Ken Fussichen's History Of The Day For
January 27th

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1343*Pope Clement VI's bull "Unigenitus" officially ratifies the belief that Indulgences owed their potency to the Pope's dispensation of the accumulated merit of the Church. (In 1518 Cardinal Thomas Cajetan accused German reformer Martin Luther, 32, of challenging the validity of this Catholic doctrine.)Ref: 5
1538 States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy.Ref: 5
1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies.Ref: 5
1593*Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno.Ref: 5
1662*First American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI).Ref: 5
1671*Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City.Ref: 5
1695*Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Amhed II.Ref: 2
1710*Czar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget.Ref: 5
1736*Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland.Ref: 5
1785*First US state university chartered, Athens GA.Ref: 5
1822*Greek Independence formally proclaimed, setting off a decade of conflict.Ref: 17
1823*President Monroe appoints first US ambassadors to South America.Ref: 5
1825*Congress approves Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears."Ref: 2
1865*Treaty between Spain and Peru recognises Peruvian Independence.Ref: 10
1870*Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women’s Greek letter society, or sorority, is founded at Indiana Asbury University -- now DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.Ref: 4
1870*After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union.Ref: 5
1870*Manitoba & Northwest Territories incorporated.Ref: 5
1886*First British government of Salisbury resigns.Ref: 5
1888*The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, DC.Ref: 4
1900 Foreign diplomats in Peking fear revolt and demand that the Imperial Government discipline the Boxer Rebels.Ref: 2
1900*Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds first convention.Ref: 5
1905*Maurice Rouvier forms government in France.Ref: 5
1906*(Shipp) Nevada Taylor travels to the county jail in Nashville to identify her attacker. Johnson and another black man are asked to stand in front of her and speak several sentences. Taylor says Johnson was "like the man as I remember him." She says he "has the same soft, kind voice." Taylor also issues a statement deploring mob violence Shipp telegrams Judge S. S. McReynolds and asks him to proceed with the grand jury. That afternoon, Hamilton County District Attorney Matt Whitaker presents evidence against Johnson. The grand jury votes to issue and indictment of Johnson for the rape of Taylor.Ref: 87
1916*President Woodrow Wilson opens preparedness program.Ref: 2
1916*Communist party "Spartacus Letters" first published in Berlin.Ref: 5
1918 Communists attempt to seize power in Finland.Ref: 2
1924*Lenin's body is laid in a marble tomb on Red Square near the Kremlin. Lenin's body is laid in a marble tomb on Red Square near the Kremlin.Ref: 2
1924*Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier.Ref: 5
1926*US Senate agrees to join World Court.Ref: 5
1927*(and 28th) The appeal from the denial of Medeiros motion argued before the Supreme Judicial Court.Ref: 87
1934*French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair).Ref: 5
1935*The League of Nations majority favors depriving Japan of mandates.Ref: 2
1939*President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves the sale of U.S. war planes to France.Ref: 2
1940*-17ºF (-27ºC), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record).Ref: 5
1941*The United States and Great Britain begin high-level military talks in Washington.Ref: 2
1941*Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreibér warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor.Ref: 5
1942*-19ºF (-27.4ºC), Netherlands' coldest day since 1850.Ref: 5
1945*Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz. By this time, an estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews, have been murdered there.Ref: 35
1945*Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance", arrested.Ref: 5
1948*The Virginia Railway Company puts a 6800 horsepower electric locomotive in service, the EL-2B No. 125. It was 151 feet long and could pull more than 1 million pounds. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2001)Ref: 83
1949*Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China.Ref: 5
1951*US begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site.Ref: 5
1951*An era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.Ref: 70
1953*Netherlands ends Marshall aid.Ref: 5
1958*Ferenc Münnich follows Kádár as premier of Hungary.Ref: 5
1964*Margaret Chase Smith (Senator-R-ME) tries for Republican Presidential bid.Ref: 5
1966*Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or National League must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966.Ref: 5
1967*More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.Ref: 17
1969 Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years.Ref: 5
1971*Montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'.Ref: 5
1972*In Columbia, the white and black United Methodist conferences of South Carolina -- separated since the Civil War -- voted in their respective meetings to adopt a plan of union.Ref: 5
1973*Military draft ends. (TWA, 1998)Ref: 95
1977*President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000).Ref: 5
1977*The Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests.Ref: 70
1978*The State Supreme Court rules that Nazis can display the Swastika in a march in Skokie, Illinois.Ref: 2
1981*President Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages released by Iran at the White House.Ref: 70
1982*Mauno Koivisto installed as President of Finland.Ref: 5
1982*Roberto S Cordova installed as President of Honduras.Ref: 5
1983 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid.Ref: 5
1985*The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia announced plans to sell its soft drinks in the Soviet Union. Pepsico, makers of Pepsi, had been selling its products there for 12 years prior to Coke’s plan to join in the Soviet cola wars.Ref: 4
1985*Pope John Paul says mass to one million in Venezuela.Ref: 2
1988*(US Supreme Court Justice) Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to US Supreme Court.Ref: 5
1989*German war criminals Fischer & Austrian der Fünten freed.Ref: 5
1990 Dissolution of Polish communist party.Ref: 5
1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands.Ref: 5
1991*Nadine Strossen is first female president of the ACLU.Ref: 5
1992*Macy's files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Ref: 10
1992*Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair.Ref: 5
1993*The Commerce Department imposed temporary tariffs on steel imports from 19 countries, drawing sharp criticism from the affected nations. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2003)Ref: 83
1994*Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras.Ref: 5
1994 Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites.Ref: 5
1995*(OJ Simpson) O.J. Simpson's book, I Want to Tell You, is published.Ref: 87
1995*U.S. and Vietnam sign agreements settling old property claims and establishing liaison offices in each other's capitals.Ref: 41
1995*Federal Assembly bans loans from Central Bank to the government without its approvalRef: 89
1996*Catherine Roskam becomes the first New York female Episcopal bishop.Ref: 5
1996*France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.Ref: 5
1996*Germany celebrates its first Holocaust Remembrance Day.Ref: 5
1997*WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: Tronneal Mangum, 13, shot and killed another student on the sidewalk in front of his middle school. 
