401 Historic Events for January 22
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Willa B Brown (Coffey), US black air pioneer (NAAA)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Robert E[rvin] Howard, US, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Marie Dressler, actress (Anna Christie, Dinner at 8)
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| 1909 |
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Vassily Kandinsky forms Kunstlerverein in Munich
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Ann Sothern, [Harriette Lake], ND, actress (Lady in a Cage)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
[Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72)
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| 1909 |
Death |
Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962)
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| 1910 |
Event |
Opera "Germania," premieres in NYC
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Roberto Garcia Morillo, composer
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Verdina Shlonsky, composer
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| 1913 |
Death |
Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82
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| 1914 |
Death |
Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Dimitri Dragatakis, composer
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer
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| 1914 |
Event |
Paul Claudel's "L'‚change," premieres in Paris
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer
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| 1916 |
Death |
Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright
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| 1918 |
Event |
Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Richard Eastham, Opelousas La, actor (Falcon Crest) [or Jun 22]
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Piet Van Lishout, Flemish writer (Eva and I)
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