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Updated January 13, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 14, 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.

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On Jan. 14, 1875, Albert Schweitzer, the Alsatian-German doctor who received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize , was born. Following his death on Sept. 4, 1965, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1639	Connecticut’s first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784	The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1898	Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” under the pen name Lewis Carroll, died in Guildford, England, at age 65.
1952	NBC’s “Today” show premiered.
1953	Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country’s Parliament.
1954	Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall.
1963	George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of “segregation forever.”
1970	Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1993	Late-night TV talk show host David Letterman announced he was moving from NBC to CBS.
1994	President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed accords in Moscow to stop aiming missiles at any nation and to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
2004	Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
2004	J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2004	President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.
2005	Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees. (He was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.)
2005	A European space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
2008	Republican Bobby Jindal, the first elected Indian-American governor in the United States, took office in Louisiana.

Current Birthdays

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Director Steven Soderbergh turns 49 years old today.

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Actress Holland Taylor turns 69 years old today.

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1938	Jack Jones, Singer, turns 74
1938	Allen Toussaint, R&B singer, songwriter, turns 74
1940	Julian Bond, Civil rights activist, turns 72
1941	Faye Dunaway, Actress, turns 71
1947	Bev Perdue, Governor of North Carolina, turns 65
1948	T-Bone Burnett, Rock singer, producer, turns 64
1948	Carl Weathers, Actor, turns 64
1949	Lawrence Kasdan, Screenwriter, director, turns 63
1952	Maureen Dowd, Columnist, turns 60
1964	Shepard Smith, Broadcast journalist (“The Fox Report”), turns 48
1967	Emily Watson, Actress, turns 45
1968	LL Cool J, Rapper, actor, turns 44
1969	Jason Bateman, Actor (“Arrested Development”), turns 43
1969	Dave Grohl, Rock singer, musician (Foo Fighters), turns 43
1982	Caleb Followill, Rock musician (Kings of Leon), turns 30

 

Historic Birthdays

Albert Schweitzer 1/14/1875 – 9/4/1965 Alsatian/German physician.Go to obituary »

60	Benedict Arnold 1/14/1741 – 6/14/1801 American patriot/traitor
64	Henry Baldwin 1/14/1780 – 4/21/1844 American Supreme Court justice
54	Berthe Morisot 1/14/1841 – 3/2/1895 French painter/printmaker
77	Art Young 1/14/1866 – 12/29/1943 American cartoonist
61	Hugh Lofting 1/14/1886 – 9/26/1947 English/American author
100	Hal Roach 1/14/1892 – 11/2/1992 American producer/director
74	John Dos Passos 1/14/1896 – 9/28/1970 American writer/journalist
86	Carlos Romulo 1/14/1899 – 12/15/1985 Philippine diplomat
76	Sir Cecil Beaton 1/14/1904 – 1/18/1980 American photographer

 

Updated January 12, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 13, 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation’s first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond.
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On Jan. 13, 1870, Ross Granville Harrison , the American zoologist and pioneer in embryonic transplantation , was born. Following his death on Sept. 30, 1959, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1794	President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.
1808	Salmon P. Chase, U.S. senator, secretary of the treasury and chief justice of the Supreme Court, was born in Cornish, N.H.
1893	Britain’s Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the Labor Party, first met.
1898	Novelist Emile Zola’s “J’accuse” – a defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew falsely convicted of treason – was published in a Paris newspaper.
1964	Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI.
1966	Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968	Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.
1982	An Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
1989	New York City subway gunman Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he said were about to rob him.
1990	L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation’s first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.
2000	Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive.
2002	The off-Broadway musical “The Fantasticks” ended a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 performances.

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Actor Patrick Dempsey (“Grey’s Anatomy”) turns 46 years old today.

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Country singer Trace Adkins turns 50 years old today.

