Historical Anniversaries this Week

January 20

 Births (1800 years ago today): 225 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (d. 244)^[20]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician (d. 2020)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – David Eckstein, American baseball player^[60]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Norberto Fontana, Argentinian racing driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician^[61]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ira Newble, American basketball player^[62]

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 – Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)

January 21

 Events (500 years ago today): 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.^[2]

 Events (100 years ago today): 1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.

 Births (350 years ago today): 1675 – Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine of Baden-Baden (d. 1733)^[27]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer (d. 1832)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Paul E. Kahle, German orientalist (d. 1964)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Charles Aidman, American actor (d. 1993)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (d. 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (d. 2010)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Casey FitzRandolph, American speedskater

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ito, Spanish footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer^[64]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer and educator

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Florin ?erban, Romanian director

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Alyaksandr Yermakovich, Belarusian footballer and manager

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1775 – Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742)

Commemorations:
Martin Luther King Day

January 22

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)^[26]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician^[45]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player^[55]

 Deaths (450 years ago today): 1575 – James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)^[79]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)

January 23

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1995)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Phil Dawson, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial artist^[44]

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 – Charles Kingsley, English priest and author (b. 1819)

January 24

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)^[24]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Reto Hug, Swiss triathlete

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier

 Deaths (900 years ago today): 1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1525 – Franciabigio, Florentine painter (b. 1482)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)

January 25

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Duncan Jupp, Anglo-Scottish footballer^[45]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress^[39]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)^[70]

January 26

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – David Jenkins, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Joan Leslie, American actress (d. 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (d. 2008)^[87]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ben Pucci, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2004)

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