January 24th
Holidays and Celebrations
Saint Cadoc Day (Wales)
California Gold Day (USA) * (see below)
Eskimo Pie Patent Day a.k.a. Eskimo Pie Day
Belly Laugh Day
Beer Can Appreciation Day
National Compliment Day
Anniversary of Death of Calligula. Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew. (41 )
Birthday of The United States Department of Homeland Security, officially begins operation in 2003.
Ray Stevens's Birthday, American musician (1939)
Neil Diamond's Birthday, American singer (1941)
Warren Zevon's Birthday, American musician (b.1947 d. 2003)
John Belushi's Birthday, American actor (b. 1949 d. 1982) ·
National Peanut Butter Day
First day of the Sementivae, in honor of Ceres and Terra (Roman Empire)
Feasts of St. Francis de Sales (Roman Catholic Church)
Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church)
* Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival (4of10) Alamos, Sonora the lilting strains of guitars, the pounding rhythms of rock bands and the echoing arias of opera stars.
* Big Day Out (7of14)last 2 weeks in January, Big Day Out is a music festival that travels around Australia & New Zealand.
* Ati-Atihan (Phillipines) (8-14)
* California Gold Day (USA) a.k.a. Golden California Day- Gold descovered at Sutters Mill 1848
Taureau Day Translation Bull Day (French Republican) The Fifth day of the Month of Pluviôse in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Turn out more ale, turn up the light,
I will not go to bed tonight.
Of all the foes that man should dread
The first I have had both old and young,
And ale we drank and songs we sung.
Enough you know when this is said,
That, one and all—they died in bed!"
- Charles Henry Webb, Charles Henry Webb (January 24th, 1834 in Rouse's Point, New York - May 24th, 1905), an American poet and author. Toast is from Dum Vivimus Vigilamus.
Drink of The Day
Brave Bull
1 Part Tequilla
1 Part Kahlua
Pour liqueur over ice
Wine of The Day
Ledson 2006 Zinfandel
Style - Zinfandel
Napa Valley
$50
Beer of The Day
Hop Bomb IPA
Brewer - Rock Bottom Brewery ; Bellevue, Washington, USA
Style - American-Style Strong Pale Ale
Joke of The Day
A man was sitting in the bar when he noticed another patron a few
stools away. The guy had a body like Charles Atlas, but his head was
the size of a thimble.
The first man said, "Please excuse me for staring, but I can't help
but be curious as to why your body is so well developed, but your head
is so small?"
The man said, "buy me a drink and I'll tell you." The drink was
ordered and the story began. "I was in the navy and my ship was sunk
by a torpedo. I was the only survivor and I managed to make it to a
deserted island a few miles away. I had been there for several months
and was sitting on the beach one day waiting for a bird or fish to
come by so I would have something to eat. Then looking up I saw a
beautiful mermaid sunning on a nearby rock. She swam over to me and
informed me that she was a magical mermaid and could grant me three
wishes.
'Great I said. I'd like to be rescued.' She slapped the water with her
tail and a ship appeared, sailing straight for my island.
Next I asked for a body like Charles Atlas. Another slap of the tail
and here it is.
Then, noticing how beautiful she was and all my other wishes fulfilled
I asked if I could make love to her. She said that it just wouldn't
work, her being half fish and all, so I said 'well, okay, if we can't
have sex, can you just give me a little head then?'"
Quote of the Day
“Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.”
- Frederick the Great (January 24th 1712 to August 17th 1786), was King of Prussia
Whisky of The Day
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
$60
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
Week of Christian Unity January 18th to 25thNational Activity Professionals Week Starting third Saturday of January
Healthy Weight Week (Australia) January 20th-27th
Hunt For Happiness Week: January 20th-26th
National Nurse Anesthetists Week January 20th-26th
National Take Back Your Time Week January 21st-25th
National Handwriting Analysis Week Week of January 23rd (John Hancock’s birthday)
No Name Calling Week Fourth Week of January
Clean Out Your Inbox Week Last working week of January
New York City Restaurant Week Winter January 25th - February 7th
International Printing Week Last Week of January
World Leprosy Week Last Week of January
Historical Events on January 24th
41 Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew.