1997*Chechen elections held; Aslan Maskhadov wins with 65%Ref: 89
1998*Shaken by scandal over his relationship with former White House Intern Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton sought to reassert his leadership in his State of the Union address urging Congress to "save Social Security first" before considering cutting taxes or increasing spending. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2003)Ref: 83
1998*First Lady Hillary Clinton, on NBC's Today Show, charged allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy". (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2003)Ref: 83
1998*Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City NY) Tram, injuring 10.Ref: 5
2003*The Bush administration dismisses Iraq's response to UN disarmament demands as inadequate. Meanwhile, chief UN inspector Hans Blix charges that Iraq had never genuinely accepted UN resolutions demanding its disarmament and warned that "cooperation on substance" was necessary for a peaceful solution. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2004)Ref: 83
1880*Thomas Alva Edison of Menlo Park, NJ patents the electric incandescent lamp.Ref: 4
1908*Pasiphaë, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte.Ref: 5
1939*The Lockheed P-38 Lightning (XP-38) makes its maiden flight. 
1948*Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first magnetic tape recorder. The ‘Wireway’ machine with a built-in oscillator sold for $149.50.Ref: 4
1959*NASA selects 110 candidates for the first U.S. space flight.Ref: 2
1965*First ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite.Ref: 5
1985*15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth.Ref: 5
1998 Roland Clarkson discovers 2^3021377-1 (37th known Mersenne prime).Ref: 5
1864*Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford VA.Ref: 5
1864*Battle of Fair Gardens, Tennessee.Ref: 5
1905*Russian General Kuropatkin takes the offensive in Manchuria. The Japanese under General Oyama suffer heavy casualties.Ref: 2
1915*US Marines occupy Haiti.Ref: 5
1916*Wilson launches nationwide whistle-stop campaign to generate support for Preparedness and the Continental Army with three speeches in New York.Ref: 2
1942*The first Japanese warship is sunk by a U.S. submarine. 
1942*Gen. DeWitt met with Gov. Culbert L. Olson to gain his support for relocation of the Japanese. Attorney Gen. Warren and L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron also demanded the Japanese be moved out.Ref: 37
1943*The first all-U.S. raids on the Reich blast Wilhelmshaven base and Emden.Ref: 2
1944*The Soviet Union announced the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years and left 600,000 dead.Ref: 5
1945*Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands).Ref: 5
1965*Military leaders oust the civilian government of Tran Van Huong in Saigon.Ref: 2
1973*The United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Viet Cong sign the Paris Peace Accords, ending the American combat role in war. U.S. military draft ends.Ref: 41
1976 Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara.Ref: 5
1894*The University of Chicago played its first basketball game, defeating the Chicago YMCA Training School 19-11. The University of Chicago was the first basketball team to play a full schedule of games, winding up with a 6-1 record.Ref: 4
1906 Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 seconds.Ref: 5
1915*Babe Ruth hit his first major-league home run. He was playing for the Boston Red Sox at the time. 'The Sultan of Swat' went on to smash 714 round-trippers before he retired, as a NY Yankee, in 1935.Ref: 4
1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9 53) (record).Ref: 5
1927*Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game.Ref: 5
1933*Senator veteran first baseman Joe Judge is released and will later sign with Dodgers.Ref: 1
1934*27th Australian Men's Tennis Open Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61).Ref: 5
1943*The Reds trade pitcher Paul Derringer to the Cubs for cash.Ref: 1
1944*Casey Stengel resigned as manager of the Boston Braves, a position he had held since 1938. He became manager of the New York Yankees in 1948. Here are some famous Stengelisms: “The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day -- just two out of three.”; “The secret of managing a club is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the five guys who are undecided.”; and “You have to draft a catcher, because if you don’t have one, the ball will roll all the way back to the screen.”Ref: 4
1946*The NY Yankees announced that they were to be the first major-league baseball team to travel by airplane during the entire 1946 season.Ref: 4
1949*Fred Saigh gains ninety percent control of the Cardinals when he buys out the interest of Robert Hennegan. After just two years of ownership, Hennegan makes a tidy profit of $866,000.Ref: 1
1954*Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile in Oxford, England. He was timed at 3:59.4 seconds. Bannister told reporters that a mile run of 3:30 would be run before 1999.Ref: 4
1956*The New York football Giants switches its NFL home games to Yankee Stadium fueling speculation the MLB Giants will also be leaving the Polo Grounds.Ref: 1
1957*Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open.Ref: 5
1963 Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 seconds.Ref: 5
1963*Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.Ref: 5
1967*New Orleans Saints sign their first player (Paige Cothren-kicker).Ref: 5
1973*UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record).Ref: 5
