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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 21st

For The Weekday Of: Wednesday in 2009, Thursday in 2010
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People on January 21st: birthdates

Miguel Alejandro: 1958 (is 51 in 2009, 52 in 2010)
Actor
Robby Benson: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Writer, Producer/Director, Cartoon Voicist, Soap Actor, Jewish, b. in Dallas, Texas; Ice Castles, One on One, The Chosen, Godfather, Die Laughing, Ode to Billy Joe, Tribute, Search For Tomorrow; RN:Robbie Segal; currently a USC professor, Beauty & The Beast's beast, Prince Valiant, Sabrina the Teenage Witch's Edward "Ted" Spellman
Bob Brill: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
Alternative Rock Performer, Drummer, of Berlin
Walter Browne: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)?
Chess Player, Journalist, Australian, chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84); some say b. Jan 10, 1949 (is 60 in 2009)
Emma Lee "Baby" Bunton: 1976 (is 33 in 2009, 34 in 2010)
Pop Singer, English, of Spice Girls
Cordell Crockett: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Heavy Metal Singer, Heavy Metal Bassist, of Ugly Kid Joe
Geena Davis: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Wareham, MA; Jeff Goldblum's ex-wife; Tootsie, Buffalo Bill's Wendy Killian, Sara, Fletch, Earth Girls Are Easy, Beetlejuice, The Accidental Tourist, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, Angie, Cutthroat Island
Mac Davis: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Variety Show Host, Movie/Stage Actor, b. in Lubbock, Texas; FN:Morris; Mac Davis Show
Sir Placido Domingo: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Opera Singer, Tenor, Spanish, b. in Madrid
John Ducey: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Actor, Sabrina the Teenage Witch's Leonard
Snooks Eaglin: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
Folk Singer, Blues Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, RFN:Fird
Jill Eikenberry: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, b. in New Haven, Conn.; L.A. Law's Ann Kelsey; Michael Tucker's wife
Maxx Hamilton: 2008 (is 1 in 2009, 2 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Tracie and Scott's son
Richie Havens: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Folk Singer, Guitarist, Sculptor
Dru "Nokio" Hill: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Dru Hill
Jim Ibbotson: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
Drummer, Keyboardist, of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Wendy James: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)?
Alternative Rock Performer, English, of Transvision Vamp; some say b. Feb 21, 1966 (is 43 in 2009)
Paige Kettner: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Abby Deveraux, 90210's Erin Silver (#2) (1994-1995)
Ryanne Kettner: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Abby Deveraux, 90210's Erin Silver (#2) (1994-1995)
Chris Kilmore: 1973 (is 36 in 2009, 37 in 2010)
Rock DJ Performer, of Incubus
Peter Kircher: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Music Figure, of Status Quo
Levirt: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Rap Performer, of B-Rock and the Bizz
Karina Lombard: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Movie Actress, The Dooes, The Firm
Billy Maxted: 1917 (is 92 in 2009, 93 in 2010)
Bandleader, Jazz Pianist, NO JOB ASSOCIATED
Izabella Miko: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Actress
Logan O'Brien: yr unknown
Soap Actor, General Hospital's Lucas
Billy Ocean: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Trinidadian; R:Leslie Sebastian Charles
Charlotte Ross: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Soap Actress, Rock & Roll Singer, Rock & Roll Guitarist, b. in Winetka, IL; Days of Our Lives' Eve Donovan, The Heights' Hope Linden, NYPD Blue's Detective Connie McDowell
William Wood Lee Shaffer: 1999 (is 10 in 2009, 11 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Cathy and Paul's son
Jacob Smith: 1990 (is 19 in 2009, 20 in 2010)
Actor, Party of Five's Owen Salinger #3
Mark Trojanowski: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Sister Hazel
Ann Wedgeworth: 1935 (is 74 in 2009, 75 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage/Soap Actress, Another World & Somerset's Lahoma Vane Lucas, Three's Company's Lana Shields, Filthy Rich's Bootsie Weschester, Evening Shade's Merleen Elldridge; Rip Torn's ex-wife; Won a Tony award for best supporting Actress in Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" on Broadway in 1978 (perhaps '77?).; She is now married; to Master Acting Teacher Ernie Martin.
Wynter-Grace Dolores Williams: 1995 (is 14 in 2009, 15 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Grace & Montel's girl