772 Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
817 Stephen IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
817 St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
1076 Synod of Worms: German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
1118 Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II
1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen
1438 The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.
1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary
1534 Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy
1556 Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000
1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire
1568 In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
1613 Amsterdam merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized
1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver
1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win
1652 Duke of Orleans joins Fronde rebels
1656 1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
1659 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe" premieres in Paris
1679 King Charles II of England disbands Parliament.
1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
1742 Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1742 German leaders elect Charles VII Albert Emperor
1764 Governor Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire
1776 Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga.
1826 Mississippi College is founded in Clinton, becoming the first college in the state of Mississippi.
1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price
1848 California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, near Sacramento, California.
1857 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in south Asia.
1859 Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.
1861 Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy
1861 Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens
1862 Bucharest proclaimed capital of Romania.
1862 Romania principality arises under King Alexander Cuza
1874 General J van Swieten conquers Kraton Atjeh, after 1000's die
1874 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" premieres in St Petersburg Russia
1875 Camille Saint-Saëns' "Danse Macabre" premieres
1878 The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
1885 Edge Hill College opens in Liverpool
1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda French missionaries attack British missionaries
1899 Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms
1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England
1901 1st games played in baseball's American League
1901 Emily Hobhouse views Lord Kitchener's concentration camp at Bloemfontein
1902 Denmark sells Virgin Islands to USA
1908 General Baden-Powell starts Boy-Scouts
1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
1914 The opera "Madeleine" is produced (New York City NY)
1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland
1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1918 The Gregorian calendar introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective from February 14(NS)
1922 -54°F (-48°C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record)
1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established
1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established
1924 Benito Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
1924 Petrograd, formerly Saint Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad.
1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island
1925 Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden
1927 Director Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England.
1930 J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, New Zealand vs England, Wellington
1930 Stewie Dempster scores New Zealand's 1st Test century
1933 Noël Coward's "Design for Living" premieres in New York City NY
1935 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale", is sold by Kruger Brewing Co in Richmond VA
1936 Albert Sarraut becomes Prime Minister of France
1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
1939 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1939 Spanish government moves to Figueras
1941 British troops march into Abyssinia
1942 Musical "Star & Garter" premieres in New York City NY
1942 World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand to the decision of war declaration against the United States and United Kingdom .
1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1943 Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy
1945 Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg
1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs
1948 "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City NY after 124 performances
1948 Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)
1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD)
1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns
1952 1st NFL team in Texas, Dallas Texans formerly New York Yankees
1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base
1952 Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1958 After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
1959 "Party with Comden & Green" closes at John Golden New York City NY after 38 performances
1959 Dmitri Shostakovitch's comedy "Cheryomushk," premieres in Moscow
1959 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford CT (IND) begins broadcasting
1960 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
1961 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1961 Edward Albee's "American Dream" premieres in New York City NY
1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles
1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962 Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1963 Buddy Rogers & Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ & Thesz becomes NWA champ
1964 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
1964 CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
1966 An Air India Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, killing 117.
1966 WDIO TV channel 10 in Duluth, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency
1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
1970 Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 seconds)
1971 NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 27-6 (1st Pro Bowl after NFL-AFL merger)
1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1975 Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 points (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
1977 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid
1977 Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1978 31st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 3-2 (OT) at Buffalo
1978 Carter Executive Order on Intelligence (# 12036)
1978 Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the Republic of Ireland.
1978 Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide
1982 Super Bowl XVI San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac MI; Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana, San Francisco, Quarterback
1983 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1985 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 is launched
1986 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win
1986 New York Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president
1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km) (50,680 miles), finds new moons
1987 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)
1988 1st WWF Royal Rumble Jim Duggan wins
1988 9th ACE Cable Awards
1988 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
1988 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup
1988 Cerebral Palsy telethon
1989 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon
1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre St Denis, Montreal
1993 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000
1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed
1993 Soyuz TM-16 launches
1993 Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.
