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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 22nd

For The Weekday Of: Thursday in 2009, Friday in 2010
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People on January 22nd: birthdates

Steven "Popcorn" Adler: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Drummer, ex-of Guns 'n Roses
Emanuel Azenberg: 1934 (is 75 in 2009, 76 in 2010)
Stage Producer, won many Tonys
Birch Bayh: 1928 (is 81 in 2009, 82 in 2010)
Senator
Tom Blackburn: 1926 (is 83 in 2009, 84 in 2010)
Writer
Linda Blair: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Actress, Protestant, b. in St. Louis, Mo.; did a 360-degree turn of the head in The Exorcist
Neil Bush: 1955 (is 54 in 2009, 55 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Barbara & George's son
Seymour Cassel: 1935 (is 74 in 2009, 75 in 2010)
Movie Actor, The Crew
D.J. Jazzy Jeff: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Rap Singer, LN:Townes; with The Fresh Prince
Olivia D'Abo: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, English, The Wonder Years' Karen Arnold, The Single Guy's Delilah, Party of Five's Perry Marks; Michael's daughter; some say 1969; Michael's daughter
Pierre S. IV du Pont: 1935 (is 74 in 2009, 75 in 2010)
Governor, Industrialist, ex-Delaware gov
Maria Ellingsen: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Santa Barbara's Katrina Ruyker
Willa Ford: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Pop Singer
Brian Gaskill: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
TV/Stage Actor, Models Inc.'s David Michaels, All My Children's Bobby Warner, Port Charles' Rafe, Bold & The Beautiful's Oscar Marone, As the World Turns' BJ Green, Guiding Light's Dylan Lewis
Marc Gay: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Shai; you'd think that if he came up to greet you, he would say "Hi, I'm Gay, what's your's?"
Teddy Wayne Gentry: 1952 (is 57 in 2009, 58 in 2010)
Country Singer, Bassist, b. in Ft. Wayne, AL; of Alabama
Balthazar Getty: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Ladder 49
John Hurt: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Movie Actor, English, b. in Shirebrook; The Elephant Man, Midnight Express, Alien, History of World I, Heaven's Gate, Contact, The Proposition
Jim Jarmusch: 1953 (is 56 in 2009, 57 in 2010)
Director, Screen/Scriptwriter
Graham Kerr: 1934 (is 75 in 2009, 76 in 2010)
Chef, TV Host, British, Galloping Gourmet
Diane Lane: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Cotton Club. A Walk on the Moon, My Dog Skip, The Perfect Storm, Unfaithful, Under Tuscan Sun, Must Love Dogs, Hollywoodland; some say b. 1963
Piper Laurie: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, b. in Detroit; RN:Rosetta Jacobs; Skag, The Thorn Birds, Twin Peaks' Catherine Martell, Carrie
Chris Lemmon: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)?
Actor, b. in Los Angeles; Jack's son; Brothers & Sisters' Checko, Duet's & Open House's Richard Phillips, Thunder in Paradise's Martin "Bru" Brubaker; AP says June 22; some say b. Jun 22, 1954 (is 55 in 2009)
Jakob William Leventhal: 1999 (is 10 in 2009, 11 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Roseanne Cash and John's son
Gabriel Macht: 1972 (is 37 in 2009, 38 in 2010)
Actor
Robert Mailhouse: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Brian Scofield
Christopher Kennedy Masterson: 1980 (is 29 in 2009, 30 in 2010)
Actor, Malcolm in the Middle's Francis, Scary Movie 2
Malcolm McLaren: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)?
Music Producer, Songwriter, British, Manager; founded the Sex Pistols, Adam Ant, and Bow Wow Wow.; some say b. Jan 20, 1947 (is 62 in 2009)
Beverley Mitchell: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Actress, Seventh Heaven's Lucy Camden
Ben Moody: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Musician
Terry Murphy: yr unknown
TV Hostess, Newscaster, of Hard Copy
Regina Nicks: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Country Singer
James P. Pennington: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, of Exile
Steve Perry: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, b. in Hanford, CA; ex-Journey lead, soloist
Robyn Richards: 1987 (is 22 in 2009, 23 in 2010)
Soap Actress, General Hospital's Maxie Jones
Kevin Sheridan: 1982 (is 27 in 2009, 28 in 2010)
Actor, of Soul Man
John Wesley Shipp: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Soap Actor, Guiding Light's Kelly Nelson, As the World Turns' Douglas Cummings, The Flash's Barry Allen aka The Flash, All My Children's Carter Jones, Sisters' Lucky Williams, Dawson's Creek's Mitchell Leery
Hikaru Walter Sulu: 2179 (is-170 in 2009, -169 in 2010)
Fictious Character, b. in San Francisco; Star Trek character
Joseph Wambaugh: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Novelist, Screen/Scriptwriter, b. in East Pittsburgh, Pa.; Police Story creator