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1930	Frances Sternhagen, Actress, turns 82
1934	Rip Taylor, Comedian, turns 78
1938	Billy Gray, Actor (“Father Knows Best”), turns 74
1943	Richard Moll, Actor (“Night Court”), turns 69
1954	Trevor Rabin, Rock musician (Yes), turns 58
1961	Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Actress (“Seinfeld,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine”), turns 51
1964	Penelope Ann Miller, Actress, turns 48
1972	Nicole Eggert, Actress, turns 40
1977	Orlando Bloom, Actor (“Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies), turns 35

 

Historic Birthdays

Ross Granville Harrison 1/13/1870 – 9/30/1959 American zoologist.Go to obituary »

60	Jan van Goyen 1/13/1596 – 4/27/1656 Dutch artist
77	Christoph Graupner 1/13/1683 – 5/10/1760 German composer
81	Sir Isaac Goldsmid 1/13/1778 – 4/27/1859 English financier
65	Salmon Chase 1/13/1808 – 5/7/1873 American politician/lawyer
67	Horatio Alger 1/13/1832 – 7/18/1899 American author
51	Felix Tisserand 1/13/1845 – 10/20/1896 French astronomer
82	Sophie Tucker 1/13/1884 – 2/9/1966 American entertainer
68	Elmer Davis 1/13/1890 – 5/18/1958 American broadcaster/writer
90	A.B. Jr. Guthrie 1/13/1901 – 4/26/1991 American novelist

 

Updated January 11, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

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On Jan. 12 , 1876, Jack London , the American author best known for his novel “The Call of the Wild”, was born. Following his death on Nov. 22, 1916, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1519	Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
1773	The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
1932	Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1944	Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, S.C.
1945	Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1948	The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1959	Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.
1969	Led Zeppelin’s self-titled first album was released.
1969	The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1971	The sitcom “All in the Family” premiered on CBS.
1991	A deeply divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. (The Senate vote was 52-47; the House followed suit 250-183.)
1998	Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2000	The Supreme Court gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2005	Britain’s Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Actress Naya Rivera (“Glee”) turns 25 years old today.

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Actor Oliver Platt turns 52 years old today.

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1926	Ray Price, Country singer, turns 86
1930	Glenn Yarborough, Singer, turns 82
1935	The Amazing Kreskin, Magician, turns 77
1939	William Lee Golden, Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys), turns 73
1944	Cynthia Robinson, Rock musician (Sly and the Family Stone), turns 68
1951	Kirstie Alley, Actress (“Cheers”), turns 61
1951	Rush Limbaugh, Radio talk show host, turns 61
1952	Ricky Van Shelton, Country singer, turns 60
1954	Howard Stern, Radio talk show host, turns 58
1958	Christiane Amanpour, Broadcast journalist, turns 54
1960	Dominique Wilkins, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 52
1964	Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO, turns 48
1967	Vendela, Model, turns 45
1968	Rachael Harris, Actress, turns 44
1974	Melanie Chisholm, Singer (Spice Girls), turns 38

 

Historic Birthdays

Jack London 1/12/1876 – 11/22/1916 American novelist.Go to obituary »

61	John Winthrop 1/12/1588 (O.S.) – 3/26/1649 (O.S.) Massachusetts Bay Colony founder
75	Charles Perrault 1/12/1628 – 5/16/1703 French poet
56	John Hancock 1/12/1737(O.S.)- 10/8/1793 (O.S.) American revolutionary leader
41	Jakob Michael Lenz 1/12/1751 – 5/24/1792 Russian-born German poet
69	Francis Henry Underwood 1/12/1825 – 8/7/1894 American lawyer/author
69	John Singer Sargent 1/12/1856 – 4/15/1925 Italian-born American artist
86	Max Eastman 1/12/1883 – 3/25/1969 American poet/editor
80	Louis Horst 1/12/1884 – 1/23/1964 American pianist/composer
53	Hermann Goering 1/12/1893 – 10/15/1946 German Nazi commander

 

Updated January 10, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 11, 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.

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On Jan. 11, 1842, William James, the American psychologist and exponent of pragmatism, was born. Following his death on Aug. 26, 1910, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1757	American founding father Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies.
1805	The Michigan Territory was created.
1861	Alabama seceded from the Union.
1973	Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule.
1977	France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
2002	The first planeload of al-Qaida prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at a U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo, Cuba.
2003	Calling the death penalty process “arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral,” Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state’s death row two days before leaving office.
2007	English soccer player David Beckham announced a five-year deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
2008	Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to conquer Mount Everest, died at age 88.
2010	Mark McGwire admitted to The Associated Press that he’d used steroids and human growth hormone when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998.

