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Birthdates which occurred on January 14:1615 John Biddle English minister (Unitarian) 1730 William Whipple merchant/judge/patriot (Declaration of Independence signer) 1741 Benedict Arnold US General...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 15:1622 Molière France, dramatist (Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope) (baptized) 1716 Philip Livingston merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) 1798 Thomas Crofton...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 16:1757 Samuel McIntire woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem) 1853 André Michelin France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin) 1878 Harry [Henry Dewitt]...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 17:1463 Frederick III the Wise, elector of Saxony (1486-25), protector Luther 1501 Leonhard Fuchs Germany, botanist (History of Plants) 1706 Benjamin Franklin...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 18:1689 Charles de Montesquieu France, philosopher/writer (Lettres Persanes) 1779 Peter Roget thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) 1782 Daniel...
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>>1892 Oliver Hardy Harlem GA, comedy team member (Laurel & Hardy) <<"Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into, Stanley!"
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Birthdates which occurred on January 19:0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet (PBUH) 1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine) 1749 Isaiah Thomas US, printer/editor/publisher/historian 1798 Auguste...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 20:1732 Richard H Lee US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence) 1775 Andre-Marie Ampere Lyon France, discovered electromagnetism 1820 Anne Jemima Clough...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 21:1743 John Fitch inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton) 1813 John C Frémont [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Governor (AZ) 1815...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 22:1561 Francis Bacon England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum) 1788 Lord [George Gordon Noel] Byron England, romantic poet (Don Juan) 1802 Richard Upjohn US,...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 23:1730 Joseph Hewes US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) 1832 Édouard Manet France, Impressionist painter (Déjeuner sur L'Herbe) 1898 Randolph Scott...
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3268 Beginning of 2nd Julian Period If it falls on a Friday, I will use my floating holiday to make a long weekend of it.
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Birthdates which occurred on January 24:1746 Gustav III king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) 1862 Edith Wharton[-Jones] US, novelist (Ethan Frome, Age of Innocence, House of Mirth) 1883 Estelle...
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Timbuktu a ghost town as Islamists leavehttp://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/timbuktu-a-ghost-town-as-islamists-leave/story-e6frfkui-1226561438274This day in history would not be complete...
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Birthdates which occurred on January 25:1477 Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII 1627 Robert Boyle Ireland, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) 1693 Anna...
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>>1947 Al Capone Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48<<Uncle Al. Buried about 12 miles from my house, with a lot of other goombahs.
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Birthdates which occurred on January 26:1786 Benjamin Robert Haydon Plymouth, painter (Waiting for The Times) 1826 Julia Dent Grant 1st lady (1869-77) 1831 Mary Mapes Dodge New York City NY, writer...
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1962 the catholic diocese in buffalo declares that chubby checker's twist is impure and bans it. That didn't work so well for them.
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