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January 6th

Holidays and Celebrations

The Start of The Carnival Season * CLICK HERE
Armenian Christmas (Armenia, Lebanon, Slovakia) * CLICK HERE
Christmas Eve (Eastern Orthodox) * CLICK HERE
The Epiphany or Kings Day or Theophany (Chritianity), is a Chritian Feast Day and the start of some Carnival Seasons.
Twelfth Night (Chritianity) (some consider it to be January 5th) it is the end of the 12 days of Christmas and the start of some Carnival Seasons.
Twelfth Day
Asarah B'Tevet
Army Day (Iraq)
Little Christmas (Ireland) * CLICK HERE
Feast of Saint Nicolas (Santa Claus) (Chritianity) * CLICK HERE

La Befana or Befana Day (Italy)
3 King's Day (Uruguay)
Hellig 3 Konger or 3 King's Day (Denmark)
Dia de los Reyes Magos or Three Kings Day (Mexico)
Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos (Panama)
Phi day
Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari movement)
Zvaigznes Diena (Ancient Latvia) -observed
Admission Day (New Mexico)
National Shortbread Day
Bean Day
Cuddle Up Day
Sherlock Holmes' Birthday
Carl Sandburgs birthday - American poet and historian (b. 1878 d. 1967)
Earl Scruggs' Birthday, American musician (b.1924)
Syd Barretts Birthday (Crazy Diamond) English guitarist, singer and songwriter and co-founder of Pink Floyd (b.1946 d. 2006)
Malcolm Young's birthday, Scottish-born Australian guitarist for AC/DC (b.1953)
Michael Houser's birthday, was an American guitarist for Widespread Panic (b.1962 d. 2002)
* Carnaval Blancos Negros (3of3) takes place in town of Pasto - Narino , Colombia from 5th-6th January every year. The 5th of January is the day of the blacks and the 6th is the day of the whites. The parades begin on January 4th with the celebration of the "Arrival of the Castañeda Family".
* Festival Au Desert (Timbuktu,Mali) Celebrated with Music, Dancing, Swordplay) (1of3)
* Carnevale di Ivrea Begins (Italy)
* Minstrel Carnival or Coon Carnival begins in Cape Town, South Africa

Carnival Season (Christianity) January 6th to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday A celebration period proceeding the Fast of Lent

Marne Day Translation Marl Day (French Republican) The 17th day of the Month of Nivose in the French Republican Calendar

Toast of The Day

"May neighbours respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you."

- Traditional Irish

Drink of The Day

Bloody Mary 2

4 -6 cubes (cracked) Ice
1dash Worcestershire sauce
1 dash tabasco sauce
1 measure vodka
6 measures tomato juice
1/2 a lemon worth lemon juice
1 pinch celery salt
1 pinch cayenne pepper

Put the cracked ice into a shaker. Dash the Worcestershire sauce and Tobasco sauce over the ice and pour in the vodka, tomatoe juice and lemon juice. Shake vigorously until a frost forms. Strain into a tall, chilled glass, add a pinch of celery salt and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Decorate with celery stick and/ or slice of lemon.

- In honor of the Death of Fernand Petiot (1/6/1975) who is claimed to have been the inventer of the drink.
Also Possibly Invented at the legendary Harry's Bar in Paris (1921).
Variations: Bloody Maria, Cold and Clammy Bloody Mary, Bullshot.

- See January 1st for Bloody Mary 1

Wine of The Day

Ferrari-Carano 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Alexander Valley
$40

Beers of The Day

- Eastern Hemisphere -
Chimay Première - Red
Brewer - Bières de Chimay, a.k.a. Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont Chimay, Belgium
Style - Dubbel
ABV - 7%

- Western Hemisphere -
Longfellow Winter Ale
Brewer - Shipyard Brewing Co. ; Maine, USA
Style - English Porter
ABV 5.90%

Joke of The Day

HANGOVER ALERT LEVELS

GREEN (LOW)
No pain. No real feeling of illness.. Your sleep last night was a mere disco nap which is giving you a whole lot of misplaced energy. Be glad that you are able to function relatively well. However, you are still parched. You can drink 10 bottles of water and still feel this way. Even vegetarians are craving a Cheeseburger and a side of fries.

BLUE (MEDIUM)
Slight headache. Don't feel sick, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay but you have the attention span and mental capacity of a stapler. The coffee you chug to try and remain focused is only exacerbating your rumbling gut, which is craving a full English breakfast. Last night has wreaked havoc on your bowels and even though you have a nice demeanour about the office, you are costing your employer valuable money because all you really can handle is aimlessly surfing the net and writing junk e-mails.

