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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 16th

For The Weekday Of: Friday in 2009, Saturday in 2010
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People on January 16th: birthdates

Debbie Allen: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Dancer, Actress, TV Producer/Director, Choreographer, Songwriter, b. in Houston, Tex.; Phylicia Rashad's sister; 3 Girls 3; Fame's Lydia Grant, Roots' Nan, A Different World's Dr. Langhorn, In The House's Jackie Warren; some say 1951 or '52
Kabir Bedi: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Bold & the Beautiful's Prince Omar Rashid, Octopussy's Gobinda the Designated Goon
Shaun Benson: 1974 (is 35 in 2009, 36 in 2010)
Soap Actor, General Hospital's Steven Lars Webber
Jim Berry: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Berry's World
Bob Bogle: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Bassist, Songwriter, of The Ventures
John Carpenter: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Movie Director, b. in Carthage, NY; Halloween, The Thing; Adrienne Barbeau's hubby
David Chokachi: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
TV Actor, Baywatch's Cody Madison 1994-
Josie Davis: 1973 (is 36 in 2009, 37 in 2010)
TV/Soap Actress, Charles_in Charge's Sarah, Young & The Restless' Grace Turner, Titans' Lauren "Laurie" Williams
Emma Rose Dawson: 1998 (is 11 in 2009, 12 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Roxann's daughter
Josh Evans: 1971 (is 38 in 2009, 39 in 2010)
Actor
Kathy Evison: yr unknown
TV Actress, seaQuest DSV's Ensign Helmsperson Lonnie Ellen Henderson
Trent Ford: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
Actor, September Dawn
William "Bill" Francis: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Singer, Keyboardist, of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Mason Gamble: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Dennis the Menace
Orson Handel: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Lauren Ambrose and Sam's son
Chandler Hill: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Passions' Mike Beraguse
Myla Grace Hill: 2002 (is 7 in 2009, 8 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Tamia and Grant's daughter
Marilyn Horne: 1934 (is 75 in 2009, 76 in 2010)
Opera Performer, Mezzo-Soprano, b. in Bradford, Pa.
Anders Hove: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
Soap Actor, General Hospital's & Loving's Cesar Faison
Alain Jessud: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
Director, Screen/Scriptwriter
Maxine Jones: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of En Vogue
Richard T. Jones: 1972 (is 37 in 2009, 38 in 2010)
Actor, Judging Amy's Court Services Officer Bruce Van Exel
William Kennedy: 1928 (is 81 in 2009, 82 in 2010)
Author, Novelist
Roy Lanham: 1923 (is 86 in 2009, 87 in 2010)
Country Singer, Country Guitarist, of Sons of the Pioneers
Barbara Lynn: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, LN:Ozen
Jack Burns McDowell: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
MLB Pitcher, Rock & Roll Guitarist, 2-time 20-game winner (1992-93) and '93 Cy Young winner with Chicago White Sox; won championship game for Stanford in 1987 College World Series; member of progressive rock group Magenta (formerly V.I.E.W.).
Ronnie Milsap: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
Country-Pop Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Pianist, Violinist, b. in Robbinsville, NC
Frank O'Toole: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Michael Pataki: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
Actor, Get Christie Love, Amazing Spider-Man's Capt. Barbera
Raymond Philips: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Country Singer, of Nashville Teens
Sandy Pinkard: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
Country Singer, of Pinkard and Bowden
Norman Podhoretz: 1930 (is 79 in 2009, 80 in 2010)
Editor, Author, b. in Brooklyn, N.Y.; N.Y. Post
Elliot Reid: 1920 (is 89 in 2009, 90 in 2010)
Actor, That Was the Week That Was, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sade: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
New Age Singer, Soul Singer, Jazz Singer, Songwriter, Nigerian, RN:Helen Folasade Adu; PRON:Shaw-day; some say b. June 16 or 1960
Dr. Laura Schlessinger: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
Radio Talk Show Hostess
Jim Stafford: 1944 (is 65 in 2009, 66 in 2010)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Variety Show Host, Songwriter, TV Host, Humorist, Banjoist, Jim Stafford Show, Those Amazing Animals, Nashville on the Road; Spiders & Snakes, Wildwood Weed, My Girl Bill; Bobbie Gentry's hubby
Richard Thompson: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Performer, of BT Express
Nick Valensi: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of The Strokes
Gillian Illana Waters: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Actress, Days of Our Lives' China Lee
Paul Webb: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of TalkTalk
Michael White: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
Movie/Stage Producer
Yvonne Zima: 1989 (is 20 in 2009, 21 in 2010)
Actress, ER's Rachel Greene #1

