The conservative position espoused by Mr Abbott and of long standing public policy of conservative administrations is opposed by the radical left. And so it is also despised by moderates. And so Channel 10's morning show, after interviewing Mr Abbott, discussed the issue and no member of the four person panel spoke in favour of the conservative position. Not even Joe Hildebrand who is a vocal supporter of good government at other times. Such a jaundiced view is unwatchable and not entertaining, but irritating. Channel Ten's program was celebrating fifty episodes. It won't grow if it fails to be different to other channels.
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Happy birthday and many happy returns Stephanie Hurst. Born on the same day, across the years, along with
- 1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
- 1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
- 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American record producer and journalist (d. 2008)
- 1939 – David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
- 1945 – John Fahey, Australian politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales
- 1945 – Rod Stewart, English-Scottish singer-songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Shotgun Express, and The Steampacket)
- 1990 – Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
- 1998 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
Matches
- 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- 9 – The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty.
- 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
- 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
- 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
- 1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1863 – The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
- 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
- 1929 – The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium.
- 1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
- 1984 – The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
- 2011 – 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
Despatches
- 314 – Pope Miltiades
- 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
- 1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
Bad luck Sarah, but that boat won’t float
Piers Akerman – Thursday, January 09, 2014 (6:39pm)
OUR ABC, and Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, choked the pre-election airwaves with wild predictions that the Coalition’s turn-back-the-boats policy was unworkable.
Continue reading 'Bad luck Sarah, but that boat won’t float'SEXIST, RACIST DECISION REVERSED
Tim Blair – Friday, January 10, 2014 (12:53pm)
Excellent result:
An African woman who was denied permission to travel to Australia for facial reconstruction surgery by the Gillard government has had a second visa application approved.Ayaan Mohamed, 25, suffered horrific facial injuries when she was shot as an infant during Somalia’s brutal civil war.Brisbane’s Wesley Hospital and Rotary offered to bring Ayaan to Australia for the complicated surgery free of charge, but she was denied a medical visa last March.Ayaan made a second visa application in October, which Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has now approved.
More than 40,000 people petitioned the government on the woman’s behalf.
BIGGER THAN THE MOON
Tim Blair – Friday, January 10, 2014 (11:54am)
Antarctic tourism academic Chris Turney claims:
Never before has a science expedition reached out live to so many people from such a remote location.
Roger Corbett responds:
… er, “one small step for a man ...”
(Via John R.)
FIGHTY WHITEYS
Tim Blair – Friday, January 10, 2014 (11:47am)
ABBOTT NOT BLAMED
Tim Blair – Friday, January 10, 2014 (11:38am)
Melbourne leftoid Jeff Sparrow blames violence in Sydney on George W. Bush:
If you sought to normalise brutality, to present killing as an acceptable way for perpetrators to get what they wanted without repercussions, could you conceive of a better way than the war against Iraq?
Fundamentalist Islam, for one. But in Sydney’s case, the violence is probably more due to drunken idiots on ice or steroids rather than any geopolitical or religious factors. Just a theory.
HYPOTHETICAL HANSON-YOUNG
Tim Blair – Friday, January 10, 2014 (11:17am)
Piers Akerman deals with Greens senator Sarah Accidents-Happen:
The Senator flippantly shrugged off any Greens responsibility for contributing to the deaths of about 200 people who tried to enter aboard an illegal people smuggler boat in December 2011 with the astoundingly superficial comment: “Tragedies happen, accidents happen.”Hanson-Young is now dismayed the Australian naval personnel may be responsible for saving lives at sea.
Speaking to “our” ABC after Indonesian authorities reported at least two illegal people smuggler boats had returned to Indonesia (there have been more), the pointless South Australian said the people-smuggler passengers ”could have drowned”.
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Atheists have gotten very ambitious .. the separation of church and state does not mean people without faith form government, or that government interferes with faith. It means that the government makes secular decisions regarding public administration. So that people of all faiths can live together. Not so affirmative action atheists lord it over the rest. - ed
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Incredible images show Niagara Falls frozen solid as a chilly polar vortex continues to hit the USA. |http://bit.ly/1d4My58
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All-New Today: For the past four years, Matt claims that he’s been stalked, wiretapped and hacked by a group trying to terrorize him.http://bit.ly/DrP010913 #DrPhil
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Today’s announcement of a review of the national curriculum is part of the Government’s “Students First” education reforms. Seewww.studentsfirst.gov.au for more details.
