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On this Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on January 24:
0076 Publius A Hadrianus 14th Roman Emperor (117-138)
1679 Christian von Wolff German philosopher
1712 Frederick II (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)
1746 Gustav III king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92)
1798 Karl von Staudt German math professor (projective geometrician)
1820 John Milton Thayer Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1828 Adam Jacoby Slemmer Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1832 John Pegram Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1888 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
1891 Walter Model German field marshal
1909 Tiny Winters musician
1915 Ernest Borgnine Hamden CT, actor (The Wild Bunch, Ice Station Zebra, McHale's Navy, Marty)
1918 Oral Roberts Televangelis(Oral Roberts College)
1925 William Hudson California, actor (I Led 3 Lives)
1927 Paula Hawkins (Senator-R-FL, 1981-86)
1928 Desmond Morris English zoologist (Human Ape, Body Language)
1936 Doug Kershaw Louisiana, plays electric fiddle
1939 Ray Stevens Clarksdale GA, singer (Ahab the Arab, The Streak)
1941 Neil Diamond Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer)
1941 Aaron Neville US singer/keyboardist (Neville Brothers)
1943 Sharon Tate Dallas TX, actress (Valley of the Dolls)
1944 David Gerrold [Jerrold David Friedman], author (World of Star Trek)
1947 Warren Zevon Chicago IL, rocker (Excitable Boy)
1948 Elliott Abrams assistant secretary of state
1949 John Belushi Chicago IL, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers)
1951 Yakov Smirnoff Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country)
1952 William F Readdy Quonset Point RI, astronaut (STS 42, 51, 79)
1960 Nastassja Kinski Berlin Germany, actress (Tess, Cat People)
1968 Mary Lou Retton Fairmont WV, gymnast (Olympics-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84)
1969 Stephanie Romanov actress (Teri Spencer-Models Inc)/model (Elite)
1974 Layla Linn Miss New Mexico-USA (1996)

Deaths which occurred on January 24:
0041 Caligula [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28
0661 Ali ibn Abu Talib kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered
0772 Stefanus III/IV pope (768-72), dies
1336 Alfonso IV the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
1805 Giacomo Conti composer, dies at 50
1812 Eligio Celestino composer, dies at 72
1862 James McIntosh US confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about 33
1864 Stephen Gardner Champlin Brigadier General (Union), dies at about 36
1913 Gustav Luders composer, dies at 47
1953 [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt General-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77

1965 Winston Churchill PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 90

1973 J Carrol Naish actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan), dies at 72
1975 Larry Fine actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72
1983 George Cukor director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83
1986 Gordon MacRae singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
1986 L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard author/founder of Scientology (Dianetics,Death Quest), dies at 74
1989 Ted Bundy serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42
1991 George Gobel comedian(Ol Pea Picker), dies of a heart attack at 71
1992 The state of Arkansas executed convicted cop-killer Rickey Ray Rector after Gov. Bill Clinton refused to intervene.
1993 Thomas A. Dorsey, known as the father of gospel music for adding rhythm to church hymns, died at age 93.
1993 Thurgood Marshall 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84

Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1966 BOOZE DELMAR G.---PAPILLION NE.
1966 HELBER LAWRENCE N.---LOGAN OH.
1966 PITT ALBERT---HAMPSTEAD NY.
1966 SPRICK DOYLE R.---FT CALHOUN NE.
1967 SIMPSON MAX C.---CARLSBAD NM.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0772 Stephen III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0817 St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
1076 Synod of Worms German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary
1568 In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
1634 Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor
1639 Connecticut colony organizes under Fundamental Orders
1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire Parliamentary armies win
1656 1st Jewish doctor in US, Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
1679 King Charles II disbands English parliament
1722 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US divinity professor (Harvard)
1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma CA
1861 Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy
1861 Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens
1874 Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" premieres in St Petersburg Russia
1899 Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England
1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1901 1st games played in baseball's American League
1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank & Helgoland
1922 -54ºF (-48ºC), Danbury WI (state record)
1922 Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa
1922 Lehman Caves National Monument established
1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established
1924 Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island

1935 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale", is sold by Kruger Brewing Co in Richmond VA

1936 Benny Goodman & orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records
1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile
1939 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1943 Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1943 Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record)
1958 After warming to 100,000,000º, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
1960 Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle
1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1963 Buddy Rogers & Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWF wrestling champ & Thesz becomes NWA champ
1964 CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
1964 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
1972 WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1975 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
1976 George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round of a real slugfest
1984 Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1988 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
1999 Jordan’s King Hussein, who was seriously ill, named his son Abdullah as crown prince. Abdullah replaced his father’s younger brother as successor to the throne.
2000 Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore were the winners in the Iowa presidential caucuses.
2001 The last two of seven escaped convicts from Texas were captured in Colorado after 42 days on the run; four others were captured on Jan. 22, and one committed suicide.

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Aymara Indians, Bolivia : Alacitis Fair
Romania : Union Day
US : Cuckoo Dancing Week Ends
US : Television Game Show Day
Wheat Bread Month

Religious Observances
old Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Timothy, bishop/martyr (now 1/26)
Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Francis de Sales, bishop/doctor

Religious History
1722 In Cambridge, Mass., Edward Wigglesworth was named to fill the newly created Thomas Hollis chair at Harvard College. Mr. Wigglesworth thereby became the first divinity professor commissioned in the American colonies.
1738 Four months before his celebrated Christian conversion, Anglican missionary John Wesley wrote in his journal: 'I went to America to convert the Indians. But oh! who shall convert me? I have a fair summer religion... But let death look me in the face, and my spirit is troubled.'
1818 Birth of Anglican clergyman John Mason Neale, who was one of the first to translate ancient Greek and Latin hymns into English. Neale thus rendered the hymns known today as "All Glory, Laud, and Honor," "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel."
1975 Rev. F. Donald Coggan, 66, was consecrated the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of Anglicanism). In the audience was Johannes Cardinal Willebrands Ä the first Vatican representative to attend this Anglican ceremony since the time of the Reformation.
1989 The Rev. Barbara C. Harris, 55, of Boston, was confirmed as the first female bishop in the 450-year history of the Anglican Church.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"Nothing beats reading a good book when there is work to do."

Question of the day...
If you throw a cat out a car window does it become kitty liter?

Murphys Law of the day...(Newton's Little-known Seventh Law)
A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.

ABSOLUTLY Amazing fact #87,126...
The world's largest alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 letters.