Today in History for January 2003

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

13th - Rock musician Pete Townshend of The Who was arrested in London on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. He was later cleared.
16th - The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
18th - A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
22nd - Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects.
23rd - Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10
24th - The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
30th - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.
31st - The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 5

1st - "Lord of The Rings" actress Miranda Otto (35) weds actor Peter O'Brien (44) at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia
1st - "A Beautiful Mind" actress Jennifer Connelly (32) weds actor Paul Bettany in Scotland
3rd - Actress Emily Mortimer (31) weds actor Alessandro Nivola (30) in Chilterns, Buckinghamshire
11th - "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" actor Taye Diggs (32) weds broadway actress Idina Menzel (31) at Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica
11th - "The Sixth Sense" actress-singer Toni Collette (30) weds musician Dave Galafassi in a Buddhist ceremony near Sydney, Australia

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 44 of 44

1st - Joe Foss, American politician, fighter pilot and AFL Commissioner (b. 1915)
1st - F. William Free, American advertising executive (b. 1928)
1st - Cyril Shaps, English actor (b. 1923)
2nd - Eric Jupp, British-Australian pianist, composer, arranger (b. 1922)
3rd - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
4th - Sabine Ulibarri, Mexican American writer (b. 1919)
4th - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)
4th - Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (b. 1927)
5th - Massimo Girotti, Italian film actor (b. 1918)
5th - Roy Jenkins, British politician (b. 1920)
5th - Doreen Carwithen, British composer, widow of William Alwyn (b. 1922)
5th - Jean Kerr, American author (b. 1923)
8th - Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)
9th - Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
11th - Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
11th - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
11th - Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex) (b. 1947)
12th - Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
12th - Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930)
12th - Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
12th - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
12th - Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
13th - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
14th - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
15th - Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
16th - Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
17th - Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926)
17th - Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
18th - Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
19th - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
20th - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)
20th - Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
20th - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
21st - Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933)
22nd - Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
23rd - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
24th - Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921)
25th - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936)
26th - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet Olympic athlete (b. 1942)
26th - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
26th - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
27th - Henryk Jabłoński, President of Poland (b. 1909)
27th - Louis Archambault, Quebec sculptor (b. 1915)
29th - Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911)