Today in History

Jan 25th Birthdays:
1759
Robert Burns- Scottish poet
1874
W. Somerset Maughan- British writer/poet
1931
Dean Jones-actor best known for appearing in Disney movies' Herbie Rides Again,The Love Bug'
1938
Etta James- singer 'At Last"
Deaths:
1947
Al Capone- Chicago gangster 47
1969
Irene Castle- vaudeville singer,stage&screen dancer 75
1990
Ava Gardner- actress 'Barefoot Contessa,"On The Beach" one of Frank Sinatra's ex wives 67
1996
Jonathan Larson composer of Broadway musical' Rent' 32
2017
Mary Tyler Moore- actress 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,Mary Tyler Moore Show' She co starred with Donald Sutherland,Tim Hutton in Robert Redford's film 'Ordinary People' 80
 

This day in History January 26th

2001 A massive earthquake hits Gujarat, India
About 20,000 people died and over 160,000 people were injured.

1998 In a TV statement, Bill Clinton denies having had “sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky”
On August 17, 1998, Clinton admitted to having had an “improper physical relationship” with Monica Lewinsky.

1950 India becomes a republic
The Constitution of India came into effect that day.

1905 The world's largest diamond is found in South Africa
The Cullinan Diamond weighed 3106.75 carats (621.35 g or 1.37 lb) and has an estimated value of 2 billion USD.

1788 The first Europeans settled in Australia
The first element of the British “First Fleet” had arrived in Sydney Harbour on January 18.
 
Births On This Day, January 26 🎂

1961 Wayne Gretzky
Canadian ice hockey player, coach

1958 Ellen DeGeneres
American comedian, actress, talk show host

1955 Eddie Van Halen
Dutch/American guitarist, songwriter, producer

1925 Paul Newman
American actor, director, race car driver, businessman, co-founded Newman's Own

1918 Nicolae Ceaușescu
Romanian politician, 11th President of Romania

Deaths On this day January 26th 🪦

1992 José Ferrer
Puerto Rican actor

1979 Nelson Rockefeller
American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States

1962 Lucky Luciano
Italian/American mobster

1952 Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Mongolian military officer, ruler

1948 John Lomax
American musicologist
 

1875
the electric drill was patent by George F. Green
1905
the world's largest diamond,3.106 carat culinan was found in South Africa
1915
Rocky Mountain National Park was established by Pres Woodrow Wilson. The park is located 55 miles NW of Denver. It features front range of Rocky mountains, alpine lakes. The east&west slopes of the Continennal Divide run right through the center of the park
1970
The 5th&last studio album by Simon&Garfinkel'Bridge Over Trouble Waters' is released. It won Grammy for Album of the Year
2006
Western Union ends its telegram service
 
Jan 26th Birthdays:
1880
Douglas MacArthur- WWII General
1913
Jimmy VanHeusen- composer/songwriter "Love&Marriage',"All The Way","Come Fly with Me"
1917
Louis Zampirini- WWII veteran who was captured&tortured in Japanese camp,his life story was made into a movie'Unbroken"
1925
Paul Newman,actor/charity food founder,'Newman's Own' 'The Sting,Hud, Butch Cassidy&The Sundance Kid'
1963
Andrew Ridgeley- British pop guitarist/songwriter co founder of 80's duo "Wham' with George Michael
Deaths:
1795
Johann Bach,German composer, 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach 62
1962
"Lucky" Luciano NYC Mafia gangster 65
1973
Edward G. Robinson - actor 79
1979
Nelson Rockefeller, NYS Gov '59-'73 70
2000
Don Budge, U.S. tennis player winner of Grand Slam titles 84
 
This day in history January 27th

1983 The first shaft of the world's longest tunnel is completed
The Seikan Tunnel, 53.85 km (33.46 mi) in length, connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.

1967 U.S., U.K., and the Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty
The treaty bans the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space and limits the use of the Moon for peaceful purposes.

1967 3 astronauts die in a cabin fire while preparing for the Apollo 1 mission
The accident was a blow to NASA's Apollo manned lunar landing program.

1945 Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz
The German Nazi regime murdered over 1.1 million people in the extermination camps near Oświęcim, Poland.

