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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 29th

For The Weekday Of: Thursday in 2009, Friday in 2010
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People on January 29th: birthdates

Danny Arroyo: yr unknown
Actor, General Hospital: Night Shift's Paolo Garcia
Matthew Ashford: 1960 (is 49 in 2009, 50 in 2010)
Soap Actor, MN:Nile; Search For Tomorrow's Cagney McClery, Days of Our Lives' Jack Deveraux, General Hospital's Tom Hardy, One Life to Live's Dr. Stephen Haver; Christina Saffran's hubby
Sharif Atkins: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Actor, Hawaii's John Declan, ER's Dr. Michael Gallant
David Baynton-Power: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Performer, of James
Drew Tyler Bell: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Bold & The Beautiful's Thomas Forrester
Edward Burns: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
Actor, Director, She's The One, Saving Private Ryan, 15 Minutes
Irwin Corey: 1912 (is 97 in 2009, 98 in 2010)
Comedian, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Professor, Andy Williams Show, Doc; A Professor of comedy double-talk routines, Car Wash; some say b. Jul 29 1914
Diane Delano: 1957 (is 52 in 2009, 53 in 2010)
Actress
Charles Divins: 1976 (is 33 in 2009, 34 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Passions' Chad Harris
John Forsythe: 1918 (is 91 in 2009, 92 in 2010)
TV Actor, TV Host, Protestant, b. in Penn's Grove, N.J.; Bachelor Father's Bentley Gregg, John Forsythe Show's Major John Foster, World of Survival narr, Charlie's Angels' Charlie Townsend (voice), Dynasty's Blake Carrington, Powers That Be's Sen. William Powers, I Witness Video; Paula McCormick, then Julie Warren's hubby; RN:Jay Lincoln Freund
Roddy Frame: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, of Aztec Camera
Sara Gilbert: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, Cartoon Voicist, Roseanne's Darlene Conner, Simpsons' Laura; Melissa & Jonathan's sister
Heather Graham: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Actress, Lost in Space, Boogie Nights, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Bowfinger, The Guru
Germaine Greer: 1939 (is 70 in 2009, 71 in 2010)
Author, Feminist, Australian, b. in Melbourne
Noel Harrison: 1936 (is 73 in 2009, 74 in 2010)
Actor, Singer, Rex's son; Girl From UNCLE's Mark Slate; some say b. 1934
Justin Hartley: 1977 (is 32 in 2009, 33 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Passions' Nicholas "Fox" Foxworth Crane
Eddie Jackson: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)?
Rock & Roll Singer, Bassist, of Queensryche; some say b. Jan 29, 1958 (is 51 in 2009), or b. Jan 29, 1960 (is 49 in 2009)
Ann Jillian: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Actress, Singer, b. in Cambridge, Mass.; Hazel's Millie Ballard, It's a Living's Cassie Cranston, Jennifer Slept Here's Jennifer Farrell, Ann Jillian Show's Ann; not b. 1951 acc to E.T.
Andrew Keegan: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
Actor, of Step By Step, Party of Five's Reed, 7th Heaven's Wilson West
Terry Kinney: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
Actor, CSI NY's Tom Mitford
Bill Kirchen: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, American, of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Jonny Lang: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Blues Guitarist
Bettye LaVette: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Little Jimmy Sizemore: 1928 (is 81 in 2009, 82 in 2010)
Country Singer
Claudine Longet: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
Actress, Singer, Roman Catholic, French, b. in Paris; Andy William's ex-wife
Irlene Mandrell: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
Country Singer, Drummer, b. in Houston, TX; Singer?; Barbara & Louise's sis; Hee Haw reg
Handsome Dick Manitoba: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
