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Happy birthday and many happy returns Maggie Made-In His-Image Nelson, Aloese Seumanutafa and Nathan Nguyen. Born on the same day,across the years, along with
- 1334 – Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
- 1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
- 1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
- 1749 – Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
- 1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer (d. 1963)
- 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
- 1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Yes, Rabbitt, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
- 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress and producer
- 1964 – Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor, singer, and guitarist
- 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
- 1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor
- 1995 – Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer, and guitarist (Nat & Alex Wolff)
Matches
- 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
- 888 – Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
- 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
- 1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
- 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittanyends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
- 1830 – The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
- 1832 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in theNullification Crisis.
- 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
- 1898 – Émile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- 1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
- 1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
- 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
- 1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
- 1964 – Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
- 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
Despatches
- 86 BC – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
- 533 – Saint Remigius, French bishop (b. 437)
- 614 – Saint Mungo, Scottish apostle and saint
- 703 – Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 – Æthelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 888 – Charles the Fat, Carolingian emperor (b. 839)
- 1599 – Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- 1691 – George Fox, English religious leader, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- 1832 – Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
- 1929 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
- 1941 – James Joyce, Irish author and poet (b. 1882)
Chris Turney now blames warming for trapping penguins in ice, too
Andrew Bolt January 12 2014 (3:45pm)
Professor Chris Turney, who got stuck in the Antarctic ice he’s convinced is melting away, now warns that too much ice is killing Adelie penguins and global warming is to blame:
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In normal years the Adelie penguins that nest at Cape Denison can feed in the open waters of Commonwealth Bay, but now they must walk over 60 km across the ice in order to find food. This giant iceberg has set up a natural experiment that tests the resilience of Adelie penguins to major iceberg calving and stranding events that we expect to become more common with climate change.Strangely enough, not three years ago we were told that Adelie penguins in Antarctica were actually being killed by too little ice, and, yes, global warming was to blame:
If global temperatures continue to rise, however, the Emperor penguins in Terre Adélie, in East Antarctica may eventually disappear, according to a new study by led by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)…Is there any evidence at all that would change Turney’s conviction that global warming is causing the ice to melt, grow or whatever?
“Over the last century, we have already observed the disappearance of the Dion Islets penguin colony, close to the West Antarctic Peninsula,” says Stephanie Jenouvrier, WHOI biologist and lead author of the new study… Like in Terre Adélie, Jenouvrier thinks the decline of those penguins might be connected to a simultaneous decline in Antarctic sea ice due to warming temperatures in the region.
Unlike other sea birds, Emperor penguins breed and raise their young almost exclusively on sea ice. If that ice breaks up and disappears early in the breeding season, massive breeding failure may occur, says Jenouvrier…
Disappearing sea ice may also affect the penguins’ food source. The birds feed primarily on fish, squid, and krill, a shrimplike animal, which in turn feeds on zooplankton and phytoplankton, tiny organisms that grow on the underside of the ice.
WORLD VISION: THE DRAWING IS GENUINE
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (12:21pm)
Following last week’s Obvious controversy, World Vision Australia CEO Tim Costello responds to criticism – and reports that a certain drawing is the real deal.
“EVERYTHING IS SWEET”
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (12:19pm)
The magistrate who took down Russell Packer.
LEFTOID LEAP
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (11:59am)
Recently I upset Twitterists of the left by … well, we could just leave it there, couldn’t we? It doesn’t take much to offend social media’s eternally outraged panty bunchers, hissy fitters and tantrum tossers. There’d still be angry reactions even if I filled this page with recipes for your gluten-intolerant children.
Continue reading 'LEFTOID LEAP'CRANK UP THAT OLD MISOGYNY SPEECH
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (6:20am)
Spare a thought for Julia Gillard, who is in for an extremely busy week.
Continue reading 'CRANK UP THAT OLD MISOGYNY SPEECH'SNORKEL TOWN
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (5:28am)
Much of the international media followed the BBC’s lead on global warming. But who led the BBC?
