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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 3rd

For The Weekday Of: Saturday in 2009, Sunday in 2010
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People on January 3rd: birthdates

Joseph Amor: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Video Games Player, record holder (Space Invaders)
Tom Bower: yr unknown
Actor, The Waltons' Dr. Curtis Willard
James Carter: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Jazz Musician
Dabney Coleman: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Corpus Christi, Texas; That Girl's Dr. Leon Bessemer, Mary Hartman*2's Merle Jeeter, Buffalo Bill's Bill Bittinger, Apple Pie, Slap Maxwell Story star, Tootsie, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond, Drexell's Class's Otis Drexell, Madman of the People's Jack "Madman" Bruckner, You've Got Mail, The Guardian's Burton Fallin; some say b. Jan 2
Mara Corday: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
Actress, Playmate, Oct 1958 playmate
Frank Dicopoulos: 1957 (is 52 in 2009, 53 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Guiding Light's Frank Cooper
Christian Duguay: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Comedian, Actor, of MAD TV
Harry Tristan Fowler: 1998 (is 11 in 2009, 12 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Kim Wilde and Hol's son
Mel Gibson: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, Cartoon Voicist, b. in Peekskill, N.Y.; Mad Max, Lethal Weapon I,II,III,IV, Forever Young, Maverick movie; some say 1951, Bravehart, Pocahontas' John Smith, Ransom, Conspiracy Theory, Payback, The Perfect Storm, The Patriot, What Women Want, We Were Soldiers, Signs, Apocalypto
Nicholas Gonzalez: 1976 (is 33 in 2009, 34 in 2010)
Actor
John Paul Jones: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Bassist, Keyboardist, Songwriter, English, RLN:Baldwin; of Led Zeppelin; some say 1947; b. June 3?
William Stoddard Lawrence: 2003 (is 6 in 2009, 7 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Christa Miller and Bill's son
Alex D. Linz: 1989 (is 20 in 2009, 21 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Soap Actor, Young & the Restless' Philip; Home Alone 3
Lloyd: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Kimberly Locke: 1978 (is 31 in 2009, 32 in 2010)
Singer, American Idol Finalist #3 (2003)
Robert Loggia: 1930 (is 79 in 2009, 80 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Mancuso FBI's Mancuso, THE CAT's Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, Emerald Point NAS's Adm. Yuri Bukharin, An Officer & a Gentleman, Independence Day
Jason Marsden: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
TV Actor, Munsters Today's Eddie Munster, Eerie Indiana's Dash, Almost Home's Gregory; b. 1973?
Sir George Martin: 1926 (is 83 in 2009, 84 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Music Producer, Arranger, English, A&R exec; The Beatles & others
Danica McKellar: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
TV Actress, b. in La Jolla, CA; PRON:Dan-ICK-a; The Wonder Years' Gwendolyn "Winnie" Cooper, The West Wing's Elsie Snuffin
Larry McNeeley: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Banjoist, of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Nikki Nelson: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Country Singer, of Highway 101
Nichole Nordeman: 1972 (is 37 in 2009, 38 in 2010)
Singer, Contemporary Christian singer
Van Dyke Parks: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Arranger, Musician, Actor, Folk Singer, Bandleader, 60s-70s; connected as producer with Beach Boys, Arlo Guthrie, Randy Newman, and others; his keyboard work on the Byrds hit Eight Miles High was notable.
Victoria Principal: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, Producer, Japanese, singer? (with Andy Gibb); b. in Fukuoka, Japan; Dallas' Pamela Barnes Ewing, Titans' Gwen Williams; her agent insists her birth certificate says b. 1950, not 1946,5,4,3,2,1,or 0!
Betty Rollin: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
Journalist, Author, Correspondent
Ross The Boss: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
Music Figure, of the Dictators and also Manowar
Cynthia Sikes: 1955 (is 54 in 2009, 55 in 2010)
Actress, Beauty Pagent Winner, Miss Kansas 1972; Captains & the Kings, Flamingo Road's Sande Swanson, St. Elsewhere's Dr. Annie Cavanero, Young and the Restless' Zora
Stephen Stills: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Classic Rock Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Bassist, Pianist, Drummer, b. in Dallas; Tambourine; of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, solo; double Hall of Fame member for his two groups
Shannon Sturges: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
TV/Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Molly Brinker, Savannah's Reese Burton, Port Charles' Kate Reynolds
Emma Ulvaeus: 1982 (is 27 in 2009, 28 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Lena Kallessjo and Bjorn's daughter
Michael Zager: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
Keyboardist, Songwriter, Arranger, of Ten Wheel Drive (country) and a disco hit Let's All Chant under Michael Zager Band

