Tuesday, January 5, 2010

January 5th: History of Events, Birthdays, Deaths



January 5th Events in History

1998
Ice storm
knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario
1998
Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
1997
Juan Darien-Carnival Mass closes at Vivian Beaumont New York
City
1997
Love Thy Neighbor, closes at Booth Theater New York City
1997
Show Boat, closes at Gershwin Theater New York City
1996
Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
1996
Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba
1995
AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl
1995
Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed
1994
Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
1994
Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
1994
Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)
1993
Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG
1993
Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show
accident
1993
Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
1992
6 Degrees of Separation closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City
after 496 perf
1992
Crucible closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 32
performances
1992
On Borrowed Time closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City
after 99 performances
1992
Peter Pan closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48
performances
1992
Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick
Test wkt
1991
Oh, Kay! closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after
77 performances
1991
Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving
title
1991
Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72
pts
1990
J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1989
2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3
airlines at JFK airport in security test
1989
Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
1987
Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
1985
Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
1985
Discovery moves to launch pad for STS-51-C mission
1984
Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1984
Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings
1982
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
1981
Nightline with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes
1981
British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later
convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women
1977
Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament
1976
MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS
1976
Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1976
Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
1975
Wiz opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672
performances
1975
Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in New York City
1975
Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
1975
14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams
pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974
Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh,
Brother"
1973
Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
1973
Netherlands recognizes East Germany
1972
Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
1972
NASA announces development of space shuttle
1972
New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
1972
President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on
manned shuttle
1972
West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
1971
1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
1971
Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game
win streak
1971
U.S. heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
1970
23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
1970
KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins
broadcasting
1970
Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
1969
Maggie Flynn closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82
performances
1969
Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl
Shapiro
1969
Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World"

completed
1969
U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing
(Venus)
1968
Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
1968
Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of
Czechoslovakia
1967
KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California
(IND) begins
1964
Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel
1964
San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1963
Camelot closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873
performances
1963
Carnival! closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719
performances
1963
San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game
1962
Tony Sheridan and Beatles produce "My Bonnie" and
"The Saints"
1961
U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1960
Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an
assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating
1959
Bozo the Clown live children's show premieres on TV
1959
Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't
Matter"
1957
Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New
York Giants
1957
Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East
1956
Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1955
KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st
broadcast
1953
Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea
1953
Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in
Paris
1952
Flying Enterprise sinks
1951
Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf
Open
1950
Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres
in New York City
1949
General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
1949
President Harry S Truman labels his administration the
"Fair Deal"
1946
Show Boat opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417
performances
1945
Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able
Kitty"
1945
Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam
1943
Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
1943
William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to
protest segregation in armed forces
1942
55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1941
British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1940
FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free
signal
1940
Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
1937
Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
1937
Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session
(Nebr)
1934
Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also)
1934
National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
1933
Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1931
1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases
Topeka franchise in the Western League
1930
Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie
Fire"
1929
Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
1927
Fox Studios exhibits Movietone
1927
Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games
played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
1926
James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily
minimum wage
1925
James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?,"

premieres in New York City
1925
Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman
Governor in USA
1925
Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office
1925
French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw,
Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings
1920
Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees
1920
New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
1919
National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
1919
Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege
1918
British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace
1916
Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro
1914
Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour
day
1912
1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)
1911
Portuguese expel Jesuits
1911
SF has it's 1st air meet
1909
Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1905
Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite,
Elara
1905
National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
1904
-34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state
record)
1904
-42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state
record)
1904
England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68
1903
San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
1899
Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton
1896
German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1896
Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in
Barcelona
1895
Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
1895
Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days
1895
French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly
stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
1892
1st successful auroral photograph made
1888
Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
1887
1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
1875
Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris
1875
President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi
1861
250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter
1861
Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay
1859
1st steamboat sails, Red River
1854
Steamship San Francisco wrecked - 300 die
1850
California Exchange opens
1841
James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice
Shelf
1840
Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this
date
1836
Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1834
Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell
1828
1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen
Handelsblad)
1822
Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1809
Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France
1804
Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks
movement
1800
1st Swedenborgian temple in U.S. holds 1st service, Baltimore
1781
British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond,
Va
1776
Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
1757
Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1719
Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian
pact
1717
Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles
1709
Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans
1675
Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
1649
Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in
Venice
1638
Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues
1593
William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
1554
Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
1531
Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
1500
Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
1477
Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7000+ killed
1463
French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris
1438
Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
1349
Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of
Holland/Zealand

