100 years anniversary |
12 Jan 1925
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Bill Burrud: Hollywood, California -- Host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World)
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Laurentiu Profeta: Composer
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12 Jan 1925
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death
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Oskar Brefeld: German botanist, dies at 85
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008) |
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Katherine MacGregor, American actress and dancer |
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990) |
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12 Jan 1925
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event
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John Howard Lawson's "Processional" premieres in New York City NY
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12 Jan 1925
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death
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Oskar Brefeld German botanist, dies at 85
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Ralph Legall cricket wicket-keeper (West Indies vs India 1954)
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Laurentiu Profeta composer
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12 Jan 1925
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birth
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Bill Burrud Hollywood CA, host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World)
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75 years anniversary |
12 Jan 1950
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birth
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Bob McEwen: (Rep-R-Ohio, 1981- )
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12 Jan 1950
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birth
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Marilyn R Smith: Microbiologist
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12 Jan 1950
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death
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Koos van de Griend: Composer, dies at 44
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12 Jan 1950
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event
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Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
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12 Jan 1950
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event
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USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage
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12 Jan 1950
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event
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USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
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12 Jan 1950
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event
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Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
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12 Jan 1950
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death
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Koos van de Griend composer, dies at 44
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12 Jan 1950
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birth
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Marilyn R Smith microbiologist
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12 Jan 1950
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birth
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Bob McEwen (Representative-R-OH, 1981- )
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50 years anniversary |
12 Jan 1975
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birth
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Jocelyn Thibault: Montreal, Quebec -- NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens)
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12 Jan 1975
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death
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Caryn Campbell: Bundy victim disappears from Snowmass, Colorado
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12 Jan 1975
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event
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Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
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12 Jan 1975
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Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB
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12 Jan 1975
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music
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The first night of a UK tour kicked off under the banner of The Warner Brothers Music Show. It featured Little Feat, Montrose, Tower Of Power, The Doobie Brothers and Graham Central Station. Also released was an album sampler featuring all the acts that was priced at 69p ($1.17).
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12 Jan 1975
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event
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Super Bowl IX Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, Running Back
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12 Jan 1975
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event
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Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
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12 Jan 1975
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death
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Caryn Campbell Bundy victim, disappears from Snowmass CO
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12 Jan 1975
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birth
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Jocelyn Thibault Montr
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12 Jan 1975
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birth
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Chase Hampton Oklahoma City OK, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
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25 years anniversary |
12 Jan 2000
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death
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Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969) |
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12 Jan 2000
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death
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Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913) |
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12 Jan 2000
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music
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Teenage diva Charlotte Church sacked her manager Jonathan Shalit. Shalit had won her a five album deal with Sony Records and helped the singer with her career, which had earn her £6 million ($10.2 million) to date.
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20 years anniversary |
12 Jan 2005
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Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. |
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12 Jan 2005
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death
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Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-American cartoonist (b. 1914) |
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12 Jan 2005
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death
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Amrish Puri, Indian actor and singer (b. 1932) |
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12 Jan 2005
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death
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Alessia di Matteo, Italian organ transplant patient (b. 2003) |
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12 Jan 2005
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music
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It was announced that the Strawberry Field children's home immortalised by The Beatles was to close. The home in Woolton, Liverpool was made famous when John Lennon wrote 'Strawberry Fields Forever' after playing there as a child.
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15 years anniversary |
12 Jan 2010
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An earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince. |
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12 Jan 2010
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death
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Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist; co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) |
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12 Jan 2010
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death
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Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (b. 1946) |
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12 Jan 2010
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music
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Shakin' Stevens was found guilty of hitting a press photographer with a microphone stand during a concert at a hotel in Ballymena. The Welsh singer who scored No.1's in the 80's was fined £300 for assault and criminal damage and ordered to pay the photographer £479 to compensate for his damaged camera lens.
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10 years anniversary |
12 Jan 2015
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event
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A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, kills seven people in Gyumri, Armenia. |
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12 Jan 2015
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event
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Cameroon kills 143 Boko Haram fighters in clashes. |
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12 Jan 2015
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death
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Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (b. 1985) |
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12 Jan 2015
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death
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Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1939) |
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12 Jan 2015
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death
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Carl Long, American baseball player (b. 1935) |
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12 Jan 2015
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death
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Robert Gover, American journalist and author (b. 1929) |
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12 Jan 2015
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death
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Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (b. 1927) |
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