January 18th
Holidays and Celebrations
Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand) * (see below)
Flag Day (Honduras) * CLICK HERE
Winnie the Pooh Day a.k.a. Pooh Day * (see below)
Thesaurus Day
World Religion Day
National Sanctity of Human Life Day a.k.a. Pro-Life Day
Do Dah Parade Day
Hot Heads Chili Days (January 17th and 18th)
Peking Duck Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
Anniversary of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Commission
Anniversary of the Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report(1998)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
Chair of Saint Peter on the Pre Second Vatican Council calendar (February 22 on the new calendar)
Feast day of Saint Athanasius (Eastern Orthodox)
Feast day of Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Feast day of Saint Margaret of Hungary
Feast day of Saint Prisca
Feast day of Saint Volusianus
Feast of The Confession of Peter observed in Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran churches.
Feast of the Cross (Eastern Orthodox)
* Paryaya festival at Udupi held every alternate year -- 2006, 2008, 2010 etc. ·
* Big Day Out - (1of14)last 2 weeks in January, Big Day Out is a music festival that travels around Australia & New Zealand.
* Aces & Ales 3rd Annual Winter Beer Fest (Las Vegas, NV, USA) Third Weekend in January (2013)
* Madurai Float Festival (Madurai, Kerala India) Mid January -February (2012Jan 8,9)
* Camel Festival (Bikaner, India) 2 Days January (2013)
* Ati-Atihan Festival (Phillipines) (2/14)
* Winnie the Pooh Day AKA Pooh Day The Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, English author (1882) (d. 1956)
Mercure Day Translation Mercury Day (French Republican) The 29th day of the Month of Nivose in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Here’s to us that are here, to you that are there, and the rest of us everywhere."
- Rudyard Kipling (December 30th, 1865 – January 18th 1936), an English poet.
Drink of The Day
20th Century
1 1/2 ounces (1/3 gill, 4.5 cl) gin
3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) light creme de cacao
3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) fresh lemon juice
Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Wine of The Day
Fiddletown Cellars 2008 "Bent Bow"
Style - Zinfandel
Amador County
$30
Beer of The Day
Bourbon County Stout
Brewer - Goose Island Brewing ; Chicago, Illinois, USA
Style - Imperial Stout
ABV - 13%
Joke of The Day
A man walks into a bar, and as he makes his way to the counter, he stops and talks to everyone in the bar. As he finishes with each group of people, they all get up and leave and go stand outside the window, looking in. Finally, the bar is empty except for this guy and the bartender. The man walks up to the counter, and says to the bartender, "I bet you $1,000 that I can spray beer from my mouth into a shot glass from thirty feet away, and not get any outside the glass."
The bartender thinks that this guy is a nutcase, but he wants his $1,000, so he agrees. The bartender gets out a shot glass, paces off thirty feet, and the contest begins. The man sprays beer all over the bar. He doesn't even touch the shot glass. When he finishes, the bartender looks at him and says, "Well, I guess you owe me $1,000, huh?"
The man answers, "Yeah, but I bet all of those people outside the window $500 a piece that I could come in here and spray beer all over the bar."
Quote of the Day
But you know, sometimes, you've just got no choice;
those kids gotta get to school!"
- Dave Attell (born January 18, 1965), an American stand-up comedian.
- Alternative -
"When you're drinking whiskey - you don't know where you're gonna wake up but you know you won't have any pants on"
- Dave Attell
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
Sundance Film Festival 9 days Starting the third Tuesday in January
National Activity Professionals Week Starting third Saturday of January
Historical Events on January 18th
3102 BC Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
0336 St Mark begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0350 General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans
350 Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
474 Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
532 Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
1129 Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II
1268 The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are defeated by Dovmont of Pskov in the Battle of Rakovor.
1307 German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia
1332 Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
1478 George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
1503 Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)
1520 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden.
1535 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
1536 France & Turkey sign miltary/trade agreement against King Karel
1562 The Council of Trent Ä called by the popes (Pope Pius IV) to deal with the monumental problems caused by the Reformation Ä reconvened, following a suspension of ten years for its third and final session.
1563 Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise
1574 Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels
1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
1634 Ferdinand II orders commander Albrecht von Wallenstein, execution
1644 Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting
1650 French Prince Louis II of Condé captured
1670 Henry Morgan captures Panama.
1671 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panamá
1678 John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published
1685 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
1688 Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa
1691 English king Willem III travels to The Hague
1701 Frederik I and Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king and queen of Prussia
1713 French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao
1733 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1735 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Inverness Scotland
1777 San Jose CA founded
1777 Representatives of the New Hampshire Grants declare the independence of the Vermont Republic from Britain.
1778 English navigator Captain James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
1787 Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor
1788 The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to establish a penal colony. The group moved north eight days later and settled at Port Jackson.
1795 French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance
1795 Governor/Viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England
1797 Trinidad is surrendered to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby.
1803 Thomas Jefferson, in secret communication with Congress, sopught authorization for the first official exploration by the U.S. government.
1804 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered
1814 The Battle of Montereau occurs.
1815 Birth of L.F.K. Tischendorf, German biblical and textual scholar. In 1844 he discovered one of the oldest and most valuable manuscripts of the Greek Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus, which dates back to the 4th century.
1817 San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes
1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar
1834 1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC
1835 Composer Cesar Cui was born.
1839 Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)
1840 Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears
1841 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
1841 Composer Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier was born.
1846 Taylor University was established in Fort Wayne, Indiana, under Methodist sponsorship.
1849 1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28)
1850 California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties
1850 British blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims
1854 Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México
1856 The American Party (Know-Nothings) abolishes secrecy and convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
1857 Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo
1861 Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala
1861 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy
1861 Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States leading to the American Civil War.
