Sunday, January 3, 2010

January 3rd: History of Events, Birthdays, Deaths




January 3rd Events in History

2006
Samuel
Alito sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
2000
Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern
California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer
1999
Super Bowl XXXIII, Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Denver Broncos
beat Atlanta Falcons 34-19
1998
72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez
(63 63)
1998
STS-89 (Endeavour 12) lands
1994
Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns
down
1994
Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36
1993
St. Joan opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 49
performances
1993
81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61
26 75)
1993
Superbowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17 in
Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, quarterback
1992
Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New
York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00
1992
Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires
1991
Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a
triple-double
1991
Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude
1990
1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest
McDonalds
1990
1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing
1990
Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New
Japan IWGP champ
1988
Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
1988
Superbowl XXII: Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10
in San Diego Superbowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, quarterback
1987
44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Marlee Matlin win
1987
United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX
Corp
1986
Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial
heart
1985
Harrigan 'n Hart opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5
performances
1985
South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he
denounces violence
1984
36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at NJ
1984
Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the
network
1984
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982
10 Arabian oryx, extinct except in zoos, released in Oman
1982
12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13
1982
32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey
1982
Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59)
1982
Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
1982
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13
1982
U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1981
The Tide Is High by Blondie hits #1
1981
38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter
1981
Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39)
1980
Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing
41
1978
Elvis: The Legend Lives! opens at Palace Theater New York City
for 101 performances
1978
Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian
settlements
1977
Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in
Chad
1977
Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of
Fame
1976
Love Rollercoaster by Ohio Players hits #1
1976
Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
1975
Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold
1975
John Lennon releases "#9 Dream"
1975
UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
1974
McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres
1972
Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
1972
Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
1972
Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
1972
U.S. launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations
(396/244,998)
1971
My Sweet Lord by George Harrison hit #1 on United Kingdom pop
chart
1971
Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
1971
Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick
Hafey
1971
U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1971
U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha
Petkevich
1971
& Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of
Fame
1970
Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
1969
Beatles perform last live gig (42-minute concert on roof of
Apple HQs)
1969
Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director
of CIA
1968
Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten
years
1968
Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from
Australia
1968
Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata,
U.S.S.R.
1968
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968
Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins
1966
Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
1966
U.S.S.R. launches Luna 9 towards Moon
1965
Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1964
U.S. report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to
lung cancer
1963
Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say"
and "Ruby Baby"
1962
General Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of
CIA
1962
Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS
Falgout"
1961
David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel
1961
Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone
2
1961
Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium
1961
Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Australia at
Adelaide
1961
NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign
1961
USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
1960
Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis
Newman in New York City
1959
Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL
1958
Jackpot Bowling premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
1958
James van Allen discovers radiation belt
1958
U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
1957
Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)
1957
Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished
1956
French government of Mollet forms
1956
Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil
1955
RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1953
Princess Victoria capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die
1953
Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835
1953
New York, Cleveland, and Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing
the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues
1952
Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1 centuries
1952
Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1950
President Truman approves building of hydrogen bomb
1949
1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in
Chicago)
1948
J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears
in NY
1948
Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway
1946
Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic
1945
U.S. 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath
1944
Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June
1944
U-592 sunk off Ireland
1944
U.S. forces invade Kwajalein Atoll
1943
39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton)
1943
Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan
1943
General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at
Stalingrad
1942
62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton)
1941
21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton)
1941
Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands
1941
Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1940
40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton)
1940
C Turney and J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres
in New York City
1936
Green Hornet radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
1934
Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35
per ounce
1933
French government of Daladier takes power
1933
Hitler promises parliamentary democracy
1932
U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction
1931
NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals
1931
Philip Barry's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow," premieres in
New York City
1930
1st U.S. glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ
1929
Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues"
in Berlin
1929
Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
1928
Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
1927
International allies military command in Germany disbands
1927
NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock
in the Cardinals and play for the Giants
1925
Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola
1920
1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in U.S. (New York City) begins
publication
1920
Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a
game
1920
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates
1917
Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant
ship
1916
Dutch Girl Guides form
1915
1st German poison gas attack, against Russians
1911
Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration
site
1906
Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6
Richter
1905
1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona
Beach
1905
Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor
1904
Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres
1901
Boer general John Smuts and De la Rey conqueror Mud river
Transvaal
1901
Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1901
Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montreal Shamrocks in 2 for Stanley Cup
1895
Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of
Spanish Cuba
1893
Westminster Gazette begins publishing
1874
Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri
1871
Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky
1865
Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America
(121-24)
1865
General Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate
Armies
1863
1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers,
mustered into U.S. army
1862
Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius
1861
Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in
Weimar
1861
State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans
1855
Western railroads blocked by snow
1854
Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)
1851
Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk
1851
SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded
1849
Corn Laws abolished in Britain
1842
John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House
1817
Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna
1804
British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao
1779
Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog
1696
Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)
1679
Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres
in Paris
1675
Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
1627
Spanish government goes bankrupt
1609
Wisselbank of Amsterdam established
1596
Catholic League disjoins
1578
Battle of Gembloers
1560
Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois
1531
Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each
other
1504
By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
876
Charles becomes king of Italy
314
St.
Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

