B
01--1933
Mark Forest, Brooklyn, actor (Son of Samson, Goliath & the Dragon)
01--1944
Christopher Stasheff, US, sci-fi author (Warlock Enraged)
01--1947
Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop)
Kathy Fields, (Polly Bergen's daughter)
01--1958
Erica Roe, Petersfield Engld, streaked a rugby game in 1982
0101 379
Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman (Moralia)
0101 898
Odo, Paris, King of France (888-98)
01011387
Charles de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87)
01011449
Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence
01011467
Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland
01011481
Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer
01011515
Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist
01011618
Bartolom Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist (baptised)
01011714
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
01011729
Edmund Burke, famous Whig (Reflections on the Revolution)
01011735
Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
01011745
"Mad" Anthony Wayne, general
01011752
Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross, flag maker
01011815
Charles Renouvier, French philospher (neocriticism)
01011817
Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist
01011819
Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold
George Foster Shepley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
01011823
S ndor Petfi, Kikkrs, Hungary, poet, revolutionary (J os Vitz)
01011827
William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army)
01011838
William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
01011854
Sir James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)
01011861
Isaac Murphy, thoroughbred jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%)
01011863
Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron (revived Olympic games)
01011864
Alfred Stieglitz, father of modern photography
01011867
Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields)
01011873
Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
01011875
Charles Rist, French economist
01011879
Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India)
Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)
William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)
01011880
Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer (Motke Ganev)
01011883
Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)
Ko Arnoldi, actor/director
01011887
Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence
01011889
Alexander Smallens, St Petersburg, Russia, conductor
Charles Bickford, Cambridge Mass, actor (John-The Virginian)
01011892
Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, comductor
Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
01011895
J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor
01011897
Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
010119--
Alexia Robinson, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Total Recall, Gen Hospital)
Rick Hurst, Houston Tx, actor (Dukes of Hazzard)
Stephanie Faracy, Bkln NY, actress (Judy-Thorn Birds)
01011900
Xavier Cugat, Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
01011905
Melvin Price, (Rep-D-IL, 1945-  )
01011906
Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)
01011909
Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69-  /Pres candidate (R) 1964)
Dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)
01011910
Bernard Printer, organist/pianist/orch leader (Folies-Bergres)
01011911
Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
01011912
Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole
Victor Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader
01011913
Eliot Janeway, financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
01011916
Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)
01011918
Willy den Ouden, swimmer, (WR 100m  1:04.06)
01011919
Bernard Drukker, organist/pianist/orch leader (Duivelswiel)
Carole Landis, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns)
J F "Jerome David" Salinger, author (Catcher in the Rye)
01011921
Alain Mimoun-o-Kacha, France, world cross-country champion
01011922
Ernest F Hollings, (Sen-D-SC, 1966-  )
01011923
Milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
01011925
George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
01011927
Maurice Bjart, France, ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring)
Yuri Grigorovich, Russia, choreographer
01011928
Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
01011929
Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure
01011930
Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco)
01011932
Arnfried GD P, pharmaceutical manufacturer
Giuseppe Patan, Naples Italy, conductor
01011933
Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)
01011935
Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist
01011936
Eve Queler, NYC, conductor
Willy White, long jumper
01011938
Bill Emerson, (Rep-R-MO, 1981-  )
01011940
Frank Langella, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs)
01011942
Country Joe McDonald, Calif, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula Oh, comedian (SNL)
Gennadi V Sarafanov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
Martin Frost, (Rep-D-TX, 1971-  )
01011945
Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner)
01011946
Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1960)
01011947
Peter Lankhorst, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PPR)
Vladimir G Titov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-8, T-9, T-10)
01011953
Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem)
01011956
Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, cosmonaut
01011957
Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Kiss, Gorky Park)
01011958
Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Sadler], rocker (Message)
Ren Woods, Portland Oregon, actress (Fanta-Roots)
01011966
Rawley Valberde, Oceanside Calif, actor (Amado-Santa Barbara)
01011967
Andy Heck, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawk)
01021642
Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)
01021647
Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)
01021699
Osman III, sultan (Turkey)
01021713
Mlle Dumesnil, Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phdre, Hermione)
01021727
James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Qubec)
01021728
Louis, Count Barbiano of Belgium
01021752
Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
01021777
Christian D Rauch, German sculptor
01021803
Gugliemo Libri, (della Somaia), Ital/French bibliographer
01021822
Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)
01021831
Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)
01021835
Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers)
01021837
Mily Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer
01021842
Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist
01021857
Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)
01021860
William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
01021861
Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)
01021863
Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)
01021873
Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
01021879
John L Walch, literary (Grimaces)
Pieter Tesch, gelogist (Pedestal of Nederlands)
01021880
Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer
01021884
Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)
01021885
Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)
01021889
Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor (La Rondine)
01021894
Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)
01021895
Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)
01021899
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, sect-gen (NATO)
010219--
John Bedford-Lloyd, New Haven Ct, actor (Peter-Hometown)
Ron Hale, actor (Ryan's Hope)
01021901
Robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society)
01021903
Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary
01021904
James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival)
Sally Rand, stripper (fan dance)
01021908
Ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)
01021912
Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital)
Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer
Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)
01021913
Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer
Lon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist
01021915
John Hope Franklin, historian
01021920
Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)
01021922
Jason Evers, NYC, actor (Wrangler, Channing)
Renata Tebaldi, lyric soprano
01021925
William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff
01021927
Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
Richard Belmont Ray, (Rep-D-Ga)
01021928
Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il), House Ways & Means Committee chair
Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)
01021930
Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
01021931
Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan (1989-  )
01021932
Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill)
01021936
Roger Miller, Ft Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)
01021939
Jim Bakker, televangelist/rapist (PTL Club)
01021947
Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)
Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)
01021949
Chick Churchill, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)
Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)
01021952
Wendy Phillips, Bkln NY, actress (Stacey-Executive Suite)
01021954
Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
01021957
Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)
01021960
Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km
01021964
David Cone, pitcher (NY Mets, Tor Blue Jays)
01021966
Tia Carrere, [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)
01021978
Devin Doherty, actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing)
0103 106
-BC- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rome, statesman/author (Academica)
01031624
William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America
01031763
Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator
01031777
Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker
M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
01031789
Carl G Carus, German artist/psychologist/philospher
01031793
Lucretia Coffin Mott, US, teacher/minister/abolitionist/feminist
01031803
Douglas William Jerrold, London, author/playwright/wit (Punch Mag)
01031810
Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
01031819
Thomas Hill Watts, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1892
01031829
Konrad Duden, German linguist (Der grosse Duden)
01031835
Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor
01031840
Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
01031870
Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney)
01031876
Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communistic Party/pres (1949-60)
01031879
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)
01031883
Clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51)
01031884
Eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)
01031886
John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas)
Josephine Hull, Academy award character actress (Harvey)
01031892
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, S Afr, philologist/writer (Lord of Rings)
01031893
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles)
01031898
Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress (Life With Father, Dames)
010319--
Frank Dicopolous, Akron Ohio, actor (Frank-Guiding Light)
Tom Bower, Denver Colo, actor (Dr Willard-The Waltons)
01031901
Eric Voegelin, Germany, US philosopher (Order & History)
Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
01031903
Charles Foulkes, Canada, general
01031905
Ray Milland, Neath Wales, actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945)
01031907
Anna May Wong, LA Calif, actress (Impact, Study in Scarlet)
01031909
Victor Borge, [Borge Rosenbaum] Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian
01031911
John Sturges, US, director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7)
01031912
Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston)
01031915
James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan)
01031916
Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)
01031917
Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN
01031918
Maxene Andrews, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
01031919
Jesse White, Buf NY, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid)
01031921
John Russell, LA Calif, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
01031922
Bill Travers, England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
01031923
Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldaat Schweik)
01031926
George Martin, record producer (The Beatles)
01031928
Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master (1954)
01031929
Marilyn Lloyd, (Rep-D-TN, 1975-  )
Sergio Leone, Italian, director (Fist Full of Dollars)
01031930
Eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester)
Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)
01031932
Mara Corday, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Foxfire, Black Scorpion)
01031934
Carla Hills, politician (US Pres Commission on Housing-1982)
01031939
Bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72)
01031941
Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician (Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour)
01031944
Christina von Saltza, US, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1960)
01031945
Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Cosby Stills & Nash)
Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas)
01031946
John Paul Jones, rocker (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
01031948
Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)
01031953
Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)
01031955
Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville Ky, actress (Flamingo Road, St Elsewhere)
01031956
Mel Gibson, Peekskill NY, actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon)
01031961
Erwin Blom, singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)
01031964
Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
01031967
Helena Bonham Carter, London England, actress (Getting it Right)
Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders)
01031975
Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years)
Jason Marsden, actor (General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today)
01041334
Amadeus VI, [Green Earl], earl of Savoye
01041580
James Ussher, bishop/calculated Earth's beginning (Nov 23, 4004 BC)
01041643
Sir Isaac Newton, scientist (Whatever goes up)
01041710
Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo)
01041720
Johann F Agricola, German (court)composer/organist
01041726
Cornelis Ploos of Amstel, engraver/art collecor
01041785
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
01041789
Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
01041797
Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
01041809
Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading system for blind)
01041813
Isaac Pitman, Britain, inventor (stenographic shorthand)
Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator
01041821
John James Peck, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
01041822
Joseph Jones Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
01041823
Peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
01041837
Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)
01041838
Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)
01041847
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, politician
01041872
Edmund Rumple, Austria, auto/airplane builder
01041874
Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)
01041878
Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)
01041881
Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)
01041883
Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52)
Max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses)
01041888
Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)
01041890
Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff
Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, communist parliament chairman
01041896
Andr Aim Ren Masson, French Surrealist artist (Labyrinth)
Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)
010419--
Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)
Oliver Clark, Buffalo NY, actor (Newhart, Two of Us)
Rick Hearst, Howard Beach NYC, actor (Alan-Michael-Guiding Light)
01041903
Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy)
Ram¢n Ernesto Cruz Ucls, Honduras president (1971-72); overthrown
01041905
Sterling Holloway, Cedartown Ga, actor (Waldo-Life of Riley)
01041910
Lon Delagrange, France, air pioneer
01041913
Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of West-Samoa (1962-  )
01041914
Jane Wyman, St Joseph Mo, 1st Mrs Ron Reagan, (Magnificent Obsession)
Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)
01041916
Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)
01041919
Al "Jazbo" Collins, NYC, DJ (Tonight! America After Dark)
01041920
Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta)
William Colby, CIA director (Nixon)
01041922
Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer
01041925
Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956)
01041927
Barbara Rush, Denver Co, actress (Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road)
01041929
Amitai W Etzioni, US sociologist (Active Society)
01041930
Don Shula, NFL coach (Miami Dolphins)
Sorrell Booke, Buffalo NY, actor (Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me)
01041932
Richard Stahl, Detroit Mich, actor (Howard-It's a Living)
01041933
Ed Jenkins, (Rep-D-GA, 1977-  )
01041935
Floyd Patterson, heavyweight champ (1956-59, 1960-62) (Oly-gold-1952)
01041937
Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress (Heaven Can Wait)
Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzosoprano (Venus in Tannhuser)
01041940
Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)
Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)
01041941
John Bennett Perry, Williamstown Mass, singer/actor (Falcon Crest)
Jrg Rem, German/Dutch painter/graphic artist
Maureen Reagan, 1st daughter (Ronald Reagan)
01041942
John McLaughlin, rock guitarist (Sentimental Journey/Clouds of Joy)
01041943
Tom Wilkinson, CFL QB (Edmonton Eskimos)
01041946
Bernard Sumner, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)
01041947
J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger
01041951
Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1972)
01041956
Barney Sumner, guitarist/vocalist (New Order-Blue Monday)
01041958
Matt Frewer, actor (Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor)
01041959
Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)
01041960
Michael Stipe, rocker (R E M -Stand)
01041962
Martin McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
01041964
Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)
01041965
David Glasper, rocker (Breathe-All I Need)
01041969
Lindsay Kennedy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie)
01041971
Jeremy Licht, LA Calif, actor (Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family)
01051548
Francisco Su rez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
01051592
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
01051620
Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget)
01051773
Pieter Fontn, painter/drawer
01051779
Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)
01051780
Claire EJ, countess of Rmusat/Vergennes/French author (Salon)
01051788
Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
01051811
Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
01051813
Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
01051822
Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
01051828
August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
01051840
John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
01051846
Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
01051848
Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
01051855
King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)
01051859
DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
01051871
Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
01051874
Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
01051876
Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
01051895
Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
01051896
Hendrik Algra, Dutch 2nd chamber member (ARP)
01051899
Albert van Dalsum, actor/director
010519--
Claudia North, NYC, high society child (December, 1979)
Kelly Nickels, rock bassist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
01051900
Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
01051901
Mario Scelba, premier Italy (1954-55)
01051902
Hubert Beuve-Mry, French newspaper publisher (Le Monde (The Voice))
Pierre Palla, pianist/organist
01051903
Telsforo A Palm, Curaao, composer/pianist
01051905
L szl¢ Papp, Hungary, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
01051906
Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
01051908
George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)
01051909
Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)
01051910
Erica Morini, Austria, violinist
01051912
Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
01051917
Wieland Wagner, German opera director
01051918
Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)
01051920
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
01051921
Friedrich Drrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964-  )
01051923
Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)
Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
01051926
Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
Robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)
01051928
Walter Mondale, (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81)
Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier (Pakistan)
01051930
Edward G Givens Jr, Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
Richard Hayes, Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
01051931
Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
Alvin Ailey, choreographer (American Dance Theater)
Robert Duvall, San Diego Calif, actor (Great Santini, Taxi Driver)
Walter Davis, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
01051932
Chuck Noll, Cleveland, NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Rasa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady (1982-1991)
01051935
Nancy L Johnson, (Rep-R-CT, 1983-  )
01051938
Edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)
Jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975-  )
Piet Kruiver, soccer star
01051939
Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972)
01051940
Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)
01051942
Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)
Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)
Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
01051944
Felix Araons, director/actor
Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968)
01051945
Dezs Szab¢, Hungary, writer (Az egesz Latohatar)
Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinatti Bengels)
01051946
Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)
01051947
Michael DeWine, (Rep-R-Oh, 1983-  )
Ted Lange, Oakland Calif, actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina)
01051949
Chris Stein, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me)
George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
01051953
Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)
01051954
Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)
01051957
Vincent Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
01051963
Rick Ambrose, singer (Jewel)
01051964
Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
01051967
Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World)
01051968
Carl Evans, Actor (Guilding Light)
01051974
John Drew Nichols, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
01051975
Ray Morgan, announcer (I'd Like to See)
01061367
Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)
01061412
Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr
01061486
Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor
01061488
Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)
01061587
Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Spanish minister
01061732
Mata A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir of the wilde mens)
01061745
Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
01061799
Jedediah Smith, fur trader/explorer
01061802
Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
01061807
Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
01061811
Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874
01061822
Heinrich Schliemann, linguist/archaeologist (Troi)
01061826
Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
01061827
John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
John Wesley Frazer, Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1906
01061832
Gustave Dor, Strasbourg Fr, illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner)
01061835
Martin Khler, Germany, theologist
01061838
Max Bruch, Kln (Cologne), Germany, composer
01061842
Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)
01061854
Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
01061864
Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
01061872
Alexander Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
01061873
Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
01061878
Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
01061880
Tom Mix, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)
01061882
Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)
01061883
Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)
01061889
Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
01061896
Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
01061897
Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
Pter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense
010619--
Beatrice Winde, Chicago, actress (Lillian Foster-The Doctors)
Brian Bressler, Vancouver, actor (Laugh-In)
Muzz Skillings, heavy metal rocker (Living Colour-Biscuits)
Scott Bryce, actor (As the World Turns)
01061900
Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
01061901
T¢mas Gudmundsson, Iceland, poet
01061903
Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
Francis L Sullivan, English actor (Missing Rembrandt)
Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor
01061905
Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
01061906
Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
Cut Wagemaker, [Adrian B], sculptor
01061910
Wright Morris, US writer
01061911
Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
01061913
Edward Gierek, party leader (Polish CP)
Loretta Young, Salt Lake City Ut, actr (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
Tom Brown, NYC, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
01061914
Danny Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
David Bruce, Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
01061915
Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)
Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-  )
01061917
Guillermo Rosario, Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
01061918
Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
01061919
Sylvia Syms, US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes)
01061920
Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
01061921
Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
01061924
Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
01061925
John Z DeLorean, former automaker (DeLorean)
01061929
Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City)
01061930
Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
01061931
E L "Edgar Lawrence" Doctorow, NYC, novelist (World's Fair)
Gerard van Muiden, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
01061934
Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
01061935
Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], France, actress (Pink Panther)
Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
01061936
Julio Mar¡a Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-  )
01061937
Lou Holtz, US, (politician?)
01061940
Ed Zschau, (Rep-R-CA, 1983-  )
01061941
Sandy Denny, rock vocalist (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
01061944
Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time)
Henry Kravis, author (The Money Machine)
01061946
Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
Syd Barrett, England, rocker (Pink Floyd-The Wall)
01061948
Guy S Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS-27, STS-35)
Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983-  )
01061949
Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Robert Englund, Glendale Calif, actor (V, Nightmare on Elm Street)
01061952
Armelia McQueen, NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
01061953
Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
01061954
Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
01061956
Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Never Say Never Again)
01061957
C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut (STS 45)
Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance Calif, pro golfer (1988 Mazda)
01061959
Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
01061962
Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
01061964
Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
01061967
Larry Donald, Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
01061976
Danny Pintauro, Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss?)
01061989
Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
01071611
James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
01071652
Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian
01071653
Bernhard Albinus, [Weiss] Germany, bodyguard (Frederik of Prussia)
01071799
Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
01071800
Millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53)
01071808
Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
01071816
Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
01071821
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891
01071824
James Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
01071830
(Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter (US landscapes)
01071844
Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary
01071845
Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18)
Paul Deusen, German philospher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
01071855
Elizer Ben-Jehuda, [Perelmann], Latvia, writer (1st hebrew newspaper)
01071873
Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
Charles Pierre Pguy, Orlans Fr, Catholic writer (God Speaks)
01071877
Johannes F Buziau, cabaret performer (1 great dog)
01071895
Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
01071896
Arnold Ridley, English actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train)
01071898
Art Baker, NYC, TV host (You Asked For It)
01071899
Francis Poulenc, Paris France, composer/pianist (Lesson Biches)
010719--
Juan Gabriel, spanish singer (Amon Eterno, De Serenata)
Valeria Linch, spanish entertainer (or 1/17)
01071903
Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)
01071907
Nicanor Zabaleta, San Sebastian, Spain, harpist
01071910
Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
01071912
Charles Addams, cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family)
01071913
Francis De Wolff, England, actor (From Russia With Love)
01071915
Herman Musaph, psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)
01071916
Gerrit Schulte, [Le fou pedalant], 6 day bicyclist
Paul Keres, USSR, chess grandmaster (1950)
01071918
Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)
01071922
Jean-Pierre Prampal, Marseilles France, flautist
Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor (All in the Family, LA Law)
01071924
Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
01071925
Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird)
01071928
William Peter Blatty, NYC, author (The Exorcist)
01071929
Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
Kenneth Henry, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
Terry Moore, [Helen Luella Koford], LA Cal, actress (Little Sheba)
01071931
Mack Mattingly, (Sen-R-GA, 1981-86)
01071934
Charles Lamont Jenkins, NYC, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
01071935
Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 36, Apollo-Soyuz)
01071938
Jasperina de Jong, cabaret performer
01071939
Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
01071941
Frederick D Gregory, Wash DC, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-B, 33, 44)
01071942
Paul Revere, Boise Id, keyboard (Paul Revere & Raiders-Fallin in Love)
Vasili Alexeyev, USSR, weightlifer (Olympic-gold-  )
01071943
Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne Calif, baseball manager (Seattle Mariners)
Leona Williams, singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues)
01071944
Ad [GB] Nhuis, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
Mike McGear, Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother)
01071945
Tony Conigliaro, Mass, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
01071947
David Porceln, composer/conductor
01071948
Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer
Kenny Loggins, singer (Loggins & Messina-This is it, Footloose)
01071951
Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russia, major/cosmonaut
01071952
Erin Gray, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers)
01071955
Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)
01071956
Rosalyn Bryant, Chic Ill, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1976)
01071957
Katherine Kouric, US, (political?)
Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)
01071958
Donna Rice, model, Gary Hart's alledged lover
01071960
Tierre Turner, Detroit Mich, actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid)
01071964
Nicolas Cage, actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon)
01071977
Dustin Diamond, actor (Screech-Saved by the Bell)
01081081
Hendrik V, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
01081583
Simon Episcopius, bishop/theologist
01081587
Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
01081589
Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
01081628
Franois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
01081632
Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
01081777
Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicology
01081786
Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
01081791
Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)
01081792
Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)
01081814
Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], writer
Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
01081815
George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
01081817
John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
01081821
James Longstreet, Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV)
01081823
Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)
01081824
Wilkie Collins, English novelist (Woman in White)
01081830
Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
Hans von Blow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
01081836
Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
01081851
Grard Leman, Belgian general
01081862
Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)
01081864
William Wilkie Collins, England, novelist (The Moonstone)
01081867
Emily Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
01081868
Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
01081870
Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)
01081885
John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)
01081891
Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
Storm Jameson, English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor)
Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
01081896
Jaromir Weinberger, Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
01081899
Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)
010819--
Ann Schedeen, Portland Ore, actress (Alf, Paper Dolls, Marcus Welby)
Bob Eubanks, Flint Mich, TV host (Newlywed Game)
Lauri Walters, Sf Calif, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment)
Maria Pitillo, actress (Ryan's Hope)
01081900
Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
01081901
Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
01081902
Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
Carl R[ansom] Rogers, US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55)
Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Entartet/Stilles Song)
01081904
Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
01081905
Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher
01081906
Jacob C van Marken, owner (Calv-Delft)
John AHJS Bruins editor in chief (illegal) Loyal/ARP
Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter
01081909
Jos Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac)
01081911
Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
01081912
Rudolf G Escher, composer
01081917
Peter Taylor, US writer
Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl)
01081922
Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist
01081923
Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso
Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer
Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
01081924
Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
01081926
Evelyn Lear, Brooklyn NY, soprano
Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
01081928
Sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
01081930
Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
01081931
Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore)
May Wynn, [Donna Lee Hickey], NYC, actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark)
01081933
Charles Osgood, NYC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News)
Jean-Marie Straub, France, director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach)
01081934
Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner)
Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Roy Kinnear, English actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers)
01081935
Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
Nolan Miller, Burkburnett Tx, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat)
01081937
Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker)
01081939
Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actr (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are)
01081940
Anthony Gaurdine, (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head)
01081942
Vyacheslav D Zudov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
01081944
Terry Brooks, US, sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara)
01081945
Jac[obus] P Thsse, biologist (Omgang met planten)
01081946
Kathleen Noone, actress (All My Children, Knots Landing)
Robbie Kreiger, rocker (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire)
Tod Brannan
01081947
David Bowie, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985-  )
Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe)
01081953
Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
01081955
Mike Reno, rock vocalist (Loverboy-Get Lucky, Heaven in Your Eyes)
01081960
Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983)
01081964
Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
01081967
Hollis Conway, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1988)
Willie Anderson, US, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
01081968
Ami Dolenz, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love)
01081971
Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea Minn, Miss Minn-America (1991)
01081975
Jenny Lewis, Las Vegas Nv, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy)
01081979
Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
01091554
Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)
01091695
John E Loovens, lawyer
01091699
Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
01091728
Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)
01091803
Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888
01091816
John Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889
01091822
John Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1901
01091829
Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste)
01091839
John Knowles Paine, Portland, Maine, composer
01091843
Christiaan A Ulder, Curaao, composer (walsen/tumba's)
01091851
Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy)
01091857
Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)
01091859
Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)
01091866
Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher
01091870
Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)
01091873
Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Rdi Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator
01091879
John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist
01091881
Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)
Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)
01091890
Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined "robot"
Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panther Tiger & Co)
01091894
Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter, graphic artist
01091898
Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer
01091899
Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer (1/20 NS)
010919--
K Callan, Dallas Tx, actress (Joe's World, Cutter to Houston)
Kathryn Walker, Phila Pa, actress (Beacon Hill)
Margaret Klenck, actress (One Life to Live)
Melissa Morgan, actress (Brittany-Young & Restless)
Pat Dubar, heavy metal rocker (Mind Funk-Sugar Aint So Sweet, Fire)
01091901
Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie)
01091902
Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera)
01091904
George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer
01091908
Simone de Beauvoir, France, author (Mandarins, 2nd Sex)
01091913
Richard Milhous Nixon, (R) 37th pres (1968-74) (I am not a crook!)
01091914
Derek Allhusen, England, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1968)
Gypsy Rose Lee, [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy)
Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop)
01091915
Anita Louise, NYC, actress (My Friend Flicka)
Fernando Lamas, actor ("You look marvelous")
01091916
Vic Mizzy, Bkln NY, orch leader (Don Rickles Show)
01091917
Herbert Lom, Czech, actor (Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray)
01091922
Ahmed Skou Tour, president of Guinea (1957-84)
01091925
Lee Van Cleef, NJ, actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from NY)
01091928
Fernand J St Germain, (Rep-D-RI, 1961-  )
Judith Krantz, NYC, author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle)
01091931
Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author (Man of Earth)
01091933
Robert Garcia, (Rep-D-NY, 1978-  )
Sonia Garmers, [Justina], Curaao, author (Dear Queen)
01091934
Bart Starr, NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay)
Julian B Coco, Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina)
01091935
Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)
Dick Enberg, Mt Clemens Mich, sportscaster (Where's Huddles)
01091938
Aad Kosto, theologist/actor/Dutch asst secretary of state
01091940
Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, actor/singer (Howard-Bachelor Father)
01091941
Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate
Susannah York, London, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones)
01091943
Rob Hoeke, pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed)
01091944
Jimmy Page, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore)
01091948
William Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills-Hair)
01091950
David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!)
01091951
Crystal Gayle, Ky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue)
Rosalyn Kind, Bkln, singer (« sister of Barbra Striesand)
01091952
Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
01091954
Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
01091956
Kimberly Beck Hilton, Glendale Calif, actress (Kim-Peyton Place)
01091962
Phil Lewis, London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
01091965
Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
01101502
Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
01101644
Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
01101738
Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (led Green Mtn Boys)
01101747
Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
01101768
James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
01101780
M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist
01101814
Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
01101815
Alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874
Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
01101825
Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1899
01101877
Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)
01101880
Eduard M Meijers, lawyer (Short Discussion)
French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
Manuel Aza¤a y D¡az, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
01101882
Eugne Delporte, Belgium, astronomer (Asteroid Belgian/Adonis)
01101883
Florence Reed, silent film actress (Dancing Girl)
Francis X Bushman, silent film actor (Spy's Defeat, Ben Hur)
01101887
Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)
01101888
Grock, [Adrien Weltach], Switzerland, clown/circus director
01101891
Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
01101892
Dumas Malone, Miss, historian (Jefferson & His Time)
01101894
Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
011019--
Bonnie Hellman, SF Calif, actress (Penny Brooks-Nurse)
Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong)
Williams Sanderson, Memphis Tn, actor (Larry-Newhart)
01101903
Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
Jens A Damages, Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Híjsang)
01101904
Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
01101908
Bernard Lee, London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
01101910
Galina Ulanova, Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor
01101913
Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1968-89)
01101914
Claude Gallimard, France, publisher
Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
01101915
Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
01101917
Jerry Wexler, music producer
01101926
June Haver, Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters)
01101927
Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
Johnnie Ray, pop singer (Cry)
Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
01101928
Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
01101935
Ronnie Hawkins, Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?)
Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
01101938
Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
01101939
Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
01101942
Jim Croce, singer (Time in a Bottle)
01101943
Agustin P Justo y Rolon, president (Argentina 1931-38)
01101945
Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
Rod Stewart, UK, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
01101946
Alexis Nihon Jr, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
01101947
George Alec Effinger, US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time)
01101948
Donald Fagan, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
George Foreman, Houston Tx, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74)
William Sanderson, US, actor (Newhart, Blade runner)
01101949
Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
01101952
Scott Thorston, keyboards/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
01101953
Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
Pat Benatar, [Andrejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
01101959
Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
Don Letts, rocker (Bad)
01101961
Nadja Salerni-Sonnwnberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist
01101964
Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
Krista Tesreau, actress (Guiding Light)
Sarah Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
01101965
Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
01101967
Mick Hankers, dancer (Ted de Braak/Josephine)
01101975
Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul)
01101979
Chris H E Smith, [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
01111403
Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg
01111503
Francesco Parmigianino, Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)
01111732
Pehr Forskhl, Finish botanist
01111757
Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st US Sec of treasury ($10 face)
01111807
Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
Ezra Cornell, founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University)
01111814
Richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
01111815
Sir John A MacDonald, (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)
01111816
Fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
01111818
John Reese Kenly, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
01111831
James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
01111839
Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar
01111842
William James, US, psychologist/philosopher
01111849
Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (bath house)
01111850
J C Arthur, Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)
Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist
01111852
Konstantin Fehrenbach, German chancellor (1920-21)
01111856
Christian Sinding, Kongsberg, Norway, composer
01111859
(Gerard) Jan Ligthart, educator (Nog b mother, Ot & Sien)
01111875
Reinhold M Glire, Kiev Ukraine, composer (Zapowit)
01111880
Rudolf T Palm, Curaao, pianist/composer
01111885
Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
01111887
Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)
01111896
Eva Le Gallienne, actress/director (Resurrection)
Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)
011119--
Caskey Swaim, Lexington NC, actor (Sgt Fitz-Project UFO)
Christian Jacobs, Rexburg Idaho, actor (Maggie, Gloria)
Stan Ivar, Bkln NY, actor (John-Little House on the Prairie)
Vicky Peterson, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
01111901
Andries D Copier, glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)
01111903
Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
01111904
Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly)
01111905
Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer (« of Ellery Queen)
Pierre Mendes-France, French Premier (1954-55)
01111906
Albert Hofmann, Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD)
01111908
Lionel Stander, NYC, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours)
01111910
Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor
Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
01111912
Donald Barry, Houston Tx, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
01111916
James H [Jimmy] Quillen, (Rep-R-TN, 1963-  )
01111922
Tony Charmoli, Minn, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew)
01111924
Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
Slim Harpo, musician
01111926
Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
Lev S Demin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
01111928
David L Wolper, producer (Devil's Brigade)
Mitchell Ryan, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Chase, Executive Suite)
01111929
Rod Taylor, Sydney Australia, actor (Bearcats, Time Machine)
Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist
01111931
Ed Hall, Roxbury Mass, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center)
01111933
Goldie Hill, Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
01111936
Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie)
Meindert Leerling, journalist/TV director/(RPF)
01111939
Anne Heggtveigt, Canada, slalom (Olympic-gold-1960)
01111942
Clarence Clemons, saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
01111945
Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
01111946
Ludmila Poradnik, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
Naomi Judd, country singer (The Judds)
01111948
Madeline Manning, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
01111949
Dennis Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
01111952
Ben Crenshaw, Austin Tx, PGA golfer (1974 Rookie of Year)
Lee Ritenour, jazz musician
01111957
Darryl Dawkins, NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets)
01111958
Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores, Honolulu Hawaii, playmate (Jun, 1982)
01111961
Paul Skansi, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawk)
01111963
Tracy Caulkins, Winona Minn, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1984)
01111965
Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, actress (Fatal Temptation)
Olivia Barash, Miami Fla, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue)
01111967
Jeff Bankett, Pittsburgh Pa, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live)
01111968
Sharon Brown, NYC, actress (Chantal-Generations)
01111974
Rosenkowitz sextuplets, Cape Town (1st known to survive infancy)
01121483
Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
01121492
Andrea Alicati, Italian author
01121562
Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy
01121588
John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)
01121638
Earnest R Tarhemberg, Austrian field marshal (Turkish Wars)
01121665
Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
01121729
Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist
01121737
John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
01121746
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator
01121749
Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat
01121751
Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples
Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)
01121792
Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
01121807
John T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert
01121808
Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer
01121810
Ferdinand II, king of Sicily
01121814
Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
01121819
Zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900
01121825
Joseph Robert Davis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
01121826
Charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
01121832
Richard Waterhouse Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
01121842
Franois Coppe, French poet
01121852
Joseph J C Joffre, French chief of staff
01121853
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis)
01121856
John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)
01121863
Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer
01121871
Paul Guthnick, German astronomer
01121876
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer
Jack London, writer/socialist (Call of the Wild)
01121882
Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist
01121890
Mordecai W Johnson, educator
01121893
Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany)
011219--
Dorothy Green, LA Calif, actress (Lavinia-Tammy)
01121901
Kurt Jooss, Wrtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer
01121902
Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)
Ray Teal, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
Simon H Track, intelligence officer for Gen MacArthur
01121903
Igor V Koertsjatov, Russian nuclear physics (1st Rus nuclear bomb)
01121906
Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...)
Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
01121908
Jos Lim¢n, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
01121910
Luise Rainer, Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City)
Patsy Kelly, Bkln, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars)
01121915
Frank Annunzio, (Rep-D-IL,  1965-  )
Martin Agronsky, journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia)
01121916
A P[ieter] W Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa
01121917
Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor
01121920
James Farmer, black activist
01121921
John Henry Davis Jr, Smithtown NY, weightlifter (Olym-gold-1948, 52)
Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist
01121925
Bill Burrud, Hollywood Calif, host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World)
01121926
Morton Feldman, NYC, composer
Ray Price, country singer (Good Times)
01121928
Lew Gallo, Mt Kisko, actor (12 O'Clock High)
01121930
Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
01121933
Michael Aspel, British talk show host
01121934
Burdette Haldorson, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
01121935
"The Amazing" Kreskin, Montclair NJ, mentalist/telepath
Ron Harper, Turtle Creek Pa, actor (Wendy & Me, Planet of the Apes)
01121937
Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director (Berlin Affair)
01121939
Jacques Hamelink, writer/poet (Cold Unrest)
William Lee Gloden, singer
0112194-
Rush Limbaugh, extreme right radio personality
01121941
Jaime B Fuster, (Rep-D-PR, 1985-  )
Long John Baldry, England, blues vocalist (Don't try to Lay No Boogie)
01121943
Ray Manzarek, rock pianist (Doors-Light my Fire)
01121944
Joe Frazier, Beaufort SC, HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)
01121945
Maggie Bell, Glasgow Scotland, rocker
01121946
Cindy Robinson, rock trumpeteer (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
George Duke, rocker
01121949
James W Dietz, rower
01121950
Bob McEwen, (Rep-R-OH, 1981-  )
01121951
Kirstie Alley, Wichita Ks, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca)
Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
01121952
Ricky Van Shelton, country singer
01121954
Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK)
01121959
Per Helmstad, Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
01121960
Dominique Wilkins, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
01121964
Lynne Marie Thurik, Vancouver Wash, Miss Washington-America (1991)
01121965
Mark Moore, rocker (S'Express-Winter Course)
01121967
Vendela [Kirsebom], Stockholm Sweden, model (Sports Illustrated 1993)
01121973
Greg Morton, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King)
01121975
Chase Hampton, Okla City Okla, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
01131381
St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)
01131505
Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)
01131616
Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic
01131628
Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
01131802
Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright
01131807
Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883
01131808
Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)
01131812
Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
01131815
William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
01131834
Horatio Alger Jr, Revere Mass, author (Lost at Sea, Work & Win)
01131835
Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/foreign minister
01131864
Wilhelm K W Wien, German phyicist (Nobel 1911)
01131874
Jozef E of Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen
01131884
Sophie Tucker, singer/last of red hot mammas
01131885
Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)
01131892
Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948)
01131893
Clarke Ashton Smith, US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci)
01131898
Jhr dr Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, diplomat
011319--
Patrick Dempsey, actor (Mike-Fast Times)
Sharon Gabet, actress (Edge of Night, Another World, As World Turns)
01131903
Kay Francis, [Katherine E Gibbs], US actress (False Madonna)
01131904
Richard Addinsell, London England, composer
01131909
Marinus van der Lubbe, communist
01131913
Jeff Morrow, NYC, actor (Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising)
01131916
Osa Massen, Coopenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM)
01131918
Steve Dunne, Northampton Mass, actor (Professional Father)
Ted Willis, prolific screenwriter (It's Great to be Young)
01131919
Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game)
Robert Stack, LA Calif, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane)
01131923
Jack Watling, London, actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart)
01131925
Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity)
Rosemary Murphy, Munich Germany, actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner)
01131926
Carolyn Heilbrun, [Amanda Cross], author (Lady Ottoline's Album)
Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author (Change of Use)
01131928
David Sheiner, NYC, actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana)
Gregory Walcott, Wilson NC, actor (87th Precinct)
01131930
Frances Sternhagen, Wash DC, actress (Outland, Starting Over)
01131931
Charles Nelson Reilly, NYC, actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
01131933
Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder)
01131934
Rip Taylor, comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
01131936
Edward R Madigan, (Rep-R-IL, 1973-  )
01131937
Haj J Schartman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
01131938
Billy Gray, LA Calif, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best)
01131940
Bruce Chatwin, British writer (Viceroy of Ouidah)
01131941
Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic-gold-1976)
01131943
Richard Moll, Cal, actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor)
01131945
[Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author (High Kings)
01131947
John Lees, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man)
Peter Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
01131952
Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute)
01131954
Vicki McCarty, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Sep, 1979)
01131955
Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
Jay McInerney, author (Bright Lights, Big City)
01131956
Malcolm Foster, rocker (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
01131957
Christina Seufert, Sacraento Calif, diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
01131961
Graham "Suggs" McPherson, rocker (Madness-Our House)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, NYC, comedienne (SNL, Steinfeld, Day by Day)
01131963
Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
01131964
Penelope Ann Miller, LA Ca, actress (Kindergarden Cop, Big Top Peewee)
01131970
Keith Coogan, actor (Adv in Babysitting, Hiding Out)
Keith Mitchell, Palm Springs Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
01131972
Nicole Eggert, Calif, actress (Charles in Charge, Chrissie-TJ Hooker)
01141592
Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India
01141615
John Biddle, English minister (Unitarian)
01141618
John Six, mayor of Amsterdam
01141700
Picander, [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der Suffer)
01141705
Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet, governor (Reunion Is)
01141730
William Whipple, patriot (Declaration of Independence signer)
01141741
Benedict Arnold, US general turn traitor (Revolutionary War)
01141791
Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")
01141798
Isaac da Costa, Dutch writer/lawyer
01141806
Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy)
01141818
Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories)
01141819
Frederick Steele, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
01141831
John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
01141836
[Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1881
01141850
Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer (Pcheur)
01141851
Thophile EA de Bock, painter/etcher/drawer
01141861
Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)
01141863
Pieter Oosterlee, educator
01141874
Thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit)
01141875
Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1952)
01141878
Victor A D Sgalen, [Max Anly], French writer
01141882
Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America)
01141886
Hugh Lofting, English/American writer & illustrator (Dr Dolittle)
01141892
Hal Roach, early film director/producer (1 Million BC)
Martin Niemller, clergyman (German Protestant); imprisoned by Hitler
01141896
John dos Passos, novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel)
011419--
Holland Taylor, Phila Pa, actress (Bossom Buddies, Beacon Hill)
Jonathan Daly, Chicago, actor (Orrin-Petticoat Junction)
01141901
Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke)
Carlos P Romulo, Philippine general/diplomat/jurist
01141902
Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician
F C Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], writer (De Turkenoorlog)
01141904
Sir Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
01141906
William Bendix, NYC, actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley)
01141907
Derek Richter, British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning & memory)
Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician
01141908
Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo, US singer/actor (Miracle of Women)
01141909
Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director (Damned, Accident)
01141913
Tillie Olsen, American writer (Tell Me a Riddle)
01141914
Harold Russell, actor
01141916
John Oliver Killens, novelist
01141919
Giulio Andreotti, 7 x premier (Italy)
01141920
Andy Rooney, Albany NY, commentator (60 Minutes)
Bertus de Harder, soccer star (Bordeaux)
George Herman, newsman (CBS-TV)
01141921
Mark Lawrence, Wash DC, pianist (Alice Pearce)
01141924
Guy Williams, NYC, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
01141925
Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion)
01141926
Frank Aletter, Long Island NY, actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy)
Thomas Tryon, actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space)
01141927
Ivan Kalita, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1968)
01141929
Billy Walker, Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
01141930
Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
01141932
Catarina Valente, Paris France, singer (Entertainers)
01141936
Ludmila Pinayeva, USSR, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968, 1972)
Reiner Klimke, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1984)
01141938
Jack Jones, LA Calif, singer (Love Boat Theme)
01141940
Julian Bond, (D-Ga) civil rights leader
01141941
Marjoe Gortner, Long Beach Ca, actor (Speak Up America, Falcon Crest)
[Dorothy] Faye Dunaway, Bascom Fl, actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
01141942
Carol Bellamy, Planfield NJ, (City Council Pres-D-NYC, 1978-85)
01141943
Jos Luis Rodriguez, Caracas Venezuala, singer
Ronald Hunter, Boston Mass, actor (Lazarus Syndrome)
Shannon W Lucid, Shanghai China, astronaut (STS 51G, 34, 43, SK:58)
01141948
Carl Weathers, New Orlean La, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)
01141949
Christine Belford, Amityville NY, actress (Banacek, Empire)
01141951
Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo (Olympic-1976)
William Risrook, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
01141959
Carl Smyth, rock horn player (Madness-Our House)
01141962
Patrica Morrison, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
01141965
Dsire Nosbusch, Luxembourg, actress (The Fan)
Vanity, [Dee Dee Williams], singer/actress (Action Jackson)
01141966
Daniel J Schneider, Memphis Tn, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class)
01141969
Jason Kent Bateman, Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family)
01141988
Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman
01141989
Sextuplets, Paris France, (to a 29-year-old woman)
01151432
Afonso of Africa, king of Portugal
01151622
Molire, France, dramatist (Tartuffe, Les Misanthrope) (baptized)
01151709
Nicolas van de Veken, Flemish sculptor
01151715
Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist
01151716
Philip Livingston, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
01151779
Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer
01151791
Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist (Golden Fleece)
01151793
Ferdinand G Waldmller, Austrian painter
01151798
Thomas Croker, Irish antiquary, collector of songs & legends
01151809
Cornelia Connelly, Phila, founder (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician (libertarian socialist)
01151812
Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale collector
01151813
James Marion Sims, SC, surgeon/gynecologist (vesicovaginal operation)
01151815
Henry Morris Naglee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
01151817
Lewis Golding Arnold, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1871
01151821
Lafayette McLaws, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
01151826
Mikhail Saltykov, Spas-Ugol Russia, satirist (Family of Noblemen)
01151841
Lord Frederick Stanley, presenter of hockey's Stanley Cup
01151845
Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman pres (National Educational Association)
01151850
Sofya Kovalevskaya, Russia, mathematician (or 1919)
01151858
Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter
01151863
Adolph Goldschmidt, German historian
Wilhelm Marx, premier (Prussia)
01151866
Nathan Sderblom, Lutheran archbishop, internationalist (Nobel '30)
01151877
Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test)
01151891
Osip Mandelstam, Warsaw, Russian poet (Noise of Time)
01151893
D Ivor D Novello, British composer/writer (Truth Game)
01151894
Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization
01151899
Goodman Ace, radio/TV actor/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman)
011519--
Andrea Martin, Portland Me, comediene (SCTV)
Charles Brown, Talladega Ala, actor (Dwayne Thompson-Today's FBI)
Count Stovall, Calif, actor (Cal-All My Children, As the World Turns)
Victor Campos, NYC, actor (Cade's County, Doctor's Hospital)
01151900
Csar [Caesar] Domela, painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis)
William Heinesen, Fros Island, writer (Noatun)
01151902
Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saoed, king (Saudi Arabia)
01151906
Aristotle Onassis, Greece, rich shipping magnate
01151908
Edward Teller, Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project)
01151909
Elie Siegmeister, NYC, composer (Plough & the Stars)
Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, drummer (Sing Sing Sing)
01151911
Cy Feuer, NYC, Bdwy producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
Wim Kan, cabaretier
01151912
Michel J-P Debr, premier of France (1959-62)
01151913
Lloyd Bridges, San Leandro Calif, actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane)
01151918
Andreas M Donner, reich leader
Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1971)
01151920
John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, Phila, Roman Catholic Archbishop of NY
01151923
Lee Teng-hui, president of ROC (Taiwan), head of KMT (1988-  )
01151925
Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist
01151926
Maria Schell, Vienna Austria, actress (Space 1999)
01151929
"Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music
Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta, dreamer (Nobel 1964)
01151931
Thomas Hoving, NYC, news correspondent (20/20)
01151932
Dean Smith, US actor/relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
Louis Woodard Jones, New Rochelle NY, 4X400m relayer (Oly-gold-56)
01151935
Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist
Robert Silverberg, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Regan's Planet)
01151937
Margaret O'Brien, San Diego, actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis)
01151941
Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vilet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast)
01151945
Michael, [Marie-Christine von Reibnitz], Bohemia, Princess of Kent
01151947
Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
01151948
Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host (CITY-TV)
Tommy Nolan, Montreal Canada, actor (Jody-Buckskin)
01151951
Charo, Murcia Spain, actress/singer (Chico & the Man, Love Boat)
01151953
Randy White, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
01151956
Vera Sosulya, USSR, toboggan (Olympic-gold-1980)
01151957
Mario Van Peebles, Mexico, actor (South Bronx Heroes)
01151959
Pete Trewavas, rock bassist (Marillion-Real to Reel)
01151963
Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer (South Pole)
01151964
Jack Teagarden, US, trombonist/actor
01151965
Derek B, rocker (Bullet from a Gun)
01151967
Lisa Lisa, [Velez], rock vocalist (& Cult Jam)
01151968
Chad Lowe, Dayton Ohio, actor (Spencer, Apprentice to Murder)
01151971
Regina King, LA Calif, actress (Brenda-227)
01151972
Ernie Reyes Jr, San Jose Calif, actor (Ernie-Sidekicks)
01161697
Richard Savage, poet
01161728
Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
01161757
Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
01161807
Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
01161815
Henry Wager Halleck, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872
01161834
Albert Lindley Lee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
01161837
James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
01161847
K lm n Miksz th, Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu)
01161853
Andr Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)
01161864
Frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)
01161870
Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van olin)
01161872
Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art o/t theatre)
01161874
Robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
01161878
Henry Dewitt "Harry" Carey II, US actor (Informer)
01161894
Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
01161901
Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59)
01161907
Alexander Knox, Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
01161908
Ethel Merman, stage & screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)
01161911
Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
01161912
Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
01161917
Buddy Lester, Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show)
01161919
Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader (Music on Ice)
01161920
Elliot Reid, NYC, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
01161923
Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952)
Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
01161924
Katy Jurado, Mxico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
01161928
William Kennedy, US writer
01161929
Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
01161930
Norman Podhoretz, author/editor (NY Post)
01161933
Oleg G Makarov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18-1, 27, T-3)
01161934
Bill Alexander, (Rep-D-AR, 1969-  )
Marilyn Horne, Penn, mezzo-soprano
Richard Wernick, Boston Mass, composer
01161935
A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
01161936
Michael White, theater/film producer
01161937
Bob Bogle, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (1 rose is my rose)
01161938
Michael Pataki, Youngstown Ohio, actor (Get Christie Love)
01161941
Christine Janes, tennis player
01161942
Tony P Hall, (Rep-D-OH, 1979-  )
01161944
Jim Stafford, Eloise Fla, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
Ronnie Milsap, country singer (Nobody Likes Sad Songs)
01161946
Michael L Coats, Sacramento Ca, Capt USN/astr (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
01161947
Georgette Mosbacher, CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
01161948
Anatoli Y Soloviyov, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5, TM-9)
Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player
John Carpenter, director (Halloween, The Thing)
01161950
Caroline Munro, Windsor England, actress (Spy Who Loves Me)
Debbie Allen, Houston Tx, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame)
01161951
Richard Thompson, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
01161952
Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr, Savannah Ga, Major USAF/astr (STS 39)
01161955
Jerry M Linenger, Mt Clemens Mich, USN Commander/astronaut
01161960
Sad, [Helen Ady] Nigeria, rocker (Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer)
01161962
John Koster, drummer (Sleeze Beez)
01161969
Roy Jones, Pensacola Fla, Light-MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1988)
01161973
Josie Davis, LA Calif, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge)
01161974
Kate Moss, Addiscomb Surrey England, model (Calvin Klein)
01171342
Philip, the Stout, duke of Bourgundy
01171463
Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther
01171501
Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist (History of Plants)
01171504
Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)
01171517
Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
01171600
Pedro Caldron de la Barca, Spanish poet/dramatist
01171612
Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general
01171683
Gerard van Wage, historian
01171706
Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
01171732
Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland (1764-95)
01171734
Franois-J Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pcheurs, Mirza)
01171759
Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
01171761
James Hall, Scotland, geologist
01171771
Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel (Wieland)
01171806
James Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House
01171814
Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey)
01171818
Sir Antoine Dorion, (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64)
01171820
Anne Bronte, English novelist (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
01171828
Lewis Addison Grant, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1918
01171835
Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist
01171842
Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philosphy in Netherlands)
01171850
Alexander Taneyev, St Petersburg Russia, composer
01171857
Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)
01171863
David Lloyd George, (L-PM-Britain) (1916-22)
Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, actor/director
01171864
Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
01171880
Mack Sennett, movie creator (Keystone Kops)
01171884
Noah Beery, US actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf)
01171886
Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
Ronald Firbank, London, novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot)
01171891
Marjorie Gateson, Bkln NY, actress (One Man's Family)
Norman "Squab" Read, US aviator who lived to be 101
Walter Eucken, German economist
01171896
Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
01171899
Al Capone, gangster (Chicago bootlegging)
Nevil Shute (Norway), London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice)
Robert Maynard Hutchins, US, educator/civil libertarian
Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, literary (1 Man Without Character)
011719--
Dehi Berti, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise)
Jane Elliot, NYC, actress (Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing)
Nina Wilcox, NYC, actress (Harbourmaster, Jessica Novak)
William Lucking, Vicksburg Mich, actor (A-Team, Jessie, Shannon)
01171903
Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World)
01171904
Grant Withers, US, actor (Oklahoma, Annie)
01171905
Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931)
01171907
Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes)
01171910
Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore)
01171911
Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
Luis W Alvarez, US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968)
01171913
Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder (Oostpriesterhulp)
01171914
Tho Lefvre, premier (Belgium)
01171916
Joel Herron, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Jaye P Morgan Show)
01171917
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR), Indian film star, politician
Oskar Morawetz, Svetla, Czechoslovakia, composer
01171920
Nora Kaye, NYC, prima ballerina
01171922
Betty White, Oak Park, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls)
Luis Echeverr¡a Alvarez, president Mexico
01171923
Onno Molenkamp, actor
01171925
Anny Delorie, opera singer
Duane Hanson, US sculptor
Rock Hudson, Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian & Wife)
01171926
Moira Shearer, Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes)
01171927
Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer
01171928
Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson)
01171929
Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Qubec, NHL goaltender (#1)
01171930
Thomas P Stafford, Okla, astronaut (Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10)
01171931
James Earl Jones, Miss, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man)
L Douglas Wilder, (Gov-D-Va)
01171933
Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)
Sheree North, [Dawn Bethel], LA, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
01171934
Shari Lewis, Bronx NY, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop)
01171935
Paul O[sborne] Williams, US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle)
01171936
Jerry Fogel, Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-law)
01171938
John Bellairs, US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom)
Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders)
01171939
Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968)
01171940
H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
01171942
Muhammad Ali, [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8)
Randy Boone, Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian)
01171943
Daniel C Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast (STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49)
01171947
Todd Susman, St Louis Mo, actor (Goodnight Beantown)
01171948
Mick Taylor, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
01171949
Andy Kaufman, NYC, comedian/actor (Latka-Taxi)
Debbie Watson, La Mirada Calif, actress (Karen, Tammy)
01171951
Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1972)
01171952
Larry Fortensky, husband of Liz Taylor (7th)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jap, rocker (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orch)
01171954
Robert F Kennedy Jr, attorney (Natural Resources Defense Council)
01171956
Mitch Vogel, Alhambra Calif, actor (Jamie-Bonanza)
Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Every Time You Go Away)
01171960
John Crawford, Palo Alto Ca, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
01171961
Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi, USSR, women's world chess champ
01171962
Jim Carrey, Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Skip-Duck Factory)
Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
01171966
Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991)
01181641
Franois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)
01181657
Hendrik Casimir II, Field marshall (Nassau)
01181689
Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
01181726
Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
01181779
Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)
01181782
Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer
01181809
Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
01181813
Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)
01181815
James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873
01181818
John Van Vloten, literary/theologist
01181820
Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
01181831
Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
01181835
Csar Cui, Vilna Lithuania, composer
Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet
01181840
Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer
01181849
Sir Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)
01181854
Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)
01181856
Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, perform 1st open heart operation
01181857
Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)
01181861
Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist
01181867
Rubn Dar¡o, national poet (Nicaragua)
01181869
Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer
01181872
Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)
01181878
Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician
01181879
Henri-Honor Giraud, French general/parliament leader
01181882
Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)
Jacob Clay, philospher/phycist (Mesonen)
Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist
01181892
Oliver Hardy, Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel & Hardy)
01181893
Jorge Guilln, Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (C ntico, Final)
01181894
Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, parapsycholoist
01181896
Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)
011819--
Joe Arroyo, spanish entertainer
Jos Luis Perales, Spain, spanish singer (Con El Paso del Tiempo)
Mike Marquis, rocker (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire)
Ray Dolby, inventor (Dolby noise limiting system)
01181901
Arie Querido, social psychiatrist
01181904
Cary Grant, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest)
01181905
Chick Chandler, Kingston NY, actor (Barney-One Happy Family)
01181907
Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera)
01181908
Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59)
01181912
Ren Gabrils, Belgian billiard pro (7 World/9 European records)
William Sansom, English writer (Loving Eye)
01181913
Danny Kaye, Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show)
01181918
Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland)
01181919
Juan Orrego-Salas, Santiago, Chile, composer
01181922
Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street)
01181925
Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52)
01181932
Robert Anton Wilson, US, sci-fi author (Trick Top Hat)
01181933
John Boorman, producer/dir (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz)
01181941
Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey)
David Ruffin, Miss, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone)
Tom Bailey, rock vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
01181944
"Legs" Larry Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman)
Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA)
01181950
Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer
John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science)
01181953
Brett Hudson, Portland Ore, comedians (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
01181955
Hans van Tongeren, actor (Hunk)
Kevin Costner, actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham)
Mable Fergerson, LA Calif, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1972)
01181961
Mark D Messier, Edmonton Alberta, NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers)
01181962
Alison Arngrim, actress (Nellie-Little House of the Prairie)
01181967
M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper
0119 570
Mohammed, Islamic prophet (Koran)
01191544
Francis II, king of France (1559-60)
01191639
Nol Alexandre, French theologian/historian
01191736
James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
01191737
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin)
01191749
Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
01191798
Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
01191807
Robert Edward Lee, Stratford Va, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
01191809
Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
01191813
Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor (Bessemer engine)
01191816
Henry Gray, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
01191820
John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
01191827
Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (R fagas)
01191830
George Blake Cosby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
01191837
William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
01191839
Paul Czanne, France, impressionist painter (Bathers)
01191851
David Starr Jordan, NY, biologist/university pres (Leland Stanford)
Johannes C Kapteyn, astronomer
01191859
Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of Calif)
01191877
Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones)
01191883
Hermann Abendroth, German conductor
01191887
Alexander Woollcott, NJ, short story writer (Man Who Came to Dinner)
01191892
Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM (6 times, 1942-63)
01191897
Ren Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad)
011919--
Anthony Herrera, Wiggins Miss, actor (As the World Turns, Dane-Loving)
Richard Van Vleet, Denver Colo, actor (Chuck-All My Children)
Whitfield Crane, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
01191903
Erwin Nyiregyh zi, Budapest Hungary, pianist
01191906
Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn Bogue], Penns, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show)
01191907
Lilian Harvey, British actress
01191910
Willi Schmidt, Germany, director
01191912
Leonid V Kantorovich, St Petersburg Russia, economist (Nobel)
01191915
Alvy West, Bkln NY, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
01191918
John H Johnson, US, publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet)
01191919
Anthony Dexter, [Walter Fleischmann], NB Canada, actor
Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964)
01191920
Javie Prez de Cullar, Lima Per£, 5th sec-gen of UN (1982-  )
01191921
Patricia Highsmith, US, detective writer (L'amateur d'escargot)
01191922
Guy Madison, Bakersfield Calif, actor (Adv of Wild Bill Hickok)
Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director (Casino Royale)
01191923
Jean Stapleton, NYC, actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family)
01191924
Nicholas Colasanto, Providence RI, actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers)
01191926
Fritz Weaver, Pitts Pa, actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin)
01191929
Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor(?)
