Day of the week in surrounding years:
1980,1985,1991,. . . .,2002—MON—2008
. . . .,1986,1992,1997,2003—TUE—. . . .
1981,1987,. . . .,1998,2004—WED—2009
1982,1988,1993,1999,. . . .—THU—2010
1983,. . . .,1994,2000,2005—FRI—2011
1984,1989,1995,. . . .,2006—SAT—2012
. . . .,1990,1996,2001,2007—SUN—. . . .
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Apathy "If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime." — Jack Kerouac
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Let Them Eat Cake or Leave No Millionaire Behind "Who is this guy, back on the streets after doing time for dealing drugs? He's got a nice rent-controlled apartment to come home to, courtesy of you." — Voice-over on an ad aired in upstate New York—not in New York City—by the Community Housing Improvement Program, a landlords' lobbying group. The screen showed a man walking through Times Square to make a drug deal. This ad campaign was of an ongoing effort to eliminate rent controls. Dan Morton, "Landlord Ads Sour Big Apple Upstate," Newsday, 5-3-97.
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Sports "Yeah, but we're making great time!"—replying to the suggestion that he and another person were lost — Few sports figures—and indeed, few figures of any endeavor—have achieved the verbal notoriety of Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, former catcher of the New York Yankees. This is one of the indescribable utterances of Hall of Shame member #6.
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
MOON PHASE
Berkeley, California—Times are Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Jan 21, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 98% Age: 46% Rise: 4:31 PM Set: 6:55 AM
Surprise, Arizona—Times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Jan 21, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 98% Age: 46% Rise: 5:03 PM Set: 7:01 AM
Iowa City, Iowa—Times are Central Standard Time (CST)
Jan 21, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 98% Age: 45% Rise: 4:09 PM Set: 7:02 AM
Cambridge, Massachusetts—Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Jan 21, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 98% Age: 45% Rise: 3:40 PM Set: 6:41 AM
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
Mercury's Horizon from MESSENGER
Credit: MESSENGER Teams, JHU APL, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
● 1287 - The treaty of San Agayz is signed. Minorca is conquered by King Alfons III of Aragon.
● 1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
● 1643 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga.
● 1647 - Margaret Brent becomes first U.S. woman to ask for vote (in Maryland assembly).
● 1661 - Quaker Peace Testimony presented to Charles II, England.
● 1720 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
● 1749 - The Verona Philharmonic Theatre burned (rebuilt 1754).
● 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
● 1793 - After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is guillotined.
● 1801 - "Federal Bonfire Number Two" sweeps the offices of the Department of Treasury, destroying books and papers, after Republicans demanded proof that the expenditures of Timothy Pickering, the recently replaced Federalist Secretary of War, could be properly accounted for. Two months after a similar mysterious fire ("Number One") swept the Dept. of War.
● 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
● 1864 - The Tauranga Campaign starts during the Maori Wars.
● 1867 - An overzealous Patrol Special Officer, Armand Barbier, arrested His Majesty Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, for involuntary treatment of a mental disorder, thereby creating a major civic uproar. Police Chief Patrick Crowley apologized to His Majesty and ordered him released. Several scathing newspaper editorials followed the arrest. All police officers began to salute His Majesty when he passed them on the street.
● 1870 - Russian anarchist Alexander Herzen dies, Paris, France
● 1884 - Birth of Roger Baldwin, founder of ACLU.
● 1887 - Brisbane receives a day's rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.
● 1893 - The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, was formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate (modern Botswana).
● 1899 - Opel manufactured its first automobile .
● 1908 - New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
● 1911 - U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin establishes the National Progressive Republican League.
● 1919 - Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin, Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
● 1920 - Palmer "Red" Raids target labor activists and radicals for U.S. government repression. The Attorney General orders the roundup of all suspected for prosecution and deportation where possible. Thousands of people are arrested in a nationwide sweep.
● 1921 - Birth of feminist anthropologist Marija Gimbutas, Vilnius, Lithuania.
● 1921 - The Italian Communist Party is founded at Livorno.
● 1924 - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, leader of the Russian Bolshevik party, dies of a stroke at 54, and Joseph Stalin begins to purge his rivals to clear way for his leadership.
● 1925 - Albania declares itself a republic.
● 1938 - Emma Tenayuca leads pecan shellers strike, San Antonio, Texas.
● 1941 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
● 1950 - Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
● 1950 - Novelist and activist George Orwell (Eric Blair) age 46, dies, London, England.
● 1953 - Thirteen communists convicted of plotting overthrow of U.S. government.
● 1954 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, then the First Lady of the United States.
● 1958 - The last Fokker CX in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashed, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
● 1960 - Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook, South Africa; 417 die of methane poisoning.
