929 – Caliphate of Cordoba is established by Emir Abd-al-Rahman III
1362 – A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt
1756 – Britain and Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster
1924 – British Government of Stanley Baldwin resigns
1941 – US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
1978 – 5th American Music Awards: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and Conway Twitty win
1981 – Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth
1997 – Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus v Pakistan, MCG
2019 – Golden State Warriors break 2 franchise records in 142-111 win over Denver Nuggets; in 1st quarter, record 10 three-point field goals on way to franchise best 51 points in the period
2021 – 10 Nepali climbers become the first to reach the summit of K2 in winter on the China-Pakistan border
Author: gil7
Today in History for 16th January 2023
Historical Events
1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into the Fuhrerbunker, his underground bunker in Berlin
1963 – Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
1968 – Jay Allen’s “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” premieres in NYC
1984 – 11th American Music Awards: Pat Benatar and Michael Jackson win
2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
2014 – 19th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards: 12 Years a Slave wins Best Film
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Jimmy Collins, American Baseball HOF 3rd baseman (World Series 1903 Boston Americans; NL HR leader 1898 Boston Beaneaters) and manager (Boston Americans 1901–06), born in Niagara Falls, NY (d. 1943)
1911 – Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1928 – Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, born in El Gancho, Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1996)
1950 – Jesse Dizon, American actor, born in Oceanside, California
1972 – Joe Horn, American NFL wide receiver, 1996-2007 (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, and 1 other team), born in New Haven, Connecticut
1972 – Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner, born in Morocco
Famous Deaths
1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1901 – Hiram R. Revels, American clergyman, politician,1st African American in Congress (US Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71), and college president (Alcorn, 1871-82), dies at 73
1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (1911-16), dies at 91
1962 – Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1979 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
2004 – Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
Famous Deaths for 15th January 2023
1597 – Juan de Herrera, Spanish Renaissance architect and mathematician (El Escorial, Vallododid Cathedral), dies (b. c. 1530)
1904 – Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, dies at 73
1919 – Karl Liebknecht, German Marxist revolutionary (Sparta Party), murdered at 47
1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42
1934 – Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70
1964 – Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (manager 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of GB; Queensland RFL secretary 1913-22; inspired establishment RL in France), dies at 74
1964 – George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), dies at 80
2001 – Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
2018 – Cyrille Regis, English former footballer, dies of a heart attack at 59
2022 – Ed Cheff, American College Baseball HOF coach (16 × NAIA World Series; Lewis–Clark State College 1977-2010), dies at 78
Historical Events for 15th January 2023
1559 – Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1831 – 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run
1892 – Basketball rules first published in Triangle Magazine, written by James Naismith
1907 – Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them
1962 – Derveni Papyrus rediscovered – Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript from c. 340 B.C., commentary on a Orphic poem, found in a tomb in Derveni, Northern Greece
1972 – TV drama “Emergency” with Randolph Mantooth and Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
1994 – Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist
1998 – NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again
2019 – Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the EU is rejected by UK parliament 432 votes to 202, largest parliamentary defeat in its democratic era
2019 – LGBTQ activists accuse the Russian republic of Chechnya of a new gay purge with 40 detained and two killed
Today in History for 15th January 2023
Historical Events
1582 – Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland, loses access to Baltic
1981 – Police drama “Hill Street Blues” premieres on NBC-TV
1985 – CBS’ premiere of TV made teen drug abuse drama, “Not My Kid”, based on the previous year’s book by Beth Polson
1994 – Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from the NFL
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, calls for an international ban on landmines, angering ministers in the UK
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.
