Historical Events
1746 – “Bonnie Prince Charlie”, Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s troops occupy Stirling, Scotland [NS=Jan 19]
1798 – 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
1902 – New York state assemblyman Francis G. Landon gets a bill passed to criminalize men turning around on a street and “looking at a woman in that way”
1949 – “Make Mine Manhattan” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
1971 – 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California
1993 – NBC offers “The Tonight Show” to David Letterman
Famous Birthdays
1788 – Archduke Rudolph of Austria, Austrian clergyman and noble, born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1831)
1830 – Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1894)
1836 – Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch-British painter, husband of Laura Epps, born in Dronryp, the Netherlands (d. 1912)
1912 – Rudolf George Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1980)
1928 – May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah’s Ark), born in NYC, New York
1940 – Cristy Lane, American country music and gospel singer, born in Peoria, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1456 – St. Laurence Justinian [Lorenzo Giustiniani], Italian catholic bishop and 1st Patriarch of Venice, dies at 74
1651 – Giovanni Battista Gagliano, Italian composer, dies at 56
1986 – Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, dies at 76
1993 – Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
2008 – Clyde Otis, American songwriter and music producer (b. c. 1924)
2010 – Monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933)