January 28
January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in
leap years).
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1077 -
Walk to Canossa: The
excommunication of
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
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1521 -
Diet of Worms begins, lasting until
May 25.
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1547 -
Edward VI becomes King, and the first
Protestant ruler of
England.
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1573 - Articles of
Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning
religious freedom in
Poland.
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1754 -
Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word
serendipity.
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1760 -
Pownal, Vermont created by
Benning Wentworth as one of the
New Hampshire Grants.
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1788 - The first penal colony is founded at
Botany Bay,
Australia.
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1813 -
Pride and Prejudice is first published in the
United Kingdom.
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1820 -
Russian expedition led by
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the
Antarctic continent approaching the
Antarctic coast.
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1846 -
Battle of Aliwal,
India won by
British troops commanded by
Sir Harry Smith.
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1855 - The first
locomotive runs from the
Atlantic to the
Pacific on the
Panama Railway.
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1871 -
Franco-Prussian War:
France surrenders, ending the war.
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1878 -
The Yale News becomes the first daily, college
newspaper in the
United States.
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1887 - In a
snowstorm at
Fort Keogh,
Montana, the world's largest
snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.
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1902 - The
Carnegie Institution is founded in
Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from
Andrew Carnegie.
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1909 -
United States troops leave
Cuba after being there since the
Spanish-American War.
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1915 - An act of the
U.S. Congress creates the
United States Coast Guard.
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1916 -
Louis D. Brandeis becomes the first
Jew appointed to the
United States Supreme Court.
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1917 -
United States ends search for
Pancho Villa.
* 1917 - Municipally owned
streetcars take to the streets of
San Francisco.
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1918 -
Finnish Civil War:
Rebels seized control of the capital,
Helsinki, and members of the
Senate of Finland go underground.
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1921 - A symbolic
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is installed beneath the
Arc de Triomphe in
Paris to honour the unknown dead of
World War I.
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1932 -
Japan occupies
Shanghai.
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1933 - The name
Pakistan is
coined by
Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and by a group of
Cambridge University Students and is accepted by the
Indian Muslims who then thereby
adopted it further for the
Pakistan Movement of the formal
Indian Independence Act 1947 during
WWII*
1935 -
Iceland becomes the first country to legalize
abortion.
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1938 - The first
ski tow in
America begins operation in
Vermont.
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1938 - The
World Land Speed Record on a
public road is broken by driver
Rudolf Caracciola in the
Mercedes-Benz W195.
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1945 -
World War II: Supplies begin to reach
China over the newly reopened
Burma Road.
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1946 -
Bluenose,
Canada's greatest sailing
ship, founders on a
Haitian reef.
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1958 -
Charles Starkweather and
Caril Ann Fugate begin their
murder spree with the killings of her parents and infant sister.
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1982 -
US Army general
James L. Dozier is rescued by
Italian anti-
terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the
Red Brigades.
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1986 -
Space Shuttle program:
STS-51-L mission (
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster) -
Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after liftoff killing all seven
astronauts onboard, including
Christa McAuliffe, who was supposed to be the first teacher in space . Failure blamed on leaking
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.
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1994 - The first trial of accused murderer
Lyle Menendez ends in a mistrial. He and his brother
Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in
Manila,
Philippines.
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2002 -
TAME Flight 120, a
Boeing 727-100 crashes in the
Andes mountains in southern
Colombia killing 92.
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2004 -
September Dossier:
Lord Hutton publishes his
report into the death of
UN weapons inspector Dr.
David Kelly.
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1457 - King
Henry VII of England (d.
1509)
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1540 -
Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d.
1610)
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1582 -
John Barclay, Scottish writer (d.
1621)
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1600 -
Pope Clement IX (d.
1669)
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1608 -
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d.
1679)
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1611 -
Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d.
1687)
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1622 -
Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d.
1691)
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1701 -
Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d.
1774)
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1706 -
John Baskerville, English printer (d.
1775)
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1712 -
Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d.
1761)
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1717 -
Mustafa III,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1774)
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1719 -
Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d.
1749)
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1755 -
Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d.
1830)
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1784 -
George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
1860)
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1822 -
Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd
Prime Minister of Canada (d.
1892)
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1833 -
Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d.
1885)
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1841 -
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d.
1904)
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1853 -
José MartÃ, Cuban revolutionary (d.
1895)
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1857 -
William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (d.
1898)
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1873 -
Colette, French writer (d.
1954)
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1874 -
Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d.
1940)
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1879 -
Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d.
1953)
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1880 -
Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d.
1970)
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1884 -
Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d.
1962)
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1886 -
Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d.
1973)
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1887 -
Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (d.
1982)
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1890 -
Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d.
1963)
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1891 -
Bill Doak, baseball player (d.
1954)
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1892 -
Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d.
1947)
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1897 -
Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d.
1986)
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1910 -
John Banner, Austrian actor (d.
1973)
* 1910 -
Arnold Moss, American character actor (d.
1989)
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1912 -
Jackson Pollock, American painter (d.
1956)
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1922 -
Robert W. Holley, American biochemist,
Nobel Prize Laureate (d.
