Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of January 16:
1587 Alexander Adriaenssen Flemish painter
1672 Francesco Mancini composer
1697 Richard Savage poet
1728 Niccolò Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
1749 Vittoria A Alfieri Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda)
1757 Samuel McIntire woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
1804 Karl August Krebs composer
1807 Charles Henry Davis Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
1815 Adolph Trube composer
1815 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck Major-General (Union Army)
1834 Albert Lindley Lee Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1837 James Phillip Simms Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1847 Kálmán Mikszáth Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu)
1853 André Michelin France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)
1853 Johnston Forbes-Robertson English actor/theater director (Kathleen)
1864 Frank Bacon actor/author (Lightnin)
1868 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer
1870 Wilhelm Normann German chemist (hardening of oils)
1872 Edward G Craig actor/director (On the art of theatre)
1872 Henri-Paul Busser composer
1873 Boyd Alexander English explorer
1874 Robert Service England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
1878 Harry [Henry Dewitt] Carey Sr Bronx NY, US actor (Informer, Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)
1878 Robert Garbe German poet (Görniek)
1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz president of Poland (1939-40)
1887 John Hamilton Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)
1890 Karl Freund Czech/Austrian cameraman/director
1890 Lloyd Bacon San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin)
1893 Henry C Rümke Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life)
1894 Guy Chamberlin early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
1901 Fulgencio Batista President/Dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59)
1902 Eric Liddell China, English 400m runner (Olympics-gold-1924)
1902 Evelyn Levine composer
1904 Max Vredenburg composer
1905 Ernesto Halffter composer
1906 Clement Greenberg art critic
1906 Diana Winyard London, actress (Cavalcade)
1907 Alexander Knox Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
1907 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott classicist
1908 Ethel Merman stage & screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)
1910 David McCampbell US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes)
1911 Eduardo Frei (Christian Democrat), President of Chile (1964-70)
1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1911 Gilbert Gadoffre French scholar
1912 Franz Tumler Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
1914 Roger Aubert Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
1916 Frederick Stewart British geologist
1917 Buddy Lester Chicago IL, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show)
1918 Stirling Silliphant screenwriter
1919 Bob Boucher Kent OH, orchestra leader (Music on Ice)
1920 Elliot Reid New York City NY, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1923 Martin Stokken Norway, nordic relay (Olympics-silver-1952)
1923 Roy Lanham rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
1923 Willem Aantjes Dutch political leader (CDA)
1924 Katy Jurado México, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
1926 John "Jack" Layden local politician
1928 Ezra Sims composer
1928 John William Fozard aircraft designer
1928 William Kennedy US writer
1929 Allard Lowenstein radical (Students for Democratic Action)
1929 Francesco Scavullo Staten Island NY, celebrity photographer
1929 Tage Nielsen composer
1930 Norman Podhoretz Brooklyn NY, author/editor (New York Post)
1931 Vladimir Skutina writer playwright/journalist
1932 Dian Fossey zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist)
1932 Jim Berry cartoonist (Berry's World)
1933 Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3)
1933 Susan Sonntag writer
1934 Richard Wernick Boston MA, composer
1934 Bill Alexander (Representative-D-AR, 1969- )
1934 Marilyn Horne Bradford PA, mezzo-soprano
1935 A J Foyt Houston TX, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
1936 Michael White theater/film producer (From Russia With Love)
1937 Bob Bogle Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
1937 Conny Vandenbos Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose)
1938 Michael Pataki Youngstown OH, actor (Get Christie Love)
1939 Cliff Thorburn English snooker player
1941 Christine Janes tennis player
1941 Richard Bohringer Paris France, actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow)
1941 Tÿmen G J "Tim" Beekman actor (Nosferatu)
1942 Barbara Lynn rocker
1942 Bill Francis Mobile AL rocker (Dr Hook)