● 1961 - Spanish, Portuguese, and South American activists hijack Portuguese liner "Santa Maria" to protest the Franco and Salazar dictatorships.
● 1968 - Four hydrogen bombs lost when a U.S. B-52 crashes, spewing radioactive debris for miles. North Star Bay, Greenland.
● 1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
● 1969 - Switzerland - Coolant malfunction from an experimental underground reactor at Lucens Vad results in the release of a large amount of radiation into a cavern, which was then sealed.
● 1969 - The Navajo Community College, the first tribally established and operated community college in the U.S., opens at Many Farms, Arizona.
● 1972 - Tripura becomes a full- fledged state in India.
● 1974 - Four-day postal strike begins at Jersey City, N.J.
● 1974 - Oneida Nation wins U.S. Supreme Court decision to sue state of New York for rent on five million acres.
● 1976 - Commercial service of Concorde begins with London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
● 1976 - Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice starts in Ukiah, California, headed for Washington, D.C.
● 1977 - Jimmy Carter issues unconditional pardon to Vietnam draft resisters. Affects between 100,000 to 500,000 people. Some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
● 1984 - Women's resistence camp set up, Volkel airbase, Netherlands.
● 1985 - Because January 20 had fallen on a Sunday, Ronald Reagan's public inaugural ceremony (for his second term as President) was moved to Monday, January 21. Due to bad weather, the ceremony was held indoors in the United States Capital Rotunda.
● 1994 - Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane for chopping off the penis of her allegedly abusive spouse. Hubby's later use of his fifteen minutes to launch a porn star career confirms that she was pretty sane the whole time.
● 1997 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct. {The real crime is that he continues as Speaker.}
● 1997 - Sixty protesters with bathrobes, shower caps, and toothbrushes traipse through Nordstrom's and NikeTown in downtown Seattle, looking for a place to take a shower, in a protest drawing attention to City Council plans to de- fund a proposed downtown public hygiene center that could be used by the homeless.
● 1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board.
● 2000 - U.N. Working Party agrees on a draft protocol prohibiting the use of soldiers under the age of 18 in combat. Geneva, Switzerland.
● 2002 - Canadian Dollar sets all-time low against the US Dollar (US$0.6179). {Contrast this with current parity.}
● 2004 - Canada: The residence of reporter Juliet O'Neill is searched by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigating leaks concerning the deportation of Maher Arar.
● 2004 - NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies with Flash Memory management and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
● 2005 - In Belize's capital city, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
● 2007 - Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.
BIRTHS
● 1338 - King Charles V of France (d. 1380)
● 1721 - James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
● 1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
● 1815 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
● 1824 - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American Confederate Army general (d. 1863)
● 1825 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
● 1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
● 1829 - King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
● 1848 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
● 1855 - John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)
● 1860 - Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
● 1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
● 1867 - Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965)
● 1882 - Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician (d. 1937)
● 1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929)
● 1884 - Roger Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981)
● 1885 - Umberto Nobile, Italian politician (d. 1978)
● 1887 - Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
● 1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972)
● 1897 - René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
● 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977)
● 1901 - Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
● 1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
● 1905 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
● 1906 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
● 1909 - Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (d. 2004)
● 1910 - Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
● 1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
● 1918 - Richard D. Winters, American war hero
● 1921 - Howard Unruh, American mass murderer
● 1922 - Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)
● 1922 - Paul Scofield, English actor
● 1923 - Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995)
● 1924 - Benny Hill, English actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992)
● 1926 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)
● 1927 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1985)
● 1932 - John Chaney, American basketball coach
● 1933 - Joseph W. Eschbach, American doctor (d. 2007)
● 1934 - Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
● 1936 - Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005)
● 1937 - Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
● 1938 - Altair, Brazilian footballer
● 1938 - John Savident, British actor
● 1938 - Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)
● 1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
● 1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor
● 1941 - Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
● 1941 - Richie Havens, American musician
● 1941 - Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler
● 1942 - Mac Davis, American musician
● 1942 - Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003)
● 1946 - Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
● 1947 - Jill Eikenberry, American actress
● 1947 - Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan)
● 1950 - Billy Ocean, West Indian musician
● 1952 - Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
● 1952 - Louis Menand, American writer and critic
● 1953 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur
● 1955 - Jeff Koons, American artist
● 1956 - Robby Benson, American actor
● 1956 - Geena Davis, American actress
● 1957 - Greg Ryan, American soccer coach
● 1958 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
● 1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist
● 1962 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
● 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born American basketball player
● 1963 - Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player
● 1965 - Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002)
● 1966 - Robert Del Naja, English musician
● 1968 - Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician
● 1968 - Charlotte Ross, American actress
● 1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist
● 1970 - Ken Leung, American actor
● 1970 - Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel)
● 1971 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
● 1971 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
● 1972 - Alan Benes, American baseball player
● 1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
