Birthdays:
1982 ~ Pete Buttigieg (né Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg), American politician and 19th United States Secretary of Transportation. He assumed that office in February 2021. He served as the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana from January 2012 through December 2019. He was a Democratic candidate for the 2020 Presidential campaign. He was born in South Bend, Indiana.
1981 ~ Bitsie Tulloch (née Elizabeth Tulloch), American actress best known for her role as Juliette on the television drama Grimm. She was born in San Diego, California.
1958 ~ Thomas Kinkade (né William Thomas Kinkade, III; d. Apr. 6, 2012), American populist “painter of light.” He is best known for his mass production printed works. He was born in Sacramento, California. He died at age 54 in Monte Sereno, California.
1954 ~ Katey Sagal (née Catherine Louise Sagal), American actress best known for her role as Peggy Bundy on the television sit-com Married … with Children. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
1954 ~ Cindy Sherman (née Cynthia Morris Sherman), American photographer. She was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
1949 ~ Robert Palmer (né Robert Allen Palmer; d. Sept. 26, 2003), English musician best known for his song, Addicted to Love. He died of a heart attack at age 54 in Paris, France.
1946 ~ Julian Barnes (né Julian Patrick Barnes), British writer and recipient of the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending. He was born in Leicester, England.
1946 ~ Dolly Parton (née Dolly Rebecca Parton), American country singer and actress. She was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee.
1944 ~ Peter Lynch, American investor. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts.
1943 ~ Janis Joplin (née Janis Lyn Joplin; d. Oct. 4, 1970), American singer. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas. She died of a drug overdose at age 27 in Los Angeles, California.
1943 ~ Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. She is of the House of Orange-Nassau. She is the third daughter of Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada when her family was in exile during World War II.
1939 ~ Phil Everly (né Philip Everly; d. Jan. 3, 2014), the American harmonizer who inspired the Beatles. Together with his brother, Don (1937 ~ 2021), they formed the Everly Brothers. Phil was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died of lung disease 16 days before his 75th birthday in Burbank, California.
1935 ~ Owsley Stanley (né Augustus Owsley Stanley, III; d. Mar. 12, 2011), American-born blue blood who mass-produced LSD. He was an audio engineer and a key figure in the counter-culture in San Francisco in the 1960s. He was killed in a car accident in Australia. He was 76 years old.
1930 ~ Tippi Hedren (née Nathalie Kay Hedren), American actress best known for her role in The Birds. She is also an animal rights activist. She is the mother of actress Melanie Griffin. She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota.
1924 ~ Nicholas Colasanto (d. Feb. 12, 1985), American actor best known for his role as Coach on Cheers. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He died of a heart attack 24 days before his 62ndbirthday in Los Angeles, California.
1923 ~ Jean Stapleton (née Jeanne Murray; d. May 31, 2013), American theater actress best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker on All in the Family. She was born and died in New York, New York. She was 90 years old.
1921 ~ Patricia Highsmith (née Mary Patricia Plangman; d. Feb. 4, 1995), American author. She is best known for writing psychological thrillers, such as Strangers on a Train. Her novel The Price of Salt was adapted in to the 2015 movie Carol. She was also an avowed antisemite. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She died of lung cancer 3 weeks after her 74th birthday in Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland.
1920 ~ Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (d. Mar. 4, 2020), Peruvian diplomat and 5th General-Secretary of the United Nations. He served in this position from January 1982 through December 1991. He also served as the Prime Minister of Peru from November 2000 until July 2001. He was born and died in Lima, Peru. He died at age 100.
1912 ~ Leonid Kantorovich (d. Apr. 7, 1986), Russian mathematician and economist. He was the recipient of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. He died at age 74 in Moscow, USSR.
1908 ~ Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh (d. May 18, 1971), Russian mathematician. He died at age 63.
1889 ~ Sophie Taeuber-Arp (née Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber; d. Jan. 13, 1943), Swiss painter and sculptor. She was the wife of Dada artist, Jean Arp. She died 6 days before her 54th birthday of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
1839 ~ Paul Cézanne (d. Oct. 22, 1906), French painter. He was born and died in Aix-en-Provence at age 67.
