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1342 Philip, the Stout, duke of Bourgundy 1463 Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther 1501 Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants) 1504 Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) 1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes) 1600 Pedro Cald‚ron de la Barca, Spanish poet/dramatist 1612 Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general 1683 Gerard van Wage, historian 1706 Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor 1732 Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland (1764-95) 1734 Fran‡ois-J Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pˆcheurs, Mirza) 1759 Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist 1761 James Hall, Scotland, geologist 1771 Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel (Wieland) 1806 James Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House 1814 Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey) 1818 Sir Antoine Dorion, (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64) 1820 Anne Bronte, English novelist (Tenant of Wildfell Hall) 1828 Lewis Addison Grant, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1918 1835 Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist 1842 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philosphy in Netherlands) 1850 Alexander Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer 1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording) 1863 David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain) (1916-22) 1863 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, actor/director 1864 Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller) 1880 Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops) 1884 Noah Beery, US actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) 1886 Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933) 1886 Ronald Firbank, London, novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot) 1891 Marjorie Gateson, Bkln NY, actress (One Man's Family) 1891 Norman "Squab" Read, US aviator who lived to be 101 1891 Walter Eucken, German economist 1896 Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show) 1899 Al Capone, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) 1899 Nevil Shute (Norway), London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice) 1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins, US, educator/civil libertarian 1899 Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, literary (1 Man Without Character) 19-- Dehi Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise) 19-- Jane Elliot, NYC, actress (Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing) 19-- Nina Wilcox, NYC, actress (Harbourmaster, Jessica Novak) 19-- William Lucking, Vicksburg Mich, actor (A-Team, Jessie, Shannon) 1903 Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World) 1904 Grant Withers, US, actor (Oklahoma, Annie) 1905 Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931) 1907 Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes) 1910 Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore) 1911 Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus) 1911 Luis W Alvarez, US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968) 1913 Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder (Oostpriesterhulp) 1914 Th‚o Lefvre, premier (Belgium) 1916 Joel Herron, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Jaye P Morgan Show) 1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR), Indian film star, politician 1917 Oskar Morawetz, Svetla, Czechoslovakia, composer 1920 Nora Kaye, NYC, prima ballerina 1922 Betty White, Oak Park, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls) 1922 Luis Echeverr¡a Alvarez, president Mexico 1923 Onno Molenkamp, actor 1925 Anny Delorie, opera singer 1925 Duane Hanson, US sculptor 1925 Rock Hudson, Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian & Wife) 1926 Moira Shearer, Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes) 1927 Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer 1928 Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson) 1929 Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Qu‚bec, NHL goaltender (#1) 1930 Thomas P Stafford, Okla, astronaut (Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10) 1931 James Earl Jones, Miss, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man) 1931 L Douglas Wilder, (Gov-D-Va) 1933 Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day) 1933 Sheree North, [Dawn Bethel], LA, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show) 1934 Shari Lewis, Bronx NY, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop) 1935 Paul O[sborne] Williams, US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle) 1936 Jerry Fogel, Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-law) 1938 John Bellairs, US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom) 1938 Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders) 1939 Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968) 1940 H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72) 1942 Muhammad Ali, [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8) 1942 Randy Boone, Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian) 1943 Daniel C Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast (STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49) 1947 Todd Susman, St Louis Mo, actor (Goodnight Beantown) 1948 Mick Taylor, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) 1949 Andy Kaufman, NYC, comedian/actor (Latka-Taxi) 1949 Debbie Watson, La Mirada Calif, actress (Karen, Tammy) 1951 Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1972) 1952 Larry Fortensky, husband of Liz Taylor (7th) 1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jap, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orch) 1954 Robert F Kennedy Jr, attorney (Natural Resources Defense Council) 1956 Mitch Vogel, Alhambra Calif, actor (Jamie-Bonanza) 1956 Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away) 1960 John Crawford, Palo Alto Ca, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away) 1961 Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi, USSR, women's world chess champ 1962 Jim Carrey, Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Skip-Duck Factory) 1962 Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian) 1966 Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 17395 Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies 1103 Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies 1119 Boudewijn VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies 1229 Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword knights), dies 1781 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies 1833 William Rush, Indians sculptor, dies 1863 E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies 1874 Chang & Eng Bunker, Siamese twins, die 1893 Rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70 1901 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algoloog, dies 1908 Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies 1910 Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies 1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, politician, dies at 70 1938 William H Pickering, US, astronomer (discovered Pluto), dies 1961 Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36 1962 Gerrit Achterberg, poet (Autodroom), dies 1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies 1972 Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy), dies at 56 1977 Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967 1980 Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), dies at 59 1981 Bernard Lee, actor (M in James Bond Movies), dies at 73 1983 Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian, commits suicide by gun at 71 1991 Olav AFEC van Sleesw˜k-Holstein-S-G V, king of Norway, dies 1992 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer 1993 Ger ter Horst, soccer trainer (Sparta), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 17[Poland] Liberation Day [US] Martin Luther King Jr Day (1929) [Virginia] Lee-Jackson Day [Florida] Arbor Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 17[Christian] Church & Economic Life Week begins 355 [RC, Ang] Mem of St Anthony, abbot, patron of domestic animals Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 17 [Rome] a d xvj Kal Feb Hat Day (3rd Friday) 1501 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from the Romagna 1536 Fran‡ois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III 1562 Edict of St Germain recognizes the Huguenots in France 1584 Bohemia adopts the Gregorian calendar 1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain 1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53 1746 Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats & massacres Scots 1773 Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66ø 33' S) 1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol 1779 Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery 1821 M‚xico permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas 1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) 1861 Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!) 1862 -Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington 1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia 1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN 1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873) 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction 1885 Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan 1893 -17ø F (-27ø C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #354 Eleonora 1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic 1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific 1901 M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #466 Tisiphone 1904 Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater 1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago 1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly 1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen 1913 Raymond Poincar‚ becomes president of France 1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's hospital in Amsterdam opens 1915 Russia occupies Boekovina & Western Ukraine 1916 Professional Golfer Assn (PGA) formed in NYC 1917 US pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands (or 3/21) 1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1923 Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers 1924 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1013 Tombecka 1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented 1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre" 1934 Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated 1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman 1943 Tin Can Drive Day 1944 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3037 1945 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work 1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) 1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting 1947 Muiden Ammunition factory explodes, 16 die 1948 Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire 1948 Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities 1951 China refuses ceases-fire in Korea 1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage 1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART 1957 The Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance) 1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders the assassination of Congo's Lumumba 1962 ANASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA 1966 Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago 1966 USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast 1968 Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft 1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK 1970 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass) 1971 Super Bowl V-Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency 1977 7th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14 1979 Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against the Rangers 1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran 1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3 1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs to regain WBA heavyweight title 1987 Pres Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach 1989 Gunman opens fire in Calif schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded 1989 Murden & Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami 1990 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame awards 1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract 1991 1st US pilot shot down in Persian Gulf (Jeffrey Zahn) 1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins-US led allies vs Iraq 1993 Russin Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 1717th day of the year with 348 remaining (Numerology = 9) 1893 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1953 57øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 1701/17/41 --- Yes My Darling Daughter --- Shore, Dinah 01/17/46 --- Personality --- Mercer, Johnny 01/17/70 --- No Time --- Guess Who 01/17/76 --- All By Myself --- Carmen, Eric 01/17/76 --- Take It To The Limit --- Eagles 01/17/81 --- Woman --- Lennon, John 01/17/87 --- Jacob's Ladder --- Lewis, Huey & The News 01/17/87 --- You Got It All --- Jets |
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