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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 15th

For The Weekday Of: Thursday in 2009, Friday in 2010
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People on January 15th: birthdates

Edward "Sonny" Bivins: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Tenor, of Manhattans
Boris Blank: 1953 (is 56 in 2009, 57 in 2010)
Alternative Rock Performer, Songwriter, Swiss, Sound technician; of Yello
Robert Byrd: 1918 (is 91 in 2009, 92 in 2010)
Senator
Eddie Cahill: 1978 (is 31 in 2009, 32 in 2010)
Actor, CSI NY's Det. Joe Flack
Captain Beefheart: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Painter, Rock & Roll Musician, RN:Don Van Vilet; of Frank Zappa's MOI band, Capt. Beefheart and his Magic Band lead
Charo: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Foreign Singer, Actress, Spanish, b. in Murcia; Trademark:Cucci Cucci; Chico & the Man's Aunt Charo, The Love Boat's April Lopez (occ); RN:Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Melina Baeza; Xavier Cugat's ex-wife; in the 9-17-02 issue of Star, they state that she was born in 1941 and not 1951, but b. 1931 is a possibly if she was an adult when she married Xavier Cugat in the 1960's
Iris DeMent: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)?
Country Singer; some say b. Jan 5, 1961 (is 48 in 2009)
Ernest Gaines: 1933 (is 76 in 2009, 77 in 2010)
Inventor, Author, the lifeboat
Melvyn Gale: 1952 (is 57 in 2009, 58 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Musician, British, of ELO
Jack Alexander Hohnen-Weber: 2001 (is 8 in 2009, 9 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Juliette and Steven's son
Andre Khabbazi: yr unknown
Soap Actor, Young and The Restless' Alec
Regina King: 1971 (is 38 in 2009, 39 in 2010)
Actress, 227's Brenda Jenkins; Reina's sister; Boyz N the Hood, Ray
Jasmine Page Lawrence: 1996 (is 13 in 2009, 14 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Patricia and Martin's girl
Lisa Lisa: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, b. in Harlem, NY; RN:Lisa Valez
Chad Lowe: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
TV Actor, b. in Dayton, OH; Rob's brother; Spencer's Spencer Winger, Life Goes On's Jesse McKenna, Melrose Place's Carter Gallavan, Popular's Mr. Grant
Andrea Martin: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
Comedienne, Comedy Writer, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Canadian, Second City TV Network's Edith Prickley, reg, Martin Short Show's Alice, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Quark's Ferengi mom (occ); Movies: Wag the Dog, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
James Nesbitt: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Actor
Tommy Nolan: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
TV Actor, Writer, Columnist, Canadian, aka Butch Bernard; Out of This World
Margaret O'Brien: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Movie Actress, b. in San Diego, Calif.; RFMN:Angela Maxine, Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis
Pitbull: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Rap Performer, Reggaeton
Ernie Jr. Reyes: 1972 (is 37 in 2009, 38 in 2010)
Actor, black belt in Karate
Jaxson Ronald Samuel: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Daphnee Dupalix and Ron's son
Julian Sands: 1958 (is 51 in 2009, 52 in 2010)
Actor, English
Count Stovall: yr unknown
Soap Actor, All My Children's Cal Cummings, As The World Turns' Roy Franklin
Roan Thurman-Hawke: 2002 (is 7 in 2009, 8 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke's son, unnamed
Peter Trewavas: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Bassist, British, of Marillion
Katya Tylo: 1998 (is 11 in 2009, 12 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Hunter and Michael's daughter
Mario Van Peebles: 1957 (is 52 in 2009, 53 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director, Writer, Songwriter, Comedian, Model, Mexican; Cosby Show (occ), Sonny Spoon, L.A. Law's Andrew Taylor, New Jack City, All My Children's Samuel Woods; Melvin's son

