This day in history...

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:12 pm

Birthdates which occurred on January 10:
1502 Hendrik Niclaes German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
1628 Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff [Jan Maet], seascape painter)
1635 Willem Ã Brakel Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion)
1638 Niels Stensen Danish astronomer
1644 Louis Boufflers marshall of France
1683 Gasparo Visconti composer
1701 Johann Caspar Simon composer
1738 Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys)
1747 Abraham L Breguet French clock maker
1760 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg composer
1766 Louis Massonneau composer
1768 James Varicick 1st AME Zion Bishop
1769 Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo)
1780 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein German zoologist
1797 A V Droste-HÃ¼lshoff writer
1814 Aubrey de Vere Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1874
1815 Thomas Williams Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1825 Alexander Travis Hawthorn Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1834 John Acton English historian/MP
1854 Peter Gast composer
1855 Peter J Blok Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)
1858 Heinrich Zille German cartoonist (Cheerful BlÃ¤tter, Simplicissimus)
1864 George Washington Carver agricultural scientist (estimate date - actual birthdate unknown)
1867 Gerhard AnschÃ¼tz German MP
1871 Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)
1876 Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel Dutch goldsmith
1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell inventor (electrostatic precipitator)
1880 Eduard M Meijers Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)
1880 French van Cauwelaert Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1880 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
1880 Manuel AzaÃ±a y DÃaz PM/President of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
1882 Charles Trowbridge Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1883 Aleksei Tolstoi Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj)
1883 Florence Reed Philadelphia PA, silent film actress (Dancing Girl)
1883 Francis X Bushman Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat)
1884 James Philip Dunn composer
1886 Jose Antonio de Donostia composer
1887 Robinson Jeffers US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)
1888 Emile van Bosch Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)
1890 Douglas MacLean Philadelphia PA, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up)
1890 Ernest Milton San Francisco CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three)
1891 Jos Speybrouck Flemish painter
1892 Dumas Malone Mississippi, historian (Jefferson & His Time)
1894 Reginald Denham London England, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
1897 Albert Moeschinger composer
1898 Sergei M Eisenstein Russian director (Alexandr Nevski)
19-- Bonnie Hellman San Francisco CA, actress (Penny Brooks-Nurse)
1901 Pauline Starke Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic)
1903 Jean Morel Abbeville France, conductor
1903 Barbara Hepworth English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)
1903 Jens A Schade Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses HÃ¸jsang)
1904 Ray Bolger Dorchester MA, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1904 Jesus Garcia Leoz composer
1908 Paul Henreid Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1908 Bernard Lee London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
1909 Grace Mitchell educator
1909 Rudolf Kubin composer
1910 Dorothy Stroud garden historian
1910 Galina Ulanova St Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
1910 Jean Martinon Lyons France, conductor/composer
1911 Jan Boon [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong)
1913 Gustav Husak President of Czechoslovakia (1975-89)
1913 Haywood Frank Henry sax player
1914 Polly Rowles Philadelphia PA, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
1914 Claude Gallimard France, publisher
1915 Dean Dixon Zug Switzerland, conductor
1917 Jerry Wexler music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan)
1920 Georges

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:21 pm

In 1861, Florida seceded from the Union.

In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:11 pm

In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximlian I died.

In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces began a huge, successful offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:15 pm

In 1858, French emperor Napoleon III escaped an attempt on his life.

In 1953, Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country's Parliament.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:52 am