The BBC has spent tens of thousands of pounds over six years trying to keep secret an extraordinary ‘eco’ conference which has shaped its coverage of global warming, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.The controversial seminar was run by a body set up by the BBC’s own environment analyst Roger Harrabin and funded via a £67,000 grant from the then Labour government, which hoped to see its ‘line’ on climate change and other Third World issues promoted in BBC reporting.At the event, in 2006, green activists and scientists – one of whom believes climate change is a bigger danger than global nuclear war – lectured 28 of the Corporation’s most senior executives.Then director of television Jana Bennett opened the seminar by telling the executives to ask themselves: ‘How do you plan and run a city that is going to be submerged?’
I was in London last year. The lack of snorkel preparedness was disturbing.
PERFESSER PERSISTS
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (4:29am)
Back in 2007, psychologist Steve Biddulph bet his career on Labor solidarity:
Rudd and Gillard are not in power for power’s sake. I am willing to stake my 30 years as a psychologist on this, but I think many observers have also come to this conclusion. Kevin and Julia, as Australia already calls them, want to make this country a better place for the people in it. In the coming times of deprivation, they have the value systems that will be needed to care for the sudden rise in poverty, stress, and need. They also have the unity.
That unity quickly vanished. So, might you expect, would Biddulph’s wagered credibility as a shrink. Seven years later, however:
Steve Biddulph is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology …
SHORT CAR SHORTENED
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (4:08am)
Observe as a temper-fuelled tiny car becomes tinier with every collision.
WADDLE AGAINST WARMING
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (4:00am)
The amazing life of a Sydney Morning Herald climate screamer:
Wow, found an old photo of Ben Cubby at Walk Against Warming 07 when I was dressed up as a penguin!
ARIEL SHARON
Tim Blair – Monday, January 13, 2014 (1:38am)
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Meh, what good is there in consigning friends to hell? Or delaying their journey for one day, but not forever. Or exchanging one chain for another? How does one show love? By hurting and declaring ownership? Or by freeing, and showing kinship? Are not the two described methods similar? Why be confused by the similar? - ed
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Incommunicado today as carpet layers came .. they will be here tomorrow too. Disconnected everything .. but man .. brilliant skills .. one guy had been working as a carpet layer for 40 years and really knew how to do the job right .. sadly, not how to reconnect my internet/tv/phone .. —
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Cute pic of Piper Palin inflames Palin Derangement Syndrome ==>http://twitchy.com/2014/01/11/
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I stopped wearing frequencies years ago .. I now wear clothes. I accept my lack of knowledge and embrace it. Now I use Google translate to confuse me. - ed
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January 13: Mawlid begins at sunset (Sunni Islam, 2014); St. Knut's Day in Finland and Sweden; Coming of Age Day in Japan (2014)
- 1842 – First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, arrived atJalalabad, Afghanistan, the sole European survivor of the massacre of over 4,500 military personnel and over 10,000 civilian camp followers retreating fromKabul, excluding a few prisoners released later.
- 1910 – The first public radio broadcast, a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana, was sent out over the airwaves from theMetropolitan Opera House in New York City.
- 1953 – An article published in Pravda accused some of the most prestigious physicians in the Soviet Union, mostly Jews, of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
- 1968 – American singer Johnny Cash (pictured) recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at the Folsom State Prison inFolsom, California.
- 2012 – The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef off the shore of Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, and partially sank.
Events[edit]
- 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
- 888 – Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
- 1435 – Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
- 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
- 1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
- 1666 – French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrived Dhaka and met Shaista Khan.
- 1793 – Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
- 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittanyends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
- 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
- 1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
- 1830 – The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
- 1832 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in theNullification Crisis.
- 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
- 1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
- 1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
- 1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
- 1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- 1898 – Émile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- 1908 – The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
- 1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
- 1913 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
- 1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
- 1934 – The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union.
- 1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
- 1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
- 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
- 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
- 1951 – First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
- 1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
- 1958 – The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
- 1964 – Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
- 1964 – Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
- 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
- 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
- 1974 – Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
- 1978 – U.S. Food & Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
- 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
- 1985 – A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
- 1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
- 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
- 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
- 2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
- 2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 31 confirmed deaths with one still missing, Russel Rebello, amongst the 4232 passengers and crew.
