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Today in History for 29th January 2022

Historical Events

1732 – Paris churchyard of Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual
1942 – 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley’s “Desert Island Discs” on BBC radio
1957 – Graham Greene’s “Potting Shed” premieres in NYC
1975 – First American Annual Comedy Awards, hosted by Alan King
1979 – NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: NFC beats AFC, 13-7; MVP: Ahmad Rashād, Minnesota Vikings, WR
2014 – Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the 1st non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid, making his 500th appearance for the club

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Famous Birthdays

1950 – Max Carl [Gronenthal], American rock singer and musician ( Grand Funk Railroad, 2000-present; 38 Special, 1987-92), born in Platte Center, Nebraska
1953 – Lynne McGranger, Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1955 – John Tate, American heavyweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1968)
1960 – Steve Sax, American MLB 2nd baseman, NL rookie of the year, 1981, 5x all-star (LA Dodgers, 1981-88; NY Yankees, Chicago White Sox), born in West Sacramento, California
1968 – Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer (Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan), born in Queens, New York
1971 – Jamal Fountaine, American NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons), born in San Francisco, California

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Famous Deaths

1965 – John Larkin, American actor (Saints and Sinners, The Satan Bug, 12 O’Clock High), dies of heart attack at 52
1973 – Ludwig Stössel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera, The Pride of the Yankees), dies at 89
1980 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, comedian and singer known as “the schnozzola” (The Durante-Moore Show, Jimmy Durante Show), dies of pneumonia at 86
1998 – Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
1999 – Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
2010 – Tom Brookshier, American football player and sportscaster, dies of cancer at 78

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Famous Deaths for 28th January 2022

1596 – Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies of dysentery at 50
1606 – Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer, pastor and vicar, dies at 85
1817 – Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen, German composer, dies at 55
1859 – William H. Prescott, American historian, dies at 62
1903 – Augusta Holmes, French composer, dies at 55
1924 – Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones), dies at 56
1959 – Viktor Josef Keldorfer, Austrian composer, dies at 85
1994 – Hermanus P “Piet” Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
1996 – Dan Duva, American boxing promoter and producer (Howard Stern New Years Party), dies at 44
2020 – Nicholas Parsons, British presenter, comedian and actor “the ultimate quiz show host”, dies at 96

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Historical Events for 28th January 2022

1760 – Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants
1881 – Battle at Laing’s Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
1911 – Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
1915 – The United States Coast Guard is created by merging the US Life Saving Service and the US Revenue Cutter Service
1936 – Pravda criticizes Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”
1960 – 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington, D.C.
1973 – In the run up to the first anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ there is serious rioting in Derry, North Ireland
1981 – “5 O’Clock Girl” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances
1989 – David Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG
2006 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0; Henin retires from stomach cramps

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Today in History for 28th January 2022

Historical Events

1561 – By Edict of Orleans French persecution of Huguenots is suspended
1916 – Opera “Goyescas” premieres in New York City
1918 – Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1973 – “Barnaby Jones” premieres on CBS TV
1990 – “Independent on Sunday” begins publishing in London
1996 – 12th Sundance Film Festival: “Welcome to the Dollhouse” wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

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Famous Birthdays

1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer of operettas, Singspiele, and popular songs (Der Juxbaron), born in Neidenburg, Kingdom of Prussia. (d. 1940)
1910 – Arnold Moss, American actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
1943 – Dick Taylor, English rock guitarist (The Pretty Things – “S.F. Sorrow”), born in Dartford, England
1975 – David Zingler, American writer
1975 – Julian Dean, Waihi NZ, team pursuit cyclist (Olympics 1996)
1980 – Jesse James, American drug dealer and fugitive, born in Hollywood, California

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Famous Deaths

1256 – Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1681 – Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
1932 – Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75
1942 – Pablo Luna, Spanish composer (De España vengo), dies at 61
2006 – Henry McGee, British actor and comedian (No, That’s Me Over Here!, The Benny Hill Show), dies at 77
2008 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist, dies at 82

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Famous Deaths for 27th January 2022

1850 – J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85
1864 – Leo von Klenze, German neoclassical architect (Walhalla), dies at 59
1901 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), dies at 77
1909 – Benoît-Constant Coquelin, French actor, dies at 68
1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888)
1972 – Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
1984 – Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
1999 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish writer associated with the Generation of ’36 movement, dies at 88
2009 – R. [Ramaswamy] Venkataraman, Indian politician, eighth President of India, dies at 98
2021 – Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian soccer midfielder (67 caps; Persepolis, Sturm Graz), dies from COVID-19 at 45

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Historical Events for 27th January 2022

1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus
1556 – Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
1870 – 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana)
1891 – Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania
1900 – Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, write formal notes of protest demanding that the Chinese Government stop the Boxes and other groups leading attacks on Westerners and Christians.
1908 – Pasiphaë, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte
1944 – Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves
1951 – Leonard Bernstein’s musical “Peter Pan”, starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 320 performances
1967 – A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal
1996 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.