1942 Tony P Hall (Representative-D-OH, 1979- )
1943 Brian Ferneyhough composer
1943 Gavin Bryars composer
1944 Jim Stafford Eloise FL, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
1944 Chris de Marigny painter/designer
1944 Ronnie Milsap Robbinsville NC, country singer (Any Day Now, Legend in My Time)
1945 Kabir Bedi actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)
1946 Michael L Coats Sacramento CA, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
1947 Dr. Laura Schlessinger Brooklyn, NY, TV/radio host/author (Go take on the day)
1947 Georgette Mosbacher CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
1947 Juliet Berto Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop)
1948 Cliff Thorburn Victoria BC, champion snooker player
1948 Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov Riga, cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71)
1948 Christopher Moran English financier/multi-millionaire
1948 John Carpenter Carthage NY, director (Halloween, The Thing)
1950 Caroline Munro Windsor England, actress (Spy Who Loves Me)
1950 Debbie Allen Houston TX, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame)
1950 Jesse Dizon Oceanside CA
1951 Richard Thompson rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr Savannah GA, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 64)
1952 Roberta Baskin NY, correspondent (48 Hours)
1955 Jerry M Linenger Mt Clemens MI, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut (STS 81/84)
1956 Wayne Daniel cricketer (West Indies fast bowler 1976-84)
1958 Anatoli Boukreev mountaineer
1959 Sadé [Helen Folsade Ady] Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer)
1962 Jan Koster Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool)
1962 Kevin Ross NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs)
1962 Paul Webb rocker (TalkTalk)
1964 Gail Graham Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon)
1964 Mark Collins NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers)
1964 Trevor Barsby cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85)
1966 Anthony Washington Glasgow Montana, discus thrower (Olympics-4th-96)
1966 Jack McDowell Van Nuys CA, pitcher (New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians)
1967 Jeff Branson Waynesboro MI, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1967 Maxine Waters Jones rocker (En Vogue)
1968 David Chokachi actor (Baywatch)
1969 Chelan Kozak Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics-96)
1969 Roy Jones Pensacola FL, Light-middleweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1988)
1970 Don MacLean NBA forward (New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets)
1970 Ron Villone Englewood NJ, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1971 Josh Evans actor (Ricochet, The Doors)
1971 Jukka-Pekka Nummi WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
1971 Junior Bryant NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers)
1971 Michel Kreek Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1971 Scott Williams Orange CA, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
1971 Sergei Bruguera Spain, tennis star
1971 Ulrich van Gobbel Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1972 Desiree Leipham Spokane WA, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
1972 Joe Horn wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs)
1972 Lee McIntyre Peak Hill Australia, golfer (T3 1995 New South Wales Trainee Champ)
1973 Josie Davis Los Angeles CA, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge)
1973 Mario Bates NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints)
1973 Willie Whitehead CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1974 Kate Moss Addiscomb Surrey England, model (Calvin Klein)
1976 Trisha Stillwell Miss Oklahoma-USA (1997, top 10)
1986 Mason Gamble actor (Dennis the Menace)
Deaths which occurred on January 16:
0308 Marcellus I Catholic Pope (-308), dies
0429 Honoratius of Arles bishop/saint, dies
1343 Robert of Anjou king (Naples), dies
1595 Murad III sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
1697 Richard Savage poet, dies
1703 Matteo Coferati composer, dies at 64
1794 Edward Gibbon historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56
1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek composer, dies at 55
1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33
1842 Thomas Freanby Norwegian landscape painter, dies
1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette German theologist, dies at 69
1864 Anton Schindler German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1891 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes composer, dies at 54
1891 Leo Delibes French ballet composer (Lakmé), dies at 54
1892 Imakita Kosen Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