1993)
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1923 -
Ivo Robić, Croatian singer (d.
2001)
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1927 -
Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d.
1996)
* 1927 -
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d.
2001)
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1929 -
Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist
* 1929 -
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist
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1934 -
Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d.
1970)
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1935 -
David Lodge, English author
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1936 -
Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
* 1936 -
Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director
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1938 -
Leonid Zhabotinsky, Russian weightlifter
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1941 -
Joel Crothers, American actor (d.
1985)
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1944 -
John Tavener, English composer
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1945 -
Robert Wyatt, English musician
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1948 -
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer
* 1948 -
Charles Taylor, former leader of Liberia
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1950 -
Barbi Benton, American actress
* 1950 -
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain
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1951 -
Brian Bilbray, American politician
* 1951 -
Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut
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1954 -
Rick Warren, pastor and author
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1959 -
Randi Rhodes, American personality
* 1959 -
Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (
The Alarm)
* 1959 -
Frank Darabont, American filmmaker
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1960 -
Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
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1962 -
Sam Phillips, American singer
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1968 -
Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter
* 1968 -
DJ Muggs, American musician (
Cypress Hill)
* 1968 -
Rakim, American rapper
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1969 -
Kathryn Morris, American actress
* 1969 -
Linda Sanchez, American politician
* 1969 -
Mo Rocca, Writer and comedian
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1972 -
Nicky Southall, English footballer
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1974 -
Tony Delk, American basketball player
* 1974 -
Jermaine Dye, baseball player
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1975 -
David Zingler, American writer
* 1975 -
Junior Spivey, Baseball player
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1976 -
Mark Madsen, American basketball player
* 1976 -
Jarrod Montague, American drummer (
Taproot)
* 1976 -
Emiko Kado, wrestler (d.
1999)
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1977 -
Daunte Culpepper, American football player
* 1977 -
Joey Fatone, American singer (
*NSYNC)
* 1977 -
Takuma Sato, Japanese formula one driver
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1978 -
Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
* 1978 -
Jamie Carragher, English footballer
* 1978 -
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
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1979 -
Pixie, English model
* 1979 -
Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
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1980 -
Nick Carter, American singer (
Backstreet Boys)
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1981 -
Rick Razzano, American football player
* 1981 -
Elijah Wood, American actor
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1984 -
Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
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814 -
Charlemagne (b.
742)
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1061 - Duke
Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b.
1031)
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1271 -
Isabella of Aragon, queen of
Philip III of France (b.
1247)
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1443 -
Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
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1547 - King
Henry VIII of England (b.
1491)
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1596 - Sir
Francis Drake, English explorer and soldier
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1599 -
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b.
1547)
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1613 -
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b.
1545)
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1621 -
Pope Paul V (b.
1550)
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1681 -
Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b.
1619)
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1672 -
Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b.
1588)
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1687 -
Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b.
1611)
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1697 -
John Fenwick, English conspirator
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1725 (O.S.) - Tsar
Peter I of Russia, (b.
1672)
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1754 -
Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b.
1684)
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1832 -
Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b.
1769)
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1864 -
Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b.
1799)
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1903 -
Augusta Holmès, French composer (b.
1847)
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1912 -
Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b.
1819)
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1915 -
Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b.
1846)
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1935 -
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b.
1859)
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1938 -
Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driber (b.
1909)
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1939 -
William Butler Yeats, Irish writer,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1865)
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1949 -
Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b.
1908)
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1953 -
James Scullin, 9th
Prime Minister of Australia (b.
1876)
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1960 -
Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b.
1891)
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1963 -
Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b.
1884)
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1965 -
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b.
1888)
* 1965 -
Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b.
1867)
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1971 -
Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b.
1896)
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1973 -
John Banner, Austrian actor (b.
1910)
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1983 -
Frank Forde, 15th
Prime Minister of Australia (b.
1890)
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1986 - Crew of
Space Shuttle Challenger:
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Greg Jarvis (b.
1944)
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Christa McAuliffe (b.
1948)
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Ronald McNair (b.
1950)
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Ellison Onizuka (b.
1946)
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Judith Resnik (b.
1949)
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Francis R. Scobee (b.
1939)
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Michael J. Smith (b.
1945)
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1988 -
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b.
1911)
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1991 -
Red Grange, American football player (b.
1903)
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1994 -
Hal Smith, American actor (b.
1916)
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1996 -
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet,
Nobel Prize Laureate (b.
1940)
* 1996 -
Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b.
1914)
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1999 -
Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b.
1918)
* 1999 -
Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b.
1908)
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2001 -
Curt Blefary, baseball player (b.
1943)
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2002 -
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b.
1907)
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2004 -
Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b.
1927)
* 2004 -
Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b.
1923)
* 2004 -
Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b.
1923)
* 2004 -
Don Stansauk, professional wrestler (b.
1936)
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2005 -
Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b.
1944)
* 2005 -
Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b.
1973)
* 2006 -
Yitzchak Kadouri, Jewish rabbi (b. around 1900)
* 2006 -
Henry McGee, English comedian (b.
1929)
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Catholicism - Feast day of
St. Thomas Aquinas*
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