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Historical Events

1515 – Thomas Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor of England
1832 – 1st US Negro hospital founded by whites chartered, Savannah, Georgia
1953 – René Coty elected president of France
1960 – Dutch bishops question papacy values
1999 – Opening of St Peter’s Holy Door by Pope John Paul II in approach of 3rd millennium
2001 – “Time Magazine” names New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ‘Person of the Year’, for leadership after 9/11 attacks

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Famous Birthdays

1879 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian francophone poet, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1941)
1930 – Robert Joffrey [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], American dancer, born in Seattle, Washington
1940 – Anthony Fauci, American immunologist (White House Coronavirus COVID-19 taskforce), born in Brooklyn, New York City
1949 – Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver, born in Sydney, Australia
1962 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2018)
1974 – Ryan Seacrest, American television host, born in Dunwoody, Georgia

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Famous Deaths

1914 – John Muir, Scottish naturalist and discoverer (glacier in High Seirras), dies of pneumonia at 76
1952 – Henry A “Hans” Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58
1993 – Alexander Mackendrick, American-born Scottish director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
1994 – John Keith Wright, English Asst Sect of State (1971-84), dies at 66
2007 – Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939)
2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer, dies at 76

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Historical Events

1920 – Government of Ireland Act / Home Rule Act passed partitioning Ireland
1921 – Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, founded by Rabindranath Tagore
1941 – Japan begins assault on Rangoon, Burma
1961 – Train accident in Italy, 70 die
1968 – 82 members of US intelligence ship Pueblo released by North Korea
1973 – 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices

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Famous Birthdays

1544 – Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
1613 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)
1914 – Dezider Kardos, Slovak composer, born in Nadlice, Slovakia (d. 1991)
1921 – Gerald S O’Loughlin, American actor and director (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
1973 – Tony Graziani, American football quarterback (Atlanta Falcons), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1975 – Sky Lopez, American actress, born in Stillwater, Minnesota

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Famous Deaths

558 – Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
1805 – Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)
1930 – Johannes H. Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71
1972 – Andrej Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84
1982 – Norman Dinerstein, American composer, dies of a heart attack at 45
1995 – David Land, impresario and theatre producer, dies at 77

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Historical Events

1919 – US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman
1931 – Retrospective show of Mexican artist Diego Rivera opens at The Museum of Modern Art in New York
1965 – “Doctor Zhivago” based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie premieres in NYC
1976 – “Your Arm’s Too Short…” opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances
1983 – Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps
1997 – Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract

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Famous Birthdays

1684 – Johann J Dillenius [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum), born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1747)
1903 – Marc Lavry, Israeli composer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1967)
1945 – Joris J. C. Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister (1994-, VVD), born in the Hague, Netherlands
1947 – Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer (India’s main slow lefty post-Bedi), born in Rajkot, India
1970 – Ted Cruz [Rafael Edward], Canadian-born US politician (Senate-R-Texas 2013-), born in Calgary. Alberta
1977 – Joanna Hughes, Australian gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Victoria, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1867 – Théodore Rousseau, French painter, dies at 55
1873 – Charles Lenox Remond, African-American orator and abolitionist, dies at 63
1940 – Nathanael West [Weinstein], American writer (Cool Million), dies at 37
1942 – Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (Mind of Primitive Man), dies 84
1990 – Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76
2018 – Paddy Ashdown, British MP, leader of Liberal Democrats (1988-1999), dies of bladder cancer at 77

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Historical Events

1582 – Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583
1946 – Morton Gould’s “Minstrel Show” premieres in Indianapolis
1962 – US and Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive
1972 – Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1987 – Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
1988 – Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien

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Famous Birthdays

1891 – John W. McCormack, American politician (D) Speaker of House (1962-70), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1980)
1915 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian singer (Trapp Family Singers), born in Zell am See, Austria (d. 2007)
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player, born in Payra-sur-l’Hers, France
1948 – Dave Kingman, American baseball player (Mets, NY Yankees, Giants), born in Pendleton, Oregon
1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball pitcher (NY Mets, Baltimore Orioles), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1960 – Louis Demetrius Alvanis, English classical pianist, born in London, United Kingdom

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Famous Deaths

1900 – Roger Wolcott, American political figure, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)
1965 – Claude Champagne, Canadian composer, dies at 74
1974 – Richard Long, American actor (Prof-Nanny and the Professor), dies at 47
1997 – Bruce Woodcock, English boxer, European Heavyweight Champion, dies at 76
2017 – Wolfgang Ludewig, German composer, dies at 91
2019 – Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby union lock (17 caps; Manawatū), dies at 74

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