Today in History

Jan 10th Birthdays:
1738
Ethan Allen- American Revoluntary War patriot
1927
Gisele MacKenzie- Canadian actress/ singer on TV show' Your Hit Parade'
1932
Stephen Ambrose- U.S. historian/writer' Band of Brothers'
1943
Jim Croce- singer/ songwriter' Time in a Bottle, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown', I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song'
1953
Pat Benetar- singer 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Love is a Battlefield, We Belong
Deaths:
1961
Dashnell Hammet -detective writer 'The Thin Man, Maltese Falcon 66
1977
Ruth Wakefield- created 'Toll House Cookie' 1st chocolate chip cookie 73
1982
Pauly Lynde- comedic actor, best known TV role "Uncle Arthur' in ABC sitcom' Betwitched', he was the center square in original game show' Hollywood Squares' 55 {heart attack}
2011
Margaret Whiting- singer "It Might As Well be Spring,Time After Time 86
 

On This Day in History, January 11th

2002 The first prisoners arrive in Guantanamo Bay
Following reports of torture, Amnesty International called the situation at the US detention camp a “human rights scandal”.

1985 The first Rock in Rio music festival is held
A whopping 1.5 million people attended, making it the world's largest music festival.

1962 A massive landslide kills 4,000 in Peru
Nine villages in the Río Santa Valley were engulfed by a 12-meter wall of rock and ice.

1935 Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland
She was the first person to achieve this feat. Her journey took her from Honolulu to Oakland, California.

1922 Insulin is used for the first time to treat diabetes
14-year-old Leonard Thompson was the first person to receive the medication to combat his Type 1 diabetes.
 
Births On This Day, January 11th 🎂

1979 Siti Nurhaliza
Malaysian singer-songwriter, producer

1973 Rahul Dravid
Indian cricketer

1971 Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1934 Jean Chrétien
Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada

1755 Alexander Hamilton
Nevisian/American economist, politician, philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury


Deaths On This Day, January 11th 🪦

2014 Ariel Sharon
Israeli general, politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel

2013 Nguyen Khanh
Vietnamese general, politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam

2013 Aaron Swartz
American computer programmer, activist

2008 Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer

1941 Emanuel Lasker
German chess player
 

1787
the moons of planet Uranus, Titania&Oberon were discovered by astronomer William Herschel
1913
at the 13th Auto Show in NYC,the 1st sedan type car{Hudson } was on display
1927
Louis B.Meyer, head of MGM film Studio announces the creation of Academy of Motion Picture,Arts&Science}AMPAS}
1964
the 1st U.S govt report, U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry warns cigarette smoking maybe hazardous to one's health
2007
author, JK Rowling finishes the final Harry Potter book' The Deathly Hallows' in a room at Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland
 
Jan 11th Birthdays:
1815
John A. MacDonald- Canada's 1st Prime Minister 1867-1873, 1878-1891
1903
Alan Paton- S.African author' Cry the Beloved Country',anti-apartheid activist
1952
Ben Crenshaw- U. S. golfer won Masters Championship 'Green Jacket' '89,'95
Deaths:
1836
John Molson- Canadian brewer,founder of Montreal brewery,Molsons 72
1928
Thomas Hardy- British author' Far From The Maddening Crowd' 87
1979
Jack Soo- actor best known TV role' Det Nick Yemana' in ABC police sitcom' Barney Miller' 61{cancer}
2000
Bob Lemon- MLB Hall of Fame Pitcher w Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians/manager w Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox 79
2008
Edmund Hillary- New Zealand mountaineer/explorer,1st to scale Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay 88{heart attack}
 
On This Day In History, January 12th

2010 An earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti
Most of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the disaster.

1991 The U.S. Congress votes for war in Iraq
President George H. W. Bush was given the authority to use military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

1969 Led Zeppelin releases their debut album
The album was imaginatively named “Led Zeppelin”.

1967 James Bedford is frozen with the intent of future resuscitation
Bedford was the first human to be cryonically preserved; his body awaits resuscitation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

1908 The first long-distance radio message is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Scientist Lee de Forest's broadcast was heard by an audience of 50.
 
