401 Historic Events for January 22
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| 1920 |
Birth |
George Breakston, Paris France, actor/director (Jungle Stampede)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Andre Hodeir, composer
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Andy Ganteaume, cricketer (WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Howard Moss, poet/editor (New Yorker)
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| 1922 |
Death |
Benedictus XV, [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies at 67
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Diana Douglas, Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Leslie Bassett, composer
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Friedrich Zehm, composer
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| 1923 |
Death |
Max Nordau, [Sdfeld], German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73
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| 1924 |
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KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
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| 1924 |
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Baldwin govt resigns in England
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| 1924 |
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Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Factory opens
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Margaret Whiting, big band singer
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| 1924 |
Birth |
J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
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| 1924 |
Death |
Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacr‚), dies at 59
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| 1925 |
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Albania Republic proclaimed under Pres Achmed Zogu
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Tom Blackburn, writer
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| 1926 |
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Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Lou Creekmur, Baseball Hall-of-Famer
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Joe Perry, NFL Hall-of-Famer
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Birch Bayh, (Sen-D-Ind)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Rita Gillespie, TV director
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