Friday, 23 January 2015

Today in History for 23rd January 2015

Historical Events


1490 - 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul

1833 - Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation

1920 - Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies

1943 - 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)

1971 - UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row

1977 - Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC


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Famous Birthdays


1827 - Takamori Saigo, Samurai, leader of Satsuma rebellion (d. 1877)

1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist

1919 - Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show)

1947 - Gatewood Galbraith, [Louis], Carlisle, Kentucky, Lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, (d. 2012)

1966 - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)

1971 - Mark Grimmette, Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)


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Famous Deaths


1789 - John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)

1891 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21

1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70

1997 - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67

1999 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)

2006 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)


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