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Today In History Basic Datebook-January 31st

For The Weekday Of: Saturday in 2009, Sunday in 2010
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People on January 31st: birthdates

Real Andrews: 1963 (is 46 in 2009, 47 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Canadian, General Hospital's Det. Marcus Taggert, As the World Turns' Walker Daniels
Jonathan Banks: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)?
TV/Movie Actor, Gangster Chronicles, Wiseguy's Frank McPike; some say b. Jan 31, 1946 (is 63 in 2009)
Ben Bookbinder: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Actor, Oliver Beene's Neal
Mike Brumm: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Music Figure, of The Ohio Express
Carol Channing: 1921 (is 88 in 2009, 89 in 2010)
Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Singer, Christian Scientist, b. in Seattle; LN:Lowe; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly
Lloyd Cole: 1961 (is 48 in 2009, 49 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Phil Collins: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer, Movie/Stage Actor, Drummer, Music Producer, Composer, Keyboardist, English, Genesis lead, soloist; many say b. Jan 30
Jocelyn Skye Courtenay: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, A.J. Langer and Charles' daughter
Sandy Deane: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)?
Rock & Roll Musician, of Jay & the Americans; some say b. Jan 30, 1943 (is 66 in 2009)
Portia De Rossi: 1973 (is 36 in 2009, 37 in 2010)
Actress, Ally McBeal's Nellie Porter, Arrested Development's Lindsay Bluth Funke
Minnie Driver: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Actress, GoldenEye, Good Will Hunting, Tarzan (voice), Return To Me
John Dye: 1963 (is 46 in 2009, 47 in 2010)
TV Actor, Jack's Place, Touched By An Angel's Andrew
Richard A. Gephardt: 1941 (is 68 in 2009, 69 in 2010)
Congressperson, ex-House majority leader
Philip Glass: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Composer, Singer
Michael Charles Gosslaar: 2004 (is 5 in 2009, 6 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Lisa and Mark-Paul's son
Jeff Hanneman: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Slayer
Spencer James Hensley: 2002 (is 7 in 2009, 8 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Kelley Menningham and Jon's daughter
Benjamin L. Hooks: 1925 (is 84 in 2009, 85 in 2010)
Director, NAACP executive director
Al Jaworski: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Modern Rock Musician, of Jesus Jones
Alan Jaworsky: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Jesus Jones
K.C.: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Disco Singer, Keyboardist, Music Producer, Songwriter, Arranger, b. in Hialeah, FL; RN:Harry Wayne Casey: lead of KC & the Sunshine Band
Steve Karmen: 1937 (is 72 in 2009, 73 in 2010)
Music Figure, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You)
Anthony LaPaglia: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Movie Actor, Australian, Murder One, Without a Trace's Jack Malone
David Ledingham: yr unknown
