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== Events == |
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*[[588 BC]] - [[Nebuchadrezzar II]] of [[Babylon]] lays siege to [[Jerusalem]] under [[Zedekiah]]'s reign. The siege lasts until [[July 18]], [[586 BC]]. |
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* [[69]] - [[Otho]] seizes power in [[Rome]], proclaiming himself [[Roman Emperors|Emperor of Rome]], but only rules for three months before committing suicide. |
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*[[1559]] - [[Elizabeth I of England]] is [[Coronation|crowned]] in [[Westminster Abbey]] by [[Owen Oglethorpe]], the [[Bishop of Carlisle]], instead of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. |
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*[[1582]] - [[Russia]] cedes [[Livonia]] and [[Estonia]] to [[Poland]]. |
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*[[1759]] - The [[British Museum]] opens. |
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*[[1777]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[New Connecticut]] (present day [[Vermont]]) declares its independence. |
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*[[1782]] - Superintendent of Finance [[Robert Morris (merchant)|Robert Morris]] goes before the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] to recommend establishment of a national [[mint (coin)|mint]] and decimal [[coin]]age. |
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*[[1822]] - [[Greek War of Independence]]: [[Demetrius Ypsilanti]] is elected president of the legislative assembly. |
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*[[1844]] - [[University of Notre Dame]] receives its charter from the state of [[Indiana]]. |
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*[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]] - [[Fort Fisher]] [[North Carolina]] falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy . |
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*[[1870]] - A political [[cartoon]] for the first time symbolizes the [[United States Democratic Party]] with a [[donkey]] ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by [[Thomas Nast]] for [[Harper's Weekly]]). |
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*[[1885]] - [[Wilson Bentley]] takes the first [[photograph]] of a [[snow|snowflake]]. |
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*[[1892]] - [[James Naismith]] publishes the rules for [[basketball]]. |
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*[[1908]] - [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by [[African-American]] college women. |
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*[[1919]] - [[The Boston Molasses Disaster]] kills 21 people. |
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* 1919 - [[Ignace Paderewski]] becomes Premier of [[Poland]]. |
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* 1919 - [[Rosa Luxemburg]] and [[Karl Liebknecht]], two of the most prominent [[socialists]] in [[Germany]], are tortured and murdered by the [[Freikorps]]. |
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*[[1936]] - The first building to be completely covered in [[glass]] is completed in [[Toledo, Ohio]] (the building was for the [[Owens-Illinois Glass Company]]). |
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*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Japan]]ese are driven off [[Guadalcanal (Pacific Ocean island)|Guadalcanal]]. |
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* 1943 - World War II: The [[Battle of Voronezh (1943)|Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh]] begins. |
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* 1943 - The world's largest office building, [[The Pentagon]], is dedicated in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. |
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*[[1947]] - The brutalized corpse of [[Elizabeth Short]] ("The Black Dahlia") is found in [[Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California]]. |
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*[[1951]] - [[Ilse Koch]], The "Bitch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the [[Buchenwald]] [[concentration camp]], is sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in [[West Germany]]. |
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*[[1966]] - The government of [[Abubakar Tafawa Balewa]] in [[Nigeria]] is overthrown in a military [[coup d’état|coup]]. |
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*[[1967]] - In the first ever [[Super Bowl I|Super Bowl]], the [[Green Bay Packers]] defeat the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], 35-10. |
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*[[1969]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches [[Soyuz 5]]. |
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*[[1970]] - After a 32-month fight for independence from [[Nigeria]], [[Biafra]] surrenders. |
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* 1970 - [[Moammar Al Qadhafi|Muammar al-Qaddafi]] is proclaimed premier of [[Libya]]. |
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*[[1973]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Citing progress in peace negotiations, [[President of the United States]] [[Richard Nixon]] announces the suspension of offensive action in [[North Vietnam]]. |
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*[[1975]] - [[Portugal]] grants independence to [[Angola]]. |
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*[[1976]] - [[Gerald Ford]]'s would-be assassin, [[Sara Jane Moore]], is sentenced to life in prison. |
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*[[1977]] - The [[Kälvesta air disaster]] kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history. |
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*[[1986]] - [[The Living Seas]] opens at [[Epcot|EPCOT Center]] in [[Walt Disney World]], [[Florida]]. |
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* 1986 - [[HBO]] and [[Cinemax]] pay cable television services initiate scrambling of their national satellite feeds on [[Galaxy 1]] with the [[Videocipher]] II system. |
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*[[1990]] - [[AT&T]]'s long distance [[telephone]] network suffers a cascade switching failure. |
