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76 Publius A Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor (117-138) 1664 Sir John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist, architect (baptized) 1705 Farinelli "Carlo Broschi", Andria Italy, castrato 1712 Frederick II (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86) 1732 Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville) 1746 Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) 1776 Earnest TA Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine) 1778 Charles F, duke of Berry 1798 Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician) 1800 Sir Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer 1820 John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 1828 Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 1832 John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 1833 Bernhard Erdmannsd”rffer, German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte) 1852 Joseph JC Joffre+, marshal of France (battle of Marne) 1862 Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth) 1874 Arthur Shomburg, famous African 1880 Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar) 1883 Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street) 1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft) 1888 Henry King, US, director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High) 1891 Walter Model, German Field Marshall 1895 Hans Fischb”ck, Austria, financed Netherlands (1940-42) 1895 Joseph Schildkraut, Austria, actor (Idiot's Delight) 1902 Walter Keirnan, New Havens Ct, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret) 1903 Robert Gwathmey, artist (Arts & Letters) 1907 Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician 1907 Maurice Couve de Murville, France minister of foreign affairs 1909 Ann Todd, Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil) 1911 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night) 1913 Mark Goodson, TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman) 1913 Norman Dello Joio, [Dello Ioio], NYC, composer 1915 Ernest Borgnine, Hamden Ct, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale) 1915 Robert B Motherwell, US, painter (Elegies tt Spanish Republic) 1918 Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer 1918 John McLiam, Alberta, actor (Parker-Men From Shiloh) 1918 Oral Roberts, Televangelist; needs $8,000,000 (Oral Roberts College) 1919 Leon Kirchner, Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily) 1920 Don Saddler, Van Nuys Calif, dancer (Holiday Hotel) 1921 Bernard J Dwyer, (Rep-D-NJ, 1981- ) 1922 Ava Gardner, US, actress (Barefoot Contessa, Night of the Iguana) 1924 Marvin Kaplan, NYC, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice) 1924 Robert W Kastenmeier, (Rep-D-WI, 1959- ) 1925 Maria Tallchief, Fairfax Ok, ballerina 1925 William Hudson, Calif, actor (I Led 3 Lives) 1927 Paula Hawkins, (Sen-R-FL, 1981-86) 1931 Kees Z˜lstra, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1936 Doug Kershaw, La, plays electric fiddle 1936 Jack Scott, Canada, rocker (My True Love) 1939 Ray Stevens, Clarksdale Ga, singer (Ahab the Arab, The Streak) 1940 Flip Buurme˜er, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1941 Michael Chapman, Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11) 1941 Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer) 1943 Sharon Tate, Dallas Tx, actress (Valley of the Dolls) 1944 David Gerrold, [Jerrold David Friedman], author (World of Star Trek) 1946 Michael Ontkean, Vancouver BC, actor (Rookies, Slap Shot) 1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star (Lazio of Italy, NY Cosmos) 1947 Warren Zevon, Chicago, rocker (Excitable Boy) 1948 Elliott Abrams, asst secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras 1949 Bart Gordon, (Rep-D-TN, 1985- ) 1949 John Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers) 1951 Yakov Smirnoff, Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country) 1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point Rhode Island, astronaut (STS 42) 1953 Brian Matthews, Phila, actor (The Burning) 1955 James Montgomery, 100m swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1976) 1958 Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion 1960 Nastassja Kinski, Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People) 1964 Rob Dibble, Bridgeport Ct, pitcher (Cin Reds) 1968 Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont WV, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984) 1971 Tonya Crowe, Long Beach Calif, actress (Olivia-Knots Landing) 1979 Tatyana Ali, NYC, actress (Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 2441 Caligula, Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated 772 Stefanus III, [IV], pope (768-72), dies 817 Stefanus IV, [V/Colonna?], pope (816-17), dies 1336 Alfonso IV de Goedaardige, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies 1473 Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies 1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason 1639 George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, is assassinated 1885 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 1924 Thephilo Braga, Portugeese poet, dies 1929 Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies 1943 John Burns, English bank worker, dies 1947 Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies 1953 Karl RG von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77 1961 Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82 1962 Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62 1964 Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68 1965 Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 88 1969 Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72 1972 Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74 1973 J Carroll Naish, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 66 1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51 1983 George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83 1986 Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 44 1986 L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 84 1988 Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida 1991 George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71 1992 Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies 1992 Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41 1993 Thurgood Marshall, US supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 1993 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 24[Aymara Indians, Bolivia] Alacitis Fair Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 2497 [old RC] Commemoration of St Timothy, bishop/martyr (now 1/26) 1256 [RC] Memorial of St Francis de Sales, bishop/doctor Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 24 [Rome] a d ix Kal Feb 772 Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 817 St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV 1118 Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II 1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen 1568 In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Wallenstein a traitor 1656 1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland 1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard) 1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor 1764 Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire 1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Col Price 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif 1861 Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy 1861 Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens 1874 The opera "Boris Godounow" is produced (St Petersburg Russia) 1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan 1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England 1901 1st games played in baseball's American League 1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA 1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #2443 Tomeileen 1908 Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished 1914 A Massinger discovers asteroid #776 Berbericia 1914 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #777 Gutemberga 1914 The opera "Madeleine" is produced (NYC) 1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland 1922 -54ø F (-48ø C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record) 1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo) 1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established 1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM established 1924 Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union 1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Is 1925 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden 1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1142 Aetolia 1933 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1276 Ucclia 1935 Beer 1st sold in cans, Richmond, Va 1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile 1939 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame 1939 Spanish govt moves to Figueras 1941 British troops march into Abyssinia 1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs 1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD) 1951 Cabinet-Drees-of Schaik falls 1952 1st NFL team in Texas, the Dallas Texans formerly NY Yanks 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base 1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record) 1959 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting 1960 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle 1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles 1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1964 CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million 1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking 1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 Queen Juliana appointed honarary citizen of Addis Ababa 1969 Spanish Gen Franco announces state of emergency 1971 NFC beats AFC 27-6 in 1st Pro Bowl after NFL-AFL merger 1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast 1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premiers on ABC TV 1975 Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England 1976 Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89) 1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest 1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques 1983 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title 1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched 1986 NY Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point 1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons 1989 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 2424th day of the year with 341 remaining (Numerology = 7) 1882 -6øF lowest temperature for January in NYC 1967 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 2401/24/41 --- You Walk By --- Duchin, Eddy 01/24/41 --- Perfidia (Tonight) --- Cugat, Xavier 01/24/46 --- I'm Always Chasing Rainbows --- Como, Perry 01/24/53 --- Doggie In The Window, The --- Page, Patti 01/24/53 --- Side By Side --- Starr, Kay 01/24/70 --- Psychedelic Shack --- Temptations 01/24/81 --- Crying --- McLean, Don 01/24/81 --- Best Of Times, The --- Styx 01/24/87 --- You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Party --- Beastie Boys 01/24/87 --- Big Time --- Gabriel, Peter 01/24/87 --- Somewhere Out There --- Ronstadt, Linda |
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