January 3rd Birthdays in History

1985
Andrew
Giuliani, son of Rudy, Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002
1981
Justin Timberlake, American Musician
1977
Naomi Darrell, Miss Bermuda Universe 1997
1976
Buddy Rice, American Celebrity
1975
Kenard Lang, defensive end for the Washington Redskins
1974
Bob Mulder, soccer player, Appingedam, FC Groningen
1974
Lorenzo Styles, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons
1974
Othella Harrington, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets
1974
Pavi Sald, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics
1974
Tory Toogood, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
1973
Latario Rachal, WLAF/NFL receiver, Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego
Chargers
1972
Ben Cavil, guard for the Baltimore Ravens
1972
Fritz Fequiere, WLAF guard, Barcelona Dragons, London Monarchs
1972
Marvin Coleman, CFL defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders
1972
Pulu Poumele, guard for the San Diego Chargers
1972
Reinier Robbemond, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90
1971
Brandi Sherwood, Miss USA-Idaho, 1997, 2nd
1971
Corey Holliday, NFL wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1971
Minnie Driver, actress, Good Will Hunting
1971
Patricia Velasquez, Actress
1970
Greg Skrepenak, NFL tackle, Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers
1970
Rachel Jean Marteen, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Aug,
1995
1970
Travis Hannah, NFL/WLAF receiver, Houston Oilers, Frankfurt
Galaxy
1969
Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics
1968
Doug Pederson, NFL quarterback, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31
1968
Michael Sinclair, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks
1968
Steve Phoenix, U.S. baseball pitcher, Oakland Athletics
1966
Al Jaworsky, Alan Doughty, pop bassist, Jesus Jones
1966
Charles Dimry, NFL cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Philadelphia Eagles
1966
Jamie Taras, CFL guard for the BC Lions
1965
Adam Johnson, Portland, Oregon, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics
1965
Bianca Yasmin Salahshourian, Fairfield Conn, Miss Conn-America
1991
1965
Bobby Dollas, Montreal, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
1965
Kim Clarke, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, team handball back court,
1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics
1965
Rene Trost, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC
1964
Oto Hascak, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998
1964
Remi Bouchard, Lasalle Que, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 India
Open
1964
Sharon Cain, born in San Antonio, Texas, team handball center
back 1996 Olympics
1963
John Dye, Amory Massachusetts, actor, Andrew-Touched by an Angel
1963
Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside, New York, rocker, Anthrax-Protest
and Survive
1960
Elaine Roque, born in Santa Monica, California, beach
volleyballer 1996 Olympics
1959
Anthony LaPaglia, actor, Murder One
1959
Kelly Lynch, actress, Drugstore Cowboy
1958
Rafael Santana, shortstop, New York Mets, New York Yankees
1958
Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1957
Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Alberta Canada, WWF champion
1957
Shirley F Babashoff, California, swimmer, Olympics-6 silver/2
gold-72, 76
1956
Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, rocker, Sex Pistols-God Save the
Queen
1956
Trevor A. Manuel, South African UDF/ANC-leader
1955
Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star
1954
Adrian Vandenberg, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock
guitarist, Whitesnake
1954
Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's
1953
Aart Mol, Dutch bassist, Catapult
1952
Rosanne Musgrave, headmistress, Blackheath HS
1951
Harry Casey, KC, rock vocalist, KC and Sunshine Band-Give It
1951
Phil Manzanera, rock guitarist, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together
1951
Presiley Baxendale, British QC
1949
Carol Hawkins, actress, Dialing for Dingbats
1949
Ken Wilber, American Philosopher
1947
Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts
University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental
activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer,
elk, desert rats
1947
Nolan Ryan, pitcher, Mets, Angels, Astros, 7 no-hitters, 5,714
Ks
1946
Glynn Turman, New York City, actor, Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal,
Centennial
1946
Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous,
Cold Steel
1946
Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India
1967-69
1946
Terry Kath, rocker, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now
1945
Noah Creshevsky, composer
1944
Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet, For the Good Order
1944
Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog
1944
Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner
Weerstandsbeweging
1944
John Inverarity, cricketer, Australian batsman 1968-72
1942
Derek Jarman, actor and director, Angelic Conversation, Edward
II
1942
Gerald Chanberlain, rocker
1941
Jessica Walter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Play Misty
For Me, Amy Prentiss
1941
George S Mickelson, Gov-SD
1941
Dick Gephardt, born in St. Louis, Missouri,
Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 2005
1941
Sharon Miller, LPGA golfer
1941
Dick Gephardt, American Politician
1940
Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style
1938
Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian poet and writer, Madjalah Sunda, Pesta
1938
Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands, 1980-
1938
James G Watt, born in Colorado, U.S. Secretary of Interior, 1981
- 1983
1938
James G. Watt, Public Servant
1937
Philip Glass, born in Baltimore, Maryland, minimal composer,