Births On This Day, January 12th 🎂

1968 Heather Mills
English model, activist

1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru

1916 P. W. Botha
South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa

1876 Jack London
American author

1729 Edmund Burke
Irish politician, philosopher

Deaths On This Day, January 12th 🪦

2005 Amrish Puri
Indian actor

2003 Maurice Gibb
English singer-songwriter bass player, producer

1976 Agatha Christie
English author

1971 John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
English Admiral

1856 Ľudovít Štúr
Slovak politician, author
 
1915
U.S House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote
1959
record company, 'Motown' founded by Berry Gordy, Jr, original name was Tamala Records
1992
highest scoring NCAA college basketball game in Troy, Alabama. Troy State defeated Devry 258-149
2010
a 7.0 earthquake hits Haiti, killing over 220,000 people destroys the majority of capital, Port au Prince
2019
Missy Elliott becomes the 1st rapper to be inducted in Songwriters Hall of Fame
 
Jan 12th Birthdays:
1856
John Singer Sargent- U.S. painter
1906
Tex Ritter- country singer '5 Star Jubliee, Wayward Wind
1930
Tim Horton- Canadian hockey player with Pittsburgh Penquins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, NY Rangers, co-founder of Tim Horton restaurant chain
1964
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon
Deaths:
1976
Agatha Christie- English crime writer Murder On Orient Express, Mousetrap, And Then There Were None 85
2001
Bill Hewlett- U.S. engineer,co founder of Hewlett- Packard 87{heart attack}
2017
William Peter Blatty- author' The Exorcist' 89
 
On This Day In History, January 13th

2012 The cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks, killing 32
The ship's captain was later accused of imprudence, negligence, and incompetence.

2001 An earthquake devastates El Salvador
This quake killed nearly 1000 people; at least 315 people fell victim to a second quake on February 13, 2001.

2000 Bill Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft
Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 together with Paul Allen.

1968 Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
The album “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” became a huge success.

1915 The worst earthquake in Italian history kills 30,000
The quake hit the town of Avezzano, about 100 km (60 m) east of Rome.
 
Births On This Day, January 13th 🎂

1978 Nate Silver
American journalist, and statistician, developed PECOTA

1970 Marco Pantani
Italian cyclist

1969 Stephen Hendry
Scottish snooker player

1964 Bill Bailey
English comedian, actor, singer, guitarist

1887 George Gurdjieff
Armenian mystic

Deaths On This Day, January 13th 🪦

2007 Michael Brecker
American saxophonist, composer

1978 Hubert Humphrey
American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States

1962 Ernie Kovacs
American comedian, actor

1941 James Joyce
Irish author

1929 Wyatt Earp
American police officer
 
1794
Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars&15 stripes
1913
Delta Sigma Theta ,world's largest Black Society was founded at Howard Univ, in Washington,DC
1942
Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor CO, patents method of constructing plastic auto bodies
1976
U.S. inventor, Ray Kurweil&National Federation of the Blind unveil his reading machine,The 1st omni-font optical character recognition system
2012
Italian cruise ship'Costa Concordia' runs aground at Isola de Giglo,Italy killing 32 people. The captain,Francesco Schellino who abandoned ship was arrested& charged with manslaughter
 
Jan 13th Birthdays:
1919
Robert Stack -actor 'The Untouchables, host of NBC series' Unsolved Mysteries
1925
Gwen Verdon- actress/singer/ dancer- Cotton Club, Sweet Charity, Cocoon
1931
Charles Nelson Reilly-Broadway&TV comic actor, was in the orginial Broadway productions of 'Hello Dolly', Bye, Bye Birdie,How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying{won featured actor Tony} His best known TV role' Claymore Gregg' in NBC sitcom' The Ghost &Mrs Muir' panelist on game show' Match Game
1966
Patrick Demsey- actor best known TV role' Dr Derek Shepard' in ABC medical drama' Grey's Anatomy'
Deaths:
1864
Stephen Foster- composer' Oh! Susanna, Swanee River, Beautiful Dreamer 37
1941
James Joyce- Irish poet/ writer-Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake 58
1962
Ernie Kovacs- comedian'The Ernie Kovacs Show' 42{car crash}
2017
Anthony Armstrong-Jones- British photographer, ex husband of Princess Margaret 86
 
On This Day In History, January 14th

2005 The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan
It was the first-ever landing in the outer solar system.

1967 The Summer of Love is launched with the Human Be-In
San Francisco was the epicenter of the Hippie Revolution, which soon influenced cultures around the world.

1953 Tito becomes President of Yugoslavia
The authoritarian leader became a unifying symbol in his country and is still known by many today.

1943 Churchill, Roosevelt, and de Gaulle meet in Casablanca to discuss their WWII strategy
During the secret Casablanca Conference, the leaders agreed that the allied forces would accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.

1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England
“The Virgin Queen” was the daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII.
 
