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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 14th

For The Weekday Of: Wednesday in 2009, Thursday in 2010
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People on January 14th: birthdates

Mark Addy: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, The Full Monty, Jack Frost, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Still Standing's Bill Miller
Frank Aletter: 1926 (is 83 in 2009, 84 in 2010)
Actor, Bringing Up Buddy's Buddy Flower, It's About Time's Mac, Nancy's Tom Daily
James Clifford Altman: 1988 (is 21 in 2009, 22 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Lynda Carter's and Robert Altman's son
John Avila: 1957 (is 52 in 2009, 53 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Oingo Boingo
Sydney Biddle Barrows: 1952 (is 57 in 2009, 58 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Loving's Ms. Baldwin
Jason Bateman: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Actor, Little House on the Prarie's James Cooper, Silver Spoons's Derek Taylor, It's Your Move's Matthew Burton, Valerie's & The Hogan Family's David Hogan, Simon's Carl, Arrested Development's Michael Bluth; Justine's brother
Christine Belford: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
TV Actress, Soap Actress, All My Children's Elena Lazlo, Beverly Hills 90210's Steve Sanders' mom
Lee Bell: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Musician, of Archie Bell & the Drells
Julian Bond: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Politician, Political Activist, Civil Rights Leader, Quaker
T-Bone Burnett: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Singer, Songwriter, Sam Phillips' hubby
Clarence Carter: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Guitarist, Formerly married to Candi Station
Kathleen Chalfant: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Rae Ella, The Guardian's Laurie Solt
Jonathan Daly: yr unknown
Actor, Petticoat Junction's Orrin Pike, CPO Sharkey's Lt. Whipple
Faye Dunaway: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Movie Actress, Protestant, b. in Bascom, Fla.; FN:Dorothy; Peter Wolf's ex-; Chinatown, Mommie Dearest, Thunderball, Bonnie and Clyde
Lauch Faircloth: 1928 (is 81 in 2009, 82 in 2010)
Senator
Mikalah Gordon: 1988 (is 21 in 2009, 22 in 2010)
Singer, American Idol Finalist #11 of 2005
Dave Grohl: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Nirvana (as drums), Foo Fighters (lead guitar, singer)
Joe Guese: 1983 (is 26 in 2009, 27 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Performer, of The Click Five
Zoe Genevieve Hanson: 1998 (is 11 in 2009, 12 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, The Hanson Brothers's sister
Jesse Hunter: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Country/Western Performer
Mary Ann Jackson: 1923 (is 86 in 2009, 87 in 2010)
Movie Actress, Our Gang
Jack Jones: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
Singer, Irene Hervey & Allan's son; The Love Boat theme singer
Jordy: 1988 (is 21 in 2009, 22 in 2010)
Pop Singer, French, LN:Lemoine; Dur Dur D'Etre Bebe! (It's Tough To Be a Baby!)
Lawrence Kasdan: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Movie Producer/Director, The Big Chill, The Empire Strikes Back
L.L. Cool J.: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
Rap Singer, TV/Movie Actor, RN:James Todd Smith, In The House's Marion Hill, Any Given Sunday, S.W.A.T.
Jordan Ladd: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Actress, Cheryl and David's daughter
Mark Lawrence: 1921 (is 88 in 2009, 89 in 2010)
Pianist
Nathan Morley: 1974 (is 35 in 2009, 36 in 2010)
Radio Broadcaster, Sacked in 1994 for "talking to dead stars on British radio", host of "Chartfile" for British Forces Radio, now "Friend of the stars". Last broadcaster on offshore station The Voice of Peace anchored off Israel.
Patricia Morrison: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Music Figure, of Sisters Of Mercy
Cooper Murray North: 2000 (is 9 in 2009, 10 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Jill and Nolan's son
Jonathan Osser: 1989 (is 20 in 2009, 21 in 2010)
Actor, of Hiller and Diller, Max Keeble's Big Movie
Tom Rhodes: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Actor, Comedian, Tom Rhodes star
William Risrook: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Musician, of BT Express
Andy Rooney: 1920 (is 89 in 2009, 90 in 2010)
Columnist, Writer, Commentator, Essayist, Producer, Humorist, b. in Albany, NY; 60 Minutes' whimsical reg 1978-; wrote for Arthur Godfrey, Garry Moore, magazines, etc.
Daniel J. Schneider: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
TV Actor, Head of the Class's hefty science jock Dennis Blunden
James Scott: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Ethan Ramsey and EJ Wells
Slick Rick: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, NOT to be confused with Rick James
Shepard Smith: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Newscaster
Carl "Chas Smash" Smyth: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Singer, Bassist, Horns, of Madness; RFN:Cathal
Steven Soderbergh: 1963 (is 46 in 2009, 47 in 2010)
Writer, Director, sex, lies and videotape
Billie Jo Spears: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Country Singer
Geoff Tate: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Keyboardist, Songwriter, Queensryche lead
Holland Taylor: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Soap Actress, Bosom Buddies' Ruth Dunbar, Edge of Night, Powers That Be's Margaret Powers, Naked Truth's Camilla Dane, The Truman Show, Baby Bob's Madeline, Two and a Half Men's Evelyn Harper
the great Luke Ski: 1974 (is 35 in 2009, 36 in 2010)
Novelty Singer, Comedian, RN:Luke Collis Sienkowski
Allen Toussaint: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Soul Singer, Music Producer, Composer/Songwriter, Musician, Arranger, Pianist, Allan wrote a number of hits for New Orleans acts including Lee Dorsey's 1966 hit "Working In A Coal Mine," later covered by Devo in 1981
Mike Tramp: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)
Heavy Metal Singer, Songwriter, of White Lion, Freak Nature
Caterina Valente: 1931 (is 78 in 2009, 79 in 2010)
Singer, Dancer, Actress, French, b. in Paris
Emily Watson: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Actress, The Boxer, Angela's Ashes, Red Dragon, Separate Lies, The Proposition
Vernee Watson-Johnson: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
TV Actress, Carter Country, Welcome Back Kotter, Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Viola, Young and the Restless' Birdie, Days of Our Lives' Ella Kraft
Carl Weathers: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, NFL Player, Fortune Dane star, Oakland Raiders, Rocky's Apollo Creed, Tour of Duty's Col. Carl Brewster, Street Justice's Det. Adam Beaudreaux, In the Heat of the Night's Hampton Forbes
Zack Wylde: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Ozzy Osbourne