People on January 16th: birth anniversaries

Aaliyah: 1979=d.Aug 25, 2001 (was 22)
Singer
Lloyd Bacon: 1890=d.Nov 15, 1955 (was 65)
Actor, Charlie Chaplin
F. Batista Y Zaldivar: 1901=d.1973
Head of State, Cuban, FN:Fulgencio; dictator, the man Fidel Castro deposed
George Cabot: 1752=d.Apr 18, 1823 (was 71)
Politician, Powerful Federalist Party leader, especially in New England.
Harry Sr. Carey: 1878=d.Sep 21, 1947 (was 69)
Movie Actor, RN:Henry De Witt Carey II; NOT the baseball announcer (see CarAy)
"Dizzy" Dean: 1911=d.Jul 17, 1974 (was 63)
HALL OF FAMER, MLB Pitcher, Baseball Announcer, b. in Lukas, AR; RFN:Jerome Jan Hannah; St. Louis Cardinal "Gashouse Gang" colorful pitcher; MVP '34; Dean won 163 games and lost 101. His lifetime ERA was 3.03. He once struck out 17 batters in a single game, then a record, but since bettered (Roger Clemens fanned 20); mentioned in "Who's On First?"
Gordon S. Decker: 1884=d.????
Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Electric Drill Co. founder
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson: 1853=d.Nov 6, 1937 (was 84)
Stage Actor, English, greatest Hamlet of his time
Dian Fossey: 1932=d.Dec 27, 1985 (was 53)
Naturalist, studied gorillas in the wild, was found hacked to death at a research station in Rwanda.
John Hamilton: 1887=d.Oct 15, 1958 (was 71)
Actor, Adv's of Superman's Perry White
Katy Jurado: 1924=d.Jul 5, 2002 (was 78)
TV/Movie Actress, Mexican, RN:Maria Christina Jurado Garcia; Ernest Borgnine ex-; High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, aka Pablo's Rosa Maria Rivera
Alexander Knox: 1907=d.Apr 25, 1995 (was 88)
TV/Movie Actor, Screen/Scriptwriter, Canadian, Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind
Buddy Lester: 1917=d.Oct 4, 2002 (was 85)
Actor, Comedian, New Phil Silvers Show's Nick
Evelyn Levine: 1902=d.Jul 26, 1996 (was 94)
Composer/Songwriter
Pilar Lorengar: 1928=d.Jun 3, 1996 (was 68)
Singer
Ethel Merman: 1909=d.Feb 15, 1984 (was 75)
Opera Singer, Movie/Stage Actress, b. in Astoria, NY; RLN:Zimmermann; Batman's Lola Lasagne; some say 1912; Ernest Borgnine's ex-; Anything Goes, Call Me Madam, Everything's Coming up Roses
Andre Michelin: 1853=d.Apr 4, 1931 (was 78)
Industrialist, French, Tire Company king
Irving Rapper: 1898=d.Dec 20, 1999 (was 101)
Director
Francesco Scavullo: 1921=d.Jan 6, 2004 (was 82)
Photographer, celebrities and models
Robert William Service: 1874=d.Sep 11, 1958 (was 84)
Poet, English
Stirling Silliphant: 1918=d.Apr 26, 1996 (was 78)
Screen/Scriptwriter, TV Producer, created Route 66 and In The Heat Of The Night
Dwight Weist: 1910=d.Jul 16, 1991 (was 81)
Radio Actor, Announcer, The Man of 1,000 Voices; March of Time