Births On This Day, January 14th 🎂

1969 Dave Grohl
American singer-songwriter, musician, director

1963 Steven Soderbergh
American director, screenwriter, producer

1950 Rambhadracharya
Indian religious leader

1875 Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate

1741 Benedict Arnold
American/English general

Deaths On This Day, January 14th 🪦

2016 Alan Rickman
English actor

1977 Anthony Eden
British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1957 Humphrey Bogart
American actor

1901 Mandell Creighton
English bishop, historian

1898 Lewis Carroll
English author
 
1873
'Celluloid' registered as a trademark by inventor John Wesley Wyatt
1911
polar explorer, Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedtion lands on Ross Ice Shelf
1952
debut of NBC's 'Today Show with original host Dave Garroway& announcer Jack Lescoulie. It was the brain child of NBC TV executive Pat Weaver{ actress Sigourney's dad}
1963
"The Bell Jar' by author/poet Sylvia Plath is published in England, 1 month later she ends her life
1979
Pres. Jimmy Carter proposes making Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday a federal holiday
2019
according to U.S. National Safety Council,Americans chance of dying from a drug overdose is higher than dying in a car accident
 
Jan 14th Birthdays:
1875
Albert Schweitzer- theologian/writer
1914
Harold Russell- Canadian actor/WWII vet who lost both of his hands movies'Best Years of Our Lives{supp actor Oscar},Dogtown, also won a special Oscar for bringing hope&courage to fellow veterans
1924
Guy Williams actor best known TV role' "John Robinson' in CBS sci fi show' Lost In Space'
1938
Jack Jones- singer sings the theme to TV show' The Love Boat
1952
Maureen Dowd- opinion writer for NYTimes
1963
Stephen Soderbegh- film director/ writer'Sex Lies &Videotape, Ocean's 11, Traffic
1969
Dave Grohl- singer/ songwriter/drummer with bands,'Nirvana, Foo Fighters
Deaths:
1898
Lewis Carrol- author' Alice in Wonderland' 65
1957
Humphrey Bogart- actor- The African Queen, Casblanca, Caine Mutiny 57{ cancer}
1977
Peter Finch- actor "Network{ won Best Actor Oscar postmously} The Nun's Story, Raid on Entebbe 60{heart attack}
1986
Donna Reed- actress "Its a Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity{best supp actress Oscar} had own TV show' Donna Reed Show played'Donna Stone' co starred with Carl Betz as hubby'Dr Alex Stone',Paul Petersen&Shelley Fabrares as their 2 kids 64{ cancer}
2009
Ricardo Montalban- Mexican actor 'Star Trek 2 'Wrath of Khan', Naked Gun, best known TV role' Mr Roarke'on ABC show 'Fantasy Island' 88
2016
Alan Rickman- British actor 'Love Actually, Die Hard, Robin Hood:prince of Theives, 'Prof Snape' in all Harry Potter movies 69{cancer}
 
On This Day In History, January 15th

2001 Wikipedia goes online
The online encyclopedia has since become the largest reference work on the internet.

1992 Croatia and Slovenia are internationally recognized as independent nations
The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as a result.

1973 Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
The fighting continued anyway until the capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army on April 30, 1975.

1892 The rules of Basketball are published
Canadian James Naismith invented the sport for his gym class at YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1759 The British Museum opens
Its collection comprises 8 million items and it is one of the most comprehensive collections in the world.
 
Births On This Day, January 15th 🎂

1965 James Nesbitt
Irish actor

1941 Captain Beefheart
American singer-songwriter

1929 Martin Luther King, Jr.
American minister, activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyptian army officer, politician, 2nd President of Egypt

1622 Molière
French playwright, actor

Deaths On This Day, January 15th 🪦

1994 Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter, musician

1988 Seán MacBride
Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate

1950 Henry H. Arnold
American general

1947 Elizabeth Short
American waitress, the murder victim

1919 Rosa Luxemburg
Russian economist, philosopher
 
Holidays and Events on This Day, January 15th 🍹🌴

Day of Peaceful Reintegration of the Croatian Danube Region- Croatia

Day of the International Recognition of the Republic of Croatia- Croatia

George Price Day- Belize

John Chilembwe Day- Malawi

Mihai Eminescu Commemoration Day- Moldova
 
On This Day, January 15th

1559 -- Elizabeth Ist. Crowned Queen of England at the age of 25. Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry VIII‘s second wife, Anne Boleyn.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.

1815 – War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.

1865 – American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.

1889 – The Coca-Cola Company: Then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.

1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States: Was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft).

1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.

1991 – Victoria Cross for Australia: Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system: Awarded for, "... most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy”

2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
 

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