Births[edit]
- 1334 – Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
- 1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
- 1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
- 1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
- 1610 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
- 1616 – Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
- 1635 – Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
- 1651 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
- 1683 – Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)
- 1698 – Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
- 1720 – Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)
- 1749 – Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
- 1777 – Elisa Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon (d. 1820)
- 1787 – John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
- 1804 – Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)
- 1805 – Thomas Dyer, American politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
- 1808 – Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
- 1812 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
- 1832 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American author (d. 1899)
- 1845 – Félix Tisserand, French astronomer (d. 1896)
- 1858 – Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian biologist (d. 1931)
- 1859 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)
- 1861 – Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
- 1864 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
- 1865 – Princess Marie of Orléans, French-Danish princess (d. 1908)
- 1866 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
- 1869 – Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Italian general (d. 1931)
- 1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d. 1959)
- 1878 – Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
- 1878 – Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
- 1881 – Essington Lewis, Australian businessman (d. 1961)
- 1883 – Prince Arthur of Connaught, 3rd Governor-General of South Africa (d. 1938)
- 1883 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
- 1884 – Sophie Tucker, Ukrainian-American singer and actress (d. 1966)
- 1885 – Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
- 1886 – Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1964)
- 1887 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
- 1887 – George Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (d. 1949)
- 1890 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1945)
- 1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer (d. 1963)
- 1893 – Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
- 1898 – Kai Munk, Danish pastor and playwright (d. 1944)
- 1898 – Carlo Tagliabue, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
- 1901 – A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American historian and author (d. 1991)
- 1901 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
- 1904 – Richard Addinsell, English composer (d. 1977)
- 1904 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1992)
- 1905 – Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
- 1909 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (d. 1934)
- 1910 – Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989)
- 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1914 – Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1919 – Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1921 – Dachine Rainer, American-English author (d. 2000)
- 1922 – Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (d. 1970)
- 1923 – Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)
- 1924 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1924 – Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and racing car designer
- 1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
- 1926 – Michael Bond, English author
- 1926 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author (d. 2003)
- 1926 – Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)
- 1926 – Shakti Samanta, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
- 1927 – Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Sydney Brenner, South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929 – Joe Pass, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1994)
- 1930 – Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1930 – Frances Sternhagen, American actress
- 1931 – Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and director (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Chris Wiggins, English-Canadian actor
- 1932 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994)
- 1932 – Bearcat Wright, American wrestler (d. 1982)
- 1934 – Rip Taylor, American actor
- 1935 – Mauro Forghieri, Italian engineer
- 1935 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
- 1936 – Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer
- 1938 – Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter
- 1938 – William B. Davis, Canadian actor and director
- 1938 – Dave Edwards, American navy officer and politician (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
- 1938 – Anna Home, English television producer and executive
- 1938 – Shivkumar Sharma, Indian santoor player and composer
- 1939 – Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
- 1939 – Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
- 1939 – Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 – Edmund White, American author
- 1941 – Pasqual Maragall i Mira, Catalan politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- 1942 – Carol Cleveland, English actress
- 1943 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Richard Moll, American actor
- 1945 – Gordon McVie, British oncologist
- 1946 – Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
- 1947 – John Lees, English guitarist (Barclay James Harvest)
- 1947 – Jacek Majchrowski, polish historian, lawyer, and politician
- 1947 – Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
- 1948 – Gaj Singh, Indian politician
- 1949 – Klaus Brandner, German politician
- 1949 – Rakesh Sharma, Indian pilot and astronaut
- 1949 – Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
- 1950 – Clive Betts, English politician
- 1950 – Bob Forsch, American baseball player
- 1950 – John McNaughton, American director
- 1951 – Bruce Hart, Canadian wrestler
- 1951 – Frank E. Peretti, American author
- 1952 – Stephen Glover, English journalist
- 1954 – Richard Blackford, English composer
