Happy Birthday
zoara
Today's cake and candles are headed towards Ian McCall... Happy
Birthday, Ian!
You share your birthday with:
1457 - King Henry VII of England (died 1509)
1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (died 1610)
1582 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (died 1621)
1600 - Pope Clement IX (died 1669)
1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist
(died 1679)
1611 - Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (died 1687)
1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691)
1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and
geographer (died 1774)
1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (died 1775)
1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (died 1761)
1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1774)
1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (died 1749)
1755 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (died 1830)
1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom (died 1860)
1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada (died 1892)
1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and
administrator (died 1885)
1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist
(died 1904)
1853 - José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (died 1895)
1857 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (died 1898)
1873 - Colette, French writer (died 1954)
1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (died 1940)
1879 - Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (died 1953)
1880 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (died 1970)
1884 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (died 1962)
1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (died 1973)
1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (died 1982)
1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz
(died 1963)
1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (died 1947)
1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (died 1986)
1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (died 1973)
1910 - Arnold Moss, American character actor (died 1989)
1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (died 1956)
1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1993)
1923 - Ivo Robi , Croatian singer (died 2001)
1927 - Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club
owner (died 1996)
1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (died 2001)
1929 - Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American artist
1933 - Susan Sontag, American writer and activist (died 2004)
1935 - David Lodge, English author
1936 - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
1936 - Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
1938 - Leonid Zhabotinsky, Russian weightlifter
1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (died 1985)
1944 - John Tavener, English composer
1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician
1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
1948 - Charles Taylor, leader of Liberia
1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress
1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
1954 - Rick Warren. Pastor, Author of The Purpose Driven Life
1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer,
and producer
1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer
1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)
1968 - Rakim, American rapper
1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress
1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician
1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
1975 - David Zingler, American writer
1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer
1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
1979 - Pixie, English model
1980 - Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player
1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor
1984 - Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
On this day in history:
1077 - Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman
Emperor is lifted.
1521 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1547 - Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of
England.
1573 - Articles of Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning
religious freedom in Poland.
1788 - The first penal colony is founded at Botany Bay, Australia.
1820 - Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent
approaching the Antarctic coast.
1846 - Battle of Aliwal, India won by British troops commanded by Sir
Harry Smith.
1855 - The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the
Panama Railway.
1871 - Franco-Prussian War: France surrenders, ending the war.
1878 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the
United States.
1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest
snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8
inches (20 cm) thick.
1902 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10
million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1909 - United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the
Spanish-American War.
1915 - An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast
Guard.
1916 - Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United
States Supreme Court.
1917 - United States ends search for Pancho Villa.
1918 - Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital,
Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1921 - A symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is installed beneath the
Arc de Triomphe in Paris to honour the unknown dead of World
War I.
1932 - Japan occupies Shanghai.
1935 - Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion.
1938 - The first ski tow in America begins operation in Vermont.
1938 - The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver
Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195.
1945 - World War II: Supplies begin to reach China over the newly
reopened Burma Road.
1946 - Bluenose, Canada's greatest sailing ship, founders on a Haitian
reef.
1958 - Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate begin their murder
spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.
1973 - Barnaby Jones premieres on CBS.
1982 - US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian
anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red
Brigades.
1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after liftoff
killing all seven astronauts onboard. Failure blamed on leaking
Solid Rocket Booster.
1994 - The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez ends in a
mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and
sentenced to life in prison without parole.
1996 - Super Bowl XXX, Dallas Cowboys - 27 Pittsburgh Steelers - 17;
Attendance: 76,347; MVP: Larry Brown, Dallas Cowboys; Tempe,
Arizona.
1997 - Arista Records founder Clive Davis receives a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for
several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.
1999 - Ford Motor Company announces the buyout of Volvo's
passenger-vehicle business for $6.45 billion.
2002 - An Ecuadoran airline Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes
mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.
2004 - September Dossier: Lord Hutton publishes his report into the
death of UN weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly.
Deaths on this day
814 - Charlemagne (born 742)
1061 - Duke Spytihn v II of Bohemia (born 1031)
1271 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (born 1247)
1443 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1547 - King Henry VIII of England (born 1491)
1596 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and soldier (born ca. 1540)
1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (born 1547)
1613 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (born 1545)
1621 - Pope Paul V (born 1550)
1681 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (born 1619)
1672 - Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (born 1588)
1687 - Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (born 1611)
1697 - John Fenwick, English conspirator
1725 (O.S.) - Tsar Peter I of Russia, (born 1672)
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (born 1684)
1864 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (born 1799)
1903 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (born 1847)
1912 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (born 1819)
1915 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (born 1846)
1935 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (born 1859)
1939 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
(born 1865)
1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (born 1908)
1953 - James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876)
1960 - Zora Neale Hurston, American author (born 1891)
1965 - Tich Freeman, English cricketer (born 1888)
1965 - Maxime Weygand, French soldier (born 1867)
1971 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (born 1896)
1973 - John Banner, Austrian actor (born 1910)
1983 - Frank Forde, fifteenth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1890)
1986 - Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger:
Greg Jarvis (born 1944)
Christa McAuliffe (born 1948)
Ronald McNair (born 1950)
Ellison Onizuka (born 1946)
Judith Resnik (born 1949)
Francis R. Scobee (born 1939)
Michael J. Smith (born 1945)
1988 - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (born 1911)
1991 - Red Grange, American football player (born 1903)
1994 - Hal Smith, American actor (born 1916)
1996 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate
(born 1940)
1996 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (born 1914)
1999 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (born 1918)
1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher
(born 1908)
2001 - Curt Blefary, baseball player (born 1943)
2002 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (born 1907)
2004 - Lloyd M. Bucher, US Navy officer (born 1927)
2004 - Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (born 1923)
2004 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (born 1923)
2005 - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (born 1944)
2005 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (born 1973)
The BBC's "On This Day" page:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/28
Hope you have a good one,
-zoara-
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Highly susceptible to memetic reprogramming
PeterD
> 1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest
> snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8
> inches (20 cm) thick.
Happy Birthday Ian - finding out you share it with such freaky
snowflakes must've made your day.
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Pd
Jim
> Today's cake and candles are headed towards Ian McCall... Happy
> Birthday, Ian!
(belated) Happy birthday! Hope it was a good'un.
Jim
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Chris Ridd
"Jim" <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> zoara <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Today's cake and candles are headed towards Ian McCall... Happy
>> Birthday, Ian!
>
> (belated) Happy birthday! Hope it was a good'un.
Yes, I forgot to reply to Zoara's post too; hope you had a good day!
Cheers,
Chris
Woody
> zoara <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > Today's cake and candles are headed towards Ian McCall... Happy
> > Birthday, Ian!
>
> (belated) Happy birthday! Hope it was a good'un.
Hope you enjoyed getting out of the house!
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Woody
Sara Kirk
<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Today's cake and candles are headed towards Ian McCall... Happy
> Birthday, Ian!
Yay! Happy Birthday!
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Sara
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