Famous Birthdays
1747 – John Aikin, English doctor and writer, born in Kibworth Harcourt, United Kingdom (d. 1822)
1909 – Gene Krupa, American jazz and big band drummer (Benny Goodman, “Sing, Sing, Sing”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
1943 – Mike Marshall, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1974, 75; NL Cy Young Award 1974; Montreal Expos, LA Dodgers, Atlanta Braves), born in Adrian, Michigan (d. 2021)
1952 – Melvyn Gale, English cellist (Electric Light Orchestra, 1975-79 – “Livin’ Thing”), born in London, United Kingdom
1969 – Delino DeShields, American baseball infielder, 1990-2002 (Montreal Expos, LA Dodgers, and 3 other teams), born in Seaford, Delaware
1979 – Young Dro [D’Juan Hart], American rapper (Shoulder Lean), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1755 – Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83
1833 – Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (Waxhaws Massacre), dies at 78
1961 – Francesco Maria Saraceni, Italian composer, dies at 49
2013 – Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
2017 – Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler, dies at 73
2018 – Dolores O’Riordan, Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries – “Zombie”; ,”Linger”), drowns in the bath at 46
Famous Deaths for 14th January 2023
1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
1786 – Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741)
1971 – Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, dies at 82
1986 – Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53
2004 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal musician (Windir), dies in a snowstorm at 25
2007 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (What’s My Line?, United Kingdom), dies at 83
2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 72
2011 – Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968)
2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, dies at 84
2016 – René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L’apparition), and husband of Céline Dion, dies of throat cancer at 73
Historical Events for 14th January 2023
378 – General Siyaj K’ak’, a Mayan warlord, conquers Tikal and increases the domain of Teotihuacan
1129 – Formal approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes
1868 – South Carolina constitutional convention meets with a black majority
1955 – Heitor Villa-Lobos’ 8th Symphony premieres by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in Carnegie Hall, New York City
1962 – 12th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 31-30; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Henry Jordan, Green Bay Packers, DT
1969 – 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
1973 – Dancer Roy Castle is measured at 1,440 taps/min on BBC TV
1994 – The Duchess of Kent converts to Catholicism, the first member of the Royal Family to do so in more than 300 years
2013 – Mike Pence sworn in as 50th governor of Indiana
2014 – Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen’s 18th studio album “High Hopes”, produced with members of the E Street Band, including the deceased Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons
Today in History for 14th January 2023
Historical Events
1724 – Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
1813 – Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY)
1945 – In Greece, Communists and the British agree to a cease-fire in the struggle to control Athens (and with it Greece)
1976 – “The Bionic Woman” with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
2008 – MESSENGER spacecraft performs a Mercury flyby
2019 – Americans chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose higher than a car accident for the first time, according to US National Safety Council
Famous Birthdays
1722 – Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, German organist and composer, born in Köthen, Germany (d. 1806)
1863 – Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator, born in Valkenburg, Netherlands (d. 1930)
1931 – Caterina Valente, Italian singer, dancer, and actress (Bon soir, Kathrin!, The Entertainers), born in Paris, France
1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese writer, born in Shanghai, China
1980 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese soccer player
1990 – Grant Gustin, American actor and singer (The Flash), born in Norfolk, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1872 – Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye-Terrier who spent 14 years guarding the grave of his owner John Gray, dies at 16
1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist, dies at 47
1970 – William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
1987 – Douglas Sirk, German American film director (All That Heaven Allows), dies at 86
1996 – Pamelo Mounk’a, Congolese musician, dies at 50
2006 – Henri Colpi, French New Wave film editor and director, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 13th January 2023
1658 – Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1889 – Solomon Bundy, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York’s 21st district), dies at 65
1914 – Bernardus Hermanus Heldt, Dutch trade union leader and politician, dies at 72
1924 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
1929 – Wyatt Earp, American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, dies at 80
1980 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
1983 – D Mack Reynolds, American writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
1992 – Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
2007 – Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
2008 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
Historical Events for 13th January 2023
1733 – James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
1794 – Congress changes US flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes
1874 – US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
1915 – Earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800
1943 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca, French Morocco for a conference of Allied forces in World War II
1962 – Chubby Checker’s song “The Twist”, credited with starting the Twist dance craze, goes to #1 in the charts two years after first reaching number one spot
1968 – Minnesota North Stars NHL player Bill Masterson, suffers head injuries during a game and dies two days later, becoming the 1st player to die as result of a game
1986 – NCCA institutes eligibility requirements based on college exams
1989 – Jerry Parks, Oklahoma defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate
1991 – Soviet troops continue attack on Vilnius, capital of Lithuania; 13 people killed and 140 injured as