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

R&B singer Mary J. Blige turns 41 years old today.

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Actress Amanda Peet turns 40 years old today.

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1930	Rod Taylor, Actor, turns 82
1934	Jean Chretien, Former Canadian prime minister, turns 78
1946	Naomi Judd, Country singer, turns 66
1952	Ben Crenshaw, Golfer, turns 60
1956	Robert Earl Keen, Rock singer, turns 56
1958	Vicki Peterson, Rock musician (The Bangles), turns 54
1962	Kim Coles, Actress, turns 50
1968	Tom Dumont, Rock musician (No Doubt), turns 44
1971	Tom Rowlands, Rock musician (The Chemical Brothers), turns 41

 

Historic Birthdays

William James 1/11/1842 – 8/26/1910 American philosopher/psychologist.Go to obituary »

37	Parmigianino 1/11/1503 – 8/24/1540 Italian painter
49	Alexander Hamilton 1/11/1757 – 7/12/1804 American secretary of the treasury and founding father
67	Ezra Cornell 1/11/1807 – 12/9/1874 American university founder
85	Sir James Paget 1/11/1814 – 12/30/1899 English surgeon/physiologist
82	Thomas Dixon 1/11/1864 – 4/3/1946 American dramatist/legislator
72	Alice H. Rice 1/11/1870 – 2/10/1942 American novelist
92	Alice Paul 1/11/1885 – 7/9/1977 American Women’s Rights activist
78	Laurens Hammond 1/11/1895 – 7/1/1973 American inventor/businessman
92	Eva Le Gallienne 1/11/1899 – 6/3/1991 English/Am. actress/producer
85	Alan Paton 1/11/1903 – 4/12/1988 South African writer
75	Pierre Mendes-France 1/11/1907 – 10/18/1982 French Premier

 

Updated January 9, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.

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On Jan. 10, 1910, Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, was born. Following her death on Mar. 21, 1998, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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1776	Thomas Paine published the pamphlet “Common Sense.”
1861	Florida seceded from the Union.
1863	London’s Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
1870	John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920	The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1957	Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
1964	The Beatles’ first album in the United States, “Introducing the Beatles,” was released.
1967	Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.
1971	“Masterpiece Theatre” premiered on PBS.
1984	The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.
2000	America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion. (Time-Warner decided to spin off AOL in 2009.)
2003	North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
2005	CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a “60 Minutes Wednesday” report on President George W. Bush’s National Guard service.
2007	President George W. Bush announced he would send a “surge” of 21,500 U.S. forces to Iraq.
2011	A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. (DeLay remains free on bond as he appeals.)

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Rock singer Rod Stewart turns 67 years old today.

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Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey turns 74 years old today.

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1935	Ronnie Hawkins, Rock singer, musician, turns 77
1939	Scott McKenzie, Singer, turns 73
1944	Frank Sinatra Jr., Singer, turns 68
1948	Donald Fagen, Rock singer, musician (Steely Dan), turns 64
1948	William Sanderson, Actor (“Newhart”), turns 64
1949	George Foreman, Boxing Hall of Famer, turns 63
1950	Roy Blunt, U.S. senator, R-Mo., turns 62
1953	Pat Benatar, Rock singer, turns 59
1956	Shawn Colvin, Rock singer, turns 56
1961	Evan Handler, Actor, turns 51
1963	Mark Pryor, U.S. senator, D-Ark., turns 49

 

Historic Birthdays

Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova 1/10/1910 – 3/21/1998 Russian prima ballerina.Go to obituary »