1993 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
1994 Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48)
1996 Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
2003 The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2009 Pope Benedict XVI rescinds the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent in 1988 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
2011 At least 35 died and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport
2013 17 people are killed and 34 are injured in a bus crash in Taperas, Bolivia
2013 A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute
2013 Russian police kill 13 rebels in Vedeno District, Chechnya
2015 Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson scores the most NBA points in a quarter with 37 & the most 3-pointers in a quarter with 9
2016 TV drama "The X-Files" returns after 13 years, reuniting lead actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson and produced again by Chris Carter
Born on January 24th
(3 BC) Galba, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
76 Publius A Hadrianus, 14th Roman Emperor (117-138) (d. 138)
1287 Richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)
1444 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)
1540 Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (d. 1581)
1638 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)
1664 John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)
1670 William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)
1674 Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
1679 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754)
1705 Farinelli "Carlo Broschi", Italian castrato (d. 1782)
1712 Frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86) (d. 1786)
1712 Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher
1724 Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
1732 Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)
1732 Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville)
1742 Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808)
1746 Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) (d. 1792)
1750 Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist
1752 Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (d. 1832)
1754 Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)
1758 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer
1763 Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)
1767 Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir)
1774 Karl Moser, composer
1776 E.T.A. Hoffmann
1776 Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer (Undine) (d. 1822)
1778 Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X
1779 Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)
1798 Karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden)
1798 Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
1800 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer
1814 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector
1820 John Milton Thayer, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1828 Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1828 Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist
1828 Karol Studzinski, composer
1829 William Mason, composer
1832 John Pegram, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1833 Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte)
1848 Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
1859 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
1862 Edith Wharton, American Pulitzer prize-winning writer (Ethan Frome, Age of Innocence, House of Mirth) (d. 1937)
1864 Marguerite Durand, French feminist leader (d. 1936)
1872 Ethel Turner, Australian author (d. 1958)
1872 Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
1874 Arthur Schomburg (Arturo Alfonso), Puerto Rico, archivist of African American history and culture
1880 Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
1883 Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
1886 Henry King, American film director (Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High) (d. 1982)
1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft) (d. 1958)
1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author (Men Never Know)
1888 Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (d. 1960)
1891 Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1895 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch)
1895 Eugen Roth, German writer (d. 1976)
1895 Hans Fischböck Austria, Finance minister (Nazi-occupied Holland)
1898 Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)
1901 Edward Turner, English motorcycle designer (d. 1973)
1901 Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1902 E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar (d. 1965)
1902 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist
1902 Walter Keirnan, New Havens Ct, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret)
1903 Robert Gwathmey, artist (Arts & Letters)
1905 J. Howard Marshall, American billionaire (d. 1995)
1906 Norman Cook, museum curator
1907 Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician
1907 Maurice Couve de Murville, France premier (1968-69)
1909 Ann Todd, English actress (Paradine Case, 7th Veil) (d. 1993)
1909 Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (d. 2005)
1909 Tiny Winters, musician
1910 Doris Haddock, American political activist (d. 2010)
1911 C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, US, sci-fi author (Judgment Night)
1912 Ken Weekes, cricketer (West Indies batsman vs England 1939, 137 at The Oval)
1913 Mark Goodson, TV game-show proudcer (Goodson-Toddman)
1913 Norman Dello Joio, American composer (d. 2008)
1915 Ernest Borgnine Hamden CT, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty)
1915 Robert B Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic) (d. 1991)
1915 Vitezslava Kapralova, composer
1916 Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor
1916 Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998)
1916 John Corner, scientist
1916 Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
1916 Vic Stollmeyer, cricketer (brother of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings)
1917 Ernest Borgnine, American actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty, The Wild Bunch)
1918 Gottfried von Einem, Bern Switzerland, Austrian composer (Dantons Tod)
