401 Historic Events for January 22
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| 1930 |
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-35øF (-37øC), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
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| 1931 |
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Rauno M„kinen, Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympic-gold-1956)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Galina Zybina, USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
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| 1931 |
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French govt of Steeg falls
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| 1931 |
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VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam
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| 1932 |
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British Anglicans and Old-Catholic church merge
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Piper Laurie, [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit Mich, actress (Twin Peaks)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Bill Bixby, SF Calif, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Graham Kerr, chef (Galloping Gourmet)
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| 1934 |
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Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Pierre S Du Pont IV, (gov-Del)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Sam Cooke, Chicago Ill, soul singer (Sam and Dave-You Send Me)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Seymour Cassel, Detroit, actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino)
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| 1936 |
Death |
Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71
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| 1936 |
Event |
French Laval govt falls
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Joseph Wambaugh, East Pittsburgh Pa, police writer (Onion Fields)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Ed‚n Pastora G¢mez, Nicaraguan contra leader
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| 1938 |
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"Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
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| 1939 |
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Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University
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| 1939 |
Event |
Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
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| 1940 |
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1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
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| 1940 |
Birth |
John Hurt, England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Tilo Medek, German composer
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| 1941 |
Event |
1st mass killing of Jews in Romania
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