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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1925 | Gerald Malcolm Durrell: Britain -- Zoologist / writer (Mockery Bird) | |||
| 07 Jan 1925 | Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City | |||
| 07 Jan 1925 | Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author; founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995) | |||
| 07 Jan 1925 |
birth Gerald Malcolm Durrell Born 7 Jan 1925; died 30 Jan 1995 at age 70. British conservationist whose life work was the preservation of endangered animal species. The five years of his youth spent on the sub-tropical Greek island of Corfu yielded much material for his book My Family And Other Animals. After WW II, he joined Whipsnade Zoo in England as a keeper. In 1958, he established a wildlife preserve on the Channel Island of Jersey where he conducted scientific research, implementing new ways of raising and breeding rare animals. From his captive-breeding programs for endangered creatures he wished to return these animals back into the wild. He was a prolific author. |
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07 Jan 1925
Gerald Durrell |
birth Gerald Durrell Gerald Durrell (died 1995), wildlife conservationist (born in British India). |
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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1950 | "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances | |||
| 07 Jan 1950 | Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) | |||
| 07 Jan 1950 | Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager | |||
| 07 Jan 1950 | Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach | |||
| 07 Jan 1950 | Erin Gray, American actress | |||
| 07 Jan 1950 | Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1975 | Robert Norman Waddell: Cambridge, New Zealand -- Single scull rower (1996 Olympics) | |||
| 07 Jan 1975 | "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances | |||
| 07 Jan 1975 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere) | |||
| 07 Jan 1975 | Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage | |||
| 07 Jan 1975 | Shawn Phelan, American actor (d. 1998) | |||
| 07 Jan 1975 | Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian-Canadian journalist and blogger | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 2000 | Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 2005 | Eileen Desmond, Irish politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932) | |||
| 07 Jan 2005 | Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913) | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 2010 | Muslim gunmen in Egypt open fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians, killing eight of them and one Muslim bystander. | |||
| 07 Jan 2010 | According to Nielsen SoundScan's final 2009 figures, Michael Jackson was the best selling artist of the year, moving 8,286,000 units. Forty years after their break-up, The Beatles were still the best selling group, thanks to their remastered catalog which sold 3,282,000 copies. Digital downloads however, were a different story. Lady Gaga was the queen of the downloads, selling 15,297,000 digital tracks. The Black Eyed Peas, Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift all finished in the vicinity of 12 million digital units. | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 2015 | A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured. | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Two gunmen commit a mass shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing twelve people and injuring another eleven. | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Tim Roberts, American wrestler (b. 1976) | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927) | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | J. P. Parisé, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1941) | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Arch A. Moore, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician; 28th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1923) | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936) | |||
| 07 Jan 2015 | Subhas Anandan, Indian-Singaporean lawyer (b. 1947) | |||
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