Day of the week in surrounding years:
1978,1984,1989,1995,. . . .—MON—2006
1979,. . . .,1990,1996,2001—TUE—2007
1980,1985,1991,. . . .,2002—WED—2008
. . . .,1986,1992,1997,2003—THU—. . . .
1981,1987,. . . .,1998,2004—FRI—2009
1982,1988,1993,1999,. . . .—SAT—2010
1983,. . . .,1994,2000,2005—SUN—2011
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Wisdom "We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us." — Marcel Proust
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Supporting Our Troops or Veterans' Benefits "The days of the "weekend Warrior" are gone. It's a new world and we need to transition." — Thomas Hall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Gina Cavallaro, "Army makes deployment clarification; Guard, Reserve units will pull 1-year tours in Iraq," Army Times, 9-22-03.
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Sports "Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting." — 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 9, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Crescent Percent of Full: 1% Age: 3% Rise: 8:29 AM Set: 6:30 PM
Surprise, Arizona—Times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Jan 9, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Crescent Percent of Full: 1% Age: 3% Rise: 8:38 AM Set: 6:59 PM
Iowa City, Iowa—Times are Central Standard Time (CST)
Jan 9, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Crescent Percent of Full: 1% Age: 3% Rise: 8:35 AM Set: 6:11 PM
Cambridge, Massachusetts—Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Jan 9, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Crescent Percent of Full: 1% Age: 3% Rise: 8:14 AM Set: 5:44 PM
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
Hidden Galaxy IC 342 from Kitt Peak
Credit & Copyright: T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker, WIYN, NOAO, AURA, NSF
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.
● 1349 - The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague, is rounded up and incinerated.
● 1431 - Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
● 1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat.
● 1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).
● 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.
● 1789 - Treaty with the Wyandot, Delaware, Ottowa, Potawatomi, and Sauk is the first in the new U.S. to recognize Native Americans as independent "nations."
● 1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
● 1799 - British Prime Minister William Pitt introduces income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.
● 1805 - "Black Laws" of Ohio passed which, among other things, prevents blacks from offering testimony in court.
● 1806 - Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred at St Paul's Cathedral.
● 1816 - Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for Miners at Hebburn Colliery.
● 1822 - The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI, starting the Brazilian independence process.
● 1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
● 1857 - The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
● 1858 - Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
● 1859 - Birth of Carrie Chapman Catt, pacifist and suffragist, co-founder of Women's Peace Party in 1915, co-founder of League of Women Voters.
● 1861 - American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War."
● 1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
● 1863 - American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman occurs in Arkansas.
● 1863 - The first section of the London Underground Railway opens -- between Paddington and Farringdon Street.
● 1878 - Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
● 1879 - At 9 PM, younger warriors begin Cheyenne Outbreak at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
● 1880 - The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
● 1882 - Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.
● 1883 - Trial begins, in Lyon, France, of the Internationale, against 68 anarchists known, eventually, as "The 66." They are accused of promoting workers' strikes, and the abolition of the rights of property, of family, of fatherland, of religion, and to thus attacking the public peace. Stiff sentences were handed down - "Leaders" such as Peter Kropotkin, Emile Gautier, Bernard, Bordat received four years in prison, while 39 of their companions were sentenced from six months to three years.
● 1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
● 1900 - S.S. Lazio is founded in Rome, Italy.
● 1903 - Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
● 1905 - "Bloody Sunday" massacre of demonstrators in St. Petersburg, Russia - government troops open fire on 100,000 workers, women, and children, who came to petition the Tsar for improved working and living conditions. Leaves more than 1,000 demonstrators dead and 3,000 wounded. It is the beginning of the first Russian revolution. Tomorrow, the anarchist Voline forms part of the first Soviet, created to assist the victims of repression.
● 1905 - Popular French anarchist Louise Michel dies. A leader in the ParisCommune and co-founder of the Women's Battalion, her funeral was a huge occasion, with upwards of 100,000 marchers. Memorial services were held for her throughout France, and in London.