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" When I enrolled in an advanced German for beginners class last fall at The College of New Jersey, I intended to improve my ability to speak and write in conversational German. What I did not expect to learn in German 103 was that the Affordable Care Act – a.k.a Obamacare – is the answer to our prayers..."===
David Bowles
Excited about an awesome project I'm about to embark on for Lamar University Press with the collaboration of the amazing artist Jose Mlndz. Got to wrap up the Mythological History of Mexico manuscript first, though. :cracks knuckles and neck muscles: ¡A chambiar!
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Top line good. Bottom line is lame - edJohn Tran They look ridiculous... until they point those guns at you..
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I'm too old to know the difference or care .. my ears probably wouldn't hear the pin .. But it allows them to rebadge their material .. - ed
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Michelle Malkin
Brr-urn! Meteorologist slams GMA, hysteria-pimping media for ‘polar vortex’ science fail [pics] ==> http://twitchy.com/2014/01/07/brr-urn-meteorologist-slams-gma-hysteria-pimping-media-for-polar-vortex-science-fail-pics/
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$1 cupcakes
26 flavours available!!!
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There is diversity amongst conservatives .. but Libertarians are pretty well defined within the conservative movement .. Bernardi is not Libertarian even if he takes on economic conservative views .. his social conservatism is apparent with his embrace of regulation as a solution to much. - ed1) Libertarian/Classical Liberal.
2. Conservative.
3) Fascism.
Moving from centre to Left.
4) Left-liberal (inner-city leftie)
5) Social democrat
6)Communism.
Of course there are overlaps between 1) and 4) (e.g social progressiveness, freedom), 2) and 5) (e.g valuing family, God) and 3) and 6) (e.g totalitarianism, use of violence). And some people have particular views on certain topics.>
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As we're sure you're all aware, time is like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff… so with that in mind, the BBC Future team have produced this interactive infographic which shows the journeys of each of the Doctors, from First to Eleventh.
Have a play on doctorwho.tv (for the best experience, open this on a desktop computer):http://bbc.in/
How could Tom Baker have travelled less than Pertwee? Pertwee was trapped on Earth. - ed
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THE Abbott government has appointed strong critics of the national curriculum to review what children are taught - http://ow.ly/srcpC
OPINION: Christopher Pyne on putting critical content back into the curriculum -http://ow.ly/srcBY
Change I can believe in .. giving hope - ed
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In Israel, United Hatzalah deploys over 250 "ambucycles" which can get to patients in need much faster than ambulance vans. Each ambucycle responds to roughly 40 calls per month, of which 10 are considered life threatening. (below, ambucycle in Jerusalem, 2003)
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San Francisco
I dedicate this image to Steven Seaweed, who has been a long listened to part of the SF community, and has always loved his city by the bay.
Taken on New Year's Eve a few hours before 2014.
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All-New! A wife says she’s convinced her husband molested their 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son -- allegations he adamantly denies. What will the polygraph results reveal?http://bit.ly/DRP010813 #DrPhil
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Wouldn't this make such a fantastic gift (think grandparents especially)?
It looks like it could be pretty easy to make!
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YOU DON’T REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOUR TAXES GO, DO YOU?
Hope you are seated for this because it could ruin your day. “Effects of climate change could hinder a sea snail’s ability to leap away from predators on one foot”, Queensland researchers say. Did I read that right?
The study, reported in the Fjii Times, shows the Conch snail, found in sandy areas off coral reefs, finds it difficult to quickly jump out of reach of prey when exposed to higher levels of carbon dioxide.
Dr Sue-Ann Watson of James Cook University’s Centre of Excellence, who is a self-confessed global warmist, says the chemical CO2 disrupts the snail's neurotransmitter receptor, causing it to have a delayed response.
“The snail either stops jumping or takes longer to jump when exposed to the levels of carbon dioxide projected for the end of this century”, the marine biologist said. (Have you fallen off your chair yet?)
"This might leave the three to four centimetre Conch snail more vulnerable to the dart of the slow-moving, predatory Cone shell.
"Snails normally move slowly and crawl around on their one big foot," Ms Watson said.
Jumping Jehoshaphat! Why weren’t we told about this?
So, the level of carbon dioxide in eighty six years’ time (projected of course by our global warming friends) might affect a sea snail!
Bloody hell, that makes the Syrian crisis look like a picnic.