1973 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn (her 5th consecutive win).Ref: 5
1973 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr.Ref: 5
1976*9th ABA All-Star Game Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver.Ref: 5
1979*Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8).Ref: 5
1980*10th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 37-27.Ref: 5
1982*Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa & Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus.Ref: 5
1984*Carl Lewis bettered his own two-year-old record by 9-1/4 inches when he sets a new, world indoor record with a long-jump mark of 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches. The track event was held in New York City.Ref: 4
1984*‘The Great One’, Wayne Gretzky, set a National Hockey League record for consecutive game scoring, as his streak ended at 51 games. The streak began on October 5, 1983, ending with the L.A. Kings defeating the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2. Gretzky collected 153 points (61 goals and 92 assists) during the run. Gretzky left Edmonton to play for the Kings in 1988.Ref: 4
1985*Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.Ref: 5
1985*Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25).Ref: 5
1985*NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 22-14.Ref: 5
1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team.Ref: 5
1989*Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games.Ref: 5
1989*Oklahoma's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Oklahoma grad student.Ref: 5
1990*64th Australian Open Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez (63 64).Ref: 5
1991*Super Bowl XXV: NY Giants 20, Buffalo 19, at Tampa Stadium, Tampa. Ref 
1991*79th Australian Open Men's Tennis Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (16 64 64 64).Ref: 5
1992*Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty).Ref: 5
1993 American Chad Rowan (Akebono) was awarded the highest rank in sumo wrestling, making him the first foreign ‘yokozuna’. The 6-foot-9, 510-pound naturalized Japanese citizen born in Hawaii became the 64th person to hold the top rank in the Japanese sport’s 2,000-year history.Ref: 4
1994*Figure skater Tonya Harding appeared before reporters in Portland OR to say that while she had no prior knowledge of the attack on her rival, Nancy Kerrigan, she had failed to report "things I learned about the assault" afterward. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2004)Ref: 83
1995*69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62).Ref: 5
1996*70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61).Ref: 5
1998*WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit ShockRef: 5
1999*Former Met infielder Carlos Baerga signs a one-year free-agent contract with the Cardinals.Ref: 1
2002*Super Bowl XXXVI, New England Patriots 20, St Louis Rams 17 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. (USA Today, p 17E, 1/24/2003)Ref: 13
2002*Thomas Johansson defeats Marat Safin to win the Australian Open. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2003)Ref: 83
1302*Dante becomes a Florentine political exile.Ref: 5
1778*Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris.Ref: 5
1839*Birth of John Julian, famed English authority on sacred music. His undoubted masterwork is the monumental "Dictionary of Hymnology" which he published in 1892 (later revised, updated and reissued in 1957).Ref: 5
1894*Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park.Ref: 5
1918*"Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater.Ref: 5
1931 NBC radio introduced listeners to Clara, Lu ’n’ Em on its Blue network (later, ABC radio). The show became the first daytime radio serial when it was moved from its original nighttime slot.Ref: 4
1945*S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in New York City NY.Ref: 5
1950*2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win.Ref: 5
1951*"Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances.Ref: 5
1955*"Plain & Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City NY for 476 performances.Ref: 5
1956 The CBS Radio Workshop was heard for the first time. This first broadcast featured Aldous Huxley narrating his classic, Brave New World.Ref: 4
1961*Leontyne Price made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. She sang in the role of Leonora in Il Trovatore. Price was only the seventh black singer to make a debut at the Met. Marian Anderson was the first (1955).Ref: 4
1961*"Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV.Ref: 5
1962*"Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City NY for 65 performances.Ref: 5
1964*"Introducing the Beatles" album released in US.Ref: 5
1967*Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records.Ref: 5
1968*The Bee Gees played their first American concert, as a group. They earned $50,000 to entertain at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. This is identical to what the Beatles were paid to perform at the Hollywood Bowl a few years earlier.Ref: 4
1968*Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay was released on this day, seven weeks after the singer’s death. It became #1 on March 16, 1968 and remained at the top spot for a month. Redding began his recording career in 1960 with Johnny Jenkins and The Pinetoppers (on Confederate Records). He sang duet with Carla Thomas and had 11 chart hits. Redding of Dawson, GA was killed in a plane crash at Lake Monona near Madison, WI. Four members of the Bar-Kays were also killed in the crash. The Dock of the Bay, his only number one song, was recorded just three days before his death.Ref: 4
