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Today in History for 24th January 2021

Historical Events

1568 – Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire
1857 – University of Calcutta founded as the first full-fledged university in South Asia
1930 – J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington
1954 – BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
1961 – Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
1962 – 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany

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Famous Birthdays

1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
1758 – Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, born in Epfenhausen, Bavaria (d. 1801)
1832 – John Pegram, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1865)
1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer striker (14 caps; Lazio, NY Cosmos), born in Carrara, Italy (d. 2012)
1956 – Lounès Matoub, Berber Kabyle singer, born in Béni-Aïssi, Algeria (d. 1998)
1968 – Mark Burmester, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992), born in Durban, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Governor of Bohemia, dies at 65
1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)
1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (b. 1867)
1994 – Yves Navarre, French writer (Le Jardin d’acclimatation), dies at 53
1998 – Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
2020 – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), dies of progressive muscular atrophy at 72

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Famous Deaths for 23rd January 2021

1812 – Robert Craufurd, British general, dies at 47
1875 – Charles Kingsley [Parson Lot], English vicar and historian (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
1944 – Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
1957 – Willie Edwards, US African American, murdered by KKK at 25
1994 – Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
1994 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
1997 – Laura “Dinky” Patterson, dies bungee jumping at Super Bowl rehearsal at 43
1997 – Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68
1997 – Charles Craig, English opera singer, dies at 77
2019 – Diana Athill, English writer and editor (Stet), dies at 101

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Historical Events for 23rd January 2021

1855 – The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge
1941 – Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
1941 – WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
1965 – “King Family Show” (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
1968 – Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1973 – Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1986 – “Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood” opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 performances
1993 – Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack
2009 – UK officially enters recession as GDP falls by 1.5% in the last quarter of 2008 following a 0.6% drop in the third quarter, with unemployment growing by 131,000 to 1.92 million (6.1%)
2020 – Actress Annabella Sciorra testifies in court that Harvey Weinstein raped her 25 years ago at his trial in New York

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Today in History for 23rd January 2021

Historical Events

1571 – Queen Elizabeth I of England opens Royal Exchange in London
1865 – -Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent’s Reach)
1923 – Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
1976 – Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
1994 – NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 38-21
1994 – Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games

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Famous Birthdays

1923 – Walter M. Miller Jr., American sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars), born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
1930 – William Reid Pogue, American fighter pilot and astronaut (Skylab 4), born in Okemah, Oklahoma (d. 2014)
1955 – Reginald Calloway, American trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1971 – Julie Foudy, American soccer midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in San Diego, California
1972 – Anthony Peterson, American NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, SF 49ers), born in Washington, D.C.
1975 – Tito Ortiz, American UFC fighter, born in Huntington Beach, California

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Famous Deaths

1549 – Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)
1805 – Vaclav Pichl, Czech composer, dies at 63
1995 – Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at 75
2001 – Eugene [Brother Jack] McDuff, American jazz organist (George Benson, Brother Jack), dies of heart failure at 74
2002 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist and anthropologist, dies at 71
2018 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist (Defense of Violeta Parra), dies at 103

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Famous Deaths for 22nd January 2021

1581 – Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman, soldier and politician, dies at 52
1700 – Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39
1798 – Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
1942 – Xiao Hong, Chinese writer (The Field of Life and Death). dies at 30
1945 – Alfred Wolfenstein, German writer, dies at 61
1980 – Iris Meredith [Shunn], American actress (Son of Davy Crockett, The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen), dies at 64
1994 – Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71
1997 – Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
2008 – Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
2017 – Jaki Liebesit, German rocker (Can), dies at 78

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Historical Events for 22nd January 2021

565 – Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus
1873 – British SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness, England, 300 die
1949 – “All for Love” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
1964 – World’s largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured in Wisconsin for New York’s World Fair
1976 – Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
1979 – 10,000s UK public sector workers go on strike
1999 – Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India
2002 – Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
2010 – Conan O’Brien’s last The Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot
2017 – Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control

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Today in History for 22nd January 2021

Historical Events

1862 – Confederate government raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
1964 – Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Power to the People”
1973 – George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 rounds to win WBC and WBA heavyweight boxing titles in Kingston, Jamaica; Frazier knocked down 3 times in both 1st and 2nd rounds
1973 – Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions
1988 – 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal

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Famous Birthdays

1655 – Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)
1796 – Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
1820 – Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
1855 – Ernst Kullak, composer
1878 – Constance Collier, British actress and writer (Rope, Stage Door, Whirlpool), born in Windsor, England (d. 1955)
1936 – Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate

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Famous Deaths

1959 – Mike Hawthorn, English auto racer (F1 world champion 1958), dies in road accident at 29
1988 – Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm), dies at 96
1997 – Mollie Panter-Downes, British writer and columnist (The Shoreless Sea), dies at 90
1997 – Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican historian and political activist, dies at 98
2002 – Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905)
2004 – Billy May, American orchestra leader and composer (The Green Hornet, Mod Squad, Batman), dies at 87

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Famous Deaths for 21st January 2021

1731 – Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
1774 – Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717). Reigns 1757 to 1774. Dies at 56
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American filmmaker (The Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah), dies of heart failure at 77
1981 – Allyn Joslyn, American actor (They Won’t Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
1996 – René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
2011 – Dennis Oppenheim, American conceptual artist (b.1938)
2012 – Roy John Britten, American molecular biologist, dies at 92
2012 – Jonathan Idema, American torturer, kidnapper and con-artist, dies from Aids complications at 55
2013 – Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
2017 – Maggie Roche, Irish-American singer-songwriter (Roches), dies of cancer at 65

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Historical Events for 21st January 2021

1879 – Henrik Ibsen’s “Et Dukkehjem” premieres in Copenhagen
1893 – Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana)
1903 – International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle NYC
1908 – “Sullivan Ordinance” is passed in NYC, making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public places. It was vetoed 2 weeks later by mayor George B. McClellan Jr.
1972 – Assam’s North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory
1986 – Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
1986 – Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl defeats Boris Becker of Germany 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 to claim the season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix title for a third time at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1994 – Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20)
1995 – 52nd Golden Globes: “Forrest Gump”, Tom Hanks, and Jessica Lange win
2013 – 1 person is killed and 15 are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Indonesia

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Today in History for 21st January 2021

Historical Events

1813 – First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin
1863 – City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
1939 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
1941 – British communist newspaper “Daily Worker” banned
1981 – “Shakespeare’s Cabaret” opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances
1990 – Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director

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Famous Birthdays

1926 – Raf Reymen, Flemish actor (Huisvuil, Het glas water), born in Gent, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1990)
1971 – Tommy Puett, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America’s Top 10), born in Gary, Indiana
1974 – Jerald Sowell, fullback (NY Jets)
1981 – Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
1988 – Felipe Neto, Brazilian vlogger (YouTube), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1990 – Jacob Smith, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1955 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter, dies at 74
1963 – Franz Jung, German writer and political activist, dies at 74
1975 – Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, dies at 73
1977 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet, dies at 70
2007 – U;Nee, Korean pop artist (b. 1981)
2015 – Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85

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