Singer, of Dictators
Paul McGann: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Actor, British, of Dr. Who (the eighth actor to play the Doctor)
Barbara Moore: 1944 (is 65 in 2009, 66 in 2010)
TV Actress, The Man from UNCLE's Lisa Rogers
Robin Morgan: 1942 (is 67 in 2009, 68 in 2010)
TV Actress, Mama's Dagmar
Kathryn Morris: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Actress, Cold Case's Det. Lilly Rush
Heidi Mueller: 1982 (is 27 in 2009, 28 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Passions's Kathleen Elizabeth 'Kay' Bennett (#3)
Bella Zahra Murphy: 2002 (is 7 in 2009, 8 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Nicole and Eddie's daughter
Judy Norton-Taylor: 1958 (is 51 in 2009, 52 in 2010)
TV/Stage Actress, Stage Director, b. in Santa Monica, CA; The Waltons' Mary Ellen Walton Willard
Brandon Michael Osmond: 1985 (is 24 in 2009, 25 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Donny & Debby's son
Kelly Packard: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
TV Actress, California Dreams' Tiffani Smith, Baywatch
Louie Perez: 1953 (is 56 in 2009, 57 in 2010)
Modern Rock Performer, of Los Lobos
Bobbie Phillips: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Bold & the Beautiful's Rhonda, Murder One's Julie Costello
Tommy Ramone: 1952 (is 57 in 2009, 58 in 2010)?
Punk Rock Drummer, Bassist, Hungarian, RN:Thomas Erdelyi; of The Ramones; some say b. Jan 29, 1949 (is 60 in 2009)
Jason James Richter: 1980 (is 29 in 2009, 30 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Free Willy
Katharine Ross: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Actress
Katherine Ross: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Hollywood, Ca.; Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, The Graduate, The Colbys' Francesca Scott Colby Hamilton; some say '42; Sam Elliott's wife
Steve Sax: 1960 (is 49 in 2009, 50 in 2010)
MLB 2nd baseman, Chef, TV Host, LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox
Bobby Scott: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Jazz Singer, Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Teacher, hit:Chain Gang, composed A Taste Of Honey for Herb Alpert
Tom Selleck: 1945 (is 64 in 2009, 65 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Soap Actor, TV Producer, Protestant, b. in Detroit; The Rockford Files' Lance White, Magmun PI's Thomas Sullivan "Tom" Magnum, Young & the Restless' Jed 70s, Three Men & A Baby, In & Out, The Love Letter, Friends' Richard Burke
Ed Shaughnessy: 1929 (is 80 in 2009, 81 in 2010)
Drummer, formerly of Doc Severinsen's Tonight Show band
Niclas Sigevall: yr unknown
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Electric Boys
Marc Singer: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Actor, Lori's brother; Roots' Andy, 79 Park Avenue, V's Mike Donovan, Dallas' Matt Cantrell, Young and the Restless' Chet
Johnny Spampinato: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Performer, of NRBQ
Ron Townsend: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Fifth Dimension
Rick Truel: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
Music Figure, of Possum Dixon
Eli Tullis: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Taylor Miller & Eli's son
Nicholas Turturro: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, NYPD Blue's det. James Martinez; E.T. and AP sez b. Jan 29
Marcus Verne: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Hip-Pop Performer, of Living In A Box
Frank Virtuoso: 1933 (is 76 in 2009, 77 in 2010)
Guitarist, aka Frank Virtue; of The Virtues
Oprah Winfrey: 1954 (is 55 in 2009, 56 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, TV/Movie Actress, TV Talk Show Hostess, Producer, b. in Kosciuska, Miss.; Oprah was supposed to be Orpah but a bureaucrat goofed up the birth certificate; Oprah is Harpo spelled backwards!; own TV show, Brewster Place, Beloved; some say 1953, former Miss Black Tennessee

