Today in History for January 1969

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 64 of 64

1st - Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
2nd - "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 perfs
2nd - "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
2nd - Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted & Black," premieres in NYC
2nd - Luis Ferré becomes the first statehooder Governor of Puerto Rico.
2nd - Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
3rd - John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ
3rd - Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress
4th - "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 4 perfs
4th - France begins arms embargo against Israel
5th - "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances
5th - Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman & Karl Shapiro
5th - Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed
5th - USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)
6th - Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
6th - WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
7th - US Congress doubles president salary
9th - 1st trial flight of Concorde
9th - Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight (Bristol England)
Rocker/Beatle John Lennon 10th - Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland
10th - Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam
10th - USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
11th - "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
11th - Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
12th - "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances
12th - Superbowl III: NY Jets beat Balt Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB
13th - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
14th - 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers
14th - Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
14th - An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
15th - Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
15th - Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union
16th - Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
17th - Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
17th - Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US
17th - Soyuz 5 lands
18th - Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris
19th - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
19th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
19th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7
20th - Richard M Nixon inaugurated as president
20th - U of Az reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
21st - 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal
22nd - "Celebration" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 110 performances
22nd - Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle
22nd - Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
22nd - Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame
23rd - Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
24th - Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco 24th - Spanish Gen Franco announces state of emergency
25th - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
26th - "Red, White, & Maddox" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 41 performances
27th - 14 spies hung in Baghdad
27th - 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria
27th - Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th)
27th - Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years
28th - 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville
28th - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America
29th - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
29th - Sheahan & Connolly hang on for exciting draw Aust v W Indies
30th - Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
30th - US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere
31st - Beatles perform last live gig (42-min concert on roof of Apple HQs)
31st - Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 132

1st - Morris Chestnut, actor (Boyz N the Hood)
1st - Reemt Pyka, Bremerhaven GER, hockey forward (Team Germany)
1st - Sophie Okonedo, British actress
1st - Christi Paul, American news anchor
1st - Verne Troyer, American actor
1st - Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
2nd - Christy Turlington, SF California, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)
2nd - Rick Tabaracci, Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)
2nd - Robert Svehla, Martin Cze, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)
2nd - Stephen Davies, Aust field hockey forward/vice capt (Oly-sil-92, 96)
2nd - Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
2nd - Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
2nd - Tommy Morrison, American boxer
3rd - Matt LaBounty, defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
3rd - Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
3rd - Steve Poapst, Cornwall, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
3rd - Michael Schumacher, Hurth, Germany, Formula One racing driver (seven time world champion)
4th - Corie Blount, NBA forward (LA Lakers)
4th - Kees van Wonderen, Dutch soccer player (NEC/NAC)
Formula 1 Racing Driver Michael Schumacher (3rd) 4th - Lindsay Kennedy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie)
5th - David Dixon, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
5th - Derrick Ned, NFL fullback (NO Saints)
5th - Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end (NY Jets)
5th - Marilyn Manson, singer/musician
5th - Paul McGillion, Scottish actor
6th - Alvin Morman, Rockingham NC, pitcher (Houston Astros)
6th - Jason Childs, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
6th - Nick A'Hern, Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-92, 96)
6th - Norman Reedus, American model and actor
7th - Chris Hatcher, US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros)
7th - Doug E Doug, actor (Cosby)
7th - Erric Pegram, NFL running back (Pit Steelers, NY Giants, San Diego Chargers)
7th - Todd Kinchen, NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons)
7th - David Yost, American actor
8th - Brian Boehringer, St Louis MO, pitcher (NY Yankees)
R&B Singer R Kelly (8th) 8th - R Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly], Chicago, Illinois, American R&B singer (I Wish I Could Fly)
8th - Jeff Abercrombie, American musician
9th - Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Houston Astros)
9th - Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
10th - Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever)
10th - Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
11th - Darren Anderson, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
11th - Dave Cruikshank, Northbrook Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
11th - Frank Robinson, WLAF defensive back (Scottish Claymores)
11th - Reemt Pyka, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
11th - Kyle Richards, American actress
12th - Cam Russell, Halifax, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
12th - Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
13th - Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor)
13th - Dan Footman, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts)
13th - John Flannery, guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys)
13th - Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star (1994 Futures France)
13th - Kevin Foster, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
13th - Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)
13th - Robert Wilson, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
13th - Stephen Hendry, Edinburgh, Scottish professional snooker player
14th - Dave Grohl, drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
14th - David Webb, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
14th - Jason Kent Bateman, Rye NY, actor (David-Valerie, Hogan Family)
14th - Martin Bicknell, cricketer (England pace bowler 1993)
14th - Rico Smith, NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns)
15th - Adam Burt, Detroit, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
15th - Delino DeShields, Seaford DE, infielder (Montreal Expos, LA Dodgers)
15th - Demetra Hampton, actress (Valentina)
15th - Leonard Wheeler, NFL safety/cornerback (Cin Bengals, Minnesota Vikings)
15th - Marsha Miller, Rochester NY, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1995)
15th - Rob van Dijk, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
15th - Rod de Highden, Australian 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
15th - Siupeli Malamala, NFL guard/tackle (NY Jets)
16th - Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics-96)
16th - Roy Jones, Pensacola Fla, Light-MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1988)
17th - Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
17th - Naveen Andrews, British actor
17th - Tijs Verwest, (DJ Tiësto) Dutch DJ
18th - Larry Webster, defensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens)
18th - Marvin Pope, CFL defensive end (Calgary Stampeders)
18th - Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
18th - Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler
19th - Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland NZ, Open 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
19th - Junior Seau, NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers), (d. 2012)
19th - Luc Longley, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
19th - Orlando Palmeiro, Hoboken NJ, outfielder (California Angels)
19th - Predrag Mijatović, Yugoslavian footballer
19th - Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-born American author
19th - Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
20th - Andre Romal Cason, Virginia Beach VA, 100m runner
20th - Melissa Rivers, NYC, TV hostess (MTV, CBS Morning News)
20th - Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America (1991)
20th - Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker
20th - Nicky Wire, British Musician (Manic Street Preachers)
21st - Ashley Sheppard, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
21st - Matt Willig, NFL tackle/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Jets)
21st - Rusty Greer, Ft Rucker AL, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
21st - Ted Long, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
21st - Karina Lombard, American actress
21st - Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist
22nd - Christina Marie Leardini, St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
22nd - Keith Gordon, US baseball outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)
22nd - Ousmane Bary, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons)
22nd - Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball guard (Olympics-88, 96)

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 31 of 31

1st - Barton Maclane, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 68
1st - Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (b. 1888)
2nd - Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
3rd - Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63
3rd - Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (b. 1909)
4th - Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83
4th - Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (b. 1908)
5th - Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
5th - Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY
8th - Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)
9th - Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86
10th - John Brownlee, Australian tenor (b. 1900)
11th - Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
13th - Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
13th - Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
15th - Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
16th - Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czech, self immolates at 20
16th - Vernon Duke, composer, dies at 65
17th - Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, dies at 59
18th - Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887)
19th - Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84
23rd - Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86
24th - Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78
24th - Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72
25th - Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
27th - Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82
27th - Hanns Jelinek, composer, dies at 67
30th - Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75
30th - Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58
31st - Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77
31st - Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894)