But every dark cloud has a silver lining... in eighty six years’ time it seems the deprived, slow-moving Cone shell will find it much easier to get a feed. Phew, global warming isn’t all doom and gloom after all.
I phone-messaged Sue-Ann to ask if the dung beetle was getting enough tucker at her Centre of Excellence, but have yet to receive a reply.
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A Review of The Conservative Revolution. By Cory Bernardi.
Bill Muehlenberg’s CultureWatch – 8 Jan 2013
Unlike perhaps 90 per cent of the haters bashing Cory Bernardi on various websites, I actually have his new book and have actually read all 164 pages of it (and all 137 footnotes). So that might make my review slightly more reliable than a good hunk of those from the various secular left trolls.
The reason for their utter wrath and vile remarks is clear: Bernardi dares to say that which is politically incorrect. For example, he thinks it is not a good thing that our most trusted institutions of marriage and family are under attack; that killing up to 100,000 unborn babies a year is deemed acceptable; and that the Christian faith has been under so much attack – even though it actually has been a force for good in this nation. No wonder the poisonous barbs are being unleashed upon him.
The South Australian Senator makes a very simple case: the mainstream values which a majority of Australians support are well worth promoting and defending. Things like faith, family and freedom – all the things the radical left so love to disparage and trash.
Bernardi defines a conservative simply as one who seeks “to protect and defend the structures and values that have allowed our nation to achieve the traditional freedoms and prosperity that we enjoy today.” And by revolution he means the need to “restore conservative values to their rightful place as the guiding principles of our civilisation and the cornerstone of governance.”
He begins by defining some conservative principles and values. These include: the importance of order and stability; the importance of judging decisions by their long-term consequences; the realisation that human-made utopias are unworkable and dangerous; the ideal of freedom and private property; and the need to keep a check on power – especially political power.
He then focuses on some key conservative themes: faith, family, flag and free enterprise. Let me just comment on the first two. In his chapter on faith and its importance, he rightly notes what a valuable role it has played both in the foundation of this nation and in its growth and development.
And by faith he does not mean just any old generic faith, but specifically the Christian worldview which did so much for Australia in particular and the West in general. He notes that even those with no religious identity “will likely identify with values that would not exist if it weren’t for the historical role that Christianity has played in shaping” Australia.
He notes that the increased secularisation of late has been closely connected to shifting morality – indeed, to a moral freefall. He discusses the culture wars, including the battle for the sanctity of life. He notes how secular elites such as Peter Singer have pushed for not just abortion and euthanasia, but infanticide as well.
Bernardi deals with the separation of church and state myth, and examines how religious freedom is increasingly coming under attack by those committed to the secular left worldview. He also notes how counterfeit religious movements are arising, such as the radical green agenda.
And he discusses how Islam is not on a par with Christianity, but has fundamental values which are inimical both to Christianity and to freedom and democracy. While ordinary Muslims are to be welcomed, the political ideology of Islam must be rejected, if Australia is to survive as a genuinely free and open society. There certainly are moderate Muslims, but Islam is not moderate.
In his chapter on family, Bernardi marshals the social science data as to why the institutions of marriage and the heterosexual family are so overwhelmingly vital to society, to individuals, and to children. There is a wealth of documentation available here which he draws upon, showing that married people live happier, healthier and longer lives than do those in other types of relationships – or no relationships.
And he highlights the mountain of evidence showing that children do best, all things considered, when raised in a home containing their biological mother and father, especially when cemented by marriage. This really is the “gold standard” of family structure, and one which we should not be ashamed in championing.
That is why conservatives so strongly defend the traditional family unit, while the leftists are so bent on demonising and destroying it. The left has long known that to capture a culture they must first capture its families. It really is the major battleground of our day, and radical experiments like homosexual marriage only further harm society, children, and the institution of marriage itself, as he carefully documents.
Bernardi rightly states, “The current cost and the future risk to our national wellbeing are too great. We simply cannot afford to remain silent about the importance of the traditional family in shaping a positive future for our nation.”
He concludes by offering some practical and personal tasks we can get involved in as part of this conservative revolution. There are many things we can do on the personal, social and community levels to stand up for the values that have made this nation so great. Political involvement is also one of them.
Obviously Bernardi is leading by example here, having served in the Australian Parliament since 2006. He has been one of our most courageous and outspoken politicians, constantly reminding us of the war that we are in, and the values that we need to preserve and defend.