● 1906 - A New York City grand jury dismissed a case against Emma Goldman, arrested two months previously for articles she had authored and for "inciting to riot."
● 1908 - Birth of Simone de Beauvoir, feminist, existentialist, and author of The Second Sex.
● 1909 - First issue of LaFollette's Weekly, predecessor to the Progressive.
● 1916 - The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops are evacuated.
● 1917 - World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
● 1919 - Sanglante ("Bloody Week") escalates as martial law declared to break general strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
● 1922 - Eighty thousand Chicago construction workers strike.
● 1923 - Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro (helicopter) flight.
● 1939 - Southern Tenant Farmers' Union lead Missouri Highway sit-down of 1,700 tenant families. Motorists traveling along US Highway 60 between Sikeston and Hayti were startled to see the roadsides cluttered with the meager and pitiful furniture, household goods, and livestock of hundreds of families of tenant farmers and sharecroppers who were camped along the highways. Their arrival had begun the night before and, by noon of the 10th, over 1,000 homeless people had camped along the road; most were there because they had no place else to go.
● 1941 - Birth of once-radical folk songstress Joan Baez.
● 1941 - First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
● 1941 - World War II: The Greek Triton (S.112) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
● 1942 - A U.S. government press release says 40 percent more Native Americans have enlisted to fight in WWII than have been drafted. Altogether, 25,000 Indians served in the U.S. armed forces, including 800 women. In the Philippines, a Choctaw scout escaped from the Japanese at the battle of Corregidor, and led underground guerrilla forces until the war ended. The Oneidas, Chippewas, and Comanches blocked Japanese decoding of military information by dispatching messages in their tribal languages. Navajo Code Talkers were instrumental in the landing at Guadalcanal, where they sent and received reports from field commanders.
● 1945 - The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
● 1947 - Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia last seen alive.
● 1951 - United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.
● 1952 - Home of Phenix City, Alabama anti-vice crusader Hugh Bently destroyed by a bomb.
● 1964 - Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the US-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to U.S. troops killing 21 protesters. Panama suspends relations with U.S. after riots over American control of the Canal.
● 1968 - The first and last time to date snow fell in Mexico City along with days 10 and 11.
● 1972 - RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
● 1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.
● 1991 - Ten midwestern peace activists are arrested at Fort McCoy for handing out written warnings to military reservists about participation in war crimes.
● 1991 - The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.
● 1997 - A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro Airport, killing 29 people.
● 2001 - Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, was launched.
● 2002 - The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.
● 2003 - Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into hangar on take off in Charlotte, NC. All 19 passengers and 2 crew dead.
● 2005 - Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.
● 2005 - The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, commonly known as the Naivasha Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement rebel group in Naivasha, Kenya
● 2007 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad, Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
BIRTHS
● 1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
● 1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
● 1589 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
● 1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
● 1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
● 1728 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
● 1773 - Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845)
● 1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855)
● 1811 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
● 1823 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
● 1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
● 1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857)
● 1832 - Félix-Gabriel Marchand, journalist, author and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
● 1848 - Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
● 1849 - John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)
● 1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921)
● 1856 - Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
● 1864 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
● 1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
● 1870 - Joseph B Strauss, American civil engineer (d. 1938)
● 1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Hebrew poet (d. 1934)
● 1875 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)
● 1879 - John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
● 1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and critic (d. 1938)
● 1881 - Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)
● 1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italian writer (d. 1956)
● 1890 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
● 1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
● 1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
● 1897 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
● 1898 - Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
● 1898 - Gracie Fields, English vaudeville performer (d. 1979)
● 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian composer (d. 1977)
● 1900 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)
