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01-09-04, 10:13 AM
People born on the 9th January......
1898
Dame Gracie Fields [Stansfield]
comedienne d: 1979
1898
Vilma Banky [Lonchit]
actress d: 1991
1901
Chic [Murat Bernard] Young
cartoonist d: 1973
1902
Sir Rudolf Bing
opera manager d: 1997
1913
Richard Milhous Nixon
U.S. President d: 1994
1914
Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Hovick]
actress, dancer, stripper d: 1970
1915
Fernando Lamas
actor d: 1982
1915
Anita Louise [Fremault]
actress d: 1970
1917
Herbert Lom
actor
1934
Bart Starr [Bryan Bartlett]
Pro Football Hall of Famer
1935
Bob Denver
actor
1935
Dick Enberg
sportscaster
1936
Ralph Terry
baseball
1937
Judith Krantz [Tarcher]
author
1941
Joan Baez
singer
1942
Susannah York
actress
1943
Rod Curl
golfer
1944
Scott [Noel] Engel
singer
1944
Jimmy Page
musician, guitarist
1945
Doug Volmar
hockey
1947
Terry Brown
football
1948
Bill Cowsill
singer, musician
1950
David Johansen [Buster Poindexter]
singer
1950
Robert Newhouse
football
1951
Crystal Gayle [Brenda Webb]
singer
1953
Bill Graves
Governor of Kansas
1965
Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues
basketball
1965
Joely Richardson
actress
1967
Dave Matthews
singer, musician, guitarist
Trivia facts for this day.....
1788 - Connecticut ratified the United States constitution and became the fifth Member State.
1792 - The Treaty of Jassy ended the Russo-Turkish War; the Russian frontier was extended and the Ottomans also gained territory.
1806 - British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson was buried at St. Paul's Cathedral in London; he led the British fleet against the French at Trafalgar in October 1805 and was mortally wounded in the hour of victory.
1875 - Alfonso XII landed at Barcelona after being proclaimed king of Spain.
1878 - Victor Emmanuel died and was succeeded as king of Italy by Umberto I.
1894 - In Lexington, Massachusetts, the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation.
1923 - Don Juan de la Cierva, Spanish flier and inventor, made the first successful flight of an autogyro, forerunner of the helicopter.
1929 - In Nashville, Tennesse, the Seeing Eye, whose purpose was to train guide dogs for the blind, was incorporated.
1933 - 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis, and directed by Michael Curtiz, opened in theaters.
1936 - The United States Army began using the semiautomatic rifle.
1937 - The first issue of "Look" magazine went on sale. The first issue sold 700,000 copies, and a month later, "Look" began publishing biweekly.
1940 - Television had a milestone, when today it was used for the first time, to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.
1941 - On Victor Records, Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded "Until Tomorrow", which would become the sign-off melody for Kaye and other big bands.
1941 - The Columbia Broadcasting System gave the first demonstration of small screen, color television. The set failed, since RCA had control of the patent process on color television at the time.
1942 - Joe Louis knocked out Buddy Baer in the first round. Louis was defending his world heavyweight boxing title, marking the "Brown Bomber's" 20th title defense.
1945 - United States forces landed on Luzon island in the Philippines.
1951 - In Sydney, Australia, England was defeated by Australia, who held onto the ‘Ashes’, the trophy symbolizing the cricket title, held by Australia since 1932.
1951 - In New York City, the United Nations headquarters officially opened.
1953 - Starring Alan Young, Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Maurice Evans, and Elsa Lanchester, the film Androcles and the Lion opened in United States theaters. Based on George Bernard Shaw's satirical comedy, it was the story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
1957 - Anthony Eden resigned as British prime minister just months after the Suez Canal crisis.
1960 - Construction work started on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
1961 - "Rhinoceros", the play, opened on Broadway, starring Eli Wallach and Zero Mostel.
1962 - Japan and the United States signed an agreement for Japan to pay $290 million in settlement of its debt for postwar United States aid.