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Today in History for 27th January 2022

Historical Events

1909 – The Young Left is founded in Norway
1982 – Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record with their 6th consecutive tied game, a 4-4 deadlock against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers
1988 – Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony Kennedy to US Supreme Court
1996 – 15 day old conjoined twins separated: Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
2013 – 29th Sundance Film Festival: “Fruitvale Station”, directed by Ryan Coogler, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2019 – Australian Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia wins his record 7th Australian singles title; beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

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Famous Birthdays

1585 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
1903 – Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979)
1942 – Kate Wolf [Allen], American folk singer-songwriter (“Love Still Remains”; “Across the Great Divide”), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
1953 – Bob Mintzer, American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader (Yellowjackets), born in New Rochelle, New York
1958 – James Grippando, American novelist
1972 – Bryant Young, American football defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1851 – Karl Moser, German composer, dies at 77
1893 – James G. Blaine, US Secretary of State (1881 and 1889-92) known as the “Plumed Knight”, dies at 62
1922 – Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at 81
1989 – Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor [Okey Ka Fairy Ko!], dies at 70
1993 – André the Giant, French pro wrestler (WWF World Heavyweight C’ship 1988; WWF World Tag Team C’ship [with Haku] 1989), dies of congestive heart failure at 49
2003 – Louis Archambault, Quebec sculptor (b. 1915)

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Famous Deaths for 26th January 2022

1798 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer, conductor and tutor of Ludwig van Beethoven, dies at 49
1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), dies at 32
1893 – Abner Doubleday, Union general-major and inventor (baseball), dies at 73
1950 – Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
1965 – Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1995 – Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
1996 – Harold Brodkey, American writer (My Venice), dies at 65
1998 – S P Leary, Texan blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
2019 – Michel Legrand, French composer, film arranger and jazz musician (Summer of ’42, Windmills of Your Mind), dies at 86

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Historical Events for 26th January 2022

1910 – Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
1924 – Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis. Melbourne: James Anderson wins 2nd of 3 Australasian titles; beats fellow Australian Richard Schlesinger 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3
1924 – Australasian Championships Women’s Tennis, Melbourne: All-Australian final; Sylvia Lance Harper beats Esna Boyd Robertson 6-3, 3-6, 8-6
1959 – Italy government of Fanfani resigns
1971 – Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts law against limitation of war crimes
1973 – Belgium government of Leburton forms
1979 – Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Neth
1986 – Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champion
2013 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus wins her 2nd straight Australian title; beats Li Na of China 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
2014 – NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: Team Rice beats Team Sanders, 22-21; MVPs: Nick Foles, Philadelphia, QB; Derrick Johnson, KC Chiefs, LB

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Today in History for 26th January 2022

Historical Events

1913 – Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for playing 2 seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics
1961 – 1st woman personal physician to a US President – Janet G. Travell (to John F. Kennedy)
1982 – For the first time since the 1930s, the unemployed population in UK rises above three million
1990 – Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking African American female in a major-league front office)
2004 – Mydoom , the most destructive computer worm (so far), first sighted on computers in North America. Goes on to cause $38 billion in damages.
2005 – Glendale train crash: Two trains derail killing 11 and injuring 200 in Glendale, California, near Los Angeles.

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Famous Birthdays

1920 – Derek Bond, British actor (Nicholas Nickelby, Armchair Theatre), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2006)
1932 – George H Clements, first Roman Catholic Priest to adopt a child.
1936 – Sal Buscema, American comic book artist
1943 – Jean Knight [Caliste], American soul, funk and RandB singer (Mr. Big Stuff), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1965 – Tim McDonald, American football safety (San Francisco 49ers), born in Fresno, California
1968 – Chris Pringle, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (14 Tests; 64 ODI), born in Auckland, New Zealand

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Famous Deaths

1948 – Ignaz Friedman, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 65
1967 – Albert Rémy, French actor (Grand Prix, The 400 Blows, The Train), dies at 51
1968 – Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
1977 – Margaret Hayes, American actress (Blackboard Jungle, Robert Montgomery Presents), dies from cancer and hepatitis at 60
1995 – Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
2003 – John Browning, American pianist (Leventritt Award-1956), dies at 69

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