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1641 Fran‡ois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) 1657 Hendrik Casimir II, Field marshall (Nassau) 1689 Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes) 1726 Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat 1779 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) 1782 Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer 1809 Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896 1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire) 1815 James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 1815 Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873 1818 John Van Vloten, literary/theologist 1820 Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 1831 Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 1835 C‚sar Cui, Vilna Lithuania, composer 1835 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet 1840 Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer 1849 Sir Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) 1854 Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) 1856 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, perform 1st open heart operation 1857 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I) 1861 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist 1867 Rub‚n Dar¡o, national poet (Nicaragua) 1869 Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer 1872 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami) 1878 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician 1879 Henri-Honor‚ Giraud, French general/parliament leader 1882 Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) 1882 Jacob Clay, philospher/phycist (Mesonen) 1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist 1892 Oliver Hardy, Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel & Hardy) 1893 Jorge Guill‚n, Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (C ntico, Final) 1894 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, parapsycholoist 1896 Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt) 19-- Joe Arroyo, spanish entertainer 19-- Jos‚ Luis Perales, Spain, spanish singer (Con El Paso del Tiempo) 19-- Mike Marquis, rocker (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire) 19-- Ray Dolby, inventor (Dolby noise limiting system) 1901 Arie Querido, social psychiatrist 1904 Cary Grant, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest) 1905 Chick Chandler, Kingston NY, actor (Barney-One Happy Family) 1907 Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera) 1908 Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59) 1912 Ren‚ Gabri‰ls, Belgian billiard pro (7 World/9 European records) 1912 William Sansom, English writer (Loving Eye) 1913 Danny Kaye, Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show) 1918 Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland) 1919 Juan Orrego-Salas, Santiago, Chile, composer 1922 Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street) 1925 Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52) 1932 Robert Anton Wilson, US, sci-fi author (Trick Top Hat) 1933 John Boorman, producer/dir (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz) 1941 Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey) 1941 David Ruffin, Miss, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone) 1941 Tom Bailey, rock vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor) 1944 "Legs" Larry Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) 1944 Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA) 1950 Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer 1950 John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science) 1953 Brett Hudson, Portland Ore, comedians (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show) 1955 Hans van Tongeren, actor (Hunk) 1955 Kevin Costner, actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham) 1955 Mable Fergerson, LA Calif, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1972) 1961 Mark D Messier, Edmonton Alberta, NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers) 1962 Alison Arngrim, actress (Nellie-Little House of the Prairie) 1967 M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 181367 Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies 1479 Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies 1580 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes), dies at 63 1862 John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71 1886 Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies 1890 Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies 1913 Edmond R H Regout, industrialist/politician, dies 1921 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies 1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Giunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies in England 1940 Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Het jonge Polen), dies 1966 Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85 1967 Barney Ross, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57 1967 Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45 1967 Simon FHJ Berkelbach of Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies 1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69 1970 David McKay, Mormon president, dies at 96 1978 Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67 1982 Ramon (J) Sender (Garc‚s), Spanish writer, dies 1982 Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), dies at 20 1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead 1989 Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies 1990 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 24 1991 Hamilton Fish, NY congressman, dies 1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies 1993 Mia Meijer, screenwriter (Machine Kind), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 18[Tunisia] Revolution Day (1956) [US] Martin Luther King Jr Day (1929) [Virginia] Lee-Jackson Day [Florida] Arbor Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 18[Ang, Luth] Commem of the Confession of St Peter the Apostle [Lutheran] Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins [RC-Mexico] Commemoration of St Prisca, virgin/martyr at 13 [RC] Feast of Blessed Beatrix d'Este [RC] Feast of St Leobardus [Christian] Church & Economic Life Week begins 1270 [RC] Commemoration of St Margaret of Hungary Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 18 National Clean Off Your Desk Day [Rome] a d xv Kal Feb Hat Day (3rd Friday) 336 St Mark begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV 1520 Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde 1644 1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston 1671 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panam 1701 Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hannover crowned king/queen of Prussia 1733 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston) 1777 San Jose California, founded 1778 Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) 1788 English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony 1795 French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance 1817 San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes 1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears 1850 British blockade Pir‘us, Greece to enforce mercantile claims 1854 Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW M‚xico 1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed 1865 Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC 1869 Elegant Calif Theatre opens in SF 1871 German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I 1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #221 Eos 1896 1st demonstration of an x-ray machine in the US, NYC 1901 M Wolf discovers asteroid #468 Lina 1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #501 Urhixidur 1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #677 Aaltje 1911 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania) 1913 Turk-Greek sea battle 1915 Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die 1919 WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1922 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin 1922 M Wolf discovers asteroid #972 Cohnia 1923 1st radio telegraph message from Nederlands to Dutch East Indies 1929 Stalin bans Trotsky from the Politburo 1930 -27ø F (-33ø C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record) 1933 White Sands National Monument, NM established 1934 G Reiss discovers asteroid #1299 Mertona 1938 Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame 1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1523 Pieksamaki 1943 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis 1943 Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts 1943 Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad 1943 US rations bread & metal 1944 1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts 1945 Warsaw freed by soviet army 1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to the Pirates 1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria 1948 Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS) 1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premiers on CBS (later DuMont) 1949 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson) 1951 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands 1951 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against DDR" 1951 NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass 1951 NFL takes control of the failing Baltimore Colts 1954 Fanfani forms Italian govt 1956 German DR forms own army (National Volksarmee) 1957 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min 1958 1st black in the NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) 1960 US & Japan draw joint defense treaty 1962 Southern University closed due to demonstrations 1963 Reinier Paping wins Dutch Elfstedentocht skate 1964 Beatles 1st appearance on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#3 1964 Plans for the World Trade Center announced (NYC) 1966 Robert C Weaver, becomes 1st black cabinet member (HUD) 1967 Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison 1967 Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada 1969 Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1969 Soyuz 5 returns to Earth 1973 Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak 1974 "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premiers on ABC TV 1975 "The Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premiers on CBS 1975 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2144 Marietta, #2296, #2448 & #2965 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in Super Bowl X 1978 Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries) 1978 Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB 1979 Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America", Florence, Or 1980 Gold reaches $1,000 an oz 1980 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1 1981 Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets 1981 Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity 1984 80th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win 1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise 1986 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth 1988 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board 1989 Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC) 1989 Candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey 1989 IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988 1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African Natl Congress 1991 Asteroid 1991 í 10 m, 170,000 km from Earth 1991 Asteroid 1991 BA, í 10 m, comes within 170,000 km of Earth 1991 Eastern Airlines goes out of business after 62 years 1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel 1991 US acknowledges CIA & US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career 1991 WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights 1992 Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr Peter Hui 1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident 1992 NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Phila Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 1818th day of the year with 347 remaining (Numerology = 1) 1982 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1990 66øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 1801/18/45 --- I Dream Of You --- Como, Perry 01/18/45 --- Cocktails For Two --- Jones, Spike 01/18/45 --- I Dream Of You --- Sinatra, Frank 01/18/52 --- Here I Am - Broken Hearted --- Ray, Johnnie 01/18/52 --- Please, Mr. Sun --- Ray, Johnnie 01/18/60 --- Handy Man --- Jones, Jimmy 01/18/60 --- What In The World's Come Over You --- Scott, Jack 01/18/60 --- Lonely Blue Boy --- Twitty, Conway 01/18/64 --- What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) --- Tams 01/18/69 --- Build Me Up Buttercup --- Foundations 01/18/75 --- Lonely People --- America 01/18/75 --- Nightingale --- King, Carole 01/18/75 --- Lady --- Styx 01/18/75 --- My Eyes Adored You --- Valli, Frankie 01/18/86 --- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) --- Mike + The Mechanics 01/18/86 --- Sara --- Starship 01/18/92 --- I'm Too Sexy --- Right Said Fred |
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