48	Nicolaus Steno 1/10/1638 – 11/26/1686 Danish geologist and anatomist
68	John Emerich, Lord Acton 1/10/1834 – 6/19/1902 English historian
66	Yukichi Fukuzawa 1/10/1835 – 2/3/1901 Japanese educator and publisher
41	John Wellborn Root 1/10/1850 – 1/15/1891 American architect
71	Frederick Gardner Cottrell 1/10/1877 – 11/16/1948 American educator and scientist
83	Francis X. Bushman 1/10/1883 – 8/23/1966 American actor
94	Dumas Malone 1/10/1892 – 12/27/1986 American historian; wrote authoritative biography of Thomas Jefferson
87	Uri Zvi Greenberg 1/10/1894 – 5/8/1981 Hebrew and Yiddish poet
72	Dame Barbara Hepworth 1/10/1903 – 5/20/1975 English sculptor
83	Ray Bolger 1/10/1904 – 1/15/1987 American dancer and actor
84	Paul Henreid 1/10/1908 – 3/29/1992 Austrian-born American actor

 

Updated January 8, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 9, 1968, the Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon, marking the end of the American series of unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.

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On Jan. 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the first American president to resign from office following his involvement in the Watergate scandal, was born. Following his death on April 22, 1994, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1788	Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1861	Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1968	The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon. It was the last of America’s unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
1972	Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes said a purported authorized biography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake.
1987	The White House released a memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan in January 1986 that showed a definite link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
2001	Apple Computer Inc. introduced its iTunes music management software at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco.
2005	Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a landslide.
2006	“The Phantom of the Opera” became the longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing “Cats,” which ran for 7,485 performances.
2007	Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.
2009	The Illinois House voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (The Democratic governor was removed from office by the state Senate later in the month.)

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Britain’s Prince William, turns 30 years old today.

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Actor J.K. Simmons turns 57 years old today.

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1928	Judith Krantz, Author, turns 84
1934	Bart Starr, Football Hall of Famer, turns 78
1935	Dick Enberg, Sportscaster, turns 77
1941	Joan Baez, Folk singer, turns 71
1944	Jimmy Page, Rock musician (Led Zeppelin), turns 68
1950	David Johansen, Rock singer (New York Dolls, “Buster Poindexter”), turns 62
1951	Crystal Gayle, Country singer, turns 61
1965	Joely Richardson, Actress, turns 47
1978	Chad Ochocinco, Football player, turns 34
1978	A.J. Mclean, Singer (Backstreet Boys), turns 34

 

Historic Birthdays

Richard M. Nixon 1/9/1913 – 4/22/1994 37th president of the United States (1969-74).Go to obituary »

80	Lemuel Shaw 1/9/1781 – 3/30/1861 American jurist
88	Carrie Chapman Catt 1/9/1859 – 3/9/1947 American feminist leader
68	Joseph B Strauss 1/9/1870 – 5/16/1938 American civil engineer; designed the Golden Gate Bridge
67	Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 1/9/1875 – 4/18/1942 American sculptor and arts patron
75	Giovanni Papini 1/9/1881 – 7/8/1956 Italian journalist and novelist
81	Dame Gracie Fields 1/9/1898 – 9/27/1979 English entertainer
39	Richard Halliburton 1/9/1900 – 3/23/1939 American travel writer
72	Chic Young 1/9/1901 – 3/14/1973 American cartoonist
78	Simone de Beauvoir 1/9/1908 – 4/14/1986 French feminist writer
71	Kenny Clarke 1/9/1914 – 1/25/1985 American drummer
56	Gypsy Rose Lee 1/9/1914 – 4/26/1970 American striptease artist

 

Updated January 7, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.

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On Jan. 8, 1867, Emily Greene Balch, a leader of the women’s movement for peace during and after World War I and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born. Following her death on Jan. 9, 1961, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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1642	Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
1815	U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
1912	The African National Congress was founded in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1918	President Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points for peace after World War I.
1959	Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France’s Fifth Republic.
1964	President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.
1982	AT&T settled the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1987	The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1998	Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
2007	A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum 15 years in prison.
2011	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded when a gunman opened fire as the congresswoman met with constituents in Tucson; six people were killed and 12 others were injured. (Jared Lee Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges in connection with the shooting.)

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

Physicist Stephen Hawking turns 70 years old today.

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Reggae singer Sean Paul turns 39 years old today.