1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed
1865 Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC occupied by Federals, Evacuation of Charleston, SC
1865 Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft Anderson, NC
1866 Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
1869 Elegant California Theatre opens in San Francisco CA
1871 Wilhelm, , was proclaimed the first German Emperor.
1871 Wilhelm I of Germany (King of Prussia from 1861) is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.
1876 Direct telegraph link established between Britain & NZ
1878 John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
1879 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha
1884 Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In"
1884 General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum
1884 Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published
1886 The Hockey Association was formed in England. This date is the birthday of modern field hockey.
1886 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
1891 Capt Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan
1891 The first Armenian Church in the U.S. was consecrated in Worcester, MA. New churches were later consecrated in Fresno, CA (1900); West Hoboken, NJ (1907); and Fowler, CA (1910).
1895 Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms
1896 Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs
1896 1st demonstration of an x-ray machine in the US, New York City NY
1896 British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
1899 80°F in SF
1899 SF named as a port of dispatch for Army transports
1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1900 Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam
1900 Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured
1900 British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal
1900 Jan Blockx's "Tÿl Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels
1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner
1901 Winston Churchill makes his maiden speech in the British House of Commons.
1901 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re
1902 Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo
1903 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws
1903 President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
1905 Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben," premieres in Munich
1905 French government of Combes falls
1906 Vincent d'Indy's "Jour D'été à La Montagne," premieres in Paris
1908 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued
1908 Frederick Delius' "Brigg Fair" premieres
1909 Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
1911 For the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. Pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor from Tanforan Park.
1911 The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
1913 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in NYC
1913 A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos near Troy during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
1915 Germany begins a blockade of England
1915 Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die
1915 Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
1916 A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
1919 Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals
1919 The World War I Peace Congress opened in Versailles, France.
1919 Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
1921 British troops occupy Dublin
1921 William Archer's "Green Goddess" premieres in New York City NY
1922 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
1922 WOC-AM in Davenport IA begins radio transmissions
1922 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin
1923 Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages, Belgium.
1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
1924 US, min of marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal
1924 US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
1924 US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1927 1st US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
1927 US & Canada begin diplomatic relations
1929 "New York Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
1929 The first Academy Awards are announced.
1929 Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
1930 -27ºF (-33ºC), Watts OK (state record)
1930 Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted
1930 Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan
1930 Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon," premieres in NYC
1930 US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
1930 Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad
1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independent
1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
1933 White Sands National Monument, NM established
1934 Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End" premieres in New York City NY
1936 NHL record 32 points scored, NY Americans (28) & Mont Maroons (24)
1936 In Washington, DC, Catholic biblical scholars met to discuss two proposals: the preparation of a new Bible translation and the formation of a society of Catholic biblical scholars. In result, the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA) was formed in 1937, and the New American Bible (NAB) was published in 1970.
1937 CBS radio debuted "Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories".
1938 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia vs New South Wales at the SCG
1938 Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island
1939 Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded "Jeepers Creepers."
1939 South African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales
1941 British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa during World War II.
1942 Japanese troop land on Bali
1942 Nazis arrest journalists Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman
1943 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"
1943 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart
1943 During World War II, the Soviets announced that they had broken the Nazi siege of Leningrad, which had began in September of 1941, known as the Siege of Leningrad.
1943 Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis
1943 Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts. U.S. commercial bakers stopped selling sliced bread. Only whole loaves were sold during the ban until the end of World War II.
1943 William D Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies
1943 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
1944 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
1944 The first jazz concert was held at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
1944 Youngest baseball player, Cin Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall
1944 1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
1944 The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
1945 Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
1947 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City NY after 831 performances
1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa
1947 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in NYC
1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
1948 (Ted Mack's) "The Original Amateur Hour" debuted, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS). The show was on the air for 22 years.
1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
1949 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
1949 South African Reverend Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer
1950 "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances
1950 The federal tax on oleomargarine was repealed.
1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed" premieres in London
1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
1951 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
1951 Joan Blondell made her TV debut on "Pot of Gold" episode of "Airflyte Theatre" on CBS-TV.
1951 Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
1951 Netherlands Radio School forms
1951 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
1951 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic"
1951 NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
1951 NFL takes control of the failing Baltimore Colts
1952 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca wins
1953 "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
1953 "Maggie" opens at National Theater NYC for 5 performances
1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (NYC)
1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
1954 Fanfani forms Italian government
1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance
1955 Battle of Yijiangshan is fought.
1956 German Democratic Republic forms own army (National People's Army)
1957 Dedan Kimathi, a Kenyan rebel leader is executed by the British colonial government.
1957 The first, non-stop, around-the-world, jet flight came to an end at Riverside, CA. The plane was refueled in mid-flight by huge aerial tankers, 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes.
1958 Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
1959 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
1960 Walter O'Malley, LA Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
1960 US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
1961 Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote & parliament by a single seat
1962 France & Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
1962 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1962 Southern University closed due to demonstrations
1962 US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10 59)
1964 Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in NYC
1964 Papandreou government takes power in Greece
1964 Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
1964 Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City NY)
1965 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, BC
1965 Barbra Streisand and Bobbby Darin sang for Lyndon Johnson's presidential inauguration.
1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
1965 The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1965 H L de Vries appointed Dutch Governor of Suriname
1966 Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD)
1967 Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, MA, of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. He was sentenced to life in prison. Desalvo was killed in 1973 by a fellow inmate.
1967 Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
1967 Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
1967 20th NHL All-Star Game: Montréal beats All-Stars 3-0 at Montréal
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada
1968 "Happy Time" opens at Broadway Theater New York City NY for 286 performances
1968 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1968 British adopts year-round daylight savings time
1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
1968 Hester & Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing" premieres in New York City NY
1968 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
1969 Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st
1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
1969 Pete Best won his defamation suit against the Beatles. He was asking for 8 million dollars, but won considerably less.