People on January 3rd: birth anniversaries

Maxene Andrews: 1916=d.Oct 21, 1995 (was 79)
Singer, b. in Minneapolis; La Verne & Patty's sis; of The Andrews sisters; some say 1918
Dorothy Arzner: 1900=d.Oct 1, 1979 (was 79)
Movie Director, Editor
Clement Richard Attlee: 1883=d.Oct 8, 1967 (was 84)
Prime Minister, British, FN:Earl; P.M. 1945-51
Victor Borge: 1909=d.Dec 23, 2000 (was 91)
Actor, Comedian, Pianist, Humorist, Variety Show Host, Conductor, Denmark, b. in Copenhagen; NN:Unmelancholy Dane; RN:Borge Rosenbaum; own TV show; The Danish Noel Coward
Grace Anna Coolidge: 1879=d.Jul 8, 1957 (was 78)
First Lady, Calvin's wife; MN:Goodhue
Walter Johannes Damrosch: 1862?=d.Dec 22, 1950
Conductor, Composer, Prussian; some say b. Jan 30, 1862
Eddie "Popeye" Egan: 1930=d.Nov 4, 1995 (was 65)
Policeman, Actor, Real life NY cop; Joe Forrester, Eischied, Mike Hammer's Hennessey; whose exploits inspired the Academy Award-winning film "The French Connection"
Betty Furness: 1916=d.Apr 2, 1994 (was 78)
Movie Actress, Announcer, b. in New York City; RFN:Elizabeth; Comsumer advocate; commercial announcer, Studio One, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Joel Hopkins: 1904=d.Feb 15, 1975 (was 71)
Musician, Sam Lightnin''s brother
Josephine Hull: 1886?=d.Mar 12, 1957
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, RLN:Sherwood; Harvey; some say b. Jan 3, 1884
Sergio Leone: 1929=d.Apr 30, 1989 (was 60)
Movie Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Italian, spaghetti westerns; Fist Full of Dollars
John Loder: 1898=d.Dec 9, 1988 (was 90)
Movie Actor, British, RLN:Lowe; Hedy Lamarr's ex-; wed 5x's; d. 12-26?
Leon McAuliffe: 1917=d.Aug 20, 1988 (was 71)
Guitarist, one of the first country musicians to use an electric steel guitar
Ray Milland: 1907=d.Mar 10, 1986 (was 79)
TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director, Wales, aka Spike Mullane; Dial M For Murder, The Lost Weekend, The Ray Milland Show's Prof. Ray McNutley/McNulty, Markham, Rich Man Poor Man; RN:Reginald Truscott-Jones
Lucretia Mott: 1793=d.Nov 11, 1880 (was 87)
Political Activist, Educator, Social Reformer, Feminist, Womens rights
Herbie Nichols: 1919=d.Apr 12, 1963 (was 44)
Pianist, Composer
Anna Pavlova: 1885=d.Jan 23, 1931 (was 46)
Ballerina, Russian
ZaSu Pitts: 1898=d.Jun 7, 1963 (was 65)
TV/Movie Actress, the Oh-Dear-Me actress in comedy roles; Gale Storm Show's companion Esmerelda Nugent; FN=Za in Eliza + Su in Susan
Alice Roosevelt: 1902=d.????
Celebrity Daughter, Theodore's daughterpresumed deceased
John Russell: 1921=d.Jan 19, 1991 (was 70)
TV/Movie Actor, Soldiers of Fortune, The Lawman's Marshal Dan Troop, Jason of Star Command, Pale Rider, Rio Bravo
John Sturges: 1911=d.Aug 18, 1992 (was 81)
Movie Producer/Director, Bad Day at Black Rock, Gunfight a the O.K. Corral, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7; some say b. 1910
John Thaw: 1942=d.Feb 21, 2002 (was 60)
Actor, Inspector Morse
J. R. R. Tolkien: 1892=d.Sep 2, 1973 (was 81)
Author, Novelist, English, RFMN:John Ronald Reuel; a philologist/writer and creator of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy; b. in Bloemfontein
Bill Travers: 1922=d.Mar 29, 1994 (was 72)
Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director, English, Virginia McKenna's hubby
Jesse White: 1919=d.Jan 8, 1997 (was 78)
Actor, Comedian, RMLN:Marc Wiedenfeld; Private Secretary's Cagey Calhoun, Danny Thomas Show's Jesse Leeds, Ann Sothern Show's Oscar Pudney; Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid; Lonely Maytag Repairman commercials 60-80s; some say b. in 1918
Anna May Wong: 1907=d.Feb 3, 1961 (was 54)
TV/Movie Actress, RN:Lui-Tsong Wong; Chinese-American 30s Hollywood Star

