02JAN11

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Births for January 02

• 1642 Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey)

• 1647 Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)

• 1699 Osman III, sultan (Turkey)

• 1713 Mlle Dumesnil, Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phdre, Hermione)

• 1727 James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Qu‚bec)

• 1728 Louis, Count Barbiano of Belgium

• 1752 Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution (The American Village)

• 1777 Christian D Rauch, German sculptor

• 1803 Gugliemo Libri, (della Somaia), Ital/French bibliographer

• 1822 Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)

• 1831 Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)

• 1835 Charles Russell Lowell Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers)

• 1837 Mily Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer

• 1842 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist

• 1857 Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse & Gaston)

• 1860 William C Mills, museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)

• 1861 Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)

• 1863 Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)

• 1873 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)

• 1879 John L Walch, literary (Grimaces)

• 1879 Pieter Tesch, gelogist (Pedestal of Nederlands)

• 1880 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer

• 1884 Jacques Chardonne, (Boutelleau), French writer (l'Epithalame)

• 1885 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)

• 1889 Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor (La Rondine)

• 1894 Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)

• 1895 Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)

• 1899 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, sect-gen (NATO)

• 1901 Robert Marshall, founder (Wilderness Society)

• 1903 Anton van Duinkerken, (Willem JMA Asselbergs), literary

• 1904 James Melton, Moultrie Ga, opera tenor (Ford Festival)

• 1904 Sally Rand, stripper (fan dance)

• 1908 Ben Grauer, NYC, newscaster (Big Story)

• 1912 Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital)

• 1912 Barbara Pentland, Winnipeg Canada, composer

• 1912 Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)

• 1913 Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer

• 1913 L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist

• 1915 John Hope Franklin, historian

• 1920 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)

• 1922 Jason Evers, NYC, actor (Wrangler, Channing)

• 1922 Renata Tebaldi, lyric soprano

• 1925 William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff

• 1927 Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)

• 1927 Richard Belmont Ray, (Rep-D-Ga)

• 1928 Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il), House Ways & Means Committee chair

• 1928 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)

• 1930 Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)

• 1931 Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan (1989- )

• 1932 Dabney Coleman, Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill)

• 1936 Roger Miller, Ft Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)

• 1939 Jim Bakker, televangelist/rapist (PTL Club)

• 1947 Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80

• 1947 Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)

• 1949 Chick Churchill, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)

• 1949 Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)

• 1952 Wendy Phillips, Bkln NY, actress (Stacey-Executive Suite)

• 1954 Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)

• 1957 Joanna Pacula, Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)

• 1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km

• 1964 David Cone, pitcher (NY Mets, Tor Blue Jays)

• 1966 Tia Carrere, (Althea Janairo), Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)

• 1978 Devin Doherty, actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing)

Passings for January 02

• 1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococobeeldhouwer, dies

• 1861 Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/emp of Germ (1849-61), die

• 1904 James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82

• 1913 L‚on P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies

• 1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (King of Saba), dies

• 1917 Edward B Tylor, English Anthropologist, dies at 84

• 1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German chancellor/PM of Prussia, dies

• 1927 Achad Ha'am, (Asjr Ginsberg), Hebrews philosopher/writer, dies

• 1929 Erich Wichman(n), fascist painter/sculptor, dies

• 1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies

• 1955 Jos‚ Antonio Remon, president of Panam  (1919..55), assassinated

• 1960 Cees (Cornelis J) Laseur, actor/director (Haagsche Comedy), dies at 6

• 1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (world record time 45,798 km), dies

• 1963 Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52

• 1968 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies

• 1974 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67

• 1983 Harriet Parsons, actress/producer, dies at 76 of cancer

• 1986 Una Merkel, US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82

• 1990 Belcampo, (Herman P Sch”nfeld Wichers), lawyer/writer, dies

Special events for January 02

• 69 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor

• 533 John II begins his reign as Catholic Pope

• 1492 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)

• 1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible march to Novgorod begins

• 1602 Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English at Kinsdale

• 1776 1st revolutionary flag displayed

• 1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution

• 1790 Mozart's opera "Cos fan tutti" premiers, ViennaS01021800 Free black c

• 1814 Lord Byron completes "The Corsair"

• 1818 Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)

• 1831 Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston

• 1832 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens

• 1842 1st US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn

• 1843 Wagner's opera "Der fliegende Holl„nder" premiers, Dresden

• 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends

• 1870 Building Brooklyn Bridge begins

• 1879 Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education

• 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill

• 1882 Because of antimonopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust

• 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer

• 1893 1st US commemoratives & 1st US stamp to picture a woman issued

• 1893 World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago (or 0501)

• 1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine

• 1905 Japanese troops capture Port Arthur

• 1909 1st official Dutch Elfstedentocht skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)

• 1910 1st junior high schools in US open in Berkeley, Calif

• 1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #814 Tauris

• 1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Qu‚bec Bank

• 1918 Montr‚al Wanderers' Westmount hockey arena burns down

• 1919 Anti-British uprsing in Ireland

• 1919 Lithuania gains independence

• 1920 10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)

• 1921 1st religious service radio broadcast in US, Pittsburgh

• 1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens

• 1925 Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR)

• 1933 Bruins beat Rangers in NY 13-3

• 1933 Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th)

• 1933 US troops leave Nicaragua

• 1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania

• 1935 Bruno R Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap-murder of Lindbergh baby

• 1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis, Mo

• 1942 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace

• 1942 German troops in Bardia surrender

• 1942 Japanese occupy Manila

• 1944 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)

• 1945 George Bush (pres 1989) & Barbara Pierce wed

• 1945 Kentucky begins 130 home basektball game win streak, ends in 1955

• 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali

• 1948 WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, NY (PBS) begins

• 1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting

• 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak

• 1955 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premiers on NBC (later on CBS)

• 1956 French parliamentary election (leftward swing)

• 1959 1st spacecraft to orbit the Sun launched (USSR)

• 1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees

• 1959 USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit

• 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years

• 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president

• 1961 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16

• 1961 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14øF recorded atop Haleakale

• 1962 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premiers on CBS

• 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana

• 1965 Voter registration drive, led by Martin Luther King Jr, starts

• 1966 Green Bay Packers beat Cleve Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game

• 1968 KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, CA (IND) begins broadcasting

• 1970 US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)

• 1972 Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game

• 1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars

• 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game

• 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon

• 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres

• 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"

• 1979 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver

• 1979 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spingen begins

• 1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins

• 1982 SD Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT

• 1983 "Annie" closes on Broadway (it played 2,377 performances)

• 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes

• 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship

• 1985 90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter

• 1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score

• 1985 Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions

• 1986 191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange

• 1986 NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal

• 1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ

• 1988 Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn

• 1988 Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement

• 1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship

• 1989 UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game

Songs for date January 02

• 01/02/42 --- Blues In The Night (Herman, Woody)

• 01/02/42 --- White Cliffs Of Dover, The (Kyser, Kay)

• 01/02/42 --- String Of Pearls, A (Miller, Glenn)

• 01/02/48 --- Ballerina (Clark, Buddy)

• 01/02/54 --- Secret Love (Day, Doris)

• 01/02/54 --- What It Was, Was Football (Griffith, Andy)

• 01/02/65 --- Downtown (Clark, Petula)

• 01/02/65 --- Hold What You've Got (Tex, Joe)

• 01/02/71 --- Mr. Bojangles (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

• 01/02/93 --- Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme), A (Bryson, Peabo)