People on January 29th: birth anniversaries

Edward Abbey: 1927=d.Mar 14, 1989 (was 62)
Author
Daniel Bernoulli: 1700 O.S.=d.Mar 17, 1782
Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist, Philosopher, Netherlands, Swiss, Hydrodynamics, calculus, theory of probability; other style says b. Feb 8, 1700 N.S.
David Byron: 1947=d.Feb 28, 1985 (was 38)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, English, of Uriah Heep
Paddy Chayevsky: 1923=d.Aug 1, 1981 (was 58)
Dramatist/Playwright, RFN:Sidney
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: 1860 N.S.=d.Jul 14, 1904 (was 44)?
Dramatist/Playwright, Short Story Writer, Physician, Russian, The Cherry Orchard; other style says b. Jan 17, 1860 O.S.; ; some say d. Jul 15, 1904 (was 44)
Moses Cleaveland: 1754=d.Nov 16, 1807 (was 53)
Pioneer, Soldier, Attorney/Lawyer, Frontiersman, founded Cleveland Ohio
Robert Crichton: 1925=d.Mar 23, 1993 (was 68)
Author
Frederick Delius: 1862=d.Jun 10, 1934 (was 72)
Composer, English
Sacha Distel: 1933=d.Jul 22, 2004 (was 71)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, French
Allen DuMont: 1901=d.Nov 15, 1965 (was 64)
Engineer, Inventor, perfected the practical cathode ray tube
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein: 1898=d.Feb 10, 1948 (was 50)
Movie Director, Russian, some say b. Jan 23 or Jan 10 and d. Feb 11
W. C. Fields: 1879=d.Dec 25, 1946 (was 67)
Movie/Stage/Radio Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan, b. in Philadelphia; RN:William Claude Dukenfield; some say b. 1880 or b. April 9 or b. Feb 10; he died at the Las Encinas Sanitorium on the holiday he despised.
Anthony George: 1921=d.Mar 16, 2005 (was 84)
Actor, Soap Actor, Search For Tomorrow's Dr. Tony Vincente, One Life to Live's Dr. Will Vernon, Checkmate, Untouchables' Agent Cam Allison
Lawrence Hargrave: 1850=d.Jul 6, 1915 (was 65)
Inventor, English, of The Box Kite
Joy Hodges: 1915=d.Jan 19, 2003 (was 87)
Movie Actress, Singer, Dancer
Leadbelly: 1889?=d.Dec 6, 1949 (was 60)
HALL OF FAMER, Folk Singer, Blues Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, RN:Huddie William Ledbetter; no source knows for sure when he was born; he influenced many folk and blues artists; NN:The King Of The 12 String Guitar Players; some say b. Nov 20, 1885, or b. Jan 20, 1889
Harry "Light Horse" Lee: 1756=d.1818
Revolutionary, cavalryman
Victor Mature: 1913=d.Aug 4, 1999 (was 86)
Movie Actor, b. in Louisville, Ky.; some say 1915 or 1916
William McKinley: 1843=d.Sep 14, 1901 (was 58)
President, b. in Niles, Ohio; 25th U.S. President (1897-1901); on a $500 bill
Thomas Paine: 1737=d.Jun 8, 1809 (was 72)
Author, Philosopher, Revolutionary, English, Political Theorist; Common Sense, Age of Reason
Lloyd Perryman: 1917=d.May 31, 1977 (was 60)
Country Singer, of Sons of the Pioneers
John Raitt: 1917=d.Feb 20, 2005 (was 88)
Stage Actor, Singer, b. in Santa Ana, Ca.; Bonnie's father; AP says Jan 29
John D. Jr. Rockefeller: 1874=d.May 11, 1960 (was 86)
Philanthropist, Financier, MN:David