People on January 16th: death anniversaries

Paul Beaver: 1975 (was 49)/b.1925
Music Figure, of Beaver and Krause; He did the soundtracks for "The Graduate," "Catch-22" and "Rosemary's Baby."
Ron Carey: 2007 (was 71)/b.Dec 11, 1935
TV Actor, Comedian, b. in Newark, NJ; Corner Bar, Barney Miller's Off. Carl Levitt
Ted Cassidy: 1979 (was 46)/b.Jul 31, 1932
Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Pianist, The Addams Family's Lurch & 'Thing', Huck Finn's Injun Joe; some say 1933
Glenn Corbett: 1993 (was 63)/b.Aug 17, 1929
TV/Movie Actor, Soap Actor, Route 66's Linc, Dallas's Paul, The Doctors
Ennis William Cosby: 1997 (was 27)/b.Apr 15, 1969
Celebrity Son, Bill Cosby's son; d. in a freeway shooting
Reginald De Koven: 1920 (was 58)/b.Apr 3, 1861
Composer, Critic
George Dewey: 1917 (was 79)/b.Dec 26, 1837
Naval Officer, Admiral, Naval commodore, Manilla hero
Marshall Field: 1906 (was 71)/b.Aug 18, 1834
Businessperson, Merchant, Philanthropist, Marshall's dept stores 1881; was 72?
Edward Gibbon: 1794 (was 56)/b.May 8, 1737
Author, Historian, English, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gene Harris: 2000 (was 66)/b.Sep 1, 1933
Pianist, overlooked and underrated
James "Pooky" Hudson: 2007 (was 72)/b.Jun 11, 1934
Singer, of The Spaniels
Joyce Jameson: 1987 (was 54)/b.Sep 26, 1932
Comedienne, of Spike Jones' Show
Martin Kosleck: 1994 (was 86)/b.Mar 24, 1907
Actor, German
Carole Lombard: 1942 (was 33)/b.Oct 6, 1908
Movie Actress, Comedienne, b. in Fort Wayne, IN; RMLN:Jane Peters; Clark Gable's wife; some say b. 1909
Kermit Maynard: 1971 (was 68)/b.Sep 20, 1902?
Actor, Cowboy actor; Ken's bro; some say b. Sep 20, 1898
Virginia O'Brien: 2001 (was 81)/b.Apr 8, 1919
Actress, Singer, The Harvey Girls
Ike Quebec: 1963 (was 44)/b.Aug 17, 1918
Tenor-sax
Hiram Rhodes Revels: 1901/b.Sep 1, 1822?
Senator, Clergyman, Educator, first black Senator on 2-25-1870; some say b. Sep 22, 1822
Fran Ryan: 2000 (was 83)/b.Nov 29, 1916
Actress, Doris Day Show's Aggie Thompson, Green Acres' Doris Ziffel, Gunsmoke's Miss Hannah, No Soap Radio, The Wizard, Days of Our Lives' Rosie Carlson
Edgar Sampson: 1973 (was 65)/b.Aug 31, 1907
Saxophonist, Arranger, Violinist, Reeds, Composer, played with Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Rex Stewart, Chick Webb; one of the most widely-heard but least celebrated writers of the Swing Era music
David Seville: 1972 (was 52)/b.Jan 27, 1919
Movie Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Composer/Songwriter, Music Producer, Author, b. in Fresno, CA; The Alvin Show's David Seville & the Chipmunks: Theodore, Simon, and... ALLLLL-VINNN!; RN:Ross Bagdasarian; he created the Chipmunks while experimenting with tape recording speeds
Emil Sitka: 1998 (was 83)/b.Dec 22, 1914
Actor, The Three Stooges' favorite foil
Leland Stowe: 1994 (was 94)/b.Nov 10, 1899
Journalist, Correspondent, Commentator, Editor, Pulitzer Prize-winning; renowned for coverage of World War II for the Chicago Daily News
Arturo Toscanini: 1957 (was 89)/b.Mar 25, 1867
Conductor, Italian, Symphonies
Clara Ward: 1973 (was 48)/b.Aug 21, 1924
Gospel Singer
David Whitfield: 1980 (was 53)/b.Feb 2, 1925?
Opera Tenor, British, the first Brit to have a million-seller in the USA "Cara Mia"; some say b. Feb 2, 1926
Earl Wilson: 1987 (was 79)/b.May 3, 1907
Columnist, aka The Midnight Earl; Bway gossip
Trey Wilson: 1989 (was 40)/b.Jan 21, 1948
Actor, Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona
Leonard F. Woodcock: 2001 (was 89)/b.Feb 15, 1911
Statesman, labor officer, former head of the UAW

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