January 19th
Holidays and Celebrations
Timkat Festival (Ethiopia) * (see below)
The Poe Toaster a.k.a. Birthday of Edgar Allen Poe (USA) * (see below)
Confederate Heroes Day (Texas)
Armenian Christmas (The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem) * CLICK HERE
Janis Joplin's Birthday * (see below)
World Religion Day Third Sunday of January
A Friend Raises Your Spirits Day
Good Memory Day
Tin Can Day
Women in Blue Jeans Day
National Popcorn Day AKA Popcorn Day (Also - Super Bowl Sunday)
Aniversary of the arrest of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie in Bolivia (1983).
Birthday of General Robert E. Lee, American Confederate General (b. 1807 d. 1870)
Founders Day (Kappa Alpha Order Convivium)
* Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, who follow the Julian Calendar
Feasts of Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax
Feast of Henry of Uppsala,
Feast of Bishop of Worcester Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy
St. Mark of Ephesus feast day
Feast of Sultán a.k.a. Feast of Sovereignty — First day of the 17th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)
Feast of Mark of Ephesus
Feast of Pontianus.
Feast of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
* Big Day Out - (2of14)last 2 weeks in January, Big Day Out is a music festival that travels around Australia & New Zealand.
* Ati-Atihan (Phillipines) (3-14)
* Thaipusam - Batu Caves, Malaysia & Singapore (Hindu celebration day before first full moon) 2011
* Camel Festival (Bikaner, India) 2 Days January (2013)
* Madurai Float Festival - Madurai, India (2of2)(2012 Jan 8,9)
* Timkat Festival (Ethiopia) Celebrating baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. (Jan20th on leap year)
* The Poe Toaster commemorates the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe at his grave Baltimore, originated with a single unidentified individual who appeared at the grave of Poe every year for decades. The Poe Toaster the nickname given to the mysterious person (or two persons in succession, possibly father and son) who, from about 1949 until 2009, who paid an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe's grave marker in Baltimore, Maryland in the early hours of January 19, Poe's birthday. The Poe Toaster was dressed in black with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf. The Toaster would leave three roses and a partially-filled bottle of French cognac, then disappear into the night with rare sightings and no photographs.
According to notes and reports, the original Toaster visited the tomb from 1949 until his death in 1998, after which the tradition was passed on to what may call the original toaster's "son" . In 2006 an unsuccessful attempt was made by several onlookers to capture and identify him. No Toaster has appeared since 2009. .
* Janis Joplin's Birthday, AKA Janis was an American singer (b.1943, d. 1970) * (see Song of the Day)
Crible Day Translation Sieve Day (French Republican) The 30th day of the Month of Nivose in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Fill with mingled cream and amber,
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chamber of my brain.
Quaintest thoughts, queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away.
What care I how time advances;
I am drinking ale today."
- Edgar Allen Poe (born Edgar Poe) (January 19th, 1809 – October 7th, 1849), an American author and poet.
Drink of The Day
Gin fizz
1 Part Gin
2 Parts Sweet and Sour Mix
Fill with Club Soda
Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and pour into a high balll glass. Then fill with club soda.
Wine of The Day
Marquee Shiraz
Style - Shiraz
McLaren Vale
$25
Beers of The Day
- Eastern Hemisphere -
Kloster Starkbier
Brewer - Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Glauner GmbH & Co. KG ; Alpirsbach, Germany
Style - German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock
- Western Hemisphere -
Founders' Imperial Stout
Brewer - Founders Brewing Co. ; Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Style - American-Style Imperial Stout
Joke of The Day
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
Quote of the Day
Whiskey of The Day
Song of the Day
"Mercedes Benz" by Janis Joplin
January Celebrations
Apple and Apricots MonthArtichoke and Asparagus Month
Be Kind to Food Servers
Bread Machine Baking Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month
Carnival Season (Starting January 6th)
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Cervical Cancer Screening Month
Cherry Blossom Festival in Okinawa, Japan, a very colorful festivals every January in Nago since 1928.
Coffee Gourmet International Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Financial Wellness Month
First Binary Month (1of 3) (0s and 1s)
International Brain Teaser Month
International Change Your Stars Month
International Creativity Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
National Bath Safety Month
National Be On-Purpose Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Mont
National Blood Donor Month
National Book Blitz Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Candy Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Egg Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Lose Weight, Feel Great Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Meat Month
National Mentoring Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Polka Music Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
National Soup Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Thank You Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Mont
National Wheat Bread Month
Prune Breakfast Month
Resolve to Eat Breakfast Month
National Returns Month
Rising Star Month
Self-Love Month
Self-help Group Awareness Month
Shape Up US Month
Thaipusam - Festival of Faith in Batu Caves, Malaysia
Thyroid Awareness Month
Tubers and Dried Fruit Month
World Buskers Festival in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Week Celebrations
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week January 17th to 23rd
Week of Christian Unity January 18th to 25th
Snowfest Third Week in January
Hunt for Happiness Week Third Week in January
National Activity Professionals Week Starting third Saturday of January
Historical Events on January 19th
197 Lucius Septimius Severus' army beats Clodius Albinus at Lyon
356 Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
607 Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
842 Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches
973 Pope Benedictus VI elected
1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War, England completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1493 France cedes Roussillon & Cerdágne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
1511 Mirandola surrenders to the French.
1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia
1520 Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
1537 Weavers of Leiden Neth strike
1539 Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled
1563 The Heidelberg Catechism was first published in Germany. Written by Peter Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus, it comprised a balanced statement of Calvinist tradition, and was soon after accepted by nearly all of the Reformed churches in Europe.
1568 Death of Miles Coverdale, 80, publisher of the first printed English Bible. He completed the translation of the Old Testament which William Tyndale had left unfinished at his death in 1536.
1574 Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer & Jisp Neth
1582 Francis of Valois becomes duke of Brabant
1594 Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III of Sweden.