1969 Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris
1969 Soyuz 5 returns to Earth
1969 United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
1970 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
1970 US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"
1970 Hasse Börjes skates world record 500 minutes in 38.9 seconds
1970 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 16-13
1971 Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in NY, to become WWF champ
1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
1972 Former Rhodesian prime minister Garfield Todd and his daughter were placed under house arrest for campaigning against Rhodesian independence.
1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy
1972 John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
1973 Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2
1973 Pink Floyd began recording "Dark Side Of The Moon."
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
1973 The Rolling Stones' benefit concert raised $200,000 for Nicaraguan earthquake relief. Mick Jagger donated $150,000 more.
1973 Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH
1973 Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak
1973 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" on BBC
1974 "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
1974 Bad Company was formed by ex-members of several groups. Those groups included Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson.
1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
1974 US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
1975 "The Jeffersons" spin-off from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS
1975 2nd American Music Award:
1975 Italy broadens abortion law
1976 Super Bowl X Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, Wide Receiver
1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
1977 Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
1977 Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG
1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
1977 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1978 Neil Sedaka received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1978 The European Court of Human Rights cleared the British government of torture but found it guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners in Northern Ireland.
1978 Geoff Boycott captains England for the 1st time, vs Pakistan Karachi
1978 Roof of 3-year-old Civic Center in Hartford CT collapses (no injuries)
1978 Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB
1979 -52°F (-47°C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1979 Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-202
1979 Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert
1979 Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America", Florence OR
1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983 (Sure!)
1980 Capricorn Records filed for bankruptcy.
1980 Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections
1980 Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce
1980 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1
1980 Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
1981 Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
1981 Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1984 Revised concordat between Italy & Vatican signed
1984 80th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win
1985 Mary Decker broke a world, indoor record when she ran the women’s, 2,000-meter race in 5:34.2. She also ran the outdoor mile in 4:16.7.
1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise
1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals against Phoenix
1986 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
1986 AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For" hits #1
1986 New York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46)
1987 For the first time in history the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) was seen by over 100 million viewers. The audience was measured during the week of January 12-18.
1987 Steve Winwood married Eugenia Grafton.
1987 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards Days of Our Live wins
1988 Anthony M Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1988 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
1989 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1989 Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
1989 IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988
1989 Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1989 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1990 A jury in Los Angeles, CA, acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
1990 In an FBI sting, Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in a FBI drug enforcement sting. He was later convicted of a misdemeanor.
1990 Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress
1991 Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business due to financial problems.
1991 Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
1991 The 10 day Rock In Rio Two festival opened in Brazil.
1991 Three people were crushed to death at an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City by people who rushed the stage.
1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 minutes
1991 US acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career
1991 WLAF's New York Knights become New York-New Jersey Knights
1992 43rd NHL All Star Game Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Philadelphia
1992 49th Golden Globes
1992 Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr Peter Hui
1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
1993 The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 U.S. states for the first time.
1993 West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
1994 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)
1994 Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
1994 Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th US team
1994 The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
1995 A network of caves were discovered near the town of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in southern France. The caves contained paintings and engravings that were 17,000 to 20,000 years old.
1995 Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
1995 Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1995 Jerry Garcia crashed a rented BMW into a guardrail near Mill Valley, CA. He was unhurt.
1995 Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) & Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed
1995 Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle
1995 Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs Kerala
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
1996 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India
1996 Daytona 500 race
1996 Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson.
1996 Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
1996 Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
1997 Hutu militiamen killed three Spanish aid workers and three soldiers and seriously wound an American in a night attack in north west Rwanda.
1997 47th NHL All-Star Game East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
1997 Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
1998 "Ragtime" opens at Ford Theater New York City NY
1998 NY Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell
1998 Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.
1998 48th NHL All-Star Game North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
1998 55th Golden Globes Awards
1998 ABL All-Star Game at Disney complex in Orlando FL (West beats East 102-73)
1998 Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
1998 Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural
1998 UCP Telethon
1998 Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
2000 Stjepan Mesić becomes the second president of Croatia.
2000 The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
2002 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a saliva-based ovulation test.
2002 Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
2003 Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) makes perihelion, seen by SOHO.
2003 Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
2003 A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
2004 Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Neyshabur in Iran when a run-away freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertiliser catches fire and explodes.
2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
2007 The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
2012 Kateri Tekakwitha canonized as the first native American saint
2012 Wikipedia began a 24-hour "blackout" in protest against proposed anti-piracy legislation (S. 968 and H.R. 3261) known as the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. Many websites, including Reddit, Google, Facebook, Amazon and others, contended would make it challenging if not impossible for them to operate.