01191931
Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor (NBC Weekend News, 1965-67)
Ron Packard, (Rep-R-CA, 1983-  )
01191932
Joe Schmidt, NFL linebacker (Detroit)
Richard Lester, movie director (Hard Datys Night, Help!, Petulia)
01191935
Tippi Hedren, Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
01191936
Ursula Andress, Switzerland, actress (She)
01191938
Denny Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1981-  )
Phil Everly, Brownie Ky, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
01191942
Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star (Phantom of the Opera)
Shelly Fabares, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach)
01191943
Janis Joplin, Port Arthur Tx, bluesy rock singer (Down on Me)
Margret Francisca, Princess
01191945
Rod Evans, rocker (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
01191946
Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville Tn, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
Julian Barnes, England, writer (Before She Met Me)
01191947
Ann Compton, news reporter (ABC TV)
01191949
Robert Palmer, singer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
01191951
Linda Hayden, Middlesex England, actress (Blood on Satan's Claw)
Martha Davis, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame)
01191952
Dewey Bunell, Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)
01191953
Desi Arnaz Jr, LA Calif, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride)
01191954
Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
01191955
Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor (Birmingham Symph Orch)
01191957
Mickey Virtue, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
01191960
Alfrederick Joyner, E St Louis Ill, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1984)
01191962
Anthony Edwards, US, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure)
01191966
Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1988)
01191977
Taliesin Jaffe, Venice Calif, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief)
01191982
Jodie Sweetin, actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House)
01201716
Charles III, King of Spain (1759-88)
Jean-Jacques Barthlemy, French historical writer (Greek Antiquity)
01201775
Andr-Marie Ampre, France, discovered electromagnetism (or 0122)
01201782
Johan B J F S, arch duke of Austria
01201806
Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Mag)
01201809
Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
01201812
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
01201813
Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
01201820
Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women
01201831
Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)
01201843
Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
01201847
W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
01201865
Friedrich A H von Waldeck, nephew of queen Emma
01201866
Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
01201873
Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944)
01201878
Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)
01201884
A[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
01201888
Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
01201891
Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, US violinist
01201892
Roscoe Ates, Grange Miss, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
01201894
Harold L Gray, creator (Little Orphan Annie)
Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis)
Walter Piston, US composer
01201896
George Burns, [Nathan Birnbaum], NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)
Rolfe Sedan, NYC, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)
01201897
Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)
01201898
Colin Clive, [Greig], British/French actor (Bride of Frankenstein)
01201899
Kenjiro Takayanagi, vice-president (JVC)
012019--
Colleen Zenk, Barrington Ill, actress (Barbara-As the World Turns)
Karen Morris Gowdy, actress (Ryan's Hope)
Tracii Guns, rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
01201903
Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride)
01201904
Alexandra Danilova, ballerina (Turning Point)
Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
01201907
Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)
01201910
Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater)
Joy Adamson, naturalist/author (Born Free)
Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician
01201914
Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor (Winston Churchill-Ike)
01201915
C W Ceram, [Kurt W Marek], German/US writer (March of Archaeology)
Joe Hitchcock, darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)
01201916
Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier of Suriname (1963-69)
01201919
Alex Nicol, Ossining NY, actor (Man From Laramie, Air Cadet)
01201920
DeForest Kelley, actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek)
Federico Fellini, Italian director (8«, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita)
Sam M Gibbons, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-  )
01201921
Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer
01201922
Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
01201924
Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist
01201926
David Tudor, Phila Penn, composer
Patricia Neal, Packard Ky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses)
Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
01201928
Martin Landau, Bkln NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999)
Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
01201929
Arte Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
01201930
Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, Montclair NJ, USAF/astro (Gem 12, Ap 11)
01201931
Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
01201933
Nelson Doubleday, Baseball team owner (NY Mets)
Ron  Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Up Up & Away)
01201936
Eldred G Maduro, minster (Netherland Antilles)
01201937
Dorothy Provine, Deadwood SD, actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
01201940
Carol Heiss Jenkins, NYC, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
01201942
Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range)
01201943
Roel de Duyn, Once-The hague, provo/gnome
01201944
Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
Lieven Soete, publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
01201945
Eric Stewart, rock guitarist (10CC-I'm Not in Love)
01201946
David Lynch, Montana, director (Dune, Eraserhead)
01201947
George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly)
01201948
Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist/migr
Jerry L Ross, Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55)
01201950
Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russia, cosmonaut
01201952
Ian Hill, bass guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin the Law)
Paul Stanley, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth)
01201955
Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist (jailed in US)
Michael Anthony, rocker (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
01201956
John McNally, Columbus GA, US shooter (Olympic-7th-88, 92)
John Phillips Naber, Evanston Ill, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-76)
01201958
Lorenzo Lamas, LA Calif, actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever)
01201966
Tia Carrere, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Wayne's World, General Hosp)
01201967
Joe Pasquale, rocker (Prey)
01201969
Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America (1991)
01211338
Charles V (the Wise), king of France (1364-80)
01211743
John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
01211746
Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude)
01211813
John C Frmont, [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Gov (AZ)
01211815
Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
01211821
John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed)
01211824
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)
01211829
Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
01211833
Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
01211840
Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
01211855
Ernest Chausson, Paris, composer (Pome for Violin & Orchestra)
John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
01211867
Maxime Weygard, French general
01211872
Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
01211875
Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies
01211878
Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)
01211883
Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet
01211884
Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter
Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (American Civil Liberties Union)
01211885
Umberto Nobile, Italian general
01211886
Gustaaf Juice, Belgian minister of Finance
01211887
Wolfgang Khler, Gestalt psychologist (The Mentality of Apes)
01211897
J Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan)
01211898
John George, Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu)
012119--
Cordell Crockett, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
Fausto Bara, Mexico, actor (Gaucho-Renegades)
01211904
Richard P Blackmur, Mass, critic/poet (Good Europeans)
01211905
Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look)
01211908
Bengt Strmgren, Gteborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud)
01211912
Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964)
01211915
Alan Hewitt, NYC, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian)
01211919
Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party)
01211920
Errol Walton Barrow, PM of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986-  )
01211921
Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
John Doucette, Brockton Mass, actor (Lock Up, Big Town)
01211922
1st slalom ski race run, Mrren, Switzerland
Jean P Vroom, sculptor
Paul Scofield, British actor (Man for All Seasons, Train)
01211924
Benny Hill, Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show)
Telly Savalas, Garden City NJ, actor (Acapulco, Kojak)
01211926
Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer
Paul Burke, New Orleans La, actor (Neal-Dynasty)
Raf Reymen, Flemish actor
Steve Reeves, Montana, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained)
01211932
Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1956-60-64)
01211933
Itzhak Fuks, captain
01211935
Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene Tx, actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie)
01211939
Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes)
Wolfman Jack, [Bob Smith], Bkln NY, DJ (Midnight Special)
01211940
Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer (Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76)
01211941
Edwin Starr, rocker
Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly)
Richie Havens, Bkln, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun)
01211942
Mac Davis, Lubbock Tx, singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40)
01211945
Andrew Stein, pres of NYC council (D)
Chris Britton, rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine)
01211946
Vincent Placoly, Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive)
01211947
Jill Eikenberry, New Haven Ct, (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project)
01211950
Billy Ocean, Trinidad, singer (Suddenly, Caribbean Queen)
Joseph R Tanner, Danville Ill, astronaut
01211955
Peter Fleming, NJ, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83)
Robby Benson, Dallas Tx, actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen)
01211956
Bob Brill, NYC, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
01211957
Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Mass, actress (Beetlejuice, Fly)
Jacob Green, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk)
01211958
Miguel Alejandro, NYC, actor (Popi)
01211961
Gabrielle Carteris, Phoenix Az, actress (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210)
Sherry Ramsay, Stauton Va, actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns)
01211966
Katrine Michelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark 1984
01211967
Willem Royaards, theater director (Summer olympics)
01211968
Charlotte Ross, Chicago, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives)
01211971
Tommy Puett, Gary Ind, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10)
01221440
Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
01221561
Francis Bacon, England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
01221571
Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
01221592
Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
01221729
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Germany, critic/dramatist
01221766
Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Les Vnitiens)
01221775
Andr M Ampre, France, physicist (Amp)[or 1/20]
01221788
Lord George Gordon Noel Byron, England, romantic poet (Don Juan)
01221800
Nat Turner, slave that revolted
01221802
Richard Upjohn, US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
01221826
[Merriwether] Jeff Thompson, Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876
01221845
Jacob Verdam, philospher
Paul Vidal de la Blanche, France, geographer
01221848
Samuel Muller Fzn, historian/archivist (mediaevistiek)
01221849
August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)
01221858
Betrice Potter Webb, England, economist
01221865
Friedrich Paschen, German physcist
01221874
Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
01221875
Bonifacius C de Younger, governor (Netherland Indies)
D[avid] W Griffith, movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation)
01221877
Hjalmar Schacht, president of German Rksbank/minister of Economics
01221878
Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator
01221890
Fred M Vinson, Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
01221893
Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary)
01221894
Charles Morgan, England, writer (Fountain)
01221898
Ben van Eysselsten, writer (Dorre grond)
Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss)
012219--
Dwan Smith, Jackson Tn, actress (Jolene-Joe Forrester)
James Wlcek, Bronx NY, actor (Steel Magnolias, As the World Turns)
John Wesley Shipp, actor (Guiding Light)
Lola Flores, Spain, spanish singer
Roy Cooper, London England, actor (Trevor-Beacon Hill)
Steve Riley, rock drummer (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
01221906
Robert E[rvin] Howard, US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conquerer)
01221907
Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8)
01221909
Ann Sothern, [Harriette Lake], ND, actress (Lady in a Cage)
Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
[Sithoe] U Thant, Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72)
01221911
Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader
01221914
Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer
01221916
Henri Dutilleux, Angers, France, composer
01221917
Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright
01221918
Richard Eastham, Opelousas La, actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest)
01221920
Piet Van Lishout, Flemish writer (Eva & I)
William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
01221922
Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker)
01221923
Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
01221924
J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
01221928
Birch Bayh, (Sen-D-Ind)
01221931
Rauno Mkinen, Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympic-gold-1956)
01221932
Piper Laurie, [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit Mich, actress (Twin Peaks)
01221934
Bill Bixby, SF Calif, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian)
01221935
Sam Cooke, soul singer (Sam & Dave-You Send Me)
01221937
Edn Pastora G¢mez, Nicaraguan contra leader
Joseph Wambaugh, US, police writer (Onion Fields)
01221940
Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
John Hurt, England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
Tilo Medek, German composer
01221943
H James "Jim" Saxton, (Rep-R-NJ, 1984-  )
01221946
Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash)
01221949
Rein P Hummel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Steve Perry, rock vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
01221952
Teddy Gentry, rocker (Alabama-Take Me Down)
01221953
Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
01221954
Chris Lemmon, LA Calif, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Duet)
01221955
Thomas David Jones, Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (SK:STS 59)
01221957
Mike Bossy, NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game
01221959
Linda Blair, St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St)
01221960
Michael Hutchence, rocker (Inxs-I Need You Tonight)
01221962
Robert Mailhouse, New Haven Ct, actor (Brian-Days of our Life)
01221963
Diane Lane, NYC, actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town)
01221964
Ann Rowe, Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1991)
Maria Ellingsen, Reykjavik Iceland, actress (Katrina-Santa Barbara)
01221965
Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
Ray Mayhew, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
01221967
Olivia d'Abo, London England, actress (Karen Arnold-Wonder Years)
01221969
Christina Marie Leardini, St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
01221976
Balthazar Getty, actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
01222179
Hikaru Walter Sulu, SF, California (character on Star Trek)
01231574
Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter
01231582
John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)
01231730
Joseph Hewes, patriot (Declaration of Independence signer)
01231762
Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
01231783
Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
01231785
Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad
01231816
Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician
01231828
Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
01231832
douard Manet, France, Impressionist painter
01231833
John Randolph Chambliss Jr, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
01231840
Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)
01231857
Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
01231862
David Hilbert, Knigsberg East Prussia, mathematician
01231878
Oton Zupancic, Slavic poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom)
01231887
Mikl¢s K llay, premier Hungary (1942-44)
01231891
Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist
01231893
Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks)
01231894
Franklin Pangborn, US, actor (My friend from India)
Remy Angenot, Flemish actor
01231896
Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64)
01231897
Amanda Berry Smith, famous African
01231898
Randolph Scott, actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union)
Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin)
01231899
Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen)
Joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts)
012319--
Angela Carrasco, Santo Domingo Dominican Rep, spanish singer
Bonkers, (All My Children)
Ray Girardin, Wakefield Mass, actor (Charlie & Company)
Richard Gilliland, Ft Worth Tx, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland)
01231902
Benny Waters, saxophonist
01231906
Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)
01231907
Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees)
Hediki Joekawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949)
01231908
Pak Saleman Siswowitono, Javan/Surinamese writer
01231910
Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
01231912
Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)
01231914
Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne
01231915
Potter Stewart, Mich, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81)
01231918
Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988)
01231919
Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show)
01231923
Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)
Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952)
Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars)
01231924
Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983-  )
01231925
Marty Paich, Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell)
01231928
Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968)
Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim)
Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, skater (Olympic-silver-1952)
01231929
John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986)
01231930
Derel Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
William R Pogue, Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4)
01231932
Bud Shuster, (Rep-R-PA, 1973-  )
01231933
Arlene Golonka, Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD)
Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity)
01231934
Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It)
01231936
Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay)
01231937
17 including Karl Radek go on trial in Stalin's great purge
01231938
Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident
01231942
Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
01231943
Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
01231944
Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975-  )
Rutger Hauer, actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend)
Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
01231947
Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983-  )
01231948
Anita Pointer, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy)
01231949
Robert D Cabana, Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53)
01231950
Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
Richard Dean Anderson, Minneapolis, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS)
William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter)
01231951
Margaret Johnson Bailes, Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
01231953
Pat Haden, Westbury, NY, NFL quarterback (LA Rams)
01231954
Edward Ka-Game, English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots)
Franco De Vita, Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer
Rick Finch, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
01231955
Reginald Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Robin Zander, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
01231957
Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, princess
01231959
Earl Falconer, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag)
01231960
Misha Mck, East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C)
01231963
Akeem Olajuwon, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
01231964
Mariska Hargitay, LA Calif, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown)
01231966
Scott Fortune, CA, US US Olympic volleyball player (Olympic-gold-88)
01231967
Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988)
01231972
Tiffani-Amber Theissen, actress (Saved by the Bell) (1972 approx)
0124  76
Publius A Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor (117-138)
01241664
Sir John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist, architect (baptized)
01241705
Farinelli "Carlo Broschi", Andria Italy, castrato
01241712
Frederick II (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
01241732
Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)
01241746
Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
01241776
Earnest TA Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)
01241778
Charles F, duke of Berry
01241798
Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
01241800
Sir Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer
01241820
John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
01241828
Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
01241832
John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
01241833
Bernhard Erdmannsdrffer, German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte)
01241852
Joseph JC Joffre+, marshal of France (battle of Marne)
01241862
Edith Wharton[-Jones], US, novelist (Ethan Frome, House of Mirth)
01241874
Arthur Shomburg, famous African
01241880
Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
01241883
Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
01241888
Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
Henry King, US, director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High)
01241891
Walter Model, German Field Marshall
01241895
Hans Fischbck, Austria, financed Netherlands (1940-42)
Joseph Schildkraut, Austria, actor (Idiot's Delight)
01241902
Walter Keirnan, New Havens Ct, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret)
01241903
Robert Gwathmey, artist (Arts & Letters)
01241907
Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician
Maurice Couve de Murville, France minister of foreign affairs
01241909
Ann Todd, Hartford England, actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil)
01241911
C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night)
01241913
Mark Goodson, TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman)
Norman Dello Joio, [Dello Ioio], NYC, composer
01241915
Ernest Borgnine, Hamden Ct, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale)
Robert B Motherwell, US, painter (Elegies tt Spanish Republic)
01241918
Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer
John McLiam, Alberta, actor (Parker-Men From Shiloh)
Oral Roberts, Televangelist; needs $8,000,000 (Oral Roberts College)
01241919
Leon Kirchner, Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily)
01241920
Don Saddler, Van Nuys Calif, dancer (Holiday Hotel)
01241921
Bernard J Dwyer, (Rep-D-NJ, 1981-  )
01241922
Ava Gardner, US, actress (Barefoot Contessa, Night of the Iguana)
01241924
Marvin Kaplan, NYC, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice)
Robert W Kastenmeier, (Rep-D-WI, 1959-  )
01241925
Maria Tallchief, Fairfax Ok, ballerina
William Hudson, Calif, actor (I Led 3 Lives)
01241927
Paula Hawkins, (Sen-R-FL, 1981-86)
01241931
Kees Zlstra, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
01241936
Doug Kershaw, La, plays electric fiddle
Jack Scott, Canada, rocker (My True Love)
01241939
Ray Stevens, Clarksdale Ga, singer (Ahab the Arab, The Streak)
01241940
Flip Buurmeer, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
01241941
Michael Chapman, Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11)
Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer)
01241943
Sharon Tate, Dallas Tx, actress (Valley of the Dolls)
01241944
David Gerrold, [Jerrold David Friedman], author (World of Star Trek)
01241946
Michael Ontkean, Vancouver BC, actor (Rookies, Slap Shot)
01241947
Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star (Lazio of Italy, NY Cosmos)
Warren Zevon, Chicago, rocker (Excitable Boy)
01241948
Elliott Abrams, asst secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras
01241949
Bart Gordon, (Rep-D-TN, 1985-  )
John Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers)
01241951
Yakov Smirnoff, Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country)
01241952
William F Readdy, Quonset Point Rhode Island, astronaut (STS 42)
01241953
Brian Matthews, Phila, actor (The Burning)
01241955
James Montgomery, 100m swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1976)
01241958
Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion
01241960
Nastassja Kinski, Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People)
01241964
Rob Dibble, Bridgeport Ct, pitcher (Cin Reds)
01241968
Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont WV, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
01241971
Tonya Crowe, Long Beach Calif, actress (Olivia-Knots Landing)
01241979
Tatyana Ali, NYC, actress (Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
0125 749
Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (775-80)
01251509
Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"
01251540
Edmund Campion, English Jesuit
01251615
Govert Flinck, painter (Isaac blessed Jacob)
01251627
Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
01251736
Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, French mathematician
01251759
Robert Burns, Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne)
01251814
Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899
01251826
Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch 1st Chamber member
01251839
Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
01251851
Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Princess of Herberg)
01251860
Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
01251866
Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party
01251874
Hewlett Johnson, author (Red blanket of Canterbury)
Somerset W Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)
01251882
Virginia [Adeline] Woolf, author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse)
01251885
A J Else Mauhs, German/Ned's actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon)
01251886
Wilhelm Frtwngler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
01251891
Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Britian, actress (Cleopatra)
William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador to USSR
01251898
Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist (Tie Verstehen)
01251899
Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)
01251900
Mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story)
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukraine, genetist/writer (Mankind Evolving)
01251902
Gerard P M Knuvelder, literature historian (Vocation, Kitty)
01251904
Frans Goedhart, journalist/founder (The Slogan)
Gza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist
01251913
Witold Lutoslawski, Warsaw Poland, composer
01251918
Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol)
01251919
Edwin Newman, NYC, newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment)
01251922
Jules P de Palm, Antilles writer
01251924
Lou "The Toe" Groza, AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleve Browns)
01251927
Gregg Palmer, SF, actor (Scream, To Hell & Back)
01251928
Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of USSR (-91)
01251931
Dean Jones, Decatur Ala, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug)
01251933
Corazon Aquino, president of Philippines (1986-  )
01251934
Elizabeth Allen, Jersey City NJ, actress (Laura-Bracken's World)
01251936
Dan Schaefer, (Rep-R-CO, 1983-  )
01251937
Don Maynard, NFL receiver (NY Jets), #13
01251941
Elzie "Buddy" Baker, race-car driver
01251945
Leigh Taylor-Young, Wash DC, actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas)
01251946
Josephine M Verspaget, sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Ronnie Brandon, rocker (McCoys)
01251950
Michael Cotton, rocker (Tubes)
01251953
Malcolm Green, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You)
01251954
Condredge Holloway, Alabama, CFL quarterback (Ottawa, Toronto)
Richard Finch, rock bassist (KC & Sunshine-That's the Way I Like It)
01251955
Joe Strummer, rock vocalist/guitarist (Clash-Rock the Casbah)
01251957
Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate (May, 1980)
01251958
Dinah Manoff, NYC, actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol-Empty Nest)
Gary Tibbs, rocker (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
01251960
Andy Cox, rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
01251961
Michele Tobin, Chicago Ill, actress (Fitzpatricks)
01251963
Carl Fysh, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
Suzanne Klemann, singer (Lois Lane)
01251964
Chip Foster, actor (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
Pepper Foster, actress (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
01251965
Brian Holman, Winfield Ks, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
01251969
Jesse Harte, Rome Ga, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
01251971
China Slick, rocker (daughter of Grace Slick)
01251974
Jonathan Bryan Colling, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys)
01261714
Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage)
01261715
Claude Helvetius, France, philosopher
01261763
Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
01261804
Eugne "Marie Joseph" Sue, France, novelist (Wandering Jew)
01261814
Rufus King, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
01261816
Lloyd Tilghman, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
01261819
Abner Doubleday, US, inventor (baseball)
01261826
Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady (1862-76)
01261831
Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)
01261852
Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)
01261871
Warner Fabian, [Samuel H Adams], US journalist/writer (Average Jones)
01261877
Kees van Dongen, Netherland, French painter
01261880
Douglas MacArthur, US, general (WW II), he did return!