1968*"Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City NY for 31 performances.Ref: 5
1969*Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 4th).Ref: 5
1970 Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG".Ref: 5
1974*"Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 320 performances.Ref: 5
1976*"Laverne & Shirley" spin-off from "Happy Days" premiers on ABC-TV.Ref: 5
1977*1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC-TV.Ref: 5
1979*36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda.Ref: 5
1980*"Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 45 performances.Ref: 5
1982*"Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City NY for 747 performances.Ref: 5
1984*Michael Jackson’s hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in Los Angeles. Pyrotechnics did not operate on cue, injuring the singer. Jackson was hospitalized for a few days and fans from around the world sent messages of concern.Ref: 4
1984*John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album.Ref: 5
1985*"Doug Henning & His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne NY after 60 performances.Ref: 5
1986*13th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & Crystal Gayle.Ref: 5
1992*"Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City NY for 7 performances.Ref: 5
1992*19th American Music Award C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win.Ref: 5
1992*Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee.Ref: 5
1993*DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12.Ref: 5
1994*"No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City NY for 61 performances.Ref: 5
1997*"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" opens at Gershwin New York City NY.Ref: 5
1997*24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win.Ref: 5
1546 Joachim III Frederick elector (Brandenburg), is born.Ref: 5
1556*Abbas I "the Great", shah of Persia (1587-1629), is born.Ref: 5
1592*Pierre de La Barre composer, is born.Ref: 5
1600*Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69), is born.Ref: 69
1662*Richard Bentley Oulton, scholar/controversialist, is born.Ref: 5
1679*Jean-François de Troy French painter, is born.Ref: 5
1701*Johann N von Hontheim German church historian/suffragan (bishop), is born.Ref: 5
1715*Vaclav Kalous composer, is born.Ref: 5
1720*Samuel Foote England, actor/dramatist (Mirror), is born.Ref: 5
1723 Johann A Cramer prime minister/poet, is born.Ref: 5
1756*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus) composer: Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Symphony #41, Requiem, A Little Night Music; is born in Salzburg, Austria.Ref: 68
1775*Friedrich von Schelling Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity), is born.Ref: 5
1775*Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez García Spanish tenor/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1784*Martin-Joseph Mengal composer, is born.Ref: 5
1805*Samuel Palmer London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision), is born.Ref: 5
1806*Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, is born.Ref: 5
1808*David F Strauss Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life), is born.Ref: 5
1822*Thomas Leiper Kane Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883, is born.Ref: 5
1823*Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole), is born in Lille, France.Ref: 5
1824*Jozef Israëls Dutch painter, is born.Ref: 5
1826*Richard Taylor Lieutenant-General (Confederate Army), died in 1879, is born.Ref: 5
1828*Louis Schubert composer, is born.Ref: 5
1828*Samuel Allen Rice Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864, is born.Ref: 5
1830*William Henry Fitzhugh Payne Brigadier General (Confederate Army), is born.Ref: 5
1830*Georg Hellmesberger composer, is born.Ref: 5
1832*Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, is born in Cheshire, England.Ref: 4
1834*Dmitri Mendeleev chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements), is born.Ref: 5
1834*Robert Sanford Foster Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), is born.Ref: 5
1836*Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (masochism), is born.Ref: 5
1850*Samuel Gompers labor union leader: first president of the American Federation of Labor [AFL]; is born.Ref: 4
1851*Rafael Obligado Argentina, writer (Santos Vega), is born.Ref: 5
1858*Neel [Cornelia H] Doff Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer, is born.Ref: 5
1859*Kaiser Wilhelm II, emperor who ruled Germany during World War I but was forced to abdicate in 1918, is born.Ref: 2
1867*Claude Antoine Terrasse composer, is born.Ref: 5
1868*Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera), is born.Ref: 5
1869*Will Marion Cook composer, is born.Ref: 5
1872*Learned Hand Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals), is born.Ref: 5
1882*Giuseppe Prezzolini Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano), is born.Ref: 5
1885*Jerome Kern the father of the American musical: composer: Show Boat, Ol’ Man River, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Lovely to Look At, The Way You Look Tonight, The Last Time I Saw Paris; is born in New York, NY.Ref: 4
1885*Eduard Künneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda), is born.Ref: 5
1887*Carl Blegen Minneapolis MN, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos), is born.Ref: 5