January 5th Birthdays in History

1980
Garette
Patrick Ratliff, actor, Return to Blue Lagoon
1979
Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997
1978
January Jones, American Actress
1975
Ray Morgan, announcer, I'd Like to See
1975
Warrick Dunn, running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1975
Bradley Cooper, American Actor
1975
Kylie Bax, New Zealander Model
1974
Calvin Collins, center/guard for the Atlanta Falcons
1974
John Drew Nichols, born in Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You
See
1974
Michelle Scerri, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1995
Tasmanian
1972
Joseph Patton, NFL guard for the Washington Redskins
1971
Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver, Chicago Bears, Scotland
Claymores
1971
Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy
1971
Jason Bates, born in Downey, California, infielder for the
Colorado Rockies
1970
James Patton, NFL defensive end for the Buffalo Bills
1969
David Dixon, NFL guard for the Minnesota Vikings
1969
Derrick Ned, NFL fullback for the New Orleans Saints
1969
Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets
1969
Marilyn Manson, singer and musician
1968
Carl Evans, Actor, Guilding Light
1968
Felton Spencer, NBA center, Utah Jazz
1968
Jean Zedlitz, born in Stockton, California, LPGA golfer, 1994
Children's Med-14th
1968
Joe Juneau, Pont-rouge, NHL center for the Washington Capitals
1968
Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart
1967
Chris Nabholz, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1967
J B Brown, NFL cornerback, Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers
1967
Ray Crockett, NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32
1967
Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor, Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another
World
1966
Kate Schellenbach, musician, Luscious Jackson
1966
Renaldo Turnbull, NFL defensive end, NO Saints, Carolina
Panthers
1965
Rick Tuten, NFL punter for the Seattle Seahawks
1965
Vinnie Jones, British Athlete
1965
Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic
1964
John Erickson, born in Woodland Hills, California, golfer, 1991
Windsor Charity
1964
Ted Harris Poley, born in Englewood, New Jersey, rocker, Danger
Danger-Screw It
1964
Tracy Ham, CFL quarterback, Montreal Alouettes
1963
Jeff Fassero, born in Springfield, Illinois, pitcher for the
Montreal Expos
1962
Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut vs.
New Zealand 1987
1962
Danny Jackson, U.S. baseball pitcher, Royals/Phillies/Cardinals
1962
Donald John Cowie, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class
1996 Olympics
1962
Joel Wyner, actor and director, Lyle Springer-Sirens, Listen,
Club
1961
Curt Bader, born in Bloomfield, Iowa, sprint kayak 1996 Olympics
1959
Kapil Dev, India's cricket player
1959
Clancy Brown, American Actor
1958
Suzy Amis, Oklahoma City, actress, Blame it on Rio, Where the
Heart is
1957
Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player, Midnight Star-No
Parking
1954
Bryan Hitt, rocker, REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You
1953
Pamela Sue Martin, Westport, Connecticut, actress, Nancy Drew,
Fallon-Dynasty
1950
Michael O'Donoghue, writer/performer
1949
Chris Stein, Brooklyn, rock guitarist, Blondie-Heart of Glass,
Call Me
1949
George Brown, rock drummer, Kool and the Gang
1948
Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer, Indian batsman of the mid-70's
1948
Thom Mooney, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, musician, drummer,
played with Fuse, Nazz, The Curtis Brothers, Tattoo
1947
Mike DeWine, born in Springfield, Ohio, Representative-R-Ohio
1983 - 1991, Senator-R-Ohio 1995 - 2007
1947
Ted Lange, born in Oakland California, actor, Isaac-Love Boat,
Mr. T and Tina
1947
Mike DeWine, American Politician
1946
Crazy Barret Diamond Syd, rocker, Pink Floyd
1946
Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little
Drummer Girl
1945
Sam Wyche, NFL coach for the Cincinnati Bengals
1944
Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor, Waaldrecht
1944
Edward G. Rendell, American Politician
1944
Carolyn McCarthy, American Politician
1944
Ed Rendell, American Politician
1943
Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star, Europa Cup 1
1962
1943
Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan International soccer player
1942
Charlie Rose, Henderson, North Carolina, newscaster, CBS Night
Watch
1942
Cliff Potts, born in Glendale California, actor, Ted-Lou Grant
1942
Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
1941
Bob Cunis, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's
1941
Grady Thomas, U.S. rock vocalist, Parliaments, Funkadelic,
Maggot Brain
1941
Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman and
captain
1941
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director
1940
Dany Saval, born in Oakland California, actress, Boeing Boeing,
Moon Pilot
1939
Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event, Gold Medal 1972
Olympics
1939
Peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher
1938
Edwin Elliason, Washington, U.S. archer 1992 Olympics
1938
Jim Otto, NFL center for the Oakland Raiders
1938
Juan Carlos I, king of Spain, 1975-
1938
Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr
1938
Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star
1935
Nancy Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois,
Representative-R-Connecticut 1983 - 2007
1932
Chuck Noll, Cleveland, NFL coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1932
Raisa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady,
1982-1991
1932
Umberto Eco, author, Name of the Rose
1931
Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
1931
Alvin Ailey, choreographer, American Dance Theater
1931
Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great