YELLOW (ELEVATED)
Definite headache. Stomach feels crappy. You are definitely a space cadet and so not productive. Anytime a girl walks by you gag because her perfume reminds you of the random gin shots you did with your alcoholic friends after the bouncer kicked you out at 1:45 a.m. Life would be better right now if you were in your bed with a dozen donuts and a litre of coke watching Good Morning with Richard and Judy. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 2 Sausage Rolls and a litre of diet coke - yet you haven't peed once.

ORANGE (HIGH)
Your head is throbbing and you can't speak too quickly or else you might honk. You have lost the will to live. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes, but that can't hide the fact that you missed an oh-so crucial spot shaving, (girls, it looks like you put your make-up on while riding the bumper cars), your teeth have sweaters, your eyes look like one big vein and your hair style makes you look like a reject from the class picture of Moss side secondary school circa 1976. You would give a weeks pay for one the following: 1. Home time, 2. A duvet and somewhere to be alone, or 3. A time machine so you could go back and NOT have gone out the night before.

RED (SEVERE)
You have a second heartbeat in your head which is actually scaring the employee who sits next to you. Death seems pretty good right now. You can't focus as your eyes are scrunched up against the overpowering glare from your computer screen Rancid vodka vapour is seeping out of every pore, staining your shirt and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth, at least you think it's toothpaste crust. You don't give a damn either way. Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva and your tongue is suffocating you. You'd cry but that would take the last of the moisture left in your body. Talking is not an option. Your boss doesn't even get mad at you and your co-workers think that your dog just died because you look so pathetic. You should have called in sick because all you can manage to do is breathe....very gently.

Quote of The Day

"I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor."
- Carl Sandburg (January 6th 1878 – July 22nd 1967), an American writer.

Whiskey of The Day

Rogue Spirits Dead Guy Whiskey
$40

January Celebrations

Apple and Apricots Month
Artichoke 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.