1944 Soviet forces liberate Leningrad
Die Siege of Leningrad had lasted 872 days and leftover 1 million people dead.
 
Births On This Day, January 27 🎂

1974 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norwegian biathlete

1944 Mairead Maguire
Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1859 Wilhelm II, German Emperor
1832 Lewis Carroll
English author

1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer

Deaths On This Day, January 27 🪦

2014 Pete Seeger
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

2009 John Updike
American author, poet, critic

2008 Suharto
Indonesian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Indonesia

1983 Louis de Funès
French actor, comedian

1901 Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
 
1880
Thomas Edison patents electric incandescant lamp
1888
The National Georgaphic Society was founded by 33 men with diverse backgrounds who all shared an interest in geography&science The 1st issue of National Georgraphic was published 9 months later
1967
during a launch rehearsal, a fire broke out in the Apollo 1 command module killing the 3 astronauts inside. Gus Grissom,Ed White, Roger Chaffee
1970
the movie rating system was modified 'M{mature} was changed to PG{parental guidance}
 
Jan 27 Birthdays:
1756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Austrian classical composer 'The Marriage of Figaro"
1832
Lewis Carroll-British writer ,'Alice in Wonderland"
1850
Edward Smith, British Naval Capt of RMS Titantic
1885
Jerome Kern- Broadway/film composer ' Showboat'
1948
Mihkael Baryshinkov, Russian/American ballet dancer/choregrapher/actor
1955
John G. Roberts- 17th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court
Deaths:
1851
John James Audubon- U.S ornithologist/painter 65
1901
Giuseppe Verdi,Italian composer 'Rigaletto, LaTraviata' 77
2004
Jack Paar comedian/TV host "Jack Paar Show, The Tonight Show' {57-'62} 85
2010
JD Sallinger- writer' The Catcher in the Rye' 91
2014
Pete Seeger, U. S. folk singer/activist ,helped create modern folk music movement 94
 
This day in History January 29th

2002 George W. Bush coins the term “axis of evil” as part of his State of the Union Address
The term used to describe “regimes that sponsor terror” became exemplary for the terminology used by the Bush administration to promote its “war on terror”.

1996 France stops nuclear testing
President Jaques Chirac announced the “definite end” to France's nuclear testing program just 1 day after the country exploded a nuclear device in the South Pacific.

1967 The Mantra-Rock Dance takes place in San Francisco
The event is considered to have been the major spiritual event of the San Francisco hippy era.

1886 German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile
His “Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nummer 1” was the first gasoline-driven car.

1845 Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven” is published
The narrative poem first appeared in the New York Evening Mirror.
 
Births On This Day, January 29 🎂

1954 Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, founded the OWN Network, Harpo Productions

1924 Luigi Nono
Italian composer

1862 Frederick Delius
English composer

1860 Anton Chekhov
Russian physician, author

1843 William McKinley
American politician, 25th President of the United States

Deaths On This Day, January 29 🪦

2011 Milton Babbitt
American composer

2004 Janet Frame
New Zealand author

1963 Robert Frost
American poet, playwright

1941 Ioannis Metaxas
Greek general, politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece

1820 George III of the United Kingdom
 
1624
Sir Thomas Warner finds 1st English colony in Caribbean,St Kitts
1813
Jane Austen's novel'Pride and Prejudice' is published in England
1958
The Lego Company patents their design of Lego bricks which is still compatible with bricks produced today
1986
Space Shuttle' Challenger' explodes 73 secs after takeoff from Cape Canveral,Fla killing all 7 astronauts including Christa MCAuliffe, who would been the 1st teacher in space. The cause of the explosion, failure of the two O ring seals in a joint of the shuttle's right solid booster. The record low temperatures that morning reduced the elasticity of the rubber O rings to seal the joints
 
Jan 28th Birthdays:
1855
William Seward Burroughs,inventor of the 1st workable adding machine
1887
Artur Rubenstein,Polish/American concert pianist
1910
John Banner,Austrian born actor. His best known TV role 'Sgt Schultz' as the befuddled guard in CBS sitcom 'Hogan's Heroes' '65-'71 which was set in a Nazi POW prison camp during WWII
1912
Jackson Pollock U.S. expressionist painter
1936
Alan Alda- actor//director,best known for playing 'Hawkeye Pierce' in long running CBS sitcom "M*A*S*H '72-'83. He co wrote 13 episodes ,directed 31 of them
1968
Sarah MCLachlan, Canadian singer/songwriter'I Will Remember You"
Deaths:
1547
Henry VIII King of England {1509-47} 55
1939
W.B Yeats, Irish poet 73
1996
Jerry Siegel, comic book writer 'Superman' 81
2016
Paul Kanter,singer/guitarist with rock group 'Jefferson Airplane' 74
 
Jan 29th
1845
Edgar Allan Poe's poem' The Raven' is 1st published in NYC newspaper, The Evening Mirror
1886
automobile engineer/inventor,Karl Benz patents 'Benz-Patent Motorwagon,world's 1st automobile with burning motor
1924
ice cream cone rolling machine patent by Carl Taylor in Cleveland,Ohio
1978
Sweden becomes 1st country to ban aerosol sprays due to the harmful effect on ozone layer
2006
U.S. Postal Service releases 39 cent stamp featuring,Hattie McDaniel in the dress she wore to the Academy Awards. She became the 1st African-Amercian actress to win best supp actress Oscar for her role in 'Gone With The Wind'
 
Jan 29th Birthdays:
1737
Thomas Paine English/American essayist"Common Sense,Age of Reason"
1860
Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright'The Cherry Orchard"
1917
John Raitt- stage/screen actor/singer'Pajama Game',Carousel",his daughter is singer, Bonnie Raitt
1960
Greg Louganis Olympic gold medal winner in 3 meter/10 meter spring board diving
Deaths:
1956
H.L Mencken- essayist 56
1963
Robert Frost- U.S. poet 88
1980
Jimmy Durante- actor/comedian 86
2015
Colleen McCullough novelist"Tim,"The Thornbirds" 77
2019
James Ingram- r&b singer/songwriter 'Somewhere Out There,Just Once' 66
 
This day in History January 30th

1982 The first computer virus is released “into the wild”
Elk Cloner was created by 15-year-old Richard Skrenta as a practical joke.

