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570 Mohammed, Islamic prophet (Koran) 1544 Francis II, king of France (1559-60) 1639 No‰l Alexandre, French theologian/historian 1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine) 1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) 1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian 1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism) 1807 Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy) 1809 Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum) 1813 Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine) 1816 Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 1820 John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (R fagas) 1830 George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909 1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) 1839 Paul C‚zanne, France, impressionist painter (Bathers) 1851 David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford) 1851 Johannes C Kapteyn, astronomer 1859 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif) 1877 Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) 1883 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor 1887 Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner) 1892 Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63) 1897 Ren‚ Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad) 19-- Anthony Herrera, Wiggins Miss, actor (As the World Turns, Dane-Loving) 19-- Richard Van Vleet, Denver Colo, actor (Chuck-All My Children) 19-- Whitfield Crane, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) 1903 Erwin Nyiregyh zi, Budapest Hungary, pianist 1906 Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege) 1906 Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show) 1907 Lilian Harvey, British actress 1910 Willi Schmidt, Germany, director 1912 Leonid V Kantorovich, St Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel) 1915 Alvy West, Bkln NY, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) 1918 John H Johnson, US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet) 1919 Anthony Dexter, [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor 1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964) 1920 Javie P‚rez de Cu‚llar, Lima Per£, 5th sec-gen of UN (1982- ) 1921 Patricia Highsmith, US, detective writer (L'amateur d'escargot) 1922 Guy Madison, Bakersfield Calif, actor (Adv of Wild Bill Hickok) 1922 Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director (Casino Royale) 1923 Jean Stapleton, NYC, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family) 1924 Nicholas Colasanto, Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers) 1926 Fritz Weaver, Pitts Pa, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin) 1929 Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor(?) 1931 Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor (NBC Weekend News, 1965-67) 1931 Ron Packard, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- ) 1932 Joe Schmidt, NFL linebacker (Detroit) 1932 Richard Lester, movie director (Hard Datys Night, Help!, Petulia) 1935 Tippi Hedren, Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful) 1936 Ursula Andress, Switzerland, actress (She) 1938 Denny Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1981- ) 1938 Phil Everly, Brownie Ky, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie) 1942 Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera) 1942 Shelly Fabares, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach) 1943 Janis Joplin, Port Arthur Tx, bluesy rock singer (Down on Me) 1943 Margret Francisca, Princess 1945 Rod Evans, rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band) 1946 Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville Tn, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5) 1946 Julian Barnes, England, writer (Before She Met Me) 1947 Ann Compton, news reporter (ABC TV) 1949 Robert Palmer, singer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) 1951 Linda Hayden, Middlesex England, actress (Blood on Satan's Claw) 1951 Martha Davis, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame) 1952 Dewey Bunell, Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane) 1953 Desi Arnaz Jr, LA Calif, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride) 1954 Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers) 1955 Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch) 1957 Mickey Virtue, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine) 1960 Alfrederick Joyner, E St Louis Ill, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1984) 1962 Anthony Edwards, US, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure) 1966 Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1988) 1977 Taliesin Jaffe, Venice Calif, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief) 1982 Jodie Sweetin, actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 19639 Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustri‰, dies 1629 Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57 1729 William Congreve, English dramatist, dies 1747 Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies 1833 Louis-J-F H‚rold, French opera composer (Pr‚ aux clercs), dies at 41 1878 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies 1894 Fran‡ois Haverschmidt, writer, dies 1927 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies 1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 1970 Albert M„hll, German writer, dies at 76 1975 Thomas Heart Benson, US artist, dies at 85 1976 Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), dies at 30 1977 Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51 1980 William O Douglas, member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81 1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy, dies 1982 Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies 1990 Bhadwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58 1990 Herbert Wehner, German communist politicial chairman (SPD), dies at 83 1993 Kees Scherer, photographer (World Press Photo), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 19[Southern US] Robert E Lee Day [Texas] Confederate Heroes' Day [US] Martin Luther King Jr Day (1929) [Virginia] Lee-Jackson Day [Florida] Arbor Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 19[Orthodox] Commemoration of God (Epiphany) (1/6 OS) (Manifestation) [Christian] Church & Economic Life Week begins 270 [RC] Commemoration of SS Marius, Martha, Audifax & Abachum, martyrs 1086 [RC] Commemoration of St Canute, king of Denmark 1095 [Ang] Feast of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, end Bristol slave sale 1156 [Luth] Commemoration of St Henry, bishop of Uppsala Finland/martyr 1999 [Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr; end of Ramadƒn fast (Shawwƒl 1, 1419 AH) Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 19 [Rome] a d xiv Kal Feb Hat Day (3rd Friday) 973 Pope Benedictus VI elected 1493 France cedes Roussillon & Cerd gne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona 1714 Richard Steele publishes "The Crisis," defending Hanoverian success 1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) 1806 Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope 1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law 1810 Overnight temp drops 50øF (Portsmouth, NH) 1825 Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans 1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company 1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim) 1853 Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiers, in Rome 1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede 1861 MS troops take Ft Massachusetts an Ship Island 1862 Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads) 1871 1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey 1884 The opera "Manon" is produced (Paris) 1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota 1898 Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game 1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms 1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England 1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #502 Sigune 1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #503 Evelyn 1910 Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty 1915 1st German zeppelin attack over Great Britain 1915 Electric neon sign patented 1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die 1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly 1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston 1920 US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations 1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union 1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions 1925 -48ø F (-44ø C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) 1927 British govt decides to send troops to China 1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established 1932 A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1215 Boyer 1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1937 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1412 Lagrula 1937 Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s) 1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec 1942 Japanese forces invade Burma 1942 Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers 1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1577 Reiss 1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane 1952 NFL takes control of NY Yanks 1952 PGA approves allowing black participants 1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary 1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premiers on CBS 1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) 1960 Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact 1961 1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed 1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister 1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife) 1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest 1970 Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to the Supreme Court 1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist 1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial 1971 NHL Writers' Assn renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn 1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak 1977 Pres Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) 1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival 1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison 1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide 1981 US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages 1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids & teacher 1985 4 die in a car & train crash in Buda Ill 1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874 1989 Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon 1991 Eastern Airlines shuts down operation 1991 NHL All Star Game-Campbell conference beats Wales 11-5 in Chicago 1991 Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt 1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992 1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 1919th day of the year with 346 remaining (Numerology = 2) 1875 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1951 64øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 1901/19/51 --- I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat --- Blanc, Mel 01/19/57 --- Young Love --- Hunter, Tab 01/19/57 --- You Don't Owe Me A Thing --- Ray, Johnnie 01/19/59 --- Peter Gunn --- Anthony, Ray 01/19/80 --- Longer --- Fogelberg, Dan 01/19/85 --- Sugar Walls --- Easton, Sheena 01/19/85 --- Old Man Down The Road, The --- Fogerty, John 01/19/85 --- Heat Is On, The --- Frey, Glenn 01/19/91 --- Someday --- Carey, Mariah 01/19/91 --- Wicked Game --- Isaak, Chris 01/19/91 --- One More Try --- Timmy T |
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