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1923	Larry Storch, Actor (“F Troop”), turns 89
1933	Charles Osgood, Broadcast journalist, turns 79
1937	Shirley Bassey, Singer, turns 75
1938	Bob Eubanks, Game show host (“The Newlywed Game”), turns 74
1942	Bob Taft, Former governor of Ohio, turns 70
1946	Robby Krieger, Rock musician (The Doors), turns 66
1947	David Bowie, Rock singer, turns 65
1953	Bruce Sutter, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 59
1965	Michelle Forbes, Actress, turns 47
1967	R. Kelly, R&B singer, turns 45
1971	Jason Giambi, Baseball player, turns 41
1979	Sarah Polley, Actress, director, turns 33

 

Historic Birthdays

Emily Greene Balch 1/8/1867 – 1/9/1961 American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.Go to obituary »

80	John Carroll 1/8/1735 – 12/3/1815 First Roman Catholic bishop in the United States
58	Nicholas Biddle 1/8/1786 – 2/27/1844 American financier
64	Hans von Bulow 1/8/1830 – 2/12/1894 German pianist and conductor
72	Frank Nelson Doubleday 1/8/1862 – 1/30/1934 American publisher
89	William T. Piper 1/8/1881 – 1/15/1970 American aircraft manufacturer
60	John Curtin 1/8/1885 – 7/5/1945 Australian prime minister
66	Walther Bothe 1/8/1891 – 2/8/1957 German atomic physicist
85	Carl R. Rogers 1/8/1902 – 2/4/1987 American psychologist
64	Peter Arno 1/8/1904 – 2/22/1968 American cartoonist
86	Evelyn Wood 1/8/1909 – 8/26/1995 American educator
80	Jose Ferrer 1/8/1912 – 1/26/1992 American actor and director
42	Elvis Presley 1/8/1935 – 8/16/1977 American singer

 

Updated January 6, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Jan. 7, 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.

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On Jan. 7, 1873, Adolph Zukor, the American entrepreneur who built the Paramount movie empire, was born. Following his death on June 10, 1976, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1800	Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.
1927	Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
1942	The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1953	President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
1955	Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, becoming the first black person to perform there as a member.
1959	The United States recognized Fidel Castro’s new government in Cuba.
1972	Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the Supreme Court.
1979	Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.
1989	Japanese Emperor Hirohito died at age 87.
1996	A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.
1997	Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.
1999	President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial began in the Senate.
2005	Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.
2006	American journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Iraq and a translator was killed. (Carroll was released unharmed after 82 days.)
2006	Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader.

Current Birthdays By The Associated Press

CBS News anchor Katie Couric turns 55 years old today.

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., turns 49 years old today.

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1938	Paul Revere, Rock musician, turns 74
1946	Jann Wenner, Magazine publisher (Rolling Stone), turns 66
1948	Kenny Loggins, Rock singer, turns 64
1956	David Caruso, Actor (“CSI: Miami”), turns 56
1961	John Thune, U.S. senator, R-S.D., turns 51
1964	Nicolas Cage, Actor, turns 48
1967	Nick Clegg, Deputy British prime minister, turns 45
1971	Jeremy Renner, Actor (“The Hurt Locker”), turns 41
1974	John Rich, Country musician (Big and Rich), turns 38
1976	Alfonso Soriano, Baseball player, turns 36

 

Historic Birthdays

Adolph Zukor 1/7/1873 – 6/10/1976 American entrepreneur.Go to obituary »

66	James Harrington 1/7/1611 – 9/11/1677 English political philosopher
63	Johann Christian Fabricius 1/7/1745 – 3/3/1808 Dutch entomologist
74	Millard Fillmore 1/7/1800 – 3/8/1874 13th president of the United States (1850-53)
35	Saint Bernadette of Lourdes 1/7/1844 – 4/16/1879 French nun
76	Herbert John Gladstone 1/7/1854 – 3/6/1930 English statesman
85	Émile Borel 1/7/1871 – 2/3/1956 French mathematician
64	Francis Poulenc 1/7/1899 – 1/30/1963 French composer
69	Aristotle Onassis 1/7/1906 (O.S.) – 3/15/1975 Greek shipping magnate
59	Henry Allen 1/7/1908 – 4/17/1967 American jazz musician
76	Charles Addams 1/7/1912 – 9/29/1988 American cartoonist