This short manifesto is well worth reading and passing on to a friend. We live in a time when far too many politicians are cowardly when it comes to standing up for Australia and for what is right. Bernardi is not such a person. He and his book both deserve tremendous support.
(Australians can get this book at Connor Court:www.connorcourt.com/
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May your day be filled with joy and the presence of God!
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Father,I thank You for calling me out into the deep. Today I surrender every area of my life to You. I choose to trust You knowing that You will show me Your wonders and glory in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters, they see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.(Psalm 107:23, NKJV)
In other words, God is the one who has called you to the deep waters. He is with you, and He knows there are deep things on the inside of you. When you are in those deep waters, you are not alone. God is with you, and He’s causing those deep things inside of you to come forth.
If you feel like you are out in the deep today, if you feel like you are overwhelmed, remember, you are in the right place and God is with you. You will see the Wonders of God in the deep.God bless you.
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If you feel like you are out in the deep today, if you feel like you are overwhelmed, remember, you are in the right place and God is with you. You will see the Wonders of God in the deep.God bless you.
Pastor Rick Warren
Doing small thing well is the path to getting great things done. It isn't a large leap but many small steps. See David's advice to his son Solomon in building the temple: 1 Chron. 28:20
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Allen West
Just as the Democrats abandoned Southeast Asia, they have now abandoned the Middle East. Iraq is the liberals' new killing fields. Read more:http://allenbwest.com/
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KNESSET JEREMY'S LATEST POLLING - JANUARY 9, 2014
Likud Beitenu 34, Labor 17, Bayit Yehudi 14, Yesh Atid 13, Meretz 10
by Knesset Jeremy
Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by Knesset Channel 99 on Jan 9 2014.
Knesset Jeremy Analysis: Likud Beitenu remains stable, as does Labor. Bayit Yehudi and Yesh Atid continue to battle over third and fourth place. Meretz has been dropping recently, losing supporters who are returning to Yesh Aid.
Additional Questions:
Is the Untied States a fair mediator towards Israel in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians?
Not fair 53%, Fair 34%
Based on what you know, should Israel accept the American offer for an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians?
Don't accept 48%, Don't know 30%, Accept 22%
Do you support the African asylum seekers protest?
Do not support 74%, Support 18%
What policy should Israel take in dealing with African citizens living in Israel illegally?
Whoever is recognized as a refugee can stay, others need to go 55% Send all of them out of Israel 39% Keep them in Israel 5%
Should Israel define "price tag" actions as terrorist attacks with all of the consequences that it mean?
Yes 55%, No 38% (Within Jewish population Yes 49%, No 42%)
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
34 [31] Likud Beitenu
17 [15] Labor
14 [12] Bayit Yehudi
13 [19] Yesh Atid
10 [06] Meretz
09 [11] Shas
07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
05 [06] Movement
04 [04] Hadash
04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
03 [03] Balad
00 [02] Kadima
64 [61] Right-Religious
56 [59] Center-Left-Arab
Knesset Plenary - Jerusalem, Israel
Photo Credit - Leslie-Ann Stoffel
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<As I understand it the Arab nation as a separate entity no longer exists. Their goal seems to be the intent to destroy each other with time out for persecution of the Christian minority and of course the Jews. Christian Arabs are despised and considered traitors in their repudiation of Islam. We Jews especially those on the Left believe that giving the Palestinians a state of their own will solve their imaginary claims of oppression and being second class citizens which couldn't be further from the truth. These people will always be needy and will always see Jews and the Jewish state as being intrusive and a stain on the Arab world. On the other hand to absorb them into Israel would be catastrophic. One need just see the results of Muslim immigration into Scandinavia and the other countries in the EU. Despite the fact that Muslim population in these countries is a minority they have managed to overpower every government. Europe Has become almost completely Islamized.>
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As late as last week, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was said to have completely rejected the Palestinian demand. But in response to Karaka’s statement, Netanyahu’s spokesman said only that the release of Israeli Arab terrorists would be subject to the approval of the government. In other words, Karaka was probably telling the truth.
The question is what has changed? Why happened over the past week that forced Netanyahu to cave? The obvious answer is that US Secretary of State John Kerry came to Jerusalem, again. And he forced Netanyahu’s hand, again.