Historical Events on January 6th

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548 This was the last year the Church in Jerusalem observed the birth of Jesus on this date. (Celebrating Christmas on December 25th began in the late 300s in the Western Church.)
871 England's King Alfred defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown.
1066 Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
1099 Henry V crowned German king
1205 Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1449 Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra.
1453 Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
1494 The first mass in America was celebrated in the Roman Catholic church on Isabella Island in Haiti. This was the first church established in the New World, founded by Christopher Columbus.
1496 Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
1497 Jews are expelled from Graz in Styria, Austria
1535 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1538 German Reformer Martin Luther wrote in an Epiphany sermon: 'Though Mary had been conceived in sin, the Holy Spirit takes her flesh and blood and purifies them; and thence He creates the body of the Son of God...Thus He assumed a genuine body from His mother Mary, but this body was cleansed from sin by the Holy Spirit.'
1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1579 Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras
1579 The Union of Atrecht is signed.
1622 Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1649 The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other "high crimes"
1661 The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
1663 Great earthquake in New England
1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
1690 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
1695 Composer Giuseppe Sammartini was born.
1720 The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
1781 Richmond, VA, was burned by a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold.
1781 In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
1784 Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1838 Composer Max Bruch was born.
1838 Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
1839 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind"
1842 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1850 Composer Franz Xaver Scharwenka was born.
1850 Future renowned English Baptist preacher, Charles H. Spurgeon was converted to a living faith at age 16, in a Methodist chapel.
1853 President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
1856 Composer Giuseppe Martucci was born.
1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania
1861 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
1861 New York City NY mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N & S
1870 The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna.
1872 Composer Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin was born.
1873 US Congress begins investigating Crédit Mobilier scandal
1873 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
1880 Composer Nicolai Karlovich Medtner was born.
1880 Record snow cover in Seattle-120cm
1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
1885 The Long Island Railroad Company became the first to offer piggy-back rail service which was the transportation of farm wagons on trains.
1887 `Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the Shewan army of Negus Menelik II.
1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1893 The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1896 Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
1896 It was reported by The Austrian newspaper that Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered the type of radiation that became known as X-rays.
1896 The first American women’s six-day bicycle race was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
1900 In India, it was reported that millions of people were dying from starvation.
1900 In Ireland, Nationalist leader John Edward Redmond called for a revolt against British rule.
1900 Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
1900 Off of South Africa, the British seized the German steamer Herzog. The boat was released on January 22, 1900.
1900 Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso" premieres in Paris
1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
1903 The general public could use the Pacific cable for the very first time.
1906 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs" premieres in Paris
1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
1912 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
1914 Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.
1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
1922 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
1924 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
1924 In England, the first worship service heard over over radio was aired by the BBC. The service was conducted by H. R. L. Sheppard at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, in London.
1925 Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was sworn in as the governor of Wyoming She was the first female governor in the U.S.
1925 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4 13.6 mile & 14 44.6 5,000m
1926 Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
1927 US marines sent to Nicaragua
1928 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
1929 King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship) establishing a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia.
1929 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1930 The first diesel-engine automobile trip was completed after a run of 792 miles from Indianapolis, IN, to New York City, NY.
1930 Bradman scores 452* for New South Wales against Queensland, 377 minutes, 49 fours
1931 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began.
1934 Both the National and American baseball leagues decided to use a uniform-size baseball. It was the first time in 33 years that both leagues used the same size ball. (MLB)
1935 Phil Spitalny’s All-Girl Orchestra was featured on CBS radio on the program, "The Hour of Charm."
1936 Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)
1936 The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act is unconstitutional in the case United States v. Butler et al.
1937 Bradman scores 270 Australia vs England at the MCG, including 110 singles
1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
1938 Trummy Young played trombone and sang with the Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra in New York City while recording "Margie."
1939 Daily newspaper comic strip "Superman" debuts
1940 Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań, Warthegau.
1940 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio.
1941 Alice Marble made her professional tennis debut when she defeated Ruth Hardwick of Great Britain at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1941 Richard Widmark made his debut on radio in "The Home of the Brave."
1941 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy & reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
1942 The National Collegiate Football Rules Committee abolished the Y formation.
1942 The first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place. Pan American Airlines was the company that made history with the feat "Pacific Clipper".
1944 The London "Daily Mail" was the first transoceanic newspaper to be published.
1945 Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye NY
1945 The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties.
1946 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
1947 Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs England in MCG Test
1948 Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.
1950 "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City NY for 3 performances
1950 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City NY after 100 performances
1951 Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
1952 "Peanuts" debuted in Sunday papers across the United States.
1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
1956 In the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy walked on two legs for the first time.