1893 Johan Philip Koelman painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74
1901 Hiram Revels dies at 73
1901 Arnold Böcklin Swiss painter, dies at 73
1907 Alfred Shaw cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies
1912 Georg Heym writer, dies at 24
1916 Arnold Aletrino Dutch physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57
1919 Jaroslav Jeremias composer, dies at 19
1920 Reginald De Koven composer, dies at 60
1934 Annie Patterson composer, dies at 65
1935 Richard Wetz composer, dies at 59
1938 William Pickering pioneer US stellar spectroscopist, dies
1939 Albert Fish mass murderer, executed
1942 Barbara Lynn [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies
1942 Carole Lombard actress, (Bolero), killed in plane crash (along with her mother & 20 others) at 32
1943 Franz Courtens Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88
1945 Dennis Donnini British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1946 Johanna HC Albregt actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
1954 Michail M Prishvin Russian writer, dies
1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94
1957 Arturo Toscanini Italy, American conductor, dies in New York City NY at 89
1957 Alexander Cambridge Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82
1961 Janos Viski composer, dies at 54
1962 Emanuel Stickelberger Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1963 Gilardo Gilardi composer, dies at 73
1966 Margarete Susman writer, dies at 91
1967 Dirk Vansina Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
1967 Robert J Van De Graaff US nuclear physicist, dies at 65
1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
1969 Jan Palach protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20
1969 Vernon Duke composer, dies at 65
1970 Armijn Pane Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61
1971 Kermit Maynard cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
1972 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian] (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
1973 Ray Barrett sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
1979 Ted Cassidy Pittsburgh PA, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
1979 Fred Elizalde composer, dies at 71
1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons Dutch author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94
1981 Bernard Lee actor (M in James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1987 Earl Wilson Broadway columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
1987 Joyce Jameson comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
1987 Ilse Langen writer, dies at 87
1989 Pierre Boileau screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
1989 Romo Vincent actor (Naked Jungle), dies
1989 Trey Wilson actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
1992 Roselle Novelle silent film actress, dies at 95
1993 Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
1993 Glenn Corbett US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
1994 Martin Kosleck German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86
1994 Noël Foré Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61
1994 Stephen Kritsick veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
1995 William Dillard trumpeter/singer, dies at 83
1996 Harry Potts footballer/manager, dies at 75
1996 Kaye Webb publisher, dies at 81
1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith jazz trombonist, dies at 76
1997 Innis Cosby son of Bill Cosby, murdered on Los Angeles highway at 29
1997 Jim Kensil NFL president (New York Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
1997 Stephen Fitz-Simon entrepreneur, dies at 59
1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough blues musician, dies at 67
1998 Peter Diamand artistic administrator, dies at 84
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1966 HOLLINGSWORTH HAL T. GRACE ID
1966 NETH FRED A. FORT SCOTT KS
1966 SCHOONOVER CHARLES D. INDIANAPOLIS IN
1966 WOOD DON C. PROVO UT POSS CAPTURED IN ID'D IN PL FILM
1967 KERR MICHAEL S. SAN DIEGO CA 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE 99
1967 MASTIN RONALD L. BELOIT KS 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 STOREY THOMAS G. KANSAS CITY MO "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (DECATUR, IL)" ALIVE IN 98
1967 WELCH ROBERT J. DETROIT MI POSSIBLY WENT IN WITH PLANE
1968 BIGGS EARL R. MATHENY WV "ARVN ADVISOR, UNIT AMBUSHED-SFG CO D 5TH SFG" " REMAINS RETURNED, ID 1/17/90"
1968 COOLEY ORVILLE D. RANGE WY A/C OVERBD 7 RESCUED
1968 GEE PAUL STUART MANITOWISH WATERS WI
1968 MORELAND WILLIAM D. MONTEBELLO CA
1968 MOE THOMAS N. ARLINGTON VA 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 PARRISH FRANK C. CLEBURNE TX 01/72 REMAINS RECOVERED
1968 REEDY WILLIAM HENRY JR. MERCED CA A/C OVRBD 7 RESCUED
1968 THOMPSON WILLIAM JOSEPH KANSAS CITY KS