1888*Victor Moritz Goldschmidt, Swiss-born Norwegian mineralogist and petrologist, is born.Ref: 70
1889*Balthasar van der Pol physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol), is born.Ref: 5
1891*Ilya Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw), is born.Ref: 5
1892*Mitya Stillman composer, is born.Ref: 5
1892 Ch'ing-ling Soong, Chinese political figure, is born.Ref: 70
1894*Fritz Pollard early black NFL star (1920-26), is born.Ref: 5
1895*Harry Ruby (Rubinstein) musician: composer: Duck Soup; is born.Ref: 4
1895*Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41), is born.Ref: 5
1895*Claudio Carneyro composer, is born.Ref: 5
1899*Granville, English composer, is born.Ref: 5
1900*Hyman Rickover, American admiral who is considered the "Father of the Atomic Submarine", is born in Makowa, Poland. (TWA, 1986)Ref: 95
1901*Art Rooney NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers), is born.Ref: 5
1901*Willy Fritsch German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), is born.Ref: 5
1903*Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Pruitts of So Hampton), is born.Ref: 5
1903*John Eccles British physiologist/neurologist, is born.Ref: 5
1905*Howard McNear Los Angeles CA, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons), is born.Ref: 5
1905*Luther Diamond radio personality, is born.Ref: 5
1906*Radames Gnattali composer, is born.Ref: 5
1908*William Randolph Hearst Jr. publishing and broadcasting mogul: newspapers: San Francisco Examiner, magazines: Cosmopolitan; Hearst Broadcasting, A&E Television Networks, The History Channel, is born.Ref: 4
1911*Benay Venuta San Francisco CA, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), is born.Ref: 5
1912*Lawrence Durrell Indian/British writer (Private Country), is born.Ref: 5
1913*Milton Adolphus composer, is born.Ref: 5
1913*Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer, is born.Ref: 5
1914*Anna Larina revolutionary, is born.Ref: 5
1915*Jack Brymer clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
1916*Milt (Milton W.) Raskin pianist, composer: Twenty Mule Train [Death Valley Days], Exotic Percussion [Kapu], Look Out Up There [w/Pete Rugolo], I Never Wanna Look Into Those Eyes [w/Johnny Mercer], Mileka; arranger: Naked City, The Fugitive, The Agony and the Ecstacy, Lawrence of Arabia; is born.Ref: 4
1917*Dunboyne Lord, is born.Ref: 5
1917*Merrivale Lord, is born.Ref: 5
1918*Skitch (Lyle) Henderson bandleader: musical director of NBC-TV’s The Tonight Show with Steve Allen, Johnny Carson; conductor: Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, is born in Birmingham England.Ref: 4
1918*Elmore James musician (Dust My Broom), is born.Ref: 5
1919*David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], Fresno CA, (Alvin & Chipmunks), is born.Ref: 5
1919*H D Halsey Bishop of Carlisle, is born.Ref: 5
1919*Nina Milkina pianist, is born.Ref: 5
1921*Donna Reed (Mullenger), Denison IA, actress (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life), is born. (TWA, 1986)Ref: 95
1922 Wilfrid Bourne QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, is born.Ref: 5
1924*Sabu (Dastagir) actor: A Tiger Walks, The Treasure of Bengal, The Jungle Book, Arabian Nights, The Thief of Bagdad, The Elephant Boy; is born.Ref: 4
1924*Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev composer, is born.Ref: 5
1924 Kenneth Corfield CEO (STC), is born.Ref: 5
1924 Rauf Denktasj Turkish-Cypriot politician, is born.Ref: 5
1924*Rix Lord, is born.Ref: 5
1924*William van Straubenzee British MP, is born.Ref: 5
1925*Geoffrey Tucker British political consultant, is born.Ref: 5
1925*John Bury designer, is born.Ref: 5
1927*Doretta Morrow New York City NY, actress (Because You're Mine), is born.Ref: 5
1927*Joe Perry AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback (San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts), is born.Ref: 5
1927*Michael Craig Poona India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), is born.Ref: 5
1927*Nancy Dickerson journalist (NBC), is born.Ref: 5
1928*Jean-Michel Damase composer, is born.Ref: 5
1929*Ingrid Thulin Solleftea Sweden, actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned), is born.Ref: 5
1929 Richard Du Cann lawyer QC, is born.Ref: 5
1930*Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland (Robert Calvin Brooks) singer: That’s the Way Love Is, Call on Me, Turn on Your Love Light, Ain’t Nothin’ You Can Do; original group: The Beale Streeters with Johnny Ace, is born in Rosemark TN.Ref: 4
1930*Esteban Edward Torres (Representative-D-CA, 1983- ), is born.Ref: 5
1930*Roger Sims British MP, is born.Ref: 5
1931 Mordecai Richler is born.Ref: 10
1931*John Hopkins writer, is born.Ref: 5
1931*Mordecai Richler Montréal, author (Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), is born.Ref: 5
1931*Rudi Maugeri rocker (Crew Cuts), is born.Ref: 5
1931*Vinson Lord, is born.Ref: 5
1932*Neville Trotter British MP, is born.Ref: 5
1933 Mohamed Al Fayed CEO (Harrods), is born.Ref: 5
1933 Rita Hennessy matron-in-chief (QARANC), is born.Ref: 5
1934*George Follmer auto racer: Spanish Grand Prix [3rd place: 1973]; Trans-Am season win [tied w/Hurley Haywood, Carl Shafer: 1976], is born.Ref: 4
1934*Edith Campion Cresson, first female Prime Minister of France, is born in Billancourt France.Ref: 68
1934 Federico Mayor Zaragoza Barcelona, Spain, UNESCO director (1987- ), is born.Ref: 5
1934 Donald Spiers controller (Aircraft MoD), is born.Ref: 5
1934 Julian Ogilvie Thompson CEO (De Beers), is born.Ref: 5
1935*Gillian Beer professor/president (Clare Hall-Cambridge), is born.Ref: 5