1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 Elvis Presley made his last appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York City.
1957 Pat Boone began filming the movie "Bernadine."
1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1958 Bobby Helms filmed a role in the movie "The Case Against Brooklyn".
1958 Gibson patented its Flying V electric guitar.
1958 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
1958 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" backed by "Raining in My Heart" was released by Coral Records. It was the last release of Buddy Holly before his death.
1961 "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six years.
1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
1963 "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City NY for 774 performances
1963 "Wild Kingdom" premiered on NBC.
1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville
1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1965 The Supremes recorded "Stop! In the Name of Love."
1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
1966 Duke Ellington’s concert recorded at 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, was broadcast on CBS-TV.
1967 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
1967 KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 United States Marine Corps and South Vietnamese forces launched a major offensive, known as Operation "Deckhouse V", in the Mekong River delta.
1968 Dick Clark premiered his TV series "Happening '68." The show ran through September of 1969.
1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
1968 Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
1969 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 "All My Children" premiered on ABC.
1971 Neil Young returns to his homeland of Canada for his first concert there since his pre-stardom days
1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
1972 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
1972 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
1972 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1972 US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
1973 "Schoolhouse Rock" premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1974 "CBS Mystery Theater" premieres on radio
1974 In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1975 "AM America" premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1975 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
1975 "The Wiz" opened on Broadway.
1975 ABC-TV debuted "A.M. America."
1975 About a thousand Led Zeppelin fans riot while waiting for tickets to go on sale at Boston Garden. About $30,000 was done in damage and the show was cancelled by Boston Mayor Kevin White.
1976 Mal Evans, a Beatle's bodyguard and road manager, was killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles police.
1976 The album, "Frampton Comes Alive", was released by Herb Alpert's A&M Records in the U.S.
1976 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Republic of China
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1977 EMI terminated its contract with the Sex Pistols only 3 months after signing it. No reason was given.
1978 Prince made his solo performance debut in Minneapolis, MN.
1978 The Sex Pistols' U.S. concert debut took place.
1978 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1978 The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
1979 The Village People's Y.M.C.A becomes their only UK No.1 single. At it's peak it sold over 150,000 copies a day
1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater New York City NY after 105 performances
1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1980 The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
1980 Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1981 50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
1982 The Prince single "Let's Work" was released.
1982 William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles, CA, of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14 young men and boys.
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
1984 The Police, announced a farewell concert for March 2 in Australia. The group had been together for 9 years.
1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1986 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1986 STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31 seconds because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1987 After a 29-year lapse, the Ford Thunderbird was presented with the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award. It was the first occurrence of a repeat winner of the award.
1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1987 Elton John cancelled all live performances for a year after having throat surgery.
1987 U.S. President Ronald Reagan underwent prostate surgery.
1987 100th US Congress convenes
1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991 "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater New York City NY after 477 performances
1991 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
1991 Jorge Serrano Elías elected President of Guatemala
1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds)
1992 New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
1992 Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle" premieres in Los Angeles
1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG
1992 Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings
1993 Bill Wyman announced that he has officially left the Rolling Stones.
1993 The state of Washington executed Westley Allan Dodd. It was America's first legal hanging since 1965. Dodd was an admitted child sex killer.
1993 Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
1993 Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
1994 "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City NY for 37 performances
1994 Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding's ex-husband.
1994 Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
1995 A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
1995 Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
1996 Yahya Ayyash, a member of the Hamas in Israel, is killed by a booby-trapped cellular phone.
1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
1997 "It's a Slippery Slope" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City NY
1998 The spacecraft Lunar Prospect was launched into orbit around the moon. The craft was crashed into the moon, in an effort to find water under the lunar surface, on July 31, 1999.
1998 U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.
1998 Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1999 Bob Newhart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 The 106th U.S. Congress opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of U.S. President Bill Clinton. The trial was set to begin January 7, 1999.
2002 A 15 year-old student pilot, Charles Bishop, crashed a small plane into a building in Tampa, FL. Bishop was about to begin a flying lesson when he took off without permission and without an instructor.
2002 Daniel Bedingfield returns to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time with Gotta Get Thru This
2004 Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece.
2005 Georgeann Walsh Ward filed a suit against Gene Simmons and Viacom for her portrayal as "wild" and "unchaste" in a VH-1 "Sex Talk" episode.
2005 Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers
2013 10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan
2013 The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout
2014 Zach Johnson wins the 2014 PGA Tournament of Champions
2014 Truce begins between Free Syrian Army and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in northern Damascus
2014 16th BCS National Championship: #1 Florida State beats #2 Auburn, 34-31
2015 Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
2016 Californian Governor Jerry Brown declares state of emergency over methane gas leak on outskirts of Los Angeles
2016 North Korea states that they have successfully tested a thermonuclear weapon
2016 "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" breaks North American box office record, passing the $760.5m taken by "Avatar"