● 1972 - Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician
● 1974 - Rove McManus, Australian television host and comedian
● 1974 - Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
● 1975 - Nicky Butt, English footballer
● 1975 - Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater
● 1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
● 1975 - Ito, Spanish footballer
● 1976 - Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls)
● 1977 - Al Baxter, Australian rugby union footballer
● 1977 - Phil Neville, English footballer
● 1977 - Rick Ross, American rapper
● 1978 - Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
● 1978 - Phil Stacey, American Idol finalist
● 1978 - Faris al-Sultan, German-Iraqi triathlete
● 1979 - Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player
● 1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union footballer
● 1979 - Spider Loc, American rapper, member of G-Unit
● 1980 - Dave Kitson, English footballer
● 1980 - Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
● 1981 - Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
● 1981 - Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
● 1981 - Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
● 1981 - Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1981 - Andy Lee, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
● 1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model
● 1981 - Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter
● 1982 - Dean Whitehead, English footballer
● 1983 - Maryse Ouellet, French-Canadian model and professional wrestler
● 1983 - Moritz Volz, German footballer
● 1985 - Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
● 1985 - Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
● 1988 - William Johansson, Swedish composer
● 1990 - Jacob Smith, American actor
● 2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
DEATHS
● 304 - Saint Agnes (martyred)
● 917 - Erchanger, Duke of Swabia
● 1118 - Pope Paschal II
● 1519 - Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer
● 1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador
● 1546 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
● 1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French Protestant scholar (b. 1540)
● 1638 - Ignazio Donati, Italian composer
● 1683 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (b. 1621)
● 1699 - Obadiah Walker, English writer (b. 1616)
● 1706 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
● 1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (b. 1638)
● 1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
● 1731 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
● 1766 - James Quin, English actor (b. 1693)
● 1773 - Alexis Piron, French writer (b. 1689)
● 1774 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717)
● 1793 - King Louis XVI of France (executed) (b. 1754)
● 1795 - Samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)
● 1809 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (b. 1729)
● 1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (b. 1737)
● 1823 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
● 1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (b. 1781)
● 1851 - Albert Lortzing, German composer (b. 1801)
● 1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (b. 1812)
● 1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian writer (b. 1791)
● 1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802)
● 1891 - Calixa Lavallée, Canadian composer (b. 1842)
● 1901 - Elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835)
● 1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
● 1919 - Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852)
● 1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary (b. 1870)
● 1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel laureate (b. 1843)
● 1928 - George Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858)
● 1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer (b. 1863)
● 1932 - Giles Lytton Strachey, British writer (b. 1880)
● 1933 - George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852)
● 1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876)
● 1950 - George Orwell, British writer (b. 1903)
● 1955 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880)
● 1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
● 1959 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (b. 1881)
● 1959 - Carl Switzer, American actor (b. 1927)
● 1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b. 1887)
● 1967 - Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
● 1968 - Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
● 1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906)
● 1978 - Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)
● 1984 - Jackie Wilson, American musician (b. 1934)
● 1984 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893)
● 1985 - James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
● 1985 - Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
● 1987 - Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
● 1989 - Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
● 1989 - Carl Furillo, American Baseball player (b. 1922)
● 1993 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (b. 1903)
● 1996 - René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
● 1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, American manager of Elvis Presley (b. 1909)
● 1998 - Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
● 1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
● 1999 - Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist (b. 1920)
● 2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist (b. 1921)
● 2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
● 2003 - Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933)
● 2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
● 2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
● 2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
● 2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907)
● 2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
● 2007 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● Dominican Republic - Our Lady of Altagracia
● St. Agnes
● St. Alban Bartholomew Roe
● St. Brigid
● St. Epiphanius
● St. Fructuosus
● St. Lawdog
● St. Maccalin
● St. Meinrad of Einsiedeln
● St. Patroclus
● St. Vimin
● Bl. Edward Stransham
● Bl. Inez
● Bl. Thomas Reynolds
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for January 9 (Civil Date: January 21)
● Afterfeast of the Theophany.
● Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitine in Armenia.
● Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia.
● St. Eustratius the wonderworker.
● Prophet Shemaiah (Samaia, Semeias).
● St. Peter, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, and brother of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
● New-Martyr Paul (Florensky).
● Repose of Elder Jonah (Peter in schema), founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (1902).
● Mauritius - Thaipoosam Cavadee
● UN Arms Day
● International Spicy Food Day
THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED POST FOR THIS DATE USING ONLY THE FOLLOWING SEVEN SOURCES. A COMPLETE POST IS PLANNED AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS.
Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.
Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Roman Catholic Saint of the Day
Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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