January 11
January 11 is the
11th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining (355 in
leap years).
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314 -
Pope Miltiades ends his reign as the Catholic Pope.
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532 -
Nika riots in
Constantinople.
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1158 -
Vladislav II becomes King of
Bohemia.
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1569 - First recorded
lottery in
England.
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1571 - Austrian nobility is granted
freedom of religion.
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1693 - Mt.
Etna erupts in
Sicily,
Italy.
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1759 - In
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American
life insurance company is incorporated.
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1787 -
William Herschel discovers Titania and
Oberon, two
moons of
Uranus.
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1794 - Robert Forsythe, a
US Marshal was killed in
Augusta,
Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first
US Marshal to die in action.
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1805 -
Michigan Territory is created.
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1861 -
Alabama secedes from the
United States.
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1863 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Arkansas Post - General
John McClernand and Admiral
David Dixon Porter capture the
Arkansas River for the
Union.
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1867 -
Benito Juárez becomes
Mexican president again.
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1879 -
Anglo-Zulu War begins.
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1880 - Total
solar eclipse blackens the sky of
San Francisco one day after the funeral of
Emperor Norton.
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1902 -
Popular Mechanics magazine was published for the first time.
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1908 -
Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
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1912 -
Bread and Roses Strike begins in
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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1919 -
Romania annexes
Transylvania.
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1922 - First use of
insulin to treat
diabetes in a human patient.
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1923 - Troops from
France and
Belgium occupy the
Ruhr area to force
Germany to pay its reparation payments.
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1935 -
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo from
Hawaii to
California.
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1938 -
Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a U.S. national bank.
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1942 -
Japan declares war on the
Netherlands and invades the
Netherlands East Indies.
* 1942 - The
Japanese capture
Kuala Lumpur.
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1943 - The
United States and
United Kingdom give up territorial rights in
China.
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1946 -
Enver Hoxha declares the
People's Republic of
Albania with himself as dictator.
* 1946 -
Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to
Colombia.
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1949 - First recorded case of
snowfall in
Los Angeles, California.
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1957 - The
African Convention is founded in
Dakar.
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1960 -
Chad declares its independence.
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1962 - Eruption of the
Huascaran volcano in
Peru; 4,000 deaths.
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1963 - The
Whisky a Go Go night club in Los Angeles, the first
disco in the USA, is opened.
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1964 -
United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports smoking may be hazardous to health. First such statement from U.S. government.
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1972 - East
Pakistan becomes
Bangladesh.
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1973 - Beginning of the
Watergate burglars trial.
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1974 - The world's first surviving set of
sextuplets are born to
Susan Rosenkowitz in
Cape Town,
South Africa.
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1980 -
Nigel Short, 14, is the youngest
chess player to be awarded the degree of
International Master.
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1982 - A cold snap sends temperatures to record lows in dozens of
cities throughout the
Midwestern
United States.
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1986 - The
Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in
Queensland Australia was officially opened.
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1990 - 300,000 march in favor of
Lithuanian independence.
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1992 -
Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour
South Africa after the end of the
cultural boycott.
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1993 -
World Wrestling Federation (WWF) liath
RAW.
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1994 -
Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year
broadcasting ban on the
IRA and its political arm
Sinn Féin *
1995 - The
WB Television Network begins operations.
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1996 -
Haiti becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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1998 -
Sidi-Hamed massacre in
Algeria; over 100 people killed.
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2001 - The
Federal Trade Commission approved the
merger of
AOL and
Time Warner to form
AOL Time Warner.
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2003 -
Illinois governor George H. Ryan announces decision to grant clemency to all inmates of
death row.
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2005 -
Black Tuesday bushfires swept across the southern
Eyre Peninsula in
South Australia.
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1322 -
Emperor Komyo of Japan (d.
1380)
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1359 -
Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d.
1393)
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1503 -
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian artist (d.
1540)
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1591 -
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d.
1646)
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1630 -
John Rogers, American President of Harvard in the US (d.
1684)
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1671 -
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d.
1745)
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1723 -
Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern
Nepal (d.
1774)
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1755 -
Alexander Hamilton, 1st
United States Secretary of the Treasury (d.
1804)
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1757 -
Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d.
1831)
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1800 -
Anyos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d.
1895)
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1807 -
Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d.
1874)
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1815 -
John A. Macdonald, 1st
Prime Minister of Canada (d.
1891)
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1845 -
Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d.
1912)
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1852 -
Konstantin Fehrenbach,
Chancellor of Germany (d.
1926)
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1856 -
Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d.
1941)
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1858 -
Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d.
1947)
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1859 - Lord
George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d.
1925)
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1868 -
Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d.
1940)
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1875 -
Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d.
1956)
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1876 -
Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d.
1971)
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1885 -
Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d.
1965)
*1885 -
Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d.
1977)
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1887 -
Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d.
1948)
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1890 -
Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d.
1954)
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1897 -
August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d.
1979)
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1902 -
Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d.
1986)
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1903 -
Alan Paton, South African writer (d.