01261884
Edward Sapir, US, linguist/antropologist (indians)
Roy Chapman Andrews, US, scientist/explorer
01261887
Enrique E Ecker, Curaao, bacteriologist
01261891
Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet/writer (Storm)
01261893
Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot
01261899
Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)
012619--
Allison Hossack, actress (Olivia-Another World)
Claudia Lonow, NYC, actress (Diana-Knots Landing)
Kathryn Leigh Scott, Robbinsdale Mn, actress (Big Shamus)
Richard Hill, Harlan Kentucky, actor (Al Gordean-Today's FBI)
Tom Keifer, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
Tracy Middendorf, Miami Fla, actress (Carrie-Days of Our Life)
Walt Willey, Ottawa Ill, actor (Jackson Montgomery-All My Children)
Zara Cully, Worcester Mass, actress (Olivia-The Jeffersons)
01261904
Sean MacBride, Ireland, statesman/Amnesty Intl co-founder (Nobel '74)
01261905
Charles Lane, SF Calif, actor (Homer-Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)
Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music"
01261907
Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orch leader (Don McNeill TV Club)
Henry Cotton, English golfer (British Open 1934, 1937, 1948)
01261911
Polykarp Kusch, US, atomic physcist (Nobel 1955)
01261912
Cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
01261913
Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage)
William Prince, Nichols NY, actor (City in Fear, Cyrano de Bergerac)
01261915
William Hopper, NYC, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason)
01261918
Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian president (1967-90)
01261920
Derek Bond, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Nicholas Nickelby)
01261921
Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony)
01261923
Anne Jeffreys, NC, actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital)
01261925
Joan Leslie, actress (Sgt York, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Paul Newman, Cleve, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler)
01261927
Jos Sim¢n Azcona Hoyo, president of Honduras (1986-90)
William Redfield, NYC, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop, Marriage)
01261928
Eartha Kitt, SC, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
Gene Snyder, (Rep-R-KY, 1963-65, 67-  )
Philip Jos Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld)
Roger Vadim, France, director (And God Created Women, Barbarella)
01261929
Jules Feiffer, NYC, cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders)
01261931
Mary Murphy, Wash DC, actress (A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators)
01261932
George H Clements, famous African
01261934
Barrel Bruynl, composer
Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist (Having a Good Time)
Ton Bruynl, composer
01261935
Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Wisc, catcher/actor (Mr Belvedere)
Henry Jordan, Emporia Va, NFL defensive tackle (Cleveland, Green Bay)
01261936
Noel Harrison, London, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE)
01261937
Gerrit Gerritse, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Joseph Saidu Momoh, gen/president (Sierra Leone)
01261942
Scott Glenn, Pittsburgh, actor (Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft)
01261944
Angela Davis, black activist/professor
01261945
Jacqueline Du Pr, Oxford England, cellist
01261946
Gene Siskel, movie critic (Siskel & Ebert)
01261947
Patrick Dewaere, [PJMH Bordeaux], France, actor (Les Valseuses)
01261950
Jorg Haider, Austrian polical leader (Austrian Freedom Pary)
01261951
David Briggs, rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way)
Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czech, 400m/800m runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
01261952
Mario Runco Jr, Bronx NY, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 44, 54)
Thomas Edward Henderson, SC, basketballer (Olympic-silver-1972)
01261953
Andre C van Es, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PSP)
01261955
Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer
01261956
Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], singer (Lovers Until the End)
01261957
Eddie Van Halen, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
01261958
Anita Baker, Toledo Oh, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got)
Norman H ssan, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
01261960
Jeanette Bolden, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
01261961
Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler/LA Kings (NHL MVP 1980-1987), Great One
01261963
Andrew Ridgeley, rocker (Wham-Wake Me Up)
01261978
Reesa Starr Jr
01271546
Joachim III Frederick, ruler (Brandenburg)
01271571
'Abbas I the Great, Safavid shah of Persia (1588-1629)
01271701
Johann N von Hontheim, German historian/bishop
01271720
Samuel Foote, England, actor/songwriter (Mirror)
01271756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)
01271775
Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)
01271805
Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision)
01271808
David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Das Leben Jesus)
01271822
Thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
01271823
douard Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie espagnole)
01271824
Jozef Israls, painter
01271826
Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
01271828
Samuel Allen Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
01271830
William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
01271832
Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland)
01271834
Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)
Robert Sanford Foster, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
01271850
Samuel Gompers, 1st president (American Federation of Labor)
01271851
Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)
01271858
Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model
01271859
Wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)
01271868
Cato Engelen-Sewing, soprano prima donna
01271872
Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)
01271882
Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)
01271885
Eduard Knneke, German composer (Vetter aus Tuesday)
Jerome Kern, NYC, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta)
01271887
Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos)
01271891
Ilya Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)
01271894
Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star (1920-26)
01271895
Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41)
012719--
James Cromwell, LA Calif, actor (Stretch-All in the Family)
Karen Kondazian, Boston, actress (Irene-Shannon)
Marc Ferrari, rocker (Cold Sweat-Break Out)
Mike Patton, rocker (Faith No More-The Real Thing)
01271900
Hyman G Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)
01271901
Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon)
01271903
Reginald Gardiner, Wimbeldon England, actor (Pruitts of So Hampton)
01271908
William Randolph Hearst Jr, newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing)
01271910
Joan Bennett, US, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
01271911
Benay Venuta, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister)
01271912
Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer (Private Country)
01271918
Elmore James, musician (Dust My Broom)
Skitch Henderson, Birmingham England, orch leader (Tonight Show)
01271919
David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno Calif, (Alvin & Chipmunks)
01271921
Donna Reed, Denison Iowa, (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life)
01271924
Rauf Denktasj, Turkish-Cypriot politician
01271927
Joe Perry, AAFC/NFL fullback (SF 49ers, Balt Colts)
Michael Craig, India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror)
01271929
Ingrid Thulin, Sweden, actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned)
01271930
Bobby "Blue" Bland, blues singer (Call on the Drummer)
Esteban Edward Torres, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-  )
01271931
Mordecai Richler, author, Montral (Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz)
01271934
Edithe Cresson, premier of Frace (1991-  )
Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Barcelona, Spain, UNESCO director (1987-  )
01271936
Troy Donahue, NYC, actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye)
01271937
John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist
01271940
Brian T O'Leary, Boston Mass, astronaut
Harry Kmel, Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden)
01271945
Nick Mason, rock drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money)
01271947
Nedra Telley, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby)
01271948
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing)
01271951
Brian Downey, rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town)
Scott Lane, NYC, actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel)
Seth Justman, rock vocalist/keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
01271952
Brian Gottfried, Baltimore Md, tennis star (Wimbeldon Doubles 1976)
01271955
Mimi Rogers, Coral Gables Fla, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters)
01271957
Frank Miller, US, comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns)
01271958
Charles Waltz, rocker (Shooting Star)
01271959
Patti Cohoon, Whittier Calif, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides)
0127196-
Sarah Kennedy, Coquille Ohio, comedienne (Laugh in)
01271961
Charlotte Kemp, Omaha Ne, playmate (Dec, 1982)
Gillian Gilbert, rocker (New Order-Round & Round)
Karen Velez, Rockville Ctr NY, playmate (December, 1984)
Martin Degville, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
Rudi Mauger, rocker (Crew Cuts)
01271964
Bridget Fonda, US, daughter of Peter/actress (Single White Female)
Cathy Podewell, actress (Dallas)
Inga Thompson, Reno Nevada, US cyclist (Olympic-8th-88, 84, 92)
Migi, [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
01271966
Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)
01271967
Carrington Garland, LA Calif, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara)
01271970
Carlos Javier Bernardo, prince
Dario Brose, Queens NY, US soccer halfback (Olympic-92)
01281457
Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)
01281600
Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)
01281608
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist
01281611
Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)
01281693
Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
01281706
John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
01281717
Moestafa III, Sultan (Turkey)
01281768
Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
01281775
Peter the Great, Russia
01281791
Louis-J-F Hrold, France, opera composer (Zampa)
01281815
Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
01281818
George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
01281822
Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
01281825
George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
01281828
Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1868
01281831
Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
01281833
Charles George Gordon, England, military hero (China, Khartoum)
01281841
Henry Stanley, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)
01281853
Jos Mart¡ y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
01281855
William Seward Burroughs, inventor (recording adding machine)
01281858
M Eugne F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist
01281865
Kaarlo Juho Sthlberg, 1st president of Finland (1919-25)
01281869
Ozaki Koyo, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet (The Heart)
01281873
"Sidonie Gabrielle" Colette, Burgundy France, novelist (Chri, Gigi)
01281880
Mary Boland, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)
01281884
Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)
Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer (chromosome of sun)
01281886
Artur Rubinstein, L¢dz Poland, pianist
01281892
Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor (Love Parade)
01281897
Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled)
01281898
Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi
012819--
Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night)
Susan Buckner, Seattle Wash, actress (George-Hardy Boys)
01281900
Anni Holdmann, Germany, 100m runner (Olympic-1928)
Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange)
01281903
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer (1st woman in Royal Society)
01281905
Gaston Rbry, Flemish cyclist
01281906
Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show)
01281908
Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeer, actor/director/writer (Fear)
01281910
Arnold Moss, NYC, actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Qubec, Viva Zapata)
John Banner, Vienna Austria, actor (Hans Schultz-Hogan's Heroes)
01281912
Jackson Pollack, abstract artist (Lavender Mist)
01281918
Vito Scotti, SF Calif, actor (Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park)
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker
01281922
Robert W Holley, US, biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel '68)
01281924
Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ)
01281928
Slade Gorton, (Sen-R-WA, 1981-  )
01281929
Claes Oldenburg, US Pop artist (Happenings, Alphabet/Good Humor)
01281932
Thomas J Bliley Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1981-  )
William Parry O'Brien, Calif, shot putter, (Olympic-gold-52, 56)
01281933
Susan Sontag, NYC, author/film director (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award)
01281934
Bill White, US, 1st baseman (Cards)/announcer (Yanks)/pres (NL)
01281936
Alan Alda, [Alphonso D'Abruzzo], NYC, actor (Hawkeye Pierce-M*A*S*H)
01281939
John M Fabian, Goosecreek Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 7, STS 51G)
01281942
Hansdjrgen Bumler, Germany, pairs ice skater (Olympic-silver-1948)
Sjoukje Dijkstra, Netherlands, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
01281943
Dick Taylor, rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry on Me)
John Beck, Chic, actor (Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara)
Susan Howard, Marshall Tx, actress (Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli)
01281944
Brian Keenan, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)
Martin Fried, rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball)
01281946
Renne Jarrett, Bkln NY, actress (Nancy)
Rick Allen, rocker (Box Tops-Letter)
01281949
Thomas J Downey, (Rep-D-NY, 1975-  )
01281950
Barbi Benton, [Klein], Calif, Playboy model (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!)
David C Hilmers, Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 51-J, 26, 36, 42)
Leonid Konstantinovich Kadenyuk, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut
01281954
Anicee Alvina, Paris France, actress (Friends)
Shawn Murray, rocker (Mink DeVille)
01281956
Peter Schilling, rocker
01281959
Dave Sharp, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime)
01281960
John Caliri, Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble)
01281961
Luann L Lee, Santa Monica Ca, playmate (Jan, 1987)
01281963
Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
01281981
Elijah Wood, actor
01281985
Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina
01291584
Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
01291688
Emanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
01291700
Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
01291737
Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
01291756
Henry [Light Horse Harry] Lee, cavalryman
01291782
Daniel F E Auber, French opera composer
01291810
Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician
01291821
Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
01291823
Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)
01291836
Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887
James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
01291843
Mayor William McKinley, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1901
William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901)
01291850
Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
01291860
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Russia, writer (Cherry Orchard)
01291862
Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer
01291866
Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
01291867
Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
01291873
Luigi A hertog der Abruzzen, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
01291874
John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
01291878
Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
01291880
W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], actor (Bank Dick)
01291892
Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928)
012919--
Eddie Jackson, rocker (Queensrche-The Warning)
Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas)
Matthew Ashford, actor (Jack-Days of Our Lives)
Niclas Sigevall, rocker (Electric Boys-Funk-o-metal Carpet Ride)
01291900
Willem FK Hussem, painter/poet (Kustln, Lookout on Sea)
01291901
Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube)
01291903
Cornelis H Edelman, geologist
01291906
Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
01291908
Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)
01291911
Bernard Herrmann, NYC, composes film music
01291912
Professor Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)
01291916
Victor Mature, actor (1 Million BC, Robe, Samson & Delilah)
01291917
John Raitt, Santa Ana Calif, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game)
01291918
John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)
01291923
Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital)
01291924
Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
01291925
Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate)
01291929
Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property theft)
William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960)
01291938
Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
01291939
Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
01291942
Arnaldo Mendez, Cuba, 1st Cuban in space (Soyuz 38)
Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer
Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)
01291944
Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)
01291945
Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
01291947
David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep)
01291950
Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)
01291952
Tommy Ramone, drummer (Ramones-Rock & Roll High School)
01291953
Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue)
Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)
01291954
Alejandro Casa¤as, Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silv-1976, 80)
Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators)
01291955
John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
01291957
Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
Jac Bico, guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
01291958
Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)
01291960
Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)
Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
01291964
Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
01291975
Sara Gilbert, actress (Melissa-Roseanne)
01301563
Franciscus Gomarus, [Franois Gomaer], opera singer
01301616
William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)
01301628
George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham England
01301697
Johann J Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
01301775
Walter Savage Landor, English critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)
01301797
Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
01301816
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894
01301822
John Basil Turchin, [Ivan Turchinoff], Brig General (Union volunteers)
01301829
Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1910
01301830
James G Blaine, US, minister of foreign affairs
01301834
Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician
01301835
Oliver Edwards, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
01301841
Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914
01301846
Francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism)
01301861
Charles Martin Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer
01301865
Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian
01301882
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945)
01301885
John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
01301894
Boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43)
01301898
Alfred Schlppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924)
01301899
Max Theiler, English/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)
013019--
Ralph Wilcox, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Big Eddie, Busting Loose)
Randy Brooks, Bronx, actor (Rituals, Renegades, Brothers & Sisters)
Tom Nielsen, actor (Guiding Light)
01301902
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian (The Buildings of England)
01301903
G Evelyn Hutchinson, British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology)
01301909
Saul David Alinsky, Chic Ill, radical writer (John L Lewis)
01301910
Frans Dohmen, union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union)
01301911
Hugh Marlowe, Phila Pa, actor (Ellery Queen)
Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
01301912
Barbara Tuchman, US, historian/author (Pulitizer, Guns of August)
01301914
David Wayne, Traverse City Mich, actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib)
John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral)
01301915
John D Profumo, England, politician (C)
01301918
David Opatoshu, NYC, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada)
01301920
George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
01301921
Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orch leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
01301922
Dick Martin, Detroit Mich, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy)
01301924
Shirley Chisholm, (Rep-D-NY)
01301925
Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place)
01301926
Ruth Brown, Portsmouth Va, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In)
01301927
Olof Palme, Stockholm, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated
01301928
Harold Prince, stage producer (Phantom of Opera)
01301931
Gene Hackman, Calif, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman)
Stewart B McKinney, (Rep-R-CT, 1971-  )
01301932
Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co)
01301933
Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz (Wall Street Week)
Richard Brautigan, Tacoma Wash, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...)
Richard Dufallo, Chicago Ill, clarinetist/conductor
01301934
Tammy Grimes, Lynn Mass, actress (Can't Stop the Music)
01301937
Boris Spassky, USSR, world chess champion (1969-72)
Vanessa Redgrave, London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express)
01301938
Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch political chairman (VARA)
01301939
Frank R Wolf, (Rep-R-VA, 1981-  )
01301941
Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-Wyo), Bush's secretary of defense (1989-  )
01301942
Andres, [Dries Holten], singer (Sandra & Andres)
Heidi Brhl, German actress/singer (Mdels vom Immenhof)
Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles)
01301943
Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets)
01301947
Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces)
01301951
Marv Ross, rocker (Quarterflash)
Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)
01301954
Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist (Time Bandits)
01301955
Curtis Strange, golfer (1989 Skins Game)
Judith Tarr, US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica)
01301958
Rob of Zandvoort, singer (Jack of Hearts)
01301959
Jody Watley, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love)
01301960
Tony O'Dell, Pasadena Calif, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class)
01301964
Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America (1991)
01301965
Julie McCullough, Honolulu Hi, playmate (Feb 86)/actr (Growing Pains)
01301966
Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach Calif, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor)
01301967
Bill Leverty, Richmond Va, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
01301968
Felipe, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne
01301974
Christian Bale, actor (Empire of the Sun)
01301979
Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-WY, 1979-  )
Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank
01311601
Pieter de Bloot, landscape painter
01311607
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
01311612
Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz
01311620
Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief
01311623
Francois-Xavier de Laval
01311633
Nathaniel Crew, English bishop (Durham)
01311734
Robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
01311787
Louis Angely, German, teacher (Sieben Mdchen in Uniform)
01311797
Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal Aust, composer (Unfinished Symphony)
01311810
Daniel Ruggles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
01311812
John Randolph Tucker, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1883
01311817
Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia)
01311818
William Raine Peck, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
01311830
James Gillespie Blaine, Penns, journalist (Plumed Knight)/MC (Union)
01311863
F Henri Berz, French existensialist philospher (Revue the Synthesis)
01311866
Emil Strauss, Germany, writer (Der nackte Mann)
01311868
Theodore William Richards, chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914)
01311872
Zane Grey, American West novelist (Spirit of the Border)
01311877
Max Ettlinger, German philospher
01311878
Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar
01311881
Irving Langmuir, physical chemist/colloid researcher (Nobel '32)
Joseph A Cushman, US, palentologist
01311882
Anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer
01311884
Nicholas Joy, Paris France, actor (Boss Lady)
01311886
Alfonso Lopez, Columbia, statesman (Pres UN security council-1948)
01311892
Eddie Cantor, NYC, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater)
01311893
Lady Freya Stark, English author
013119--
David Mason Daniels, actor (Capitol)
01311902
Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize-1982)
Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet entrepreneur
Julian H Steward, US anthropologist/professor
01311903
Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder (Look Magazine)
Tallulah Bankhead Huntsville Ala,, actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling)
01311904
E of Ruller, journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder (Loyal)
Lon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies
01311905
Anna Blaman, [Johanna P Vrugt], writer (Wife & Friend)
John O'Hara, Pottstown Penn, novelist (Appointment at Samarra)
01311906
R W Bonham, founder (International Braille Chess Association)
01311908
Ren Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star (Wimbeldon 1934)
01311913
Don Hutson, NFL end (Packers)
Wayne Millner, NFL end (Boston/Washington Redskins)
01311914
Carey Lofton, Blountsville Fla, actor (Skinner-Troubleshooters)
Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52)
01311915
Bobby Hackett, Providence RI, trumpeteer/orch leader (Air Time '57)
Garry Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Balt, host (I've Got a Secret)
Thomas Merton, France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist (7 Storey Mt)
01311919
Jackie Robinson, Ga, 1st black major league baseball player (Dodgers)
01311920
Stewart L Udall, Ariz, US Secretary of interior (1961-69)
01311921
Carol Channing, Seattle Wash, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
John Agar, Chicago, actor (Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima)
Mario Lanza, Phila, actor/singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans)
01311922
William Sylvester, Oakland Calif, actor (2001, Gorgo, Gemini Man)
01311923
Joanne Dru, Logan WV, actress (Guestwood Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
Norman Mailer, NYC mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked & the Dead)
01311925
Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader
Charles Aidman, Frankfort Ind, narrator (New Twilight Zone)
01311926
Jean Simmons, London England, actress (Thorn Birds, Guys & Dolls)
01311929
Rudolf Mssbauer, Germany, physicist (Nobel 1961)
01311930
Lynn Carlin, LA Calif, actress (Joan Hunter-James at 15)
01311931
Ernie Banks, "Mr Cub", Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer (1st baseman)
01311932
Pieter Brattinga, graphic artist
01311933
Joseph D Early, (Rep-D-MA, 1975-  )
Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
01311934
James Franciscus, Clayton Mo, actor (Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter)
01311935
Oe Kenzaburo, Japanese novelist (The Catch, A Personal Matter)
01311937
Philip Glass, Baltimore Md, composer (Einstein on the Beach)
Steve Karmen, Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You)
Suzanne Pleshette, NYC, actress (Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show)
01311938
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands (1980-  )
James G Watt, Colo, US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)
01311940
Jessica Walter, Bkln NY, actress (Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss)
Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor (Love American Style)
01311941
Richard A Gephardt, (Rep-D-MO, 1977-  )
01311944
Charley Musselwhite, musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog)
01311946
Glynn Turman, NYC, actor (Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial)
Jonathan Banks, Wash DC, actor (Armed & Dangerous, Cold Steel)
Terry Kath, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
01311947
Nolan Ryan, pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros) (6 no-hitters, 5000+ Ks)
01311951
Harry Casey, [KC], rock vocalist (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
Phil Manzanera, rock guitarist (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
01311953
Aart Mol, bassist (Catapult)
01311954
Adrian Vandenberg, rock guitarist (Whitesnake)
01311956
Johnny Rotten, [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
01311957
Shirley Babashoff, US, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
01311958
Rafael Santana, shortstop (NY Mets, NY Yankees)
Tom Schuman, pianist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
01311961
Lloyd Cole, guitar/vocals (& the Commotions-Rattlesnakes)
01311963
Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside NY, rocker (Anthrax-Protest & Survive)
01311965
Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian, Fairfield Conn, Miss Conn-America (1991)
D
Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies
Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies
0101 962
Boudewijn III, count of Flanders, dies
Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies
01011502
Gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies
Louis XII, Father of People, King of France (1498-1515), dies at 52
01011517
Hermann de Jonge Vischer, German bronze merchant, dies
01011559
Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
01011560
Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies
01011716
William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
01011766
Frans E Jacobus III, Old Pretender, king of Gt Britain/Ireland, dies
01011800
Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies
Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium), dies
Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies
Ludomir R¢zycki, Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68
Ruth Draper, US lecture artist, dies
David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55
01011960
Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), dies
01011961
Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66
01011964
Rika Hopper, actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86?