- 1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Yes, Rabbitt, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
- 1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five)
- 1955 – Jay McInerney, American author
- 1955 – Anne Pringle, British diplomat
- 1956 – Janet Hubert, American actress
- 1957 – Claudia Emerson, American poet
- 1957 – Mary Glindon, English politician
- 1957 – Lorrie Moore, American author
- 1957 – Mark O'Meara, American golfer
- 1958 – Ton du Chatinier, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1958 – Tasha Voux, American pornographic actress
- 1959 – Ernie Irvan, American race car driver
- 1959 – James LoMenzo, American bass player (Megadeth, White Lion, Pride and Glory, Slash's Snakepit, and Black Label Society)
- 1960 – Matthew Bourne, English choreographer
- 1960 – Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
- 1960 – Little Oral Annie, American pornography actress
- 1961 – Jeremy Bamber, English convicted murderer
- 1961 – Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Flaming Lips)
- 1961 – Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress and producer
- 1961 – Suggs, English singer-songwriter and actor (Madness)
- 1962 – Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1962 – Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 – Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player
- 1963 – Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
- 1964 – Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor, singer, and guitarist
- 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
- 1964 – Ronan Rafferty, Irish golfer
- 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
- 1966 – Shelagh Fogarty, English journalist
- 1966 – Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater
- 1967 – Neal Hargrove, American wrestler
- 1967 – Annie Jones, Australian actress
- 1967 – Paul McCarthy, Australian comedian and actor
- 1968 – Traci Bingham, American model and actress
- 1968 – Chara, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (Mean Machine)
- 1968 – Antonio Tartaglia, Italian bobsledder
- 1968 – Mike Whitlow, English footballer
- 1969 – Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
- 1969 – Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
- 1969 – John Kronus, American wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1970 – Keith Coogan, American actor
- 1970 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
- 1970 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1970 – Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1971 – John Mallory Asher, American actor and director
- 1971 – Phil Whyman, English paranormal investigator
- 1972 – Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer
- 1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress
- 1972 – James O'Brien, English journalist and radio host
- 1972 – Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, founded JYP Entertainment
- 1972 – Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-American magazine editor
- 1972 – Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
- 1973 – Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1974 – Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Mailis Reps, Estonian politician
- 1976 – Michael Peña, American actor
- 1976 – Tania Vicent, Canadian speed skater
- 1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
- 1977 – William Ash, English actor
- 1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor
- 1977 – Elliot Mason, English trombonist
- 1977 – James Posey, American basketball player
- 1978 – Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
- 1978 – Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA
- 1979 – Katy Brand, English actress and comedian
- 1980 – Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor
- 1980 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
- 1980 – Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Argo Meresaar, Estonian volleyball player
- 1980 – Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Mirko Soltau, German footballer
- 1981 – Reggie Brown, American football player
- 1981 – Shad Gaspard, American wrestler and actor
- 1981 – Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
- 1981 – Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
- 1982 – Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer
- 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- 1982 – Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer
- 1982 – Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler
- 1983 – William Hung, Hong Kong-American singer and actor
- 1983 – Imran Khan, Indian actor
- 1983 – Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
- 1983 – Trina Michaels, American porn actress
- 1983 – Julian Morris, English actor
- 1983 – Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentine footballer
- 1983 – Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
- 1984 – Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan model
- 1984 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
- 1984 – Nathaniel Motte, American singer-songwriter and producer (3OH!3)
- 1985 – Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer
- 1985 – Luke Robinson, American wrestler
- 1986 – Laura Ludwig, German volleyball player
- 1986 – Josefine Preuß, German actress
- 1986 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
- 1987 – Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Lee Seung-gi, South Korean singer and actor
- 1987 – Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist
- 1987 – Alexandre Pliuschin, Moldovan cyclist
- 1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
- 1988 – Josh Freeman, American football player
- 1988 – Daniel Scheinig, German footballer
- 1989 – Bryan Arguez, American footballer
- 1989 – James Berrett, English footballer
- 1989 – Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
- 1989 – Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer
- 1989 – Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor
- 1990 – Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
- 1990 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
- 1991 – Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Kara)
- 1991 – Rob Kiernan, English-born Irish footballer
- 1992 – Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
- 1992 – Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
- 1993 – Xénia Krizsán, Hungarian heptathlete
- 1993 – Max Whitlock, English gymnast
- 1995 – Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer, and guitarist (Nat & Alex Wolff)
