404 Historic Events for January 7
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| 1921 |
Death |
Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69
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| 1921 |
Birth |
John Lanigan, tenor
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flautist
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor (All in the Family, LA Law)
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| 1922 |
Death |
Antonio Scontrino, composer, dies at 71
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Charles Russell Woolen, composer
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| 1923 |
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Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird)
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| 1925 |
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Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC
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| 1927 |
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Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill)
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| 1927 |
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Coml transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY and London
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| 1928 |
Birth |
William Peter Blatty, NYC, author/director (The Exorcist)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India)
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| 1929 |
Death |
Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Terry Moore, [Helen Luella Koford], LA Cal, actress (Little Sheba)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Kenneth Henry, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
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| 1929 |
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1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies
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| 1929 |
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"Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
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| 1929 |
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"Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres
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| 1930 |
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Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC
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| 1930 |
Death |
Rudolf H„pke, historian (Entstehung Holl„nd Wirtschaft), dies at 45
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Mack Mattingly, (Sen-R-GA, 1981-86)
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| 1932 |
Death |
Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60
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