2013 Third 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
2014 Mathew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win at the 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards
2015 AB de Villiers makes the fastest century in ODI cricket history from 31 balls against the West Indies
2015 New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC Championship Game
2015 Seattle Seahawks beat Green Bay Packers 28-22 (OT) in the NFC Championship Game
2016 Oxfam publishes report stating world's 62 richest people as wealthy as half the world's population
Born on January 18th
885 Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)
1374 Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
1404 Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)
1486 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer
1516 Mary I Tudor, (Bloody Mary), Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)
1519 Isabella Jagiello, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
1530 Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
1543 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
1543 Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588)
1559 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
1602 Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
1609 Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67)
1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer
1635 Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
1641 François-Michel le Tellier (Marquis de Louvois) French war minister (d. 1691)
1642 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
1657 Hendrik Casimir II Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)
1658 Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
1659 Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher (d. 1708)
1672 Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis Dutch Classical prof, baptized
1688 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
1689 Charles de Montesquieu France, philosopher/writer (Lettres Persanes)
1689 Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
1716 Gaspard Fritz, composer
1726 Hendrik prince of Prussia/diplomat
1732 Jean-Guillain Cardon composer
1743 Louis Claude de Saint-Martin French philosopher, known as le philosophe inconnu. (d. 1803)
1745 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta, Como, Italy, physicist and inventor (battery)
1751 Karl Haack, composer
1751 Ferdinand Kauer, composer
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer
1775 Thomas Girtin, London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry, composer
1779 Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (slide rule, pocket chessboard) (d. 1869)
1781 Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary
1782 Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
1790 Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1793 William Henry Havergal, composer
1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist
1795 Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands, daughter of czar Paul I (d. 1865)
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
1809 Richard Caswell Gatlin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)
1814 Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
1815 Henri Leys, Flemish painter
1815 James Chesnut Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1815 Richard Yates Warsaw KY, Governor-Illinois (1861-65), died in 1873
1815 Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874)
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 Walter Page Lane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1817 Jacques Gregoir composer
1818 Johannes van Vloten Dutch literary/theologist
1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer
1820 Abraham Buford Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1829 Louis van Haecke Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)
1831 Edward Ferrero Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1833 James Deshler, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1835 César A Cui Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer
1835 Jan van Droogenbroeck Flemish poet
1836 Swami Ramakrishna (Gadadhar Chatterji), Indian mystic/hindu leader (preached unity of religions)
1838 Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
1840 Austin Dobson England, poet/critic/biographer
1840 Ernst Rudorff composer
1840 Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921)
1841 Samuel Prowse Warren, composer
1841 Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui)
1841 Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (d. 1894)
1842 Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
1844 Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School)
1846 Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (stained glass windows)
1848 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)
1849 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)
1849 Sir Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
1850 George Henschel, composer
1850 Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916)
1853 August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club)
1853 Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African Gunmaker (d. 1900)
1854 Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934)
1856 John Hyatt Brewer, composer
1856 Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. 1931)
1857 Max Klinger, German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
1857 Otto von Below, German commandant (WWI)
1858 Louise M A, princess of Belgium
1859 Sholem Aleichem, (Solomon Rabinowitz), author (Fiddler on the Roof)
1860 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
1861 Hans Goldschmidt German chemist
1861 Raymond Huntington Woodman composer
1867 Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
1869 Willem De Vreese Flemish linguist/biblographer
1870 William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (d. 1924)
1870 Berend Modderman printer (Drukkers yearbook)
1871 Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
1871 Franz Blei (Peregrinus Steinhövel), Austrian painter/critic
1872 Paul Leautaud (Maurice Boissard), France, writer (Petit ami)
1875 Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)
1877 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, (Theodora), Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)
1877 Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d. 1961)
1878 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician
1879 Henri-Honoré Giraud French General /member of parliament
1879 Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949)
1880 Eric De Lamarter, composer
1880 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian physicist (adiabates hypothesis) (d. 1933)
1881 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) (d. 1975)
1882 Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) (d. 1956)
1882 Jacob Clay, Dutch philosopher/physicist (Mesones)
1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist
1883 Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author (d. 1957)
1883 Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)
1884 Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970)
1884 Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)
1884 Arthur Ransome, English author (Swallows & Amazons)
1886 Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
1886 Peter Alma Dutch, painter/graphic artist
1886 Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962)
1887 Nikos Kasandsakis, writer
1888 Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989)
1889 Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)
1890 Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)
1890 Edward Arnold, NYC, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1890 Lauri SA Haarla, Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja)
1891 Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)
1892 Wendell Willkie, American politician (R-1940)/author (One World) (d. 1944)
1892 Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (Laurel & Hardy) (d. 1957)
1892 Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956)
1893 John Lawrence Seymour composer
1893 Jorge Guillén, Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (Cántico, Final)
1894 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist
1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)
1895 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II)
1896 Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)
1896 Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)
1896 C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967)
1897 Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)
1898 Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena
1898 K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier
1898 Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980)
1899 Arthur Bryant, English historian (King Charles II)
19-Jose Luis Perales, Spanish singer (Con El Paso del Tiempo)
19-Mike Marquis, musician (Kik Tracee-Hot Wire)
1901 Reginald Sheffield, London England, actor (Second Chance)
1901 Arie Querido Dutch social psychiatrist
1901 Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
1902 Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975)
1903 Nikolaj V Podgorny, pres USSR (1965-77)
1903 Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci)
1904 Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor (Grand Nude)
1904 Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
1904 Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach), English actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest) (d. 1986)
1905 Chick Chandler, Kingston NY, actor (Barney-One Happy Family)
1905 Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002)
1906 Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
1906 Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours)
1907 Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World)
1907 Harm van Riel, Dutch politician (Dutch Liberal Party)
1907 Janos Ferencsik Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera)
1908 Albert P Morano (Representative-R-CT, 1951-59)
1908 Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)
1908 Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1972)
1909 Matti Jarvinen, Finland, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1932)
1909 Wallace Stegner, novelist/critic (Pulitzer-1971-Angle of Repose)
1910 Arthur John Howard actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage)
1910 Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1993)
1911 Gabor Darvas, composer
1912 Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanisme et sainteté)
1912 René Gabriëls, Belgian billiard pro (7 World/9 European championships)
1912 William Sansom, English writer (The Loving Eye)
1913 Artur Axmann, nazi youth leader
1913 Dane Clark, Bkln, actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason)
1913 Danny Kaye, American actor (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - 1947, Danny Kaye Show) (d. 1987)
1914 Edward George Edwards, chemist
1914 Pee Wee King, Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song)
1914 Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979)
1914 Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian writer (d. 1987)
1915 Marcel Landowsky, composer
1915 Phyllis Calvert, British actress (d. 2002)
1915 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
1916 Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator
1916 Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal (1954)
1916 Alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)
1917 Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey)
1917 Oscar Lewenstein, impressario
1917 Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008)
1918 Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (d. 2008).
