This Day in History for 6th January (Part 2)

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Historical Events

Events 101 - 156 of 156

1972 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
1972 - Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
1973 - "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1974 - "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
1974 - England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1974 - In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1975 - "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv
1975 - 1000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting overnight inside the lobby of the Boston Garden for tickets to the group's February 4th gig to go on sale, cause a riot and an esimated $30,000 damage
1976 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1977 - EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1978 - 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1978 - US hand over St Stephan crown to Hungary
1979 - The Village People's Y.M.C.A becomes their only UK No.1 single. At it's peak it sold over 150,000 copies a day
1980 - "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
1980 - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1980 - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1980 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
1981 - 50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
1984 - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
1986 - British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1986 - Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
1986 - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1986 - STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1987 - 100th US Congress convenes
1987 - Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1990 - NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991 - "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances
1991 - "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
1991 - Jorge Serrano Elias elected president of Guatemala
1991 - Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
1992 - NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
1992 - Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA
1992 - Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
1992 - Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings
1993 - Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
1993 - Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
1993 - Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
1994 - "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
1994 - Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
1994 - Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
1994 - Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
1994 - Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)
1995 - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
1996 - Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
1997 - "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1998 - Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
2002 - Daniel Bedingfield returns to No.1 on the UK singles chart for the second time with Gotta Get Thru This
2004 - Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece.
2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
2013 - 10 people are killed by a US drone attack in South Waziristan, Pakistan
2013 - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 302

1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
1911 - Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
1911 - Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)
1911 - Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer
1912 - Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer
1913 - Edward Gierek, party leader (Polish CP)
1913 - Loretta Young, Salt Lake City Ut, actr (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
1913 - Tom Brown, NYC, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
1914 - Arnold Richardson, composer
1914 - Danny Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
1914 - David Bruce, Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
1915 - Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)
1915 - Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1915 - John C. Lilly, U.S. psychoanalyst, writer (d. 2001)
1916 - Philip Bezanson, composer
1916 - Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007)
1917 - Guillermo Rosario, Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
1917 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)
1918 - Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
1918 - Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)
1920 - Earl Kim, composer
1920 - Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies), (d. 2012)
1920 - Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987)
1920 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)
1921 - Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
1921 - Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
1922 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer
1923 - Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition
1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1924 - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), (d. 2012)
1925 - John Z DeLorean, former automaker (DeLorean)
1926 - Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (2002)
1926 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003)
1926 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
1926 - Ralph Branca, American baseball player
1926 - Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea and Nobel laureate
1928 - George H. Ross, American businessman
1929 - Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City)
1929 - Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996)
1930 - Denis Pitts, journalist
1930 - Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
1931 - Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP (CDA)
1931 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
1931 - Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], Toulon France, actress (Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?) (d. 1990)
1931 - E. L. Doctorow, American author
1932 - Sacha Distel, French singer
1932 - Stuart A. Rice, American chemist
1933 - Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian
1934 - Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1934 - Harry M. Miller, Australian entrepreneur
1934 - Tassos Papadopoulos, president of the Republic of Cyprus
1935 - Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1935 - Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1935 - Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria
1936 - Julio Maria Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95- )
1936 - Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player
1936 - Darlene Hard, U.S. tennis player
1937 - Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
1937 - Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets)
1937 - Paolo Conte, Italian singer
1938 - Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor
1938 - Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria
1938 - Mario Rodríguez Cobos "Silo", Argentine writer and spiritual leader
1939 - Murray Rose, Nairn Scotland, Australian Olympic swimmer (4x oly gold), (d. 2012)
1940 - Ed Zschau, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
1940 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979)
1940 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989)
1941 - Sandy Denny, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
1943 - Osvaldo Soriano, writer
1943 - Paul James Nunn, mountaineer
1943 - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager
1944 - Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time), (d. 2013)
1944 - Henry Kravis, author (The Money Machine)
1944 - Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80)
1944 - Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
1944 - Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate
1945 - Barry Holstein Lopez, US author (Of Wolves & Men)
1945 - Barry John, Welsh international rugby player
1945 - Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty)
1945 - Allen Appel, American novelist
1946 - Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
Rocker Syd Barrett (1946) 1946 - Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
1947 - Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Oly-96)
1948 - Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's)
1948 - Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35)
1948 - Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
1949 - Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1949 - Richard Horowitz, composer
1950 - Louis Freeh, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1951 - Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1951 - Don Gullett, American baseball player
1952 - Armelia McQueen, NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
1952 - Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
1952 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1952 - Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor
1953 - Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1954 - Anthony Minghella, director (English Patient)
1954 - Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)

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Famous Weddings

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 101 - 130 of 130

1995 - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
1996 - Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
1996 - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
1996 - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
1996 - Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
1997 - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52
1997 - Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
1997 - Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
1997 - Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
1999 - French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness at age 36
2000 - Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2004 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
2004 - Charles Dumas, American athlete (b. 1937)
2004 - Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2005 - Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2005 - Lois Hole, Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1933)
2006 - Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
2006 - Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)
2007 - Roberta Wohlstetter, military historian and strategist (b. 1912)
2007 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934)
2007 - Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2009 - Ron Asheton, The Stooges guitarrist (b. 1948)
2011 - Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 - Robert Dozier, Hollywood screenwriter, dies at 81
2012 - Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Scottish painter and film-maker, dies at 96
2012 - Robert Holness, English radio and television presenter, dies at 83
2012 - William McBeth, American composer, dies at 78
2012 - Ellen Pence, social activist, dies from cancer at 63
2012 - Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist, dies at 73
2013 - Neil Adcock, South African cricketer, dies from bowel cancer at 81