1972 On “Bloody Sunday”, British troops kill 13 unarmed protesters
It was one of the most significant events of the Northern Ireland conflict.

1969 The Beatles give their last public performance
The concert was played on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building at 3 Savile Row in London.

1945 9,400 people die in the deadliest maritime disaster in history
The “Wilhelm Gustloff” was sunk by a Soviet submarine during World War II.

1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
The “Machtergreifung” marked the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of the “Third Reich”.
 
Births On This Day, January 30th 🎂

1951 Phil Collins
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1941 Dick Cheney
American politician, 46th Vice President of the United States

1937 Vanessa Redgrave
English actress

1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt
American politician, 32nd President of the United States

1852 Ion Luca Caragiale
Romanian playwright, poet

Deaths On This Day, January 30th 🪦

2001 Johnnie Johnson
English pilot

1963 Francis Poulenc
French composer

1951 Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian/German engineer, businessman, founded Porsche

1948 Orville Wright
American aviation pioneer

1649 Charles I of England
 
1873
Jules Verne's novel'Around the World in 80 Days' is published in France
1931
romantic,silent movie' City of Lights' directed&starring Charlie Chaplin is released. The story of a man's love for a blind flower girl{Viriginia Cherill}
1975
inventor, Erno Rubik applies for patent to his 'Magic Cube'. He added a different color to the 6 sided cube,name was later changed to 'Rubik's Cube"
 
Jan 30th Birthdays:
1912
Barbara Tuschman-historian/writer 'Guns of August'
1922
Dick Martin- actor/comedian 'Rowan&Martin's Laugh In"
1930
Gene Hackman,-actor 2 time Academy Award winner, 'The French Connection' '71- Best Actor, 'Unforgiven" '92 Best Supp Actor
1937
Boris Spassky- Russian world chess champion '69-'72
1974
Christian Bale- British actor' Empire of the Sun', Batman Begins, American Psycho
Deaths:
1836
Betsy Ross- U.S. seamstress, widely credited for making 1st American flag 84
1948
Orville Wright- U.S. aviation pioneer 76
1982
Stanley Holloway- British comedian/actor'My Fair Lady" 91
2011
John Barry-British film composer'Born Free, Out of Africa,Dances with Wolves' 80
 
Tish said:
2014 Pete Seeger
American singer-songwriter, guitarist
Click to expand...
One of my favorites.

I met him once, saw him and Arlo Guthrie live and afterwards they stayed and spoke with the audience. Nice guys. It was in the mid 90s and Pete was showing his age, about half way through the show he said his back was hurting and he was going to lay down for a while. And he did right on stage. Arlo carried the show for a while, than Pete got back up and continued.
 
Alligatorob said:
One of my favorites.

I met him once, saw him and Arlo Guthrie live and afterwards they stayed and spoke with the audience. Nice guys. It was in the mid 90s and Pete was showing his age, about half way through the show he said his back was hurting and he was going to lay down for a while. And he did right on stage. Arlo carried the show for a while, than Pete got back up and continued.
Click to expand...
Wow, that is one interesting story.
 
This day in History January 31st

2011 Myanmar's first elected parliament in half a century convenes
The event underlined a general move towards democracy in the country.

2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes into the sea
The MD-83 experienced horizontal stabilizer problems before descending into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 onboard.

1996 A suicide bombing in Sri Lanka kills 91 people
Separatist Tamil Tigers detonated a truck loaded with explosives in front of the central bank in Colombo.

1961 Ham the Chimp travels into outer space
The chimpanzee survived the US Mercury Program test flight with just a bruised nose.

1865 The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed
The Amendment, which officially abolished slavery, was adopted on December 6, 1865.
 

Births On This Day, January 31st 🎂

1982 Elena Paparizou
Greek/Swedish singer-songwriter

1975 Preity Zinta
Indian actress

1937 Philip Glass
American composer

1919 Jackie Robinson
American baseball player

1797 Franz Schubert
Austrian composer

Deaths On This Day, January 31st 🪦

1969 Meher Baba
Indian mystic

1956 A. A. Milne
English author

1954 Edwin Armstrong
American engineer invented FM radio

1888 John Bosco
Italian priest, educator

1606 Guy Fawkes
English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot
 


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