Deaths which occurred on January 15:
0069 Servius Sulpicius Galba 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), killed by Praetorian guard in the Forum Rome, at 70
1208 Peter of Castelnau French nobleman, murdered
1684 Caspar Netscher Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48
1705 Walraad the Young, Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/Governor of Nijmegen, dies
1744 Charles-Hubert Gervais composer, dies at 72
1755 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia composer, dies at 83
1765 Carlmann Kolb composer, dies at 61
1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini composer, dies
1788 Gaetano Latilla composer, dies at 77
1812 Johannes Herbst composer, dies at 76
1816 Henry Harington composer, dies at 88
1844 Joseph Mazzinghi composer, dies at 78
1866 M T d'Azeglio writer, dies
1896 Matthew B Brady US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
1904 Eduard Lassen composer, dies at 73
1909 Ernest Reyer composer, dies at 85
1909 Ernest von Wildenbruch German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63
1911 Wilhelm Berger composer, dies at 49
1915 Guillaume Couture composer, dies at 63
1919 Karl Liebknecht Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47
1919 Rosa Luxembourg Marxist revolutionary, murdered
1922 John Kirk Barry Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89
1924 Geza Zichy composer, dies at 74
1926 Enrico Toselli composer, dies at 42
1932 Georg Kerschensteiner German educationalist, dies at 77
1934 Hermann Bahr Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70
1934 Patrick O'Malley US policeman, killed by John Dillinger
1936 Henry Forster cricket (Hants & Oxford University, Governor-General of Australia), dies
1942 Melvin Winfield Sheppard runner (Olympics-gold-08, 12), dies at 58
1949 Black Dahlia murder victim found in Los Angeles (basis of the movie)
1949 Pompeo Aloisi Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63
1953 Viktor Patrick Vretblad composer, dies at 76
1955 Yves Tanguy French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies
1961 Francesco Maria Saraceni composer, dies at 49
1962 Kenneth MacKenna actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62
1964 Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58
1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe premier of Burundi, murdered
1966 Betsy Mitchell US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25
1967 Albert Szirmai composer, dies at 86
1968 Bill Masterson 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies
1968 John Davidson actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc), dies at 80
1968 Leopold Infeld Polish nuclear physicist (Motion & Relativity), dies at 69
1969 Theodor Werner German painter, dies at 82
1971 John Dall actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50
1973 Jef Alpaerts Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1974 Karel Salmon composer, dies at 76
1978 Margaret Bowman & Lisa Levy Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
1981 Emanuel Celler (Representative-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92
1982 Red Smith sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76
1983 Meyer Lansky reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach FL at 81
1983 Shepperd Strudwick actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75
1986 James H "Jim" Crowley US football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83
1987 Dolores Hawkins singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58
1987 Ray Bolger actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1987 Gerrit Borgers Dutch literary, dies at 69
1988 Sean MacBride Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83
1989 Wilf Slack cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies
1990 Gordon Jackson actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66
1993 Henry Iba basketball coach, dies at 88
1993 Huub H Jacobse Dutch MP (VVD), dies at 68
1993 Ken Cory dies of AIDS at 51
1993 Sammy Cahn [Cohen], US songwriter (Bei Mir Bist Du SchÃ¶n), dies at 79
1994 GyÃ¶rgy Cziffra Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
1994 Harry Nilsson rock vocalist

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:44 pm

In 1559, England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

In 1908, 100 years ago, nuclear physicist Edward Teller was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:00 pm

In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia (popularly known as "Ivan the Terrible") was crowned Czar.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:50 pm

In 1871, William I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in Versailles, France.

In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference, held to negotiate peace treaties ending World War I, opened in Versailles, France.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:12 pm

In 1736, James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, was born in Scotland.

