Sunday, May 15, 2011

Famous Birthdays On Eleven January

By Tracy Rocelyn


1591 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)

1906 - Robert Nesbitt, impresario

1907 - Pierre Mends-France, French Premier (1954-55) (d. 1982)

1908 - Lionel Stander, NYC, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours)

1755 - Alexander Hamilton, Nevis born American Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)

1449 - Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter

1910 - Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor

1910 - Trygve Martin Bratteli, Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)

1910 - Sir Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (d. 1966)

1807 - Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)

1703 - Columban Praelisauer, composer

1720 - Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent

1825 - Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)

1912 - Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)

1966 - Kelley Law, Canadian curler

1746 - William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)

1750 - Johann Jakob Walder, composer

1916 - James H [Jimmy] Quillen, (Rep-R-TN, 1963- )

1918 - Albert Weisser, composer

1788 - William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)

1968 - Tom Dumont, American musician

1969 - Darren Anderson, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)

1807 - Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army)

1922 - Neville Duke, English test pilot

1969 - Reemt Pyka, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)

1969 - Kyle Richards, American actress

1923 - Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman

1970 - Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer

1924 - Slim Harpo, musician

1924 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)

1825 - Bayard Taylor, U.S. poet and writer (d. 1878

1831 - James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898

1926 - Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)

1972 - Amber Medlin, Virginia Beach Virginia, Miss America-Virginia (1996)

1843 - Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)

1927 - John Hayes, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58)

1927 - Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist

1850 - Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary, famous philatelist

1972 - Marc Blucas, American actor

1929 - Nicoletta Orsomando

1853 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)

1929 - Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist

1857 - Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)

1974 - Echo Leta Johnson, Austin TX, playmate (Jan, 1993)

1974 - Goran Lozanovski, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)

1860 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal)

1974 - Toderick Malone, WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)

1974 - Warren Morris, Alexandria LA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)

1868 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)

1935 - Chuck Barksdale, US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)

1935 - Ghita Nrby, Danish actress

1936 - Linda Lawson, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie)

1976 - Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player

1875 - Reinhold Gliere, composer

1876 - Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1878 - Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)

1938 - Arthur Scargill, Socialist Labour Party (UK) leader

1880 - Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1939 - Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier

1979 - Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer

1941 - Grson, Brazilian footballer

1887 - Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)

1980 - Deanna Wright, American actress

1981 - Jamelia, English singer

1981 - Tom Meighan, British singer (Kasabian)

1944 - Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)

1982 - Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress

1894 - Jaroslav Vogel, composer

1945 - Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry, Supreme Patriarch of the Cambodian Dhammayutt Order

1896 - Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)

1946 - Naomi Judd, [Diana Ellen], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)

1898 - Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)

1946 - John Piper, American theologian

1901 - Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)

1901 - Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)

1988 - Erica L'Esperance, quintuplet

1903 - Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)

1988 - Veronica L'Esperance, quintuplet

1993 - Flora Cross, American actress

630 - Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.

1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.

1158 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.

1569 - First recorded lottery in England.

1570 - James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.

1571 - Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.

1693 - Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.

1759 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.

1779 - Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.

1787 - William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.

1794 - Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.

1805 - The Michigan Territory is created.

1861 - Alabama secedes from the United States.

1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.

1863 - American Civil War: CSS Alabama encountered and sank the USS Hatteras (1861) off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.

1879 - The Anglo-Zulu War begins.

1908 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created.

1917 - The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.

1919 - Romania annexes Transylvania.

1922 - First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.

1923 - Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.

1927 - Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.

1935 - Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

1942 - World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.

1942 - World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.

1943 - World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.

1943 - Italian-American Anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York

1946 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as president.

1949 - First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.

1957 - The African Convention is founded in Dakar.

1960 - Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.

1962 - An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.

1964 - United States Surgeon General Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry, M.D., publishes a landmark report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking nation- and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.

1972 - East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.

1986 - The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.

1994 - The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Fin.

1996 - Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.

1998 - Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.

2007 - China conducts the first successful anti-satellite missile test of any nation since 1985.




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