People on January 14th: birth anniversaries

Benedict Arnold: 1741 O.S.=d.Jun 14, 1801 (was 60)
General, Revolutionary, American Revolutinary War gen'l & traitor; d. in London; other style says b. Jan 25, 1741 N.S.
Frances Bavier: 1903=d.Dec 6, 1989 (was 86)
Actress, It's a Great Life's Amy, Eve Arden Show's Nora, Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry RFD's Aunt Bee Taylor; some say 1902 or 1905
Sir Cecil Beaton: 1904=d.Jan 18, 1980 (was 76)
Photographer, Designer, English, royal family photographer
William Bendix: 1906=d.Dec 14, 1964 (was 58)
TV/Movie Actor, Radio Actor, b. in New York City; The Life of Riley's Chester A. Riley
Margaret Booth: 1898=d.Oct 28, 2002 (was 104)
Editor
Thornton Waldo Burgess: 1874=d.????
Author, wrote "Peter Rabbitt"
Billy Butterfield: 1917=d.Mar 18, 1988 (was 71)
Jazz Trumpeter, This swing horn player had a big impact on the bands of Bob Crosby, Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman.
Jimmy Crawford: 1910=d.Jan 28, 1980 (was 70)
Drummer
Bebe Daniels: 1901=d.Mar 16, 1971 (was 70)
Movie Actress, Scotish, Ben Lyon's wife; RFN:Virginia
Rolla Harger: 1890=d.????
Inventor, Scientist, the Drunkometer
George Herman: 1920=d.Feb 8, 2005 (was 85)
Newsperson, Journalist, Face the Nation moderator
Hugh Lofting: 1886=d.Sep 26, 1947 (was 61)
Children's Author, Illustrator, English, Dr. Doolittle
Joseph Losey: 1909=d.Jun 22, 1984 (was 75)
Movie Producer/Director, Movie Actor
Martin Niemuller: 1892=d.Mar 6, 1984 (was 92)
Religious Leader, German, submarine captain/anti-nazi minister; Pastor
Tillie Olsen: 1912=d.Jan 1, 2007 (was 94)
Writer, author of "Tell Me a Riddle"
Richard Outcalt: 1863=d.Sep 5, 1928 (was 65)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, LN SP: Outcault?; Yellow Kid; Buster Brown
John Dos Passos: 1896=d.Sep 28, 1970 (was 74)
Author, Novelist
Hal Roach: 1892=d.Nov 2, 1992 (was 100)
Movie Producer/Director, Film Executive, Movie Actor, Screen/Scriptwriter, b. in Elmira, NY; Veteran Comic Producer; discovered Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang/Little Rascals
Harold Russell: 1914=d.Jan 29, 2002 (was 88)
Movie Actor
Albert Schweitzer: 1875=d.Sep 4, 1965 (was 90)
Theologian, Philosopher, Physicist, Musician, Author, Humanitarian, Missionary, German, Nobel 1954
Joe Seneca: 1919=d.Aug 15, 1996 (was 77)
Actor, Singer, The Verdict
Thomas "Tom" Tryon: 1926=d.Sep 4, 1991 (was 65)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Novelist, I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Billy Walker: 1929=d.May 21, 2006 (was 77)
Country Singer, Ozark Jubilee
David Wesson: 1861=d.????
Chemist, created Wesson Oil, Florence Henderson wouldn't have Wessonality without him!
William Whipple: 1730=d.Nov 28, 1785 (was 55)
Judge/Jurist, Revolutionary, Declaration of Independence signer
Guy Williams: 1924=d.May 7, 1989 (was 65)
TV/Movie Actor, Zorro's Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro), Lost in Space's Prof. John Robinson; RN:Armando Catalano; d. earlier but May 6 or 7 was the day he was discovered dead.
Art Young: 1866=d.Dec 29, 1943 (was 77)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Satarist, Political radical
Mishima Yukio: 1925=d.Nov 25, 1970 (was 45)
Novelist, Japanese, RN:Hiraoka Kimitake; the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century