1936*Troy Donahue (Merle Johnson) actor: Hawaiian Eye, Parrish, A Summer Place, Assault of the Party Nerds, The Godfather: Part 2, The Chilling; is born.Ref: 68
1936*Ismail Kadare Albanian author/poet (Dimri i Madh), is born.Ref: 5
1937*John Ogdon Manchester England, pianist/composer, is born.Ref: 5
1938*Kim Gardner rocker (Byrds), is born.Ref: 5
1938*Timothy Elworthy Captain of The Queen's Flight, is born.Ref: 5
1939*Mike Hill Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open), is born.Ref: 5
1939*N R Bomford head master (Harrow School), is born.Ref: 5
1939*Rawlings Baroness, is born.Ref: 5
1939*Tigran Yegiayi Mansuryan composer, is born.Ref: 5
1940*Brian T O'Leary Boston MA, astronaut, is born.Ref: 5
1940*Harry Kümel Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden), is born.Ref: 5
1940*James Cromwell Los Angeles CA, actor (Stretch-All in the Family, Babe), is born.Ref: 5
1942*Petr Kotik composer, is born.Ref: 5
1943 A H Harper CEO (Baltic Exchange), is born.Ref: 5
1943*Cumberlege Baroness, is born.Ref: 5
1944*Nick Mason musician: drums: group: Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne, Let There be More Light, Atom Heart Mother, Echoes, Wish You Were Here, Shine on You Crazy Diamond; LP: Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, is born.Ref: 4
1944*Kevin Coyne rocker, is born.Ref: 5
1945*Mairead Corrigan-Maguire North Irish peace activist (Nobel 1976), is born.Ref: 5
1945*Nicholas Berkeley Mason drummer (Pink Floyd-The Wall, Money), is born.Ref: 5
1946*Nedra Talley singer: group: The Ronettes: Be My Baby, Baby I Love You, Do I Love You, Walking in the Rain, [The Best Part of] Breaking Up, is born.Ref: 4
1946*Kim Gardner England, rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), is born.Ref: 5
1947*Nedra Telley New York City NY, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby), is born.Ref: 5
1948*Mikhail Baryshnikov Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing), is born.Ref: 5
1948*Chuck Larsen rocker (Snuff), is born.Ref: 5
1949*Lifford Viscount, is born.Ref: 5
1950*Russell Lee basketball: Milwaukee Bucks, is born.Ref: 4
1951*Brian Downey musician: drums: group: Thin Lizzy: Still in Love with You, Killer on the Loose, Whiskey in the Jar, The Rocker, Little Girl in Bloom, is born in Washington DC.Ref: 4
1951*Seth Justman musician: keyboard, singer, composer: group: The J. Geils Band: Give It to Me, Must Have Got Lost, One Last Kiss, Freeze-Frame, Centerfold, Angel in Blue, Land of 1000 Dances, is born.Ref: 4
1951*Scott Lane New York City NY, actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel), is born.Ref: 5
1952*Brian Gottfried tennis: Trinity University [Division I National Championship: 1972]; French Open [1975, 1977], Wimbledon [w/Raul Ramirez: 1976]; 25 singles titles, 54 doubles crowns; singles ranking No. 3 in world: 1977, is born.Ref: 4
1952*Peter Garland composer, is born.Ref: 5
1955*Mimi Rogers Coral Gables FL, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters), is born.Ref: 5
1955*Richard Young Glasgow KY, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett), is born.Ref: 5
1956*Mimi Rogers actress: Full Body Massage, Monkey Trouble, Dark Horse, The Rousters, Desperate Hours, The Mighty Quinn, Someone To Watch Over Me, Blue Skies Again, is born.Ref: 4
1956*Fred Quillan Portland Oregon, WLAF offensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy), is born.Ref: 5
1957*Karen Kondazian Boston MA, actress (Irene-Shannon, Mortal Sins), is born.Ref: 5
1957*Frank Miller US, comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns), is born.Ref: 5
1958*Charles Waltz rocker (Shooting Star), is born.Ref: 5
1958*Alan Milburn British MP, is born.Ref: 5
1959*Cris Collinsworth football: Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver: Super Bowl XVI, XXIII; TV sports analyst: FOX network, HBO’s Inside the NFL, is born.Ref: 4
1959*Patti Cohoon Whittier CA, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides), is born.Ref: 5
1959*Keith Olbermann TV sportscaster, is born.Ref: 5
1960*Sarah Kennedy Coquille OH, comedienne (Laugh in), is born.Ref: 5
1961*Gillian Gilbert musician: keyboard: group: New Order: Shellshock, Confusion, Blue Monday, is born in Manchester England.Ref: 4
1961*Charlotte Kemp Omaha NE, playmate (December 1982), is born.Ref: 5
1961*(Long Island) Karen Velez Rockville Center NY, playmate (December 1984), is born.Ref: 5
1961*Martin Degville rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111), is born.Ref: 5
1961*Jean-Paul Banos Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Olympics-9/10-88, 92, 96), is born.Ref: 5
1961*Margo Timmins singer (Cowboy Junkies), is born.Ref: 5
1962*James F Doehring Santa Barbara CA, shot putter (Olympics-silver-1992), is born.Ref: 5
1962*Michael Collins clarinettist, is born.Ref: 5
1964*Bridget Fonda actress: Point of No Return, The Godfather, Part 3, Aria, 21 Jump Street; daughter of actor, Peter Fonda and actress, Susan Brewer, granddaughter of actor, Henry Fonda, niece of actress, Jane Fonda, is born in Los Angeles CA.Ref: 4
1964*Migi [Miguel Drummond] rock (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance), is born.Ref: 5
1964*Cathy Podewell California, actress (Dallas), is born.Ref: 5
1964*Inga Thompson Reno NV, US cyclist (Olympics-8th-88, 84, 92), is born.Ref: 5
1964*Jack Haley NBA center (Chicago Bulls), is born.Ref: 5
1964*Woody Austin Tampa FL, PGA golfer (1995 Buick Open), is born.Ref: 5
1965*Igor Matoushkin NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98), is born.Ref: 5
