396 Historic Events for January 15
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Charles Christopher Steel, composer
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| 1939 |
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Municipal Railway and Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal
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| 1939 |
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1st NFL pro bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field
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| 1940 |
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German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Captain Beefheart, [Don Van Vliet], rocker (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast)
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| 1942 |
Death |
Melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympic-gold-08, 12), dies at 58
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Edward "Sonny" Bivins, US singer (Manhattans-Kiss and Say Goodbye)
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| 1942 |
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Cubs, drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II
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| 1942 |
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FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
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| 1943 |
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1,000 workers complete air conditioning system for Pentagon
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Mike Marshall, MLB pitcher (1974 Cy Young Award)
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| 1943 |
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1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught
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| 1943 |
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World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed
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| 1944 |
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European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany
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| 1944 |
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General Eisenhower arrives in England
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| 1944 |
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Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Marie-Christine AHI von Leibnitz, (German?)/British princess
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| 1945 |
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Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp
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| 1945 |
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Every Amsterdammer gets 3 kg sugar beets
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| 1945 |
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"Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 429 perfs
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Andrea Martin, Portland ME, comediene (SCTV, Club Paradise)
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Tommy Nolan, Montreal Canada, actor (Jody-Buckskin)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host (CITY-TV)
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