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*[[1991]] - The [[United Nations]] deadline for the withdrawal of [[Iraq]]i forces from occupied [[Kuwait]] expires, preparing the way for the start of [[Operation Desert Storm]]. |
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*[[1992]] - The international community recognizes the independence of [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]] from the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. |
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*[[1993]] - [[Salvatore Riina]], the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in [[Sicily]] after three decades as a fugitive |
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*[[1999]] - The [[Racak incident]]: 45 [[Albanians]] in the [[Kosovo]] village of [[Racak]] are killed by [[FRY|Yugoslav]] security forces. |
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*[[2001]] - [[Wikipedia]], a free [[Wiki]] content encyclopedia, goes online. |
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*[[2005]] - An intense solar flare blasts X rays across the [[solar system]]. |
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* 2005 - [[ESA]]'s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as [[calcium]], [[aluminum]], [[silicon]], [[iron]], and other surface elements on the moon. |
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*[[2007]] - [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq. |
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*2007 - [[Comet McNaught]] makes [[perigee]] after coming close to the sun. |
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*2007 - Tom Eldred Starts His First Term As Prime Minister |
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==Births== |
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*[[1342]] - [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (d. [[1404]]) |
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*[[1432]] - King [[Afonso V of Portugal]] (d. [[1481]]) |
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*[[1481]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]], Japanese shogun (b. [[1511]]) |
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*[[1538]] - [[Maeda Toshiie]], Japanese general (d. [[1599]]) |
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*[[1622]] - [[Molière]], French playwright (d. [[1673]]) |
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*[[1671]] - [[Abraham de la Pryme]], English antiquarian (d. [[1704]]) |
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*[[1674]] - [[Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon]], French writer (d. [[1762]]) |
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*[[1716]] - [[Philip Livingston]], American founding father (d. [[1778]]) |
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*[[1747]] - [[John Aikin]], English doctor and writer (d. [[1822]]) |
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*[[1754]] - [[Richard Martin ("Humanity Dick")|Richard Martin]], Irish founder of the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|SPCA]] (d. [[1834]]) |
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*[[1791]] - [[Franz Grillparzer]], Austrian writer (d. [[1872]]) |
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*[[1795]] - [[Alexandr Griboyedov]], Russian playwright (d. [[1829]]) |
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*[[1809]] - [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], French anarchist (d. [[1865]]) |
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*[[1812]] - [[Peter Christen Asbjørnsen]], Norwegian writer (d. [[1885]]) |
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*[[1816]] - [[Marie LaFarge]], French murderer (d. [[1852]]) |
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*[[1824]] - [[Marie Duplessis]], French courtesan, inspiration for La Dame aux Camelias (d. 1847) |
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*[[1841]] - [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]], [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. [[1908]]) |
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*[[1842]] - [[Josef Breuer]], Austrian psychologist (d. [[1925]]) |
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*[[1850]] - [[Mihai Eminescu]], Romanian poet (d. [[1889]]) |
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* 1850 - [[Sofia Kovalevskaya]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1891]]) |
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*[[1855]] - [[Jacques Damala]], Greek military officer and actor (d. [[1889]]) |
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*[[1863]] - [[Wilhelm Marx]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1946]]) |
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*[[1866]] - [[Nathan Söderblom]], Swedish archbishop, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1931]]) |
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*[[1869]] - [[Stanisław Wyspiański]], Polish dramatist (d. [[1907]]) |
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*[[1872]] - [[Arsen Kotsoyev]], Russian writer (d. [[1944]]) |
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*[[1875]] - [[Tom Burke (athlete)|Tom Burke]], American runner (d. [[1929]]) |
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*[[1879]] - [[Mazo de la Roche]], Canadian author (d. [[1961]]) |
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*[[1882]] - [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], Crown Princess of Sweden (d. [[1920]]) |
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*[[1885]] - [[Huang Yuanyong]], Chinese writer (d. [[1915]]) |
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* 1885 - [[Lorenz Böhler]], Austrian physician (d. [[1973]]) |
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* 1885 - [[Grover Lowdermilk]], American baseball player (d. [[1968]]) |
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*[[1891]] - [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (d. [[1920]]) |
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* 1891 - [[Osip Mandelstam]], Russian poet (d. [[1938]]) |
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*[[1892]] - [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Irish director (d. [[1950]]) |
