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January 11: Eugenio María de Hostos Day in Puerto Rico (1839);Proclamation of Independence in Morocco (1944)
- 1055 – Theodora, the daughter of Constantine VIIIand Helena, daughter of Alypius, became Byzantine Empress.
- 1787 – German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel discovered the Uranian moons Oberon and Titania, later named by his son John after characters from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- 1923 – Troops from France and Belgium (pictured) invaded the Ruhr Area to force the German Weimar Republic to pay its reparations in theaftermath of World War I.
- 1943 – Italian American journalist and union activist Carlo Tresca, a leading public opponent of Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated by a Mafia gunman.
- 2003 – After Chicago police detective Jon Burge was discovered to have forced confessions from more than 200 suspects, Governor of Illinois George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners and pardoned four more.
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Events
- 1055 – Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1158 – Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia.
- 1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
- 1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
- 1693 – Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- 1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1794 – Robert Forsythe, a U.S. Marshal is killed in Augusta, Georgia when trying to serve court papers, the first US marshal to die while carrying out his duties.
- 1805 – The Michigan Territory is created.
- 1861 – Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- 1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- 1912 – Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
- 1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- 1919 – Romania reincorporates Transylvania.
- 1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet inLos Angeles, California.
- 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1942 – World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
- 1943 – World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York
- 1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
- 1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1949 – First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 1957 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- 1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1962 – Cold War. While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartent.
- 1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths.
- 1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
- 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
- 1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
- 1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- 1998 – Sidi-Hamed massacre takes place in Algeria, over 100 people are killed.
- 2002 – The first twenty captives arrive at Camp X-Ray.
- 2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
[edit]Births
- 347 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I "the Great" (d. 395)
- 889 – Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
- 1322 – Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380)
- 1359 – Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393)
- 1395 – Michelle of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1422)
- 1503 – Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
- 1591 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)
- 1630 – John Rogers, American educator (d. 1684)
- 1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist (d. 1686)
- 1642 – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist (d. 1710)
- 1671 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
- 1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevis born American Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
- 1757 – Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (d. 1831)
- 1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
- 1788 – William Thomas Brande, English chemist (d. 1866)
- 1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
- 1807 – Ezra Cornell, American businessman and university founder (d. 1874)
- 1814 – James Paget, British surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
- 1815 – John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- 1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet (d. 1878)
- 1839 – Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (d. 1903)
- 1842 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
- 1843 – Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
- 1845 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (d. 1912)
- 1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur, American botanist (d. 1942)
- 1852 – Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1926)
- 1853 – Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (d. 1926)
- 1856 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (d. 1932)
- 1857 – Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
- 1858 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American retailer (d. 1947)
- 1859 – Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. 1925)
- 1864 – Thomas Dixon, American playwright and legislator (d. 1946)
- 1867 – Edward B. Titchener, British psychologist. (d. 1927)
- 1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
- 1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1872 – George Washington Pierce, American physicist (d. 1956)
- 1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949)
- 1875 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1875 – Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
- 1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
- 1878 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general (d. 1952)
- 1879 – John Symes, English cricket player (d. 1942)
- 1885 – Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965)
- 1885 – Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1886 – Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
- 1887 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist (d. 1948)