People on January 15th: birth anniversaries

Goodman Ace: 1899=d.Mar 25, 1982 (was 83)
Comedian, Comedy Writer, TV/Radio Actor, Columnist, Humorist, Easy Aces; Jane's hubby
Marjorie Bennett: 1896=d.Jun 14, 1982 (was 86)
TV Actress, Many Loves of Dobie Gillis' Mrs. Blossom Kenney
Lloyd Bridges: 1913=d.Mar 10, 1998 (was 85)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in San Leandro, CA.; RN:Lloyd Vernet Bridges II; Sea Hunt's Mike Nelson, Lloyd Bridges show, The Loner, Joe Forrester star, Roots' Evan, East of Eden, The Blue & the Gray, Paper Dolls' Grant, Airplane
Henry Burr: 1882=d.Apr 6, 1941 (was 59)
Tenor, Stage Actor, Canadian, NN:Dean of Ballad Singers; RN:Harry H. McClaskey; big star 1890-1930 era; of the Peerless Quartet, soloist
Gina Davis: 1968=d.Jan, 1996
Radio Disc Jock, of Power 106
Pierre Samuel Du Pont: 1870=d.Apr 5, 1954 (was 84)
Businessperson, Executive
Cy Feuer: 1911=d.May 17, 2006 (was 95)
Stage Producer/Director, A Chorus Line
Earl Hooker: 1930=d.Apr 21, 1971 (was 41)
Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Drummer, Harmonicaist, Keyboardist, John Lee's cousin; d. 2-21-70?
Rex I Ingram: 1892=d.1950
Director, RN:Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock
Todd Karns: 1921=d.Feb 5, 2000 (was 79)
Movie Actor, It's a Wonderful Life
Dr. Martin Luther Jr. King: 1929=d.Apr 4, 1968 (was 39)
Educator, Social Reformer, b. in Atlanta; RFN:Michael Jr.; Black freedom movement founder
Gene Krupa: 1909=d.Oct 16, 1973 (was 64)
Jazz Musician, Bandleader, Drummer, of Benny Goodman
Philip Livingston: 1716=d.Jun 12, 1778 (was 62)
Revolutionary, Merchant, Declaration of Independence signer
Alan Lomax: 1915=d.Jul 19, 2002 (was 87)
Folk Singer, Music Producer, John Avery Lomax's son
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere: 1622=d.Feb 17, 1673 (was 51)
Stage Actor, Dramatist/Playwright, Comedian, Comedy Writer, French, Psu:Moliere; RN:Jean Baptiste Poquelin
Gamal Abdel Nasser: 1918=d.Sep 20, 1970 (was 52)
Statesman, President of Egypt
Ivor Novello: 1893=d.Mar 6, 1951 (was 58)
Songwriter, Dramatist/Playwright, Actor, Director, Composer, Wales
Cardinal John J. O'Connor: 1920=d.May 3, 2000 (was 80)
Religious Leader, N.Y. Roman Catholic Archbishop
Aristotle Onassis: 1906=d.Mar 15, 1975 (was 69)
Zillionaire, Executive, Turkey, Greek shipping magnate; Jacqueline Kennedy's ex-hubby
Pierre Joseph Proudhon: 1809=d.Jan 19, 1865 (was 56)
Theologian, Anarchist, theorist
Maria Schell: 1926=d.Apr 26, 2005 (was 79)
Movie Actress, Austrian, b. in Vienna; Maximilian's sister
Frederick Arthur Stanley: 1841=d.????
Politician, Sportsfigure, British, Has hockey champ cup named after him
Edward Teller: 1908=d.Sep 9, 2003 (was 95)
Physicist, Hungarian, b. in Budapest; Father of the hydrogen bomb
Lewis M. Terman: 1877=d.Dec 21, 1956 (was 79)
Psychologist, developed Stanford-Binet IQ test
Ronnie Van Zandt: 1949=d.Oct 20, 1977 (was 28)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, RFMN:Ronald Wayne; of Lynard Skynard
Irene Vernon: 1922=d.Apr 21, 1998 (was 76)
TV Actress, Bewitched's Louise Tate
Ella Flagg Young: 1845=d.????
Educator, first woman pres (National Educational Association)
Cole Younger: 1844=d.????
Outlaw