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*[[1893]] - [[Ivor Novello]], Welsh composer and actor (d. [[1951]]) |
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*[[1895]] - [[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]], Finnish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1973]]) |
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*[[1897]] - [[Xu Zhimo]], Chinese poet (d. [[1931]]) |
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*[[1899]] - [[Goodman Ace]], American actor (d. [[1982]]) |
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*[[1902]] - King [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]] (d. [[1969]]) |
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*[[1906]] - [[Aristotle Onassis]], Greek shipping magnate (d. [[1975]]) |
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*[[1908]] - [[Edward Teller]], Hungarian-born physicist (d. [[2003]]) |
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*[[1909]] - [[Jean Bugatti]], German-born automobile designer (d. [[1939]]) |
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* 1909 - [[Gene Krupa]], American drummer (d. [[1973]]) |
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*[[1912]] - [[Michel Debré]], French politician (d. [[1996]]) |
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*[[1912]] - [[Harry Hay]], Founder of American Gay Rights Movement (d. [[2002]]) |
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*[[1913]] - [[Lloyd Bridges]], American actor (d. [[1998]]) |
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* 1913 - [[Miriam Hyde]], Australian composer (d. [[2005]]) |
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*[[1914]] - [[Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton]], English historian (d. [[2003]]) |
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*[[1918]] - [[Gamal Abdal Nasser]], [[President of Egypt]] (d. [[1970]]) |
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* 1918 - [[Édouard Gagnon]], Canadian [[Roman Catholic]] cardinal (d. [[2007]]) |
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*[[1920]] - [[John Cardinal O'Connor]], American Catholic cardinal (d. [[2000]]) |
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* 1920 - [[Steve Gromek]], American baseball player (d. [[2002]]) |
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*[[1923]] - [[Lee Teng-hui]], Taiwanese politician |
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* 1923 - [[Ivor Cutler]], Scottish poet (d. [[2006]]) |
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*[[1926]] - [[Maria Schell]], Swiss actress (d. [[2005]]) |
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* 1926 - [[Florence Buchsbaum]], theater director (d. [[1996]]) |
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*[[1927]] - [[Phyllis Coates]], American actress |
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*[[1929]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr]], American civil rights leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1968]]) |
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*[[1930]] - [[Eddie Graham]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1985]]) |
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*[[1933]] - [[Ernest J. Gaines]], American author |
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*[[1937]] - [[Margaret O'Brien]], American actress |
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*[[1938]] - [[Chuni Goswami]], Indian Foothball Player |
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*[[1941]] - [[Don Van Vliet]], a.k.a. [[Captain Beefheart]], American musician and visual artist |
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*[[1943]] - [[Mike Marshall (pitcher)|Mike Marshall]], American baseball player |
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*[[1945]] - [[Vince Foster]], American lawyer (d. [[1993]]) |
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*[[1947]] - [[Andrea Martin]], Canadian actress |
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*[[1948]] - [[Ronnie Van Zant]], American singer ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]) (d. [[1977]]) |
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*[[1949]] - [[Luis Alvarado]], Puerto Rican baseball player (d. [[2001]]) |
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* 1949 - [[Panos Mihalopoulos]], Greek actor |
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*[[1950]] - [[Marius Trésor]], French footballer |
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*[[1951]] - [[Charo]], Spanish-born singer |
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*[[1953]] - [[Kent Hovind]], American evangelist and [[Young Earth creationism|Young Earth creationist]] |
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* 1953 - [[Ta-Tanisha]], American actress |
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*[[1954]] - [[Nikos Sarganis]], Greek footballer |
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*[[1955]] - [[Nigel Benson]], English author |
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*[[1956]] - [[Mayawati]], Indian politician |
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*[[1957]] - [[Marty Lyons]], American football player |
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* 1957 - [[Mario Van Peebles]], American actor |
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* 1957 - [[Patrick Dixon]], British entrepreneur |
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*[[1958]] - [[Boris Tadić]], [[President of Serbia]] |
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*[[1959]] - [[Pete Trewavas]], English bass guitarist ([[Marillion]]) |
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*[[1960]] - [[Aaron Jay Kernis]], American composer |
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* 1960 - [[Kelly Asbury]], American director and actor |
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*[[1961]] - [[Yves P. Pelletier]], Quebec comedian ([[Rock et Belles Oreilles]]), actor and film director |
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*[[1962]] - [[Creflo Dollar]], American televangelist |
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*[[1963]] - [[Conrad Lant]] (aka Cronos), English musician |
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*[[1964]] - [[Osmo Tapio Räihälä]], Finnish composer |