People on January 21st: birth anniversaries

Edwin Haig Alberian: 1918=d.Mar 31, 1997 (was 79)
Clown, Clarabelle the clown on "Howdy Doody"
Ethan Allen: 1738 N.S.=d.Feb 12, 1789 (was 51)
Revolutionary, Soldier; other style says b. Jan 10, 1738 O.S.
Roger Nash Baldwin: 1884=d.Aug 26, 1981 (was 97)
Social Reformer, Attorney/Lawyer, A.C.L.U. founder
Fausto Bara: 1953=d.Feb 10, 1994 (was 41)
TV Actor, Mexican
Phil Berle: 1901=d.Jan 2, 1999 (was 97)
Celebrity Relative, Milton's brother
Konrad E. Bloch: 1912=d.Oct 15, 2000 (was 88)
Scientist, German, cholestrol research
John Cabell Breckinridge: 1821=d.May 17, 1875 (was 54)
Vice President, Statesman, Attorney/Lawyer, 14th U.S. Vice President
John Moses Browning: 1855=d.Nov 26, 1926 (was 71)
Inventor, designer of small arms and automatic weapons, best known for his automatic rifle.
Dr. Barney C. Clark: 1921=d.Mar 23, 1983 (was 62)
Hero, the first recipient of a permanent artificial heart, died at the University of Utah's Medical Center after 112 days with the device.
D.J. Jam Master Jay: 1965=d.Oct 30, 2002 (was 37)
Rap Performer, RN: Jason Mizell; of Run-DMC
Christian Dior: 1905=d.Oct 24, 1957 (was 52)
Fashion Designer, French
John Doucette: 1921=d.Aug 16, 1994 (was 73)
TV/Movie Actor, Lock Up, The Partners
Jinx Falkenberg: 1919=d.Aug 27, 2003 (was 84)
Actress, TV Talk Show Hostess, Panelist, Model, Spanish, b. in Barcelona; Tex McCrary's wife; Masquerade Party, Tex & Jinx Show
John Fitch: 1743=d.Jul 2, 1798 (was 55)
Inventor, Clockmaker; Gunsmith; Surveyor; had a working steamboat years before Fulton.
Lola Flores: 1925=d.May 16, 1995 (was 70)
Dancer, Singer, Movie Actress
John Charles Fremont: 1813=d.Jul 13, 1890 (was 77)
General, Explorer, Governor, Pioneer, mapmaker and explorer of Western United States; NN:Pathfinder
John George: 1898=d.Aug 25, 1968 (was 70)
Actor, Advs. of Fu Manchu's Kolb
Alan Hewitt: 1915=d.Nov 7, 1986 (was 71)
Actor, My Favorite Martian's Det. Bill Brennan
Benny Hill: 1925=d.Apr 20, 1992 (was 67)
Comedian, TV/Movie Actor, Novelty Singer, Variety Show Host, English, b. in Southampton; NN:King Leer; MN:Alfred Hawthorn; Benny Hill Show star, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson: 1824=d.May 10, 1863 (was 39)
General, b. in Clarksburg, VA; Confederate general in the American Civil War, one of its most skillful tacticians, who gained his sobriquet "Stonewall" by his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run (called First Manassas by the South) in 1861; died from wounds received at Chancellorsville
King Charles V Of France: 1338=d.Sep 16, 1380 (was 42)
King, King of France from 1364 who led the country in a miraculous recovery from the devastation of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453), reversing the disastrous Anglo-French settlement of 1360.
J. Carroll Naish: 1900?=d.Jan 24, 1973 (was 73)
TV/Movie/Stage/Radio Actor, Life with Luigi's Luigi Basco, Adventures of Charlie Chan star; some say b. Jan 21, 1897, or b. Jan 21, 1907
Steve Reeves: 1926=d.May 1, 2000 (was 74)
Movie Actor, Body Builder, Mr. World, Mr. Universe, Hercules, Hercules Unchained
Telly Savalas: 1924=d.Jan 22, 1994 (was 70)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Garden City, N.Y.; RFN:Aristoteles Harris; Who loves ya baby?; Kojak's Lt. Theo Kojak, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Paul Scofield: 1922=d.Mar 19, 2008 (was 86)
Movie/Stage Actor, English, b. in Hurstpierpoint
Edwin Starr: 1942=d.Apr 2, 2003 (was 61)
Soul Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, RN:Charles Hatcher; War singer (not the group)
Karl Wallenda: 1905=d.Mar 22, 1978 (was 73)
Entertainment Figure, the 73-year-old patriarch of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Horace Wells: 1815=d.Jan 24, 1848 (was 33)
Dentist, pioneer in use of medical anethesia.
Trey Wilson: 1948=d.Jan 16, 1989 (was 40)
Actor, Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona
Wolfman Jack: 1939=d.Jul 1, 1995 (was 56)
Radio Disc Jock, Announcer, b. in Brooklyn, NY; The Midnight Special, American Graffiti, Legendary oldies D.J.; RN:Robert "Bob" Smith; TNN's Rock & Roll Palace; in 70s he was heard on 2200 radio stations in 42+ world countries!; d. in Belvidere, N.C.
William III Wrigley: 1933=d.Mar 8, 1999 (was 66)
Businessperson, prez and CEO of his chewing gum co.

