Day of the week in surrounding years:
1979,. . . .,1990,1996,2001—MON—2007
1980,1985,1991,. . . .,2002—TUE—2008
. . . .,1986,1992,1997,2003—WED—. . . .
1981,1987,. . . .,1998,2004—THU—2010
1982,1988,1993,1999,. . . .—FRI—2011
1983,. . . .,1994,2000,2005—SAT—2012
1984,1989,1995,. . . .,2006—SUN—2013
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Atheism & Agnosticism "It does no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." — Thomas Jefferson {Now what does quotation say for those claiming the Founding Fathers were founding "A Christian Nation?" About the same as their selective quoting and interpretation of the bible, they're a bunch of manipulative jerks.}
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Fuzzy Math "One negative influence on the rate of new hires in every recovery is the distorting effect of unemployment insurance. The increase in the maximum duration of unemployment benefits that Congress enacted last year has delayed the current employment recovery even more than usual." — Martin Feldstein, Harvard Professor and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Reagan. "There's No such Thing as a 'Jobless' Recovery," Wall Street Journal, 10-13-03. {This statement refers to the practice of only counting as unemployed those actively receiving unemployment benefits. This is why when the chronically unemployed stop receiving benefits and are no longer counted, an economic "recovery" is declared because unemployment numbers decrease.}
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Sports "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel." — 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)
Full Moon: Jan 22, 2008 5:35 AM Percent of Full: 100% Age: 50% Rise: 5:45 PM Set: 7:38 AM
Surprise, Arizona—Times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Full Moon: Jan 22, 2008 6:35 AM Percent of Full: 100% Age: 50% Rise: 6:13 PM Set: 7:46 AM
Iowa City, Iowa—Times are Central Standard Time (CST)
Full Moon: Jan 22, 2008 7:35 AM Percent of Full: 100% Age: 50% Rise: 5:26 PM Set: 7:43 AM
Cambridge, Massachusetts—Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Full Moon: Jan 22, 2008 8:35 AM Percent of Full: 100% Age: 50% Rise: 4:58 PM Set: 7:22 AM
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
Shelf Cloud Over Saskatchewan
Credit: Jeff Kerr
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
● 1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican.
● 1521 - Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms.
● 1771 - Spain cedes Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands to England.
● 1778 - U.S. Board of War induces Congress to approve an invasion of British- owned Canada. The invasion proved impractical, and its commander, the Marquis de Lafayette, was recalled six weeks later.
● 1793 - Birth of Benjamin Bannekar, African-American scientist/architect.
● 1824 - Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
● 1825 - Birth of Ernest Coeurderoy, in Avallon (Yonne). Intern, writer, anarchistic socialist forced into exile because of his radical positions.
● 1840 - British colonists reach New Zealand.
● 1849 - Birth of Terence Powderly, leader of the Knights of Labor.
● 1855 - At Dayton, in Oregon Territory, the few remaining Kalapuya bands in Willamette Valley cede the rest of their lands.
● 1858 - Birth of British Fabian socialist socialite Beatrice Webb.
● 1863 - The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation of Russia.
● 1871 - France - For the first time, anarchist Louise Michel, armed with a rifle, takes a shot against the Breton mobiles of Trochu in front of the Town hall.
● 1877 - Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices
● 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Massacre of Isandlwana - Zulu troops massacred British troops.
● 1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke's Drift - 139 British soldiers successfully defended their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.
● 1888 - Attempt to kill Louise Michel, in Paris, results in her being wounded. She testified for her attacker, arguing for his acquittal.
● 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
● 1891 - Birth of Italian philosopher/communist Antonio Gramsci, Ales, Sardina.
● 1899 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
● 1901 - Edward VII becomes King after his mother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, dies.
● 1903 - U.S. and Colombia sign the “Hay-Herran Treaty,” which allowed the U.S. to lease a swatch of land across the Panamanian isthmus for a canal. When the Colombian Senate balked at ratifying the treaty, the U.S. in November backed a secession of the province of Panama from Colombia; the new Panamanian government promptly leased the Canal Zone to the U.S. for 99 years.
● 1905 - Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
● 1905 - France - Burial of Louise Michel. A procession of over 100,000 people accompany her coffin to the Levallois cemetery, where she is buried. The Lepine prefect, who tried to follow the procession, was driven off by the anarchists.
● 1906 - SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
● 1912 - U.S. troops begin occupation of Tientsin, China, "to protect American interests."
● 1917 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
● 1919 - Act Zluky was signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
● 1924 - Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister.
● 1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
● 1932 - Congress establishes Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend money to failing banks and other hard-hit industries.
● 1932 - Five hundred New York City tenants battle police to prevent evictions.
● 1939 - Uranium atom split for the first time, Columbia University, New York City.
● 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom captures Tobruk from Nazi forces.
● 1944 - World War II: Allies begin Operation Shingle (an assault on Anzio, Italy).