1600 The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1607 San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague
1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians (NS=Mar 1)
1668 King Louis XIV & Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
1674 Netherlands & England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)
1700 Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark
1714 Richard Steele publishes "The Crisis", defending Hanoverian success
1736 Georg F Handel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling
1764 John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
1771 Messier adds M46-M49 to his catalog (galactic clusters in Puppis & Hydra & galaxy in Virgo)
1774 Pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Lord, ever draw my heart after thee! May I see no beauty in any other object, nor desire anything but thee!'
1788 The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
1793 French King Louis XVI sentenced to death
1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy, The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
1797 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France
1803 Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953
1804 Anglican missionary to Persia Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'To be made fit for the work of a missionary I resigned the comforts of a married life, ...and that was a severe struggle. Now again will I put forth the hand of faith, though the struggle will be far more severe.'
1806 The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
1807 British squadron under Adm Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle
1807 VP Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent
1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
1810 Overnight temp at Portsmouth NH drops 50ºF (10ºC)
1812 Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
1817 An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
1819 British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
1825 Franz Grillparzer's "Konig Ottokars Gluck," premieres in Vienna
1825 Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1829 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust Part 1" receives its premiere performance.
1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn
1833 Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland
1839 Aden conquered by British East India Company
1840 Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin
1852 The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1853 Napoleon III marries Eugénie de Montijo
1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" receives its premiere performance in Rome.
1856 Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio
1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used
1861 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in Russia
1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede
1861 MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island
1862 Battle of Mill Springs
1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads). The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict of the American Civil War.
1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
1864 Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Wash DC (12 members)
1865 NV Suriname Bank established
1865 Union occupies Fort Anderson NC
1869 US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized
1871 1st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
1871 Battle of St. Quentin is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War.
1878 Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1884 Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people
1884 Jules Massenet's opera "Manon" premieres in Paris
1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan 800-1000 killed
1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
1889 The Salvation Army split, as one faction within the denomination renounced allegiance to founder William Booth. Booth's son Ballington and his wife Maud led the American splinter group, which in 1896 incorporated itself as a separate denomination known as the Volunteers of America.
1893 Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin.
1898 Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game
1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1900 British troops occupy Hlangwane Natal
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1906 WK Kellogg & Ch Bolin find Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co
1906 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Und Pippa Tanzt!" premieres in Berlin
1909 Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way" premieres in New York City NY
1910 English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"
1910 Germany & Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty
1910 National Institute of Arts & Letters incorporated by Congress
1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
1913 Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
1913 Raymond Poincaré installed as President of France
1914 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin
1915 British fleet fire on Dardanellen coast
1915 Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1915 German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing more than 20, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target in World War I.
1917 Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes, 73 are killed and 400 injured in the explosion in the munitions plant in London.
1917 German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann sends the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance against the United States.
1918 Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly
1918 The first serious battles between the Red Guards and the White Guard in the Finnish Civil War.
1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 meters high x 25 meters wide kills dozens, Boston
1919 Pan-African Congress, organized by W E B Du Bois (Paris)
1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations
1920 Alexandre Millerand forms French government
1920 The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
1922 Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
1923 Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres
1923 Philip Barry's "You & I," premieres in NYC
1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
1925 -48ºF (-44ºC), Van Buren ME (state record)
1927 General strike against British occupiers in Shanghai
1927 British government decides to send troops to China
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
1928 Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
1929 Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, NY
1929 Acadia National Park, Maine established
1929 Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 seconds
1932 William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"
1932 Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, the 1st coming at 7 seconds of the game
1933 Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers
1934 Bob & Dolores Hope marry
1934 US contract air mail service canceled, replaced by US army for 6 mos
1934 Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement
1935 Clifford Odets' "Awake & Sing," premieres in NYC
1935 KLM begins flight path between Curaçao & Aruba
1935 Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.
1936 Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier
1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1937 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines
1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 seconds
1941 Nazi raid Amsterdam & round up 429 young Jews for deportation, Nazi police are driven away from Koco Amsterdam by young Jews
1941 British offensive in Eritrea
1941 British troops occupy Kassalaf Sudan
1942 About 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin
1942 Bill Longson beats Managoff & Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champ
1942 Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber
1942 FDR orders detention & internment of all west-coast Japanese-Americans
1942 NY Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1942 Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"
1942 Japanese forces invade Burma, Japanese troop land on Timor
1942 Titus Brandsma (Carmelite priest) arrested by German occupiers for speaking out against Nazism as a "lie" and "pagan"
1943 German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia
1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily
1944 823 British bombers attack Berlin
1944 U-264 sinks off Ireland
1945 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima, 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese
1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days
1945 Brotherhood Day-1st celebrated
1945 Soviet forces liberate the Lódz ghetto in World War II. Out more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
1946 Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League
1946 General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1947 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
1949 "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
1949 1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound
1949 Mass arrests of communists in India
1949 Cuba recognizes Israel.
1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
1952 French offensive at Hanoi
1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks
1952 PGA approves allowing black participants
1953 Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board
1953 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet
1953 William Inge's "Picnic," premieres in NYC
1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
1953 68% of all television sets in the United States are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect
1955 1st Presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1956 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
1958 Canadian Football Council renamed Canadian Football League
1959 Britain, Turkey & Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence
1959 Gabon adopts its constitution
1959 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), NM
1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1960 Protest strike in Poznan Poland
1960 Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
1961 Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"
1961 Henk van der Grift (Neth) becomes world champ all-round skater
1961 1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Robert Frost wins Bollingen Prize
1963 USSR informs JFK it's withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba
1964 UK flies ½ ton of The Beatles wigs to the US
1964 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 27-24
1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 NFL adds 6th official
1966 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
1966 Neil Simon, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity" premieres
1966 Tippett's cantata "Vision of St Augustine" premieres in London
1967 Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
1968 1st US Teachers strike (Florida)
1968 WKBF TV channel 61 in Cleveland OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 1st Test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1969 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 38-25
1969 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1969 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 10-7
1969 Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire 3 days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turned into another major protest.