In 1853,Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:18 pm

Deaths which occurred on January 20:
0250 Fabianus Pope (236-50)/saint, dies
0820 Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i Islamic (Book of Mother), dies
0842 Theophilus Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies
0882 Louis II/III the Younger German king (876-82), dies
1479 John II king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1569 Miles Coverdale English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80
1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59
1639 Mustapha I sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
1666 Anna of Austria queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64
1691 Christian de Placker composer, dies at 77
1713 Pavao Vitezovic Croatian historian, dies
1727 John van Bylevelt Catholic apostle, dies
1745 Charles VII Albert German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47
1779 John Burman Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71
1789 Johann Christoph Oley composer, dies at 50
1798 Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66
1813 C M Wieland writer, dies at 79
1819 Carlos IV King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70
1830 Michal Bogdanowicz composer, dies at 50
1837 John Soane English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84
1838 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges composer, dies at 64
1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam composer, dies at 32
1859 B v Arnim writer, dies at 73
1859 Bettina Brentano composer, dies at 73
1862 General Felix Zollicoffer killed after mistakenly riding into union lines
1862 Felix Zollicoffer General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
1882 John Linnell British painter/miniaturist/engraver, dies
1890 Franz Paul Lachner composer, dies at 86
1891 David Kalakahua emperor of Hawaii, dies
1896 Heinrich M von Battenberg German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
1900 John Ruskin English writer/critic (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of influenza at 81
1900 R D Blackmore English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74
1900 Richard D Blackmore English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74
1905 Stanislaw Pilinski composer, dies at 65
1914 Emil Liebling composer, dies at 62
1914 Henry Southwick Perkins composer, dies at 80
1936 King George V of Britain dies at 70, succeeded by Edward VIII
1943 Giacomo Benvenuti composer, dies at 57
1947 Josh Gibson Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35
1948 Mahatma Gandhi India's pacifist, assassinated
1949 Josephus T J Cuypers architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
1952 Arthur Farwell composer, dies at 74
1954 Fred Root cricketer (England pace bowler in 3 Tests vs Australia 1926), dies
1954 Warren Bardsley cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies
1957 James Connolly 1st

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:20 am

Birthdates which occurred on January 21:
1338 Charles V (the Wise) king of France (1364-80)
1571 John I Pontanus physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
1659 Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard composer
1743 John Fitch inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
1746 Johann H Pestalozzi Zurich Switzerland, educator (Leonard & Gertrude)
1751 Josephus Andreas Fodor composer
1759 Johan Valckenaer Dutch politician/patriot
1762 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer
1771 Arnold A Buyskes Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director
1775 Manuel Garcia composer
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)
1796 John Gelinde van Blom Frisian notary/author
1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer
1813 John C FrÃ©mont [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Governor (AZ)
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer
1815 Horace Wells dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia)
1821 John Cabell Breckinridge (D) 14th US Vice Pressident (1857-61)/Major-General (Confederacy)
1823 Alexandre Edouard Goria composer
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Lieutenant-General 2nd Corps (ANV, Confederacy)
1829 Oscar II Frederik King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
1833 Norman Willis union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake pioneer English woman physician
1848 Henri Duparc French composer
1855 John M Browning US, weapons manufacturer
1859 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer
1865 Heinrich E Albers-SchÃ¶nberg German rÃ¶ntgenologist
1867 James Marcus actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger)
1867 Maxime Weygand French General/Governor-General (Algeria)
1867 Willem C Royaards Dutch theater director (Summer Games)
1872 Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland Dutch foreign minister
1875 John Lindworsky German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille)
1875 Paul E Kahle Germany, professor of oriental studies
1878 Egon Friedell Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)
1883 Olav Aukrust Norway, poet
1884 Katie Sandwina Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter
1884 Roger Nash Baldwin founder (American Civil Liberties Union)
1885 Umberto Nobile Italian General
1886 Gustaaf Sap Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
1887 Alfred Henry Ackley composer
1887 Wolfgang KÃ¶hler German/US Gestalt psychologist (Mentality of Apes)
1889 Bert Collins cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WWI years)
1889 Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility)
1891 Francisco Lazaro Portuguese runner
1891 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer
1891 Timothy Mather Spelman composer
1897 J Carrol Naish New York City NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan)
1898 John George Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu)
1898 Avery Claflin composer
1904 Richard P Blackmur Massachusetts, critic/poet (Anni Mirabiles, Good European)
1904 Joseph Ford McGuinn Brooklyn NY, actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men)
1905 Christian Dior Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look)
1906 Fred Fehl Austrian/US Broadway photographer
1906 John Putz journalist
1908 Bengt StrÃ¶mgren GÃ¶teborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud)
1909 Todor Skalovski composer
1910 Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (Cowboy & the Lady)
1910 Lord Cayzer British financier

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:07 pm

In 1793, during the French Revolution, King Louis the XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guilotine.

In 1858, Felix Marma Zuloaga became president of Mexico upon the ouster of Ignacio Comonfort.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:06 pm

In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria died at age 81.