Kerry is the Palestinians’ ace in the hole. He used the US’s limitless leverage on Israel to coerce Israel into agreeing to pay for the privilege of speaking to Palestinian negotiators who reject our country’s right to exist and extol as heroes the terrorist scum who murder us.>
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- 9 – The Western Han Dynasty of China ended after the throne was usurped by Wang Mang (pictured), who founded the Xin Dynasty.
- 236 – Pope Fabian, who is said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit by having a dove land on his head, began his papacy.
- 1863 – Service began on the Metropolitan Railway betweenPaddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of theLondon Underground.
- 1929 – The Adventures of Tintin, a series of popular comic bookscreated by Belgian artist Hergé, first appeared in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle.
- 1954 – BOAC Flight 781 suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board.
Events[edit]
- 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- 9 – The Western Han Dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin Dynasty.
- 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
- 236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
- 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
- 1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
- 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
- 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
- 1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
- 1806 – Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1863 – The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
- 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- 1916 – World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
- 1922 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann.
- 1923 – Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel.
- 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
- 1929 – The Adventures of Tintin, one of the most popular European comic books, is first published in Belgium.
- 1941 – World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
- 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
- 1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
- 1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
- 1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle. It became better known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
- 1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
- 1981 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
- 1984 – The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
- 1985 – Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
- 1990 – Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
- 1999 – Sanjeev Nanda kills three policemen in New Delhi, India with his car, an act for which he was later acquitted, resulting in a sharp drop in public confidence in the Indian legal system.
- 2005 – A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between Los Angelesand San Francisco for 10 days.
- 2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an eventually successful attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
- 2011 – 2010–2011 Queensland floods: Torrential rain in the Lockyer Valley region of South East Queensland, Australia causes severe flash flooding, killing 9 people.
- 2011 – Basque Euskadi ta Askatasuna calls for a permanent cease-fire.
- 2013 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
Births[edit]
- 1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
- 1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)
- 1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)
- 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1687)
- 1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711)
- 1654 – Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
- 1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
- 1715 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
- 1729 – Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799)
- 1741 – Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
- 1745 – Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
- 1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician (d. 1823)
- 1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)
- 1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1776 – George Birkbeck, English doctor and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)
- 1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
- 1797 – Eugenio Kincaid, American missionary (d. 1883)
- 1802 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Albanian engineer (d. 1860)
- 1810 – Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
- 1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
- 1812 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
- 1828 – Herman Koeckemann, German bishop (d. 1892)
- 1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian and politician (d. 1902)
- 1836 – Charles Ingalls, American father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
- 1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
- 1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian palaeontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
- 1843 – Frank James, American soldier and outlaw (d. 1915)
- 1848 – Reinhold Sadler, American politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
- 1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)
- 1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
- 1853 – Jessie Bond, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
- 1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
- 1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher (d. 1909)
- 1860 – Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
- 1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)
- 1865 – Mary Ingalls, American sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
- 1873 – Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
- 1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
- 1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner (d. 1958)
- 1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician (d. 1941)
- 1880 – Manuel Azaña, Spanish politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
- 1881 – Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
- 1883 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1883 – Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (d. 1934)
- 1883 – Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
- 1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian author (d. 1945)
- 1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962)
- 1889 – Maurice Collis, Irish author (d. 1973)
- 1890 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
- 1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
- 1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician (d. 1970)
- 1891 – Andrejs Krūkliņš, Latvian runner (d. unknown)
- 1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian (d. 1986)
- 1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish journalist (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
- 1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet (d. 1972)
- 1898 – Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist (d. 1979)
- 1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1903 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1903 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (d. 1993)
- 1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
- 1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
- 1911 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)