1988)
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1906 -
Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist
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1908 -
Lionel Stander, American actor (d.
1994)
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1911 -
Zenko Suzuki,
Prime Minister of Japan (d.
2004)
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1921 -
Juanita M. Kreps, former
U.S. Secretary of Commerce* 1921 -
Gory Guerrero, wrestler (d.
1990)
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1923 -
Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer
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1924 -
Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine* 1924 -
Sam B. Hall, American politician (d.
1994)
* 1924 -
Slim Harpo, American musician (d.
1970)
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1925 -
Grant Tinker, American television executive
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1926 -
Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d.
1998)
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1930 -
Rod Taylor, Australian actor
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1934 -
Jean Chrétien, 12th
Prime Minister of Canada*
1938 -
Arthur Scargill, British labor leader
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1941 -
Gérson, Brazilian football player
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1942 -
Clarence Clemons, American musician (
E Street Band)
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1943 -
Jim Hightower, American radio host and author
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1944 -
John Piper, American theologian
* 1944 -
Shibu Soren, Indian politician
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1946 -
Naomi Judd, American singer
* 1946 -
Tony Kaye, British keyboard player (
Yes)
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1952 -
Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
* 1952 -
Lee Ritenour, musician and composer
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1956 -
Robert Earl Keen, American singer
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1957 -
Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
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1958 -
Vicki Peterson, American musician
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1960 -
Stanley Tucci, American actor
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1961 -
Jasper Fforde, British author
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1962 -
Susan Lindauer, American peace activist and accused spy
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1963 -
Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
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1966 -
Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
* 1966 -
Kelley Law, Canadian curler
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1968 -
Tom Dumont, American musician
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1969 -
Manny Acta, Baseball player
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1970 -
Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
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1971 -
Mary J. Blige, American singer
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1972 -
Marc Blucas, American actor
* 1972 -
Amanda Peet, American actress
*1972 -
LuÃs Delgado, Angolan footballer
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1973 -
Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
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1974 -
Jens Nowotny, German footballer
* 1974 -
Cody McKay, baseball player
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1977 -
Shomari Buchanan, American football player
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1978 -
Emile Heskey, English footballer
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1979 -
Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
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1980 -
Mike Williams, American football player
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314 -
St. Miltiades*
705 -
John VI*
812 -
Stauracius,
Byzantine Emperor*
844 -
Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
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1055 -
Constantine IX Monomachos,
Byzantine Emperor*
1494 -
Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b.
1449)
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1495 -
Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b.
1428)
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1641 -
Juan MartÃnez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b.
1583)
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1696 -
Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b.
1616)
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1703 -
Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b.
1632)
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1713 -
Pierre Jurieu, French protestant leader (b.
1637)
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1762 -
Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b.
1695)
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1763 -
Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b.
1676)
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1771 -
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b.
1704)
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1791 -
William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b.
1717)
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1801 -
Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b.
1749)
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1843 -
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer (b.
1779)
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1882 -
Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b.
1810)
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1901 -
Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b.
1866)
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1902 -
Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b.
1862)
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1905 -
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b.
1847)
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1923 - King
Constantine I of Greece (b.
1868)
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1928 -
Thomas Hardy, English writer (b.
1840)
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1931 -
James Milton Carroll, was a Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b.
1852)
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1941 -
Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b.
1868)
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1958 -
Edna Purviance, American actress (b.
1895)
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1966 -
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b.
1901)
* 1966 -
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b.
1889)
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1968 -
Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1898)
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1970 -
Richmal Crompton, British author (b.
1890)
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1980 -
Barbara Pym, English novelist (b.
1913)
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1981 -
Beulah Bondi, American actress (b.
1888)
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1983 -
Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b.
1894)
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1988 -
Pappy Boyington, American aviator (b.
1912)
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1991 -
Carl David Anderson, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1905)
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1998 -
Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b.
1926)
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1999 -
Fabrizio de André, Italian singer (b.
1940)
* 1999 -
Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b.
1921)
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2000 -
Ivan Combe, American inventor (b.
1911)
* 2000 -
Bob Lemon, baseball player (b.
1920)
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2001 - Sir
Denys Lasdun, English architect (b.
1914)
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2003 -
Mickey Finn, English drummer (
T. Rex) (b.
1947)
* 2003 -
Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b.
1925)
* 2003 -
Richard Simmons, American actor (b.
1913)
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2005 -
Spencer Dryden, American drummer (
Jefferson Airplane) (b.
1938)
* 2005 -
James Griffin, American musician (
Bread) (b.
1943)
* 2005 -
Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b.
1913)
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2006 -
Nixzmary Brown, child murder victim (b.
1999)
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Albania -
Republic Day (
1946).
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Japan -
Kagami-Biraki (
Rice Cakes Festival).
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Morocco - The
Independence manifesto day.
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Nepal -
Unity Day.
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Roman Empire - First day of
Carmentalia in honor of
Carmenta.
* Feast of the
Baptism of
Jesus.
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United States - National Step in a Puddle and Splash your Friend Day.
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