- 1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American political figure (d. 1954)
- 1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (d. 1938)
- 1890 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (d. 1954)
- 1890 – Harold Bride, English wireless officer on RMS Titanic (d. 1956)
- 1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1895 – Laurens Hammond, American inventor (d. 1973)
- 1897 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
- 1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian (d. 1955)
- 1899 – Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress (d. 1991)
- 1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
- 1902 – Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
- 1903 – Alan Paton, South African writer (d. 1988)
- 1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
- 1905 – Manfred B Lee, American author (d. 1971)
- 1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008)
- 1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Warsaw-born American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
- 1907 – Pierre Mendès-France, French politician (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1910 – Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (d. 1975)
- 1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian politician (d. 1966)
- 1910 – Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian artist (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Don "Red" Barry, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980)
- 1915 – Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier (d. 1955)
- 1916 – Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian politician (d. 1982)
- 1921 – Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
- 1921 – Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, & civil servant; 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (d. 1986)
- 1923 – Jerome Bixby, American writer (d. 1998)
- 1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian
- 1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
- 1924 – Roger Guillemin, French neuroendocrinologist, Nobel laureate
- 1924 – Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Slim Harpo, American musician (d. 1970)
- 1925 – Grant Tinker, American television executive
- 1926 – Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- 1928 – David L. Wolper, American television producer (d.2010)
- 1928 – Mitchell Ryan, American actor
- 1930 – Ron Mulock, Australian politician
- 1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-born American actor
- 1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian museum director and curator
- 1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
- 1934 – Jean Chrétien, Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1934 – Sir C. A. R. Hoare, British computer scientist
- 1935 – Melvyn Hayes, British actor
- 1935 – Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
- 1937 – Felix Silla, Italian actor
- 1938 – Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
- 1938 – Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
- 1938 – Arthur Scargill, British politician
- 1938 – John August Swanson, American artist
- 1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
- 1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer
- 1942 – Charles Acton, American basketball player
- 1942 – Clarence Clemons, American musician (E Street Band) (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (d. 2010)
- 1942 – George Mira, American Football Player
- 1943 – Jill Churchill, American mystery writer
- 1943 – Jim Hightower, American radio host, author, and activist
- 1944 – Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)
- 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician
- 1945 – Christine Kaufmann, German-Austrian actress
- 1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer (The Judds)
- 1946 – Tony Kaye, British piano and organ player (Yes)
- 1946 – John Piper, American theologian
- 1948 – Fritz Bohla, German football player and manager
- 1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (the 54th Yokozuna) and professional wrestler
- 1948 – Terry Williams, Welsh rock drummer (Love Sculpture, Man and Dire Straits)
- 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer (Sherbet)
- 1949 – Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1951 – Willie Maddren, English former footballer (d. 2000)
- 1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
- 1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
- 1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
- 1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author
- 1952 – Lee Ritenour, American musician and composer
- 1953 – John Sessions, Scottish actor
- 1956 – Robert Earl Keen, American singer
- 1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player
- 1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- 1958 – Vicki Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
- 1958 – Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian organized crime figure
- 1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 – Jasper Fforde, British author
- 1961 – Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Prince of Austria and Prince Royal of Hungary
- 1961 – Eva O, American musician, singer/song writer (Christian Death, Shadow Project and Super Heroines)
- 1962 – Kim Coles, American actress
- 1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist, and antiwar activist
- 1963 – Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer
- 1963 – Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
- 1965 – Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
- 1966 – Marc Acito, American novelist and humorist
- 1966 – Kelley Law, Canadian curler
- 1966 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1967 – Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
- 1968 – Anders Borg, Swedish politician
- 1968 – Saša Ćirić, Macedonian footballer
- 1968 – Tom Dumont, American musician (No Doubt and Invincible Overlord)
- 1969 – Manny Acta, Dominican baseball player
- 1969 – Kyle Richards, American actress
- 1970 – Manfredi Beninati, Italian visual artist.