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* 1965 - [[Norma Houston]], North Carolina political mastermind |
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*[[1965]] - [[Bernard Hopkins]], American boxer |
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* 1965 - [[Adam Jones]], American musician ([[Tool (band)|Tool]]) |
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* 1965 - [[James Nesbitt]], Northern Irish actor |
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* 1965 - [[Maurizio Fondriest]], Italian cyclist |
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*[[1968]] - [[Chad Lowe]], American actor |
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* 1968 - [[Iñaki Urdangarín]], Spanish royalty |
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*[[1969]] - [[Delino DeShields]], American baseball player |
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*[[1970]] - [[Shane McMahon]], American professional wrestler |
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*[[1971]] - [[Teanna Kai]], American porn star |
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* 1971 - [[Max Beesley]], English musician and actor |
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* 1971 - [[Regina King]], American actress |
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*[[1972]] - [[Kobe Tai]], American porn star |
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* 1972 - [[Claudia Winkleman]], English television presenter |
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* [[1973]] - [[Essam El-Hadary]],Egyptian Football goal keeper |
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*[[1974]] - [[Ray King]], American baseball player |
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*[[1975]] - [[Mary Pierce]], French tennis player |
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* 1975 - [[Edith Bowman]], Scottish television and radio presenter |
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*[[1976]] - [[Corey Chavous]], American football player |
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*[[1978]] - [[Franco Pellizotti]], Italian cyclist |
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* 1978 - [[Eddie Cahill]], American actor |
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*[[1979]] - [[Drew Brees]], American football player |
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*[[1980]] - [[Matt Holliday]], American baseball player |
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*[[1981]] - [[El Hadji Diouf]], Senegalese footballer |
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* 1981 - [[Howie Day]], American pop singer |
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* 1981 - [[Sean Lamont]], Scottish rugby union footballer |
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*[[1982]] - [[Benjamin Agosto]], American skater |
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* 1982 - [[Megan Quann]], American swimmer |
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* 1982 - [[Prince Philip of Yugoslavia|Philip]] and [[Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b. 1982)|Alexander]], American-born princes of the Yugoslav Royal Family |
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*[[1983]] - [[Jermaine Pennant]], English footballer |
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* 1983 - [[Hugo Viana]], Portuguese footballer |
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*[[1984]] - [[Victor Rasuk]], American actor |
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* 1984 - [[Megan Jendrick]], American professional swimmer |
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*[[1985]] - [[Kenneth Emil Petersen]], Danish footballer |
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*[[1986]] - [[Fred Davis (tight end)|Fred Davis]], American football player |
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*[[1987]] - [[Barbie Blank|Kelly Kelly]], American WWE Diva |
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* 1987 - [[David Knight (footballer)|David Knight]], English footballer |
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* 1987 - [[Michael Seater]], Canadian actor |
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==Deaths== |
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* [[69]] - [[Galba]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[3 BC]]) |
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* [[570]] - [[Saint Ita]], Irish nun (b. [[475]]) |
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* [[936]] - King [[Rudolph of France]] |
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*[[1345]] - [[Martin Zaccaria]], Italo-Greek ruler |
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*[[1595]] - [[Murat III]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1546]]) |
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*[[1672]] - [[John Cosin]], English clergyman (b. [[1594]]) |
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*[[1683]] - [[Philip Warwick]], English writer and politician (b. [[1609]]) |
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*[[1781]] - [[Marianne Victoria of Borbón]], queen regent of Portugal (b. [[1718]]) |
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*[[1790]] - [[John Landen]], English mathematician (b. [[1719]]) |
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*[[1804]] - [[Dru Drury]], English entomologist (b. [[1725]]) |
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*[[1909]] - [[Arnold Janssen]] missionary (b. [[1837]]) |
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*[[1919]] - [[Karl Liebknecht]], German politician (b. [[1871]]) |
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* 1919 - [[Rosa Luxemburg]], German politician (b. [[1870]]) |
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*[[1945]] - [[Wilhelm Wirtinger]], Austrian mathematician (b. [[1865]]) |
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*[[1947]] - [[Elizabeth Short]], the [[Black Dahlia]] (b. [[1924]]) |
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*[[1955]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (b. [[1900]]) |
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*[[1964]] - [[Jack Teagarden]], American musician (b. [[1905]]) |
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*[[1967]] - [[David Burliuk]], Ukrainian artist (b. [[1882]]) |
