Sunday, 15 May 2011

Famous Birth On 9 January

By Tracy Rocelyn


1554 - Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) 1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621) 1574 - Christoph Buel, composer 1620 - Johann Weichmann, composer 1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696) 1695 - John E Loovens, lawyer 1699 - Robert J Pothier, French lawyer 1728 - Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) 1745 - Caleb Strong, 6th and 10th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819) 1748 - Stefan Paluselli, composer 1773 - Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845) 1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens) 1803 - Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888 1811 - Gilbert Abbott Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) 1815 - William Jackson, composer 1816 - John Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889 1819 - James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884) 1820 - Pavel Krizkovsky, composer 1822 - John Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1901 1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (Tarimbekken) 1829 - Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste) 1832 - Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname 1832 - Flix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1900) 1839 - John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer 1843 - Christiaan A Ulder, Curacao, composer (waltzes/tumbas) 1848 - Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)

1933 - Sonia Garmers, [Justina], Curacao, author (Dear Queen) 1933 - Wilbur Smith, Zambian-British novelist 1934 - Bart Starr, NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay) 1934 - Julian B Coco, Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina) 1935 - Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island) 1935 - Dick Enberg, Mt Clemens Mich, sportscaster (Where's Huddles) 1935 - Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer 1935 - Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005) 1935 - Earl G. Graves, Sr., African-American Publisher 1935 - Brian Harradine, Australian independent Senator 1936 - Peter Fletcher, music teacher 1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer 1937 - K Schlesinger, writer 1938 - Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist/actor/asst secretary of Justice 1940 - Barbara Buczek, composer 1940 - Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, singer/actor (Howard-Bachelor Father) 1940 - Al Downing, American singer (d. 2005) 1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician 1941 - Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate 1941 - Susannah York, London, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones) 1941 - Gilles Vaillancourt, Quebec politician 1942 - K Callan, Dallas Tx, actress (Joe's World, Martha-Lois & Clark) 1942 - Lee Kun-hee, Korean industrialist, chairman of Samsung 1943 - Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre) 1943 - Kenneth Kelley, US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live) 1943 - Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed) 1943 - Robert Drewe, Australian author

1897 - Karl Lwith, German philosopher (d. 1973) 1898 - Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer 1898 - Vilma Banky, Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel) 1898 - Wally Baker, American supercentenarian 1900 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer 1900 - Richard Halliburton, American adventurer (presumed dead 1939) 1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie) 1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera) 1903 - Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator (d. 1969) 1904 - George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer [NS=Jan 22] 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, France, author (Mandarins, 2nd Sex) 1909 - Herva Nelli, soprano 1910 - Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader 1911 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health 1911 - Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, British newspaper editor 1912 - Ralph Tubbs, architect 1913 - Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano 1913 - Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist 1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, (R) 37th pres (1968-74) (I am not a crook!) 1914 - Derek Allhusen, England, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1968) 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy) 1914 - Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop) 1915 - Anita Louise, NYC, actress (My Friend Flicka) 1915 - Fernando Lamas, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor ("You look marvelous") 1916 - Alain Bernardin, impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon) 1916 - Vic Mizzy, Bkln NY, orch leader (Don Rickles Show) 1916 - Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)

475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. 1127 - Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty. 1349 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. 1431 - Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. 1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. 1768 - In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus. 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States. 1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. 1806 - Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. 1816 - Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. 1822 - The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king Joo VI, starting the Brazilian independence process. 1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. 1857 - The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9. 1858 - Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide. 1861 - American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".

475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. 1127 - Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty. 1349 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. 1431 - Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. 1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. 1768 - In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus. 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States. 1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. 1806 - Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. 1816 - Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. 1822 - The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king Joo VI, starting the Brazilian independence process. 1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. 1857 - The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9. 1858 - Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide. 1861 - American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War". 1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. 1863 - American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas. 1878 - Umberto I becomes King of Italy. 1880 - The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow. 1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1903 - Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. 1905 - According to the Julian Calendar which is used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905. 1909 - Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

1923 - Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. 1927 - A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children. 1941 - World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. 1941 - World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto. 1945 - World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines. 1947 - Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive. 1960 - President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. 1964 - Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians. 1991 - Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try and find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. 1992 - The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. 1996 - First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighbouring Republic of Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians. 2005 - Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.




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