Deaths[edit]
- 86 BC – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
- 533 – Saint Remigius, French bishop (b. 437)
- 614 – Saint Mungo, Scottish apostle and saint
- 703 – Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 – Æthelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 888 – Charles the Fat, Carolingian emperor (b. 839)
- 1151 – Abbot Suger, French politician and historian (b. 1081)
- 1177 – Henry II, Duke of Austria (b. 1107)
- 1330 – Frederick the Fair, Austrian husband of Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (b. 1286)
- 1363 – Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
- 1599 – Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- 1625 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
- 1630 – Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
- 1658 – Edward Sexby, English soldier (b. 1616)
- 1691 – George Fox, English religious leader, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
- 1717 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
- 1775 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
- 1790 – Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
- 1796 – John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
- 1797 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (b. 1715)
- 1832 – Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
- 1838 – Ferdinand Ries, German composer (b. 1784)
- 1853 – Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (b. 1783)
- 1860 – William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
- 1864 – Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
- 1882 – Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer, co-founded the The Mauser Company (b. 1834)
- 1885 – Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
- 1889 – Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1894 – Nadezhda von Meck, Russian businesswoman (b. 1831)
- 1905 – George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
- 1906 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
- 1907 – Jakob Hurt, Estonian folklorist, theologist, and linguist (b. 1839)
- 1915 – Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
- 1923 – Alexandre Ribot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
- 1924 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (b. 1834)
- 1928 – Mara Buneva, Bulgarian activist (b. 1902)
- 1929 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
- 1929 – H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
- 1932 – Sophia of Prussia (b. 1870)
- 1934 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
- 1937 – Antoine Védrenne, French rower (b. 1878)
- 1941 – James Joyce, Irish author and poet (b. 1882)
- 1943 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
- 1956 – Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
- 1958 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
- 1961 – Herman Glass, American gymnast (b. 1880)
- 1962 – Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
- 1967 – Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
- 1971 – Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
- 1974 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
- 1974 – Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
- 1976 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
- 1977 – Henri Langlois, French film archivist, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
- 1978 – Hubert Humphrey, American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
- 1978 – Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
- 1979 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
- 1979 – Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
- 1980 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
- 1982 – Marcel Camus, French director (b. 1912)
- 1982 – Arland D. Williams, Jr., American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 (b. 1935)
- 1988 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
- 1993 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
- 1995 – Max Harris, Australian poet, columnist, and author (b. 1921)
- 2001 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (2ge+her) (b. 1985)
- 2002 – Ted Demme, American director and producer (b. 1963)
- 2002 – Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman (b. 1897)
- 2002 – Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1916)
- 2003 – Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
- 2004 – Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian mountaineer (b. 1937)
- 2004 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Zeno Vendler, American philosopher (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Nell Rankin, American soprano (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 2006 – Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2007 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (Steps Ahead) (b. 1949)
- 2007 – Danny Oakes, American race car driver (b. 1911)
- 2008 – Sergej Larin, Latvian-Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Mary Ejercito, Filipino mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
- 2009 – Lanny Kean, American wrestler (b. 1960)
- 2009 – Dai Llewellyn Welsh humanitarian and politician (b. 1946)
- 2009 – Patrick McGoohan, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2009 – Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and songwriter (b. 1925)
- 2009 – W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) (b. 1950)
- 2010 – Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lost Sounds) (b. 1980)
- 2010 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Diogenes Allen, American philosopher (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Bille Brown, Australian actor (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Andrea Carrea, Italian cyclist (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Jacki Clérico, French businessman (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American politician (b. 1924)
- 2013 – David Gibbs, American politician (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Jake Hartford, American radio host (b. 1949)
- 2013 – Enzo Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1949)
- 2013 – Mykhailo Horyn, Ukrainian politician and activist (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Riki Kawara, Japanese politician (b. 1937)
- 2013 – Sanivalati Laulau, Fijian rugby player (b. 1952)
- 2013 – H. Craig Lewis, American politician (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician (b. 1916)