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Suede Jones
John Lydon: 1956 (is 53 in 2009, 54 in 2010)
Punk Rock Singer, British, MN:Joseph; The Sex Pistols' co-founder & Johnny Rotten (derived from Jolly Rotten), Public Image Ltd.
Kelly Lynch: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Movie Actress, Mr. Magoo the movie
Phil Manzanera: 1951 (is 58 in 2009, 59 in 2010)
Guitarist, Songwriter, English, of Roxy Music
Stuart Margolin: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
Actor, Occasional Wife, Love American Style plyr, The Rockford Files' Evelyn Angel Martin, Bret Maverick
Charlie Musselwhite: 1944 (is 65 in 2009, 66 in 2010)
Blues Performer, Harmonicaist
Alexes Marie Pelzer: 1994 (is 15 in 2009, 16 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Kimberlin Brown & Gary's daughter
Queen Beatrix Of Netherlands: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
Queen, Netherlands, reigned 1980-
Scott Ian Rosenfeld: 1963 (is 46 in 2009, 47 in 2010)
Rhythm Guitarist, of Anthrax
Nolan Ryan: 1947 (is 62 in 2009, 63 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, MLB Pitcher, b. in Refugio, TX.; FN:Lynn; struck out record 383 batters '73; 1st to strike out 5000 batters (5668 career -92); record 100.9 mph fast ball; RHP; author of record 7 no-hitters against Kansas City A's and Detroit (1973), Minnesota (1974), Baltimore (1975), LA Dodgers (1981), Oakland A's (1990) and Toronto (1991 at age 44); 2-time 20-game winner (1973-74); 2-time NL leader in ERA (1981,87); led AL in strikeouts 9 times and NL twice in 27 years; retired after 1993 season with 324 wins, 292 losses and all-time records for strikeouts (5,714) and walks (2,795); never won Cy Young Award; somebody's dog ate him in a novelty song
Lily Sheen: 1999 (is 10 in 2009, 11 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Kate Beckinsale and Michael's daughter
Jean Simmons: 1929 (is 80 in 2009, 81 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, English, b. in London; Dark Shadows' Elizabeth Collins Stoddard; Stewart Granger's wife
Jamie Stewart: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Rhythm Guitarist, of The Cult
Timothy D. Stickney: 1965 (is 44 in 2009, 45 in 2010)
Soap Actor, One Life to Live's R.J. Gannon/Jimmy Glover
Justin Randall Timberlake: 1981 (is 28 in 2009, 29 in 2010)
Singer, of MMC, N'Sync
Glynn Turman: 1946 (is 63 in 2009, 64 in 2010)?
Actor, Peyton Place's Lew Miles, Centennial, Hail to the Chief, A Different World's Colonel Clayton "Dr. War" Taylor; Aretha Franklin's hubby; some say b. Jan 31, 1947 (is 62 in 2009)
Adrian Vandenberg: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Keyboardist, Singer, Songwriter, Netherlands, of Vandenberg, Whitesnake
Jessica Walter: 1940 (is 69 in 2009, 70 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in New York City; Play Misty for Me, Amy Prentiss star, All That Glitters' Joan, Bare Essence, Wheels, Dinosaurs' mom Fran Sinclair, One Life to Live's Eleanor Armitage, Arrested Development's Lucille Bluth
James G. Watt: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
Presidential Aide, ex-interior secretary 1981-83
Ron Weatherburn: 1934 (is 75 in 2009, 76 in 2010)
Jazz Pianist

