1522 – Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
1942 – Count Basie records “One O’Clock Jump”
1946 – “Nellie Bly” opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 16 performances
1950 – T. S. Eliot’s play “The Cocktail Party” premieres in NYC
1952 – Jawaharlal Nehru’s Congress party wins general election in India
1956 – “Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)” closes at Golden NYC after 849 performances
1981 – “Shakespeare’s Cabaret” opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances
1987 – B.B. King is inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”
1995 – 52nd Golden Globes: “Forrest Gump”, Tom Hanks, and Jessica Lange win
2004 – Minnesota Wild set an NHL record for 2 fastest goals, when Jim Dowd and Richard Park score just 3 seconds apart in the final 15 seconds of a 4-2 win over visiting Chicago Blackhawks
Author: gil7
Today in History for 21st January 2022
Historical Events
1863 – City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
1890 – 1st issue of “Propria Cures”, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
1944 – 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg
1958 – Phillies agree to televise 78 games into NYC (doesn’t happen)
1990 – 41st NHL All-Star Game, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA: Wales beats Campbell, 12-7; MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C
2015 – Italian fashion label Gucci names Alessandro Michele as its new creative director
Famous Birthdays
1885 – Umberto Nobile, Italian general
1920 – Torsten Nilsson, Swedish organist, choral director, and composer (Out of the Night of the Earth), born in Höör, Sweden (d. 1999)
1926 – Raf Reymen, Flemish actor (Huisvuil, Het glas water), born in Gent, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1990)
1952 – Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
1961 – Sherry Ramsay, American actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns), born in Stauton, Virginia
1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1683 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1766 – James Quin, British actor (Covent Garden Theatre), dies at 72
1881 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
1964 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian actor (Cleopatra, Joseph Schildkraut Presents, Diary of Anne Frank), dies from a heart attack at 68
1995 – Flavio “Negao” Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25
2002 – Peggy Lee [Norma Delores Egstrom], American singer (“Fever”; “Is That All There Is?”), songwriter (“Mañana”), and actress (Pete Kelly’s Blues; Lady and the Tramp), dies of a heart attack at 81
Famous Deaths for 20th January 2022
1707 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer and adventurer (attempted to rule Iceland), dies at 60
1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
1971 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal, dies at 85
1990 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 102
1991 – Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87
1996 – David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61
2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
2008 – Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Latvian-Canadian composer, organist, and pedagogue, dies at 88
2012 – Etta James [Jamesetta Hawkins], American singer, dies from leukaemia at 73
Historical Events for 20th January 2022
1503 – Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) established by the Crown of Castile in the port of Seville to deal with American affairs
1840 – Dumont D’Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica
1869 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before US Congress
1949 – 1st inaugural parade televised, for Harry Truman, watched by 10 million people
1952 – British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
1953 – 1st live US coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1965 – The Byrds record “Mr Tambourine Man”
1981 – The US diplomats and citizens held hostage at the US embassy in Tehran are released and begin their journey home after 444 days
1989 – Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1995 – 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
Today in History for 20th January 2022
Historical Events
1045 – Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
1866 – Prim’s Insurrection in Spain ends
1941 – Chinese Communist leaders re-organize the New Fourth Army in defiance of Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek’s order for it to be disbanded
1989 – Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
2006 – TV movie “High School Musical” released starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hugdens, becomes Disney Channel’s most successful TV movie
2021 – Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America and Kamala Harris as the 49th Vice President, the first female, black or south Asian Vice President. Amanda Gorman recites “The Hill We Climb”.