1918 Adriano Mandarino, Hypolito priest
1918 Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58
1918 Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland)
1918 Gustave Gingras, French Canadian physician (d. 1996)
1919 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer
1920 Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games)
1920 Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (d. 1997)
1920 Jack Palance, (Walter Palanuik), Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers)
1921 Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
1921 Bruce Woodcock, boxer
1922 Eric Gairy, premier (Grenada)
1922 Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Maine, US author/publisher and editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan
1922 Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (d. 1971)
1922 Constance Moore, Sioux City IA, actress (Window on Main Street)
1922 Yehezkiel Braun, composer
1922 Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997)
1923 Allan Melvin, KC Mo, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family)
1924 Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)
1924 Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002)
1924 Donald Baverstock, TV producer
1925 George Kennedy, NYC, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
1925 Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist
1925 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer
1925 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympics-Bronze-48/Silver-52)
1925 Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
1926 Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie)
1926 Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
1927 Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
1927 John W Warner, (Sen-R-VA, 1979), married Liz Taylor
1927 Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1927 Tabe Bas, actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
1927 Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)
1928 Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
1928 Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
1929 Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
1930 Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist
1930 Theodore C Freeman, Haverford Penn, capt USAF/astronaut
1931 Bob St. Clair, American football player
1931 Dieter Schonbach, composer
1931 Johnny Hart, cartoonist
1931 Maxwell Thurman, US General
1931 Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
1931 Toni Morrison, Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
1931 Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
1932 Milos Forman, Czech/US director (Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus)
1932 Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall-of-Famer
1932 Robert Anton Wilson, American author (Trick Top Hat) (d. 2007)
1933 Bobby Robson, British soccer coach (PSV)
1933 Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano
1933 Mary Ure, Glasgow, Scottish actress (Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way) (d. 1975)
1933 Yoko Ono Lennon, (Mrs John Lennon), Tokyo Japan, singer
1933 David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker
1933 Vladimir Yevgrafovich Bugrov, cosmonaut
1933 John Boorman, Irish film director (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz)
1933 Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
1934 Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77)
1934 Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator (Fungus the Bogeyman)
1935 Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
1935 Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director
1935 Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007)
1935 Jon Stallworthy, English poet
1936 Jean Auel, American writer
1936 Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist
1936 Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher
1937 Jeff Farrell, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
1937 John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
1938 Barry Knight, cricketer (England all-rounder mid-60s)
1938 Elke Erb, writer
1938 István Szabó, Hungarian film director
1938 Manny Mota, baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers)
1938 Anthony Giddens, British sociologist
1938 Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
1939 Claude Ake, political scientist
1939 Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
1939 Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor
1939 Marlos Nobre, composer
1939 Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer)
1939 Bernard Glassman, New York, Zen teacher/head (Zen Center of NY)
1940 Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971)
1941 David Blue, (Cohen), Providence RI, rocker (Cupid's Arrow)
1941 Herb Santiago, vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall)
1941 Irma Thomas, (Lee), US vocalist (It's Raining)
1941 Iva Zanicchi, actress (Ragazza Tutta d'Oro)
1941 Tom Bailey, vocalist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
1941 Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer (Honey)
1941 David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)
1941 Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
1943 Graeme Garden, Scottish writer
1943 Dave Greene, musician
1943 Kay Granger, American politician
1943 Paul Freeman, British actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
1944 'Legs' Larry Smith, musician (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
1944 Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA)
1944 Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1944 Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
1945 Judy Rankin, St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
1945 Michael Nader, St Louis Mo, actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty)
1945 José Luis Perales, Spanish singer
1946 Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor
1946 Michael Buerk, British newsreader
1946 Katia Ricciarelli, actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot)
1946 Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor
1947 Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1947 Dennis De Young, Chicago Il, vocalist (Styx-Its Raining Again)
1947 Eliot L Engel, (Rep-D-NY)
1947 Princess Maria Christina, (Marijke), of Netherlands
1947 Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player
1947 Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor (Zatoichi) and director
1948 Bruce Francis, cricketer (Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972)
1948 Carolyn B Maloney, (Rep-D-NY)
1948 Ketih Knudsen, Ames IA, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
1948 M.C. Gainey, Actor (Django Unchained)
1948 Sinead Cusack, Ireland, actress (Waterland, Revenge)
1948 Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo Japan, actor (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)
1949 Gary Ridgway, American serial killer
1949 Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
1949 Philippe Starck, French designer
1950 Cybill Shepherd, Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)
1950 John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller)
1950 Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician
1950 Claudia de Colombia, Spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti)
1950 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
1951 Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite
1951 Bob Latchford, English footballer
1951 Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982)
1952 Juice Newton, (Judy Cohen), Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning)
1952 Veronica "Randy" Crawford, US vocalist (One Day I'll Fly Away)
1952 Michael Angelis, British actor
1952 Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design
1952 R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
1953 Derek Pellicci, rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way)
1953 Nico Arzbach, rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike)
1953 Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet)
1953 Brett Hudson, USA
1953 Brett Hudson, American musician and comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
1954 John Travolta, Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction)
1954 Ted DiBiase, Professional Wrestler
1955 Miles Tredinnick, English playwright
1955 Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler
1955 Johannes AM "Hans" van Tongeren, Dutch actor (Hunk)
1955 Mable Fergerson, Los Angeles CA, 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1972)
1955 Fergus Martin, Irish artist
1955 Kevin Costner, American actor (Dances with Wolves, Silverado, Bull Durham)
1956 Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997)
1956 Mark Collie, Waynesboro TN, country singer (Another Old Soldier)
1956 Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress
1956 Tom Bailey, English musician (Thompson Twins)
1957 Marita Koch, German DR, 400m sprinter (Oly-gold-1980)