- 2013 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (b. 1953)
- 2013 – Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, Indian religious leader (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Geoff Thomas, Welsh footballer (b. 1948)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
- Korean American Day (some U.S. states)
- Liberation Day (Togo)
- Old New Year's Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Republic of Macedonia)
- Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14):
- St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland)
“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” - Galatians 3:26-28
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
January 12: Morning
"Ye are Christ's." - 1 Corinthians 3:23
"Ye are Christ's." You are his by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; his by his bloody purchase, for he counted down the price for your redemption; his by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to him; his by relation, for you are named by his name, and made one of his brethren and joint-heirs. Labour practically to show the world that you are the servant, the friend, the bride of Jesus. When tempted to sin, reply, "I cannot do this great wickedness, for I am Christ's." Immortal principles forbid the friend of Christ to sin. When wealth is before you to be won by sin, say that you are Christ's, and touch it not. Are you exposed to difficulties and dangers? Stand fast in the evil day, remembering that you are Christ's. Are you placed where others are sitting down idly, doing nothing? Rise to the work with all your powers; and when the sweat stands upon your brow, and you are tempted to loiter, cry, "No, I cannot stop, for I am Christ's. If I were not purchased by blood, I might be like Issachar, crouching between two burdens; but I am Christ's, and cannot loiter." When the siren song of pleasure would tempt you from the path of right, reply, "Thy music cannot charm me; I am Christ's." When the cause of God invites thee, give thy goods and thyself away, for thou art Christ's. Never belie thy profession. Be thou ever one of those whose manners are Christian, whose speech is like the Nazarene, whose conduct and conversation are so redolent of heaven, that all who see you may know that you are the Saviour's, recognizing in you his features of love and his countenance of holiness. "I am a Roman!" was of old a reason for integrity; far more, then, let it be your argument for holiness, "I am Christ's!"
Evening
"I have yet to speak on God's behalf." - Job 36:2
We ought not to court publicity for our virtue, or notoriety for our zeal; but, at the same time, it is a sin to be always seeking to hide that which God has bestowed upon us for the good of others. A Christian is not to be a village in a valley, but "a city set upon a hill;" he is not to be a candle under a bushel, but a candle in a candlestick, giving light to all. Retirement may be lovely in its season, and to hide one's self is doubtless modest, but the hiding of Christ in us can never be justified, and the keeping back of truth which is precious to ourselves is a sin against others and an offence against God. If you are of a nervous temperament and of retiring disposition, take care that you do not too much indulge this trembling propensity, lest you should be useless to the church. Seek in the name of him who was not ashamed of you to do some little violence to your feelings, and tell to others what Christ has told to you. If thou canst not speak with trumpet tongue, use the still small voice. If the pulpit must not be thy tribune, if the press may not carry on its wings thy words, yet say with Peter and John, "Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee." By Sychar's well talk to the Samaritan woman, if thou canst not on the mountain preach a sermon; utter the praises of Jesus in the house, if not in the temple; in the field, if not upon the exchange; in the midst of thine own household, if thou canst not in the midst of the great family of man. From the hidden springs within let sweetly flowing rivulets of testimony flow forth, giving drink to every passer-by. Hide not thy talent; trade with it; and thou shalt bring in good interest to thy Lord and Master. To speak for God will be refreshing to ourselves, cheering to saints, useful to sinners, and honouring to the Saviour. Dumb children are an affliction to their parents. Lord, unloose all thy children's tongue.
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Laban
[Lā'ban] - white or glorious.
The son of Bethuel and grandson of Nahor. Laban was the brother of Rebekah and father of Rachel and Leah. He lived in Padan-aram (Gen. 24:29, 50; 27:43; 28:2, 5).
The transactions between Laban and Jacob are well known, and speak of cunning on both sides. After twenty years Laban was reluctant to part with Jacob, whose presence was an assurance of divine blessing. "In character Laban is not pleasing," says T. A. Moxon, "and seems to reflect in an exaggerated form the more repulsive traits in the character of his nephew, Jacob: yet he shows signs of generous impulses on more than one occasion, and especially at the final parting with Jacob."
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Today's reading: Genesis 29-30, Matthew 9:1-17 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Genesis 29-30
Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram
1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. 2 There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large. 3When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well's mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
4 Jacob asked the shepherds, "My brothers, where are you from?"
"We're from Harran," they replied.
5 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?"
"Yes, we know him," they answered.
6 Then Jacob asked them, "Is he well?"
"Yes, he is," they said, "and here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep...."
Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 9:1-17
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven."
3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"
4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? 5 Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? 6 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, take your mat and go home." 7 Then the man got up and went home. 8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man....
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