● 1901 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
● 1902 - Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
● 1902 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish religious author (d. 1975)
● 1903 - Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator (d. 1969)
● 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian dancer/choreographer (d. 1983)
● 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
● 1909 - Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (d. 1994)
● 1912 - Ralph Tubbs, British architect (d. 1996)
● 1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
● 1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 1985)
● 1915 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
● 1916 - Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader
● 1916 - Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
● 1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor
● 1920 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar
● 1921 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
● 1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel laureate
● 1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
● 1924 - Sergei Parajanov, Armenian film director (d. 1990)
● 1925 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
● 1926 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (d. 1970)
● 1926 - Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
● 1928 - Judith Krantz, American author
● 1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (d. 1994)
● 1929 - Brian Friel, Irish dramatist
● 1929 - Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)
● 1929 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
● 1931 - Algis Budrys, American author
● 1933 - Robert Garcia, American politician
● 1934 - Bart Starr, American football player
● 1935 - Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
● 1935 - Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
● 1935 - Earl G. Graves, Sr., African-American Publisher
● 1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer
● 1939 - Susannah York, British actress
● 1940 - Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer
● 1940 - Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
● 1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician
● 1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist
● 1941 - Gilles Vaillancourt, Quebec politician
● 1942 - K Callan, American actress
● 1942 - Lee Kun-hee, Korean industrialist, chairman of samsung
● 1943 - Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
● 1943 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
● 1943 - Scott Walker, American singer
● 1944 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
● 1947 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist
● 1948 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (d. 2006)
● 1948 - Cassie Gaines Backup Singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
● 1950 - David Johansen American singer
● 1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
● 1951 - M.L. Carr, basketball player and coach
● 1951 - Crystal Gayle, American singer
● 1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician
● 1955 - J. K. Simmons, American actor
● 1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress
● 1956 - Imelda Staunton, British actress
● 1956 - Mike Walczewski, American Public Address Announcer at Madison Square Garden
● 1957 - Phil Lewis, lead singer of L.A. Guns
● 1958 - Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
● 1958 - Stephen Neale, British philosopher
● 1959 - Mark Martin, American race car driver
● 1959 - Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
● 1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician
● 1959 - Otis Nixon, American baseball player
● 1961 - Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter
● 1963 - Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode
● 1965 - Darren Bennett, Australian-born American football player
● 1965 - Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
● 1965 - Iain Dowie, English football manager
● 1965 - Eric Erlandson, American musician
● 1965 - Joely Richardson, British actress
● 1967 - Carl Bell, American musician
● 1967 - Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
● 1967 - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth)
● 1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician
● 1968 - Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricketer
● 1968 - Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
● 1968 - Al Schnier, American rock guitarist
● 1970 - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer
● 1970 - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist
● 1971 - Daniel Dumile, American hip hop artist
● 1971 - Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1971 - Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director
● 1972 - Sarah Beeny, British TV personality
● 1972 - Jay Powell, baseball player
● 1975 - Angela Bettis, American actress
● 1975 - Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
● 1975 - Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers, former wife of Eminem
● 1976 - Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
● 1976 - Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer
● 1978 - Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1978 - Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
● 1978 - Chad Johnson, American football player
● 1978 - AJ McLean, American singer
● 1978 - Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist
● 1979 - Tomiko Van, Japanese singer
● 1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer
● 1981 - Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
● 1982 - Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William of England
● 1987 - Sam Bird, English racing driver
● 1987 - Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter
● 1987 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
● 1989 - Michaella Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
● 1997 - Lauryn McClain, American actress and singer
DEATHS
● 1150 - Emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état.