1957 Vanna White, (Rosich), N Myrtle Beach SC, TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
1957 Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
1958 Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
1958 Peter Koech, Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-silver-1988)
1958 Jeffrey N Williams, Superior WI, Major Army/astronaut
1958 Larry Smith, NBA player
1959 Bob Rosenberg, rocker (Will To Power)
1960 Andy Moog, NHL goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988)
1960 Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter
1960 Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief)
1960 Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer (bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka)
1961 Alycia Moulton, Sacramento CA, tennis star
1961 Bobby Hansen, American basketball player
1961 Jeff Yagher, American actor
1961 Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers)
1961 Peter Beardsley, English footballer
1962 Gary Reasons, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1962 Julie Strain, Concord California, actress (Witchcraft IV)
1962 Simon Fletcher, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1962 Philip Boa
1962 Alison Arngrim, American actress (Nellie-Little House of the Prairie)
1962 David O'Connor, American equestrian rider (Olympics-silver-96)
1963 Henry Winter, English football journalist
1963 John Gesek, NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1963 Rob Andrew, English rugby player
1963 Jane Horrocks, Lancashire England, actress (Absolutely Fabulous)
1963 Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland
1963 Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician
1963 Yury Zakharevich, Soviet weightlifter
1964 Kevin Tapani, Des Moines IA, pitcher (Chic White Sox, Minnesota Twins)
1964 Lisa Elaine Comshaw, Akron Ohio, actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas' Child)
1964 Matt Dillon, New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas)
1964 Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1964 Jenny Hollidayl Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1964 Andrea Leand, American tennis player
1964 Brady Anderson, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)
1964 Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
1964 Jane Horrocks, British actress (Chicken Run)
1965 Dr. Dre, (Andre Romelle Young), Compton, California, American rapper and record producer
1965 Peter Martini, journalist
1965 Richard Dunwoody, British jockey
1965 Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
1966 Guy Ferland, American television director
1966 Kris King, Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1966 Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95)
1966 Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
1966 André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
1967 Colin Jackson, Cardiff Wales, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1988)
1967 Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka
1967 Matt Turner, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1967 Roberto Baggio
1967 Tracey Edmonds, American film and television producer
1967 M C Tab (Sharon Richard), New York City NY, rapper
1967 Peter Cox Jr, Bronxville NY, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96)
1967 Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
1967 Kim Perrot, American basketball player (Houston Comets) (d. 1999)
1968 Molly Ringwald, Roseville California, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink)
1968 Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist
1969 Alexander Mogilny, Khavarovsk, 1st soviet to defect to NHL (Sabres)
1969 Igor Larionov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Detroit)
1969 Larry Webster, defensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens)
1969 Marvin Pope, CFL defensive end (Calgary Stampeders)
1969 Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler (WWE), Actor (Riddick)
1969 Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
1969 Jim O'Rourke, American musician and producer (Loose Fur and Wilco)
1969 John Eder, American politician
1970 Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace)
1970 Susan Egan, American actress
1970 Tyler Green, US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1970 Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter (Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire)
1970 DJ Quik, American rapper
1970 Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
1971 Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player
1971 George Teague, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers)
1971 Reggie Holt, WLAF safety (London Monarchs)
1971 Andre Coleman, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (San Diego Chargers)
1971 Greg Engel, NFL center (San Diego Chargers)
1971 Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
1971 Fabian Ribauw, Nauruan politician
1971 Jonathan Davis, American singer (Korn)
1971 Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
1971 Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist
1972 Lubomir Rybovic, Kosice CZE, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1972 Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 Shani Lynn Nielsen, New Albany IN, Miss America (Indiana-Top 10-1997)
1972 Dwayne Carswell, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII)
1972 Ryan Kuehl, defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1972 Steven Conley, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1972 Vinod Kambli, Indian cricket player (prolific Indian batsman 1993-)
1973 Claude Makélélé, French footballer
1973 Edward Jasper, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 Junior Burrough, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
1973 Regilio Vreede, soccer player (Blue White, RKC)
1973 Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer and Gladiator
1973 Ben Jealous, African-American leader, president of the NAACP
1973 Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)
1974 Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
1974 Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician
1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star
1974 Shane Burton, defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1974 Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak)
1974 Devon Odessa, American actress (Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost)
1974 Maulik Pancholy, American actor (27 Dresses)
1974 Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio
1974 Princess Claire of Belgium
1975 Gary Neville, English footballer
1975 Scott Tucker, Birmingham Ala, 400m/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
1975 Derek Smith, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1976 Chanda Rubin, Lafayette LA, tennis star (1996 Australian Open doubles)
1976 Jason Podollan, Vernon, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1976 Leilani Munter, American race car driver
1976 Volker Schenk, WLAF RB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1976 Vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1976 Damien Leith, Irish-born Australian singer, winner of Australian Idol 2006
1976 Derek Richardson, Actor (Hostel)
1976 Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player (1995 finalist Jakarta)
1976 Subhrajit Mitra, Film Maker, India
1977 Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete
1977 Kátia, Brazilian footballer
1977 Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
1977 Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
1977 Curtis Cregan, American actor
1977 Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi)
1978 Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
1978 Bogdan Lobont, Romanian football player
1978 Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
1978 Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
1979 Julia Greville, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1979 Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
1979 Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, producer, actor (Green Hornet), and director
1979 Kenyatta Jones, American football player
1979 Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
1979 Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1980 Alison Rachel Fitch, Hamilton NZ, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player
1980 Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter
1980 Estelle Swaray, English singer
1980 Jason Segel, American actor (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
1980 Julius Peppers, American football player
1980 Robert Green, English footballer
1981 Alex Rios, American baseball player
1981 Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
1981 Antje Traue, Actress (Man of Steel)
1981 Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer
1981 Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor
1981 Kimberly Gloudemans, Miss California Teen-USA (1997)
1981 Latoya Farley, Miss Oklahoma Teen-USA (1996)
1981 Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor
1981 Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
1981 Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
1982 Joanna Newsom, American harpist
1982 Quinn Allman, American Guitarist, The Used
1983 Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
1983 Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
1983 Juelz Santana, American rapper
1983 Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
1984 Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
1984 Benji Schwimmer, American dancer
1984 Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
1984 Kristy Lee Cook, American singer
1984 Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
1985 Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
1985 Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer
1985 Catalin Stanoiu, Romanian journalist
1985 Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
1985 Minissha Lamba, Indian actress and model
1985 Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
1986 Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
1986 Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
1986 Marya Roxx, Estonian singer
1987 Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
1988 Maiara Walsh, American actress
1988 Shane Lyons, actor and private chef
1988 Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
1988 Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
1989 Stephen Dunn, Director (Life Doesn't Frighten Me)
1990 Jasmine Snäll Vasquez, Actress (Del 9)
1991 Matt Kane, Actor (The Dinosaur Project)
1992 Tertius Wharton, Actor (Summerhill)
1993 Morgan York, American actress (Cheaper by the Dozen)
1994 Alexandra Nefedova, Actress (Morangos com Açúcar)
1995 Kate Krause, Actress (Pilot)
1997 Amber Lily, Actress (Almost)
1999 Siska Verhas, Musician/Songwriter (Junior Eurosong 2009)
Died on January 18th
52 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher (b. 93 BC)
474 Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)
806 Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)
814 Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
901 Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)
999 Gregory V, (Bruno) 1st German Pope, dies
1139 Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
1213 Queen Regnant Tamar of Georgia (b. c. 1160)
1217 Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano, Engl encyclopedist, 59
1294 Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)
1367 Pedro I king of Portugal (1357-67) (b. 1320)
1379 Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
1397 Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, 56
1405 Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)
1425 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
1455 Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter,
1471 Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)
1478 Duke of Clarence, forced drowning in a wine barrel
1479 Louis IX the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), 61
1535 Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, 48
1535 Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, physician/theologian,
1546 Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, 62
1564 Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor/painter (David), 88
1580 Antonio Scandello Italian composer (Passion of John), 63
1583 Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)
1586 Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)
1587 Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 (OS=Feb 8)
1654 Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
1659 Benedikt Lechler composer, 64
1660 Judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried
1664 Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
1666 Adriaen A Bloemaert Dutch landscape painter, about 56
1677 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch merchant, founder Cape Colony (b. 1619)
1683 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, 62
1712 Louis, Duke of Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France, French king Louis XIV's grandson (b. 1682)
1718 Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
1730 Peter II czar of Russia (1727-30), 14
1743 Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)
1745 Nicola Fago, composer, 67
1748 Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
1760 Claudio Casciolini composer, 62
1769 Hakuin Ekaku Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
1772 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
1778 Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
1780 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)
1788 John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)
1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer, 67
1799 Maurus Haberhauer, composer, 52
1803 J W L Gleim, writer,
1803 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743)
1807 August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, 53
1807 S von Laroche, writer, 75
1817 Giacomo Quarenghi, master builder (Hermitage Theater), 72
1829 Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, 77
1830 Charles G G, Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), 67
1833 Georg Johann Schinn, composer, 64
1833 Ignac Ruzitska, composer, 55
1842 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)
1846 Giovanni Liverati, composer, 73
1851 Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804)
1854 Juda Turo American philanthropist, dies
1861 Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, 74
1862 John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-45) (b. 1790)
1873 Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)
1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster composer, 55
1878 Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), 76
1878 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)
1885 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, composer, 61
1886 Michal Czajchovski (Sadik Pasja), writer,
1886 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
1890 Guyla Andr ssy Sr, earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), 66
1890 Amadeus I FM king of Spain (1870-73), 44
1892 Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious figure (b. 1819)
1893 Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (b. 1814)
1895 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), 77
1895 Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (b. 1851)
1896 Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)
1898 Frances Willard, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), 58
1899 M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, 56
1900 Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
1902 Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
1902 Filippo Marchetti composer, 70
1905 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), 75
1906 John Batterson Stetson, American manufacturer (b. 1830)
1906 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, 85
1906 Bartolomé Mitre President of Argentina (1862-70), 84
1911 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v South Africa Test
1913 Edmond R H Regout Dutch industrialist/politician, 49
1917 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917),
1919 John C F son of English king George V, 13
1921 Adolf von Hildebrand German sculptor, 73
1923 Wallace Reid, American actor (Birth of a Nation) (b. 1891)
1925 James Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), 75
1931 Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (b. 1879)
1932 Frederik Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), 66
1933 James Corbett, (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight box champ (1892-97),
1936 Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907) (b. 1865)
1938 Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), 64
1938 David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, 81
1939 Ludwig Bonvin, composer, 89
1940 Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish writer (Young Poland) (b. 1865)
1942 Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872)
1943 Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), 74
1949 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), 71
1950 Voranc Prezikov, (Lovro Kuhar), Slavic author (Jamnica), 56
1951 Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), 85
1951 Robert Mark US chairman (Caste World Congress), 41
1951 Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (b. 1867)
1952 Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903)
1954 Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon) (b. 1879)
1955 Sadako Sasaki, School student(b. 1944)
1956 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), 95
1957 Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
1957 Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph),
1959 Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, 65
1959 Eric Zeisl, composer, 53
1959 Jaroslav Kvapil, composer, 66
1962 Raymond Moulaert composer, 86
1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73
1963 Johnnie Moyes journalist/cricketer (South Australian batsman),