In 1905,(New Style Calendar), thousands of demonstrating Russian workers were fired on by Imperial army troops in St. Petersburg on what became known as "Bloody Sunday.'

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:31 pm

In 1950,the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

In 1968, North Korea seized the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:20 pm

In 1858,Britian's Princess Victoria (the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert),married Crown Prince Frederick William (the future German Emperor and King of Prussia) at St. James's Palace.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:05 pm

In 1841, Britain formally occupied Hong Kong, which the Chinese had ceded to the British.

In 1942, the first American expeditionary force to go to Europe during World war II went ashore in Northern Ireland.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:23 am

Birthdates which occurred on January 27:
1546 Joachim III Frederick elector (Brandenburg)
1556 Abbas I "the Great", shah of Persia (1587-1629)
1592 Pierre de La Barre composer
1662 Richard Bentley Oulton, scholar/controversialist
1679 Jean-FranÃ§ois de Troy French painter
1701 Johann N von Hontheim German church historian/suffragan (bishop)
1715 Vaclav Kalous composer
1720 Samuel Foote England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)
1723 Johann A Cramer prime minister/poet
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)
1775 Friedrich von Schelling Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)
1775 Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez GarcÃa Spanish tenor/composer
1784 Martin-Joseph Mengal composer
1805 Samuel Palmer London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision)
1806 Juan CrisÃ³stomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer
1808 David F Strauss Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)
1822 Thomas Leiper Kane Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole)
1824 Jozef IsraÃ«ls Dutch painter
1826 Richard Taylor Lieutenant-General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1828 Louis Schubert composer
1828 Samuel Allen Rice Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1830 Georg Hellmesberger composer
1830 William Henry Fitzhugh Payne Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1832 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], author (Alice in Wonderland)
1834 Dmitri Mendeleev chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)
1834 Robert Sanford Foster Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Austrian writer (masochism)
1850 Samuel Gompers Dutch/US, 1st president-American Federation of Labor
1851 Rafael Obligado Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)
1858 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer
1859 Kaiser Wilhelm II Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)
1867 Claude Antoine Terrasse composer
1868 Cato Engelen-Sewing Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera)
1869 Will Marion Cook composer
1872 Learned Hand Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals)
1882 Giuseppe Prezzolini Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)
1885 Jerome Kern New York City NY, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta)
1885 Eduard KÃ¼nneke German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda)
1887 Carl Blegen Minneapolis MN, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos)
1889 Balthasar van der Pol physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol)
1891 Ilya Ehrenburg Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)
1892 Mitya Stillman composer
1894 Fritz Pollard early black NFL star (1920-26)
1895 Joseph Rosenstock Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936-41)
1895 Claudio Carneyro composer
1899 Granville English composer
19-- Marc Ferrari rocker (Cold Sweat-Break Out)
1900 Hyman G Rickover US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)
1901 Art Rooney NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1901 Willy Fritsch German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon)
1903 Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Pruitts of So Hampton)
1903 John Eccles British physiologist/neurologist
1905 Howard McNear Los Angeles CA, actor (Floyd-Andy Griffith Show, Jetsons)
1905 Luther Diamond radio personality
1906 Radames Gnattali composer
1907 Henry Cotton English golf champion (won 3x British Open)
1908 William Randolph Hearst Jr newspaper publisher (Hearst Publishing)
1911 Benay Venuta San Francisco CA, actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister)
1911 George Pope cricketer (English pace bowler, 1-49 & 0-36 in his only Test)
1912 Lawrence Durrell Indian/British writer (Private Country)
1913 Milton Adolphus composer
1913 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky composer
1914 Anna Larina revolutionary
1915 Jack Brymer clarinettist
1917 Dunboyne Lord

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:56 pm

In 1547, England's King Henry the VIII died, he was succeesed by his 9-year-old son, Edward the VI.

In 1853,Cuban recolutioary Jose marti was born in Havana.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:38 pm

In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for his part in the "Gunpowder Plot" against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.

In 1917, during World War I, Germany served notice it was beginning a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:59 pm

In 1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

In 1948, the island nation of Ceylon --now Sri Lanka--became an independent domination within the British Commonwealth.