1964 - 22 Panamanian students died during riots that began after United States residents of the Panama Canal zone prevented them from hoisting their flag there.
1972 - Fire destroyed the liner Queen Elizabeth as she lay in waters off Hong Kong.
1973 - Rhodesia closed its Zambesi river border with Zambia due to guerrilla attacks.
1980 - In Saudi Arabia, 63 Muslim fanatics were beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979.
1981 - The Hockey Hall of Fame's, Phil Esposito, said he was quitting hockey after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres game; which seemed unending when both teams played to a 3-3 tie. Esposito then quit playing for the New York Rangers to become their General Manager and coach. In 1969, and 1974, when Phil Esposito played for the Boston Bruinswhen he won the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player in the NHL, and helped the Bruins to two Stanley Cup Championships in 1970 and 1972.
1984 - Television audiences got their first look at Clara Peller in the now-famous, annoying, and yet successful, "WHERE’S THE BEEF?", commercial for Wendy’s fast-food chain. Dave Thomas, the company's owner, spent $8 million on the ads as well as T-shirts, baseball caps, records, greeting cards and other items bearing the picture of the elderly star.
1984 - The Jordanian parliament was reconvened for the first time in ten years.
1985 - Motley Crue's album, "Shout At the Devil," was certified double-platinum.
1986 - After 10 year, Kodak left the instant camera business when a nasty court battle didn’t find in their favor. The court claimed Kodak copied Polaroid's patents and sixteen million camera owners were offered free stock, coupons or a replacement camera.
1992 - A judge ordered Meshulam Riklis and his wife, actress Pia Zadora, to pay Donald Trump $751,000 in back rent at Trump Tower. They still owed Trump the remainder of a $9 million lease, after vacating the property the previous year.
1996 - International donors pledged a total of $1.37 billion in aid to the new Palestinian Authority.
1996 - Chechen rebels seized some 2,000 hostages in a southern Russian town and threatened to kill them if their demands were not met.
1898
Dame Gracie Fields [Stansfield]
comedienne d: 1979
1898
Vilma Banky [Lonchit]
actress d: 1991
1901
Chic [Murat Bernard] Young
cartoonist d: 1973
1902
Sir Rudolf Bing
opera manager d: 1997
1913
Richard Milhous Nixon
U.S. President d: 1994
1914
Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Hovick]
actress, dancer, stripper d: 1970
1915
Fernando Lamas
actor d: 1982
1915
Anita Louise [Fremault]
actress d: 1970
1917
Herbert Lom
actor
1934
Bart Starr [Bryan Bartlett]
Pro Football Hall of Famer
1935
Bob Denver
actor
1935
Dick Enberg
sportscaster
1936
Ralph Terry
baseball
1937
Judith Krantz [Tarcher]
author
1941
Joan Baez
singer
1942
Susannah York
actress
1943
Rod Curl
golfer
1944
Scott [Noel] Engel
singer
1944
Jimmy Page
musician, guitarist
1945
Doug Volmar
hockey
1947
Terry Brown
football
1948
Bill Cowsill
singer, musician
1950
David Johansen [Buster Poindexter]
singer
1950
Robert Newhouse
football
1951
Crystal Gayle [Brenda Webb]
singer
1953
Bill Graves
Governor of Kansas
1965
Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues
basketball
1965
Joely Richardson
actress
1967
Dave Matthews
singer, musician, guitarist
Trivia facts for this day.....
1788 - Connecticut ratified the United States constitution and became the fifth Member State.
1792 - The Treaty of Jassy ended the Russo-Turkish War; the Russian frontier was extended and the Ottomans also gained territory.
1806 - British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson was buried at St. Paul's Cathedral in London; he led the British fleet against the French at Trafalgar in October 1805 and was mortally wounded in the hour of victory.
1875 - Alfonso XII landed at Barcelona after being proclaimed king of Spain.