People on January 3rd: death anniversaries

Joy Adamson: 1980 (was 69)/b.Jan 20, 1910
Author, Naturalist, Conservationalist; author of the best-selling book "Born Free," was killed in Northern Kenya by a servant in a wage dispute.
Dame Judith Anderson: 1992 (was 93)/b.Feb 10, 1898
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Soap Actress, Lesbian, Australian, Laura, Tycoon, Rebecca, MacBeth, Laura, Ten Commandments, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Kings Row, Star Trek III, Santa Barbara's Minx Lockridge Capwell; some say 1897
Clare Briggs: 1930 (was 54)/b.Aug 5, 1875
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Mr. and Mrs.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: 1543/b.yr unknown
Navigator, Explorer, Spanish, discovered California
Randy California: 1997 (was 45)/b.Feb 20, 1951
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, RLN:Wolfe; of Spirit; some say b. 1946 or d. Jan 3
Jesse Cooper: 2005 (was 17)/b.yr unknown
Celebrity Son, Marianne Leone and Chris's son
Wilbur De Paris: 1973/b.Sep 20, 1900?
Jazz Musician, Trombonist, Drummer, Bandleader, of Duke Ellington & led own band; some say b. Jan 11, 1900
Grenville Dodge: 1916 (was 84)/b.Apr 12, 1831
Engineer, Union Pacific Railroad chief engineer who was responsible for much of the railroad construction in the western and southwestern United States during the 19th century.
Zac Foley: 2002 (was 31)/b.Dec 9, 1970
Rock & Roll Bassist, of EMF
Jaroslav Hasek: 1923/b.Apr 30, 1883?
Writer, Satarist, Czech; some say b. Apr 24, 1883
Conrad N. Hilton: 1979 (was 91)/b.Dec 25, 1887
Businessperson, founder of Hilton Hotel Corp int'l hotel chain
William Joyce: 1946 (was 39)/b.Apr 24, 1906
Criminal, aka Lord Haw Haw; English-language propaganda broadcaster from Nazi Germany during World War II whose nickname was derived from the sneering manner of his speech; hanged in Britain for treason.
William Russell Kelly: 1998 (was 92)/b.Nov 21, 1905
Businessperson, founder and chairman of Kelly Services, Inc.
Pierre Larousse: 1875 (was 57)/b.Oct 23, 1817
Lexicographer, French, grammarman
Howard McNear: 1969 (was 63)/b.Jan 27, 1905
TV/Radio Actor, Cartoon Voicist, The Andy Griffith Show's Floyd Lawson, Jetsons voicist, George Gobel Show's Mr. Hamish, Gunsmoke's Doc Adams (radio)
Amos Milburn: 1980 (was 52)/b.Apr 1, 1927
Blues Singer, Pianist, Songwriter
Dick Peabody: 2000 (was 74)/b.yr unknown
Actor
Elizabeth P. Peabody: 1894 (was 89)/b.May 16, 1804
Educator, Writer, Philanthropist, founded the first kindergarten in U.S.
Dick Powell: 1963 (was 58)/b.Nov 14, 1904
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer/Director, TV Host, Radio Actor, Crooner, Dancer, Tenor; June Allyson's hubby; 30s movie musical crooner, Four Star Playhouse costar, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, Dick Powell Show host/star; owned 4-Star TV; some say d. Jan 2
Jack Ruby: 1967 (was 55)/b.Mar 25, 1911
Assassin, RN:Jacob Rubenstein; he killed Lee Harvey Oswald (on live television) who in turn killed prez JFK; d. in a Dallas hospital
Victor Sjostrom: 1960 (was 80)/b.Sep 20, 1879
Movie Director, Swedish, silent films in WWI era
Josiah Wedgwood: 1795 (was 64)/b.Jul 12, 1730
Inventor, Artist, English, Potteryist
Beatrice Winde: 2004 (was 79)/b.Jan 5, 1924
Soap Actress, of The Doctors

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