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1584 Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange 1688 Emanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom) 1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award) 1737 Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason) 1756 Henry [Light Horse Harry] Lee, cavalryman 1782 Daniel F E Auber, French opera composer 1810 Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician 1821 Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1823 Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army) 1836 Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887 1836 James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 1843 Mayor William McKinley, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1901 1843 William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901) 1850 Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite) 1860 Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Russia, writer (Cherry Orchard) 1862 Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer 1866 Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915) 1867 Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse) 1873 Luigi A hertog der Abruzzen, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias) 1874 John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist 1878 Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil 1880 W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], actor (Bank Dick) 1892 Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928) 19-- Eddie Jackson, rocker (Queensr˜che-The Warning) 19-- Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas) 19-- Matthew Ashford, actor (Jack-Days of Our Lives) 19-- Niclas Sigevall, rocker (Electric Boys-Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride) 1900 Willem FK Hussem, painter/poet (Kustl˜n, Lookout on Sea) 1901 Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube) 1903 Cornelis H Edelman, geologist 1906 Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) 1908 Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70) 1911 Bernard Herrmann, NYC, composes film music 1912 Professor Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc) 1916 Victor Mature, actor (1 Million BC, Robe, Samson & Delilah) 1917 John Raitt, Santa Ana Calif, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game) 1918 John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty) 1918 William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants) 1923 Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital) 1924 Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations) 1925 Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate) 1929 Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property theft) 1929 William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) 1938 Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960) 1939 Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich) 1942 Arnaldo Mendez, Cuba, 1st Cuban in space (Soyuz 38) 1942 Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer 1942 Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys) 1942 Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama) 1944 Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE) 1945 Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70) 1945 Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI) 1947 David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep) 1950 Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here) 1952 Tommy Ramone, drummer (Ramones-Rock & Roll High School) 1953 Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue) 1953 Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah) 1954 Alejandro Casa¤as, Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silv-1976, 80) 1954 Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators) 1955 John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968) 1957 Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) 1957 Jac Bico, guitarist/singer (Tambourine) 1958 Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons) 1960 Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize) 1960 Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88) 1960 Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox) 1964 Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray) 1975 Sara Gilbert, actress (Melissa-Roseanne) Back to GREGSITE Passings for January 29969 Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies 1559 Sir Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 1684 Mre Ang‚lique, the Saint/Jean Arnauld d'andilly, French abbess, dies 1696 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies 1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel 1906 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies 1910 Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide 1946 Harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55 1956 H L Mencken, satirist, critic, dies in Baltimore at 75 1960 Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86 1963 Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif 1965 John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84 1973 Ludwig Stossel, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89 1977 Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22 1980 Jim Durantee, singer (Ink-a-dink-a-doo), dies at 86 1984 Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer 1986 Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74 1988 James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83 1988 Rogier van Otterloo, composer/conductor, dies 1991 Jan Od‚, pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies 1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies 1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76 1993 Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79 1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for January 29[Kansas] Admission Day/Kansas Day (1861) [Australia] Australia Day (last Monday in January) (1788) 1998 [China] Chinese New Years-The Year of the Tiger (4696) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for January 291622 [old RC] St Francis of Sales, bishop of Geneva, doctor Back to GREGSITE Special events for January 29 [Rome] a d iv Kal Feb 1613 Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees 1781 Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premiers, Munich 1788 Australia Day 1802 John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress 1834 Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute 1845 Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 1st published (NYC) 1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery 1860 American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX 1861 Kansas becomes 34th state 1864 Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid) 1872 Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina 1878 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #180 Garumna 1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established 1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe 1894 A Charlois discovers asteroids #382 Dodona & #383 Janina 1904 1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team) 1908 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates 1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1913 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates 1916 1st zeppelin raid (on Paris) 1919 Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition) 1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co 1921 Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon 1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved 1923 1st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain) 1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1014 Semphyra 1925 British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader 1927 4th German cabinet of Marx forms 1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3425 Hurukawa 1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms 1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1259 Ogyalla & #1260 Walhalla 1943 New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal 1949 Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel 1951 Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr) 1955 William Cox buys Yankee Stadium 1958 Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming 1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released 1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame 1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria 1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich" 1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana) 1964 NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million 1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit 1965 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2196 Ellicott 1966 Snow storm in north east US kills 165 1967 WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting 1968 Nauru adopts constitution 1969 Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars 1979 9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7 1979 Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" 1979 Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together 1979 Pres Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years 1980 6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians 1980 Cleve Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT 1982 Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak 1984 Actresss Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman 1984 Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term 1984 Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched 1985 Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39 1986 193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange 1987 Lisa files for seperation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry 1988 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15 1988 Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938) 1988 United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s 1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt 1989 Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43 1989 Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop 1989 L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion 1989 USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit 1991 Nelson Mandela & Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years Back to GREGSITE Facts for January 2929th day of the year with 336 remaining (Numerology = 3) 1873 -1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1975 55øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on January 2901/29/55 --- Earth Angel --- Crew-Cuts 01/29/55 --- Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) --- Crew-Cuts 01/29/55 --- Tweedle Dee --- Gibbs, Georgia 01/29/66 --- Don't Mess With Bill --- Marvelettes 01/29/66 --- My World Is Empty Without You --- Supremes 01/29/72 --- Lion Sleeps Tonight, The --- John, Robert 01/29/72 --- Down By The Lazy River --- Osmonds 01/29/72 --- Bang A Gong (Get It On) --- T. Rex 01/29/77 --- Don't Leave Me This Way --- Houston, Thelma 01/29/77 --- Things We Do For Love, The --- Ten CC 01/29/83 --- Billie Jean --- Jackson, Michael 01/29/83 --- We've Got Tonight --- Rogers, Kenny 01/29/83 --- Back On The Chain Gang --- Pretenders |
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