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Born on January 6th

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1367 Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)
1412 Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) Birthdate is up for debate, this is an educated guess, some scholars suggest that the actual birthdate is the 7th.
1486 Martin Agricola, German composer/cantor (d. 1556)
1488 Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)(d. 1540)
1525 Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)
1561 Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
1580 John Smith of Jamestown (baptised) (d. 1631)
1585 Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
1587 Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43) (d. 1645)
1595 Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650)
1602 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader
1617 Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
1655 Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)
1655 Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1673 1st Duke of Chandos, English aristocrat, eponym of Handel's Chandos Anthems (d. 1744)
1683 Francois de La Croix, composer
1692 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer
1695 Giuseppe Sammartini, composer
1702 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
1714 Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788)
1728 Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer
1728 Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet
1732 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
1745 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier Annonay France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist/brother of Joseph-Michel/co-inventor of calorimeter, hydraulic ram, and process for producing vellum)(d. 1799)
1776 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel
1791 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer
1793 James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862)
1794 Kaspar Masek, composer
1795 Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)
1798 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer
1799 Jedediah Strong Smith, U.S. hunter, explorer (d. 1831)
1800 Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician
1802 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
1803 Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer (d. 1888)
1807 Joseph Holt, Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
1807 Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
1807 Ludwig Erk, composer
1808 Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
1811 Charles Sumner, U.S. politician, leading Reconstruction senator, (d. 1874)
1812 Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (d. 1919)
1819 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
1822 Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (Troje) (d. 1890)
1826 Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
1827 John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1827 John Wesley Frazer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), die in 1906
1829 Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author
1832 Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (Inferno, Ancient Mariner) (d. 1883)
1835 Martin Kähler Germany, theologist
1838 Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne) Germany, German composer (d. 1920)
1842 Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)
1848 Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1876)
1850 Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)
1850 Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (Mataswintha) (d. 1924)
1854 Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
1856 Giuseppe Martucci, Italian composer (d. 1909)
1857 Hugh Mahon, Irish-born Australian politician (d. 1931)
1857 William E. Russell, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1859 Samuel Alexander, Australian-born British philosopher (Moral order & progress) (d. 1938)
1861 George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1861 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer
1864 Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
1867 Georges Martin Witkowski, composer
1868 Vittorio Monti, Italian composer (Csardas) (d. 1922)
1870 Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
1872 Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic Russian composer (Prometheus)(d. 1915)
1873 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
1874 Fred Niblo, American film actor, director, producer (d. 1948)
1878 Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian, biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)(d. 1967)
1878 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)
1880 Tom Mix, American actor, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin) (d. 1940)
1880 Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer
1882 Samuel Rayburn, Tennessee, (Representative-D-TX), speaker of the House (1940-57)
1882 Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)
1882 Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)
1882 Sam Rayburn, American politician (d. 1961)
1883 Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer , mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)(d. 1931)
1889 Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
1891 Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
1892 Ludwig Berger, writer
1896 Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
1896 Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter
1897 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
1897 Péter Veres literary/Hungarian minister of defense
1898 Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)
1898 Charles E. Pont, American artist (d. 1971)
1898 James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)
1899 Phyllis Haver, American silent screen actress (What Price Glory)(d. 1960)
1899 Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968)
19-Beatrice Winde Chicago IL, actress (Lillian Foster-The Doctors)
19-Brian Bressler Vancouver, actor (Laugh-In)
19-Muzz Skillings heavy metal rocker (Living Colour)
19-Scott Bryce actor (Craig Montgomery-As the World Turns)
1900 Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
1900 Kathryn Hulme, American novelist (d. 1981)
1901 Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes)
1901 Tómas Gudmundsson Iceland, poet
1902 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (d. 1994)
1902 Mark Brunswick, composer
1902 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer
1903 Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
1903 Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)
1903 Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor/composer (d. 1993)
1903 Stanley Smith, Kansas City MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
1903 Francis L. Sullivan, English actor
1905 Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
1905 Idris Davies, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
1906 Benedict Vilakazi, South Africa, Zulu poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
1906 Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor
1907 David Fleay, Australian naturalist (d. 1993)
1908 Menahem Avidom, composer
1909 Johannes H Moesman, Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor)
1909 Keith Davis, voice tutor/author
1910 Wright Morris, US writer
1910 G. N. Balasubramaniam, Indian Carnatic musician (d.1960)
1910 Wright Morris, American writer (d. 1998)
1911 Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
1911 Joey Adams, Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
1911 Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)
1911 Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer
1912 Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer
1912 Danny Thomas, American actor (I'll See You in My Dreams) (d. 1991)
1913 Edward Gierek, Polish politician party leader (Polish CP)(d. 2001)