- 1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Maria Mandel, Austrian SS guard (d. 1948)
- 1913 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
- 1914 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013)
- 1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)
- 1915 – Dean Dixon, American conductor (d. 1976)
- 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American novelist (d. 1988)
- 1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter
- 1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress (d. 1999)
- 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American record producer and journalist (d. 2008)
- 1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer (d. 1999)
- 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
- 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Billy Varga, American wrestler and actor (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
- 1920 – Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
- 1921 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
- 1922 – Ester Mägi, Estonian composer
- 1922 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (d. 1987)
- 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
- 1924 – Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M'Boom) (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Günther Knödler, German fencer
- 1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
- 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)
- 1927 – Lee Philips, American actor and director (d. 1999)
- 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)
- 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Philip Levine, American poet
- 1929 – Derek Hammond-Stroud, English opera singer (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Elaine Devry, American actress
- 1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
- 1931 – Peter Barnes, English screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1931 – John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan
- 1933 – Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (d. 2007)
- 1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
- 1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1935 – Georg Katzer, German composer
- 1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer
- 1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
- 1936 – Burnum Burnum, Australian activist, actor and author (d. 1997)
- 1936 – Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer
- 1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 – Daniel Walker Howe, American historian
- 1937 – Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
- 1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and author
- 1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
- 1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player
- 1939 – Jared Carter, American poet
- 1939 – Sonosuke Fujimaki, Japanese fencer
- 1939 – David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
- 1939 – William Levy, Dutch author
- 1939 – Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
- 1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
- 1939 – Bill Toomey, American decathlete
- 1940 – Guy Chevrette, Canadian politician
- 1940 – Harry Gant, American race car driver
- 1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Walter Hill, American director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1940 – Ntare VI of Ankole (d. 2011)
- 1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer-songwriter
- 1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer
- 1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
- 1943 – Jantzen Derrick, English footballer
- 1943 – Kristiina Elstelä, Finnish actress
- 1944 – Rory Byrne, South African engineer
- 1944 – Bernard Derome, Canadian journalist
- 1944 – William Sanderson, American actor
- 1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1945 – Jerome Drayton, Canadian runner
- 1945 – John Fahey, Australian politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales
- 1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist
- 1945 – Jennifer Moss, English actress and singer (d. 2006)
- 1945 – Rod Stewart, English-Scottish singer-songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Shotgun Express, and The Steampacket)
- 1945 – Edward Wiskoski, American wrestler
- 1946 – Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer and songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Journey, Jefferson Starship, UFO, The Mojos, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
- 1946 – Alexis Nihon, Jr., Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Arlene Ackerman, American educator (d. 2013)
- 1947 – George Alec Effinger, American science fiction author (d. 2002)
- 1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician
- 1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian politician and businessman
- 1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Steely Dan)
- 1948 – Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
- 1948 – Mischa Maisky, Latvian-Israeli cellist
- 1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist
- 1949 – Allu Aravind, Indian film producer
- 1949 – Fred Bronson, American journalist, author and writer
- 1949 – George Foreman, American boxer
- 1949 – James Lapine, American director
- 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (d. 2002)
- 1950 – Roy Blunt, American politician
- 1950 – Ernie Wasson, American gardener and author
- 1951 – Paul DiMaggio, American educator
- 1951 – Nicolas Philibert, French actor and director
- 1951 – Pez Whatley, American wrestler (d. 2005)
- 1952 – Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Stooges)
- 1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
- 1953 – Dennis Cooper, American author
- 1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
- 1954 – John Gidman, English footballer
- 1954 – Greg Towns, Australian footballer
- 1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO, Scorpions, Contraband, and McAuley Schenker Group)
- 1955 – Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
- 1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
- 1957 – Paula Smith, American tennis player
- 1957 – Greg Walden, American politician
- 1958 – Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
- 1958 – Caroline Langrishe, English actress
- 1958 – Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter
- 1959 – Bernhard Hoff, German sprinter
- 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American politician
- 1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
- 1960 – Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director
- 1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1960 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer-songwriter
- 1961 – Steve Hamilton, American author
- 1961 – Evan Handler, American actor
- 1961 – Janet Jones, American actress
- 1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
- 1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand footballer
- 1963 – Kira Ivanova, Soviet figure skater (d. 2001)
- 1963 – David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (d. 2000)
- 1963 – Mark Pryor, American politician, 53rd Arkansas Attorney General
- 1964 – Tony Gardner, English actor
- 1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crash Test Dummies)
- 1965 – Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Butch Hartman, American animator, voice actor, and singer
- 1966 – Robert Jürjendal, Estonian composer and guitarist
- 1966 – Steve Kramer, American politician
- 1966 – Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
- 1966 – Jeremy Sims, Australian actor and director
- 1967 – Jeremy Cumpston, Australian actor