People on January 15th: death anniversaries

Henry H. "Hap" Arnold: 1950 (was 63)/b.Jun 25, 1886
General, 5-star WWII U.S. Army Air Force
Roy Bargy: 1974 (was 79)/b.Jul 31, 1894
Pop Singer, Pianist, Director, Bandleader, Associated with Jimmy Durante in 40s-50s
Les Baxter: 1996 (was 73)/b.Mar 14, 1922
Conductor/Composer, Pianist, Singer, Bandleader, Arranger, Member of Mel Torme's Mel-Tones; soloist
Ray Bolger: 1987 (was 83)/b.Jan 10, 1904
Movie/Stage Actor, Dancer, Singer, b. in Dorchester, MA; The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow; own TV show
Sammy Cahn: 1993 (was 79)/b.Jun 18, 1913
Composer, Lyricist, Songwriter, Singer, Jewish, b. in New York City; RN:Samuel Cohen; received 4 Oscars; won an Emmy for Frank Sinatra's rendition of "Love And Marriage", introduced in the 1955 TV musical "Our Town"; it's also the theme song for the TV series "Married With Children"
Charles Conrad: 1998 (was 88)/b.Nov 28, 1909
Actor, Perry Mason judge
Edward Everett: 1865 (was 70)/b.Apr 11, 1794
Statesman, Clergyman, Orator, is mainly remembered for delivering the speech immediately preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863) at the ceremony dedicating the Gettysburg National Cemetery (Pa.) during the American Civil War (1861-65).
Jack Guthrie: 1948 (was 32)/b.Nov 13, 1915
Country Singer
Fannie Kemble: 1893 (was 83)/b.Nov 27, 1809
Author, Stage Actress, British, RFMN:Frances Anne; Shakespearian (Juliet)
John Kirk: 1922 (was 89)/b.Dec 19, 1832
Naturalist, Scotish, David Livingston companion
Sean MacBride: 1988 (was 83)/b.Jan 26, 1904
Statesman, Irish, co-founder Amnesty International (Nobel 1974)
Dee Murray: 1992 (was 45)/b.Apr 3, 1946
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Elton John, Spencer Davis Group
Harry Nilsson: 1994 (was 52)/b.Jun 15, 1941
Pop Singer, Composer/Songwriter, Pianist, Guitarist, b. in Brooklyn; Without You; RLN:Edward Nilsson III (not Nelson); You're Breaking My Heart, Midnight Cowboy
William Piper: 1970 (was 89)/b.Jan 8, 1881
Manufacturer, Airplanes: The Henry Ford of Aviation for manufacturing small aircraft, the Piper Cub, a two-seater for family aircraft.
Brad Renfro: 2008 (was 25)/b.Jul 25, 1982
Actor, Tom and Huck
"Red" Smith: 1982 (was 76)/b.Sep 25, 1905
Sportscaster, Columnist, RFMN:Walter Wellesley
Jack Teagarden: 1964 (was 58)/b.Aug 29, 1905?
Trombonist, Jazz Singer, Bandleader, FMN:Weldon John; Charlie's brother; some say b. Aug 20, 1905
Harriet Van Horne: 1998 (was 77)/b.May 17, 1920
Columnist, Panelist, TV Critic, Leave It to The Girls
Ruth Warrick: 2005 (was 88)/b.Jun 29, 1916
TV/Movie Actress, Soap Actress, b. in St. Louis, Mo.; Citizen Kane, Guiding Light & As The World Turns 50s, Father of the Bride's Ellie Banks, Peyton Places' Hannah Cord, All My Children's Phoebe English Tyler Wallingford Matthews Wallingford; some say b. 1914 or 1915 but Nancy M. Reichardt in a soap column confirms the age.
Junior Wells: 1998 (was 63)/b.Dec 9, 1934
Blues Singer, Harmonicaist, Songwriter
Harry Wiere: 1992 (was 85)/b.Jun 23, 1906
Comedian, of The Wiere Bros, a knockabout comedy team

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