderblom & #2881 1983 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #3614 1983 NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched 1986 Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period 1986 Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship 1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training 1988 Willie Stargell, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame 1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax) 1990 Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln 1990 Romania bans the Communist party 1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520) 1991 US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 1212th day of the year with 353 remaining (Numerology = 4) 1890 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1981 2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 1201/12/57 --- Banana Boat Song (Day-O) --- Belafonte, Harry 01/12/57 --- Blue Monday --- Domino, Fats 01/12/63 --- Hey Paula --- Paul & Paula 01/12/63 --- Walk Right In --- Rooftop Singers 01/12/74 --- Rock On --- Essex, David 01/12/74 --- Americans --- MacGregor, Byron 01/12/74 --- Put Your Hands Together --- O'Jays 01/12/80 --- Crazy Little Thing Called Love --- Queen |
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