Santini, Taxi Driver
1931
Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1930
Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
1930
Frederick Charles Tillis, composer
1930
Richard Hayes, Passaic, New Jersey, singer/emcee, Name That Tune
1929
Wilbert Harrison, singer
1928
Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests
1952-62
1928
Walter Fritz Mondale, born in Ceylon, Minnesota,
Senator-D-Minnesota 1964 - 1976, 42nd Vice President, 1977 - 1981
1928
Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier, Pakistan
1928
Walter F. Mondale, American Lawyer
1928
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani Statesman
1928
Elizabeth Joan Smith, Canadian Politician
1926
Claude, Buddy, Young, NFL running back, Yankees, Texans, Colts
1926
Robert Earle, Baldwin, New York, TV host, GE College Bowl
1925
Wolf Morris, actor, Decoy
1923
Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House
1923
Sam Phillips, musician/record founder, Sun
1921
Friedrich Durrenmatt, born in Switzerland, playwright and
novelist, Visit
1921
Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1964-
1920
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
1920
Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket, Pak bat scored 16 and 18 in
only test
1918
Jean Dixon, psychic, Gift of Prophecy
1917
Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy
Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan
1917
Reginald Smith Brindle, composer
1917
Wieland Wagner, German opera director
1915
Uta Graf, singer/teacher
1914
George Reeves, George Lescher Bessolo, actor, Superman
1912
Frank Pace, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Army, 1950 - 1953
1910
Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist
1909
Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris, France, actor, Cat and Mouse, Happy
Hooker
1909
Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile
1909
Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician, Regular Expressions
1908
George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor, Count of Monte Cristo
1907
Anton Ingolic, Slavic author, After Splavih, After Prelomu
1907
Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor
1907
Willi Soukop, sculptor
1906
Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
1905
Laszlo Papp, Hungary, middleweight boxer, Gold Medals 1948,
1952, 1956 Olympics
1903
Leighton Lucas, composer
1903
Telesforo A. Palm, Curaeao, composer/pianist
1902
Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author, Cold
Comfort Farm
1902
Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper publisher, Le Monde, The
Voice,
1902
Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
1901
H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance
fighter
1901
Mario Scelba, premier Italy, 1954-55
1900
Paula Ludwig, writer
1900
Yves Tanguy, French/U.S. sailor/surrealistic painter
1900
Dennis Gabor, Physicist
1897
Jack Wagner, Ohio, actor, Jive Junction
1897
Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami
1896
Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP, ARP
1895
Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
1893
Friedrich Blume, German musicologist, Das Rassenproblem in der
Musik
1893
Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian Leader
1892
Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress, Odette, Assunta
Spina
1882
Herbert Bayard Swope, American Editor
1881
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer
1880
Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer
1879
Jack Norworth, American Musician
1876
Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany, BRD,
1949
1874
Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944
1871
Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Massachusetts, composer
1859
DeWitt B Brace, inventor, spectrophotometer
1858
Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author, Boken om Lillebror
1855
King Camp Gillette, inventor, safety razor
1853
Olympia Brown, American Activist
1850
Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher
1848
Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1846
Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher, Nobel
1908
1840
John Doby Kennedy, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1835
Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
1835
Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint
Maarten
1828
August Valentine Kautz, Major General Union Army
1823
William Rockstro, composer
1822
Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General Confederate Army
1813
Thomas Neville Waul, Brigadier General Confederate Army
1811
Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey
1810
Auguste Mermet, composer
1806
Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet, La Belgium
1788
Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
1787
John Burke, Irish genealogist, Burke's Peerage
1780
Claire EJ, countess of Remusat/Vergennes/French author, Salon
1779
Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812
1779
Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer, Pike's Peak
1778
Fortunato Santini, composer
1773
Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
1773
Richard Heber, English Celebrity
1769
Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, Political Economics
1759
Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
1729
Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter
1710
Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
1679
Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
1661
Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
1596
Henry Lawes, English composer
1592
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal
1560
William Cobbold, composer
1548
Francisco Suarez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian

January 5th Deaths in History

2004
Tug
McGraw, American Athlete
2003
Jean Kerr, writer, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, dies at 79
2003
Roy Jenkins, politician/writer, Winston Churchill, dies at 82
2001
Nancy Parsons, actress, Porky's, dies at 58
1998
Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
1998
Sonny Bono, Representative-R-California 1995 - 1998, singer,
Sonny and Cher, dies skiing at 62
1997
Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72
1996
Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86
1996
Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84
1996
Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
1996
Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at 63
1995
Francis Lopez, French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie),
dies at 78
1995
Mansour Satari, Brigadier-General and commandant (Iran Air
Force), dies at 46
1995
Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for
Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated
by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone
1994
Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
1994
Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker
of the House, dies of cancer at 81
1994
Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
1994
William Raynor, writer, dies at 73
1994
Thomas P. O'Neill, American Politician
1993
George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies
at 85
1993
Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
1993
Jennifer Raine Bissell, daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60
1993
Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at
65
1993
Klaas Wiersma, Dutch Secretary of Justice (VVD), dies
1993
Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
1993
Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
1993
Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
1993
Westley A Dodd, U.S. murderer, 1st hanging in U.S. since 1965
1991
John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82
1991
Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies
at 80
1991
Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at
68
1990
Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
1990
Bart LaRue, entertainer, dies
1988
Pistol Pete Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at
40
1987
Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
1987
Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian Athlete
1982
Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies
at 64
1982
Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
1981
Harold C Urey, U.S. chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
1981
Paul Felix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67
1979
Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader,
dies at 56
1977
Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
1976
Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
1975
Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide
poisoning
1974
Roy Bargy, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1973
Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79
1971
Sonny Liston, World Champ hw boxer (1962-64), found dead at 36
1970
Joseph A. Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers
president, murdered
1970
Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
1970
Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73
1969
Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
1969
Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in
NY
1968
Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
1965
Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr. Kildare), dies at 73
1965
Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
1963
Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
1960
Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
1956
Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at
84
1952
Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for England 3 for
Ind), dies
1952
Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at
64
1951
Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51
1945
Dezso Szabo, Hungarian writer (Wiped-out Village), dies at 65
1944
Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
1943
George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
1942
Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
1940
Tina Modotti, Maria del Carmen, Italian/Mexican communist, dies
at 46
1936
Ramon M del Valle-Inclan, playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at
66
1933
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
1922
Ernest H Shackleton, British South pole explorer (Endurance),
dies at 47
1922
Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer
1904
Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies
at 64
1891
Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at
89
1888
Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
1867
Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet
1862
Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
1860
St. John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male U.S. saint, dies
1858
Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies
at 91
1856
Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor, dies at 67
1848
Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73
1827
Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63
1814
Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
1807
Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
1799
Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet, Husn-u asjk, dies at
about 41
1796
Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of
Independence, dies at 64
1788
Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85
1783
Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
1762
Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52
1759
Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Netherlands cardinal, dies at 79
1746
Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
1740
Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
1684
Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
1603
Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
1595
Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
1592
Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
1589
Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1524
Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies
at 73
1477
Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
1425
John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht,
poisoned
1387
Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
1066
Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66),
dies


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