- 1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, film director, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer
- 1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer
- 1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter and musician (Bus Station Loonies, Oi Polloi and Disorder)
- 1972 – Marc Blucas, American actor
- 1972 – Christian Jacobs, American singer (The Aquabats)
- 1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1973 – Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
- 1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- 1973 – Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
- 1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer
- 1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- 1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer
- 1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
- 1975 – Kevin Koe, Canadian curler
- 1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player
- 1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
- 1977 – Shomari Buchanan, American football player
- 1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
- 1977 – Devin Ratray, American actor
- 1977 – Nadia Turner, American singer
- 1978 – Holly Brisley, Australian actress
- 1978 – Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer
- 1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer
- 1978 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
- 1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director
- 1979 – Michael Lorenz, German footballer
- 1979 – Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer
- 1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
- 1980 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
- 1980 – Mike Williams, American football player
- 1980 – Deanna Wright, American actress
- 1981 – Jamelia, English singer
- 1981 – Bafo Biyela, South African footballer
- 1981 – Tom Meighan, English singer (Kasabian)
- 1981 – Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer
- 1981 – Ali Zitouni, Tunisian footballer
- 1982 – Tony Allen, American basketball player
- 1982 – Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer (allSTARS*)
- 1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1983 – Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
- 1983 – Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
- 1983 – Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
- 1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player
- 1984 – Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
- 1985 – Newton Faulkner, British singer
- 1985 – Rie Fu, Japanese singer
- 1985 – Lucy Knisley, American artist
- 1985 – Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
- 1985 – Aaron Porter, British politician
- 1986 – Rachel Riley, British television presenter
- 1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider
- 1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Jun Jun, Chinese/Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1988 – Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer
- 1988 – Fuska, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 – Sammy Carlson, American freeskier
- 1989 – Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
- 1991 – Hyorin, South Korean singer (leader group SISTAR)
- 1993 – Will Keane, English footballer
- 1993 – Michael Keane, English footballer
- 1993 – Flora Cross, French actress
- 1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer
[edit]Deaths
- 314 – St. Miltiades
- 705 – Pope John VI
- 802 – St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
- 812 – Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor
- 844 – Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
- 1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1000)
- 1083 – Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1020)
- 1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
- 1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)
- 1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)
- 1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
- 1696 – Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
- 1703 – Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- 1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- 1735 – Danilo I, Vladika of Montenegro (b. c.1670)
- 1753 – Sir Hans Sloane, Ulster-Scot physician and collector (b. 1660)
- 1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763 – Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- 1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
- 1798 – Erekle II, king of Kartli and Kakheti (b. 1720)
- 1801 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
- 1836 – John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
- 1843 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and writer of the poem that became the American national anthem (b. 1779)
- 1867 – Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- 1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
- 1891 – Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French civic planner (b. 1809)
- 1901 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (b. 1866)
- 1902 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
- 1904 – William Sawyer, Canadian politician (b. 1815)
- 1905 – Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
- 1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery is named (b. 1842)
- 1920 – Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
- 1923 – King Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
- 1928 – Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1931 – James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- 1941 – Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1944 – Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law (b. 1903)
- 1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)
- 1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889)
- 1952 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
- 1953 – Noe Zhordania, Georgian Social-Democratic politician (b. 1868)
- 1954 – Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
- 1957 – Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
- 1957 – Rose Sutro, American duo-pianist with her sister Ottilie (b. 1870)
- 1958 – Alec Rowley, English composer (b. 1892)
- 1958 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
- 1965 – Wally Pipp, American Major League Baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1966 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 1966 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
- 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of independent India (b. 1904)
- 1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1876)
- 1969 – Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
- 1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore (b. 1881)
- 1975 – Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901)
- 1978 – Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
- 1979 – Jack Soo, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1980 – Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
- 1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
- 1983 – Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894)
- 1985 – Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986 – Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
- 1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
- 1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
- 1988 – Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American World War II Marine aviator (b. 1912)
- 1988 – Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
- 1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1989 – Ray Moore, Radio 2 DJ (b. 1942)
- 1990 – Carolyn Haywood, American children's author (b. 1898)
- 1991 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
- 1994 – Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
- 1995 – Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army officer (b. 1918)
- 1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (SS) (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (b. 1897)
- 1999 – Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (b. 1907)
- 2000 – Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)
- 2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2001 – Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
- 2002 – Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2002 – Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Mickey Finn, English drummer (T.Rex) (b. 1947)
- 2003 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
- 2005 – Jimmy Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)
- 2005 – Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
- 2006 – Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
- 2006 – Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
- 2007 – Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
- 2007 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953 (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
- 2009 – David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank's diary (b. 1909)
- 2010 – Mick Green, British guitarist (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas) (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter and boxer (b. 1905)
- 2012 – Chuck Metcalf, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1931)
[edit]Holidays and observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Earliest day on which Triodion can fall, while February 14 is the latest; celebrated 70 days before Easter. (Eastern Orthodox)
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
- First day of Carmentalia, in honor of Carmenta. (Roman Empire)
- Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)
- Kagami Biraki (Japan)
- Republic Day (Albania)
- Carmentalia (Roman Empire)
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THEY LOVE HIM
Tim Blair – Friday, January 11, 2013 (5:00pm)
Bob Brown joins fellow Greens Christine Milne, Lee Rhiannon and Clive Hamilton in praising angel boy Jonathan Moylan:
“CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.’’That was not me nor Christine Milne speaking in the Senate. It is a quote from the testimony of James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies in New York …It is in Hansen’s context that I see the former National Party leader Mark Vaile’s bellowing about the sharemarket upset resulting from Jonathan Moylan’s false news release last week. But it is Moylan, not Vaile, who faces public ostracism and legal action and, speculation has it, may end up in jail.