1913 Loretta Young, Salt Lake City UT, actress (Farmer's Daughter, The Stranger)(d. 2000)
1913 Tom Brown, New York City NY, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
1914 Arnold Richardson, composer
1914 Danny Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
1914 David Bruce, Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
1914 Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austro-American otolaryngologist (d. 1989)
1915 Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo) (d. 1973)
1915 Don Edwards, (Representative-D-CA, 1963)
1915 John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, writer (d. 2001)
1915 Alan Watts, English writer/philosopher
1916 Philip Bezanson, composer
1916 Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007)
1917 Guillermo Rosario, Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
1917 Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)
1918 Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
1918 Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)
1919 Sylvia Syms, US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes)
1920 Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)
1920 Earl Kim, composer
1920 Early Wynn, Hartford Alabama, American baseball player, Hall of fame pitcher (d. 1999)
1920 John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)
1920 Reverand Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
1921 Cary Middlecoff, American golfer(1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)(d. 1998)
1921 Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
1922 Finn Einar Mortensen, composer
1923 Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1923 Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition
1923 Norman Kirk, New Zealander politician (d. 1974)
1924 Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top)
1925 John De Lorean, American auto maker (DeLorean)(d. 2005)
1926 Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea and Nobel laureate
1926 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
1926 Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
1926 Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (d. 2002)
1926 Ralph Branca, American baseball player
1928 George H. Ross, American businessman
1929 Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996)
1929 Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City)
1929 Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)
1930 Denis Pitts, journalist
1930 Vic Tayback, Brooklyn NY, American actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)(d. 1990)
1931 Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], French actress (Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?) (d. 1990)
1931 Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP (CDA)
1931 Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
1931 E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow, New York City NY, novelist (World's Fair)
1931 Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist
1932 Sacha Distel, French singer
1932 Stuart A. Rice, American chemist
1933 Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian
1933 Sylvia Syms, English actress/singer (You Go To My Head, Them There Eyes)
1933 Oleg Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2003)
1934 Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1934 Harry M. Miller, Australian entrepreneur
1934 John Wieners, American lyric poet (d. 2002)
1934 Tassos Papadopoulos, president of the Republic of Cyprus (d. 2008)
1935 Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria
1935 Nino Tempo, American singer and actor, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1935 Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1935 Ian Meckiff cricketer (Australia quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away)
1936 Julio Maria Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95)
1936 Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player
1936 Darlene Hard, American tennis player
1936 Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay
1937 Lou Holtz, American football coach (NJ Jets)
1937 Paolo Conte, Italian singer
1937 Doris Troy, American singer (Just One Kiss)(d. 2004)
1938 Mario Rodríguez Cobos "Silo", Argentine writer and spiritual leader
1938 Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria
1938 Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor
1938 Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and politician
1939 Murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer
1940 Ed Zschau, (Representative-R-CA, 1983)
1940 Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989)
1940 Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)
1941 Sandy Denny, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
1942 Barbara Lynn Alexander, producer
1943 Osvaldo Soriano, writer
1943 Paul James Nunn, mountaineer
1943 Terry Venables, English football manager
1944 Bonnie Franklin, American actress, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time) (d. 2013)
1944 Henry Kravis, author (The Money Machine)
1944 Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80)
1944 Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
1944 Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
1944 Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate
1945 Barry Holstein Lopez, US author (Of Wolves & Men)
1945 Barry John, Welsh international rugby player
1945 Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty)
1945 Allen Appel, American novelist
1946 Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (Los Angeles, New England)
1946 Roger Keith (Syd Barrett) Cambridge England, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)(d. 2006)
1947 Ian Millar, Canadian equestrian rider, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Olympics-96)
1947 Sandy Denny, English singer and songwriter (d. 1978)
1948 Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, New Zealand medium-pacer of 70's)
1948 Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lieutenant-Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS-27, STS-35)
1948 Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Representative-D-WV, 1983)
1949 Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1949 Richard Horowitz, composer
1949 Robert Englund, Glendale CA, actor (V, Nightmare on Elm Street)
1950 Louis Freeh, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1951 Don Gullett, American baseball player
1951 Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1952 Armelia McQueen, North Carolina (Brooklyn Conservatory), actress
1952 Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor (Goodfellas)
1952 Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
1952 Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1953 Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1954 Nicolette Scorsese, Actress (Christmas Vacation)
1954 Norbert Hahn, German Democratic Republic, 2 man luge (Olympics-gold-1976, 80)
1954 Trudie Styler, English actress
1954 Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer
1954 Anthony Minghella, British film director (English Patient) (d. 2008)
1954 Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect
1954 Karen Moras, Australian swimmer
1955 Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder, Never Say Never Again)
1955 Richard Corbett, Labour Member of the European Parliament
1956 Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter
1957 C Michael Foale, Louth England, NASA astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86)
1957 Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance California, pro golfer (1988 Mazda, 1981 Dinah Shore)
1958 Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist, television presenter, and newspaper editor
1958 Scott Bryce, American actor
1959 John Singleton, LA California, director (Boyz n The Hood)
1959 Kapil Dev, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982)
1959 Kathy Sledge, Philadelphia PA, American vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1959 Nancy Rubin Sharff, New Kensington, LPGA golfer (1991 Jamie Farr-9th)