● 1946 - Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
● 1946 - Iran: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at the Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.
● 1952 - The first Jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, enters service for BOAC.
● 1957 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula. {This time.}
● 1957 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
● 1960 - Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die.
● 1960 - Cuba - Labor Law no. 696 issued, establishing labor control offices. All workers -- employed and unemployed -- are required to register under threat of punishment. {US follows example later.}
● 1961 - Two thousand travel through village occupied for 18 years by army as training ground. Imber, Wiltshire, Britain.
● 1962 - The Organization of American States (OAS) suspends Cuba's membership.
● 1963 - Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
● 1967 - Two hundred killed by Somoza's National Guard during protest against state violence, Managua, Nicaragua.
● 1969 - "Third World Strike" begins on Univ. of California-Berkeley campus. Led to formation of an ethnic studies department.
● 1973 - A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames upon landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria killing 176.
● 1973 - The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade striking down state laws restricting abortion during the first six months of pregnancy.
● 1973 - World Council of Churches announces South African divestment.
● 1980 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.
● 1987 - Glen Tremml, 27, pedaled the ultralight aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.
● 1987 - Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
● 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
● 1991 - Fifteen villagers massacred by U.S.-supported government troops, El Zapote, El Salvador.
● 1991 - Fourteen ACT-UP AIDS activists are arrested disrupting CBS, NBC and PBS evening news broadcasts with "Fight AIDS, not Arabs" banners.
● 1992 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
● 1992 - Space Shuttle program: STS-42 Mission - Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
● 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In central Israel, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves-up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.
● 1995 - Over 2,000 demonstrators in Moscow protested Chechen war.
● 1996 - Fifteen are arrested at Rep. Norm Dicks' office in Tacoma for protesting clearcut logging under the salvage logging rider.
● 1997 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate. {She remains to date the only qualified one.}
● 1999 - Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
● 2002 - Fifty-five people arrested on the steps of the United Nations in New York, protesting the U.S. war in Afghanistan and prospective expansion of the War on Terrorism.
● 2003 - Last successful contact with the spacecraft Pioneer 10, one of the most distant man-made objects.
● 2003 - The Netherlands vote for a new parliament after the previous had only been into power for 86 days.
● 2006 - Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
● 2007 - The jury portion of the trial against Robert Pickton, accused of being Canada's worst serial killer, opens in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
BIRTHS
● 1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328)
● 1440 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
● 1553 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
● 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626)
● 1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631)
● 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
● 1654 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729)
● 1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743)
● 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
● 1781 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (d. 1849)
● 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)
● 1796 - Karl Claus, Russian chemist (d. 1864)
● 1797 - Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil (d. 1826)
● 1799 - Ludger Duvernay, Quebec printer and publisher (d. 1852)
● 1820 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
● 1840 - Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
● 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
● 1858 - Beatrice Webb, British economist (d. 1943)
● 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
● 1874 - Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
● 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)
● 1882 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956)
● 1886 - Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921)
● 1887 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
● 1889 - Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
● 1890 - Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
● 1890 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
● 1892 - Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986)
● 1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
● 1897 - Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
● 1900 - Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (d. 1980)
● 1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
● 1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
● 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
● 1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941)
● 1906 - Joe Gladwin, English actor (d. 1987)
● 1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936)
● 1907 - Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995)
● 1907 - Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
● 1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
● 1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
● 1909 - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965)
● 1909 - Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001)
● 1909 - U Thant, Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974)
● 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
● 1913 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1977)
● 1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003)
● 1914 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
● 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993)
● 1916 - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1972)
● 1916 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer
● 1918 - Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1920 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager (d. 1999)
● 1922 - Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. 1987)
● 1924 - J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001)
● 1927 - Lou Creekmur, American football player
● 1928 - Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historians (d. 2004)
● 1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
● 1932 - Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist
● 1932 - Piper Laurie, American actress
● 1934 - Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993)
● 1934 - Graham Kerr, British-born chef
● 1935 - Seymour Cassel, American actor
● 1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel laureate
● 1937 - Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader
● 1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, American author
● 1939 - Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004)
● 1939 - Jean-Claude Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
● 1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (d. 1982)
● 1940 - John Hurt, English actor
● 1940 - George Seifert, American football coach
● 1942 - Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
● 1945 - Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
● 1946 - Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist
● 1946 - Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1947 - Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother
● 1948 - Gilbert Levine, American conductor
● 1949 - Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
● 1949 - Phil Miller, English guitarist (National Health, In Cahoots, Matching Mole)
● 1949 - Steve Perry, American singer and musician (Journey)
● 1951 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989)
● 1952 - Ace Vergel, Filipino actor, cardiac arrest. (d. 2007)
● 1952 - Teddy Gentry, vocals and bass for Alabama
● 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
● 1954 - Tully Blanchard, American wrestler
● 1954 - Chris Lemmon, American actor
● 1954 - Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