- 1967 – Johan Laats, Belgian martial artist
- 1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
- 1969 – Janko Kastelic, Slovene-Canadian conductor
- 1969 – Andreas Reinke, German footballer
- 1970 – Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
- 1970 – Scott Ludlam, Australian politician
- 1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player
- 1972 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian skier
- 1972 – Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch columnist, poet, and author
- 1972 – Brian Lawler, American wrestler
- 1973 – Jakob Cedergren, Danish actor
- 1973 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and singer
- 1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
- 1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
- 1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, singer, and guitarist (Flight of the Conchords)
- 1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer
- 1974 – Akari Kaida, Japanese composer
- 1974 – Andrey Korneyev, Russian swimmer
- 1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer
- 1974 – Clinton O'Brien, Australian rugby player
- 1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer
- 1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
- 1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player
- 1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
- 1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer
- 1978 – Brent Smith, American singer-songwriter (Shinedown)
- 1978 – Tamina Snuka, American wrestler
- 1978 – Tanel Tein, Estonian basketball player
- 1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Bodo Sieber, German rugby player
- 1980 – Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
- 1980 – Petri Lindroos, Finnish singer and guitarist (Ensiferum and Norther)
- 1980 – Tatjana Mannima, Estonian skier
- 1980 – Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russian decathlete
- 1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress
- 1981 – James Coppinger, English footballer
- 1981 – Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress, singer, and pianist
- 1981 – Brian Joo, American-South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Fly to the Sky)
- 1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
- 1982 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1983 – Danilo Dirani, Brazilian race car driver
- 1983 – Li Nina, Chinese skier
- 1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
- 1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby player
- 1984 – Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
- 1985 – Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer
- 1985 – Jaroslav Kolbas, Slovak footballer
- 1985 – Craig Lewis, American cyclist
- 1985 – Alex Meraz, American actor
- 1986 – Trent Barreta, American wrestler
- 1986 – Abbey Clancy, English model and television host
- 1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
- 1986 – Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
- 1986 – Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
- 1986 – Saleisha Stowers, American model
- 1986 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
- 1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
- 1988 – Marvin Martin, French footballer
- 1988 – Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1989 – Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Emily Meade, American film and television actress
- 1990 – Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver
- 1990 – Wilhelm Ingves, Finnish footballer
- 1990 – Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
- 1990 – Stefano Lilipaly, Dutch-Indonesian footballer
- 1990 – César Ruiz, Peruvian footballer
- 1991 – Romain Wattel, French golfer
- 1992 – Emmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer
- 1998 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
Deaths[edit]
- 314 – Pope Miltiades
- 681 – Pope Agatho
- 976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
- 1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
- 1276 – Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
- 1645 – William Laud, English archbishop (b. 1573)
- 1654 – Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
- 1662 – Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1597)
- 1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b. 1637)
- 1707 – Philibert de Gramont, French soldier (b. 1621)
- 1754 – Edward Cave, English publisher, founded the The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
- 1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
- 1777 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
- 1778 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
- 1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (d. 1754)
- 1811 – Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
- 1824 – Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
- 1825 – Ioannis Varvakis, Greek sailor and soldier (b. 1745)
- 1828 – François de Neufchâteau, French politician (b. 1750)
- 1829 – Gregorio Funes, Argentine clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)
- 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
- 1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
- 1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
- 1862 – Samuel Colt, American businessman, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)
- 1863 – Lyman Beecher, American minister, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)
- 1866 – Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
- 1883 – Samuel Mudd, American physician (b. 1833)
- 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist (b. 1836)
- 1895 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
- 1901 – James Robert Dickson, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Queensland (b. 1832)
- 1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
- 1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer and songwriter (b. 1835)
- 1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
- 1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer (b. 1875)
- 1921 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (b. 1887)
- 1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian politician (b. 1866)
- 1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet (b. 1878)
- 1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (b. 1909)
- 1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player (b. 1873)
- 1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
- 1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter (b. 1856)
- 1941 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-American comedian and actor (b. 1904)
- 1941 – Issai Schur, German mathematician (b. 1875)
- 1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
- 1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- 1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (b. 1890)
- 1954 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883)
- 1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist (b. 1911)
- 1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- 1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1879)
- 1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1965 – Frederick Fleet, English crewman, survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1887)
- 1968 – Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
- 1969 – Sampurnanand,Indian Freedom Fighter,U P second Chief Minister(b.1891)
- 1969 – John Brownlee, Australian opera singer (b. 1900)
- 1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
- 1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
- 1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
