1156 – Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies
1181 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
1703 – Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese retainer for the Shogun, murdered in the revenge of the 47 rōnin
1925 – John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79
1943 – Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 38
1957 – Grigore Gafencu, Romanian minister of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
1961 – Maud Wagner, first known American tattoo artist and circus performer, dies at about 83
1987 – Ken Drake, American actor (Crime and Punishment USA), dies at 65
2002 – Ingeborg “Inge” Morath, Austrian born Magnum photographer and wife of Arthur Miller
2012 – Frederick Treves, English actor, dies at 86
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Historical Events for 30th January 2021
1592 – Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
1713 – England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
1913 – UK House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1928 – 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US
1933 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis, Melbourne: Joan Hartigan Bathurst beats Coral McInnes Buttsworth 6-4, 6-3
1940 – Benjamin Britten’s “Lesson Illuminations” premieres in London
1957 – US Congress accepts “Eisenhower-doctrine”
1961 – “I Fall to Pieces” single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961)
1977 – 8th (final) part of “Roots” is most-watched US entertainment show ever (100 million)
1998 – Paul Simon’s “The Capeman” premieres
Today in History for 30th January 2021
Historical Events
1544 – Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
1798 – Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in US House of Representatives, after an argument
1911 – 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
1951 – Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
1956 – Hallgeir Brenden of Norway wins Olympic 15k cross country gold medal at the Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Games; his 2nd career Olympic title after taking out the 18k event in Oslo (1952)
1958 – Dore Schary’s “Sunrise at Campobello” premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
1687 – [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
1754 – John Lansing Jr., American lawyer and statesman, born in Albany, New York (d. 1829)
1913 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter described as the “Indian Frida Kahlo” and “one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century”, born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1941)
1919 – Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet, born in Lyskovo, Russia (d. 1979)
1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1971 – Quentin Neujahr, American ice hockey player (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns), born in Seward, Nebraska
Famous Deaths
1716 – Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d’Arquien, queen of Poland (1676-96), dies at 74
1827 – Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
1945 – Gottlieb Haberlandt, Austrian botanist, dies at 90
1947 – Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
1956 – Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician and philosopher, dies at 88
2012 – Mary Grierson, Welsh botanical artist, dies at 99
Famous Deaths for 29th January 2021
1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (La Religion), dies at 70
1829 – Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, French politician of the French Revolution, dies at 73
1910 – Édouard Rod, French-Swiss writer (Mishel’ Tes’e), dies at 52
1946 – Sidney Jones, British conductor and composer (The Geisha, A Gaiety Girl), dies at 84
1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
1965 – Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario (Crazy Passage Show), dies at 72
1989 – Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 88
1993 – Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
2004 – M. M. Kaye, British writer (The Far Pavilions), dies at 95
2020 – Keith Nelson, New Zealand soccer striker (20 caps; Mount Wellington), dies at 72
Historical Events for 29th January 2021
1676 – Feodor III succeeds his father and becomes Tsar of Russia
1879 – Custer Battlefield National Monument established in Montana
1924 – Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1942 – Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determination)
1969 – Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1989 – Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
2000 – Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz becomes the 3rd player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points; finishes with 35 in a 96-94 loss to Minnesota; behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419)
2011 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Kim Clijsters wins her 4th and final Grand Slam title; beats Li Na of China 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2012 – 28th Sundance Film Festival: “The House I Live In”, directed by Eugene Jarecki, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2017 – NFL Pro Bowl, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 20-13; MVPs: Travis Kelce, KC Chiefs, TE; Lorenzo Alexander, Buffalo Bills, LB
Today in History for 29th January 2021
Historical Events
904 – Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher
1916 – 1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1943 – U.S. cruiser “Chicago” is heavily damaged by Japanese bombers on the first day of the Battle of Rennell Island