Einstein on the Beach
1937
Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love,
New York, This Bud's for You
1937
Suzanne Pleshette, New York City, actress, Birds, Emily-Bob
Newhart Show
1936
Marvin Junior, singer, Dells-Oh What a Night
1935
Oe Kenzaburo, Japanese novelist, Catch, Personal Matter
1935
Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Writer
1934
Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's
1934
James Franciscus, Clayton, Missouri, actor, Mr Novak,
Longstreet, Hunter
1934
Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist
1933
Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts,
Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993
1933
Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP, CDA
1932
Pieter Brattinga, Dutch graphic artist
1932
Rick Hall, country/R&B singer
1931
Bill Watson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman
mid-50s
1931
Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete, world record 5k
1931
Ernie Banks, Mr Cub - Chicago Cubs, Hall-of-Famer, 1st baseman
1931
Jean Burroughs, educationalist
1931
Nicholas Gordon Lennox, diplomat
1930
Lynn Carlin, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Joan
Hunter-James at 15
1929
Rudolf Mossbauer, Germany, physicist, Nobel 1961
1928
Chuck Willis, rock vocalist, C C Rider
1928
Eric Ash, rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and
Medicine
1928
Richard Buckley, royal equerry
1928
Robert Clatworthy, sculptor
1926
Jean Simmons, born in London, England, actress, Thorn Birds,
Guys and Dolls
1926
Prunella Briance, founder, National Childbirth Trust
1925
Benjamin Hooks, civil rights leader
1925
Charles Aidman, Frankfort, Indiana, narrator, New Twilight Zone
1925
Fred Catherwood, born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland,
politician, writer, Conservative member of the European Parliament, president
of Evangelical Alliance
1924
Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge
1924
Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker
1923
Eddie Ryder, New York City, actor, Slick Jones-General Hospital
1923
Joanne Dru, Logan, West Virginia, actress, Guestwood Ho, She
Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1923
Norman Mailer, born in New Jersey, American novelist, poet,
playwright, film director, wrote 40 books and 11 novels
1923
Larry Buchanan, American Director
1922
Michael Wilford, diplomat
1922
William Sylvester, born in Oakland California, actor, 2001,
Gorgo, Gemini Man
1921
Carol Channing, Wash, actress, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello
Dolly
1921
John Agar, Chicago, actor, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima
1921
Mario Lanza, Philadelphia, actor/singer, Great Caruso, Toast of
New Orleans
1920
Patrick Heron, painter
1920
Robert Hersant, press baron
1920
Stewart L Udall, St. Johns Ariz, U.S. Secretary of Interior,
1961 - 1969
1920
Stewart L. Udall, Public Servant
1919
Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league
baseball player, Dodgers
1917
Erich Geiringer, general practitioner campaigner
1916
Ciro D Crown, premier of Dutch Antilles, 1968-69
1916
Frank A Parker, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1944
1916
Violet Cane, statistician
1915
Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island,
trumpeteer/orchestral leader, Air Time '57
1915
Garry Moore, Thomas Garrison Morfit, Balt, host, I've Got a
Secret
1915
Thomas Merton, born in France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist, 7
Storey Mt
1915
William Crosbie, artist
1915
Alan Lomax, American Writer
1914
Carey Lofton, Blountsville, Florida, actor,
Skinner-Troubleshooters
1914
Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight boxing champ, 1951-52
1914
Louis Osman, architect/artist/goldsmith
1913
Don Hutson, NFL end, Packers
1913
Hector Iglesias Villoud, composer
1913
Wayne Millner, NFL end, Boston/Washington Redskins
1911
A G Ogston, president, Trinity College-Oxford
1911
Christina Foyle, book seller
1910
Herbert Ashworth, CEO, Nationwide Building Society
1909
Foley Newns, British colonial administrator
1909
Miron Grindea, literary editor
1908
Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934
1906
Benjamin Frankel, composer
1906
R. W. Bonham, founder, International Braille Chess Association
1905
Anna Blaman, Johanna P Vrugt, Dutch writer, Wife and Friend
1905
Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses Maatres
1905
John O'Hara, Pottstown Penn, novelist, Appointment at Samarra
1904
E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder, Trouw
1904
Leon N H Jungschlager, head of military intelligence,
Netherlands-Indies
1903
Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine
1903
Tallulah Bankhead, Huntsville Ala, actress, Lifeboat, Die Die
Darling
1902
Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize-1982
1902
Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer
1902
Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist/professor
1901
Blaz Arnic, born in Luce, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary,
Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of
Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the
20th century
1901
Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer
1894
Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing
Men
1893
Freya Stark, English explorist/author
1892
Eddie Cantor, New York City, comedian, Eddie Cantor Comedy
Theater
1891
Max Drischner, composer
1890
Adolf Bach, German language/sociologist, Deutsche Namenkunde
1889
F R Foster, cricketer, 330 runs and 45 wickets for England
1886
Alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman, President United Nations
security council-1948
1884
Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady
1882
Anna Pavlova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer
1882
Josephus RH van Schaik, Dutch lawyer/vice-premier
1882