Famous Birthdays
1831 – Piet Joubert, South African general and vice-president, born in Prince Albert, British Cape Colony (d. 1900)
1923 – (Ottis) “Slim” Whitman, American country singer (Rose Marie), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
1931 – Earl Grant, American musician and singer (Ebb Tide, Winter Wonderland), born in Idabel, Oklahoma (d. 1970)
1939 – Murle Breer, American golfer (US Women’s Open 1962), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
1959 – Joel Rifkin, American serial killer believed to have killed up to 17 victims between 1989 and 1993 in NYC and Long Island, born in New York
1966 – Tracii Guns [Tracy Ulrich], American rock guitarist and songwriter (L.A. Guns – “It’s Over Now”), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1691 – Christiaan de Placker, Flemish poet and composer, dies at 77
1819 – Carlos IV [English: Charles], King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70
1936 – George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1910-36), dies at 70 after being euthanized by his doctor
1965 – Alan Freed, American disc jockey who accepted payola and introduced term “rock-n-roll”, dies at 42
1996 – Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), dies during heart surgery at 68
2005 – Per Borten, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (1965-71), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 19th January 2022
1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect, dies at 70
1833 – (Louis Joseph) Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist, violinist, and composer of over twenty operas, dies from tuberculosis at 41
1973 – Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69
1982 – Elis Regina (Costa), Brazilian pop-samba-bossa nova singer (“Arrastão” – “Pull the Trawling Net”), dies from cardiac arrest after consuming alcohol, cocaine and tranquilizers at 36
1990 – Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher, dies at 84
1993 – Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
2001 – Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
2006 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), dies at 84
2006 – Anthony “Tony” Franciosa [Papaleo], American actor (Career, Ben-Hur, Jeff-Name of the Game), dies at 77
2018 – Olivia Cole, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House), dies of a heart attack at 75
Historical Events for 19th January 2022
1511 – Italian city Mirandola surrenders to the French
1668 – King Louis XIV and Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain
1808 – Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law
1955 – “Scrabble” debuts on board game market
1963 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Roy Emerson wins 1st of 5 straight Australian titles; beats countryman Ken Fletcher 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
1971 – “No, No Nanette” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 861 performances
1979 – John N Mitchell (former US Attorney General) released on parole from federal prison
2006 – Terrorist blows himself up in Tel Aviv, killing only himself but injuring 20 people, one of them seriously
2007 – Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink assassinated in front of his newspaper’s office by 17 year old Turkish ultranationalist Ogün Samast.
2013 – Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
Today in History for 19th January 2022
Historical Events
1910 – Germany and Bolivia end commerce and friendship treaty
1938 – General Motors begins mass production of diesel engines
1970 – Eight Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands say there should be room in the church for both married priests and celibate priests
1974 – Belgium government of Leburton falls
1977 – World’s largest crowd gathering – the Hindu Kumbh Mela in India attracts a then record 15 million people
1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
Famous Birthdays
1808 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher, born in Athol, Massachusetts (d. 1887)
1863 – Werner Sombart, German fascist (Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben)
1963 – Michael Adams, American NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1964 – Janine Antoni, Bahamian artist, born in Freeport, Bahamas
1980 – Kotoko, Japanese singer, born in Hokkaido, Japan
1992 – Mac Miller [Malcolm McCormick], American rapper and music producer (“Best Day Ever”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
Famous Deaths
1576 – Hans Sachs, German composer, dies at 81
1983 – Don Costa, American composer (Hello, Dolly!), arranger, and record producer (Sinatra and Strings; My Way), dies at 57
1997 – George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher, dies at 88
2006 – Anthony “Tony” Franciosa [Papaleo], American actor (Career, Ben-Hur, Jeff-Name of the Game), dies at 77
2013 – Stan Musial, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (24 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 44, 46; NL MVP 1943, 46, 48; 7 × NL batting champion; St Louis Cardinals), dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 92
2020 – Robert Parker, American saxophonist and soul singer (“Barefootin'”), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 18th January 2022
1677 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), dies at 57
1859 – Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, dies at 51
1951 – Jack Holt, American golddigger and actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone), dies from a heart attack at 62
1967 – Reese “Goose” Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
1982 – Trent Lehman, American child actor (Butch-Nanny and the Professor), commits suicide at 20
1987 – George Thalben-Ball, Australian-English organist (Birmingham City Organist, 1949-83), and composer (Elegy), dies at 90
1989 – Bruce Chatwin, British travel writer (In Patagonia) and novelist, dies of AIDS at 49
1994 – Arthur Altman, American songwriter (All or Nothing at All), dies at 83
2011 – Sargent Shriver, American politician and activist (Peace Corps), dies at 95
2014 – Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer, dies from liver cancer at 62
Historical Events for 18th January 2022
1520 – Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day
1919 – Composer and musician Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Polish Prime Minister
1924 – Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
1930 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s satirical opera “The Nose” premieres in Leningrad
1947 – Small river steamer sinks on Yangtze River, kills 400
1964 – Plans for World Trade Center announced (NYC)
1991 – US acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Manuel Noriega $320,000 over his career
1993 – West Indies beat Australia 2-0 win cricket’s World Series Cup
2017 – Baseball Hall of Fame adds Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez