Birthdates Which Occur on January 22:
1440 Ivan III the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania
1561 Francis Bacon England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
1571 Robert Bruce Cotton English antiquary, politician
1592 Pierre Gassendi Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
1649 Pascal Collasse composer
1655 Geleyn Evertsen lt-admiral of Zealand
1707 Carl Hockh composer
1709 Joseph Reipel composer
1727 Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer
1729 Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi composer
and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Germany, critic/dramatist
1748 Lewis Edson composer
1753 Peter Fuchs composer
1756 Vincenzo Righini composer
1766 Antoine-Vincent Arnault French writer (Les V‚nitiens)
1779 Stefano Pavesi composer
1781 Fran‡ois-Antoine Habeneck composer
1788 Lord George Gordon Noel Byron England, romantic poet (Don Juan)
1800 Nat Turner slave that revolted [or Oct 2]
1802 Richard Upjohn US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
1815 Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger composer
1824 Josef Leopold Zvonar composer
1826 [Merriwether] Jeff Thompson Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1842 Charles Henri Marechal composer
1845 Jacob Verdam Dutch philologist
and Paul Vidal de la Blanche France, geographer
1848 Samuel Muller Fzn Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)
1849 August Strindberg Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)
1855 Ernst Kullak composer
1858 Beatrice Potter Webb England, economist
and Frederick Lugard British captain/baron (Congo)
1861 Karel Stecker composer
1865 Friedrich Paschen German physicist
1870 Charles Arnold Tournemire composer
1871 Leon Jessel composer
1874 Wincenty Witoz Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
1875 Bonifacius C de Jonge governor (Dutch East Indies)
and D[avid] W Griffith movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation)
and Thomas W Ross actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm)
1877 Hjalmar Schacht president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics
1878 Constance Collier Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)
and Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator
1886 John Joseph Becker composer
1890 Fred M Vinson Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
1891 Franz Alexander Hungarian/US psycho analytical
and Mo‹se Kisling Polish/French painter (La Souris Boiteuse)
1892 Marcel Dassault [Bloch], French airplane builder
1893 Conrad Veidt Potsdam Germany, actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary)
1894 Charles Morgan England, writer (Fountain)
and Matt McHugh PA, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair)
1897 Josef Stanislav composer
1898 Alexander Abramsky composer
and Ben van Eysselste˜n Dutch writer (Arid Earth)
and Gustaf Paulson composer
and Ross R Barnett lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss)
1899 Guido Kisch Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany)
and Martti Haavio [P Mastap„„], Finnish linguistic/poet
19-- Bionca XXX actress (Endangered, Aerobic Girls Club, Invitation Only)
and Dwan Smith Jackson Tn, actress (Jolene-Joe Forrester)
and James Wlcek Bronx NY, actor (Steel Magnolias, As the World Turns)
and John Wesley Shipp actor (Guiding Light)
and Lola Flores Spain, spanish singer
and Roy Cooper London England, actor (Trevor-Beacon Hill)
and Steve Riley rock drummer (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
1900 Franz Salmhofer composer
1901 Hans-Erich Apostel Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica)
1903 Robin Humphrey Milford composer
1904 George Balanchine composer [OS=Jan 9]
1906 Robert E[rvin] Howard US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror)
and Willa B Brown (Coffey) US black air pioneer (NAAA)
1907 Marie Dressler actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8)
1909 Ann Sothern [Harriette Lake], ND, actress (Lady in a Cage)
and Lev D Landau Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
and [Sithu] U Thant Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72)
1911 Bruno Kreisky Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
and Roberto Garcia Morillo composer
1913 Verdina Shlonsky composer
1914 Dimitri Dragatakis composer
and Suzanne Danco Belgian singer
1916 Henri Dutilleux Angers France, composer
1917 Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright
1918 Richard Eastham Opelousas La, actor (Falcon Crest) [or Jun 22]
1920 George Breakston Paris France, actor/director (Jungle Stampede)
and Piet Van Lishout Flemish writer (Eva & I)
and William Warfield singer (Show Boat)
1921 Andre Hodeir composer
1922 Howard Moss poet/editor (New Yorker)
1923 Diana Douglas Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
and Friedrich Zehm composer
and Leslie Bassett composer
1924 J J Johnson composer/jazz trombonist
1925 Leslie Silver English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1928 Birch Bayh (Sen-D-Ind)
1931 Galina Zybina USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
and Rauno M„kinen Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932 Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit Mich, actress (Twin Peaks)
1934 Bill Bixby SF Calif, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian)
1935 Pierre S Du Pont IV (gov-Del)
and Sam Cooke Chicago Ill, soul singer (Sam & Dave-You Send Me)
and Seymour Cassel Detroit, actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino)
1937 Ed‚n Pastora G¢mez Nicaraguan contra leader
and Joseph Wambaugh US, police writer (Onion Fields)
1940 Addie "Micki" Harris Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
and John Hurt England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
and Tilo Medek German composer
1943 H James "Jim" Saxton (Rep-R-NJ, 1984- )
1945 Michael Cristofer actor/writer (Little Drummer Girl)
and Oliver rocker
1946 Andrew Rubin New Bedford Mass, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash) [or Jun 22]
1949 Rein P Hummel Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
and Steve Perry Hanford Calif, vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
1952 Teddy Gentry Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
1953 Myung-Whun Chung Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
1954 Chris Lemmon LA Calif, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Duet) [or Jun 22]
1955 Thomas David Jones Balt Md, PhD/Astronaut (STS 59, 68)
1957 Mike Bossy NHL forward (NY Islanders), 1st 50 goals in 50 game
1959 Linda Blair St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St)
1960 Michael Hutchence Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
1962 Robert Mailhouse New Haven Ct, actor (Brian-Days of our Life)
1964 Ann Rowe Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1991)
and Maria Ellingsen Reykjavik Iceland, actress (Katrina-Santa Barbara)
1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
and Ray Mayhew rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
and Steven Adler Cleveland Ohio, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child)
1967 Manabu Nakanishi wrestler (NJPW)
and Olivia d'Abo London England, actress (Karen Arnold-Wonder Years)
1969 Christina Marie Leardini St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
1970 Brian Gaskill actor (David Michaels-Models Inc)
1974 Pavel Mikhalevitch soccer player (NEC)
and Stephanie Rottier St Niklaas Belgium, tennis star
1976 Balthazar Getty actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
2179 Hikaru Walter Sulu SF, California (character on Star Trek)
Deaths Which Occured January 22:
1336 Louis III last Earl of Wage, dies
1531 Andrea del Sarto Italian artist, dies at 43
1552 Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason
1581 Joost de Damhoudere Flemish lawyer, dies
Seerp Galama nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52
1599 Cristofano Malvezzi composer, dies at 52
1640 Erasmus Quellinus I Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55
1700 Jacob Balthasar Schutz composer, dies at 39
1781 Johann Siebenkas composer, dies at 66
1796 Bernhard Hupfeld composer, dies at 78
1798 Lewis Morris US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 71
Mat˜a A Reljkovic writer (Satire of the wanted men), dies at 66
1799 Horace B de Saussure Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58
1847 Georges-Julien Sieber composer, dies at 71
1850 Vincenzo Pallotti Italian saint, dies at 54
1852 George Rodwell composer, dies at 51
1868 Moritz Ganz composer, dies at 61
1879 Anthony Durnford British colonel, dies in battle
George Shepstone British political affiliate, dies in battle
1895 Edward Solomon composer, dies at 39
1901 Victoria [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 82
1909 Richard A C E Erlenmeyer German chemist, dies
1913 Ferdinand van der Haeghen Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82
1914 Frederik Rung composer, dies at 60
1916 Iwan Knorr composer, dies at 63
1922 Benedictus XV [Giacomo markies della Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies
1923 Max Nordau [Sdfeld], German physician/writer/zionists leader, dies
1924 Maurice du Plessys French poet (Le feu sacr‚), dies at 59
1936 Louis Glass composer, dies at 71
1942 Reimond Tollenaere leader Flemishch Natl Front, dies at 81
Walter R Sickert British painter (Free House!), dies
1945 Carlo Felice Boghen composer, dies a day before 76th birthday
1950 Alan Hale actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57
1951 Eastwood Lane composer, dies at 71
1952 Roger Vitrac French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies
1956 P A M Speet director of KRO, dies
1959 A J Else Mauhs German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73
1964 Marc Blitzstein US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
1966 Herbert Marshall actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75
1967 Jobyna Ralston actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66
1968 Duke Kahanamoku 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1912, 20), dies at 77
1969 Judy Garland singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose
1973 Lyndon B Johnson president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64
1974 Leon Lontoc actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64
1975 Klaas Voskuil journalist, dies at 79
1979 Ali Hassan Salameh [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to
have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
1980 Iris Meredith actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64
1981 Fannie Thomas US, dies at 113
1982 Eduardo Frei Montalva president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71
1987 R Budd Dwyer Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy
& perjury shot himself to death at a televised news conference
1988 Georgi M Malenkov Russian politician, dies at 85
Parker Fennelly actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96
1992 A J Antoon director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
1993 Alexander Bodon Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood)
Charlie Gehringer baseball player, dies at 89
Kobo Abe Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies
Maria Vlamynck Flemish author, dies at 75
1994 Frances Gifford dies of emphysema, at 71
Jean-Louis Barrault French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83
Telly Savalas actor (Kojak), dies at 70 of prostate cancer
1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29
Margaret Barbara Lambert British historian (Saar), dies at 88
Nico Adriaans founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at 37
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy mother of pres John F Kennedy, dies at 104
Holidays Which Occur January 22:
Ukraine Ukrainian Day (1918)
Religious Observances on January 22:
RC Gaudentius, 1st bishop of Novarra/martyr in Bergell (Graubnden)
304 RC, Ang Memorial of St Vincent, martyr/patron of wine growers
628 RC Commemoration of St Anastasius, martyr
1850 RC Commemoration of St Vincent Pallotti, Italian priest, founder
Things to Remember for January 22:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
Last Day Coma-Berenicid meteor shower, radiant in Coma Berenices
28 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
National Popcorn Day
[Ancient Rome] a d xj Kal Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur January 22:
871 Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex
1371 King Robert II Stuart of Scotland crowned
1510 Jews are expelled from Colmar Germany
1517 Turks conquer Cairo
1528 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd
music press monopoly
1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)
1588 Pope Sixtus V decrees "Immense aeterni" (Reformed curia)
1673 Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English Upper house
and Prince Willem III calls English parliament together
1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
1758 Russian troops occupy K”nigsberg, East-Prussia
1760 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
1771 Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain
1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland
1798 Coup of Midderigh
1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada
1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC
1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "Siege of Corinth"
1817 English airship Diana leaves for Malaysia
1831 Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam
1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif
1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
1858 Laurent discovers asteroid #51 Nemausa
1859 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
1862 Confederate govt raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
1863 Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March"
1873 Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die
1879 Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa
James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously
and serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
1890 Jos‚ Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps
series & begins King Edward VII series
1905 Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #623 Chimaera
1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #656 Beagle
1909 Vassily Kandinsky forms Knstlerverein in Munich
and W Lorenz discovers asteroid #678 Fredegundis
1910 Opera "Germania," premieres in NYC
1914 Paul Claudel's "L'‚change," premieres in Paris
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #860 Ursina & #861 Aida
1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
1924 Baldwin govt resigns in England
and Dutch Blast Furnace & Steel Factory opens
and KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
1925 Albania Republic proclaimed under Pres Achmed Zogu
1926 Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits
1930 -35øF (-37øC), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
1931 French govt of Steeg falls
and VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
1932 British Anglicans & Old-Catholic church merge
1934 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad
1936 French Laval govt falls
1938 G Kulin discovers asteroid #2058 Roka
"Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in
and Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
and Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
1941 1st mass killing of Jews in Romania
and British/Australian troops capture Tobruk from Italians
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain
and Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06)
1943 66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, Calif (state record)
and Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion in Sicily for July 10th
and Temperature rises 49øF (9øC) in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy
1945 Burma highway reopens
and Heavy US air raid on Okinawa
1946 US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA
and KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed
1951 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Johncrowe Ransom
and Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter
1953 Arthur Miller's "Crucible," premieres in NYC
1955 Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen resigns
1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
and Canadian Football Council forms
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula
and Mad Bomber (George P Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested
1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
1960 Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
and French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
and NBA All Star game
and Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
1964 Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia)
and World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
1965 US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC
and Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
and NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee & Phoenix
1969 Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle
and Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
and Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6« hours
1971 John & Yoko record "Power to the People"
1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
1973 George Foreman KOs Joe Frazier for world heavyweight boxing title
and Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
and US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
1980 Dissidents Andrei Sacharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki
and PGA begins a senior golf tour
1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
and O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints
1982 75% of North America is covered by snow
1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
and E Bowell discovers asteroid #3670
Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime.
and Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
and Hilbert van de Thumb becomes European all-round skates
and Super Bowl XVIII: Oakland Raiders-38, Wash Redskins-9 in Tampa
1985 -30øF (-34øC), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
and Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
and Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides
1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
1988 Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson KOs former champ Larry Holmes in 4
1989 Super Bowl XXIII: SF 49'ers-20, Cincinnati Bengals-16 in Miami
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
1992 Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride
and Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
1994 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra
and East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in NYC
1995 Palestinian bomb attack on Tel Aviv (20-21 killed)
Your Special Reminders for January 22:
1888 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1959 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 22nd day of year with 343 remaining (Numerology = 5)
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