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1338 Charles V (the Wise), king of France (1364-80) 1743 John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) 1746 Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) 1813 John C Frmont, [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Gov (AZ) 1815 Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia) 1821 John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed) 1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) 1829 Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet 1833 Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress) 1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician 1855 Ernest Chausson, Paris, composer (Pome for Violin & Orchestra) 1855 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer 1867 Maxime Weygard, French general 1872 Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister 1875 Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies 1878 Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe) 1883 Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet 1884 Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter 1884 Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (American Civil Liberties Union) 1885 Umberto Nobile, Italian general 1886 Gustaaf Juice, Belgian minister of Finance 1887 Wolfgang Khler, Gestalt psychologist (The Mentality of Apes) 1897 J Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan) 1898 John George, Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu) 19-- Cordell Crockett, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad) 19-- Fausto Bara, Mexico, actor (Gaucho-Renegades) 1904 Richard P Blackmur, Mass, critic/poet (Good Europeans) 1905 Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look) 1908 Bengt Strmgren, Gteborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud) 1912 Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964) 1915 Alan Hewitt, NYC, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian) 1919 Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party) 1920 Errol Walton Barrow, PM of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986- ) 1921 Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart 1921 John Doucette, Brockton Mass, actor (Lock Up, Big Town) 1922 1st slalom ski race run, Mrren, Switzerland 1922 Jean P Vroom, sculptor 1922 Paul Scofield, British actor (Man for All Seasons, Train) 1924 Benny Hill, Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show) 1924 Telly Savalas, Garden City NJ, actor (Acapulco, Kojak) 1926 Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer 1926 Paul Burke, New Orleans La, actor (Neal-Dynasty) 1926 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor 1926 Steve Reeves, Montana, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained) 1932 Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1956-60-64) 1933 Itzhak Fuks, captain 1935 Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene Tx, actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie) 1939 Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes) 1939 Wolfman Jack, [Bob Smith], Bkln NY, DJ (Midnight Special) 1940 Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer (Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76) 1941 Edwin Starr, rocker 1941 Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly) 1941 Richie Havens, Bkln, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun) 1942 Mac Davis, Lubbock Tx, singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40) 1945 Andrew Stein, pres of NYC council (D) 1945 Chris Britton, rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine) 1946 Vincent Placoly, Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive) 1947 Jill Eikenberry, New Haven Ct, (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project) 1950 Billy Ocean, Trinidad, singer (Suddenly, Caribbean Queen) 1950 Joseph R Tanner, Danville Ill, astronaut 1955 Peter Fleming, NJ, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83) 1955 Robby Benson, Dallas Tx, actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen) 1956 Bob Brill, NYC, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away) 1957 Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Mass, actress (Beetlejuice, Fly) 1957 Jacob Green, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk) 1958 Miguel Alejandro, NYC, actor (Popi) 1961 Gabrielle Carteris, Phoenix Az, actress (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210) 1961 Sherry Ramsay, Stauton Va, actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns) 1966 Katrine Michelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark 1984 1967 Willem Royaards, theater director (Summer olympics) 1968 Charlotte Ross, Chicago, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives) 1971 Tommy Puett, Gary Ind, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 211118 Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies 1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies 1626 John Dowland, English musician/lyric poet, dies at about 63 1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat thesis), dies at 24 1686 Nicolas-Franois Blondel, French architect, dies 1774 Moestafa III, sultan (Turkey), dies at 56 1793 Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by French revolutionaries 1892 John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 1903 Hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/politician, dies 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 54 1926 Camillo Golgi, Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies 1950 George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 1955 Maarten P Vrij, lawyer/criminologist/member High Council, dies 1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statisician/economist, dies at 87 1959 Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 1961 Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tu), dies at 73 1965 Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68 1967 Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 51 1971 Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73 1974 Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78 1981 Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 1991 Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87 1991 Richard Bolling, US civil-rights leader, dies 1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 21[Dominican Rep] Nuestra Se€ora de Altagracia Day [US] Martin Luther King Jr Day (1929) [Virginia] Lee-Jackson Day [Florida] Arbor Day 1996 [China] Chinese New Years-The Year of the Rat-Sexageney begins Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 21[Bah '¡] World Religion Day (Sult n 3) [Christian] Commemoration of St Meinrad [RC] Feast of St Meinrad [Christian] Church & Economic Life Week begins 304 [RC, Ang] Memorial of St Agnes, virgin/martyr at Rome Back to GREGSITE
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