1878 - Victor Emmanuel died and was succeeded as king of Italy by Umberto I.
1894 - In Lexington, Massachusetts, the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation.
1923 - Don Juan de la Cierva, Spanish flier and inventor, made the first successful flight of an autogyro, forerunner of the helicopter.
1929 - In Nashville, Tennesse, the Seeing Eye, whose purpose was to train guide dogs for the blind, was incorporated.
1933 - 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis, and directed by Michael Curtiz, opened in theaters.
1936 - The United States Army began using the semiautomatic rifle.
1937 - The first issue of "Look" magazine went on sale. The first issue sold 700,000 copies, and a month later, "Look" began publishing biweekly.
1940 - Television had a milestone, when today it was used for the first time, to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.
1941 - On Victor Records, Sammy Kaye and his orchestra recorded "Until Tomorrow", which would become the sign-off melody for Kaye and other big bands.
1941 - The Columbia Broadcasting System gave the first demonstration of small screen, color television. The set failed, since RCA had control of the patent process on color television at the time.
1942 - Joe Louis knocked out Buddy Baer in the first round. Louis was defending his world heavyweight boxing title, marking the "Brown Bomber's" 20th title defense.
1945 - United States forces landed on Luzon island in the Philippines.
1951 - In Sydney, Australia, England was defeated by Australia, who held onto the ‘Ashes’, the trophy symbolizing the cricket title, held by Australia since 1932.
1951 - In New York City, the United Nations headquarters officially opened.
1953 - Starring Alan Young, Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Maurice Evans, and Elsa Lanchester, the film Androcles and the Lion opened in United States theaters. Based on George Bernard Shaw's satirical comedy, it was the story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
1957 - Anthony Eden resigned as British prime minister just months after the Suez Canal crisis.
1960 - Construction work started on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
1961 - "Rhinoceros", the play, opened on Broadway, starring Eli Wallach and Zero Mostel.
1962 - Japan and the United States signed an agreement for Japan to pay $290 million in settlement of its debt for postwar United States aid.
1964 - 22 Panamanian students died during riots that began after United States residents of the Panama Canal zone prevented them from hoisting their flag there.
1972 - Fire destroyed the liner Queen Elizabeth as she lay in waters off Hong Kong.
1973 - Rhodesia closed its Zambesi river border with Zambia due to guerrilla attacks.
1980 - In Saudi Arabia, 63 Muslim fanatics were beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979.
1981 - The Hockey Hall of Fame's, Phil Esposito, said he was quitting hockey after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres game; which seemed unending when both teams played to a 3-3 tie. Esposito then quit playing for the New York Rangers to become their General Manager and coach. In 1969, and 1974, when Phil Esposito played for the Boston Bruinswhen he won the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player in the NHL, and helped the Bruins to two Stanley Cup Championships in 1970 and 1972.
1984 - Television audiences got their first look at Clara Peller in the now-famous, annoying, and yet successful, "WHERE’S THE BEEF?", commercial for Wendy’s fast-food chain. Dave Thomas, the company's owner, spent $8 million on the ads as well as T-shirts, baseball caps, records, greeting cards and other items bearing the picture of the elderly star.
1984 - The Jordanian parliament was reconvened for the first time in ten years.
1985 - Motley Crue's album, "Shout At the Devil," was certified double-platinum.
1986 - After 10 year, Kodak left the instant camera business when a nasty court battle didn’t find in their favor. The court claimed Kodak copied Polaroid's patents and sixteen million camera owners were offered free stock, coupons or a replacement camera.
1992 - A judge ordered Meshulam Riklis and his wife, actress Pia Zadora, to pay Donald Trump $751,000 in back rent at Trump Tower. They still owed Trump the remainder of a $9 million lease, after vacating the property the previous year.
1996 - International donors pledged a total of $1.37 billion in aid to the new Palestinian Authority.
1996 - Chechen rebels seized some 2,000 hostages in a southern Russian town and threatened to kill them if their demands were not met.