1918 John McLiam, Alberta, actor (Parker-Men From Shiloh)
1918 Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founder Oral Roberts College (d. 2009)
1919 Coleman Francis, American film director (d. 1973)
1919 Leon Kirchner, Brooklyn NY, opera composer (Lily)
1919 Nora Beloff, journalist/author
1920 Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer (Holiday Hotel)
1920 Jerry Maren, American actor (munchkin-Wizard of Oz, Mayor McCheese)
1921 Bernard J Dwyer, (Representative-D-NJ, 1981)
1922 Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (d. 2005)
1922 Neil Franklin, soccer star
1923 Simeon ten Holt, composer
1924 8th earl Spencer, English large landowner/father of Diane
1924 David Craighead, composer
1924 Klaus George Roy, composer
1924 Marvin Kaplan, Brooklyn NY, actor (Top Cat, Henry-Alice)
1924 Robert W Kastenmeier, (Representative-D-WI, 1959)
1925 Maria Tallchief, American ballerina
1925 William Hudson, California, actor (I Led 3 Lives)
1926 Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter
1927 Paula Hawkins, (Senator-R-FL, 1981-86)
1927 Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, British aristocrat (d. 2007)
1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist (Human Ape, Body Language)
1928 Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007)
1930 Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer/multi-millionaire
1931 Ib Norholm, composer
1931 Kees Zÿlstra Dutch MP (PvdA)
1932 Werner Steger, composer
1933 Ron Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Aquarius) [or Jan 29]
1933 Zeke Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You)
1934 Stanislaw Grochowiak, Polish poet (d. 1976)
1935 Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (d. 2008)
1936 Daniel Goode, composer
1936 Doug Kershaw, American musician, plays electric fiddle
1936 Jack Scott, Canada, rocker (My True Love)
1938 Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist
1939 Ray Stevens, American musician (Ahab the Arab, The Streak)
1940 Flip Buurmeijer, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1941 Aaron Neville, American singer (Neville Brothers)
1941 Michael Chapman, Leeds England, rocker (Looking for 11)
1941 Neil Diamond, American singer and actor (Jazz Singer)
1942 Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (d. 2008)
1943 Julie Bennett, Beverly Hills CA, actress (Hey There It's Yogi Bear)
1943 Peter Struck, German politician
1943 Sharon Tate, American actress (Valley of the Dolls, The Fearless Vampire Killers) and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
1943 Subhash Ghai, Indian film director
1944 David Gerrold, [Jerrold David Friedman], author (World of Star Trek)
1944 Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)
1945 D. Todd Christofferson, LDS apostle
1945 John Garamendi, American politician
1946 Haji, Canadian actor
1946 Hubert M "Jubi" Kirindongo, Curacaos sculptor/painter
1946 John Harrison, South Africa correspondent (BBC)
1946 Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor (Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks)
1947 David Randall, priest
1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, Carrara Italy, soccer star (Lazio of Italy, NY Cosmos), (d. 2012)
1947 Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
1947 Michio Kaku, Japanese-American theoretical physicist
1947 Warren Zevon, American musician (Excitable Boy) (d. 2003)
1948 Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras
1948 Michael Des Barres, British actor and rock singer
1949 Bart Gordon, (Representative-D-TN, 1985)
1949 John Belushi, American actor (SNL, Blues Brothers, Animal House) (d. 1982)
1950 Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-born American writer
1950 Daniel Auteuil, Algeria, actor (Elegant Criminal, Manon of Spring)
1950 Gennifer Flowers, American actress, political figure
1951 Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-born American comedian (It's a wonderful country)
1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point RI, astronaut (STS 42, 51, 79)
1953 Brian Matthews, Philadelphia PA, actor (The Burning)
1954 Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (d. 1986)
1955 James Montgomery, American swimmer 100m (Olympics-3 gold-1976)
1955 Julian Holland, British musician (Squeeze)
1956 Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer (Bobbysocks)
1956 Lounès Matoub, a famous Berber Kabyle singer (d. 1998)
1957 Adrian Edmondson, British comedian
1957 Mark Eaton, American basketball player
1958 Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion
1958 Neil Allen, American baseball player
1959 David Mills, American author
1959 Vic Reeves, English comedian
1960 Nastassja Kinski Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People)
1960 Rick Leventhal, American television news correspondent
1961 Guido Buchwald, German football player
1961 Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut
1961 Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress (Tess, Cat People)
1961 Vince Russo, American writer
1961 William Van Dijck, Belgian athlete
1962 Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
1962 Sultan Zarawani, cricketer (United Arab Emirates captain 1996 World Cup)
1963 Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
1964 Rob Dibble, Bridgeport CT, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1964 Ronnie McCann, Evander South Africa, Nike golfer (1993 Hawkeye-37th)
1965 Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian film director
1965 Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
1965 Ross MacDonald, Vancouver BC, star yachter (Olympics-96)
1966 Jimeoin, Northern Irish comedian
1966 Kim Saiki, Inglewood CA, golfer (1994 Standard Register PING-13th)
1966 Mike Forgeron, Main-A-Dieu Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 Chris Warren, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1967 John Myung, American musician (Dream Theater)
1967 Julie Dreyfus, Actress (Kill Bill: Vol. 1)
1967 Mark Kozelek, American singer/songwriter (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon)
1967 Phil LaMarr, American actor (Pulp Fiction), comedian, and voice actor
1967 Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner
1968 Mark Burmester, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992)
1968 Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast (Olympics-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84)
1968 Michael Kiske, German musician
1968 Ross Powell, US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros)
1968 Scott Mercier, Harbor City California, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor
1969 Louise McPaul, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1969 Rick Salomon, Producer (Who's Your Caddy?)
1969 Stephanie Romanov, actress (Teri Spencer-Models Inc)/model (Elite)
1970 Chris Bartolone, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1970 Matthew Lillard, American actor (Scream, Scooby-Doo)
1971 Andrea Mackris, American television producer
1971 Cory Bailey, American baseball player, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1971 Joe Panos, NFL guard/center (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Saalman Raelyn, Fostoria Ohio, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold)
1971 Tonya Crowe, Long Beach California, actress (Olivia-Knots Landing)
1972 Daan Schuurmans, Dutch actor
1972 Jay Walker, quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 Joe Garten, WLAF center (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer
1972 Raphael Graetz, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 Salima Davidson, Pittsburgh Penn, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
1972 Shannon Garrett, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1972 Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian judoka and politician
1973 Peter Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing (Olympics-94, New York Rangers)
1973 Erik Gervais, Canadan kayaker (Olympics-96)
1973 Richard Aimonetto, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1974 Adam Dean, American philosopher
1974 Ed Helms, American actor (The Daily Show, The Hangover, The Office)
1974 Kristy Sargeant, Edmonton Alberta, ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada)
1974 Layla Linn, Miss New Mexico USA (1996)
1974 Shii Ann Huang, American game show contestant
1974 Tim Biakabutuka, running back (Carolina Panthers)
1975 Danielle Connors, Miss Virginia USA (1996)
1975 Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
1976 Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
1976 Laure Belleville, Miss Universe-France (1996)
1976 Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer (Bourne & Kraatz 1995 World Champions-4th)
1977 Kensuke Kita, Japanese guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
1977 Lenka Cenkova, Trinec Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures-Vaihingen-Germany)
1978 Kristen Schaal, Comedian and Actress (Flight of the Concords, 30 Rock, Toy Story 3)
1978 Veerle Baetens, Actress (The Broken Circle Breakdown)
1979 Leandro Desábato, Argentine footballer
1979 Tatyana M Ali, American actress and singer (Sesame Street, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1979 Tom Kostopoulos, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 Nicole Marie Lenz, American actress
1980 Rocky Boiman, American football player
1981 Travis Hanson, American baseball player
1983 Craig Horner, Actor (Swimming Upstream)
1983 Scott Speed, American race car driver
1983 Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
1984 Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
1984 Witold Kieltyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (d. 2007)
1986 Mischa Barton, English-born American actress (The Sixth Sense)
1986 Raviv Ullman, Israeli-born American actor (Pixel Perfect)
1987 Wayne Hennessey, Welsh-born footballer
1988 Jade Ewen, English singer
1989 Calvin Goldspink, English singer/actor (S Club 8) , (S Club Juniors) , (I Dream)
1993 Ashley Jade Stern, daughter of radio personality Howard Stern
1997 Jonah Bobo, Actor (Crazy, Stupid, Love)
Died on January 24th
41 Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated (b. 12)
661 Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered
772 Pope Stephen III (768-72) (b. 720)
817 Stefanus IV, pope (816-17)
1002 Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
1125 David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
1336 Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36) (b. 1299)
1376 Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader
1473 Conrad Paumann, German composer
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
1595 Ferdinand II of Austria (b. 1529)
1626 Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (b. 1580)
1639 Georg Jenatsch, Swiss politician (b. 1596)
1666 Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (b. 1588)
1678 Joan Maetsuyker Governor-General of Netherlands East-Indies
1709 George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
1769 François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)
1805 Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50
1812 Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
1851 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
1856 Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)
1862 James McIntosh, US confederate Brigadier General, in battle at about 33
1864 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54
1864 Stephen Gardner Champlin, Brigadier General (Union), at about 36
1877 Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)
1882 Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)
1883 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
1884 Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
1885 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72
1895 Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)
1901 Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68
1904 Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77
1911 Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67
1911 David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
1913 Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47
1918 George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)
1920 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
1924 Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)
1924 Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80
1929 Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies
1932 Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (b. 1842)
1936 Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873)