That’s because it is Moylan, not Vaile, who created a deceptive and destructive press release and lied about his identity.
History is full of this. Gandhi and Mandela went to jail. Martin Luther King was assassinated. Jesus Christ turned up at the businessmen’s tables and look what happened to him. Anti-slavery campaigner John Brown’s ‘’body lies mouldering in the grave’’ and suffragette Emily Davidson was killed when she ran in front of the horses at the 1913 Epsom Derby.
Create a fake press release and you’re instantly a combination of Gandhi, Mandela, King and Christ, with the moral authority of anti-slavers and advocates for universal voting. Nice that Captain Bobhasn’t lost any perspective in retirement.
Where do we draw the line? It is drawn in our consciences. If the draw is beyond the law, we have to pay for it or default on our own beings. As the dictum says, all that evil needs to flourish is for good people to do nothing.
Yep. The stock market and coal mining are “evil”. Brown has changed his opinion, yet again. While we’re quoting James Hansen, here’s something else he once said:
On January 17, 2009 – NASA’s James Hansen told us that Obama had only four years to save the planet. The clock is ticking, as Obama only has seven days remaining to rescue the Earth.
Can’t say we weren’t warned:
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ABBOTT ROLE QUESTIONED
Tim Blair – Friday, January 11, 2013 (4:36pm)
George Monbiot finds someone to blame:
I wonder what Tony Abbott will say about the record heatwave now ravaging his country.
(Via Sally)
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LAPS OF THE GODS
Tim Blair – Friday, January 11, 2013 (11:09am)
Bathurst, Indianapolis and Le Mans are as nothing compared to Sydney Speedway, scene of this week’s Telegraph 500:
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WELCOME TO THE NEW POLITICS
Tim Blair – Friday, January 11, 2013 (12:56am)
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Tonight on 9 News | Arsonists strike Sydney! Lighting blazes meters from homes in Eagle Vale and Macquarie Fields. Full coverage on from 6PM.
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Catching up with our friends after the show, these guys were just truly amazing! #sydfest #concreteandbones #team9lives #summer #sydney
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HOW LUCKY ARE WE ?
This bloke holds both a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from Sydney University - he was a Rhodes Scholar - he is married with 3 daughters - he has the experience of being a senior Minister in the successful Howard Government - and for good measure he has run an ultramarathon in his 50’s – and he could be our next Prime Minister.
It’s easy to see why he drives the socialist left mad.
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ISRAEL has become a Winter Wonderland! We LOVE it...
(photo by Yoav Bowman in Efrat, Israel)
www.unitedwithisrael.org
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Jerusalem's light rail serviced the many excited locals and tourist who were eager to experience the city's special white setting. — in Jerusalem, Yerushalayim.
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http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/welcome_to_the_new_politics/
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Throwback Thursday: "Hell Comes to Quahog" from Family Guy Season 5.
"Now I may be an idiot, but there's one thing I am not sir, and that sir, is an idiot." - Peter
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