Peter Dawson, Australian Musician
1881
Irving Langmuir, inventor, tungsten filament lamp/Nobel 1932
1881
Joseph A. Cushman, U.S., palaentologist
1878
Willem J M van Eysinga, Dutch international law jurist
1877
Max Ettlinger, German philosopher
1876
Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author
1872
Zane Grey, American West novelist, Riders of the Purple Sage
1869
Henry graaf Carton de Wiart, Belgian literary/premier, 1920-21
1868
Theodore William Richards, chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914
1866
Emil Strauss, Germany, writer, Naked Man
1866
Henry Forster, cricketer, Oxford blue 1887-89, later Austrian
Governor-General
1863
F Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher, Revue the
Synthesis
1836
Henryk Szulc, composer
1830
James G Blaine, the "Plumed Knight"
1818
William Raine Peck, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1817
Antony Winkler Prins, Dutch writer, Groiler Encyclopaedia
1813
Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist
1812
John Randolph Tucker, Captain, Confederate Navy
1810
Daniel Ruggles, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1804
Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author, poet and critic
1802
Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1798
Karl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer
1797
Franz Peter Schubert, Lichtenthal, Austria, composer, Unfinished
Symphony
1797
Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer
1787
Louis Angely, German, comedy writer, Sieben Madchen in Uniform
1784
Carl Wilhelm Henning, composer
1784
Bernard Barton, American Poet
1778
Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia,
1848
1759
Francois Devienne, composer
1752
Gouverneur Morris, American Statesman
1750
Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War, 1798-1800, 1803-06
1741
Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of
Koningsberg
1734
Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
1734
Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence
1633
Nathaniel Crew, English bishop, Durham
1623
Francois-Xavier de Laval
1620
Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief
1614
Nicolas Saboly, composer
1612
Hendrik Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia
1607
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
1601
Pieter de Bloot, Dutch landscape painter
1573
Ambrosius Metzger, composer
1573
Giulio Cesare Monteverdi, composer
1543
Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japanese Statesman
1517
Gioseffo Zarlino,
composer

January 3rd Deaths in History

2007
Molly
Ivins, died in Austin, Texas, of inflammatory breast cancer, at 62
2001
Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77
2000
Gil Kane, American Artist
1997
Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84
1996
Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65
1995
George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at
105
1995
James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86
1994
Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
1992
Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82
1992
Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63
1989
Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at
80
1989
Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63
1989
William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier
1987
Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies
at 79
1980
J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S
Af), dies
1974
Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61
1974
Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58
1974
Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72
1974
Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72
1974
Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
1973
Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1972
Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at
51
1972
Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
1972
Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
1970
Slim Harpo, James Moore, rocker, dies at 28
1969
Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77
1967
Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at
100
1967
Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
1966
Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90
1960
Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53
1956
A. A. Milne, English Author
1955
John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at
89
1954
Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at
63
1954
Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65
1949
Henri de Vries, Hendricus Walterop, actor (Cleopatra), dies at
84
1945
Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at
25
1944
Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist
1940
Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am
Rhein), dies at 56
1933
John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at
65
1925
George Washington Cable, American Novelist
1922
Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56
1919
Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79
1892
Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman
1891
Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75
1864
Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri
(1861-64), dies
1861
Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53
1828
Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
1788
Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67
1788
Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50
1788
[Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67
1606
Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot",
executed at 35
1580
Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies
1561
Menno
Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies

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