1833 ~ Alfred Clebsch (né Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch; d. Nov. 7, 1872), German mathematician. He died of diphtheria at age 39.
1809 ~ Edgar Allan Poe (d. Oct. 7, 1849), American writer and poet. His short story, The Murder in the Rue Morgue, is considered the first modern detective story. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died at age 40 in Baltimore, Maryland.
1807 ~ Robert E. Lee (né Robert Edward Lee; d. Oct. 12, 1870), American Confederate general and commander of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was born in Stratford Hall, Virginia. He died at age 63 in Lexington, Virginia.
1544 ~ Francis II, King of France (d. Dec. 5, 1560). He was King from July 1559 until his death 18 months later. He was the first husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, making him the King consort of Scotland. He was of the House of Valois-Angoulême. He was the son of Henry II, King of France and Catherine de’Medici. He died at age 16.
Events that Changed the World:
2018 ~ Due to the inability of Congress to pass a budget, the United States Government shut down. Only essential functions remained in operation.
2015 ~ Martin Luther King, Jr., Day was observed.
1993 ~ The Czech Republic and Slovakia joined the United Nations.
1991 ~ Iraq fired a Scud missiles into Israel in furtherance of the Gulf War.
1983 ~ Steve Jobs (1955 ~ 2011) announces the Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse.
1983 ~ Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie (1913 ~ 1991) was arrested in Bolivia. He was extradited to France where he stood trial. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life in prison.
1981 ~ The United States and Iranian officials signed an agreement to release 52 American hostages who had been capture 14 months earlier.
1977 ~ Snow fell in Miami, Florida and the Bahamas. This marked the only time in recorded history of the Miami to have snow.
1946 ~ General Douglas MacArthur (1880 ~ 1964) established the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. It was set up in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1945 ~ Soviet forces liberated the Łódź ghetto. Of the more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, only 900 had survived the planned executions and extermination by the Nazis.
1942 ~ During World War II, Japan invaded Burma.
1920 ~ The American Civil Liberties Union, also referred to as ACLU, was founded.
1920 ~ The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations.
1915 ~ French engineer Georges Claude (1870 ~ 1960) patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising signs.
1883 ~ The first electric lighting system using overhead wires began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
1862 ~ During the American Civil War, the Confederacy suffered its first significant loss at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky.
1861 ~ Georgia became the 5th State to seceded from the Union, joining South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama in the Confederate States.
1419 ~ Rouen surrendered to Henry V, King of England (1386 ~ 1422), thus completing his reconquest of Normandy during the Hundred Years’ War.
639 ~ Clovis II (634 ~ 657), king of Neustria and Burgundy, was crowned.
Good-Byes:
2019 ~ Tony Mendez (né Antonia Joseph Mendez; b. Nov. 15, 1940), American technical operations officer and CIA trickster who directed the Argo plot. When a militant Iranian group stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, Mendez created a fake film production company to get the 6 employees who had escaped to the Canadian embassy out of the country and back in the United States. This escape was later depicted in the film, Argo. He was born in Eureka, Nevada. Mendez died of complications of Parkinson’s disease at age 78 in Frederick, Maryland.
2017 ~ Miguel Ferrer (né Miguel José Ferrer; b. Feb. 7, 1955), American actor. He died of throat cancer 19 days before his 62nd birthday. He was born and died in Santa Monica, California.
2013 ~ Earl Weaver (né Earl Sidney Weaver; b. Aug. 14, 1930), American professional baseball player and longtime manager of the Baltimore Orioles. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died at age 82 while aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean.
2013 ~ Stan Musial (né Stanisław Franciszek Musiał; b. Nov. 21, 1920), American baseball players. He was the St. Louis slugger known as “the Man.” He was the son of Polish immigrants, who gave him a Polish name. He was one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. He was born in Donora, Pennsylvania. He died at age 92 in Ladue, Missouri.