People on January 22nd: birth anniversaries

Andre-Marie Ampere: 1775=d.Jun 10, 1836 (was 61)
Scientist, Physicist, Mathematician, French, Electrodynamics father; electricity & magnetism; the ampere is named for him as a unit of electrical current
Sir Francis Bacon: 1561=d.Apr 9, 1626 (was 65)
Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman, Attorney/Lawyer, Scientist, English
George Balanchine: 1904 N.S.=d.Apr 30, 1983 (was 79)
Choreographer, Ballet Dancer, Russian, RN:Georgi Melitonovitch Balanchivadze; other style says b. Jan 9, 1904 O.S.
Bill Bixby: 1934=d.Nov 21, 1993 (was 59)
TV/Movie Actor, TV Director, Panelist, b. in San Francisco; Joey Bishop Show, My Favorite Martian's Tim O'Hara, The Courtship of Eddie's Father's Tom Corbett, The Magician's Anthony Blake, Masquerade Party, Rich Man Poor Man, The Incredible Hulk's David Bruce Banner, Goodnight Beantown's Matt Cassidy
Sam Cooke: 1935=d.Dec 11, 1964 (was 29)
HALL OF FAMER, Soul Singer, Gospel Singer, Songwriter, b. in Clarksdale, MS; RFN:Samuel; The Soul Stirrers lead, soloist; You Send Me; some say d. Dec 10
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan: 1907=d.Dec 9, 1995 (was 88)
TV Actor, Aviator, landed in Ireland after taking off from NY to LA; became an instant folk hero in 1938 when he "mistakenly" flew solo across the Atlantic after authorities told him he couldn't
Czar Ivan III: 1440=d.????
Head of State, Russian, aka Ivan the Great
D. W. Griffith: 1875=d.Jul 23, 1948 (was 73)
Movie Producer/Director, Stage Actor, RFMN:David Wark Lewelyn Wark; over 500 films
Addie "Micky" Harris: 1940=d.Jun 10, 1982 (was 42)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Shirelles
Robert E. Howard: 1906=d.Jun 11, 1936 (was 30)
Sci-fi Writer, Conan the Conqueror
Michael Hutchence: 1960=d.Nov 22, 1997 (was 37)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, Australian, b. in Sydney; INXS lead, Max Q
James "J.J." Johnson: 1924=d.Feb 4, 2001 (was 77)
Trombonist, Composer, Jazz Musician, Arranger, Count Basie member
Lev D. Landau: 1908=d.Apr 1, 1968 (was 60)
Scientist, Russian, magnetism, liquid helium; predicted existence of neutron stars, 1962 Nobel
Grote Reber: 1911?=d.2002
Astronomer, radio engineer who built the first radio telescope and was largely responsible for the early development of radio astronomy, which opened an entirely new research front in the study of the universe.; some say b. Dec 22, 1911
Jeff Smith: 1939=d.Jul 9, 2004 (was 65)
Chef, The Frugal Gourmet
Ann Sothern: 1909=d.Mar 15, 2001 (was 92)
TV/Movie Actress, Singer, Comedienne, b. in Valley City, N.D.; RN:Harriette Lake; Private Secretary's (Susie)'s Susie McNamera, Ann Sothern Show's Katy O'Connor, voice of the Car in My Mother The Car; Robert Sterling's ex-wife; some say '07, '11, or '12
U Thant: 1909=d.Nov 25, 1974 (was 65)
Statesman, Burma; 3rd United Nations secretary general 1962-72; d. in New York
Juan Tizol: 1900=d.Apr 23, 1984 (was 84)?
Trombonist, Puerto Rican, Composer, of Duke Ellington band; some say d. Apr 25, 1984 (was 84)
Richard Upjohn: 1802=d.Aug 17, 1878 (was 76)
Architect, British, Trinity church
Conrad Veidt: 1893=d.Apr 3, 1943 (was 50)
Actor, German
Frederick M. Vinson: 1890=d.Sep 8, 1953 (was 63)
SuprmeCt ChiefJustice, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
William Warfield: 1920=d.Aug 25, 2002 (was 82)
Movie Actor, Singer, has been Professor of Music at Northwestern University in Evanston IL since 1994. He toured in 1998 singing his signature song "Old Man River" from Showboat and narrating "A Lincoln portrait" by Aaron Copland. "River" was parodied by Stan Freberg as he and someone playing the censor made fun of it by correcting the grammar of the lyrics in "Elderly Man River"