1970 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
1970 USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
1970 Dutch bishop says he is in favor of married priest
1970 Nixon nominates G Harrold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
1971 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St Theater New York City NY for 861 performances
1971 Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK
1971 Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleveland Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game
1971 24th NHL All-Star Game West beat East 2-1 at Boston
1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial
1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
1972 Glenn Turner carries his bat for 223* v WI at Kingston
1972 The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan.
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
1974 1st American Music Award:
1974 Belgium government of Leburton falls
1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq
1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown
1975 An earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India
1976 Frente Polisario forms Democratic Republic of Sahara
1977 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band
1977 A's sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Rangers for $400,000
1977 Doug Walters scores 250 v NZ, 217 stand for 7th wicket w/Gilmour
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1977 President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
1977 Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in the Bahamas.
1978 "On the 20th Century" opens at St James Theater NYC for 460 perfs
1978 Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)
1978 Coleman, Comden & Green's musical premieres in NYC
1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
1979 John N Mitchell (former AG) released on parole from federal prison
1980 Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1000m in 1:15.18
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1981 United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity known as the Iran Hostage Crisis.
1982 Hanneke Jagersma installed as Neth's 1st Communist mayor
1982 Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853
1982 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 Australia-West Indies one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
1982 Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Oklahoma, kills 6 kids & teacher
1983 Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million
1983 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record
1983 Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
1983 The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
1984 "Doonesbury" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 104 performances
1984 1st brother combo to win Gold & Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil & Steve Mahre-Slalom)
1984 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 California Supreme Court refuses to allow quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia to starve herself to death in a public hospital, she appeals and is later granted the right to die
1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time 50,808 km (he is the first man to break the 50 km/h barrier)
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9
1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain
1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy
1985 Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola
1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1985 William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Ky
1985 4 die in a car & train crash in Buda IL
1986 Jordanian King Hussein severs ties with PLO
1986 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
1986 US Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later
1986 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands
1986 Spain recognizes Israel
1987 "Stardust" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 102 performances
1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
1987 Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires
1987 Minn sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson
1987 Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
1988 "48 Hours" premieres on CBS-TV
1988 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
1989 "Legs Diamond" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 64 perfs
1989 Edgar Bowers wins Bollingen Prize
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1990 Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal
1990 Soyuz TM-9 lands
1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs Australia at Adelaide
1991 42nd NHL All Star Game-Campbell beats Wales 11-5 in Chicago
1991 48th Golden Globes Dances with Wolves
1991 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title
1991 Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1991 SCUD attack from Iraq causes 15 injuries in Israel during hte Gulf War.
1992 "City of Angels" closes at Virginia Theater New York City NY after 878 performances
1992 Ken Ludwig's musical "Crazy for You," premieres at Shubert Theater NYC for 1622 performances
1992 Peter Collins discovers nova Cygni 1992
1992 Porn producer Jim Mitchell found guilty of killing his brother Artie
1992 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises 23,500,000
1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1993 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1993 Oakland A's unveil new elephant logo
1993 Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA
1993 STS-54 (Endeavour) lands
1993 Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
1994 -20ºF (-29ºC) (5 32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland OH
1994 -36ºF (-38ºC) in New Whiteland IN (state record)
1994 Marta Figueras-Dotti wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1995 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV
1995 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec)
1995 Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize
1995 Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec)
1995 Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres
1995 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM
1996 NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
1996 The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls & 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
1997 54th Golden Globes English Patient, Brenda Blethyn & Geoffrey Rush
1997 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1997 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural
1997 Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
1998 Soyuz TM-26 lands
1998 US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
1999 British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
2001 An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
2002 NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
2004 Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal is awarded an honorary knighthood in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity."
2006 A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crashes in Hungary.
2006 The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
2007 Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala.
2007 Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
2008 Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video formatting, ending the format war between it and Sony's Blu-Ray Disc
2012 44 people killed in prison brawl in Apocada, Mexico, between two rival drug cartels
2013 4 climbers are killed by an avalanche in Glen Coe, Scotland
2013 Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
2013 Fourth day of the Hostage Crisis in Amenas, Algeria. Thirty-nine international workers and one security guard die in a hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria.