01011969
Barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
01011972
Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
Kenneth Patchen, US poet/writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60
Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies
01011980
Frank Clifford Wykoff, sprinter (Olympic-gold-28, 32, 36), dies at 70
01011982
Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (De baadster, Orlans), dies
Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American sculptor, dies
01011988
Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
01011990
Charles Boost, film critic, dies
Gerhard Schrder, West German minister of Defense, dies
01011991
Charles B Timmer, interpreter/writer (Russia black on white), dies
Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies
01011992
Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies
Hette G Abma, vicar/member of Dutch parliament (SGP), dies
Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess who's coming to dinner), dies
01021790
Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococobeeldhouwer, dies
Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/emp of Germ (1849-61), dies
James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82
Lon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies
Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (King of Saba), dies
01021917
Edward B Tylor, English Anthropologist, dies at 84
01021921
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German chancellor/PM of Prussia, dies
Achad Ha'am, [Asjr Ginsberg], Hebrews philosopher/writer, dies
01021929
Erich Wichman(n), fascist painter/sculptor, dies
01021950
Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies
01021955
Jos Antonio Remon, president of Panam  (1919..55), assassinated
Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, actor/director (Haagsche Comedy), dies at 60
Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (world record time 45,798 km), dies
01021963
Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
01021968
Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
01021974
Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
01021983
Harriet Parsons, actress/producer, dies at 76 of cancer
01021986
Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
01021990
Belcampo, [Herman P Schnfeld Wichers], lawyer/writer, dies
01031322
Philippe V, the Lange, King of France (1316-22), dies
01031543
Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies
01031552
Hendrik van Beieren, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies
01031570
Bartholomeus Latomus, [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies
01031571
Joachim II Hector, monarchr (Brandenburg), dies at 65
01031641
Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
01031761
Willem de Fesch, violinist/composer (Joseph), dies
01031795
Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies
01031875
George Bizet, composer, dies
James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70
James E Flecker, British poet (Golden Journey to Samarkind), dies
Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave Soldier Schweik), dies
01031931
Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78
01031933
Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies
William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) hanged in Britain for treason
Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies
Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87
01031979
Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91
01031988
Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
01031992
Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
Dame Judith Anderson, actress (Laura, Rebecca), dies at 93
Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
01031993
Henk Dorl, [Doreleijers], singer (Go to it Holland Go to it), dies
01041678
Johan Maetsuyker, governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
01041701
Earnest R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
01041707
Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
01041804
Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
01041880
Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, surrealist painter, dies
01041908
Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
Lon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marschal, dies
Benito Prez Gald¢s, Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at 76
Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tie Herz of Wortes), dies
Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies
01041944
Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies
Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67
01041952
Constantly Permeke, Flemish painter (Boerin), dies at 65
01041955
Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, preacher, dies
01041957
Theodor Krner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84
Albert Camus, Fr author (L'etanger), dies in an auto accident at 46
01041961
Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72
Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64
T S Eliot, poet (Washed Country), dies in London at 76
01041967
Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
01041968
Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
01041975
Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72
01041987
Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
01041990
Robert F Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57
01041991
Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I left my heart in San Francisco), dies
01041993
Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
01051066
Edward de Belder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
01051387
Pedro IV, king of Aragon: conqueror of Sicily, dies
01051477
Charles de Stoute, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies
01051524
Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies
01051589
Catherine de Mdicis, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
01051595
Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
01051827
Frederick of York, English duke, dies at 63
01051856
Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies
01051860
St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
01051922
Ernest H Shackleton, British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies
Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, dies aboard his ship
01051933
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
01051943
George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies
Dezs Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Weggevaagde Village), dies
01051960
Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies
01051970
Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
Don Wilson, Astro pitcher dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
01051977
Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
01051979
Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies
01051981
Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
Paul Flix, Belgian architect, dies
01051982
Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
01051988
"Pistol Pete" Mavarich, basketball player dies at 40 of a heart attack
01051993
George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies
Henk Knol, Suriname 2nd chamber member (PvdA), dies
Juan Benet, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies
Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zare minister of Culture, murdered
Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
Wiersma, Dutch asst secretary of state of Justice, dies
01061088
Berengarius van Tours, French theologist, dies
01061275
Raymundus van Pe¤afort, Spanish church scholar, dies
01061374
Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
01061425
Jan van Beieren, bishop of Lithuiana/Duke of Baveria, dies
01061448
Christoffel III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
01061536
Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
01061592
Johan Casimir, count of Rhine, dies
01061646
Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies
01061693
Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
01061694
Francesco Morosini, Italian army leader, dies
01061785
Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution
Maria G Agnesi, Italian mathematician (xýy=aý(a-y)), dies
W G Frederik, prince of Orange, dies
Heinrich Schliemann, archelogist (Troje)
01061884
Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk & heredity pioneer, dies
01061885
Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies
Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
01061928
Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
Nicolaas Nikolajevitsj, governor-general of Kaukasi, dies
01061950
Isaiah Bowman, US geography/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies
01061958
Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium, dies
01061960
Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
Jacob "Cut" Nanninga, painter (France, North-Africa), dies at 57
Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
01061978
John D MacArthur, US billionaire, dies at 80
01061985
Robert HW Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
01061988
Brent Collins, actor, dies at 46 of a heart attack
Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
01061992
Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journe torride), dies at 45
01061993
Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies
John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies at 75
Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of aids
0107 312
Lucianus, saint, dies
01071285
Charles I van Anjou, brother of King Louis IX of France, dies
01071325
Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
01071451
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy/last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies
01071529
Peter de Oude Vischer, German count of Sebaldus, dies
01071536
Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies
01071537
Alessandro de' Medici, of Florence, assassinated
01071566
Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois"Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies
01071655
Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies
Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, dies
01071892
Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies
01071932
Henri Stroethoff, actor (Slight Paradise), dies at 60
Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla), dies
J Verleun, resistance fighter, executed
Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74
01071961
Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn dies at 74
Colin McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
01071971
Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60
01071972
John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
01071982
Bert Oosterhuis, auto racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
01071983
August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies
01071985
Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
01071987
Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
01071988
Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies at 71 of bronchitis
01071990
Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81
Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
0108 482
Severinus, German monastary founder/saint, dies
01081198
Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
01081324
Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
01081336
Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
01081455
Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies
01081567
Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
01081598
Johan Georg, ruler of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies
01081642
Galileo Galilei, astronomer, dies at 78 in Arceti Italy
01081775
John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68
01081796
Jean Marie Collot d'herbois, French actor, dies
01081808
Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
01081842
Pierre, earl the Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba), dies
01081880
Norton I, Emperor of US, Protector of Mxico, dies
Paul M Verlaine, French poet (Elgies, Bonne Chanson), dies
Jacob C of Marken, founder (Calv-Delft), dies
Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies
01081941
Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, dies
Jacobus P Thijsse, biologist (Contact with Plant), dies
01081948
Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (Lhar), dies
01081950
Joseph A Schumpeter, Austrian/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies
Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
01081952
Antonia Maury, discoverer of supergiant, giant & dwarf stars, dies
01081963
Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
Louis J H C A de Bourbon, writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies
Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies
01081976
Chou En-lai, China's premier, dies of cancer in Peking at 78
01081978
Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
01081980
Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
01081981
Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
01081982
Gregoire Aslan, character actor, dies of 73 of a heart attack
Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 69
01081983
Gale Page, actress, dies of cancer at 72
Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
01081988
Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
01081989
Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies
01081991
Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
01081992
Abderrahim Bouabid, Moroccan politician, dies
Johnny [Jan] Meer, king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
01081993
Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
Theo Bruins, pianist/composer (Syncopation), dies
01091499
Johan Cicero, monarch (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy," dies at 98 in Germany
01091854
Filippo Traetta/Philip Trajetta, Ital's composer/musicologist, dies
01091878
Victor Emanuel II, king of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies
Don Joaquin BF Espartero, duke of Vitoria, dies
Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/foreign minister, dies at 66
Abraham Goldfaden, Yiddish songwriter, dies
01091923
Katherine Mansfield, Brits writer (Dove's Nest), dies
01091927
Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies
Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies
01091939
Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball music director, dies
Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Novel Britain), dies
01091946
Countee Cullen, black poet, dies at 42 in NYC
01091958
Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (Um der Wende der Zeit), dies
01091972
Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
01091975
Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies
01091977
Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62
01091984
Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies
01091987
Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
0110 681
Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
0110 976
John I Tzimisces, emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies
01101276
Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
01101645
William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded
01101674
Jacob de Witte, mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician, dies
01101778
Carolus Linus "Carl von Linn", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies
01101789
Pierre Lyonet, zoologist, dies
01101811
Marie-Joseph de Chnier, French poet (Chant du Dpart), dies
01101824
Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies
01101846
Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'amour), dies
01101871
Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies
01101899
Gerard Keller, writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
August(us) Alleb, painter/lithograph, dies
01101934
Marinus van der Lubbe, communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24
Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies
Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies
J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies
01101951
Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930), dies
Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66
A Marja, [ATE Mooy], author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
01101968
Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), dies at 74
01101972
Al Goodman, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (Satan auf Erde), dies
01101978
John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
01101980
George Meany, labor leader, dies at 85
01101981
Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
01101982
Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
01101986
Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
01101993
Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
0111 705
John VI, Greek pope (701-05), dies
01111055
Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies
01111552
Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
01111641
Franciscus Gomarus, [Franois Gomaer], opera star, dies
01111775
Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
01111801
Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il matrimonio segreto), dies at 5
01111843
Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63
01111847
Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83
01111893
Benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
01111923
Constantine I, king of Greece, dies
Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87
01111943
Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
01111944
Galeazzo graaf van Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies
01111953
Earnest H Ridder Rappard, founder (NSNAP), dies
01111954
Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77
Emmy Arbous, actress/cabaret performer, dies at 56
Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Tapfere Soldier), dies
01111955
Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa minister of Defense, dies at 72
01111959
Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies
Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60
01111966
Lal Bahadur Sjastri, Indian politician, dies
01111979
Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63
01111983
Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies
01111984
Jack La Rue, TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at 84
01111988
Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
0112 689
Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies
01121049
Aboe Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies
01121519
Maximilian I van Habsburg, German kaiser, dies
Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies
01121860
Martinus J Niewindt, Curaao bishop (christened slaves), dies
Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
01121940
Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies
Jan R T Campert, writer (Song of 18 Murders, Neuengamme), dies
01121956
John Raedecker, sculptor (National monument of the Dutch Dam), dies
Lorraine Hansberry, US song writer, dies in NYC, at 34
Porcupine, in Washington DC zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent
01121970
Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84
01121972
Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies
Caryn Campbell, Bundy victim, disappears from Snowmass, Colo
01121976
Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
01121981
Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89
01121990
Laurence J Peter, author (Peter Princible), dies of a stroke at 70
01121991
Keye Luke, actor (Charlie Chan's No 1 Son), dies
Vasco Pratolini, Italy, writer (Le ragazze di San Frediano), dies
01121992
Harry van Doorn, Dutch politician (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies
01121993
Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45
0113 888
Charles III, King of France, dies
01131049
Dirk IV, Count of Holland, dies
01131177
Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies
01131307
Arnoud van Foreest, clergy of Utrecht, dies
01131330
Frederick (III) the Blank, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies
01131599
Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
01131691
George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies in NY hospital
01131879
WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Lux, dies
Thomas P Krag, Norse author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
01131914
Bernardus H Heldt, Member of Dutch 2nd chamber, dies at 74
C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
01131939
Jacob Ruppert, NY Yankee owner, dies
James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zrich Switzerland, at 58
01131962
Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
LG Kortenhorst, Dutch politician, dies at 76
01131968
Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars) checked into the boards & killed
01131976
Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies
01131978
Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn
Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 90
01131979
Donnie Hathaway, singer, dies
01131982
Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies
01131983
Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
D Mack Reynolds, US writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
John McHugh, actor, dies of a heart attack at 69
01131985
Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
01131987
E of Ruller, journalist/alderman (ARP)/co-founder (Loyal), dies
01131988
Ching-Kao Chiang, president of Taiwan, dies at 81
01131992
Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies
Yvonne Bryceland, actress, dies at 66
01141163
Ladislaus I Arpad, king of Hungary (1162-63), dies
01141237
St Sava, son of Serbia's king, dies
01141301
Andreas III Arpad, king of Hungary (1290-1301), dies
01141595
Ferdinand, archduke of Austria/mayor of Bohemenia, dies
01141742
Edmund Halley, genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at 86
01141766
Frederik V, king of Denmark/Norway (1746-66), dies
01141830
Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker, dies
01141847
Gov Bent, 5 others in US occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico
01141898
Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65
Charles Hermite, French writer (e is transcendent), dies
Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician, dies
01141905
Ernst Abbe, German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64
Sinovi P Rostsjestvenski, Russian admiral, dies
Willem Devout, self employed (V & Dreesmann), dies
Cornelis W Lely, Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies
01141944
Walthre Dew, [Jacques Delflandre], Belgian resistance fighter, dies
Ans Van Dike, nazi-collaborator, executed
01141957
Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny), dies at 57
01141970
John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies
01141972
Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKWG], king of Denmark (1947-72)
01141977
Anas Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies
01141984
Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 82
01141985
Jetta Goudal, French actress, dies at 86
01141986
Donna Reed, actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at 64
Georgy M Malenkov, PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86
01141991
Abu Iyad, PLO-leader (1972 Munich Massacre), murdered
01141993
Manfred Lachs, International jurist at the Hague, dies
Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
Manfred Lachs, Polish lawyer (Intl Court of Justice), dies
0115  69
Galba, Roman emperor (68-69), killed by Praetorian guard in Rome
01151705
Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies
01151896
Matthew Brady, photographer, dies
01151919
Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered
Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered
01151934
Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Tie Konzert), dies
01151942
Melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympic-gold-08, 12), dies at 58
01151949
Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)
01151955
Yves Tanguy, French/Americans sailor/surrealistic painter, dies
01151978
Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ten Bundy
01151981
Emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92
01151982
Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76
01151983
Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach, Fla, at 81
Shepperd Strudwick, actor, dies of cancer at 75
01151986
James H "Jim" Crowley, US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83
01151987
Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58
Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
01151988
Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83
01151993
Huub H Jacobse, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD), dies
Sammy Cahn, [Cohen], US songwriter (Bei mir bist du schn), dies at 79
0116 308
Marcellus I, [Marcellinus?], bishop of Rome, dies
0116 429
Honoratius van Arles, bishop/saint, dies
01161343
Robert van Anjou, king (Naples), dies
01161595
Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
Richard Savage, poet, dies
01161794
Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London
01161842
Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
01161886
Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies
Arnold Bcklin, Swiss painter, dies
Hiram Revels, dies at 73
William Pickering, pioneer US stellar spectroscopist, dies
01161939
Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
Carole Lombard, actress, her mother & 20 others killed in plane crash
01161954
Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies
Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies
01161957
Arturo Toscanini, Italian US conductor (NBC), dies at 89 in NYC
01161967
Robert J van de Graaff, nuclear physicist, dies
01161968
Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
John Palach, Czechoslovakia student, self incinerates
01161970
Armn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies
01161971
Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
01161972
David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian] (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
01161979
Ted Cassidy, Pittsburgh, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
01161987
Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
01161993
Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in our alley), dies at 87
Glenn Corbett, US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
0117 395
Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies
01171103
Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
01171119
Boudewijn VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies
01171229
Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword knights), dies
01171781
Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
01171833
William Rush, Indians sculptor, dies
E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies
01171874
Chang & Eng Bunker, Siamese twins, die
01171893
Rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70
01171901
Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algoloog, dies
01171908
Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane, dies
Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet), dies
Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, politician, dies at 70
William H Pickering, US, astronomer (discovered Pluto), dies
Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36
Gerrit Achterberg, poet (Autodroom), dies
01171968
Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies
01171972
Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy), dies at 56
01171977
Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967
01171980
Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), dies at 59
01171981
Bernard Lee, actor (M in James Bond Movies), dies at 73
01171983
Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian, commits suicide by gun at 71
01171991
Olav AFEC van Sleeswk-Holstein-S-G V, king of Norway, dies
01171992
Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer
01171993
Ger ter Horst, soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
01181367
Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies
01181479
Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies
01181580
Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes), dies at 63
01181862
John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71
01181886
Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
01181890
Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies
Edmond R H Regout, industrialist/politician, dies
01181921
Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies
01181936
Rudyard Kipling, author (Giunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies in England
01181940
Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Het jonge Polen), dies
01181966
Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85
Barney Ross, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
Simon FHJ Berkelbach of Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies
01181968
Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69
01181970
David McKay, Mormon president, dies at 96
01181978
Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67
01181982
Ram¢n (J) Sender (Garcs), Spanish writer, dies
Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), dies at 20
01181984
Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead
01181989
Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies
01181990
Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 24
01181991
Hamilton Fish, NY congressman, dies
01181993
M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies
Mia Meijer, screenwriter (Machine Kind), dies
0119 639
Dagobert I, king of Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustri, dies
01191629
Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
01191729
William Congreve, English dramatist, dies
01191747
Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
01191833
Louis-J-F Hrold, French opera composer (Pr aux clercs), dies at 41
01191878
Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies
01191894
Franois Haverschmidt, writer, dies
01191927
Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies
Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
01191970
Albert Mhll, German writer, dies at 76
01191975
Thomas Heart Benson, US artist, dies at 85
01191976
Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), dies at 30
Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51
01191980
William O Douglas, member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy, dies
Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies
01191990
Bhadwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58
Herbert Wehner, German communist politicial chairman (SPD), dies at 83
01191993
Kees Scherer, photographer (World Press Photo), dies
0120 250
Fabianus, Italian bishop of Rome (236-50)/saint, dies
0120 820
Aboe Abdallah Mohammed ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic lawyer, dies
0120 842
Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies
0120 882
Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies
01201479
Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies
01201612
Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies
01201639
Mustafa I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
01201713
Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
01201745
Charles VII Albert, German emperor, dies
01201779
John Burman, botanist/medical/director botanical gardens, dies
01201819
Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies
01201837
John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84
01201862
Felix Zollicoffer, Gen killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
01201882
John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies
Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
01201900
John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
R D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74
George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies, succeeded by Edward VIII
Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated
01201949
Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Effectenbeurs Amsterdam), dies
01201957
James Connolly, 1st Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE)
01201962
Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas) dies at 75
01201965
Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42
01201973
Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, dies
01201984
Johnny Weismuller, actor (Tarzan, Jungle Jim), dies in Acapulco at 79
01201988
Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager dies in Paris at 86
01201990
Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82
01201991
Bill Riordon, US tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies
01201992
Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies
01201993
Audrey Hepburn[-Ruston], actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 63
Joseph Anthony [Deuster], US director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80
01211118
Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
01211609
Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies
01211626
John Dowland, English musician/lyric poet, dies at about 63
01211665
Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat thesis), dies at 24
01211686
Nicolas-Franois Blondel, French architect, dies
01211774
Moestafa III, sultan (Turkey), dies at 56
01211793
Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by French revolutionaries
01211892
John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies
01211903
Hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/politician, dies
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 54
Camillo Golgi, Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies
George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46
Maarten P Vrij, lawyer/criminologist/member High Council, dies
Arthur L Bowley, English statisician/economist, dies at 87
01211959
Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77
Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tu), dies at 73
01211965
Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 51
Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73
01211974
Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78
01211981
Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
01211991
Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87
Richard Bolling, US civil-rights leader, dies
01211992
William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies
01221531
Andrea del Sarto, Italian artist, dies at 43
01221552
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
01221581
Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies
01221798
Mata A Reljkovic, writer (Satire of the wanted men), dies at 66
01221901
Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 82
Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies
Benedictus XV, [Giacomo markies della Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies
Max Nordau, [Sdfeld], German physician/writer/zionists leader, dies
Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le feu sacr), dies at 59
01221942
Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch Natl Front, dies at 81
Walter R Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies
01221950
Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57
Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies
01221956
P A M Speet, director of KRO, dies
A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
01221968
Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20), dies at 77
Judy Garland, singer/actress, dies at 48 of an overdose
01221973
Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64
01221974
Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64
01221981
Fannie Thomas, US, dies at 113
01221982
Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71
01221992
A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
01221993
Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood)
Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies
01231516
Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies
01231622
William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
01231639
Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
01231648
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 41
01231806
William Pitt de Jongere, premier Great Britain, dies
Boudewn LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies
Jos Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies
01231913
Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated
01231926
Dsir J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies
01231931
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Stervende Swan), dies
Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, dies
01231945
Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), dies
Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
01231976
Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia
01231977
Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73
01231978
Terry Kath, rocker (Chicago), accidentally shoots himself at 32
01231981
Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
Samuel Barber, US composer (School for scandal, dies at 74
01231989
Salvador Dal¡, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
01231992
Freddie Bartlomew, child actor, dies of emphysema at 67
Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
01231993
Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take my hand, precious Lord), dies
0124  41
Caligula, Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated
0124 772
Stefanus III, [IV], pope (768-72), dies
0124 817
Stefanus IV, [V/Colonna?], pope (816-17), dies
01241336
Alfonso IV de Goedaardige, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies
01241473
Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies
01241547
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
01241639
George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, is assassinated
01241885
Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72
Thephilo Braga, Portugeese poet, dies
01241929
Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies
John Burns, English bank worker, dies
Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies
Karl RG von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77
01241961
Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82
01241962
Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68
01241965
Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 88
01241969
Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72
01241972
Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
01241973
J Carroll Naish, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 66
Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
01241983
George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83
01241986
Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 44
L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 84
01241988
Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
01241989
Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida
01241991
George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
01241992
Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
01241993
Thurgood Marshall, US supreme court justice (1967-91), dies
Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies
01251138
Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Pope (1130-38), dies
01251139
Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies
01251494
Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies
01251640
Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
01251726
Guillaume Delisle, French geographer (Atlas gographique), dies
01251733
Reinier V, of Hompesch, gen-maj cavalery, dies
01251820
Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies
Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies
01251906
Joseph Wheeler, Confederate General, dies at 70
Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal, dies
01251910
Lon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies
01251920
Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
01251947
Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphillis
Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendants
01251975
Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78
01251978
Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse
01251982
Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party leader, dies
01251990
Ava Gardner, actress, dies in London at 67 of pneumonia
01251992
Nico Schuyt, composer, dies
01261109
Albericus van Cteaux, French saint, dies
01261824
Thodore Gricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies
01261855
Grard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer, dies
01261885
Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51
Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday
Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered
01261939
Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM assassinated by the iron guard
Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies
Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
01261949
Victor Fleming, director, dies at 65
Louis of Deyssel, writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
01261962
Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65
John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
01261973
Edward G Robinson, [Emmanuel Goldenberg], actor, dies at 82
01261977
Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61
01261979
Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & 4 time governor of NY, dies at 70
01261983
Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
01261989
Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
Stphane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped & murdered
01261990
FHP "Boy" Trip, minister, dies
01261991
Johnny van Doorn, writer, dies
01261992
Jos Ferrer, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80
Okke Jager, theologist/writer/poet, dies
01261993
Jan Gies, resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank & family), dies
Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (Great Iron Sculpture), dies
0127 672
Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies
0127 847
Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies
01271540
Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastary, dies
01271565
Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Lithuiana (1557-64), dies
01271763
Johan-Theodoor van Beieren, prince-bishop of Lithuiana, dies
John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65
Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74
01271860
Jan¢ Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57
01271893
James G Blaine, US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/Ada), dies at 87
01271922
Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies
01271953
Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58
01271956
Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies
Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies
Edward H White II, astronaut, dies in Apollo I fire
Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire
Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 41 in Apollo I fire
01271969
Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82
Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72
01271972
Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, dies at 60
01271982
Iris Korn, actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60
01271983
Louis De Funes, actor, dies at 68 of a heart attack
Robert Christian, actor, dies of cancer at 42
01271984
Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
01271986
Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], German actress (Gentle Sex), dies
01271992
Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Brit actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101
01271993
Andre the Giant, [Rene Roussimoff], wrestler, dies at 49
Erik Mrk, Danish actor (Europe), dies at 67
0128 814
Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
01281119
Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
01281256
William of Holland, Holy Roman emperor, dies at about 28
01281393
Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
01281528
Philips of Kleef, gentleman of Ravenstein, dies
01281547
Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
01281560
John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist
01281595
Sir Francis Drake, English navigator, dies at about 50
01281621
Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies
01281687
Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
01281754
Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille)
01281810
Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, is shot
01281829
William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
Robert Planquette, French composer (Cantinire, Nel Gwynne), dies
John McCrae, Canadian poet & physician, dies
Simon Abramsz, writer (Artist book), dies
01281935
Michail M Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer/conductor, dies
01281938
Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, dies in France at 73
01281957
Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88
Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73
Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday
01281965
Johan Fiolet, actor/director, dies
01281972
Cut Wagemaker, [Adrian B], statue artist, dies
01281973
John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday
01281975
Antonin Nov¢tny, Czechoslovakian president, dies
01281977
Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92
01281980
Jimmy Durante, NYC, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
01281984
John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
01281986
Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
Ellison S Onizuka, Hawaii, Mjr USAF/ast, dies in Challenger disaster
Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr, dies in Challenger
Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
01281991
Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
01281992
Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37
Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies
0129 969
Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
01291559
Sir Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
01291684
Mre Anglique, the Saint/Jean Arnauld d'andilly, French abbess, dies
01291696
Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
01291837
Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies
01291910
Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies
01291941
Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide
01291946
Harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
01291956
H L Mencken, satirist, critic, dies in Baltimore at 75
Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54
01291962
Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86
01291963
Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif
01291965
John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
01291966
Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
01291973
Ludwig Stossel, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89
01291977
Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22
01291980
Jim Durantee, singer (Ink-a-dink-a-doo), dies at 86
01291984
Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
01291986
Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74
01291988
James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83
Rogier van Otterloo, composer/conductor, dies
01291991
Jan Od, pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies
Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies
01291992
Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76
01291993
Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79
Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies
01301384
Louis van Male, count of Flanders/Nevers/Rthel, dies
01301393
Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
Yvain, son of a earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
01301644
William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies
01301649
Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), executed by Parliament
01301730
Peter II Aleksejevitsj, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies
01301838
Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
01301888
Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77
01301900
Vittorio Bersezio. [Carlo Nugelli], Italian stagewriter, dies
Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies
01301948
Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies
Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
01301956
Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 56
Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
01301963
Francis Poulenc, French composer (Litanies  la Vierge noire), dies
Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies
01301969
Allan W Dulles, US politician, dies
Dominique G Pire, Belg clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies
01301970
Malcolm Keen, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
01301975
Boris Blacher, German composer, dies at 72
01301982
Flix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies
Stanley Holloway, actor (Higgins-Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
01301983
Joan Valerie, actress, dies of pneumonia
[Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65
01301985
Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67
01301986
Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
01301987
Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
01301991
John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies
01301993
Taikichiro Mori, Japanese land owner, dies
01311561
Menno Simonsz, priest/predictor (Foundation Book), dies
01311606
Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot," is executed
01311788
Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies
John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsyte, Nobel 1932), dies
01311945
Eddie Slovik, 1st American executed for desertion since Civil War
01311949
Henri de Vries, [Hendricus van Walterop], actor, dies
Edwin H Armstrong, US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63
Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65
01311955
John R Mott, US theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
01311967
Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
01311972
Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
01311973
Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist, dies
01311974
Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
01311989
Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
01311992
Wim van Heumen, hockey coach (Netherlands), dies
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[Alabama] Mobile Carnival
[Australia] Independence Day (1901)
[Brunei] Independence Day (1984)
[Cameroon] Independence Day (1960)
[Cuba] Revolution Day (1959)
[Haiti] Independence Day (1804)
[Japan] New Year (year = AD + 660)
[Mozambique] Universal Fraternity
[Netherlands] Day of Peace
[Pasadena, Calif] Tournament of Roses Parade
[Philadelphia] Mummers' Parade
[Sudan] Independence Day (1956)
[Western Samoa] Independence Day (1962)
[Scotland] Handsel Monday
0101 102
[Capetown, South Africa] Coon Carnival
[Taiwan] Foundation of the Republic
0102
[Georgia] Constitution Ratification Day (1788)
[Haiti] Ancestor/Hero's Day
[Japan] Kakizome
[Japan] Shigoto Hajime-Begin Work Day [beginning of the work year]
[Spain] Granada Day (1492)
[Switzerland] Berchtold's Tag, founding of Berne
[US] Betsy Ross Day (1776)
0103
[Alaska] Admission Day (1959)
0104
[Burma] Independence Day (1948)
[Sri Lanka] Tamil Thai Pongal Day
[Utah] Admission Day (1896)
[Zare] Martyrs' Day
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[England] Glastonbury Thorn Day
0106
[Iraq] Army Day
[New Mexico] Admission Day (1912)
[Uruguay] Children's Day
0107
[Cambodia] PRK-Liberation Day (1979)
[Liberia] Pioneers' Day
0108
[Louisana] Battle of New Orleans/Old Hickory Day/ Jackson Day (1815)
[Northern Mariana Islands] Commonwealth Day (1978)
[Switzerland] Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712)
0109
[Connecticut] Ratification Day (1788)
[Panam , Canal Zone] Martyrs' Day/D¡a de los M rtires
0110
0111
[Albania]  Republic Day (1946)
[Chad] Independence Day (1960)
[Puerto Rico] De Hostos' Birthday (1839)
0112
[Tanzania] Zanzibar Revolution Day
0113
[Ghana] Redemption Day (1972)
[Togo] Liberation Day (anniversary of coup) (1967)
[US] Stephen Foster Memorial Day
0114
[Julian calendar] New Year's Day in 20th, 21st centuries
[Maryland] Ratification Day (1784)
0115
[Guatemala] Esquipulas
[Japan] Adults Day/Seijin-No-Hi
[Jordan] Arbor Day
[Venezuala] Teachers' Day/Dia Del Maestro
[US] Martin Luther King Jr Day (1929)
[Virginia] Lee-Jackson Day
[Florida] Arbor Day
0116
0117
[Poland] Liberation Day
0118
[Tunisia] Revolution Day (1956)
0119
[Southern US] Robert E Lee Day
[Texas] Confederate Heroes' Day
0120
[Bulgaria] Grandmother's Day/Babin Den
[Cape Verde Islands] Memorial to National Heroes
[Mali] National Army Day
0121
[Dominican Rep] Nuestra Se¤ora de Altagracia Day
01211996
[China] Chinese New Years-The Year of the Rat-Sexageney begins
0122
[Ukraine] Ukrainian Day (1918)
0123
[Liechtenstein] Independence Day (1719)
[Luxembourg] Grand Duchess' Birthday
0124
[Aymara Indians, Bolivia] Alacitis Fair
0125
[Uganda] 2nd Republic Day
[Australia] Australia Day (last Monday in January) (1788)
01252001
[China] Chinese New Years-The Year of the Snake (4699)
0126
[Arkansas] General Douglas MacArthur Day
[Dominican Rep] Duarte's Day/D¡a de Duarte
[India] Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic (1950)
[Michigan] Admission Day (1837)
0127
[Mauritius] Cavadee
[Vietnam] Vietnam Peace Day (1973)
0128
[Rwanda] Democracy Day (1961)
0129
[Kansas] Admission Day/Kansas Day (1861)
01291998
[China] Chinese New Years-The Year of the Tiger (4696)
0130
[England] Women Peerage Day (1958)
[Kentucky, Virgin Islands] Franklin D Roosevelt Day
0131
[Lerwick, Shetland Islands] Up-Helly-Aa/Norse fire festival
[Nauru] Independence Day (1968)
[Surrey England] Dicing for Maid's Money Day
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[Ang, Luth] Feast of Holy Name of Jesus
[Christian] Feast of St Odilo
[RC] Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
[Unification Church] God's Day
[old RC] Commemoration of Circumcision of Jesus
0101 104
[Brazil, El Salvador] feast of "Boa Viagem"
[Orth] St Basil's Day (1/14 NS)
[Christian] Commemoration of St Macarius the Younger, martyr
[Unification Church] Day of Victory of Love
[old RC] Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (most years)
0102 390
[RC] Memorial of St Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzen, bishops
01021836
[RC] Commemoration of St Gaspar del Bufalo, Italian priest
01021872
[Lutheran] Commemoration of Johann Loehe, pastor
01021996
[Jewish] Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5756
[Orth] Comm of Discovery of Sacred Remains of St Efrem
0103 236
[RC] Feast of St Anteros, 19th Roman Catholic pope (235-36)
0103 512
[RC] Commemoration of St Genevieve, virgin/patroness of Paris
[RC] Feast of St Rigobert (St Robert)
[RC] Memorial of Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious
[Christian] 12th Night, end of Christmas season (Denmark)
[Christian] Epiphany Eve
0105 136
[RC] Commem of St Telesphorus, 8th pope (125-136), martyr
0105 459
[RC] Feast of St Simeon Stylites
[RC] Memorial of St John Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
[Lutheran] Commemoration of Kaj Munk, martyr
01052001
[Jewish] Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5761
[C] Epiphany (12th Night of Xmas) (England) 3 Kings/Adoration of Magi
[Greek Orthodox] Greek Cross Day (Tarpon Springs, Fla)
[RC] Feast of St Guarinus (St Guerin)
01061611
[RC] Commemoration of St John de Ribera, archbishop of Valencia
01061670
[RC] Commemoration of St Charles of Sezze, Italian monk
[RC] Commemoration of St Rafaela Maria Porras y Ayllon
[RC] Memorial of Bl Andre Bessette, religious (opt)
01061996
[Moslem] Night of Remembrance (feast); Sha'bn 14, 1416 AH
[Andorra] St Lucia's Day
[Christian-Andorra] St Lucia's Day
[Christian-Ethiopia] Ganna Christmas
[RC] Feast of St Vitalis
[Russian Orthodox] Julian Calendar Christmas in 20th, 21st century
[Ang, RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus Christ
[Christian] Plough Monday
01071275
[RC] Memorial of Raymond of Pe¤afort, priest (opt)
[Christian] Commemoration of St Gudula, patron of Brussels
[Orthodox] St Dominique's Day
[RC] Feast of St Severinus
01081998
[Jewish] Asarah B'Tevet (Siege of Jerusalem); Tevet 10, 5758
[RC] Feast of St Adrian
0109 313
[RC] Commemoration of St Julian the Hospitaller & companions
[RC] Feast of St Gonzalvo
[RC] Feast of St Agatho, Roman Catholic pope (678-81)
[RC] Feast of St Gregory X, Roman Catholic pope (1271-76)
[Ang] Commemoration of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
01101994
[Moslem] Night of the Ascent; (Rajab 27, 1414 AH)
01101997
[Moslem] 1st day of Ramadn, (1417 AH)
[RC] Feast of St Theodosius the Cenobite
[ancient Rome] Carmentalia (a d iij Id Jan)
0111 140
[RC] Commemoration of St Hyginus, 9th pope (c 136-c 140), martyr
[Ang] Commemoration of St Aelred
[RC] Feast of St Victorian
[Christ-Sweden/Norway] Tyvendedagen/St Knute/20th day of Christmas
[RC] Feast of Blessed Yvette
[RC] Feast of St Leontius
[old RC] Feast of the Baptism of Jesus
0113 367
[Christian] Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers
0113 398
[RC, Ang] Memorial of St Hilary, bishop of Poitiers/doctor (opt)
[Lutheran] Commemoration of George Fox, renewer of society
[Orthodox] Circumcision of Jesus (1/1 OS)
0114 250
[RC] Commemoration of St Felix of Nola, priest/martyr
0114 379
[Greek Orthodox] St Basil's Day (1/1 OS)
0114 398
[old RC] Feast of St Hilary, bishop/doctor (now 1/13)
[Christian] Feast of St Sava
[Lutheran] Commemoration of Eivind Berggrav, bishop of Oslo
[Christian] Church & Economic Life Week begins
0115 341
[RC] Commemoration of St Paul of Thebes, the 1st hermit
0115 580
[RC] Commemoration of St Maurus, abbot
01151999
[Moslem] Night of Power; (Ramadn 27, 1419 AH)
[RC] Feast of St Henry
0116 309
[RC] Commemoration of St Marcellus I, 30th pope [308-09], martyr
01161995
[Moslem] Night of Remembrance (Moslem feast); Sha'bn 14, 1415 AH
[Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5755 AM)
0117 355
[RC, Ang] Mem of St Anthony, abbot, patron of domestic animals
[Ang, Luth] Commem of the Confession of St Peter the Apostle
[Lutheran] Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
[RC-Mexico] Commemoration of St Prisca, virgin/martyr at 13
[RC] Feast of Blessed Beatrix d'Este
[RC] Feast of St Leobardus
01181270
[RC] Commemoration of St Margaret of Hungary
[Orthodox] Commemoration of God (Epiphany) (1/6 OS) (Manifestation)
0119 270
[RC] Commemoration of SS Marius, Martha, Audifax & Abachum, martyrs
01191086
[RC] Commemoration of St Canute, king of Denmark
01191095
[Ang] Feast of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, end Bristol slave sale
01191156
[Luth] Commemoration of St Henry, bishop of Uppsala Finland/martyr
01191999
[Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr; end of Ramadn fast (Shawwl 1, 1419 AH)
[Ang, RC] Memorial of St Fabian, 20th pope (236-50) (opt)
0120 288
Memorial of St Sebastian, martyr/patron of Andorra (opt)
0120 304
[RC] Eve of St Agnes
[Bah '¡] World Religion Day (Sult n 3)
[Christian] Commemoration of St Meinrad
[RC] Feast of St Meinrad
0121 304
[RC, Ang] Memorial of St Agnes, virgin/martyr at Rome
0122 304
[RC, Ang] Memorial of St Vincent, martyr/patron of wine growers
0122 628
[RC] Commemoration of St Anastasius, martyr
01221850
[RC] Commemoration of St Vincent Pallotti, Italian priest, founder
01221996
[Moslem] 1st day of Ramadn (1416 AH)
01222000
[Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5760 AM)
[Christian] Commemoration of St Ildephonsus
[RC] Feast of St Ildephonsus
0123 304
[RC] Commemoration of St Emerentiana, virgin/martyr
01231275
[old RC] Feast of St Raymond of Pe¤afort, confessor (now 1/7)
[Ang] Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, bishop of Massachusetts
01231997
[Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5757 AM)
0124  97
[old RC] Commemoration of St Timothy, bishop/martyr (now 1/26)
01241256
[RC] Memorial of St Francis de Sales, bishop/doctor
[Christian] Commemoration of St Ananias of Damascus
[RC, Ang, Luth] Feast of the Conversion of St Paul the Apostle
[RC] Feast of St Paula
0126  97
[RC, Ang, Luth] Memorial of SS Timothy & Titus, companions of Paul
0126 166
[old RC] Feast of St Polycarp, bishop/martyr (now 2/23)
01261998
[Moslem] Night of Power (Ramadn 27, 1418 AH)
[Buddhist-Laos] Buddhist Holiday
[Christian] Devote of Monte Carlo
[Lutheran] Commemoration of Lydia, Dorcas & Phoebe
[RC] Feast of St Julian
0127 407
[Ang, Old RC] Commemoration of John Chrysostom, bp of Constantinople
[RC] Memorial of St Angela Merici, virgin (opt)
01271994
[Moslem] A Night of Remembrance (Sha'bn 14, 1414 AH)
[Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5754 AM)
[RC] Feast of St Valerius
[RC] Feast of St Charlemagne
01281258
[old RC] Commemoration of St Peter Nolasco (now 1/31)
01281274
[Ang, RC] Memorial of St Thomas Aquinas, priest, friar
01291622
[old RC] St Francis of Sales, bishop of Geneva, doctor
[Christian] Feast of St Charles
[Eastern Orthodox] Holiday of 3 Hierachs (Basil, Gregory & Chrysostom)
[RC] Feast of St Bathilde
0130 228
[RC] Commemoration of St Martina, virgin/martyr
0130 236
[RC] Feast of St Hippolytus of Rome (Orth) [calendar?]
