Happy birthday and many happy returns Daniel Saffrett, Laauli Tauaa, Huynh Tran and Jim Robson. Born on the same day, across the years, along with me and 83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE) 47 BC – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (d. 30 BC) 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522) 1615 – John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662) 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753) 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742) 1684 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745) 1700 – Picander, German poet (d. 1764) 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801) 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919) 1863 – Richard F. Outcault, American comic strip creator, created The Yellow Kid, first modern comic strip (d. 1928) 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972) 1901 – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983) 1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011) 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009) 1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress 1942 – Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, screenwriter, and producer 1993 – Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer January 14: New Year (Julian calendar); National Forest Conservation Day in Thailand; Ratification Day in the United States (1784) Josip Broz Tito 1301 – The Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century, ended with the death of King Andrew III. 1724 – Philip V, the first Bourbon ruler of Spain, abdicated in favor of his eldest son Louis. 1900 – Giacomo Puccinis opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. 1953 – Josip Broz Tito (pictured) was inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia. 1975 – British teenage heiress Lesley Whittle was kidnapped by Donald Neilson and subsequently murdered during a failed ransom collection attempt. We have ruled a long time. But let the next generation have a go. Who is up for Tosca? Not you, Tito. I wish youd had better, Lesley. Lets party.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:09:58 +0000
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