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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 Special events for January 21 National Hugging Day [Rome] a d xij Kal Feb Hat Day (3rd Friday) 0219 Astrological sign: Aquarius 1276 Pierre the Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V 1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard 1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar 1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston 1789 1st American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy," is published 1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced 1813 Pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111) 1818 Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair" 1824 Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa 1827 Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing 1830 Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported 1853 Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass 1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign 1863 City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years 1880 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis 1887 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms 1890 1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #356 Liguria 1907 Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for the Stanley Cup 1908 NYC regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public 1910 British-Russian military intervention in Persia 1913 Aristide Briand forms French cabinet 1915 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit 1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1925 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres 1925 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1382 Gerti 1926 Belgian Chamber chooses seal of Locarno Switzerland 1927 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago) 1932 USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty 1935 30.5 cm precipitation/radioactive at Quinault RS, Washington 1935 The Wilderness Society forms 1935 WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ) 1938 Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance 1941 1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX 1941 Australia & Britian attack Tobroek Libya 1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk 1945 British troops land on Ramree, near the coast of Burma 1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) 1950 NY jury finds former State Dept official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State 1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (NYC) 1954 Nautilus, 1st atomic powered submarine launched (Groton Conn) 1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of the New Yorker 1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km 1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook S Afr, 417 die of methane poisoning 1961 KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, ID (NBC) begins broadcasting 1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria 1962 Snow falls in SF 1964 Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency 1966 Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd 1968 US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland 1971 "Alias Smith & Jones" premiers on ABC TV 1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr 1972 Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union 1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory 1973 3rd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 33-28 1973 Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger" 1974 Gold hits record $161.31 an ounce in London 1974 Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London 1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France 1977 Pres Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks 1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) 1979 Steelers beat Cowboys (35-31), 1st team to win 3 Super Bowls (XIII) 1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce 1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal 1981 Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a NY subway train 1982 Islanders start NHL record 15 game win streak (15-0-0) 1983 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Appends 1985 -19ø F (-28ø C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) 1985 -34ø F (-37ø C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) 1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals 1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ø F (3ø C), Indiana 1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to U of Mississippi 1989 A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Ok football player 1989 Wayne Gretsky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer 1990 Bob Goodenow suceeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players assn exec director 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77 Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 2121st day of the year with 344 remaining (Numerology = 4) 1951 60øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1985 -2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 2101/21/43 --- Brazil --- Cugat, Xavier 01/21/43 --- For Me And My Gal --- Garland, Judy 01/21/43 --- I've Heard That Song Before --- James, Harry 01/21/49 --- Cruising Down The River --- Barron, Blue 01/21/67 --- Kind Of A Drag --- Buckinghams 01/21/84 --- Nobody Told Me --- Lennon, John 01/21/84 --- 99 Luftballons --- Nena 01/21/84 --- Wrapped Around Your Finger --- Police 01/21/84 --- Jump --- Van Halen 01/21/89 --- Living Years, The --- Mike + The Mechanics 01/21/89 --- Surrender To Me --- Wilson, Ann |
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