0130 530
[RC] Feast of St Felix IV, Roman Catholic pope (526-30)
01301998
[Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr; end of Ramadn fast (Shawwl 1, 1418 AH)
[RC] Feast of St Marcella
01311258
[RC] Commemoration of St Peter Nolasco, French founder
01311815
[RC] Commemoration of St Francis Xavier Bianchi, Apostle of Naples
01311888
[RC] Memorial of St John Bosco, confessor/priest
S
0100
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop           Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
Start of a new year...  Enjoy the bowl games
[Roman calendar] Kalend Januarius in  Kalend Jan
[Rome] Kalend Januarius (Kalend Jan) [New Year's]
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, Calif
01010105
Quadrantid meteor shower, radiant in Botes
01010120
Astrological sign:  Capricorn
Earth at perihelion (Earth closest to the Sun) (most years)
[Rome] Caput Nonarum (a d iv Non Jan)
Congress assembles, according to 20th amendment to constitution
[Rome] a d iij Non Jan
National Trivia Day
[Rome] Prid Non Jan in the Roman calendar
[Roman calendar] Nonae Januarius; Non Jan
[Rome] Caput Iduum (a d viij Id Jan)
4 Freedoms Day (Speech, Worship, From want & From fear)
[Rome] (a d vij Id Jan)
Last day a ball club can re-sign its own free agents until May 1
[Greece] Midwife's Day/Women's Day
[Rome] (a d vj Id Jan)
[UN] World Literacy Day
[Rome] (a d v Id Jan)
[Sweden] Gunnar name day
[Rome] (a d iv Id Jan)
Volunteer Fireman Day
[Rome] Prid Id Jan
[Roman calendar] Idus Januarius; Id Jan
Blame Someone Else Day
Friday the 13th!  Beware!
0113 120
Delta Cancrid meteor shower, radiant in Cancer, west of Praesepe
0113 122
Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
[Rome] Caput Kalendarum (a d xix Kal Feb)
Islamic dates depend on sighting the new moon & may vary ñ 2 days
[Chicago] Humanitarian Day
[ancient Rome] Carmentalia (a d xvij Kal Feb)
Hat Day (3rd Friday)
National Nothing Day, National Hat Day
[Rome] a d xvij Kal Feb
[Rome] a d xvj Kal Feb
National Clean Off Your Desk Day
[Rome] a d xv Kal Feb
[Rome] a d xiv Kal Feb
Inauguration Day (every 4th year, 1997, 2001, 2005, etc)
Reindeer Day
[Rome] a d xiij Kal Feb
[US] Inaugration Day
National Hugging Day
[Rome] a d xij Kal Feb
01210219
Astrological sign:  Aquarius
National Popcorn Day
[Rome] a d xj Kal Feb
National Handwriting Day
[Rome] a d x Kal Feb
[Rome] a d ix Kal Feb
[Rome] a d viij Kal Feb
[Rome] a d vij Kal Feb
[Rome] a d vj Kal Feb
Russian dates are Old Style to 1918, New Style thereafter
[Rome] a d v Kal Feb
[Sweden] Karl name day
[Rome] a d iv Kal Feb
World Law Day (1922)
[Rome] a d iij Kal Feb
[Rome] Prid Kal Feb
01-- 844
Sergius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
[John] begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
01--1923
Mississippi River becomes boundary for W & K radio call signs
01--1925
WIL-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions
01--1948
WMAQ TV channel 5 in Chicago, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
01--1960
KDSJ (now KIVV) TV channel 5 in Lead-Deadwood, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
01--1966
WSVI TV channel 8 in Christiansted, VI (ABC) begins broadcasting
01--1970
Lesotho suspends constitution
01--1974
Malawi ammends constitution
01--1981
Jerry Reinsford becomes CEO of Chicago White Sox
01--1987
Nicaragua adopts constitution
01--1989
Johnny Carson does monolouge with open fly (day Sean & Madonna split)
Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4.01
01--1991
Ewing Kaufman becomes CEO of KC Royals
0101   1
-BC- Origin of Era of Pisa
Origin of Christian Era
0101  30
-BC- Origin of Actian Era
0101  38
-BC- Origin of Era of Spain (Csars)
0101  45
-BC- Origin of Julian Era; Julian calendar begins
0101 313
Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction
0101 990
Russia adopts Julian calendar
Francis, Duke of Angoulme succeeds Louis XII as Francis I of Frane
Jews are expelled from Laibach Austria
01011583
1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Belgium
Bartolom Esteban Murillo baptised
01011622
Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)
01011660
1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary
01011673
Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston
01011739
J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
01011770
Date of action in the opera "Madeleine"
01011772
1st traveller's checks issued (London)
01011785
"Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
01011788
London's Daily Universal Registar becomes the Times
Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves
01011801
Giuseppe Piazzi discovers asteroid #1 Ceres
Ireland & Great Britain (England & Scotland) form United Kingdom
01011804
Haiti gains independence from France (National Day)
Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims independence of Haiti
01011807
Curaao is taken by English (until March, 1816)
01011808
African Benevolent Society (education) forms
Congress prohibits importation of slaves
01011809
Holland Brigade under brig gen Chass defeats Madrid
01011831
William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal
1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
01011840
1st recorded bowling match in US, Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC
01011842
1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC
01011846
Yucatan declares independence from Mxico
01011848
Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
01011851
City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
01011852
1st US public bath opens, in NYC
National debt of Britain & Ireland is 765,126,582
01011853
1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service
Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)
Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico
Pres Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful
1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr
Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city
Battle of Helena, AK
Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln
Naval Engagement at Galveston, TX - attack on blockade fleet
01011865
-Apr 26th) Carolinas' campaign
Origin of Japanese Era
01011874
New York City annexes the Bronx
01011877
England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
Brahms' violin concerto in D major premiers
01011881
Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes
01011886
1st Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Calif
Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY
Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
01011893
1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
01011894
Denmark adopts Mid-European time
Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
Norway adopts Mid-European time
01011896
Wilhelm Rntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
01011898
Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay
01011899
Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)
1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established
Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
01011901
Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies
01011902
1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
01011907
Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
01011908
1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
Belgian Mining law ends 9«-hour work day
South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)
Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
Post office begins parcel post deliveries
01011914
1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
Belorussian SSR established
01011920
League of Nations forms
Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
01011924
Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Vlkische Block replaces NSDAP
Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1105 Fragaria
Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
M Wolf discovers asteroid #1214 Richilde
01011934
Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
International Telecommunication Union established
1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl
Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
Pres Moestafa Kemal Pasja names himself "Atatrk: Father of Turkey"
1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune
01011937
Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
01011941
Netherlands begins taxing wages
Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
01011944
1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, NYC
Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
France joins the UN
ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
Benelux agress to work related issues
Britain nationalizes its coal industry
WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting
01011948
1st newsreel in color filmed, Pasadena, Calif
Britain nationalizes its railways
General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective
Italy adopts constitution
Orissa province accedes to India
01011949
KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
01011950
Dutch Govt raises all wages 5%, minimally  5 per week
Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
01011951
Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines
WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
01011954
KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
Yugoslav parliament chairman/VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism
01011955
Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps
WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, FL (CBS) begins
Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
KHAS TV channel 5 in Hastings, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
KOSA TV channel 7 in Odessa, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK
WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep
International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-mo year)
BOAC Britannia flies London to NY in a record 7h57m
European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation
Sammy Davis Jr marries Loray White
WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
01011959
Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community
Bank of France issues a franc, worth 20
Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
Montserrat adopts constitution
US census at 179,245,000
Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game
Largest check issued, Natl Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)
Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11
01011962
Beatles' Decca audition
Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
01011963
WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved
KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
01011965
International Cooperation Year begins
Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3335
FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
St Helena adopts constitution
Tonga revises constitution
WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
01011968
ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp & FM)
Cesco & A Samuel discovers asteroid #1917 Cuyo
Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Csar's Palace Fountain
01011970
Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
01011971
Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
International Book Year begins
KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
01011973
Britain, Ireland & Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market
01011974
NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
World Population Year begins
01011975
Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime
International Women's Year begins
Sweden adopts constitution
01011976
NBC replaces the peacock logo
01011977
1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means)
Czech intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77
01011978
Air India 747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
01011979
International Year of the Child begins
Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established
US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship
Chrysler UK renamed Talbot
International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins
Sweden changes order of succession to throne
01011981
E Bowell disc asteroids 2357 Phereclos, 2761 Eddington & 3197 Weissman
Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
International Year for the Disabled begins
Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
01011983
PGA inaugrates all-exempt tour
Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
World Communications Year begins
01011984
AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies
Brunei becomes independent of UK
NYC transit fare rises from 75 to 90
01011985
Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) gets married
International Youth Year begins
01011986
Aruba becomes independent part of Kingdom of the Netherlands
International Peace Year begins
NYC transit fare rises from 90 to $1.00
01011987
60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
China's rudimentary civil code in effect
International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
Year of the Reader begins
Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
01011989
Actress Kelly McGillis gets married
NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
Year of the Young Reader begins
David Dinkins sworn in as 1dst black mayor of NYC
5% sales tax on consumer goods & services goes into effect in USSR
Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian Pres Hosi Mubarak
Curaao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education
Europe breaks down trade barriers
International Space Year begins
NYC transit fare increases from $1.15 to $1.25
01011993
Cigarette advertisements are banned in NYC's MTA
Harry Connick Jr arrested at a NY airport for gun posession
01011996
Curaao gains self rule
01012015
Asteroid 1989FC closest approach to Earth
01012304
Mid-CALENDAR day
01014713
-BC- Julian Year 1 begins, at Greenwich mean noon (OS)
01014714
-BC- Origin of Julian Period (Year 0) (OS)
01015777
-BC- Origin of Solar Cycle
0102  69
Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
0102 533
John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
01021492
Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)
01021570
Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins
01021602
Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale
01021776
1st revolutionary flag displayed
01021788
Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
Mozart's opera "Cos fan tutti" premiers, ViennaS01021800 Free black co
01021814
Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"
01021818
Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
01021832
1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens
1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
01021843
Wagner's opera "Der fliegende Hollnder" premiers, Dresden
Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends
01021870
Building Brooklyn Bridge begins
Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill
01021882
Because of antimonopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
01021890
Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
01021893
1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued
World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago [or 0501]
01021905
Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine
Japanese troops capture Port Arthur
01021909
1st official Dutch Elfstedentocht skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)
01021910
1st junior high schools in US open in Berkeley, Calif
01021916
G Neujmin discovers asteroid #814 Tauris
Royal Bank of Canada takes over Qubec Bank
01021918
Montral Wanderers' Westmount hockey arena burns down
01021919
Anti-British uprsing in Ireland
Lithuania gains independence
10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
1st religious service radio broadcast in US, Pittsburgh
DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)
01021933
Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3
Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)
US troops leave Nicaragua
01021934
1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania
01021935
Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby
1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis, Mo
01021942
28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace
German troops in Bardia surrender
Japanese occupy Manila
01021944
1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
01021945
George Bush (pres 1989) & Barbara Pierce wed
Kentucky begins 130 home basektball game win streak, ends in 1955
Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
01021948
WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, NY (PBS) begins
KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
01021953
NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
1st "Bob Cummings Show" premiers on NBC (later on CBS)
01021956
French parliamentary election (leftward swing)
01021959
1st spacecraft to orbit the Sun launched (USSR)
Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit
John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president
01021961
1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16
Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14øF recorded atop Haleakale
01021962
Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premiers on CBS
Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana
01021965
Voter registration drive, led by Martin Luther King Jr, starts
Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game
KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
01021970
US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
01021972
Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
01021979
30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver
Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins
01021982
Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
SD Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT
"Annie" closes on Broadway (it played 2,377 performances)
Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
01021984
Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship
01021985
90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter
Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions
191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal
01021987
Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
01021988
Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
01021989
Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
St Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0103 269
St Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
01031521
Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church
01031638
Schouwburg Theatre, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens
01031667
Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
01031780
Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...", 1st sung
01031831
1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn
1st deep sea sounding
01031852
1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii
01031861
Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy
US Ft Pulaski & Ft Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia
01031862
Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester
01031865
Con Orem & Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match
Brooklyn Bridge begun; completed May 24, 1883
01031871
Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY
01031872
1st patent list issued by US Patent Office
1st free kindergarten in US opens in Florence, Mass
01031888
1st drinking straw patented, by M C Stone in Washington, DC
01031889
Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood
01031890
1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
01031900
Perihelion Passage
01031908
M Wolf discovers asteroid #3202
01031910
Great Britain adopts 8 hour working day
US postal savings bank inaugurated
South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free
M Wolf discovers asteroid #887 Alinda
US employment service opens as a unit of Dept of Labor
01031925
Mussolini becomes Italy's dictator
Greek gen Theodorus P ngulos names himself dictator
27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres
Nels Stewart of Montral Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record)
01031938
March of Dimes established to fight polio
Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in US House of Representatives
01031940
WPG-AM in Atlantic City NJ consolidates with WBIL & WOV as "new" WOV
Canada & US acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease)
01031943
1st missing persons telecast (NYC)
Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa
Allies land on west coast of Burma
Cato-Meridian School, NY, installs germicidal lamps in every room
US aircraft carriers go to Okinawa
01031947
1st opening session of Congress to be televised
William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee
01031949
"Colgate Theatre" dramatic anthology series premiers on NBC TV
01031951
9 Jewish Kremlin members "unmasked" by British/Americans police
Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (US athlete of 1950)
01031952
"Dragnet" with Jack Webb premiers on NBC TV
01031957
1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
01031958
Sir Edmund Hillary reached South Pole overland
01031959
Alaska admitted as 49th US state
Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education & Labor
US breaks relations with Cuba
01031962
Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro
01031963
WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"
01031966
Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
"Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
Carl Wilson of the Beachboys is indicted for draft evasion
WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
01031969
John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ
Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress
01031970
Marxist government takes over in Congo
WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
01031971
Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game
Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game
01031973
George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million
01031974
Burma accepts its constitution
Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London
01031976
Felix Aguilar Obs discovers asteroids #2381 Landi & #2490 Bussolini
01031977
Apple Computer incorporated
01031980
Gold hits record $634 an ounce
01031981
Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr
E Bowell discovers asteroids #2410 Morrison & #3267 Glo
N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2684 Douglas
01031983
Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota
01031984
Syria frees captured US pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson
01031985
Israel govt confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
01031987
Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in NYC
Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
01031989
Jim & Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!)