People on January 14th: death anniversaries

Brooks Atkinson: 1984 (was 89)/b.Nov 28, 1894
Critic, Journalist, of drama
Humphrey Bogart: 1957 (was 57)/b.Jan 23, 1899
Movie/Stage Actor, b. in New York City; MN:DeForest; Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, The Caine Mutiny, To Have & Have Not, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, Treasure of the Sierra Nevada, The African Queen, Lauren Bacall's hubby; some say b. Dec 25, 1899 or 1900
Lewis Carroll: 1898 (was 65)/b.Jan 27, 1832
Author, Mathematician, English, b. in Cheshire; RN:Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson; Alice in Wonderland where he named a cat after his birth city
Harry Champion: 1942 (was 55)/b.Mar 23, 1886
Singer, Comedian, British
Darlene Conley: 2007 (was 72)/b.Jul 18, 1934
Soap Actress, Young & the Restless' Rose DeVille, Bold & the Beautiful's Sally Spectra Garrison
Horace E. Dodge: 1920 (was 55)/b.Oct 25, 1864
Manufacturer, noted for having invented one of the first all-steel cars in America.
Peter Finch: 1977 (was 60)/b.Sep 28, 1916
TV/Movie Actor, English, b. in London; RN:William Mitchell; Network
Kurt Godel: 1978 (was 71)/b.Apr 28, 1906
Mathematician, Czech, Incompleteness Theorem
Jetta Goudal: 1985 (was 86)/b.Jul 18, 1898
Actress, French, b. 1891?
Cato Maximilian Guldberg: 1902 (was 65)/b.Aug 11, 1836
Chemist, Norweigan, with Peter Waage, formulated the law of mass action, which details the effect of concentration, mass, and temperature on chemical reaction rates.
Uta Hagen: 2004 (was 84)/b.Jun 12, 1919
Stage Actress, Author, German, b. in Gottingen; Boys From Brazil; acting teacher
Sir Edmund Halley: 1742 (was 85)/b.Oct 29, 1656 O.S.
Astronomer, Mathematician, British, b. in London; observed comet named for him in 1682; first to calculate a comet's orbit.; other style says b. Nov 8, 1656 N.S.
Gordon Jackson: 1990 (was 66)/b.Dec 19, 1923
TV/Movie Actor, Scotish, Upstairs Downstairs' Hudson the butler (Emmy winner)
Ray A. Kroc: 1984 (was 81)/b.Oct 5, 1902
Sportsfigure, Businessperson, builder of McDonalds empire & San Diego Padres owner; McDonald's says Oct 2
Jeanette MacDonald: 1965 (was 61)/b.Jun 18, 1903
Movie Actress, Opera Soprano, Comedienne, Gene Raymond's wife; some say b. 1901, 06, and 07
Anais Nin: 1977 (was 73)/b.Feb 21, 1903
Author, American, Diarist, French
Jerry Nolan: 1992 (was 45)/b.May 7, 1951?
Rock & Roll Drummer, Punk; of New York Dolls; some say b. May 7, 1946
Ron O'Neal: 2004 (was 66)/b.Sep 1, 1937
TV/Movie Actor, Superfly, Superfly TNT; Bring 'Em Back Alive, The Equalizer's Lt. Isadore Smalls
Esther Ralston: 1994 (was 91)/b.Sep 17, 1902
Movie Actress, silent screen star dubbed the "American Venus."
Donna Reed: 1986 (was 64)/b.Jan 27, 1921
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Denison, IA; It's A Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity, The Donna Reed Show's Donna Stone, Dallas' substitute Miss Ellie Ewing 1984-85; RN:Donna Belle Mullenger; her show sometime's NN'd Mother Knows Best or The Madonna Reed Show (ha ha ha)
Hari Rhodes: 1992 (was 59)/b.Apr 10, 1932
Actor, b. in Cincinnati; aka Harry; Daktari's Mike the zoologist, The Protectors, Roots, Backstairs at the White House, The Bold Ones' D.A. William Washburn
Blossom Rock: 1978 (was 82)/b.Aug 21, 1895
TV/Movie Actress, veteran comic supp actress of 40s under stage name Marie Blake, The Addams Family Grandmama Addams; Jeanette MacDonald's sister
Paul Vieille: 1934 (was 79)/b.Sep 2, 1854
Scientist, French, smokeless powder
Shelley Winters: 2006 (was 85)/b.Aug 18, 1920
Movie/Stage Actress, Jewish, b. in St. Louis, MO; Diary of Anne Frank, A Patch of Blue, Poseidon Adventure; Batman's Ma Parker; RN:Shirley Schrift; some say b. 1920

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