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1440 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania 1561 Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum) 1571 Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician 1592 Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Germany, critic/dramatist 1766 Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Les Vnitiens) 1775 Andr M Ampre, France, physicist (Amp)[or 1/20] 1788 Lord George Gordon Noel Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan) 1800 Nat Turner, slave that revolted 1802 Richard Upjohn, US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY) 1826 [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876 1845 Jacob Verdam, philospher 1845 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, France, geographer 1848 Samuel Muller Fzn, historian/archivist (mediaevistiek) 1849 August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia) 1858 Betrice Potter Webb, England, economist 1865 Friedrich Paschen, German physcist 1874 Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926) 1875 Bonifacius C de Younger, governor (Netherland Indies) 1875 D[avid] W Griffith, movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation) 1877 Hjalmar Schacht, president of German Rksbank/minister of Economics 1878 Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator 1890 Fred M Vinson, Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53) 1893 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary) 1894 Charles Morgan, England, writer (Fountain) 1898 Ben van Eysselsten, writer (Dorre grond) 1898 Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss) 19-- Dwan Smith, Jackson Tn, actress (Jolene-Joe Forrester) 19-- John Wesley Shipp, actor (Guiding Light) 19-- Lola Flores, Spain, spanish singer 19-- Roy Cooper, London England, actor (Trevor-Beacon Hill) 19-- Steve Riley, rock drummer (LA Guns-It's Over Now) 1906 Robert E[rvin] Howard, US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conquerer) 1907 Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8) 1909 Ann Sothern, [Harriette Lake], ND, actress (Lady in a Cage) 1909 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962) 1909 [Sithoe] U Thant, Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72) 1911 Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader 1914 Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer 1916 Henri Dutilleux, Angers, France, composer 1917 Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright 1918 Richard Eastham, Opelousas La, actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest) 1920 Piet Van Lishout, Flemish writer (Eva & I) 1920 William Warfield, singer (Show Boat) 1922 Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker) 1923 Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys) 1924 J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist 1928 Birch Bayh, (Sen-D-Ind) 1931 Rauno Mkinen, Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympic-gold-1956) 1932 Piper Laurie, [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit Mich, actress (Twin Peaks) 1934 Bill Bixby, SF Calif, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian) 1935 Sam Cooke, soul singer (Sam & Dave-You Send Me) 1937 Edn Pastora Gomez, Nicaraguan contra leader 1937 Joseph Wambaugh, US, police writer (Onion Fields) 1940 Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy) 1940 John Hurt, England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express) 1940 Tilo Medek, German composer 1943 H James "Jim" Saxton, (Rep-R-NJ, 1984- ) 1946 Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash) 1949 Rein P Hummel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1949 Steve Perry, rock vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry) 1952 Teddy Gentry, rocker (Alabama-Take Me Down) 1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1954 Chris Lemmon, LA Calif, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Duet) 1955 Thomas David Jones, Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (SK:STS 59) 1957 Mike Bossy, NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game 1959 Linda Blair, St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St) 1960 Michael Hutchence, rocker (Inxs-I Need You Tonight) 1962 Robert Mailhouse, New Haven Ct, actor (Brian-Days of our Life) 1963 Diane Lane, NYC, actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town) 1964 Ann Rowe, Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1991) 1964 Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress (Katrina-Santa Barbara) 1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand) 1965 Ray Mayhew, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) 1967 Olivia d'Abo, London England, actress (Karen Arnold-Wonder Years) 1969 Christina Marie Leardini, St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991) 1976 Balthazar Getty, actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies) 2179 Hikaru Walter Sulu, SF, California (character on Star Trek) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 221531 Andrea del Sarto, Italian artist, dies at 43 1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason 1581 Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies 1798 Mata A Reljkovic, writer (Satire of the wanted men), dies at 66 1901 Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 82 1909 Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies 1922 Benedictus XV, [Giacomo markies della Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies 1923 Max Nordau, [Sdfeld], German physician/writer/zionists leader, dies 1924 Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le feu sacr), dies at 59 1942 Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch Natl Front, dies at 81 1942 Walter R Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies 1950 Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57 1952 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies 1956 P A M Speet, director of KRO, dies 1959 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 1964 Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58 1968 Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20), dies at 77 1969 Judy Garland, singer/actress, dies at 48 of an overdose 1973 Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64 1974 Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 1981 Fannie Thomas, US, dies at 113 1982 Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71 1992 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47 1993 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood) 1993 Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 22[Ukraine] Ukrainian Day (1918) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 22304 [RC, Ang] Memorial of St Vincent, martyr/patron of wine growers 628 [RC] Commemoration of St Anastasius, martyr 1850 [RC] Commemoration of St Vincent Pallotti, Italian priest, founder 1996 [Moslem] 1st day of Ramadn (1416 AH) 2000 [Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5760 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 22National Popcorn Day [Rome] a d xj Kal Feb 1510 Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany 1517 Turks conquer Cairo 1528 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812) 1588 Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia) 1673 Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated 1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French 1771 Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain 1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expells Jews from Warsaw Poland 1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada 1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC 1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "The Siege of Corinth" 1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands 1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif 1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY 1858 Laurent discovers asteroid #51 Nemausa 1859 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premiers, Hanover 1863 Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March" 1879 James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously 1879 serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota 1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park 1890 Jos Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC 1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati 1905 "Bloody Sunday"; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #623 Chimaera 1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #656 Beagle 1909 Vassily Kandinsky forms Knstlerverein in Munich 1909 W Lorenz discovers asteroid #678 Fredegundis 1910 Opera "Germania" is 1st performed in NYC 1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #860 Ursina & #861 Aida 1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet) 1924 Baldwin cabinet resigns in England 1924 Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens 1924 KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions 1926 Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits 1930 -35ø F (-37ø C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record) 1931 French cabinet of Steeg falls 1932 British Anglicans & Old-Catholic church merge 1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated 1939 Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University 1941 British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain 1942 Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate (8:44:06) 1943 66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, Calif (state record) 1943 Battle of Anzio (Italy); Allies stopped on the beach 1943 Temperature rises 49ø F in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD 1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio, Italy 1945 Heavy US air raid on Okinawa 1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA 1947 KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed 1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom 1951 Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter 1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles 1957 Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula 1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast 1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects 1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die 1960 French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu 1960 NBA All Star game 1964 Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia) 1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin 1965 US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite 1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiers on NBC 1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made 1969 Billy Preston becomes the 5th Beatle 1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit 1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6« hours 1971 John & Yoko record "Power to the People" 1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premiers on NBC TV 1973 George Foreman KOs Joe Frazier for world heavyweight boxing title 1973 US Supreme Court leagalizes some abortions 1973 US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord 1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched 1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record) 1980 PGA begins a senior golf tour 1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th 1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of the New Orleans Saints 1982 75% of North America is covered by snow 1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds 1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3670 1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts 1984 Raiders crush Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII 1985 -30ø F (-34ø C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1985 Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop 1985 Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides 1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North 1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend the Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5 1988 Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson KOs former champ Larry Holmes in 4 1989 Super Bowl XXIII-SF 49ers-20, Cincinnati Bengels-16 1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants 1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77 Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 2222nd day of the year with 343 remaining (Numerology = 5) 1888 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1959 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 2201/22/66 --- Lightin' Strikes --- Christie, Lou 01/22/66 --- Uptight (Everything's Alright) --- Wonder, Stevie 01/22/72 --- Hurting Each Other --- Carpenters 01/22/72 --- Joy --- Apollo 100 01/22/72 --- Precious & Few --- Climax 01/22/77 --- Dancing Queen --- Abba 01/22/77 --- Go Your Own Way --- Fleetwood Mac 01/22/77 --- Year Of The Cat --- Stewart, Al 01/22/83 --- Hungry Like The Wolf --- Duran Duran 01/22/83 --- Twilight Zone --- Golden Earring 01/22/83 --- You Are --- Richie, Lionel |