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*[[1968]] - [[Bill Masterton]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1938]]) |
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*[[1973]] - [[Ivan Petrovsky]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1901]]) |
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* 1973 - [[Coleman Francis]], American film director (b. [[1919]]) |
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*[[1983]] - [[Meyer Lansky]], Russian-born gangster (b. [[1902]]) |
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*[[1987]] - [[Ray Bolger]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. [[1904]]) |
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*[[1988]] - [[Seán MacBride]], Irish statesman, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1904]]) |
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*[[1990]] - [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]], Scottish actor (b. [[1923]]) |
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*[[1992]] - [[Dee Murray]], English bassist (b. [[1946]]) |
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*[[1993]] - [[Sammy Cahn]], American songwriter (b. [[1913]]) |
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*[[1994]] - [[Harry Nilsson]], American musician (b. [[1941]]) |
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*[[1996]] - [[Les Baxter]], American musician and composer (b. [[1922]]) |
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* 1996 - [[Rudolph Wanderone Jr.|Minnesota Fats]], American Billiards player (b. [[1913]]) |
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* 1996 - Paramount Chief [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]] (b. [[1938]]) |
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*[[1998]] - [[Junior Wells]], American musician (b. [[1934]]) |
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*[[2000]] - [[Željko Ražnatović]], aka Arkan, Serbian [[paramilitary]] leader (b. [[1952]]) |
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* 2000 - [[Fran Ryan]], American actress (b. [[1916]]) |
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* 2000 - [[Georges-Henri Lévesque]], French Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist (b. [[1903]]) |
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*[[2001]] - [[Ted Mann]], American screenwriter (b. [[1916]]) |
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*[[2002]] - [[Steve Gromek]], American baseball player (b. [[1920]]) |
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*[[2003]] - [[Doris Fisher]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1915]]) |
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*[[2005]] - [[Deem Bristow]], American video game voice actor (b. [[1947]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Victoria de los Angeles]], Catalan soprano (b. [[1923]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Walter Ernsting]], German author (b. [[1920]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Elizabeth Janeway]], American author (b. [[1913]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Dan Lee]], Canadian animator (b. [[1969]]) |
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* 2005 - [[Ruth Warrick]], American actress (b. [[1915]]) |
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*[[2006]] - [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], [[Emir of Kuwait]] (b. [[1926]]) |
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*[[2007]] - [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of [[Saddam Hussein]] (b. [[1951]]) (executed) |
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* 2007 - [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. [[1945]]) (executed) |
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* 2007 - [[Bo Yibo]], Chinese politician (b. [[1908]]) |
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* 2007 - [[David Vanole]], American soccer player (b. [[1963]]) |
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* 2007 - [[James Hillier]], Canadian inventor of [[electron microscope]] (b. [[1915]]) |
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== Holidays and observances == |
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* [[Roman Empire]] - Second day of the [[Carmentalia]] in honor of [[Carmenta]]. |
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* [[Malawi]] - [[John Chilembwe]] Day. |
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* [[North Korea]] - [[Hangul Day|Korean Alphabet Day]]. |
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* [[United States]] - Traditionally, [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]]. |
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* [[Kerala]] in [[India]] - [[Makaravilakku]] or Makara Sankranthy at [[Sabarimala]]. |
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* [[Jallikattu]] in [[South India]]. |
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* [[Pongal]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] (2007). |
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* Nigerian Armed Forces Rememberance day |
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===Religious observances=== |
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*[[Abeluzius]] in the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] <ref name="Holweck">Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.</ref> |
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* [[Roman Catholic Church]] - [[Saint Ita]], [[virgin]], died January 15, [[570]].<ref name="Attwater">Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Saints''. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.</ref> |
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* [[Macarius of Egypt]]<ref name="Attwater"/> |
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* [[Paul the Hermit]]<ref name="Attwater"/> |
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* [[January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15 BBC: On This Day] |
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* {{NYT On this day|month=01|day=15}} |
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jan&day=15 On this day in Canada] |
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Revision as of 13:56, 15 January 2008
Tom Eld