396 Historic Events for January 15
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Norm Crosby, Boston MA, comedian (Young at Heart Comedians)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Martin Luther King Jr, Atlanta, dreamer (Nobel 1964)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
"Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Eva Badura-Skoda, composer
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| 1930 |
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George Headley scores century on debut v England (made 176)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Thomas Hoving, NYC, news correspondent (20/20)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Murad Kazhlayev, composer
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Derek Meddings, special effects technician
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| 1932 |
Death |
Georg Kerschensteiner, German educationalist, dies at 77
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Enrique Raxach, composer
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Louis Woodard Jones, New Rochelle NY, 4X400m relayer (Oly-gold-56)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Dean Smith, US actor/relay runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
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| 1934 |
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8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die
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| 1934 |
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Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
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| 1934 |
Death |
Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70
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| 1934 |
Death |
Patrick O'Malley, US policeman, killed by John Dillinger
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| 1935 |
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300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Robert Silverberg, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Regan's Planet)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Malcolm Frager, St Louis, Missouri, pianist
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| 1935 |
Event |
Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty," premieres in NYC
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| 1936 |
Death |
Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies
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| 1936 |
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Horace Stoneham elected president of NY Giants
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| 1936 |
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1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio
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| 1936 |
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Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Margaret O'Brien, San Diego, actress (Jane Eyre, Meet Me in St Louis)
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