People on January 31st: birth anniversaries

John Agar: 1921=d.Apr 7, 2002 (was 81)
Actor, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima; Shirley Temple's ex-
Charles Aidman: 1925=d.Nov 7, 1993 (was 68)
TV/Movie/Stage/Radio Actor, Director, Composer, Twilight Zone narrator 1985-
Tallulah Bankhead: 1903=d.Dec 12, 1968 (was 65)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Lesbian, b. in Huntsville, AL; Batman's The Black Widow; some say 1902; Lifeboat, Die Die Darling
James Gillespie Blaine: 1830=d.Jan 27, 1893 (was 62)
Politician, Journalist, the 'Plumed Knight' co-founder of The Republican Party
John Boylan: 1912=d.Nov 16, 1994 (was 82)
TV/Movie Actor, Twin Peaks' Major Dwayne Milford
Eddie Cantor: 1892=d.Oct 10, 1964 (was 72)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Crooner, Comedian, Vaudevillan, Radio Actor, Variety Show Host, Writer, b. in New York City; NN:Rolling Banjo Eyes; RN:Isidore Edward Iskowitz; Colgate Comedy Hour
Gardner Jr. Cowles: 1903=d.Jul 8, 1985 (was 82)
Publisher, Look Magazine founder
Peter Dawson: 1882=d.Sep 26, 1961 (was 79)
Pop Singer, Australian
Joanne Dru: 1923=d.Sep 10, 1996 (was 73)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Logan, WV; RLN:la Cock; Peter Marshall's sister; 40s & 50s film star; Dick Haymes', then John Ireland's wife; She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Red River; some say b. 1922
James Franciscus: 1934=d.Jul 8, 1991 (was 57)
TV/Movie Actor, Naked City, Mr. Novak, Longstreet
Andre-Jacques Garnerin: 1769=d.Aug 18, 1823 (was 54)
Inventor, French, Balloonist; French aeronaut, the first person to use a parachute regularly and successfully. He perfected the parachute and made jumps from greater altitudes than had been possible before.
Zane Grey: 1875=d.Oct 23, 1939 (was 64)
Novelist, Dentist, FN:Pearl; Western frontier, American West novels
Bobby Hackett: 1915=d.Jun 7, 1976 (was 61)
Bandleader, Jazz Trumpeter, Cornetist, Guitarist, RN:Robert Leo Hackett
Percy Helton: 1894=d.Sep 11, 1971 (was 77)
Actor, The Beverly Hillbillies' Homer Cratchit
Paul Jabara: 1948=d.Sep 29, 1992 (was 44)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Last Dance writer for Donna Summer
Derek Jarman: 1942=d.Feb 19, 1994 (was 52)
Filmmaker, Painter, Author, Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, English
Isham Jones: 1894=d.Oct 19, 1956 (was 62)
Bandleader, Tenor-sax, Composer, Songwriter, Pianist, Arranger
Terry Kath: 1946=d.Jan 23, 1978 (was 31)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Chicago founder; d. from suicide
Mario Lanza: 1921=d.Oct 7, 1959 (was 38)
Tenor, Movie Actor, Opera Singer, RN:Alfredo Arnold Cocozza
Fritz Sr. Leiber: 1882=d.????
Entertainment Figure
Norman Mailer: 1923=d.Nov 10, 2007 (was 84)
Novelist, Jewish, wed 6x's
George S. Mickelson: 1941=d.Apr 19, 1993 (was 52)
Governor
Garry Moore: 1915=d.Nov 28, 1993 (was 78)
Game Show Host, Variety Show Host, b. in Baltimore; RN:Thomas Garrison Morfit; Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth; d. Nov 29?
Gouverneur Morris: 1752=d.Nov 6, 1816 (was 64)
Statesman, Diplomat, helped plan the U.S. decimal coinage system.
Robert Morris: 1734=d.May 8, 1806 (was 72)
Merchant, banker who came to be known as the financier of the U.S. War of Independence (1775-83).
Benny Morton: 1907=d.Dec 28, 1985 (was 78)
Trombonist, worked with Chick Webbm Don Redman, Count Basie, and others
John O'Hara: 1905=d.Apr 11, 1970 (was 65)
Novelist
Suzanne Pleshette: 1937=d.Jan 19, 2008 (was 70)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in New York City; Bob Newhart Show's Emily Hartley, Suzanne Pleshette is Maggie Briggs star, The Boys Are Back's Jackie; Hitchcock's "The Birds"
Theodore Richards: 1868=d.Apr 2, 1928 (was 60)
Chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914
Jackie Robinson: 1919=d.Oct 24, 1972 (was 53)
HALL OF FAMER, MLB 2nd baseman, Movie Actor, RFN:Jack Roosevelt; broke baseball's color barrier with Brooklyn Dodgers '47; '49 MVP; 1st black American elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
Eddie Ryder: 1923=d.Mar 29, 1997 (was 74)
Soap Actor, General Hospital's Slick Jones 1980s
Franz Peter Schubert: 1797=d.Nov 19, 1828 (was 31)
Composer, Austrian, b. in Vienna; finished the Unfinished Symphony in 1822; he is buried near the grave of Bethoven
Sir Henry Morton Stanley: 1841?=d.May 10, 1904 (was 63)
Explorer, Journalist, English, RN:John Rowlands; found David Livingstone; some say b. Jan 28, 1841
Nathan Straus: 1848=d.Jan 11, 1931 (was 82)
Merchant, Political Activist, owner of Macy's department store in New York City and a pioneer in public health and child welfare; he has been considered the person who did the most for the city's welfare in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Roosevelt Sykes: 1906=d.Jul 17, 1983 (was 77)
Blues Performer, Singer, Songwriter, Pianist
William Sylvester: 1922=d.Jan 25, 1995 (was 72)
Actor, Gemini Man's Leonard, 2001
Chuck Willis: 1928=d.Apr 10, 1958 (was 30)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, C.C. Rider
Rudolph Wurlitzer: 1831=d.????
Manufacturer, Inventor, German, of 1st automatic electric playing organs (Gee Dad It's a Wurlitzer!)