People on January 29th: death anniversaries

Joseph Alioto: 1998 (was 81)/b.Feb 11, 1916
Mayor, San Francisco
William Cranch Bond: 1859 (was 69)/b.Sep 9, 1789
Astronomer, who, with his son George Phillips Bond (1825-65), discovered Hyperion, the eighth satellite of Saturn, and an inner ring called Ring C, or the Crepe Ring.
"Cozy" Cole: 1981 (was 71)/b.Oct 17, 1909
Drummer, Jazz Musician, b. in East Orange, NJ; RFN:William Randolph; worked for many swing bands including Cab Calloway and Louie Armstrong
Morton da Costa: 1989 (was 74)/b.Mar 7, 1914
Stage Producer/Director, Music Man, No Time for Sargeants, Auntie Mame
Willie Dixon: 1992 (was 76)/b.Jul 1, 1915
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Singer, Songwriter, Arranger, Music Producer, Bassist, Composer, Guitarist, wrote over 500 blues & rock classics
Jimmy Durante: 1980 (was 86)/b.Feb 10, 1893
Comedian, Singer, Author, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Composer, Variety Show Host, Vaudevillan, Pianist, b. in New York City; 'Inka Dinka Doo' 'Schnozzola' man; Jimmy Durante Show, Lennon Sisters
Anthony Fred Eisley: 2003 (was 78)/b.Jan 19, 1925
Actor, Hawaiian Eye's Tracy Stele
Leif Erickson: 1986 (was 74)/b.Oct 27, 1911
TV/Movie Actor, Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront; The High Chaparral's Big John Cannon; a WWII hero
Robert Lee Frost: 1963 (was 88)/b.Mar 26, 1874
Poet, b. in San Francisco; Pulitzer Prize-winning poet "Mending Wall", "Road Not Taken"; d. in Boston, Mass.
Michael Gwynn: 1976 (was 59)/b.Nov 30, 1916
Movie Actor, English, Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra
James Rhyne Killian: 1988 (was 83)/b.Jul 24, 1904
Presidential Aide, Gov't official; MIT prez, Eisenhower adviser, NASA co-developer, Father of Public TV
King George III Of Great Britian: 1820 (was 81)/b.Jun 4, 1738 N.S.
King, British, ruled 1760-1820; was unfair to the United Colonies with excess taxes and rules that made the colonies declare independence in 1776; died insane; other style says b. May 24, 1743 O.S.
Fritz Kreisler: 1962 (was 86)/b.Feb 2, 1875
Composer, Violinist, Scholar, Austrian
Alan Ladd: 1964 (was 50)/b.Sep 3, 1913
Movie Actor, some say d. Nov 7
John Larkin: 1965 (was 52)/b.Apr 11, 1912
TV/Radio/Soap Actor, radio's Perry Mason, Twelve O'Clock High's Maj. Gen. Wiley Crowe, Edge of Night's Mike Karr, Saints & Sinners; d. Jan 6?
Edward Lear: 1888 (was 75)/b.May 12, 1812
Poet, Artist, Children's Author, English, Limerick inventor; some of my favorites started out with the lines "There once was a young man from Venus", and "There was an old man from Nantucket".
David Lerchey: 2005 (was 67)/b.1936
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Del Vikings
H. L. Mencken: 1956 (was 75)/b.Sep 12, 1880
Author, Journalist, Critic, Editor, Satarist, Columnist, Lexicographer, Essayist, b. in Baltimore; RFMN:Henry Louis; d. in Baltimore
Freddie Prinze: 1977 (was 22)/b.Jun 22, 1954
TV Actor, Comedian, b. in New York City; Chico & the Man's Chico Rodriguez; committed suicide; d. Jan 28?
Alexander Pushkin: 1837 O.S. (was 37)?/b.May 26, 1799 O.S.
Poet, Dramatist/Playwright, Author, Russian, MN:Sergeevich; other style says b. Jun 6, 1799 N.S.; ; some say d. Feb 10, 1837 N.S. (was 37)
Harold Russell: 2002 (was 88)/b.Jan 14, 1914
Movie Actor
Peter Shaw: 2003 (was 84)/b.Jun 24, 1918
Actor, Bride of Frankenstin (Little Devil)
Alfred Sisley: 1899 (was 59)/b.Oct 30, 1839
Painter, French
Sara Teasdale: 1933 (was 48)/b.Aug 8, 1884
Poet, Author, first Pulitzer Prize-1918-"Love Songs"
Seth Thomas: 1859 (was 73)/b.Aug 19, 1785
Manufacturer, clock manufacturer who was one of the pioneers in the mass production of clocks.
Ron Tomme: 2005 (was 73)/b.Oct 24, 1931
Actor, Soap Actor, Love of Life's Bruce Sterling, Dallas' Charles Eccles '82
Margaret Truman-Daniel: 2008 (was 83)/b.Feb 17, 1924
Novelist, Singer, Pianist, Harry S.'s daughter; b. in Independence, Mo.
William Butler Yeats: 1939 (was 73)/b.Jun 13, 1865
Poet, Dramatist/Playwright, Irish, d. in Menton, France

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