1960 Nigella Lawson, English chef, host (Nigella Bites), and writer
1960 Paul William Azinger, Holyoke MA, PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open)
1960 Andrea Thompson, American actress
1960 Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player
1960 Nigella Lawson, English chef and writer
1961 Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
1961 Howie Long, National Football League player/broadcaster/actor (Broken Arrow)
1962 Philip Brown, Birmingham England, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
1962 Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (New York Giants)
1962 Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (d. 2002)
1963 Norm Charlton, Fort Polk LA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1963 Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure)
1963 Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lieutenant-Colonel FAF/astronaut
1963 Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (d. 2010)
1964 Charles Haley, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1964 Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005)
1964 Yuri, Mexican actress and singer
1964 Charles Haley, American football player
1964 Henry Maske, German boxer
1964 Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler
1964 Mark O'Toole, English bass guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1965 Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
1965 Jose Dejesus, US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
1965 Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler
1965 Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
1965 Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
1965 Tim McDonald, NFL player (San Francisco 49ers)
1965 Bjorn Lomborg, Danish mathematician
1966 Bob Kratch, NFL guard (New England Patriots)
1966 Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears)
1966 Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
1966 Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India 1989)
1966 A. R. Rahman, Indian composer
1966 Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
1966 Sharon Cuneta, Filipina singer and actress
1967 David Belcher, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1967 Larry Donald, Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
1967 Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
1968 Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 John Singleton, American director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood, Four Brothers)
1968 Vlastimil Plavucha, Banska Bystrica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1969 Alvin Morman, Rockingham NC, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1969 Jason Childs, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1969 Nick A'Hern, Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-92, 96)
1969 Norman Reedus, American actor (The Walking Dead, The Boondock Saints)
1969 Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall)
1970 Daniel Naulty, Los Angeles California, pitcher (Minnesota Twins)
1970 Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model (Extremists)
1970 Geert Brusselers, soccer player (NAC)
1970 John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams)
1970 Julie Chen, American television presenter
1970 Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Jaguars)
1970 Kerrin Petty, Townshend VT, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1970 René Binken, soccer player (Volendam)
1970 Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player
1970 José Carabalí, Venezuelan track and field athlete
1970 Julie Chen, American television presenter
1971 Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer
1971 Jed DeVries, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
1971 Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
1971 Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1971 Irwin Thomas, Australian singer (ex-Southern Sons)
1972 Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
1972 Nek, Italian singer
1972 Shae Marks, New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
1972 Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montréal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
1972 Shae Marks, New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
1972 Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 Nek, Italian singer
1973 Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder)
1973 Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
1974 Juan Roque, tackle (Detroit Lions)
1974 Marcus Crandell, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1974 Paul Grant, American basketball player, NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1974 Daniel Cordone, Argentine footballer
1975 James Farrior, American football player, linebacker (NY Jets)
1975 Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)
1975 Laura Berg, Whittier CA, softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 Yukana, Japanese seiyū
1975 Laura Berg Whittier CA, softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 Nick Clarke, Pro Bull Rider
1975 Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005)
1976 Agnieszka Zielinska, Miss Poland Universe (1997)
1976 Danny Pintauro, Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss)
1976 Jeremy Linn, US, 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-96)
1976 Richard Zednik, Bystrica Czechoslovakia, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Washington)
1976 Danny Pintauro, American actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss?)
1976 Daniel Tynell, Swedish cross-country skier
1976 Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie), and musician.
1976 Lu Yi, Chinese actor.
1977 Amy Zappone, Wolcott Connecticut, Miss America-Connecticut (1996)
1977 Stacey Gartrell, Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 Marc Johnson, American skateboarder
1978 Casey Fossum, American Major League Baseball player
1978 Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer
1978 Steve Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Danielle Hartsell)
1978 Tara Spencer-Nairn, Canadian actress (New Waterford Girl)
1978 Bubba Franks, American football player
1979 Bernice Liu, Actress (The Legend Is Born: Ip Man)
1980 Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model
1980 Steed Malbranque, French footballer
1981 Asante Samuel, American football player, National Football League Defensive Back
1981 Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
1981 Mike Jones, American rapper
1981 Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress (Pacific Rim)
1982 Brian Bass, American baseball player
1982 Eddie Redmayne, Actor (Les Misérables)
1982 Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
1982 Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality
1983 Cristina Rosato, Actress (Territories)
1983 Mithra Jin, South-Korean hip hop musician
1984 A.J. Hawk, American football player
1984 Sean O'Brien, Australian professional windsurfer
1985 RP Singh, Indian cricketer
1986 Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)
1986 Irina Shayk, Russian Model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1986 Paul McShane, Irish footballer
1986 Mike Teel, American football player
1987 Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
1988 Xian Mikol, Actress (Time Framed)
1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
1990 Will Howes, Actor (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
1991 Nikola Saric , Danish footballer
1992 Felix Drake, Actor (Cash Cows)
1993 Johanna Ansart, Actress (Those Happy Days)
1994 Bianca Salgueiro, Actress (Clara e o Chuveiro do Tempo)
1996 Courtney Eaton, Actress (Gods of Egypt)
1997 John-Alan Slachta, Actor (Time of Death)
1998 Austin Vickers, Actor (Season of Miracles)
1999 Temree Turner, Actress (Veritas)
2003 MattyB, American Rapper popular on Youtube
2005 Gabriel Léon Scharf, Actor (Zug der Abenteuer)