1951 – “Where’s Charley?” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 56 performances
1979 – Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband after 10 years together
2006 – US 39-cent stamp is released featuring Hattie McDaniel in the dress she wore in 1940 when she became the 1st African-American actress to accept an Academy Award
Famous Birthdays
1718 – Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794)
1876 – [William] Havergal Brian, British composer (“Gothic” symphony), born in Dresden, Staffordshire (d. 1972)
1892 – Ernst Lubitsch, German actor, producer and film director (To Be or Not to Be, Love Parade), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1947)
1947 – David Byron [Garrick], British vocalist and songwriter (Uriah Heep), born in Epping, England (d. 1985)
1950 – Jody Scheckter, South African auto racer (World F1 Champion 1979), born in East London, South Africa
1993 – Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player, born in Lisbon, Portugal
Famous Deaths
1342 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1960 – Louis Jean Heydt, American actor (Waterfront, Gone with the Wind, The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 54
1981 – Cozy Cole [William Randolph Cole], American jazz drummer (Topsy I, Topsy II), dies at 71
1991 – Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies
1993 – Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
2019 – Andy Hebenton, Canadian NHL right wing (record 630 consecutive games; NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 28th January 2021
1838 – Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS 16 Jan]
1868 – Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1869 – Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, dies at 72
1910 – Jose Garcia Robles, Italian composer, dies at 74
1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923), dies at 73
1970 – Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
1986 – Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2020 – Mohammad Munaf, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets), dies at 84
Historical Events for 28th January 2021
1561 – By Edict of Orleans French persecution of Huguenots is suspended
1671 – British pirate Henry Morgan captures Panama City from its Spanish defenders
1865 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
1929 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Colin Gregory wins his only Grad Slam title, beating Richard Schlesinger of Australia 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
1939 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Emily Hood Westacott beats Nell Hall Hopman 6-1, 6-2 for her only Grand Slam singles title
1951 – “La Vie Commence Demain” the 1st X-rated movie, depicting artificial insemination, opens in London
1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)
1973 – Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in “Sometimes You Hear the Bullet”
1984 – Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record point scoring streak ends at 51 games when Oilers beaten 4-2 by LA Kings; Gretzky totals 61-92-153 during the period
1992 – St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues’ tie in Los Angeles
Today in History for 28th January 2021
Historical Events
1911 – Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
1943 – Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
1958 – The Lego company patents their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today
1979 – “The Wiz” closes at Majestic Theater in NYC after 1,672 performances
1985 – 12th American Music Awards: Cyndi Lauper and Lionel Richie win
2019 – Draft framework for peace agreement to end 17-year conflict in Afghanistan agreed by US and Afghan negotiators
Famous Birthdays
1225 – Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian and saint, born in Roccasecca, Italy (d. 1274)
1645 – Gottfried Vopelius, composer
1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
1897 – Valentin Kataev, novelist/playwright (Embezzled), born in Odessa Ukraine (d. 1986)
1936 – Enid Castle, principal (Cheltenham Ladies’ College)
1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
Famous Deaths
1817 – Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen, German composer, dies at 55
1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1827-28), dies at 76
1903 – Jean Robert Planquette, French composer (Bells of Corneville), dies at 54
1972 – Adriaan B “Jaap” Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
2007 – Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
2008 – Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
Famous Deaths for 27th January 2021
1540 – Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies
1851 – John James Audubon, American ornithologist and painter (The Birds Of America), dies at 65
1851 – Karl Moser, German composer, dies at 77
1857 – Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72
1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888)
1978 – Marguerite Canal, composer, dies at 87
1994 – Claude Akins, American character actor (B. J. and the Bear, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, Movin’ On), dies of cancer at 67
2004 – Jack Paar, American comedian and TV host of the Jack Paar Show and The Tonight Show (1957-62), dies at 85
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)
2015 – Charles Hard Townes, American Physicist and inventor (Nobel Prize 1964 for mazer-lazer principle), dies at 99