2013 Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
2013 The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
2014 Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots 26-16 in the AFC Championship Game
2014 Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco 49ers 23-17 in NFC Championship Game
2016 China's economic growth revealed as lowest for 25 years - 6.9% in 2015
Born on January 19th
3 Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Blind Person Owl)
399 Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453)
570 Mohammed, Islamic prophet (Koran)
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1526 Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
1544 Francis II de Valois-Angoulême, king of France (1559-60) (d. 1560)
1552 Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
1588 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
1611 Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)
1613 Jacques Huyn, composer
1616 Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer
1630 Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1639 Noël Alexandre, French theologian/historian
1660 Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
1671 Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer
1676 John Weldon, composer
1679 Girolamo Chiti, composer
1683 Philip V, France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1687 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer
1717 David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko)
1722 Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
1736 Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
1736 James Watt, Scottish inventor (steam engine) (d. 1819)
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer (Paul et Virgin)
1739 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
1743 (Ridolfo) Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist (Minuet)
1749 Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian
1751 Cornelis de Gijselaar, Dutch politician/patriot
1752 James Morris III, American army officer (d. 1820)
1754 Vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier)
1755 Pieter G van Overstraten, governor-general of Neth-Indies
1757 Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, German Princess (d. 1831)
1760 Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer
1762 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1780 Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist (Nibelungenlied)
1780 Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet (Blommorna)
1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder (sociology & positivism)
1802 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
1802 (Jean) Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1831)
1804 Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
1804 David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1806 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer
1807 Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870)
1808 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (Pit & the Pendulum, The Raven) (d. 1849)
1812 Lauro Rossi, composer
1813 Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (Bessemer engine) (d. 1898)
1816 Henry Gray Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1817 Willem III, last male King of Netherlands (1849-90)
1819 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author/novelist/writer
1820 John Haskell King Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
1821 Francis Preston Blair Jr, Lexington Ky, (Rep-Missouri)
1824 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator (NS=Mar 2)
1827 Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Ráfagas)
1828 Johannes von Miquel, German politician
1830 George Blake Cosby, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1909
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1832 Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875)
1833 Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872)
1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
1839 Bohumil Pazdirek, composer
1839 Paul Cézanne, French impressionist painter (Bathers) (d. 1906)
1841 Felipe Pedrell, composer
1843 Adelina Patti, Madrid Spain, opera soprano (Lucio)
1848 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904)
1848 Matthew Webb, English swimmer/diver (d. 1883)
1851 David Starr, Jordan NY, biologist/university president (Leland Stanford)
1851 Jacobus C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d. 1922)
1858 Eugene Brieux, French playwright (Blanchette, Lesson Avaries)
1859 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903)
1859 Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist (Handbook of Trees of California)
1863 Emanuel Moor, composer
1863 Werner Sombart, German sociologist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben) (d. 1941)
1864 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture (Work Law of 1911)
1865 Adrian van Oordt, Dutch writer (neo-romantic)
1865 Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer (Tibet)
1866 Harry Davenport, New York City NY, actor/director (Her Unborn Child, My Sin)
1868 Gustav Meyrink, writer
1869 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Director (League of Nations)
1873 Hans E Blaich, writer
1876 Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet (d. 1899)
1877 Else Berg, German/Dutch painter
1877 Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
1877 Louis Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera)
1877 Charles Coburn Savannah GA, actor (Devil and Miss Jones)
1878 Herbert Chapman, English football player and manager (d. 1934)
1879 Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten (Wassend Cereal)
1879 Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (d. 1925)
1880 Arthur Shepherd, composer
1881 Armin Knab, German composer (Eichendorff-cycle)
1881 Evert Gorter, founder of Dutch medical child care
1881 Paul Zech, writer
1883 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor
1884 Albert Louis Wolff, composer
1886 George Luther Foote, composer
1887 Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (Man Who Came to Dinner) (d. 1943)
1888 Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
1889 Jose Eustasio Rivera, Colombia, poet/novelist (Vortex)
1889 Sophie Taeuber/Täuber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp (Dada)
1891 J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)
1892 Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician (Premier 6 times, 1942-63) (d. 1964)
1893 Cedric Hardwicke, Stourbridge England, actor (Peter Pan, Richard III)
1893 Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Scrittori d'Oggi)
1894 Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)
1895 Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)
1896 André Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
1897 Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
1897 Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer
1897 René Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight (Rechtskundig Weekblad)
1898 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, (Lou de Palingboer), Dutch sect leader
1899 Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1899 (John) Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer
19-Anthony Herrera, Wiggins MS, actor (James Stenbeck-As the World Turns, Dane-Loving)
19-Richard Van Vleet, Denver CO, actor (Chuck-All My Children)
1900 Giorgos Seferis, writer
1901 Cor(nelis RJ) Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman (Feyenoord)
1902 Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor/director (2 Smart People)
1902 John Bubbles, Louisville Ky, rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps)
1902 Kay Boyle, American writer (Plagued by Nightingales) (d. 1992)
1902 Nydia Westman, NYC, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins)
1902 Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl)
1903 Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur
1903 Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer
1903 Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Budapest Hungary, pianist
1904 Havank, (HF vqan der Kallen), Dutch thriller writer (St Eustache)
1904 James Winston Watts, developer (Frontal Lobotomy)
1905 Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer
1905 Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO (Houston Post)
1905 Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. 1991)
1906 Grace Mary Williams, composer
1906 Hendrik W C Spruit, Dutch conductor
1906 Ish Kabbible (Merwyn Bogue), Pennsylvania, comedian (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
1906 Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show)
1907 Lillian Harvey, London England, actress (Invitation to the Waltz)
1908 Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971)
1909 Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests)
1909 Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003)
1910 Willi Schmidt, Germany, director
1911 Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion)
1911 Nikola Hercigonja, composer
1911 Choor Singh, Singaporean judge (d. 2009)
1912 Adolf Rudnicki, Polish writer (Niekochana)
1912 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher
1912 Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
1912 Stan Kenton, (Newcomb), Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55)
1912 Francis David Charteris, Earl of Wemyss & March/Scottish landowner
1912 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch socialist democratic chairman (1965-69)
1912 Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1913 Alvin Derold Etler, composer
1913 Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author
1913 Rex Ingamells, Australian poet (d. 1955)
1914 Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
1914 Lester Flatt, country musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top)
1914 Bob Gerard, British racing driver (d. 1990)
1915 John Freeman, British politician (Labour)/ambassador/TV host
1915 Alvy West, Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show)
1916 Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)
1917 Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
1917 Rudolf Maros, composer
1917 John Raitt, American singer and actor (Pajama Game), Bonnie Raitt's father (d. 2005)
1918 John H. Johnson, American publisher (Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet) (d. 2005)
1919 Anthony Dexter (Walter Fleischmann), NB Canada, actor (Valentino)
1919 Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympics-gold-1964)
1920 C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
1920 Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant
1920 George Rose, Bicester England, actor (Beacon Hill, Holocaust)
1920 Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
1920 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General (1982-91)
1921 Andries Treurnicht, (Dr No), founder (S Afr Conservative Party)
1921 Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
1921 Patricia Highsmith, American author (Strangers on a Train, L'amateur d'escargot) (d. 1995)
1921 ‘Billy Batts’ Devino, American gangster (d. 1970)
1922 Beant Singh, politiician
1922 Josef Matej, composer
1922 Arthur Morris, cricketer (great Australian lefty opening batsman)
1922 Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director (Casino Royale)
1922 Guy Madison, American actor (Wild Bill Hickok) (d. 1996)
1923 Donald Lybbert, composer
1923 Jean Stapleton, American actress (Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family)
1923 Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
1924 Bruce Norris, NHL owner (Detroit Red Wings)
1924 David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
1924 Lee Marvin, NYC, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou)
1924 7th Earl of Carnarvon, English large landowner
1924 Jean-François Revel, French author (Ni Marx ni Jésus) (d. 2006)
1924 Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (Coach Ernie-Cheers) (d. 1985)
1925 Jindrich Feld, composer
1925 Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1925 Nina Bawden, English author (Afternoon of a Good Woman)
1926 Gyorgy Kurtag, composer
1926 Libera Carlier ,Flemish author (Action Station Go!)
1926 Fritz Weaver, American actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin)
1927 Rene Firino-Martell, cognac manufacturer
1928 Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki
1928 Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer
1929 Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
1929 Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love)
1930 John Frankenheimer, NYC, director (Birdman of Alcatraz)
1930 John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper (great South African)
1930 Tippi Hedren, American actress (The Birds)
1931 Ron Packard (Representative-R-CA, 1983)
1931 Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist, news anchor (NBC Weekend News 1965-67)
1932 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris France, opera director (Carmina Burana)
1932 Joseph P Kerwin, Oak Park Ill, Capt Med Corps USN/astro (Skylab 2)
1932 Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1932 Richard Lester, British director (Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia)
1932 Russ Hamilton, British singer (d. 2008)
1933 Marc F A Andries, Flemish actor (Central Station)
1933 George Coyne, American theologian
1934 Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1934 David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director (Betrayal)
1934 Julian Belfrage, theatre Agent
1934 Lloyd Robertson, Canadian journalist
1935 Tippi Hedren, Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
1935 Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (d. 1978)
1935 Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor
1936 Bob Engemann, singer
1936 Ione Mylonas Shear, archeologist
1936 Elliott Schwartz, composer
1936 Ursula Andress, Switzerland, actress (She)
1936 Ziaur Rahman, Seventh President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
1937 Norman O'Neill, cricketer (great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field)
1937 Giovanna Marini, Italian singer-songwriter
1938 Penny Zavichas, LPGA golfer
1938 Denny Smith (Representative-R-OR, 1981)
1938 Eskil Hemberg, composer
1939 Gwen Taylor, British actress (Life of Brian, Sob Sisters, Screaming)
1939 Phil Everly, American musician (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie) (d. January 3, 2014)
1940 Bobby Rogers, US vocalist (Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me)
1940 Carlin Glynn, US actress (Continental Divide)
1940 Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
1940 William "Smokey" Robinson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles-Tears of a Clown)
1940 Barend J du Plessis, South African minister of Finance (1984)
1940 Mary Mills, LPGA golfer
1940 Mike Reid, English comedian (d. 2007)
1940 Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate (d. 1992)
1941 Carlos Roque Alsina, composer
1941 Stephen Dobyns, US author/poet (Cold Dog Soup)
1941 Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003)
1941 Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler
1941 Tony Anholt, British actor (d. 2002)
1942 Kenneth R Kramer, (Rep-R-CO, 1979)
1942 Shelly Fabares, Santa Monica CA, actress (Donna Reed Show, Coach)
1942 Michael Crawford, British singer and actor (Phantom of the Opera)
1942 Thom Mayne, American Architect
1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot, actress (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday)
1943 Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
1943 Lou Christie (Lugee Sacco), Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, American singer-songwriter (Lightning Striking Again)
1943 Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate
1943 Joe Butler, rocker
1943 Margriet Francisca, Dutch Princess
1943 Janis Joplin, American singer (Down on Me) (d. 1970)
1943 Petchara Chaowarat, Thai film actress
1943 Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
1944 Jan Bart Klaster, mythologist (Slogan)
1944 Pehr Henrik Nordgren, composer
1944 Richard (Erskine Frere) Leakey, Nairobi Kenya, anthropologist
1944 Dan Reeves, American football coach (New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons)
1944 Laurie London, English singer
1944 Peter Lynch, American investor
1944 Shelley Fabares, American actress (Brian's Song)
1945 Jon Whiteley, actor (Moonfleet)
1945 Michael Nader, actor (Dynasty, All My Children)
1945 Thomas Brasch, writer
1945 Charles Amirkhanian, composer
1945 Rod Evans, musician (Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band)
1945 Vadim Abdrashitov, director (Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets)
1945 Trevor Williams, English Bass Guitarist
1946 Paul Dean, rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy)
1946 Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
1946 Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer (Brainbox)
1946 Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut
1946 Dolly Parton, American singer and actress (9 to 5), Inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999, Ranked #34 on VH1's Greatest Women of Rock N Roll, National Medal of Arts in 2005. Dolly wrote two of her biggest hits, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You", on the same evening in 1973. Dolly Parton once Lost a Dolly Parton Lookalike Contest. She was Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. She is the Godmother of Miley Cyrus. In Poker, a hole card combination of a 9 and a 5 is called a "Dolly Parton", named after the song and movie, Nine to Five. Dolly was the Recepient of the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Grammy [December 23, 2010].
1946 Julian Barnes, English author (Before She Met Me)
1947 Peter Bird, ocean rower
1947 Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
1947 Alessandro Haber, actor (China is Near)
1947 Ann Compton, American news reporter (ABC TV)
1947 Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur
1947 Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple)
1948 Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
1948 Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg Pa, astronaut (STS 9, STS 45)
1948 Mark Andes, Philadelphia Pa, rock bassist (Spirit, Heart, Fireball)
1948 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
1948 Tony Iommi, rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man)
1948 Harvey Hinsley, musician
1948 Frank McKenna, Canadian politician
1949 Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
1949 Eddie Hardin, keyboardist/singer (Spencer Davis Group)
1949 Ewa Aulin, Stockholm, actress (Candy)
1949 William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
1949 Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
1949 Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (Addicted to Love, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley) (d. 2003)
1950 Andy Powell, rocker (Wishbone Ash)
1950 Grant Nordman, Canadian politician
1950 Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
1951 Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar
1951 Stephen Nichols, Cincinnati OH, actor (Witchboard, Days of our Lives)
1951 Linda Hayden, English actress (Blood on Satan's Claw, Shattered)
1951 Martha Davis vocals/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1951 Dewey Bunnell, American singer and songwriter (America)
1952 Amy Tan, American novelist
1952 Rudolfo Neri-Vida, Mexico, PHD/astronaut (STS 23)
1953 Bill Kirchenbauer, actor/comedian (Coach-Just the 10 of Us)
1953 Cristina Elisabet Fernández, Argentinian politician
1953 Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride, The Mambo Kings)
1953 Richard Legendre, Canadian politician
1954 Frances Bucholz, rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
1954 Jamie West-Oram, rock guitarist (Fixx)
1954 Socrates, Brazilian footballer
1954 Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback (Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers)
1954 Cindy Sherman, American photographer
1954 Katey Sagal, American actress (Sons of Anarchy, Peg Bundy-Married with Children, Futurama)
1954 Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director
1955 Jeff Daniels, GA, actor (Something Wild, Dumb & Dumber, Speed)
1955 Paul Rodriguez, Mexican/American actor and comedian
1955 Simon Rattle, English conductor (Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)
1956 Dave Wakeling, rock singer/guitarist
1956 George David Low, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 32, STS 43)
1956 Peter Holsapple, rocker (Continental Drifters)
1956 Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1956 Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel)
1956 Carman Licciardello, American singer
1957 Dave "Smoke" Stewart, Oakland California, pitcher (Oakland Athletic)
1957 Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician (Rock Me Amadeus)
1957 Paul Dean, guitarist
1957 Ray Winstone, British actor
1957 Michael "Mickey" Virtue, Birmingham England, rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1957 Ottis "O J" Anderson, NFL running back (New York Giants)
1957 Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician
1958 Helen Fielding, English writer
1960 Keith Musa(kawukhathi) Zondi, South African head of Inkatha Youth Brigade
1960 Prince Andrew, Albert Christian Edward, of Britain/Duke of York
1960 Vicki Lynn Lasseter, Iola Kansas, playmate (Feb, 1981)
1960 Alfrederick Joyner, East St Louis IL, triple jumper (Olympics-gold-1984)
1961 Andy Wallace, English race car driver
1961 Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
1961 Paul McCrane, actor (Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back)
1961 William Ragsdale, American actor (Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk)
1962 Alvaro Espinoza, Venezuela, baseball shortstop (NY Yanks, NY Mets)
1962 Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player (1985 US Open)
1962 John Laroche, American orchid poacher
1962 Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure)
1962 Chris Sabo, Detroit MI, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles)
1962 Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
1962 Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball coach
1963 Jessica Tuck, NYC, actress (Megan-1 Life to Live)
1963 Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
1963 Seal, English vocalist/songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose)
1963 Adele Peterson, LPGA golfer
1963 Michael Adams, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
1963 Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul)
1963 Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter (MSNBC)
1963 Michael Adams, American basketball player
1964 Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
1964 Doug Aldrich, musician
1964 Sonu Walia, Indian actress
1964 Janine Antoni, Bahamian artist
1964 Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
1965 Andrew Jameson, British swimmer
1965 John Commins, cricketer (South African Test batsman v NZ 1994-95)
1965 Ricky Reynolds, NFL cornerback (New England Patriots)
1966 Antoine Fuqua, Director (Training Day)
1966 Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
1966 Justine Bateman, Rye NY, actress (Mallory-Family Ties, Satisfaction)
1966 Matthew Ryan, Port Jefferson NY, team handball circle (Olympics-1996)
1966 Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven Neth, tennis star (1994 US/Austral doubles)
1966 Peter Douris, Toronto, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1966 Prince Markie D, (Mark Morale), rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1966 William White, NFL safety (KC Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons)
1966 Anthony Young, US baseball pitcher (New York Met, Chicago Cubs)
1966 Ronnie Williams, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins)
1966 Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player (Wimbledon 1988, US Open 1991)
1966 Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
1966 Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
1966 Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals)
1967 Benicio Del Toro, Puerto Rico, actor (Licence to Kill, Usual Suspects)
1967 Roel Liefden, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen)
1967 Christine Tucci, actress (Amanda Cory-Another World)
1967 Javier Cámara, Spanish actor
1968 Frank Watkins, US heavy metalist bass (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1968 Rob Dimaio, Calgary, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers)
1968 Marty Conlon, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1968 Whitfield Crane, American musician (Ugly Kid Joe)
1969 Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
1969 Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland New Zealand, Open 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
1969 Orlando Palmeiro, Hoboken NJ, outfielder (California Angels)
1969 Edwidge Danticat, Haitian/American author
1969 Junior Seau, American football player (San Diego Chargers) (d. 2012)
1969 Luc Longley, Australian basketball player (Chicago Bulls)
1969 Predrag Mijatovic, Yugoslavian footballer
1969 Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
1970 Garland Hawkins, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1970 Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner (Sri Lankan)
1970 Ghetty Chasun, Erie PA, actress (Red Lips)
1970 Rick Krivda, Mckeesport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1970 T J Mathews, Belleville IL, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
1970 Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian
1971 Becca Lee, Tennessee, Miss USA (Tenn-3rd-1996)
1971 Becky Dyroen-Lancer, San Jose California, synchro swimmer (Oly-gold-96)
1971 Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
1971 Glyn Milburn, NFL running back/kick returner (Den Broncos, Det Lions)
1971 Rachel Luttrell, Actress (A Dog's Breakfast)
1971 Richard Green, Australasia golfer
1971 Wally Williams, NFL center/guard (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1971 William Henderson, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1971 Jeff Juden, Salem MA, baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants)
1971 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1971 Reggie Brooks, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1971 John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
1971 Shawn Wayans, American actor (In Living Color)
1972 Andrey Pchelyakov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
1972 Francine, American professional wrestler
1972 Tyrone Wheatley NFL running back (New York Giants)
1972 Angham, Egyptian singer, record producer and actress
1972 Drea de Matteo, American actress (Adriana-Sopranos, Wendy-Sons of Anarchy)
1972 Elena Kaliská, Slovak slalom canoer
1972 Joana Benedek, Mexican actress
1972 Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
1972 Ron Killings, American professional wrestler
1972 Troy Wilson, Australian racing driver and AFL player
1973 Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 Terrence Rencher, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1973 Tommy Bennett, safety (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 Chris Stynes, Queens NY, infielder (Kansas City Royals)
1973 Aaron Yonda, YouTube celebrity
1973 Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist
1973 Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