● 1955 - Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
● 1956 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor
● 1957 - Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1957 - Francis Wheen, English writer and journalist
● 1958 - Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek football player and manager
● 1959 - Linda Blair, American actress
● 1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (d. 1997)
● 1961 - Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and artist
● 1962 - Mizan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia's Ruler
● 1962 - Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor
● 1963 - Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist
● 1965 - Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses)
● 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor
● 1965 - Diane Lane, American actress
● 1965 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
● 1965 - Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter
● 1965 - Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
● 1966 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
● 1967 - Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler
● 1968 - Frank Lebœuf, French footballer
● 1968 - Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician
● 1968 - Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
● 1969 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress
● 1969 - John Linton Roberson, American cartoonist
● 1970 - Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
● 1970 - Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come)
● 1971 - Stan Collymore, English footballer
● 1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor
● 1972 - Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
● 1972 - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
● 1973 - Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer
● 1974 - Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver
● 1975 - Balthazar Getty, American actor
● 1975 - Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian racing driver
● 1975 - ZP Theart, South African singer
● 1975 - David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
● 1976 - Mikko Luoma, Finnish ice hockey player
● 1976 - James Dearth, American football player
● 1977 - Jono Gibbes, New Zealand rugby union footballer
● 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
● 1978 - Chone Figgins, American baseball player
● 1980 - Christopher Masterson, American actor
● 1980 - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)
● 1980 - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
● 1980 - Jake Grove, American football player
● 1981 - Willa Ford, American singer
● 1981 - Beverley Mitchell, American actress
● 1981 - Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
● 1982 - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer
● 1982 - Jason Peters, American football player
● 1983 - Shaun Cody, American football player
● 1983 - Robert Steinhäuser, German perpetrator of the Erfurt massacre (d. 2002)
● 1984 - Ben Eager,Canadian ice hockey player
● 1984 - Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel
● 1984 - Leon Powe, American basketball player
● 1984 - Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer
● 1985 - Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer
● 1986 - Robert O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter, actor and model
● 1986 - Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model
● 1987 - Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
● 1988 - Greg Oden, American collegiate basketball player
DEATHS
● 1536 - Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
● 1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
● 1666 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592)
● 1750 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
● 1763 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
● 1767 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
● 1779 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
● 1779 - Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
● 1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
● 1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813)
● 1900 - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
● 1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
● 1921 - Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)
● 1922 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
● 1922 - Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
● 1922 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838)
● 1931 - Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
● 1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German-born poet (b. 1869)
● 1949 - William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)
● 1950 - Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
● 1951 - Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (b. 1872)
● 1959 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929)
● 1966 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
● 1967 - Robert Henriques, British writer (b. 1905)
● 1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
● 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
● 1975 - Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
● 1978 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894)
● 1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
● 1981 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
● 1982 - Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
● 1987 - Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
● 1987 - Wally Whyton - British musician/songwriter and radio/TV personality (b. 1929}
● 1988 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
● 1991 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
● 1993 - Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (b. 1924)
● 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
● 1994 - Rhett Forrester, American singer, Second Riot frontman (b. 1956)
● 1994 - Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor (b. 1922)
● 1995 - Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (b. 1949)
● 1995 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (b. 1890)
● 1997 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957)
● 1997 - Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929)
● 1999 - Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
● 2000 - Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
● 2000 - Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska) (b. 1916)
● 2001 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
● 2001 - Roy Brown, American clown (b. 1932)
● 2002 - Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905)
● 2003 - Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
● 2004 - Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
● 2004 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918)
● 2004 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
● 2005 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
● 2005 - Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
● 2005 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
● 2005 - Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure {Richard Nixon's personal secretary and scapegoat for 18-minute gap} (b. 1917)
● 2007 - Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler (b. 1961)
● 2007 - Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer
● 2007 - Disco D, American music producer (b. 1980)
● 2007 - Carlos Olivier, Venizuelan actor and physician (b. 1952)
● 2007 - Liz Renay, American actress (b. 1926)
● 2007 - Ngo Quang Truong, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Anastasius (XIV) of Persia
● St. Blaesilla
● St. Brithwald
● St. Dominic of Sora
● St. Francis Gil de Frederich
● St. Matthew Alonso Leziniana
● St. Paschasius
● St. Vincent of Digne
● St. Vincent Pallotti
● St. Vincent the Deacon
● Sts. Vincent, Orontius, & Victor
● Bl. William Patenson
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for January 10 (Civil Date: January 22)
● Afterfeast of the Theophany.
● St. Gregory of Nyssa St. Dometian, bishop of Melitene.
● St. Marcian, presbyter of Constantinople.
● St. Paul, abbot of Obnora (Vologda), and his disciple St. Macarius, abbot of Pisma Monastery.
● Blessed Theosebia the deaconess, sister of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
● St. Ammon, monk.
● St. Macarius of the Kiev Caves.
● Repose of Schemahieromonk Antipas of Valaam (1882).
● New Zealand - Wellington Anniversary.
IN FICTION
● 2179 - Birth of Hikaru Walter Sulu, San Francisco California. (Star Trek Universe)
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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