Monday, May 16, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays On 28 January

By Tracy Rocelyn


1956 - Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer (Lovers Until the End)

1906 - Harry van Kruiningen, [Henri A Janssen], painter/graphic artist

1959 - Randi Rhodes, Nova M Radio personality

1960 - John Caliri, Providence RI, actor (Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble)

1908 - Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor/director/writer (Fear)

1908 - Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)

1909 - Lionel KP "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II-George Medal)

1962 - Michael Cage, NBA forward/center (Cleveland Cavaliers, NJ Nets)

1962 - Sam Phillips, singer/actress (Die Hard with a Vengeance)

1958 - Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine)

1958 - Salvador Snchez, Mexican boxer

1912 - William "Bill" Henson, English diplomat (Prague 1939)

1964 - Dwight Stone, NFL receiver/running back (Car Panthers, GB Packers)

1960 - Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler

1960 - Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)

1918 - Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer (Sooty, Some People)

1966 - Michal Pivonka, Kladno Cze, NHL center (Washington Capitals)

1967 - Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)

1962 - Tom Keifer, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)

1962 - Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer

1968 - Henry Hering, Pointe-Claire Quebec, rower (Olympics-9-92, 96)

1921 - Alfred Marks, actor/comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again)

1922 - Robert W Holley, US, biochemist, worked with RNA (Nobel '68)

1963 - Jos Mourinho, Portuguese football manager

1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill)

1965 - Allison Hossack, Manitoba, actress (Olivia-Another World)

1965 - Lou Frazier, US baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos)

1969 - John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)

1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress

1969 - Mo Rocca, American writer and comedian

1967 - Jeff Branson, US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds)

1928 - Slade Gorton, (Sen-R-WA, 1981- )

1929 - Acker Bilk, singer (Stranger on the Shore)

1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Stockholm Sweden, US pop artist (Alphabet/Good Humor)

1970 - Mike Chalenski, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)

1968 - Reggie Jordan, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)

1930 - Luis de Pablo, composer

1931 - Timothy Kitson, former MP

1932 - David Thompson, CEO (Gestetner Holdings)

1932 - Thomas J Bliley Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )

1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer

1932 - Windlesham, Lord

1933 - Susan Sontag, NYC, author/film director (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award)

1971 - Lee Naylor, Australian 400m runner (Olympics-96)

1971 - Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Canberra AUS)

1974 - Tony Delk, NBA guard (SF Warriors)

1935 - David John Lodge, English writer (Soul & Bodies)

1972 - Harrison Houston, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears)

1973 - Mark Brook, WLAF LB (Rhein Fire)

1973 - Tatsuki Katayama, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)

1975 - Anne Montminy, Montreal Quebec, 10m diver (Olympics-17-92, 96)

1975 - Julian Dean, Waihi NZ, team pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)

1975 - David Zingler, American writer

1936 - Jack Scott, vocalist (My True Love)

1936 - Robert Suderburg, composer

1937 - Ken Hill, playwright/director

1938 - Leonid Zhabotynsky, Ukrainian weightlifter

1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player

1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player

1941 - Joel Crothers, Cincinnati OH, actor (Edge of Night)

1976 - Emiko Kado, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)

1978 - Corina Morariu, American tennis player

1943 - John Beck, Chic, actor (Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara)

1943 - Susan Howard, Marshall Tx, actress (Donna-Dallas, Petrocelli)

1943 - Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 - Lyle Overbay, American baseball player

1944 - Brian Keenan, NYC, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)

1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer

1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer

1986 - Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium)

1986 - Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler

1945 - Nick Raynsford, British MP

1980 - Jesse James Hollywood, American drug dealer and fugitive

1981 - Elijah Wood, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Radio Flyer, Good Son)

1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player

1984 - Andre Iguodala, basketball & NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers)

1985 - Athina Onassis, daughter of Christina

1077 - Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.

1521 - The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.

1547 - Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.

1573 - Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.

1624 - Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.

1724 - The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.

1754 - Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to Horace Mann.

1760 - Pownal, Vermont is created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.

1813 - Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.

1820 - A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.

1846 - The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.

1851 - Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.

1855 - The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.

1871 - Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.

1878 - Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.

1887 - In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

1896 - Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He is fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).

1902 - The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.

1908 - Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'tat against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister Joo Franco.

1909 - United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.

1915 - An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.

1917 - Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.

1918 - Finnish Civil War: Rebels seized control of the capital, Helsinki, and members of the Senate of Finland go underground.

1922 - Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.

1932 - Japanese forces attack Shanghai.

1933 - The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.

1934 - The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.

1935 - Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.

1938 - The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).

1941 - French-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.

1945 - World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.

1956 - Elvis Presley made his first US TV appearance

1958 - The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.

1964 - An unarmed USAF T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

1965 - The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.

1977 - The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which severely affects and cripples much of Upstate New York, but Buffalo, NY, Syracuse, NY, Watertown, NY, and surrounding areas are most affected, each area accumulating close to 10 feet (3.0 m) of snow on this one day.

Disintegration of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

1980 - USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

1981 - Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.

1982 - US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.

1984 - Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.

1985 - Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.

1986 - Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission - Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.

2002 - TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia killing 92.

2006 - The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Chorzw / Katowice, Poland, collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

2010 - Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed are hanged.

2011 - Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled up the Egyptian's streets in demonstrations referred to as "Friday of Anger" against the Mubarak regime.




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