1974 Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star (1995 doubles-Hamburg)
1974 Amaury Telemaco Higuey, Dominican Republic, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1974 Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (PSV)
1974 Natassia Malthe, Actress (This Means War)
1974 Tarik Oulida, soccer player (Ajax/Seville)
1974 Walter Jones, tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 Frank Caliendo, American comedian
1974 Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
1975 Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
1975 Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
1975 Paul Frey, Boston MA, dance skater (& Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champ)
1975 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1975 Natalie Harvey, Australian 3k/5k runner (Olympics-96)
1975 Noah Georgeson, American musician
1976 Claire Grech, Miss Malta-Universe (1997)
1976 Sky Christopherson, Tucson AZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1976 Marsha Thomason, Actress (Black Knight)
1976 Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
1976 Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
1977 Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
1977 Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
1977 Anne Miller, Midland MI, tennis star (1995 Darmstadt Germany)
1977 Taliesin Jaffe, Venice CA, actor (Willy-Hail to the Chief)
1977 Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor
1977 Cocco, Japanese singer
1977 Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian footballer
1977 Nicole, Chilean singer
1978 Immortal Technique, American rapper
1978 Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1979 Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
1979 Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
1979 Mariska, Finnish rapper
1979 Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
1979 Josu Sarriegi, Spanish/Basque footballer
1979 Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
1979 Wiley, English rapper
1980 Mike Miller, American basketball player
1980 Neleh Dennis, American Survivor contestant
1980 Jenson Button, English Formula One driver
1980 Kotoko, Japanese singer
1980 Luke Macfarlane, Canadian actor
1981 Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
1981 Bitsie Tulloch, Actress (The Artist)
1981 Daniel Letterle, American Actor and Singer
1981 Gil Reyes, American boxer
1981 Nicky Shorey, English footballer
1981 Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
1981 Vitas, Russian singer
1981 Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer
1981 Dimosthenis Manousakis, Greek footballer
1981 Lucho González, Argentine footballer
1982 Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
1982 Jodie Sweetin, American actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House, Jim Henson Presents Mother Goose Stories)
1982 Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
1983 Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
1983 Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
1983 Hikaru Utada, American/Japanese singer and songwriter
1984 Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
1984 Felicity Jones, English actress
1984 Mickey Sumner, Actress (Frances Ha)
1984 Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver
1984 Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
1985 Arielle Kebbel, American actress
1985 Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1985 Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
1985 Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
1985 Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1986 Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
1986 Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
1986 Marta, Brazilian footballer
1986 Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
1986 Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American ice dancer
1987 Angus Monfries, Australian league footballer
1987 Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
1988 JaVale McGee, American Basketball Player
1989 L A Baby orangutan, at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
1990 Zachary Mabry, Actor (The Little Rascals)
1991 Erin Sanders, American actress (Never Never)
1992 Logan Lerman, American actor (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
1992 Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
1993 Victoria Justice, American Actress (The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody, Lola Martinez in Nickelodeon show Zoey 101)
1993 John Bouvier Kennedy, Schlossberg son of Caroline Kennedy
1993 Gus Lewis, English actor (Batman Begins)
1994 Kristi Lauren, Actress (The 4 to 9ers)
1995 Sophie Ellis, Actress (Les Misérables)
1999 Morgane Kerhousse, Actress (Premier suspect)
2001 Caleb Crusco, Actor (Totally Connected)
Died on January 19th
197 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle
440 Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)
639 Dagobert I, King of the Franks (Austrasia/Soissons/Burgundy/Neustrië) (b. c. 603)
1133 Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)
1260 Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint
1401 William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London
1414 Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England
1479 Johan II king of Aragón/Navarra, 81
1526 Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)
1545 Pierre Brully, (Peter Brulius), calvinist minister, burned to death
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet and army commander, beheaded (b. 1517)
1549 Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland
1553 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, 41
1568 Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), 80
1576 Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494)
1589 Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)
1591 Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), about 60
1602 Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)
1605 Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, 54
1620 Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam
1622 Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)
1625 Erhard Buttner, composer, 32
1629 Abbas I Shah of Persia, (1588-1629), 57
1647 Johan van Beverwijck, physician (Treasurer of Ongesontheyt), 52
1653 Luigi Rossi, composer
1661 Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) (b. 1599)
1663 Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
1669 Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, about 82
1670 King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1672 Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
1692 John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), 62
1709 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
1716 Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)
1729 William Congreve, English playwright (Love for Love) (b. 1670)
1747 Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
1757 Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
1766 Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695)
1785 Johann Christoph Richter, composer, 84
1785 Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
1789 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)
1790 Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, 47
1795 Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, 74
1799 Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)
1805 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, 43
1806 Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)
1815 Leonhard von Call, composer, 47
1822 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, 78
1830 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer, 56
1833 Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (Pré aux clercs) (b. 1791)
1837 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
1839 Georg Abraham, Schneider composer, 38
1847 Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated) (b. 1799)
1851 Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
1858 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, 78
1864 William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general
1865 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1869 Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
1873 Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)
1874 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798)
1875 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), 76
1878 Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, 61
1878 Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
1885 Fred Burnaby, English Colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1887 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), 66
1887 Multatuli, Dutch writer (b. 1820)
1892 Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v South Africa 1889), 26
1893 Julius Eichberg, composer, 68
1894 Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, 78
1894 François Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, 58
1897 Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, 81
1905 Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
1906 Bartolome Mitre, Argentine historian and politician, president of the country (b. 1821)
1913 David Emlyn Evans, composer, 69
1915 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies
1916 Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, 78
1923 Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, 68
1925 Queen Maria Sophia of Two Sicilies (b.1841)
1927 Georg Brandes, (Cohen), Danish literary-historian/critic, 85
1927 Robert Fuchs, composer, 80
1927 Empress Carlotta of Mexico (1864-67) (b. 1840)
1929 Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)
1933 Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer, 77