1939 Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. 1867)
1940 Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52
1943 John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14) (b. 1858)
1947 Felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies at 60
1948 Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1901)
1948 Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)
1950 Bull Montana, actor (Son of Sheik), dies at 62
1953 [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, General-field marshal (Normandy)
1955 Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
1957 Daniel Taylor, cricketer (brother of Herbie, 2 Tests for South Africa 1914),
1960 Arthur Murray Chisholm, author of Western fiction (b. 1872)
1960 Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
1960 John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66
1960 Rutland Boughton composer, at 82
1961 Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and inventor (b. 1884)
1961 Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82
1962 André Lhote, French painter (b. 1885)
1962 Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster (b. 1877)
1962 Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off)
1964 Joseph Schildkraut actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), at 68
1965 Winston Churchill, soldier, politician, historian, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-45, 51-55) and Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
1966 Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (b. 1909)
1967 Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49
1969 Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78
1969 Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Washington Senators), at 72
1970 Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891)
1970 James "Shep" Shepherd musician (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
1971 Bill W., American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
1972 Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
1973 Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for New Zealand 1956),
1973 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan) (b. 1897)
1973 Masao Ohba, world champion Japanese boxer (b. 1949)
1975 Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (3 Stooges) (b. 1902)
1978 Herta Oberheuser, German doctor (b. 1911)
1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
1979 Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
1980 Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (b. 1887)
1982 Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president and dictator (b. 1918)
1983 George Cukor, American film director (b. 1899)
1986 Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)
1986 Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (Oklahoma, Carousel) (b. 1921)
1986 L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and founder of Scientology (b. 1911)
1986 L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Dianetics, Death Quest), founder of Scientology
1988 Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
1988 Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
1989 George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
1989 Ted Bundy, American serial killer of up to 100 women (b. 1946)
1990 Madge Bellamy, American actress (White Zombie) (b. 1899)
1991 George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
1991 John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931)
1991 Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), of AIDS at 40
1992 Charles Moulin French actor (French Tarzan)
1992 John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven)
1992 Ken Darby, American composer, arranger and conductor (b. 1909)
1992 Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)
1992 Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
1993 Thurgood Marshall, 1st black U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1967-91) (b. 1908)
1993 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (Cumhuriyet Murder) (b. 1942)
1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
1994 Yves Navarre, French writer (b. 1940)
1995 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
1995 Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at 87
1995 Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60
1996 Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at 65
1996 Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner, dies at 75
1997 Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian, dies at 49
1998 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
1998 Walter D. Edmonds, American author (b. 1903)
2000 Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2002 Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956)
2002 Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. 1934)
2003 Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921)
2004 Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
2005 Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929)
2005 June Bronhill, Australian singer (b. 1929)
2005 Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1933)
2006 Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
2006 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers (b. 1914)
2006 Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
2007 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's Oldest Military Veteran (b. 1891)
2007 Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
2007 Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
2008 Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
2009 Gérard Blanc, French singer (b. 1947)
2009 Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942)
2009 Reg Gutteridge, British Boxing Journalist (b. 1924)
2010 Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928)
2011 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director (b. 1949)
2011 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Musician, Bharat Ratna Laureate (b. 1922)
2012 Patricia Neway, American opera and musical theatre singer
2012 James Farentino, American actor
2016 Yvonne Chouteau, Native American dancer (one of the "five Moons" of Oklahoma)