1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, English politician, leader British Labour Party (b. 1906)
1964 Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Quebec inventor and industrialist (b. 1907)
1966 Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), 94
1966 Casimir von Paszthory, composer, 79
1966 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, 31
1966 Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1908)
1966 Kathleen Norris, American writer (b. 1880)
1967 Dragiša Cvetković, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (b. 1893)
1967 Manuel Palau Boix, composer, 74
1967 Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, 62
1967 Albert Conti actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), 79
1967 Barney Ross Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), 57
1967 Harry Antrim actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83
1967 Reese "Goose" Tatum basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), 45
1967 Simon Berkelbach van der Sprenkel vicar/theologist, 84
1967 Goose Tatum, American basketball player (b. 1921)
1968 Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), 79
1968 Bert Wheeler actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), 72
1968 John Ridgely actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), 58
1968 Lee Tracy actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), 69
1969 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), 76
1969 Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887)
1970 Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, 94
1970 David O. McKay, American religious figure, 9th Mormon president (b. 1873)
1971 Catherine Calvert actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
1971 Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (b. 1914)
1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach composer, 69
1973 Franc Costello, US gangster, 82
1975 Chivu Stoica, (Stoica Chivu), premier of Romania (1955-61), 66
1975 Luigi Dallapiccola, composer,
1975 Raymond Moley, US advisor to pres Roosevelt "Brain Trust", 88
1975 Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), dies
1975 Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
1976 Anton Betzner, writer, 81
1976 Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), 81
1976 Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), 88
1976 Ad Verhoeven soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash
1976 Sonia Dresdel actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), 67
1977 Andy Devine, (Jeremiah Schwartz), actor (Andy's Gang), 71
1977 Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curacao), 87
1977 Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), 77
1977 Carl Zuckmayer German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), 80
1977 Paul Nordoff US composer (Frog Prince), 67
1977 Yvonne Printemps actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), 81
1978 Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), 84
1978 Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), 71
1978 Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), 49
1978 Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky composer, 68
1978 Carl Betz, American film and television actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show) (b. 1921)
1978 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and writer (b. 1919)
1978 Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective (b. 1890)
1979 Cyril Mockridge composer, 82
1980 Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), 58
1980 Cecil Beaton British photographer, 76
1980 Sir Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. 1904)
1981 John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895)
1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ detective writer/producer, 82
1982 Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), 58
1982 Burnet Corwin Tuthill US composer (Laurentia), 93
1982 Ramón (J) Sender (Garcés) Spanish writer, 79
1982 Trent Lehman actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), 20
1984 Malcolm H Kerr 9th president of American University of Beirut, shot dead
1984 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
1985 Willy Alberti, (Carel Verbruggen), Dutch singer, 58
1985 Mahmoud Taha Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76
1985 Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys) (b. 1912)
1986 Claire James actress (Jack Armstrong), dies
1989 Bruce Chatwin, English novelist (b. 1940)
1990 Hulk, fictional character in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC,
1990 Melanie Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
1990 Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
1991 Hamilton Fish congressman (NY), 102
1991 Lillian Bond actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), 83
1991 Nita Krebs actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85
1992 John Remme entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
1992 Tom Elios entertainer, dies
1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), 76
1993 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
1993 Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), 82
1993 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), 33
1993 M Eleonore Lippits 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, 85
1993 Mia Meijer Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child),
1993 Mike Templeton 2nd person to receive a heart pump, 34
1993 Eleanor Hibbert, English writer (b. 1906)
1994 Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, 76
1994 Arthur Altman songwriter, 83
1995 Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b.1959)
1995 Calder Willingham, US scriptwriter (End as a Man), 72
1995 Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, 51
1995 Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, 82
1995 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter, 83
1995 Yank Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), 84
1995 Charles Baskerville vocalist, 54
1995 Joseph Kagan businessman, 79
1995 Adolf F J Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (Nobel 1939) (b. 1903)
1995 Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937)
1996 Brian Daley, writer, 48
1996 Jack Thieuloy, writer, 64
1996 Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, 89
1996 Richard Leslie Hill, historian, 94
1996 Leonor Fini painter, 87
1996 Minnesota Fats (Rudolf Wanderone Jr), billiard hustler, 82
1996 N T Rama Rao PM of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95),
1996 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor (b. 1923)
1997 Emily Hahn, writer, 91
1997 Enrique Peralta Azurdia, milt pres of Guatemala in (1963-66),
1997 Eric William Fenby, musician, 90
1997 Myfanwy Piper librettist, 85
1997 Neville Crump racehorse trainer, 86
1997 Paul Tsongas, American politician (Senator-D-MA) (b. 1941)
1998 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), 77
1998 Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69
1998 Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76
1999 Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932)
2000 Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927
2000 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
2001 Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908)
2001 Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
2001 Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2001 Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
2003 Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
2003 Edward Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
2004 Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
2005 Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
2006 Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937)
2006 Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
2007 Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
2008 Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1988)
2008 Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, (b. 1955)
2008 Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
2008 Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
2008 Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. 1927)
2008 John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929)
2009 Al-Tayyib Salih, Sudanese novelist and columnist (b. 1929)
2009 Bob May, American actor (b. 1939)
2009 Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935)
2009 Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (b. 1931) cast
2009 Tony Hart, British artist and TV presenter (b. 1925)
2010 John Babcock, Last known Canadian veteran of World War I (b. 1900)
2010 Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter
2011 Sargent Shriver, American politician (b. 1915)
2013 Kevin Ayers, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1944)
2014 Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer
2016 Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter (The Eagles)
2016 Michel Tournier, French writer ( Friday, or, The Other Island)