People on January 31st: death anniversaries

George Francis Abbott: 1995 (was 107)/b.Jun 25, 1887
Dramatist/Playwright, Stage Producer/Director, Author, Stage Actor, b. in Forestville, NY; The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; over 120 plays and musicals!
Yves Allegret: 1987 (was 79)/b.Oct 13, 1907
Movie Director, French, d. 1986?
Edwin Howard Armstrong: 1954 (was 63)/b.Dec 18, 1890
Inventor, Engineer, b. in New York; the inventor of wide-band FM (frequency modulation) radio braodcasting; d. suicide
Buster Brown: 1976 (was 64)/b.Aug 15, 1911?
Blues Singer, Harmonicaist, Songwriter; some say b. Aug 11, 1914, or b. Aug 11, 1915
Jonathan Carver: 1780 (was 69)/b.Apr 13, 1710
Explorer, Early explorer of North America and author of one of the most widely read travel and adventure books in that period.
Chief Thundercloud: 1967 (was 100)/b.Aug 6, 1866
Actor, Lone Ranger; RN:Scott T. Williams
Barbara Cowsill: 1985 (was 56)/b.Jul 12, 1928
Singer, of The Cowsills
Gordon Dickson: 2001 (was 77)/b.Nov 1, 1923
Novelist, Canadian
Guy Fawkes: 1606 (was 35)/b.Apr 13, 1570
Attempted Assassin, executed for the Gunpowder Plot
John Galsworthy: 1933 (was 65)/b.Aug 14, 1867
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright, English, Nobel Prize-winning author [1932]; The Forsyte Saga
Jean Giraudoux: 1944 (was 61)/b.Oct 29, 1882
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright, Diplomat, Essayist, French
Samuel Goldwyn: 1974 (was 94)/b.Jul 7, 1879
Movie Producer, Polish, RLN:Gelbfisch then Goldfish; founder Goldwyn Pictures Corp later merged into MGM in 1924; NOT Aug 17 or 27, 1882
Slim Harpo: 1970 (was 46)/b.Jan 11, 1924
Blues Singer, Harmonicaist, Guitarist, RN:James Moore
Gregory Herbert: 1978 (was 30)/b.May 19, 1947
Singer, Reeds, of Blood Sweat and Tears
Molly Ivins: 2007 (was 62)/b.Aug 30, 1944
Columnist
Coretta Scott King: 2006 (was 78)/b.Apr 27, 1927
Educator, Political Activist, Civil Rights Leader, b. in Marion, Ala.; Martin Luther's widow
A. A. Milne: 1956 (was 74)/b.Jan 18, 1882
Children's Author, English, RFN:Alan Alexander; Winnie The Pooh stories
Glenn Morris: 1974 (was 61)/b.Jun 18, 1912
Olympic Athlete, Actor, Tarzan actor
John Raleigh Mott: 1955 (was 89)/b.May 25, 1865
Social Reformer, religious reformer; YMCA founder, Nobel 1946
Paul Regina: 2006 (was 49)/b.Oct 25, 1956
Actor, Joe & Valerie's Joe, Zorro & Son's Don Carlos de la Vega (Zorro Jr.), Brothers' Clifford Waters, Untouchables' Frank Nitti
Evelyn Scott: 2002 (was 86)/b.yr unknown
Soap Actress, Peyton Place's Ada
Moira Shearer: 2006 (was 80)/b.Jan 17, 1926
Movie Actress, Ballet Dancer, Scotish, b. in Dunfermline; LN:King
Ford Lee "Buck" Washington: 1955 (was 51)/b.Oct 16, 1903
Jazz Musician, Pianist, Comedian, Trumpeter, Dancer, Novelty Singer, of Buck and Bubbles

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