Russian newspaper Izvestia has there 1st commercial advertisement
01031990
Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities
01031991
Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years
32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter
0104 274
St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
01041493
Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage
01041581
James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (gave age to Earth based on bible)
01041754
Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
01041780
Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
01041781
Andr Mchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpius)
01041790
Pres Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union"
01041832
Insurrection of Trinidad negroes
01041843
The opera "Don Pasquale" is produced (Paris)
01041861
Pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession
US Ft Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama
01041862
-Jan 17th) Battle of Ft Hindman, AK (Arkansas Post)
Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath
01041863
4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
01041866
F Tietjen discovers asteroid #86 Semele
01041876
V Knorre discovers asteroid #158 Koronis
Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premiers, Breslau
Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) formed
01041885
Dr W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)
01041887
1st bicycle trip around the world (SF-SF) completed; 21,700 km
01041893
US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
Utah admitted as 45th state
01041898
1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life & Letters" appears
01041904
Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club 2 games to 1 (Stanley Cup)
Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
A Kopff discovers asteroid #654 Zelinda
01041912
Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
01041915
1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
Trans-Caustic: Russian defeat Turkish troops
1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
01041923
1st broadcast of "barn dance show" (WBAP - Ft Worth Texas)
Lenin's "Political Testament" removes Stalin
M Wolf discovers asteroid #1141 Bohmia
British-Dutch East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi & Nehru
Ft Jefferson National Monument, Fla established
01041939
Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school
Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph & His Brothers"
Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State Department
01041945
Germans execute resistance strikers in Amsterdam
01041948
Burma declares independence from UK
During Korean conflict, North Korean forces capture Seoul
01041953
KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
01041954
Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premiers
"Blondie" situation comedy premiers on NBC TV (later on CBS)
Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere & burns up
Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity
EVA, European Vrhandels Assn forms in Stockholm
Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants
1st automated (unmanned) subway train (NYC)
01041963
Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
01041966
WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million
01041970
Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
KC Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game
Minn Vikings beat Cleve Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game
NYC transit fare rises from 20 to 30, new larger tokens used
Congesssional Black Caucus organizes
Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is
Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims
Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated
Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica
Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
01041980
President Carter announed the US boycott of the Moscow Olympics
01041981
"Frankenstein" opens & closes on Broadway
01041982
Bryant Gumbel becomes co-host of the Today Show
Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
01041983
US Football League holds its 1st player draft
01041984
"Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premiers on NBC TV
Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8-highest-scoring modern NHL game
01041986
NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
16 die in a train crash in Chase Md
Thomas Stevens became 1st man to bicycle around the world
01041989
C Pollas discovers asteroid 4179 Toutatis
Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion
US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president
AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable
Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th
John Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland
01051781
British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va
01051800
1st Swedenborgian temple in US holds 1st service, Baltimore
01051804
Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
01051809
Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France
Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
01051825
Alexandre Dumas pre fights his 1st duel; his pants fall down
01051834
Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
01051836
Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date
01051841
James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf
01051850
Calif Exchange opens
01051854
Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1st steamboat sails, Red River
01051861
250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter
Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay
01051875
President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss
01051887
1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
Austrian newspaper "Wiener Presse" publishes 1st public account of
German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
01051904
-34ø F (-37ø C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
-42ø F (-41ø C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
01051911
Portugese throw out northern Jesuits
SF has it's 1st air meet
01051914
Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day
01051916
Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
01051919
National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms in Germany
Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of seige
Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
01051924
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1011 Laodamia
01051925
Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman gov in USA
Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day & $5 daily minimum wage
01051929
Coup against King Alexander in South-Slavia
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1162 Larissa
Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
01051934
Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
01051937
Only unicameral state legislature in US opens 1st session (Nebr)
Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
01051941
British/Australian troops conquer Bardia
General Track orders ceases-fire on Sumatra
President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
01051952
Flying Enterprise sinks
01051955
KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast
Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball
01051959
"Bozo the Clown" live children's show premiers on TV
Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
01051961
US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
01051962
Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints"
San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
Pope Paul VI visits Jordan & Israel
San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
01051969
Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman & Karl Shapiro
Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Soap Opera "All My Children," premiers on ABC
01051971
Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
01051972
Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
NASA announces development of space shuttle
NYC transit fare rises from 30 to 35
"Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins
Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested in England
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
01051984
Adrian Dantly, Utah, ties NBA record, making 28 free throws
01051985
Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission
01051987
Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
01061227
Ferrand of Portugal safely leaves the Louvre
01061352
French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
01061496
Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
01061497
Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
01061540
King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
01061639
Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
01061663
Great earthquake in New England
01061681
1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
01061759
George Washington & Martha Dandridge Custis are married
01061773
Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
01061781
Battle of Jersey (Island in the UK)
New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph
01061839
2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind"
4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
01061857
Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
01061861
Florida troops seize the Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with N & S
Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
US Congress begins investigating Crdit Mobilier scandal
Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
01061893
Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
01061898
1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
01061907
Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
01061912
New Mexico becomes 47th state
J Lagrula discovers asteroid #775 Lumiere
Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
01061926
Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
01061927
US marines sent to Nicaragua
Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium zest (against oecumene)
Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)
01061938
Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx
G Kulin discovers asteroids #1444 Pannonia, #1445 Konkolya & #3427
FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)
01061942
1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
01061945
Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY
Britain recognizes Communist government of China
01061951
Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar
WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
01061963
"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate,
01061968
Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
01061969
Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
01061971
Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
01061974
CBS Mystery Theater premiers on radio
01061975
AM America premiers on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
01061977
EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
01061980
Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
01061981
50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
01061984
Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
01061986
British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
STS 61-C scrubbed at T -31s because of liquid oxygen valve problem
01061987
100th US Congress convenes
01061991
"Real Life With Jane Pauley" premiers on NBC-TV
NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
01071558
Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French
French under Franois, Duke of Guise, capture Calais from England
Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
01071579
England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with the Netherland
01071584
Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia
01071598
Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I
01071601
Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
01071608
Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
01071610
Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa & Ganymede
01071714
Typewriter patented (built years later)
01071782
1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia
01071784
1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
01071785
1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)
01071789
1st national (presidential) election in US
01071817
2nd Bank of the United States opens
01071822
1st printing in Hawaii
Liberia colonized by Americans
Baltimore & Ohio RR Co begins carrying revenue traffic
01071842
Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premiers in Paris
01071861
Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine
01071862
Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
01071868
Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
01071879
King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
01071888
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)
01071890
W B Purvis patents fountain pen
A Charlois discovers asteroids #410 Chloris & #411 Xanthe
Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
M Wolf discovers asteroids #412 Elisabetha & #413 Edburga
Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (BG)
01071904
Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st int'l radio distress signal
Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in 2 games for the Stanley Cup
01071911
1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
F Kaiser discovers asteroid #738 Alagasta
William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
01071914
1st steamboat passes through the Panama Canal
01071923
Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
01071927
Coml transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY & London
Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill)
"Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premiers
"Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
1st telephone connection between Netherlands & East Indies
1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
01071933
1st edition of People & Fatherland published in Netherlands
"Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1297 Quadea & #1298 Nocturna & #3264
Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
01071936
Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
01071940
G Kulin discovers asteroid #3019
WWII siege of Bataan starts
US president Truman raises taxes for the Marshall-plan
01071950
Hank Snow's 1st appearance on the "Grand Ole Opry"
Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
French Plevin govt falls
01071953
Pres Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb
Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at the Met (NYC)
WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
USSR shrinks army to 300,000
01071959
US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban govt
1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
01071962
Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock
01071963
1st class postage raised from 4 to 5
Bahamas achieves internal self-government & cabinet responsibility
Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in the air (Boeing 707)
01071965
France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold
01071967
"Newlywed Game" premiers
01071968
"The GE College Bowl" quiz show premiers on NBC TV
1st class postage raised from 5 to 6
Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon
01071969
US Congress doubles president salary
-40ø F (-40ø C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
01071973
British Darts Organisation founded in North London
US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
01071975
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere)
P Wild discovers asteroid #3468
01071976
E F Helin discovers asteroid #2062 Aten
01071978
Angola revises its constitution
01071979
Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
01071980
Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
"Fame" premiers on NBC TV
Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
01071986
Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
01071989
Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
Intl Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
Lynn Jennings cycles world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
01071991
"Nia Peeples Party Machine" premiers on TV
01071992
AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499)
0108 794
Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed by Northmen
Lotario di Segni becomes Pope Innocentius III
Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
01081656
Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
01081675
1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
01081705
"Almira," Handel's 1st opera, premiers, Hamburg
01081790
George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or 0104)
01081798
11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
01081800
Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi
Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
01081811
Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes
Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew
01081833
Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
01081838
1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, NJ
Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
01081848
Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
01081853
1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash
01081856
Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif
Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto
US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins
01081884
Augustus Schultz, NYC, patents chrome tanning process for leather
Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
01081889
Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine
01081894
A Charlois discovers asteroids #379 Huenna & #380 Fiducia
Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
01081897
Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
P Gotz discovers asteroids #554 Peraga & #556 Phyllis
01081908
J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #660 Crescentia
01081913
Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
01081918
Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I
Typography strike in Amsterdam
01081925
1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia
01081929
1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
Belgium Princess Marie Jos marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1152 Pawona
Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
01081932
Ratification of present SF City Charter
Cut Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam
H L Giclas discovers asteroid #3177
Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
-50ø F (-45ø C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1409 Isko, #1410 Margret & #1411 Brauna
Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
"Youth for Christ" organizes
Gen George Marshall becomes Sect of State
Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
M Laugier discovers asteroid #2068 Dangreen
Jordan adopts constitution
Ren Mayer forms French cabinet
01081954
S Arend discovers asteroid #1717 Arlon
Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
01081956
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
01081958
Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
01081959
Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic
01081961
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
01081962
Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
01081965
Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass)
Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
01081966
Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV
01081970
H Potter & A Lokalov discovers asteroid #2975
Voyageurs National Park, Minn established
01081973
Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris
USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
01081974
Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III,
Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
Today Show gets a new theme song
Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2367 Praha
AT&T agrees to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies
Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since
01081984
E Bowell discovers asteroids #3277 Aaronson, #3759 & #3760
J Wagner discovers asteroids #3045 Alois, #3512, #3562 & #3589
Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals
01081985
Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
01081987
1st time, Dow Jones avg surpassed 2,000, closing at 2,002.25
Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
Dow Jones down 140.58 points
Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premiers on ABC-TV
George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap
01091317
Phillips V, the tall, crowned king of France
01091349
700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
01091522
Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
01091558
Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland
01091570
Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod
01091760
Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
01091788
Connecticut becomes 5th state
01091793
Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America
Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery
01091799
1st income tax imposed, in England
01091812
Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)
01091847
1st SF newspaper published (California Star)
01091848
1st commercial bank in SF established
Astor Library opens in NYC
01091855
Clipper Guiding Star disappears in the Atlantic, 480 dies
01091861
1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter, SC
Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede
Star of the West is fired upon as it enters Charlestown Harbor
01091863
-Jan 11th) Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)
Fisk University establishes
Cheyennes prisioners revolt at Dull Knife Ft Robinson
01091880
6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
M Wolf discovers asteroid #464 Megaira & #467 Laura
01091903
AL Baltimore baseball team bought for $18,000, moves to NYC (Yanks)
Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace
Wind Cave National Park, SD established
01091905
Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops (1/22 NS)
Muir Woods National Monument, Calif established
01091909
Ernest Shackleton reaches 88ø23' south
01091912
US marines invade Honduras
Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF
KQV-AM in Pittsburgh PA begins radio transmissions
Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain
German Postal Minister A Hfle dismissed due to coruption
Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died
01091929
KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions
Amsterdam confectionary worker go on strike against wage reduction
L Volta discovers asteroid #1332 Marconia
01091936
Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army
01091937
A Patry discovers asteroid #3142 Kilopi
Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians
Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1424 Sundmania
Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
01091942
Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer
US Joint Chiefs of Staff was created
01091945
US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3383 Koyama
Washington Capitals NBA club folds
Belgian Pholien govt resigns
Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
01091953
Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249
-87ø F (-66ø C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)
Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan & Leonie Adams
Samir el-Rifai forms govt in Jordan
01091957
British premier Anthony Eden resigns
Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR
Cooperation Dutch Dagbladpers publishes newspaper "The Truth"
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2391 Tomita
Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR
Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
01091959
"Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premiers on CBS TV
Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die
01091960
Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
01091963
Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"
01091964
Anti-US rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone
"Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
01091967
Georgia legislature seats Rep Julian Bond
The NFL New Orleans franchise takes the name "Saints"
01091968
Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon
01091969
1st trial flight of the Concorde
01091970
Constitution of Singapore enacted
Billionaire Howard Hughes said Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
01091976
Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14, in Super Bowl XI
01091978
Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
R M West discovers asteroid #2117 Danmark
01091979
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
01091980
63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
01091982
5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
01091983
B A Skiff discovers asteroids #3140, #3505 & #3684
British PM Margaret Thatcher visits the Falkland Islands
"TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premiers on NBC TV (Whoops)
EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
01091985
Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
01091986
NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
Sir Rudolf Bing (of NY Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
01091989
"Pat Sajak Show" premiers on CBS
01091990
64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
Boston Celtics worst ¬ ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
01091991
Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse the gulf crisis
01091992
Asteroid 1992AD discovered 4.8 billion km from Sun
0110  49
-BC- Julius Csar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy
0110 236
St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
St Agatho ends his reign as Catholic Pope
01101429
Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain
01101514
Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek & Latin finished
01101776
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published
01101806
Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British
01101810
French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & Josphine
Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes
01101840
Penny Post mail system started
01101845
Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding
01101861
Florida becomes 3rd state to secede
Ft Jackson & Ft Philip are taken over by LA state troops
US forts & property seized by Mississippi
01101862
Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)
Battle of Romney, WV
01101863
1st underground railway opens in London
01101870
Georgia legislature reconvenes
John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
J Perrotin discovers asteroid #170 Maria
01101878
US Senate proposes female sufferage
01101889
Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
01101893
Richard Drigo's ballet "The Magic Flute" premiers, St Petersburg
A Charlois discovers asteroid #381 Myrrha
01101901
Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas
M Wolf discovers asteroid #522 Helga
R S Dugan discovers asteroid #521 Brixia
1st international air meet in US held, in LA
J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #696 Leonora
01101911
1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
01101912
World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (NY)
01101920
League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect
Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
01101923
Last US troops leave the Rhine
Latvian troops occupy Memel near France
01101925
France-Saarland forms
Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as TX gov, nation's 2nd woman governor
Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres
J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1626 Sadeya
Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
Stalin sends Trotsky to Wjerny, Siberia
01101930
Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
01101931
Phila Quakers defeat Montral, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak
01101932
"Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated
"Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
M B Protitch discovers asteroid #2348 Michkovitch
01101941
Seys-Inquart begins registration of Jews
Japan invades North-Celebes, Neth Indies
01101944
1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila
LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close
UN General Assembly convenes for 1st time (London)
US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ
1st Jewish family show "The Goldbergs" premiers on CBS
1st jet passenger trip made
Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1578 Kirkwood
S Arend discovers asteroid #2973 Paola
UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald Macleish
01101954
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WH Auden
01101956
Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
01101957
Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain
01101958
Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
01101960
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
01101962
4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Per£
Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500
Battles between muslims & hindus in Calcutta
US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premiers
WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
01101966
Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
Lester Maddox elected governor of Georgia
PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
Princess Margret marries Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven
"Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
01101969
Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland
Sweden recognizes North Vietnam
USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
01101970
Preview Center Opens
01101971
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur
LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
01101973
Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
P Wild discovers asteroid #2218 Wotho
01101977
20th hat trick in Islander history-Bobby Nystrom
Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
N G Thomas discovers asteroids #2366 Aaryn, #2683 Brian & #2895 Memnon
Bengals beat the Chargers in -59øF to win the AFC championship
01101983
K Herkenhoff discovers asteroids #3489 Lottie & #3532 Tracie
R Kirk & D Rudy discovers asteroid #3412 Kafka
01101984
US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican
01101985
Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
01101990
NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
01101991
US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
Entertainment Tonight's 4,000th show (scheduled)
0111 314
St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0111 532
Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope (701-05)
01111569
1st recorded lottery in England, at St Paul's Cathedral
01111642
Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
01111693
Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
01111759
1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
01111774
Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
01111785
Continental Congress convenes in NYC
01111787
Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
01111790
Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
01111803
Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
01111805
Michigan Territory organized
01111813
1st pineapples planted in Hawaii (or 1/21)
Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die
01111861
Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
Mexico City captured by Ju rez (Lib) in War of the Reform
01111863
Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
01111865
Battle of Beverly, WV
01111873
1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
01111879
Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
01111892
Hawaiian Historical Society founded
William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
01111897
M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
01111913
1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
01111915
Jacob Ruppert & Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000
French troops captured; Serbian Army flees to Korfoe
01111919
3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
Romania annexes Transylvania
01111920
French passenger ship Africa sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
01111925
Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Sect of State
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1126 Otero
01111935
Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland Ca (non-stop, of course)
Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
01111938
Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
01111940
Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premiers in Lenningrad
01111941
Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
-23ø F (-31ø C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commisioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria)
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
01111960
Chad declares independence from France
Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
Racial riot at University of Georgia
01111962
Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England
Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1st discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go
Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
01111964
1st govt report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health
Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
"Daktari" African adventure series premiers on CBS TV
550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
01111969
Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
01111970
Super Bowl IV-KC Chiefs-23, Minnesota Vikings-7
01111973
American League adopts designated hitter rule
Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Wash DC
01111975
Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
01111976
Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions
01111977
Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
01111978
Gov Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building
Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
01111980
Debut of the Pretenders
01111981
Palau adopts constitution
01111982
Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F
Honduras adopts constitution
Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 3rd time
Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
01111986
1st black lt gov since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va)
E Bowell discovers asteroid #3647 Dermott
01111987
Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics
01111989
140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws
01111990
Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
01111991
Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
01111992
Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
01121493
Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
01121598
Pope Clement VIII seizes the duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
01121701
Parts of the Netherlands adopt the Gregorian calendar (others in 1
01121723
Handel's opera "Ottone" premiers, London
01121733
1st museum in America opens (Charleston SC)
01121773
1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC)
01121777
Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Cal
01121806
French evacuate Vienna
01121809
British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814)
01121812
1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
01121820
Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
01121836
Battle of Wetumka, Fla
01121839
Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn
Franciscans begin missionary work in Netherland Antilles
J Chacornac discovers asteroid #38 Leda
01121861
FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens
President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
01121879
British Zulu war begins
M Wolf discovers asteroid #352 Gisela
01121896
1st x-ray photo in US, Dr Henry Smith, Davidson, NC
Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass
01121907
Britain grants responsible govt to former colony of Transvaal
01121912
-47ø F (-44ø C), Washta, Iowa (state record)
House of Reps rejects proposal to give women the right to vote
Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Is colony in the Pacific
01121918
Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
01121923
G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #993 Moultona
01121924
History of Science Society organized at Boston
K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1012 Sarema & #1092 Lilium
01121929
Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
01121932
France: Laval cabinet falls
Hattie Caraway elected 1st woman senator (Ark)
US Congress recognize independence Philipines
Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
Plow for laying submarine cable patented
01121942
British troops reconquer Sollum
National War Labor Board created
Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)
Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea
NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
01121948
Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
"Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premiers on CBS TV
Bzondere Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Hanns Rauter
Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
Ezzard Charles KOs Lee Oma to retain heavyweight boxing crown
University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student
01121953
9 "Jewish" artsens arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115
01121958
NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar 1 month after independence
"Hullabaloo" premiers on NBC-TV
01121966
"Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premiers on ABC TV
LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
01121968
Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premiers on NBC TV
01121969
AFL/AFC wins its 1st Super Bowl (III-NY Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7)
01121971
"All in the Family" premiers on CBS featured 1st toilet flush on TV
Congressional Black Caucus organizes
Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2078 Nanking
Super Bowl IX-Pittsburgh Steelers-16, Minnesota Vikings-6
UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org
01121979
LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
01121980
Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
"Dynasty" with Joan Collins premiers on ABC-TV
-35ø F (-37ø C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
01121983
B A Skiff discovers asteroids #2864 Soderblom & #2881
N G Thomas discovers asteroid #3614
NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
01121986
24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
01121987
Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
01121988
Willie Stargell, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
01121989
6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln
Romania bans the Communist party
Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
01131099
Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria
01131559
Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
01131610
Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
01131630
Patent to Plymouth Colony issued
01131695
Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
01131733
James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC
01131785
John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times
01131794
Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
01131830
Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
01131849
Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co
01131854
Anthony Foss patents the accordion
01131863
Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC
01131865
-Jan 15th) BBT & CPT Ft Fisher, NC
01131869
Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention
National convention of black leaders meets in Wash DC
01131873
P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor
Battle between workers & police in NYC, 100s injuried
US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
01131875
Paul Henry discovers asteroid #141 Lumen
01131877
A Borrelly discovers asteroid #171 Ophelia
01131883
Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430
01131888
National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC)
01131894
Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
Emile Zola's famous defense of Capt Alfred Dreyfus published in Paris
01131901
M Wolf discovers asteroid #465 Alekto
01131908
French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip
Montreal Wanderers sweep Ottawa Victorias in 2 for the Stanley Cup
01131912
-40ø F (-40ø C), Oakland, Maryland (state record)
01131915
Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 30,000
01131920
J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #925 Alphonsina
NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
01131922
WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions
01131924
Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament
01131927
US & Mexico battle over oil interests
01131929
Humanist Society established, Hollywood Calif
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1985 Hopmann
S Arend discovers asteroid #1127 Mimi
"Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
01131935
Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany
Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco
K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1553 Bauersfelda & #1880 McCrosky
01131942
German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast
Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
Hitler declares "Total War"
US infantry captures Galloping Horse-Hill Guadalcanal
01131948
1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premiers on WLW Cin
01131953
Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia
Milt rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to All Tate
01131958
9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban
US newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication
01131959
De Gaulle grants amnesity to 130 to Algerian death row convicts
King Boudewn promises Belgian Congo independence
Wilt Chamberlain of Phila Warriors scores NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago
01131966
1st black in presidental cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
01131967
Coup in Togo
Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton is fatally injured
01131969
Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
01131974
Super Bowl VIII-Miami Dolphins-24, Minnesota Vikings-7
Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam
YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
01131980
Togo's constitution becomes effective
01131981
Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches/min for 30 mi
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson
AMA urges ban on boxing sites Muhammad Ali's deteoriating condition
C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2906 Caltech
L G Karachkina discovers asteroid #2892 Filipenko
Qubec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out
01131984
TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders
Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
01131986
Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen
NCCA institutes elegibility requirements based on college exams
7 top NY Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
01131989
"Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
Jerry Parks, Okla defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate
Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq
Soap opera "Ryan's Hope" final episode after 13« year run
Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
01131990
1st elected US black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)
01131991
Pres Mario Soares of Portugal er-elected
Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die
UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar meets with Saddam
01131993
Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena - Cowboys beat Bills
01141526
Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy & Flanders
01141601
Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome
01141639
1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford
01141690
Clarinet is invented, in Nrnberg, Germany
01141699
Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
01141783
Congress ratifies peace treaty between US & England
01141784
Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris
01141794
1st successful Csarean section in US, Edom, Virginia
01141799
Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
King of Naples flees before the advancing French armies
01141813
Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY)
01141814
King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel
Conspiracy in New Mexico against US
Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands
01141864
Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
General Sherman begins his march to the South
01141868
NC constitiutional convention meets in Raleigh
SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
01141873
"Celluloid" registered as a trademark
P B S Pinchback elected to Senate
I D Shadd elected Speaker of the lower house of the Miss legislature
US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
01141897
6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
01141900
The opera "Tosca" is produced (Rome)
M Wolf discovers asteroid #555 Norma
Cop. Far. Central Management forms
Henry Ford introduces assembly line for cars
South Sea dike cracks
01141918
Finland & USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy
G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1079 Mimosa
Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers
Afghan King Amanoellah forced to resign
1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in US installed, Hialeah
01141935
Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediteranian sea goes into use
L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America
Allen Toussaint, rocker (Wild Sign of New Orleans)
National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (NY)
01141939
All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica
Japanse troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo
Reinmuth discovers asteroid 1556 Wingolfia, 1557 Roehla & 1849 Kresak
Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game
FDR & Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II
01141946
2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed
Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South-Africa; 142 die
01141950
US recalls all consular officials from China
1st NFL pro bowl since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27
01141952
"Today Show," premiers with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26
01141953
WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)
01141954
NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
01141956
Jordan government signs Pact of Baghdad
Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"
01141960
Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
01141961
Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join the AFL
01141964
Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination
David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)
01141967
20,000 attend the Human Be-In, SF
NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
Sonny & Cher release "The Beat Goes On"
01141968
Soyuz 4 launched
Super Bowl II-Green Bay Packers-33, Oakland Raiders-14
25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
"Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premiers on NBC TV
L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #1842 Hynek, #1843 Jarmila,
WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
01141973
Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif
Super Bowl VII-Miami Dolphins-14, Washington Redskins-7
Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV
01141974
World Football League founded
01141975
Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
01141976
"The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
01141978
Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
01141979
Pres Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
01141981
E Bowell discovers asteroid #2762 Fowler
16 indicted by US for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
 sinks to record low-$1.11
Constitution of Guatemala takes effect
1,000 muslims burns Rushdies "Satanic Verses"
29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped
01141990
Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in the Gulf
"Barbara DeAngelis Show" premiers on CBS-TV
Tyne Daly arrested for drunk driving in Van Nuys Calif
Valentin Pavlov become new premier of USSR
Polish ferry boat crashes in storm, 50 die
0115 708
Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later)
01151535
Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church
01151582
Russia cedes Livonia & Estonia to Poland, loses access to the Baltic
01151680
French explorer Sieur de la Salle builds Ft Crvecoeur
01151752
Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Fielding of plagiarism
01151759
British Museum opens
01151762
Fraunces Tavern opens in NYC
01151777
People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England
01151847
1st Swedish magazine in US, Skandinavia, published in NYC
01151851
Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera
01151861
Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis
1st US newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal
01151865
Ft Fisher, NC falls to Union troops
01151870
Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly
US Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens
01151882
1st US ski club formed, Berlin, NH
01151886
Weekly Herald, 1st Vancouver, BC newspaper, publishes 1st issue
01151892
Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass
01151895
Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premiers, St Petersburg (1/27 NS)
01151905
Coen de King becomes world champion all-round skater
A Kopff discovers asteroid #584 Semiramis
01151907
3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest
Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them
01151915
Japan claims economic control of China
2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21
Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland
Semana tragedy: bloodbath in Buenos Aires
01151922
Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier
Lithuania seize & annex the country of Memel
Hans Luther forms German cabinet, with DNVP
01151936
1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio
Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates
01151939
1st NFL pro bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field
Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal
01151940
German U-Boot torpedoes the Eagle church
FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
01151943
1,000 workers complete the air conditioning system for the Pentagon
Japanese driven off Guadalcanal
Vught Concentration Camp opens
World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed
01151944
European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany
Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell
Red army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp
Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin
01151950
4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Wash DC
"Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000
16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Wash DC station
DDR Min of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"
1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum
USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic
KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
01151962
Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea
Teamsters negotiated the 1st national labor contract
Rock group Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain"
Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs 35-10 in Super Bowl I (NBC & CBS)
KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
01151969
Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union
George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
01151973
4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court
Gene Shalit joins the Today Show panel
Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican
Pres Nixon suspensends all US offensive action in N Vietnam
01151974
"Happy Days" premiers on ABC
Expert panel reports 18«-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures
01151975
Space Mountain opens (Disneyland)
01151976
Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot Pres Ford
US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit
Super Bowl XII-Dallas Cowboys-27, Denver Broncos-10
Theodore Bundy kills Fla State U coeds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman
"Hill Street Blues" premiers on NBC-TV
Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard
01151984
Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak
01151985
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Ashbery
K Suzuki & T Urata discovers asteroid #3733
Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years
Living Seas opens (Disneyland)
01151990
42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds
AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch
NY Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106
01151991
UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)
01151992
Supreme Court rules 5-3 that Josephy Doherty isn't entitled to asylum
7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die
Mafia leader Salvatore "Gambling pool" Riina arrested
Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
Top mafia leader Salvatore "Tot" Riina arrested in Palermo
St Marcellus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
01161325
Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
01161493
Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
01161547
Ivan IV the Terrible crowned 1st tsar of Russia
01161765
Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)
01161776
Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
01161777
Vermont declares independence from NY
01161863
-Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida
Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
01161865
Aftermath of Ft Fisher, Ft Caswell is abandoned & blown up
Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
SF Dramatic Chronicle started
Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War
01161871
Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
01161877
Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
01161883
Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system
01161887
Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
01161889
128ø F (53ø C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
01161893
M Wolf discovers asteroid #353 Ruperto-Carola
01161896
A Charlois discovers asteroid #414 Liriope
01161897
John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
01161903
M Wolf discovers asteroid #500 Selinur
01161905
Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
Pinnacles National Monument, Calif established
01161909
British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole
David, Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole
P Melotte discovers asteroid #676 Melitta
Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
H E Wood discovers asteroid #790 Pretoria
01161913
British House of Commons rejects Home-Rule for Ireland
01161914
Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
01161915
Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin
Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of the states; Nebraska is 36th
18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
1st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
Georgia declares independence
01161925
Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense
Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form United Popular
War Dept forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in US army
01161943
-60ø F (-51ø C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
German 2nd SS-Panzer division evacuates Cracow
Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
01161945
US 1st & 3rd army meet at Houffalise
Vincent Aurial elected president of France
01161949
KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
Viet Minh offensive at Hanoi
World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, NYC)
01161953
Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties
KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
01161956
Egyptian Pres Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine
3 B-52s leave Calif for 1st non-stop round the world flights
Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in England
01161961
Russian espionage work detected in Great Britain
Shooting begins on "Dr No"
Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses "racial quotas"
01161963
Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
01161964
"Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens on Broadway
01161966
Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
1st black government installed in Bahamas
Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent
Jan Palach immolates himself to protest Soviet invasion of Czech
Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
Super Bowl VI-Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3
NBC presents 440th & final showing of Bonanza
USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of the Moon
L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon
01161976
"Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premiers on ABC TV
01161977
Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
01161978
Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
01161980
Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
01161981
John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK
01161983
E Bowell discovers asteroid #3464 Owensby & #3766
01161984
Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
01161988
Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
01161989
Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars
01161990
2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
01161991
US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US times)
Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from the Romagna
01171536
Franois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
01171562
Edict of St Germain recognizes the Huguenots in France
01171584
Bohemia adopts the Gregorian calendar
01171601
France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
01171718
Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53
01171746
Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats & massacres Scots
01171773
Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66ø 33' S)
01171775
9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
01171779
Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery
01171821
Mxico permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
01171852
British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
01171861
Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
01171862
-Jan 22nd) BBT Ft Henry, TN by USS Lexington
Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN
01171871
1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
Armed Democrats seize Texas govt ending Radical Reconstruction
01171885
Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan
-17ø F (-27ø C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
A Charlois discovers asteroid #354 Eleonora
Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #466 Tisiphone
Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago
Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly
01171912
Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen
Raymond Poincar becomes president of France
01171915
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's hospital in Amsterdam opens
Russia occupies Boekovina & Western Ukraine
Professional Golfer Assn (PGA) formed in NYC
US pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
Origin of Brown[?] lunation numbers
01171924
B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1013 Tombecka
1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre"
Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated
Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
Tin Can Drive Day
01171944
Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3037
01171945
Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work
Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
01171946
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
Muiden Ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC
01171950
11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities
China refuses ceases-fire in Korea
Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
01171955
Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
01171957
9-county commission recommends creation of BART
The Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance)
Eisenhower allegedly orders the assassination of Congo's Lumumba
ANASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m
01171963
Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km
Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago
USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast
Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft
01171969
Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
01171970
John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)
01171971
Super Bowl V-Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13
01171973
New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life
01171976
Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
7th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14
01171979
Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against the Rangers
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
01171986
Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs to regain WBA heavyweight title
01171987
Pres Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
01171989
Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
Gunman opens fire in Calif schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded
Murden & Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
01171990
5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame awards
Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract
1st US pilot shot down in Persian Gulf (Jeffrey Zahn)
Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
Operation Desert Storm begins-US led allies vs Iraq
Russin Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45")
0118 336
St Mark begins his reign as Catholic Pope
01181486
King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
01181520
Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde
01181644
1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston
01181671
Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panam 
01181701
Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hannover crowned king/queen of Prussia
01181733
1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
01181777
San Jose California, founded
01181778
Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
01181788
English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony
01181795
French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance
01181817
San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes
Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears
01181850
British blockade Pirus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims
Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mxico
Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed
01181865
Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC
Elegant Calif Theatre opens in SF
01181871
German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I
J Palisa discovers asteroid #221 Eos
1st demonstration of an x-ray machine in the US, NYC
M Wolf discovers asteroid #468 Lina
01181903
M Wolf discovers asteroid #501 Urhixidur
01181909
A Kopff discovers asteroid #677 Aaltje
01181911
1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
Turk-Greek sea battle
01181915
Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die
WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin
M Wolf discovers asteroid #972 Cohnia
01181923
1st radio telegraph message from Nederlands to Dutch East Indies
01181929
Stalin bans Trotsky from the Politburo
01181930
-27ø F (-33ø C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
White Sands National Monument, NM established
01181934
G Reiss discovers asteroid #1299 Mertona
01181938
Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame
01181939
Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1523 Pieksamaki
01181943
Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis
Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts
Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad
US rations bread & metal
1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
01181945
Warsaw freed by soviet army
01181947
Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to the Pirates
Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
01181948
1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
01181949
"They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premiers on CBS (later DuMont)
1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
01181951
1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against DDR"
NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
NFL takes control of the failing Baltimore Colts
01181954
Fanfani forms Italian govt
01181956
German DR forms own army (National Volksarmee)
01181957
3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min
01181958
1st black in the NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)
01181960
US & Japan draw joint defense treaty
Southern University closed due to demonstrations
01181963
Reinier Paping wins Dutch Elfstedentocht skate
01181964
Beatles 1st appearance on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#3
Plans for the World Trade Center announced (NYC)
Robert C Weaver, becomes 1st black cabinet member (HUD)
Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison
Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada
01181969
Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris
Soyuz 5 returns to Earth
01181973
Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak
01181974
"The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premiers on ABC TV
01181975
"The Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premiers on CBS
L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2144 Marietta, #2296, #2448 & #2965
01181976
Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in Super Bowl X
Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)
Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB
01181979
Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America", Florence, Or
01181980
Gold reaches $1,000 an oz
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1
01181981
Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity
80th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win
01181985
US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise
01181986
24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
01181988
Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
Candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey
IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988
South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African Natl Congress
Asteroid 1991  í 10 m, 170,000 km from Earth
Asteroid 1991 BA, í 10 m, comes within 170,000 km of Earth
Eastern Airlines goes out of business after 62 years
Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
US acknowledges CIA & US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career
WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights
01181992
Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr Peter Hui
Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Phila
0119 973
Pope Benedictus VI elected
01191493
France cedes Roussillon & Cerd gne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
01191714
Richard Steele publishes "The Crisis," defending Hanoverian success
01191770
Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
01191806
Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope
01191808
Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
01191810
Overnight temp drops 50øF (Portsmouth, NH)
01191825
Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
Aden conquered by British East India Company
01191840
Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
01191853
Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiers, in Rome
01191861
Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
MS troops take Ft Massachusetts an Ship Island
01191862
Battle of Mill Springs, KY (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads)
01191871
1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
01191884
The opera "Manon" is produced (Paris)
01191886
Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
01191898
Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game
01191899
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
M Wolf discovers asteroid #502 Sigune
R S Dugan discovers asteroid #503 Evelyn
Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
1st German zeppelin attack over Great Britain
Electric neon sign patented
01191917
Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die
Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
"Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston
US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
01191925
-48ø F (-44ø C), Van Buren, Maine (state record)
British govt decides to send troops to China
Acadia National Park, Maine established
A Schmitt discovers asteroid #1215 Boyer
01191937
Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
L Boyer discovers asteroid #1412 Lagrula
Millionaire Howard Hughes sets transcontinental air record (7h28m25s)
01191939
Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec
Japanese forces invade Burma
Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers
L Boyer discovers asteroid #1577 Reiss
01191950
Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
NFL takes control of NY Yanks
PGA approves allowing black participants
Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
"The Millionaire" TV program premiers on CBS
1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
01191961
1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
01191964
KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
01191967
Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
01191968
WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest
Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to the Supreme Court
UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
01191971
Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial
NHL Writers' Assn renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn
01191972
Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
01191974
Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
Pres Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
01191978
Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
01191979
John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
01191981
Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids & teacher
01191985
4 die in a car & train crash in Buda Ill
01191987
Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
01191989
Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
01191991
Eastern Airlines shuts down operation
NHL All Star Game-Campbell conference beats Wales 11-5 in Chicago
Sgt Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
01191992
IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
Book of mother, published
01201045
Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
01201265
1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester
01201613
Peace of Knrod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
01201667
Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia
01201778
1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass
01201783
Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War
01201788
Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga
01201800
Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples
01201801
John Marshall appointed US chief justice
01201807
Napoleon convenes the great Sanhedrin, Paris
1st US geology book published by William Maclure
01201840
Dumont D'Urville discovers Adlie Land, Antarctica
01201841
China cedes Hong Kong to the British
01201850
Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England
Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends
01201868
Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
01201869
Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
01201870
"City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard
Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis
01201872
Calif Stock Exchange Board organized
01201887
US Senate approves the naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
1st basketball game played (Mass)
01201893
A Charlois discovers asteroid #355 Gabriella
Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for the Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)
Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR
Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR
Turkey declared in remnants of the Ottoman Empire
Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premiers, Paris
01201925
B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1040 Klumpkea
USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR
2nd German cabinet of Luther begins
1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona"
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1163 Saga
01201934
Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria
England replaces King George V stamp series with King Edward VIII
-45ø F (-43ø C), Boca, Calif (state record)
1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
01201939
Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1534 Nasi & #1929 Kollaa
Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain
Japanese invade Burma
L Oterma discovers asteroids #1558 Jarnefelt & #1559 Kustaanheimo
Lead SD, temp is 52øF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16øF
RAF bombs Berlin
FDR sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president
F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French govt
Pres Truman announces his point 4 program
Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands
British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
01201953
1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY
1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
01201954
-70ø F (-57ø C), Rogers Pass, Montana (state record)
1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn
Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
01201960
Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
01201961
Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration
Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees
01201964
"Meet The Beatles" album released in US
JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return
The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2086 Newell
Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3678
01201968
Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69
Richard M Nixon inaugurated as president
U of Az reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
01201971
John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
01201974
4th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 15-13
A college basketball game ends 210-67
Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
01201975
5th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 17-10
01201978
Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
01201980
President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
Super Bowl XIV-Pittsburgh Steelers-31, Los Angeles Rams-19
01201981
52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president
01201982
7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky
Honduras constitution goes into effect
M Lovas discovers asteroid #3103
01201985
Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-33øC in Chicago)
Super Bowl XIX-San Francisco 49'ers-38, Miami Dolphins-16
01201986
1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
01201987
Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment"
Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
01201989
Bush inaugurated as 41st president & Quayle becomes 44th vice pres
47th Golden Globe Awards
US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space
Buffalo Bills beat LA Raiders 51-3 for AFC title
Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives NY Giant 15-13
Score begins selling international soccer cards
Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president
01211276
Pierre the Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V
01211542
Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
01211604
Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
01211677
1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
01211789
1st American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy," is published
01211799
Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced
Pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111)
01211818
Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"
Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
01211827
Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
01211830
Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported
01211853
Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass
01211861
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign
01211863
City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
01211880
1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms
01211890
1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
01211893
A Charlois discovers asteroid #356 Liguria
01211907
Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for the Stanley Cup
NYC regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public
01211910
British-Russian military intervention in Persia
01211913
Aristide Briand forms French cabinet
Kiwanis International founded in Detroit
Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland
01211925
Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1382 Gerti
Belgian Chamber chooses seal of Locarno Switzerland
01211927
1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty
30.5 cm precipitation/radioactive at Quinault RS, Washington
The Wilderness Society forms
WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
01211938
Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance
1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX
Australia & Britian attack Tobroek Libya
Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
01211943
Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk
British troops land on Ramree, near the coast of Burma
01211949
1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
NY jury finds former State Dept official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
01211952
Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India
01211953
John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
01211954
1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (NYC)
Nautilus, 1st atomic powered submarine launched (Groton Conn)
William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of the New Yorker
KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
01211960
Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook S Afr, 417 die of methane poisoning
KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, ID (NBC) begins broadcasting
Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria
01211962
Snow falls in SF
01211964
Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency
Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd
US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
"Alias Smith & Jones" premiers on ABC TV
01211972
Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr
Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union
Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
01211973
3rd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 33-28
Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger"
Gold hits record $161.31 an ounce in London
Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
01211976
Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France
01211977
Pres Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
01211978
Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
01211979
Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
Steelers beat Cowboys (35-31), 1st team to win 3 Super Bowls (XIII)
01211980
Gold hits record $850 an ounce
Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a NY subway train
01211982
Islanders start NHL record 15 game win streak (15-0-0)
01211983
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Appends
01211985
-19ø F (-28ø C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)
-34ø F (-37ø C), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)
Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
01211986
100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ø F (3ø C), Indiana
01211987
BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to U of Mississippi
01211989
A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Ok football player
Wayne Gretsky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
01211990
Bob Goodenow suceeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players assn exec director
01211993
Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
01221510
Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany
01221517
Turks conquer Cairo
01221528
England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
01221584
Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)
01221588
Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)
01221673
Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
01221690
Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
01221771
Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain
Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expells Jews from Warsaw Poland
01221813
Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada
01221814
1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC
01221816
Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "The Siege of Corinth"
01221837
Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif
01221857
National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
Laurent discovers asteroid #51 Nemausa
01221859
Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premiers, Hanover
01221863
Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March"
01221879
James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously
serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota
01221881
Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
Jos Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
01221895
National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
01221905
"Bloody Sunday"; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
K Lohnert discovers asteroid #623 Chimaera
01221908
A Kopff discovers asteroid #656 Beagle
Vassily Kandinsky forms Knstlerverein in Munich
W Lorenz discovers asteroid #678 Fredegundis
01221910
Opera "Germania" is 1st performed in NYC
M Wolf discovers asteroids #860 Ursina & #861 Aida
Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
Baldwin cabinet resigns in England
Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
01221926
Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits
01221930
-35ø F (-37ø C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
French cabinet of Steeg falls
British Anglicans & Old-Catholic church merge
01221939
Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University
01221941
British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate (8:44:06)
66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, Calif (state record)
Battle of Anzio (Italy); Allies stopped on the beach
Temperature rises 49ø F in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD
01221944
During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio, Italy
01221945
Heavy US air raid on Okinawa
01221947
1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA
KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
Chinatown telephone exchange closed
01221951
Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom
Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter
30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula
01221958
KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
NBA All Star game
Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia)
World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiers on NBC
Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
Billy Preston becomes the 5th Beatle
Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
01221970
1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6« hours
01221971
John & Yoko record "Power to the People"
01221972
"Emergency" with Robert Fuller premiers on NBC TV
George Foreman KOs Joe Frazier for world heavyweight boxing title
US Supreme Court leagalizes some abortions
US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
01221975
Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
01221980
PGA begins a senior golf tour
40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of the New Orleans Saints
75% of North America is covered by snow
01221983
2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
E Bowell discovers asteroid #3670
01221984
Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
Raiders crush Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII
01221985
-30ø F (-34ø C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides
01221986
Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
01221987
Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend the Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
01221988
Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson KOs former champ Larry Holmes in 4
01221989
Super Bowl XXIII-SF 49ers-20, Cincinnati Bengels-16
01221990
Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
0123 638
Start of Islamic calendar
01231265
1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
01231492
"Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
01231556
Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
01231570
Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
01231579
Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
01231643
Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for the Parliamentarians
01231719
Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
01231779
Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
01231789
Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
01231793
2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia
Humane Society of Philadelphia (first aid society) organized
Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation
01231845
Uniform US election day for president & VP authorized
01231849
Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US
Patent granted for an envelope-making machine
01231856
Steamer Pacific lost
Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
01231865
-Jan 25th) Battle of City Piont, VA (James River, Trent's Reach)
01231870
173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army
01231879
National Archery Association formed, Crawfordsville, Ind
01231889
Dr Daniel Hale Williams forns Provident Hospital in Chicago
G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG)
Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for the Stanley Cup
A Kopff discovers asteroid #582 Olympia
Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
A Kopff discovers asteroids #657 Gunlod & #658 Asteria
01231909
1st radio rescue at sea
01231916
Temperature falls from 7ø to -49ø C night of 23-24, Browning, Mont
01231920
Dutch govt refuses to turn over ex-kaiser of Germany to the allies
Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour govt in Britain
01231927
O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1266 Tone
"Abenteuer of brave Soldiers Schwejk" premiers in Berlin
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established
WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curaao forms
01231940
Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
01231941
Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
British 8th army marches into Tripoli
Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
Israeli Knesset resolves the Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1612 Hirose & #1636 Porter
NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung
NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf
Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP
Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
01231958
Dictator Marcos Prez Jimnez flees Venezuala, Larraz bal takes power
Bathyscope "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific
Piccard & Walsh in bathyscaph reach 10,900 m in Mariana Trench
01231961
Venezuela adopts constitution
01231962
British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR
Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb
"After the Fall" opens
24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
01231965
"The King Family Show" (musical variety) premiers on ABC TV
01231968
Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
01231969
Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
01231970
Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
01231971
-80ø F (-62ø C), Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record)
UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
01231973
Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims
Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reach to end the Vietnam War
01231975
"Barney Miller" premiers on ABC TV
Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
$1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris
Miniseries "Roots" premiers on ABC
8th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 14-13
01231979
W Liller discovers asteroid #3040 Kozai
01231980
L G Karachkina discovers asteroids #3215 Lapko & #3286 Anatoliya
1st Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente Calif)
Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games
01231982
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
01231983
"A-Team" with Mr T premiers on NBC
Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
01231984
Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
01231986
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
01231987
Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)
01231988
Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die
01233268
Beginning of 2nd Julian Period (1/1 OS)
Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
01241118
Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II
01241328
King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen
01241568
In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
01241634
Emperor Ferdinand II declares Wallenstein a traitor
01241656
1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
01241722
Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
01241742
German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
01241764
Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire
01241847
1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Col Price
01241848
James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
01241861
Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy
Federal troops from Ft Monroe are sent to Ft Pikens
The opera "Boris Godounow" is produced (St Petersburg Russia)
01241899
Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
01241900
Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England
01241901
1st games played in baseball's American League
Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
01241906
M Wolf discovers asteroid #2443 Tomeileen
01241908
Gen Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts
Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
01241914
A Massinger discovers asteroid #776 Berbericia
F Kaiser discovers asteroid #777 Gutemberga
The opera "Madeleine" is produced (NYC)
German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland
-54ø F (-48ø C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record)
Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
Lehman Caves National Monument established
01241923
Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM established
Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Is
Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden
01241930
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1142 Aetolia
01241933
E Delporte discovers asteroid #1276 Ucclia
01241935
Beer 1st sold in cans, Richmond, Va
30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame
Spanish govt moves to Figueras
British troops march into Abyssinia
NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs
Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD)
Cabinet-Drees-of Schaik falls
1st NFL team in Texas, the Dallas Texans formerly NY Yanks
Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
01241956
96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
01241959
WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting
Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
01241966
WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Queen Juliana appointed honarary citizen of Addis Ababa
Spanish Gen Franco announces state of emergency
NFC beats AFC 27-6 in 1st Pro Bowl after NFL-AFL merger
WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
01241975
"Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premiers on ABC TV
Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England
01241976
Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
01241981
Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
01241985
15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched
NY Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
0125 844
Gregory IV begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples
01251533
England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
01251554
Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
01251579
Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
01251775
Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
01251799
1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont
01251802
Napoleon elected president of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
01251817
Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premiers in Rome
01251825
1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY
01251835
The opera "I Puritani" is produced (Paris)
01251844
Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative
Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
01251856
Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
01251863
Battle of Kinston, NC
General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
01251865
The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
01251875
Anti-slavery society formed in NY
01251877
Congress determimes presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
01251890
National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
United Mine Workers of America forms
01251894
HW boxing champ James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell
179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania
01251905
Largest diamond, the Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa
01251907
Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to Natl Inst of Arts & Letters
01251909
Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden
01251914
F Kaiser discovers asteroid #778 Theobalda
G Neujmin discovers asteroids #779 Nina, #780 Armenia & #781 Kartvelia
01251915
Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in SF
Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (NY to SF)
01251916
Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary
Russia declared a republic of Soviets
Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later
01251923
NVV donates 100,000 to mine workers of Ruhrgebied
1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1250 Galanthus & #1251 Hedera
Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13
Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premiers on radio
01251939
HW boxing champ Joe Louis KOs John H Lewis in NYC
01251940
Nazi decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
Topping, Webb & MacPhail purchase Yanks for $2.8 million
West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
01251949
1st Emmy Awards presented; best TV film, NBC's "The Necklace"
1st Israeli election - Ben Gurion's Mapai party wins
01251951
UN begins counter offensive in Korea
WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
Russia ends state of war with Germany
US & Panama sign canal treaty
01251956
96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR
01251959
1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to NY for $301)
Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council
1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (JFK)
Military coup in El Salvador
Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released
Beatles 1st US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
Echo 2, US communications satellite launched
A D Andrews discovers asteroid #1727 Mette
01251966
WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
01251968
Risse St in the Bronx named
US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
Phila mint's 1st trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar
WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st
Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
01251979
22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
01251980
Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
01251981
52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
Super Bowl XV-Oakland Raiders-27, Philadelphia Eagles-10
01251983
China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
01251985
"We are the World" is recorded
01251987
E W Elst discovers asteroid #3631 Sigyn
NY Giants defeat Denver Broncos, 39-20, to win Super Bowl XXI
01251988
George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
01251989
Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck, NY
Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail
West-Europe's strongest hurricane
01251991
Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US govt
Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2« year run
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264
01251993
Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
0126  66
5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
01261531
Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
01261784
Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
01261787
Daniel Shays & followers attack arsenal at Springfield, Mass
01261788
Capt Arthur Phillip lands in Sydney Aust to start a penal colony
01261789
John Odell signs contract for 336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)
01261802
Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
01261837
Michigan admitted as 26th US state
01261838
Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
01261841
Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
01261850
1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, NYC
01261861
Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
01261863
54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
War Dept authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops
01261870
Virginia rejoins the US
US income tax repealed
01261876
Paul Henry discovers asteroid #159 Aemilia
Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
M Wolf discovers asteroid #557 Violetta
1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
01261910
Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego
Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premiers, Dresden
01261914
600 textile workers go on strike
Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established
Pres Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers
01261924
Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1074 Beljawskya
01261926
Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1083 Salvia & #1155 Aenna
Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence
Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW
01261933
E Delporte discovers asteroid #2545 Verbiest
Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
01261938
Vaisala discovers asteroids #1446 Sillanpaa, #1447 Utra & #1529 Oterma
Federal Hall National Monument established
Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
Franco conquers Barcelona
1st US force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland
KLM Dakota crashes in Copenhagen, 22 die
01261948
Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion
01261954
Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to the Hall of Fame
Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR
India annexes Kashmir
PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms in Amsterdam
H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense
Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"
01261959
Italy cabinet-Fanfani forms
KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting
Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS)
Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1741 Giclas
High-school basketabll sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
Oakland enters the AFL
Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on the 23rd ballot
1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell
US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km)
01261971
Charles Manson convicted of murder
01261972
Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
01261976
6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20
Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
"The Dukes of Hazzard" premiers on CBS's vast wasteland
01261980
175,000 pay to hear FRANK SINATRA sing in Rio de Janeiro!
Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4« minutes
01261982
Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins
01261985
Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzy scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
01261986
Chicago Bears defeat Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX
01261988
Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
Madison Sq Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic
Superbowl XXVI, Washington beats Buffalo (Minneapolis)
St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
01271302
Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
01271662
1st American lime kiln begins operation, Providence, RI
01271671
Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City
01271736
Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
01271778
Piccinni's opera "Roland" premiers, Paris
01271785
1st US state university chartered, Athens, Georgia
Pres Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America
01271864
Battle of Fair Gardens, TN
Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va
01271870
1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana)
After accepting the 15th amendment, VA is readmitted to Union
Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated
01271880
Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
01271888
National Geographic Society organizes
Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania
1st college basketball game, U of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park
Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention
01271902
5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (NYC)
01271904
R S Dugan discovers asteroid #523 Ada
Pasipha, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte
01271915
US Marines occupy Haiti
01271916
Communist party "Spartacus" forms in Berlin
Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square
01271926
1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London
US Senate agrees to join World Court
Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game
01271932
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1815 Beethoven
French cabinet of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair)
VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe
01271935
E Delporte discovers asteroid #1341 Edmee
-17ø F (-27ø C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
01271942
-19ø F (-27.4ø C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850
01271943
1st US air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
01271944
Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
Russia liberates Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates
1st tape recorder sold
01271949
Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
01271954
Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms
Ferenc Mnnich follows K d r as premier of Hungary
"Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premiers on NBC TV
"Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican Pres bid
01271965
1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite
Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue
Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee
Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed
Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th)
01271971
Montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'
01271973
Janet Lynn wins her 5th consecutive natl figure skating championship
UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)
US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war & milt draft
01271976
"Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premiers on ABC TV
01271977
Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
01271979
Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
01271980
10th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 37-27
Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroids #2674 Pandarus & #3342
Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras
World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid
A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3278
John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album
LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak
01271985
15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth
Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
01271989
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
Okla's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student
01271990
Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez to win the Australian Open
01271991
PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands
Super Bowl XXV-NY Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19
Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12
01281099
1st Crusaders begins seige of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
01281495
Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
01281561
By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
01281581
James VI signs the 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland
01281613
Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
01281787
Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
01281788
Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
01281807
London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
01281814
Stendahl's 1st book is published
01281819
Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
01281821
Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
01281824
William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
01281830
The opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris)
01281846
Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
01281848
King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution
01281851
Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
01281860
Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
01281864
Battle of New Bern, NC
Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
01281871
Paris surrenders to Prussians
01281875
J Palisa discovers asteroid #142 Polana
01281878
1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)
George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
01281889
A Charlois discovers asteroid #282 Clorinde
01281899
American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
01281909
A Kopff discovers asteroid #679 Pax
US milt forces leave Cuba for 2nd time
01281911
Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
01281915
1st US ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)
US Coast Guard created from Life Saving & Revenue Cutter services
US Pres Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
01281916
1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, nominated
German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France
The opera "Goyescas" is 1st performed (NYC)
01281917
M Wolf discovers asteroid #862 Franzia
Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory
Trotsky become the leader of the Reds
American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
01281923
1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich
Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent
NSDAP 1st election in Munich
01281925
-46ø F (-43ø C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)
01281927
M Wolf discovers asteroid #1069 Planckia
Serbian-Croatian-Slavic govt of Oezonowitsj falls
Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101
01281930
K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1143 Odysseus & #1144 Oda
1st US state unemployment insurance act enacted-Wisconsin
Japan occupies Shanghai
French cabinet of Paul & Boncour falls
German cabinet of von Schleicher falls
1st US ski tow (rope) begins operation, Woodstock, Vermont
A Patry discovers asteroid #1516 Henry
German troops occupy Benghazi Libya
Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game
01281945
Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
01281947
"Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000
Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1615 Bardwell
Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
01281953
J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show"
WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
Elvis' 1st TV appearance "Dorsey Brothers Show"
01281958
Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor
Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck
Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC
Goon Show's final episode on BBC
NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minn Vikings (1961) franchises
Republic of Rwanda proclaimed
01281962
Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia & survives
-34ø F (-37ø C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record)
01281967
Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
01281969
Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in N America
"Barnaby Jones" premiers on CBS TV
Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont
Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
01281976
NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
01281978
"Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premiers on ABC TV
01281982
K Jensen & K Augustesen discovers asteroid #3309 Brorfelde
E Bowell discovers asteroid #3064 Zimmer
LA Kings stop Wayne Gretsky 51 game scoring streak
Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, W Germany
25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
Angolian Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, DC
01281987
T Niijima & T Urata discovers asteroid #3585
Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
01281990
Defending champion Ivan Lendl beats Stefan Edberg for Australian Open
"A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premiers on NBC-TV
18th Annual American Music Awards
Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
01291613
Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
01291781
Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premiers, Munich
01291788
Australia Day
01291802
John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
01291834
Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
01291845
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 1st published (NYC)
01291856
Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
01291861
Kansas becomes 34th state
01291864
Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
01291872
Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina
J Perrotin discovers asteroid #180 Garumna
01291879
Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established
01291886
1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
01291894
A Charlois discovers asteroids #382 Dodona & #383 Janina
01291904
1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates
Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA
01291913
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
1st zeppelin raid (on Paris)
01291919
Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)
01291920
Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co
01291921
Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
01291922
Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1014 Semphyra
British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader
01291927
4th German cabinet of Marx forms
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3425 Hurukawa
Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
01291933
K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1259 Ogyalla & #1260 Walhalla
01291943
New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
01291949
Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel
01291951
Liz Taylor's 1st divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)
William Cox buys Yankee Stadium
Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
01291959
Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football hall of fame
9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich"
Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana)
NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2196 Ellicott
Snow storm in north east US kills 165
01291967
WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
01291968
Nauru adopts constitution
01291969
Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
01291979
9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7
Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
Emerson, Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
Pres Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
6 Iranian held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians
Cleve Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
01291982
Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
Actresss Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman
Pres Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
01291985
Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
01291987
Lisa files for seperation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry
Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
01291989
Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
Nelson Mandela & Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
01301349
Gnther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king
Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred
01301487
Bell chimes invented
01301592
Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
01301647
Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 400,
01301774
Capt Cook reaches 71ø 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)
01301781
Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland
01301790
Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor
Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks
01301800
US population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%)
01301804
Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
01301806
Prussia takes possession of Hanover
01301815
Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols
01301818
Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears"
01301820
Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim)
Richard Lawrence misfires at Pres Andrew Jackson in Washington DC
01301847
Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
01301853
Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugnie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman
01301854
1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast
01301858
William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"
01301862
US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched
01301889
John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope
Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit
US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
01301913
House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
German submarine attack on Le Havre
01301917
1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
Qubec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game
French rapist-murderer Henri-Dsir Landru sentenced to death
World Law Day, 1st celebrated
Turkish govt throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople
Left wins national election in Thringen
"The Lone Ranger" premiers on ABC radio
Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor
1st theatrical presentation sponsored by the US government, NYC
Hitler proclamation on German unified states
01301935
Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of the "Cantos"
01301936
Fans asked to pick a new name for Boston Braves; they choose "Bees
2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death
Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile
Hitler calls for the extermination of European Jews
01301940
Cor Jongpeople wins 6th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate
British troops conquer Derna Libya
Japanese troops land on Ambon
6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin
Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul as field marshal
Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing
01301944
US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands
01301945
"Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die
5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland
01301950
"Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premiers on NBC TV
Pres Truman orders development of the H-bomb [or 0131?]
Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
01301952
Lehmer verifies: 2^521-1 & 2^607-1 (183 ciphers) Mersenne-prime #
Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR
Italy's Fanfani cabinet resigns
KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed
01301957
US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"
1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx
House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
EVC'58 (Eenheidsvakcentrale) disbands
01301961
JFK askes for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corp
KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting
01301962
UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)
Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South-Vietnam
Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail
-19ø F (-28ø C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
-27ø F (-33ø C), New Market, Alabama (state record)
Beatles preform on the roof of Apple
US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere
01301972
Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth
01301973
Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all count
01301976
George Bush becomes director of the CIA (until 1977)
01301977
8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
01301978
Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio
Super Bowl XVII-Washington Redskins-27, Miami Dolphins-17
01301989
Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter
01301992
Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands
100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism
01301994
Superbowl XXVIII (Atlanta)
0131 314
St Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0131 876
Charles becomes king of Italy
01311504
By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
01311578
Battle of Gembloers
01311779
Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog
01311842
John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in the White House
01311849
Corn Laws abolished in Britain
01311851
SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in Calif founded
01311855
Western railroads blocked by snow
01311861
State of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans
01311862
Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
1st black Civil War regiment, SC Volunteers, mustered into US army
01311865
Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24)
Gen Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies
01311871
Millions of birds fly over western SF, darken the sky
01311874
Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri
01311883
J Palisa discovers asteroid #232 Russia
01311895
Jos Mart¡ & others leave NYC for invasion of Spanish Cuba
01311901
Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montral Shamrocks in 2 for the Stanley Cup
1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach
Carroll Wright appointed 1st US Commissioner of Labor
Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
01311911
Congress names SF as Panama Canal opening celebration site
1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
01311917
Germany notifies US that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship
1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (NYC) begins publication
Joe Malone, Qubec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates
01311924
Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1015 Christa, #1016 Anitra & #1056 Azalea
Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angolia
01311927
Intl allies military command in Germany disbands
01311928
Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin
Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
1st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ
NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals
French cabinet of Daladier takes power
FDR devalued the dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce
30.5 cm (12.0") of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record)
Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands
Anti-German disturbances in Heerlen
Joe Louis beats Red Burman
01311943
Chile breaks contact with Germany & Japan
Hitler names Gen Friedrich von Paul, field marshal
Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic
01311948
J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY
1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
01311950
Pres Truman gives oks building of hydrogen bomb
"Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die
Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835
Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil
Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)
"Jackpot Bowling" premiers on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
James van Allen discovers radiation belt
US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
01311960
Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in NYC
Ben Gurion cabinet in Israel resigns
David Ben Gurion resigns as premier of Israel
Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2
NATO secretary-general Paul-Henri Spoke resigns
USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
01311962
Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout"
Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" & "Ruby Baby"
01311964
US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer
01311966
USSR launches Luna 9 toward the Moon
01311968
Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia
Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, USSR
Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins
01311970
C Kowal discovers asteroid #1876 Napolitania
Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
01311971
Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)
MacDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres
01311975
John Lennon releases "#9 Dream"
UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
01311978
Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
01311982
10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13
01311985
S Afr pres PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence
01311987
United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp
01311988
Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
Super Bowl XXII-Redskins beat Broncos 42-10
01311990
1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds
The 1st ever all-sports daily "The National" begins publishing
01311991
Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude
MTA raised tolls on most NYC bridges from $2,50 to $3.00
Sportscaster Howard Cossell retires
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