1906 – Dorothy Grey, wife of British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey fatally injured
1935 – James T Farrell finishes his “Studs Lonigan” trilogy
1957 – Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
1957 – 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
1964 – “Stop the World, I Want to Get Off…” closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
1970 – West-Germany and USSR sign gas contract
1986 – KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
1991 – Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
1991 – American writer John Grisham publishes his second novel “The Firm” (bestselling novel of the year)
2009 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Spanish ace Rafael Nadal wins his first Australian title; beats Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2
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Today in History for 1st February 2022
Historical Events
1946 – Norwegian politician Trygve Lie becomes 1st Secretary General of the United Nations
1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
1992 – “Crazy He Calls Me” closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances
2013 – 26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China
2013 – The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people
2017 – British MPs vote in favour of the European Union Bill, allowing the government to begin Brexit
Famous Birthdays
1869 – Johannes “Frits” Bakker Sr., Dutch actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap), (d. 1943)
1906 – Pierre Capdevielle, French composer, conductor, music critic, and educator, born in Paris (d. 1969)
1941 – Franco Nones, Italian cross country skier (Olympic gold 30k 1968; first non-Scandinavian and Soviet/Russian male to win Olympic cross-country gold), born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy
1946 – Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1968; Federation Cup 1970), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 1977)
1961 – Jim Pace, American auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1996), born in Monticello, Mississippi (d. 2020)
1979 – Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer, born in Navojoa, Mexico (d. 2006)
Famous Deaths
1502 – Olivier de la Marche, Flemish soldier and poet, dies at 77
1705 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, 1st Queen consort of Prussia (1701-05), dies at 36
1851 – Mary Shelley, English novelist (Frankenstein), dies of a brain tumour at 53
1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American sci-fi writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
2003 – Laurel Clark, American astronaut and member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 41
2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian pianist, librettist, and composer (Amahl and Night Visitors), and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 31st January 2022
743 – Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)
1925 – George W. Cable, American writer (Northampton Years), dies at 80
1973 – Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1974 – Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72
1974 – Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58
1995 – George Abbott, American theater producer and film director (Damn Yankees; Pajama Game), dies at 107
2000 – Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926)
2015 – Lizabeth Scott [Emma Matzo], American actress (Desert Fury, Dark City), dies of heart failure at 92
2016 – Terry Wogan, British broadcaster (Eurovision Song Contest, Blankety Blank), dies of cancer at 77
2020 – Johnny Bumphus, American boxer (WBA super lightweight title 1984), dies at 59
Historical Events for 31st January 2022
1919 – The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland: troops deployed against protesters for fear of a Bolshevik uprising
1924 – Herma Szabo of Austria wins the ladies figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; only women’s event at the Games
1925 – Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Sydney: James Anderson of Australia wins 2nd straight Australasian crown; beats countryman Gerald Patterson 11-9, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
1951 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton beats Thelma Coyne Long 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th and last Australian singles crown
1953 – Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835
1977 – Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie and Al López elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1981 – Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39)
1987 – 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Bob Hoskins, and Marlee Matlin win
2000 – A fight between Ray Lewis and his companions and another group of people results in the stabbing deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar, resulting in the indictment of Lewis 11 days on murder and aggravated-assault charges
2010 – 26th Sundance Film Festival: “Winter’s Bone”, directed by Debra Granik, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Today in History for 31st January 2022
Historical Events
1675 – Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
1862 – Astronomer Alvan Graham Clark makes first observation of Sirius B (first known white dwarf star) in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts while testing his new telescope
1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1925 – Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Sydney: James Anderson of Australia wins 2nd straight Australasian crown; beats countryman Gerald Patterson 11-9, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
1982 – Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59)
1993 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: American Jim Courier retains title; repeats previous year’s win over Stefan Edberg 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
Famous Birthdays
1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino, composer
1797 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1828)
1802 – Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero
1818 – William Raine Peck, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1871)