People on January 22nd: death anniversaries

Jean-Louis Barrault: 1994 (was 83)/b.Sep 8, 1910
Movie Actor, Movie Director, French, Madeleine Renaud's hubby
Craig Claiborne: 2000 (was 79)/b.Sep 4, 1920
Chef, Author, Editor, Columnist, Gay, food critic, cookbooks
Jimmy Day: 1999 (was 65)/b.Jan 9, 1934
Country Guitarist, a steel guitarist who performed with Willie Nelson and became one of the most in-demand musicians in Nashville
Andrea del Sarto: 1531?/b.Jul 16, 1486?
Painter, Italian, RN:Andrea Domenico d'Agnolo di Francesco; some say b. Jul 14, 1486; ; some say d. Sep 28, 1530
Alan Sr. Hale: 1950 (was 57)/b.Feb 10, 1892
Movie Actor, Errol Flynn's sidekick in films; Alan Hale Jr.'s dad
Ron Holden: 1997 (was 57)/b.Aug 7, 1939
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Playboys, soloist
David Edward Hughes: 1900 (was 68)/b.May 16, 1831
Inventor, Professor, British, famed for the Printing Telegraph & Microphone
Shah Jahan: 1666 (was 74)/b.Jan 5, 1592
King, emperor of India who built the Taj Mahal
Lyndon Baines Johnson: 1973 (was 64)/b.Aug 27, 1908
President/V.Prez, b. in Stonewall, TX; 36th U.S. President 1963-69; 37th U.S. Vice President; died at his Texas ranch
Irving B. Kahn: 1994 (was 76)/b.Sep 30, 1917
Inventor, the Tele PrompTer
Charles John Kean: 1868 (was 57)/b.Jan 18, 1811
Stage Actor, Irish, theater manager
Rose Kennedy: 1995 (was 104)/b.Jul 22, 1890
Celebrity Relative, b. in Boston; MaN:Fitzgerald; family matriarch; bore 9 children, who bore 29 grandchildren, who bore 26 great-grandchildren as of 07-92
Heath Ledger: 2008 (was 28)/b.Apr 4, 1979
Movie Actor, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, The Four Feathers, The Order, The Brothers Grimm, Brokeback Mountain, Casanova
Jean MacArthur: 2000 (was 101)/b.Dec 28, 1898
Celebrity Spouse, RN: Jean Marie Faircloth; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's wife
Stanley Marcus: 2002 (was 96)/b.Apr 20, 1905
Executive, son of founder of Neiman-Marcus
Herbert Marshall: 1966 (was 75)/b.May 23, 1890
TV/Movie Actor, English, b. in London; Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes
Bill Mauldin: 2003 (was 81)/b.Oct 29, 1921
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Stars & Stripes; depicted squalid life of the G.I. in WWII with two G.I.'s Willie & Joe
Billy May: 2004 (was 87)/b.Nov 10, 1916
Bandleader, Composer, Jazz Trumpeter, Arranger, of TV: Batman, Mod Squad, Emergency, Naked City, CHiPs, etc; Frank Sinatra backing; bandleader for Stan Freberg's "United States of America" volume set
Ann Miller: 2004 (was 80)/b.Apr 12, 1923
Movie/Stage Actress, Dancer, Singer, b. in Cherino, TX; RN:Lucille Ann Collier
Lewis Morris: 1798 (was 71)/b.Apr 8, 1726
Revolutionary, Declaration of Independence signer
Molly Pitcher: 1832 (was 77)/b.Oct 13, 1754
Revolutionary, carried water to American soldiers during the battle of Monmouth; RN:Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
Pope Benedict XV: 1922 (was 67)/b.Nov 21, 1854
Religious Leader, 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)
Queen Victoria Of Great Britian: 1901 (was 81)/b.May 24, 1819
Queen, British, b. in London; held longest reign (63 yr, 7 mo) of any British monarch; span 1837-1901
James Ford Rhodes: 1927 (was 78)/b.May 1, 1848
Historian, businessman and historian, best known for his multivolume investigation of the antebellum, American Civil War, and Reconstruction periods of the United States' history.
Telly Savalas: 1994 (was 70)/b.Jan 21, 1924
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
Tommy Tucker: 1982?/b.Mar 5, 1939?
Soul Singer, Pianist, RN:Robert Higginbotham; Hi-Heel Sneakers; some say b. Mar 5, 1933; ; some say d. Jan 17, 1982
Rose Mary Woods: 2005 (was 87)/b.Dec 26, 1917
Government Official, secretary who erased parts of Watergate tapes

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