- 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
- 1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1924)
- 1978 – Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
- 1980 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1980 – George Meany, American union leader (b. 1894)
- 1980 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
- 1981 – Katharine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1981 – Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
- 1982 – Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
- 1984 – Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
- 1985 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- 1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
- 1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
- 1989 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist (b. 1905)
- 1989 – Colin Winchester, Australian police officer (b. 1933)
- 1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
- 1991 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
- 1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentine race car driver (b. 1919)
- 1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- 1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
- 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, producer, and director (b. 1907)
- 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1999 – Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American film producer (b. 1901)
- 2002 – W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (b. 1909)
- 2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
- 2005 – Basil, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
- 2005 – Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
- 2005 – Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
- 2005 – James Forman, American activist (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Erwin Hillier, German-English cinematographer (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
- 2005 – Arthur Walworth, American biographer (b. 1903)
- 2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
- 2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)
- 2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
- 2008 – Mikhail Minin, Russian soldier (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress (b. 1921)
- 2009 – Bill Stone, English navy officer (b. 1900)
- 2011 – Vivek Shauq, Indian actor (b. 1963)
- 2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Christel Adelaar, Indonesian-Dutch actress (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Evan S. Connell, American author and poet (b. 1924)
- 2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Lucien Poirier, French general (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Jorge Selarón, Chilean-Brazilian painter (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Vincent Sombrotto, American businessman (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Traditional Day (Benin)
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” - Matthew 6:19-21
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
January 9: Morning
"I will be their God." - Jeremiah 31:33
Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, "My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can wish"? When this is fulfilled, "I am thy God", art thou not possessor of all things? Desire is insatiable as death, but he who filleth all in all can fill it. The capacity of our wishes who can measure? But the immeasurable wealth of God can more than overflow it. I ask thee if thou art not complete when God is thine? Dost thou want anything but God? Is not his all-sufficiency enough to satisfy thee if all else should fail? But thou wantest more than quiet satisfaction; thou desirest rapturous delight. Come, soul, here is music fit for heaven in this thy portion, for God is the Maker of Heaven. Not all the music blown from sweet instruments, or drawn from living strings, can yield such melody as this sweet promise, "I will be their God." Here is a deep sea of bliss, a shoreless ocean of delight; come, bathe thy spirit in it; swim an age, and thou shalt find no shore; dive throughout eternity, and thou shalt find no bottom. "I will be their God." If this do not make thine eyes sparkle, and thy heart beat high with bliss, then assuredly thy soul is not in a healthy state. But thou wantest more than present delights--thou cravest something concerning which thou mayest exercise hope; and what more canst thou hope for than the fulfilment of this great promise, "I will be their God"? This is the masterpiece of all the promises; its enjoyment makes a heaven below, and will make a heaven above. Dwell in the light of thy Lord, and let thy soul be always ravished with his love. Get out the marrow and fatness which this portion yields thee. Live up to thy privileges, and rejoice with unspeakable joy.
Evening
"Serve the Lord with gladness." - Psalm 100:2
Delight in divine service is a token of acceptance. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, because they do what is unpleasant to them, are not serving him at all; they bring the form of homage, but the life is absent. Our God requires no slaves to grace his throne; he is the Lord of the empire of love, and would have his servants dressed in the livery of joy. The angels of God serve him with songs, not with groans; a murmur or a sigh would be a mutiny in their ranks. That obedience which is not voluntary is disobedience, for the Lord looketh at the heart, and if he seeth that we serve him from force, and not because we love him, he will reject our offering. Service coupled with cheerfulness is heart-service, and therefore true. Take away joyful willingness from the Christian, and you have removed the test of his sincerity. If a man be driven to battle, he is no patriot; but he who marches into the fray with flashing eye and beaming face, singing, "It is sweet for one's country to die," proves himself to be sincere in his patriotism. Cheerfulness is the support of our strength; in the joy of the Lord are we strong. It acts as the remover of difficulties. It is to our service what oil is to the wheels of a railway carriage. Without oil the axle soon grows hot, and accidents occur; and if there be not a holy cheerfulness to oil our wheels, our spirits will be clogged with weariness. The man who is cheerful in his service of God, proves that obedience is his element; he can sing,
"Make me to walk in thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road."
Reader, let us put this question--do you serve the Lord with gladness? Let us show to the people of the world, who think our religion to be slavery, that it is to us a delight and a joy! Let our gladness proclaim that we serve a good Master.
"Make me to walk in thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road."
Reader, let us put this question--do you serve the Lord with gladness? Let us show to the people of the world, who think our religion to be slavery, that it is to us a delight and a joy! Let our gladness proclaim that we serve a good Master.
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Today's reading: Genesis 23-24, Matthew 7 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Genesis 23-24
The Death of Sarah
1 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. 2She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
3 Then Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. He said, 4 "I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."
Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 7
Judging Others
1 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
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