1927 – Lorraine Warren (née Moran), American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), born in Monroe, Connecticut (d. 2019)
1986 – Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Congolese football goalkeeper, born in Brussels, Belgium
Famous Deaths
1580 – Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512)
1960 – Lowell Gilmore, American actor (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Living Christ Series), dies at 53
1972 – Howard Barlow, American conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
1974 – Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan’s Revenge), dies at 61
2009 – Erland von Koch, Swedish composer, dies at 98
2013 – Timir Pinegin, Russian sailor (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 30th January 2022
1393 – Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
1774 – František Tůma, Czech composer, dies at 69
1816 – Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver and art collector, dies at 74
1956 – Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician and philosopher, dies at 88
1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
1968 – Tsugouharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker, dies at 81
1991 – Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. 1907)
1994 – Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
1997 – Frank Tejeda, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 51
2001 – Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
Historical Events for 30th January 2022
1667 – Treaty/Truce of Andrusovo signed between Tsardom of Russia and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1889 – John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48″ (120cm) telescope
1911 – 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
1940 – Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race
1954 – Fanfani government of Italy resigns
1966 – -19°F (-28°C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
1968 – 1968 NFL Draft: Ron Yary from USC first pick by Minnesota Vikings
1979 – Varig 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
1994 – Kapil Dev takes 2/41 as India beats Sri Lanka by an innings and 95 runs in 2nd Cricket Test in Bengaluru; equals Sir Richard Hadlee’s world record of 431 Test wickets
1994 – Super Bowl XXVIII, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13; MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB
Today in History for 30th January 2022
Historical Events
1800 – US population: 5,308,483; African American population 1,002,037 (18.9%)
1835 – Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. in 1st attempted assassination of a US President
1862 – USS Monitor, the US Navy’s 1st ironclad warship launched
1933 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Jack Crawford wins his 3rd straight Australian title; beats Keith Gledhill of the US 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
1994 – Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master.
2019 – Peter Paul Rubens’s 1608 drawing “Nude Study of Young Man with Raised Arms” sells for $8.2 million at auction in New York
Famous Birthdays
1687 – [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
1829 – Alfred Cummings, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1910)
1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist, born in Le Havre, France (d. 2008)
1918 – Jarl Andre Bjerke [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet and writer, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1985)
1935 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist and poet (Trout Fishing in America), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1984)
1942 – Marty Balin [Buchwald], American singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2018)
Famous Deaths
1846 – Joseph Carpue, English surgeon who pioneered early plastic surgery in England, dies at 81
1948 – Herb Pennock, pitcher (NY Yankees)/GM (Phillies), dies
1958 – Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WWII), dies at 70
1976 – Percy Tyson “Plum” Lewis, South African cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies at 91
1995 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zoologist and author (My Family and Other Animals), dies at 70
1997 – Frank Tejeda, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 51
Famous Deaths for 29th January 2022
1676 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia [Aleksey Mikhaylovich], Tsar of Russia (1645-76), dies at 46
1743 – Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
1879 – Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80
1944 – William Allen White, American journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1960 – Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
1963 – Robert Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
1968 – Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies
1996 – John Terence Reese, British bridge master, dies at 82
2002 – Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88
2012 – Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager, dies at 88
Historical Events for 29th January 2022
1904 – 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team)
1959 – Smog pollution with readings higher than the 1952 ‘Great Smog of London’ hits London, with many suffering chest and lung-related illnesses
1964 – Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1964 – IX Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria
1967 – The Arusha Declaration written by Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere is issued, clarifying Tanzania’s path towards Ujamaa (African socialism)
1979 – Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C.
1987 – William J. Casey term as 13th director of the CIA ends
1996 – 6,138th performance of “Cats” is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway’s longest-running musical, “A Chorus Line”
2017 – NFL Pro Bowl, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 20-13; MVPs: Travis Kelce, KC Chiefs, TE; Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo Bills, LB
2021 – Johnson and Johnson’s Janssen single-dose vaccine shown to be 66% effective in trials, with complete protection against hospitalization and death