1934 Armand Parent, composer, 70
1936 Charles Harding Firth, British historian (b. 1857)
1939 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1941 Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879)
1941 Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer/conductor, 61
1942 Frank Abbandando, American gangster (executed) (b. 1910)
1944 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer, 76
1944 Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, 71
1945 Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26
1945 Ernest B Allo, French theologist, 71
1948 Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)
1949 Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, 83
1950 Edyth Walker, US singer, 82
1951 Andre(-Paul-Guillaume) Gide, French writer (Nobel 1947), 82
1951 Constantin Nottara, composer, 60
1951 Wilhelm Schäfer, German writer (Mein Leben), 82
1952 Knut Hamsun, writer, 92
1952 Lawrence Grant, actor (Bulldog Drummond), 82
1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), 74
1954 Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
1957 Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
1957 József Dudás, Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter (b. 1912)
1962 Albert Israel Elkus, composer, 77
1962 Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
1962 Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
1964 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), 81
1965 Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romanian president, 63
1965 Frank Reicher, actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), 89
1965 Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter and Olympic medalist (b. 1905)
1967 Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY
1967 Grace Cunard, actress (Untamed, Ressurection), 73
1968 Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
1968 Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge-Norby), 65
1968 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
1969 Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
1969 Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), 84
1969 Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
1970 Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), 89
1970 Albert Mähll, German writer, 76
1970 Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), 49
1971 Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
1972 John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
1972 Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
1972 Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
1973 Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband) (b. 1903)
1975 Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, 71
1975 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)
1976 Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
1976 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886)
1977 Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
1977 Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
1977 Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), 51
1979 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle)
1980 Bon Scott, Aust rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), 33
1980 Richard Franko Goldman, composer, 69
1980 William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1939-75) (b. 1898)
1981 Frank Merrik, composer, 94
1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WWII), 77
1982 Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), 31
1982 Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
1983 Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), 78 of a stroke
1983 Ham the Chimp, First hominid launched into outer space (b. 1956)
1984 Ina Ray Hutton, orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), 66
1984 Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
1985 Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane)
1985 George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), 66
1986 Adolfo Celi, actor (Thunderball), 63
1986 James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), 81
1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), 77
1987 Gerald Brenan, English writer, 92
1988 André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1988 Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), 83
1989 Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar)
1989 Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar)
1989 Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London)
1990 Michael Powell, Engl director (Life & Death of Col Blimp), 84
1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru, 58
1990 Herbert Wehner, German politician, ex-communist/chairman (1958-73) (b. 1906)
1990 Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931)
1990 Semprini, English musician (b. 1908)
1991 Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), 50
1991 Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), 87
1991 Glenn Langan, actor (Big Chase, Jungle Heat, Rapture), 73
1991 John Russell, American actor (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky) (b. 1921)
1991 Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
1992 Chet Leaming, dies after brief illness at 66
1993 Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
1993 Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), 33
1993 Chris Street, basketball player, 20
1993 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), 72
1993 Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
1993 William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76
1994 Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52
1994 Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), 71
1994 Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at 19
1995 Calder Willingham, novelist/Scriptwriter, 72
1995 Ian Ball, photographer, 80
1995 Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, 84
1995 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, 80
1995 Gene MacLellan, Canadian composer and singer (b. 1938)
1996 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), 77
1996 Charles O Finley, baseball owner (Oakland A's), 76
1996 Grant Sawyer, US politician, 76
1996 Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist, 83
1996 Bernard Baily, comic artist, 79
1996 Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/South African activist, 70
1996 Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
1997 Deng Xiaoping, head (Chinese Communist Party), 92
1997 Leo Rosten, writer/humourist (Joys of Yiddish), 88
1997 Stanley Pearson, footballer, 76
1997 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher, 88
1997 Adriana Caselotti, American actress, voice (Snow White) (b. 1916)
1997 James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923)
1998 Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), 84
1998 Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
1999 Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
1999 Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union footballer (b. 1967)
2000 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
2000 Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
2000 Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress and inventor (b. 1913)
2001 Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
2001 Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
2001 Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
2001 Dario Vittori, Argentine actor (b. 1921)
2003 Johnny PayCheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
2003 Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
2004 David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
2004 Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
2005 Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
2005 Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
2005 K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
2006 Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
2006 Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
2006 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1921)
2006 Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941)
2007 Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
2007 Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
2007 Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1940)
2007 Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954)
2007 Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
2007 Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
2008 Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
2008 Yegor Letov, Russian song writer and singer (b. 1964)
2008 Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936)
2008 John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1939)
2008 Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
2009 Kelly Groucutt, Bass guitarist and singer for the band Electric Light Orchestra (b.1945)
2009 Miika Tenkula, Finnish guitarist for the band Sentenced (b.1974)
2010 Laura Spurr, Tribal Chairperson, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (b. 1945)
2010 Bill McLaren Scottish rugby commentator (b. 1923)
2010 Jennifer Lyon American reality television personality (Survivor) (b. 1972)
2011 Ollie Matson, American Football Running Back (b. 1930)
2011 Ernest McCulloch, stem cell research pioneer (b. 1926)
2012 John Hogan, American research chemist, 92
2012 Steve Kordek, American pinball machine designer
2013 Anatoly Bannik, Ukranian chess master
2013 Milt Bolling, American MLB shortstop
2013 Stan Musial, American MLB hall of famer
2013 Earl Weaver, American hall of fame MLB manager
2014 Bert Williams, English footballer (Wolverhampton, 30 caps)
2015 Anne Kirkbride, English Actress (Deirdre in Coronation Street)
2016 Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (A Special Day)