1966*Michael De Angelis hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998), is born.Ref: 5
1966*Tamlyn Tomita Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara), is born.Ref: 5
1967*Carrington Garland Los Angeles CA, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara), is born.Ref: 5
1967*Alfred Oglesby NFL defensive tackle (Cincinnati Bengals), is born.Ref: 5
1967*Dave Manson Prince Albert, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets), is born.Ref: 5
1967*Laura Golarsa Italy, tennis star, is born.Ref: 5
1967*Sue Palmer Collingwood Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Mike Patton singer: group: Faith No More, is born.Ref: 4
1968*Anthony Pleasant NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Eric Wedge US baseball catcher (Boston Red Sox), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Matt Stover NFL kicker (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Reggie Johnson NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Rusty Meacham Stuart FL, pitcher (Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners), is born.Ref: 5
1968*Tracy Lawrence Atlanta TX, country singer (Sticks & Stones), is born.Ref: 5
1969*Kristen Danihy Lawton OK, team handball circle/wing (Olympics-1996), is born.Ref: 5
1969*Phil Plantier Manchester NH, outfielder (San Diego Padres, Red Sox, A's), is born.Ref: 5
1970 Carlos Javier Bernardo Dutch prince, is born.Ref: 5
1970*Dario Brose Queens NY, US soccer halfback (Olympics-92), is born.Ref: 5
1971*Mark Noordlander soccer player (Sparta), is born.Ref: 5
1971*Patrice Brisebois Montréal Québec Canada, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens), is born.Ref: 5
1972*Bryant Young NFL defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers), is born.Ref: 5
1972*Chad Askew NFL wide receiver (New York Jets), is born.Ref: 5
1972*Mark Lawrence Burlington, NHL right wing (Dallas Stars), is born.Ref: 5
1973*Eddie Davis CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders), is born.Ref: 5
1973*Margot Bourgeois Miss Trinidad & Tobago-Universe (1997-3rd place), is born.Ref: 5
1976*Haimish Karrasch Australian rower (Olympics-96), is born.Ref: 5
1976*Mike Ferrier Suriname/Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam, Salernitana), is born.Ref: 5
1976*Rhett Warrener Shaunavon, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers), is born.Ref: 5
1979*Jessica Lynn Ferdinand Miss New York Teen-USA (1997), is born.Ref: 5
1981*Jonny Lang blues musician, is born.Ref: 5
98*Marius Cocceius Nerva Emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67.Ref: 5
672*Vitalianus pope (657-72)/saint, dies.Ref: 5
847*Sergius II pope (844-47), dies.Ref: 5
1164*Abraham ibn Ezra poet/philosopher, dies.Ref: 5
1540*Angela Merici Italian monk/monastery, dies.Ref: 5
1565*Robrecht de Berghes prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies.Ref: 5
1612*Maarten van Valckenborch Flemish painter, buried at about 77.Ref: 5
1625 Adriaen Valerius notary/Netherlands Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49.Ref: 5
1629*Hieronymus Praetorius composer, dies at 68.Ref: 5
1669*Gaspar de Crayer Flemish painter, dies at 87.Ref: 5
1699 William Temple statesman, dies.Ref: 5
1731*Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italian harpsichord maker; credited with the invention of the piano, dies at age 75.Ref: 70
1763*John Theodor of Bavaria prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies.Ref: 5
1802*Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer, dies at 42.Ref: 5
1814*Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and patriot, dies at age 51.Ref: 70
1814*Johann G Fichte, German philosopher and patriot, dies at age 51.Ref: 70
1814*Philip Astley theatre manager, dies.Ref: 5
1816*Samuel Hood first Viscount Hood/admiral, dies.Ref: 5
1832*Andrew Bell, Scottish clergyman who developed popular education, dies at age 78.Ref: 70
1850*J Gottfried Schadow German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85.Ref: 5
1850*Philipp Roth composer, dies at 70.Ref: 5
1851*John James Audubon, West Indian-born American ornithologist, artist and naturalist, dies at age 66.Ref: 70
1851*Karl Moser composer, dies at 77.Ref: 5
1857*Dorothea von Benckendorff Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1858*Gerrit van der Linde Jz Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49.Ref: 5
1859*Carl A Agardh Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74.Ref: 5
1860*Sir Thomas Brisbane, English soldier and astronomical observer, dies at age 86.Ref: 70
1860*Janó Bolyai Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57.Ref: 5
1864*Franz von Klenze German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59.Ref: 5
1866*John Gibson sculptor, dies.Ref: 5
1889*Ivan S Aksakov Russian journalist, dies at 65.Ref: 5
1891*Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant PA.Ref: 5
1893*James G Blaine US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62.Ref: 5
1901*Giuseppe Verdi, composer of "La Traviata and Rigoletto", dies in Milan at age 87.Ref: 18
1902*5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City NY).Ref: 5
1904*Adam Minchejmer composer, dies at 73.Ref: 5
1919*Endre Ady Hungarian poet (Margita élni akar), dies at 41.Ref: 5
1922*Nelly Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) dies. She was a courageous journalist, writing about taboo subjects of her time: divorce, poverty, capital punishment, insanity; women's rights advocate.Ref: 4
1922*Giovanni Verga, Italian novelist, short story writer and playwright, dies at age 81.Ref: 70