2011 ~ Wilfrid Sheed (né Wilfred John Joseph Sheed; b. Dec. 27, 1930), English-born American writer. He was born in London, England. He died 23 days after his 80th birthday from a kidney infection in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
2009 ~ Hortense Calisher (b. Dec. 20, 1911), American novelist and author of Sunday Jews. She was the second woman president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was born and died in Manhattan, New York. She died 24 days after her 97th birthday.
2008 ~ Suzanne Pleshette (b. Jan. 31, 1937), American actress. She is best known for her role as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show. She was born in Brooklyn Heights, New York. She died of respiratory failure just 12 days before her 71st birthday in Los Angeles, California.
2000 ~ Hedy Lamarr (née Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; b. Nov. 9, 1914), Austrian actress, mathematician, and inventor. She was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She died at age 85 in Casselberry, Florida.
1998 ~ Carl Perkins (né Carl Lee Perkins; b. Apr. 9, 1932), American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for writing Blue Suede Shoes. He was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee. He died of throat cancer at age 65 in Jackson, Tennessee.
1990 ~ Arthur Goldberg (né Arthur Joseph Goldberg; b. Aug. 8, 1908), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Following his time on the Court, he served as the 6th American Ambassador to the United Nations. He was nominated to the High Court by President John F. Kennedy. He served in the Court from September 1962 until July 1965. He replaced Felix Frankfurter on the Court and was succeeded by Abe Fortas. Prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court, he served as the 9th United States Secretary of Labor during the Kennedy Administration. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died at age 81 in Washington, D.C.
1980 ~ William O. Douglas (né William Orville Douglas; b. Oct. 16, 1898), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated to the High Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. He replaced Louis Brandeis on the Court. He was succeeded by John Paul Stevens. He served on the Court from April 1939 until November 1975. He was married 4 times. In 1966, at age 65, he married his Cathleen Heffernan. She was 22 years old. He was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. He died at age 81 in Bethesda, Maryland.
1975 ~ Thomas Hart Benton (b. Apr. 15, 1889) American painter and muralist. He was born in Neosho, Missouri. He died at age 85 in Kansas City, Missouri.
1970 ~ James Donovan (né James Britt Donovan; b. Feb. 29, 1916), American lawyer who was the General Counsel of the Office of Strategic Services. He is best known for negotiating the 1960-1962 prisoner exchange for United States pilot Francis Powell for Soviet Spy Rudolf Abel, which was depicted in the 2015 movie, Bridge of Spies. He was born and died in New York, New York. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He died of a heart attack following complication of influenza at age 53 in Brooklyn, New York.
1954 ~ Theodor Kaluza (né Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza; b. Nov. 9, 1885), German mathematician. He died at age 68.
1930 ~ Frank Ramsey (né Frank Plumpton Ramsey; b. Feb. 22, 1903), British mathematician. He died of liver disease about a month before his 27th birthday.
1906 ~ Bartolomé Mitre (b. June 26, 1821), President of Argentina. He was president from October 1862 until October 1868. He was born and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died at age 84.
1795 ~ Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (b. Oct. 17, 1720), Italian composer. She was born and died in Milan, Italy. She died at age 74.
1755 ~ Jean-Pierre Christin (b. May 31, 1683), French mathematician and physicist. He died at 71.
1720 ~ Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (b. Jan. 6, 1655), Holy Roman Empress consort and 3rd wife of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was of the House of Wittelsbach. She was the daughter of Philip William, Elector Palatine and Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She died 13 days after her 66th birthday.
1526 ~ Isabella of Austria, also known as Elisabeth (b. July 18, 1501), Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden and wife of Christian II, King of Denmark. She was of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Joanna, Queen of Castile and Philip I, King of Castile. She died of an illness at age 24.
1048 ~ Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (b. June 7, 1003), 1st Chinese Emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty. He died at age 44.
914 ~ García I, King of Léon (b. 871). He ruled Léon from 910 until his death 4 years later. He was married to Muniadona. He was of the House of Astur-Leonese. He was the sun of Alfonso III, King of Asturias and Jimena of Pamploma. The exact dates of his birth and death are not known, but he is believed to have been born on January 19.
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