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664 Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583)
1088 Berengar of Tours, French theologian (b. c.999)
1275 St Raymond of Peñafort, Spanish church law scholar (b. c.1175)
1374 Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole
1425 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke
1448 Christopher III of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1418)
1481 Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde
1536 Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter
1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
1537 Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1481)
1541 Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, 52
1592 Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine
1592 Johann Casimir of Simmern, Elector Palatine (b. 1543)
1592 Johann Casimir of Simmern, palsgrave at the Rhine, Elector Palatine (b. 1543)
1616 Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)
1646 Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, (b. 1573)
1666 Shah Jehan, Mughal King (b. 1592)
1685 Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, 68
1689 Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
1693 Mehmed IV, ex-Ottoman Sultan (b. 1642)
1694 Francesco Morosini, Italian army general
1697 Carlo Mannelli, composer, 56
1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin
1711 Philipp van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
1718 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664)
1718 Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)
1725 Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (Yotsugi Soga)(b. 1653)
1731 Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672)
1734 John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
1738 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, 74
1742 Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer
1785 Haym Salomon, dies in Philadelphia PA at 44, helped finance the revolution
1790 Johann Trier, composer, 73
1799 W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, 25
1799 Maria G Agnesi Italian mathematician (x²y=a²(a-y))
1799 W G Frederik prince of Orange/General
1800 William Jones, composer, 73
1813 Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
1829 Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist (b. 1753)
1831 Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer and conductor (Kreutzersonate)(b. 1766)
1840 Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
1847 Tyagaraja, Carnatic Classic Music Composer,Indian(b. 1767)
1852 Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)
1855 Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)
1882 Richard Henry Dana, Jr., U.S. author (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)
1884 Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, 75
1884 Gregor Johann Mendel, Austrian geneticist monk/heredity pioneer (b. 1822)
1885 Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer and scientist (b. 1812)
1896 Thomas W. Knox, American writer and journalist (b. 1835)
1907 Walter Read, cricketer (English batsman, 117 at no 10 vs Australia 1884)
1913 Frederick Hitch, English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856)
1915 Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886)
1917 Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), 82
1918 Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)
1919 Max Heindel, Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
1919 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (1901-09)at his home in Oyster Bay NY (b. 1858)
1922 Jakob Rosanes, German mathematician (b. 1842)
1928 Alvin C Kraenzlein, American track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), (b. 1876)
1929 Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, 72
1933 Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878)
1935 George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), 68
1936 Charles A Stoneham, president (New York Giants)
1937 André Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
1939 Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95)
1941 Charley O'Leary, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1941 Franz Hessel writer, 60
1942 Emma Calvé, French soprano (b. 1858)
1942 Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b. 1876)
1944 Ida Tarbell, American journalist (b. 1857)
1945 Edith Frank, mother of Anne Frank (b. 1900)
1945 Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (b. 1863)
1949 Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1883)
1950 Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), 71
1958 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, 85
1959 Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, 54
1960 Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), 52
1960 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope & Means), 68
1961 Regina Ullmann, writer, 76
1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), 57
1963 Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, 68
1964 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), 67
1965 John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
1966 Jean Lurçat, French painter and tapestry designer (b. 1892)
1967 Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron,"
1967 Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, New York Yankees), 55
1968 Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), 81
1972 Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)
1974 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, 77
1974 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
1975 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), 77
1976 Oscar Esplá Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur)
1978 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1978 John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, 80
1978 Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1981 A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (b. 1896)
1981 A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, Scottish writer/physician (Citadel) (b. 1896)
1984 Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
1985 Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, 85
1986 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, 90
1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1989 Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), 87 after 62-year reign
1990 Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora)
1990 Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), of AIDS, (b. 1949)
1990 Pavel Alekseyevich Cerenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1991 Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
1992 Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
1992 Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H)
1992 Vincent Placoly Martinique writer (Une journée torride)
1993 Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, 70
1993 John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
1993 Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1993 Dizzy Gillespie, acclaimed jazz trumpet player (b. 1917)
1993 Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (b. 1910)
1993 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938)
1994 "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), 80
1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University
1994 Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), 6
1994 Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, cancer
1994 Virginia Dell Cassidy, Bill Clinton's mother (b. 1923)
1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), 77
1995 James Clay, saxophonist, 59
1995 Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/Secretary-General (SACR) (b. 1926)
1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), 81
1996 Duane Hanson, sculptor, 60
1996 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, 94
1996 John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, 68
1996 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, 80
1997 Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
1997 Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, 52
1997 Litz Pisk, movement teacher, 87
1997 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
1999 French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness, 36
1999 Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (b. 1962)
2000 Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2004 Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)
2004 Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
2004 Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2005 Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2005 Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
2006 Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)
2006 Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
2007 Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2007 Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
2007 Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2009 Ron Asheton, American guitarist (The Stooges) (b. 1948)
2011 Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 Ellen Pence, social activist, from cancer
2012 Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and film-maker
2012 Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter
2012 Robert Holness, English radio and television presenter
2012 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist
2012 William McBeth, American composer
2013 Neil Adcock, South African cricketer
2014 Larry D. Mann, Canadian actor
2015 Lance Percival, English actor and comedian (That Was The Week That Was)
2016 Pat Harrington Jr, American actor (Danny Thomas Show, One Day at a Time)

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