1927*(actual date) Eartha Kitt singer: singer: C’est Si Bon, Santa Baby; actress: stage play: Faust, film: New Faces of 1952, Boomerang; is born in South Carolina, according to her birth certificate found in 1997. Her alleged birthdate was Jan 26, 1928.Ref: 5
1928*Marie Verstraete actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74.Ref: 5
1930*Jean Hure composer, dies at 52.Ref: 5
1941*Iver Paul Fredrik Holter composer, dies at 90.Ref: 5
1949*Boris Asafiev composer, dies at 64.Ref: 5
1951*Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and president, dies at age 83.Ref: 70
1953*Martinus Nijhoff Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58.Ref: 5
1954*Paul-Marie Masson composer, dies at 71.Ref: 5
1955*Ernst Penzoldt writer, dies.Ref: 5
1956*Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and composer, dies at age 65.Ref: 70
1963*John Farrow actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at 58.Ref: 5
1964*Lieb Glantz composer, dies at 65.Ref: 5
1965*Theo Uden Marsman Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1967*Astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their "Apollo One" spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Florida.Ref: 39
1967*Alphonse Juin French marshal, dies at 78.Ref: 5
1969*Charles Winninger actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82.Ref: 5
1969*Hanns Jelinek composer, dies at 67.Ref: 5
1969*14 spies hung in Baghdad.Ref: 5
1969*9 Jews publicly executed in Damascus Syria.Ref: 5
1970*Ed Ford comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72.Ref: 5
1972*Mahalia Jackson singer: God’s Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares, Move on Up a Little Higher, The Lord’s Prayer; in film: St. Louis Blues; LP: I Sing Because I’m Happy, The World’s Greatest Gospel Singer; dies.Ref: 4
1972*Richard Courant German/US mathematician, dies at 84.Ref: 5
1974 Georgios Grivas Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75.Ref: 5
1974*Paula Ludwig writer, dies at 74.Ref: 5
1977*Walter Baldwin actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88.Ref: 5
1978*Oscar Homolka, Austrian-born American stage and screen actor, dies at age 79.Ref: 70
1978*Marguerite Canal composer, dies at 87.Ref: 5
1981*Leo Collard Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78.Ref: 5
1982*Iris Korn actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60.Ref: 5
1983*Louis De Funes actor/writer (Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), dies from a heart attack at 68.Ref: 5
1983*Robert Christian actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42.Ref: 5
1984*Lou Crosby TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72.Ref: 5
1986*Lilli Palmer (Lillie Marie Peiser) actress: Chamber of Horrors, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Boys from Brazil; dies at age 71.Ref: 68
1986*L Ron Hubbard novelist/founder (Church of Scientology), dies at 74.Ref: 5
1989*Sir Thomas Octave Sopwith, aviator, airplane builder, Sopwith Pup , Sopwith Camel, Hurricane, and the Harrier VTOL, dies at age 101.Ref: 68
1990*Helen Jerome Eddy actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92.Ref: 5
1992*Francesca Primus columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45.Ref: 5
1992*Gene Harris entertainer, dies after long illness.Ref: 5
1992*Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies British actress (The Master Blackmailer, Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101.Ref: 5
1993*Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at age 49, in Paris, France.Ref: 5
1993*Erik Mörk Danish actor (Europe), dies at 67.Ref: 5
1994*Eddie Calhoun jazz Bassist, dies at 72.Ref: 5
1994*Joe Mays actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at 44.Ref: 5
1994*Stanley Adams songwriter, dies at 86.Ref: 5
1994*Claude Akins actor: The Caine Mutiny, From Here to Eternity, Rio Bravo, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Inherit the Wind, B.J. and the Bear, Austin City Limits, dies of cancer at age 75.Ref: 4
1995*Halsey S Colchester British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at 76.Ref: 5
1995*Jean Tardieu author, dies at 91.Ref: 5
1995*Willem R "Wim" van der Zee General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at 64.Ref: 5
1996*Barbara Skelton writer, dies at 79.Ref: 5
1996*John Patrick Sutton Ludlow actor (Agatha), dies at 93.Ref: 5
1996*Julian Hill research chemist, dies at 91.Ref: 5
1996 Olga Havlova political activist, dies at 63.Ref: 5
1996 Ralph Webster Yarborough politician, dies at 92.Ref: 5
1996*15 day old siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies.Ref: 5
1997*Cecil Lewis airman/writer, dies at 98.Ref: 5
1997*Matthew Coady journalist, dies at 73Ref: 5
1999*The Republican-controlled Senate blocked dismissal of the impeachment case against President Clinton and then voted for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other witnesses, but by margins far short of the two-thirds needed to oust the President. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2004)Ref: 83
2002*A munitions depot in Nigeria explodes. More than 1000 are killed, most drowning in a nearby canal during the resulting stampede. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2003)Ref: 83
2002*Wafa Idris, a Palastinian paramedic, became the first female suicide bomber against Israel. Her victim was an 81-year old man. (XDG, p 4A, 1/27/2003)Ref: 83
2004*Jack Paar, "The Tonight Show" pioneer of the late 1950s and early 1960s, dies in his Greewich CT home at age 85. (XDG, p 5A, 1/28/2004)Ref: 83

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