● 1282 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)
● 1283 - Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)
● 1499 - Johann Cicero, elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
● 1514 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (b. 1477)
● 1543 - Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)
● 1562 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
● 1571 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
● 1598 - Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)
● 1677 - Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
● 1757 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
● 1757 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
● 1766 - Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705)
● 1799 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)
● 1800 - Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
● 1805 - Noble Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
● 1848 - Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)
● 1858 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)
● 1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)
● 1876 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)
● 1877 - Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)
● 1878 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
● 1895 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)
● 1901 - Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)
● 1908 - Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
● 1908 - Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born actor (b. 1840)
● 1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
● 1911 - Edvard Rusjan, Slovene flight pioneer (b. 1886)
● 1918 - Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
● 1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
● 1931 - Wayne Munn, wrestler (b. 1896)
● 1936 - John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
● 1939 - Johnny Gruelle, American creator of Raggedy Ann (b. 1880)
● 1939 - Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
● 1946 - Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
● 1946 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
● 1947 - Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
● 1960 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880)
● 1961 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)
● 1971 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
● 1971 - Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
● 1972 - Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
● 1975 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
● 1975 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
● 1981 - Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
● 1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
● 1985 - Robert Mayer, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
● 1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
● 1987 - Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
● 1989 - Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)
● 1990 - Spud Chandler, baseball player (b. 1907)
● 1992 - Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
● 1992 - Bill Naughton, British playwright (b. 1910)
● 1994 - Johnny Temple, baseball player (b. 1927)
● 1995 - Peter Cook, British actor and comedian (b. 1937)
● 1995 - Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
● 1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
● 1997 - Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
● 1998 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1918)
● 2000 - Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
● 2001 - Maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)
● 2003 - Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
● 2004 - Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
● 2005 - Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
● 2006 - Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
● 2006 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor, director (b. 1937)
● 2007 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977) ● 1150 - Emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état.
● 1282 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)
● 1283 - Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)
● 1499 - Johann Cicero, elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
● 1514 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (b. 1477)
● 1543 - Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)
● 1562 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
● 1571 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
● 1598 - Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)
● 1677 - Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
● 1757 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657)
● 1757 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
● 1766 - Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705)
● 1799 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)
● 1800 - Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
● 1805 - Noble Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
● 1848 - Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750)
● 1858 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)
● 1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)
● 1876 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)
● 1877 - Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)
● 1878 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
● 1895 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)
● 1901 - Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)
● 1908 - Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
● 1908 - Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born actor (b. 1840)
● 1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
● 1911 - Edvard Rusjan, Slovene flight pioneer (b. 1886)
● 1918 - Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
● 1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
● 1931 - Wayne Munn, wrestler (b. 1896)
● 1936 - John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
● 1939 - Johnny Gruelle, American creator of Raggedy Ann (b. 1880)
● 1939 - Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
● 1946 - Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
● 1946 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
● 1947 - Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
● 1960 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880)
● 1961 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)
● 1971 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
● 1971 - Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
● 1972 - Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
● 1975 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
● 1975 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
● 1981 - Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
● 1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
● 1985 - Robert Mayer, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
● 1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
● 1987 - Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
● 1989 - Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)
● 1990 - Spud Chandler, baseball player (b. 1907)
● 1992 - Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
● 1992 - Bill Naughton, British playwright (b. 1910)
● 1994 - Johnny Temple, baseball player (b. 1927)
● 1995 - Peter Cook, British actor and comedian (b. 1937)
● 1995 - Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
● 1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
● 1997 - Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
● 1998 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1918)
● 2000 - Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
● 2001 - Maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)
● 2003 - Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
● 2004 - Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
● 2005 - Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
● 2006 - Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
● 2006 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor, director (b. 1937)
● 2007 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Abhor (Amba Hor)
● St. Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot
● St. Brithwald
● St. Epicharis
● St. Foellan
● St. Honorius
● St. Julian and Companions
● St. Marciana
● St. Maurontus
● St. Paschasia
● St. Vitalicus
● St. Waningus
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for December 27 (Civil Date: January 9)
● Third Day of the Feast of the Nativity.
● Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen
● St. Theodore Graptus
● "The Branded", confessor, brother of St. Theophanes the Hymnographer.
● St. Theodore, Archbishop of Constantinople.
● St. Luke, monk of Tryglia.
● New Martyrs Tikhon, Archbishop of Voronezh, and with him 160 martyred priests (1919).
● Repose of Athanasius of Grigorious Monastery, Mt. Athos (1953).
● Panama - Martyrs' Day commemorates the 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone
● Manila, Philippines - Black Nazarene feast in the Quiapo district,
● Balloon Ascension 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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