People on January 21st: death anniversaries

John Couch Adams: 1892 (was 72)/b.Jun 5, 1819
Astronomer, English, co-discoverer of Neptune
Sandy Baron: 2001 (was 63)/b.May 5, 1937
Actor, Comedian, That Was the Week That Was reg
Charles Brown: 1999 (was 76)/b.Sep 13, 1922
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Singer, Pianist
Liza Chapman: 1967/b.yr unknown
Soap Actress, Another World's Janet Matthews
Cecil B. De Mille: 1959 (was 77)/b.Aug 12, 1881
Movie Producer/Director, Movie Actor, b. in Ashfield, MA; The Greatest Show On Earth, King of Kings, Cleopatra, Ten Commandments, Union Pacific, Reap the Wild Wind
"Champion" Jack Dupree: 1992 (was 82)/b.Jul 4, 1910
Blues Singer, Pianist, Songwriter, Guitarist, Drummer, Boxer, RFN:William
George Washington Goethals: 1928 (was 69)/b.Jun 29, 1858
Scientist, Engineer, General, Army Officer, chief engineer of the Panama Canal
Elisha Gray: 1901 (was 65)/b.Aug 2, 1835
Inventor, Founder of the Western Electric Company, he filed a patent on a telephone device only hours after Alexander Graham Bell.
Allyn Joslyn: 1981 (was 79)/b.Jul 21, 1901
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Ray Bolger Show, Eve Arden Show's George Howell, McKeever & the Colonel's Col. Harvey Blackwell
King Louis XVI Of France: 1793 (was 38)/b.Aug 23, 1754
King, French, b. at Versailles; Marie Antoinette's hubby; king of France (1774-93); guillotined.
Peggy Lee: 2002 (was 81)/b.May 26, 1920
Jazz Singer, Songwriter, Actress, b. in Jamestown, MD; RN:Norma Jean Engstrom
Nikolai Lenin: 1924 (was 53)/b.Apr 9, 1870 O.S.
Head of State, Revolutionary, Russian, RN:Vladimir Ilyitch Ulyanov; father of Soviet communism & leader 1917-24; d. stroke in Moscow; other style says b. Apr 22, 1870 N.S.
Irwin Jesse Levine: 1997 (was 58)/b.yr unknown
Songwriter, Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
Jack Lord: 1998 (was 77)/b.Dec 30, 1920
TV/Movie Actor, Producer, Artist, b. in New York City; 50s & 60s western & crime show villian, Stoney Burke star, Hawaii Five-O's Det. Steve McGarrett, Dr. No; RN:John Joseph Ryan; some say b. 1928 or 1930, but 1920 is the correct year according to his widow
George Melies: 1938 (was 76)/b.Dec 8, 1861
Movie Director, French, A Trip To The Moon, the first to film fictional narratives
George Orwell: 1950 (was 46)/b.Jun 25, 1903
Novelist, Essayist, Satarist, India, RN:Eric Arthur Blair; Animal Farm, 1984
Colonel Tom Parker: 1997 (was 87)/b.Jun 26, 1909
Executive, Elvis Presley's manager
Marie Prevost: 1937 (was 38)/b.Nov 18, 1898
Movie Actress, silent screen
Russell Procope: 1981 (was 72)/b.Aug 11, 1908
Reeds, Clarinetist, Alto-sax, Jazz Performer, of Duke Ellington band
Al Fuzzy Saint John: 1963 (was 69)/b.Sep 10, 1893
TV/Movie Actor, Lash of the West
Joseph Justus Scaliger: 1609 (was 68)/b.Aug 4, 1540
Scholar, Historian, Dutch, proposed the Julian Day system of dating
Joseph Schildkraut: 1964 (was 68)/b.Mar 22, 1895?
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Austrian, Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank; some say b. Mar 22, 1896
Ann Sheridan: 1967 (was 51)/b.Feb 21, 1915
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Denton, TX; RFMN:Clara Lou; Hollywood's Oomph Girl of 40s; Pistols 'n Petticoats' Henrietta Hanks; Scott McKay's wife
Susan Strasberg: 1999 (was 60)/b.May 22, 1938
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Author, b. in New York City; Toma's Patty Toma; Lee's daughter
Steve Wahrer: 1989 (was 47)/b.Dec 22, 1941
Rock & Roll Musician, of The Trashmen
Jackie Wilson: 1984 (was 49)/b.Jun 9, 1934
HALL OF FAMER, Soul Singer, Songwriter, b. in Detroit, MI; RFN:Jack Leroy

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