Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of January 02:
1642 Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey)
1647 Nathaniel Bacon leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia (1676)
1699 Osman III sultan (Turkey)
1713 Mademoiselle Dumesnil Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phadre, Hermione)
1727 James Wolfe commanded British Army (captured Québec)
1728 Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium
1732 Franz Xaver Brixi composer
1752 Philip Freneau poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
1777 Christian D Rauch German sculptor
1803 Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia], Italian/French mathematician/book collector
1807 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki composer
1809 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns composer
1822 Rudolph J E Clausius Germany, physicist (thermodynamics)
1830 Henry Kingsley English/Australian writer
1831 Justin Winston historian/librarian (Harvard)
1835 Charles Russell Lowell Jr Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1837 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)
1842 Amy G C A Bonet-Maury French reformed theologist
1846 Sandor Erkel composer
1857 Frederick Opper cartoonist (Willie and His Papa, Maud the Mule, Alphonse & Gaston)
1857 Martha Carey Thomas educator/president (Bryn Mawr College)
1860 William C Mills museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
1861 Helen Herron Taft 1st lady (1909-13)
1861 Wilhelm Bölsche writer
1863 Lucia Zarate became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)
1870 Ernst Barlach writer
1873 Anton Pannekoek Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
1879 Johannes L "Jan" Walch Dutch literary (Grimaces)
1879 Pieter Tesch Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)
1880 Louis Breguet French aviation pioneer
1884 Jacques Chardonne [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)
1885 Johannes Ringers Dutch water engineer (dikes)
1886 Moyshe Leyb Halpern Galican/US poet (In New-York)
1889 Tito Schipa Italy, tenor/composer (La Rondine)
1889 Walter Baldwin Ohio, actor (Gay Amigo)
1892 Lura Anson Nebraska, entertainer
1894 Robert Nathan New York City NY, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)
1895 Count Folke Bernadotte Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)
1896 Dziga Vertiv [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)
1896 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr composer
1899 Alexander Tcherepnin St Petersburg Russia, composer
1899 Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, Premier/Secretary-General of NATO (1957-61)
19-- John Bedford-Lloyd New Haven CT, actor (Peter-Hometown)
19-- Ron Hale actor (Michael Corbin-General Hospital, Dr Roger Coleridge-Ryan's Hope)
1901 Robert Marshall founder (Wilderness Society)
1901 Rex O'Malley London England, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight)
1901 Torsten Ralf Swedish tenor (Daphne)
1903 Anton van Duinkerken [Willem JMA Asselbergs], literary
1904 James Melton Moultrie GA, opera tenor (Ford Festival)
1904 Sally Rand Hickory County MO, stripper (fan dance)
1905 Michael Kemp Tippett English composer/conductor (Child of our Time)
1907 Edward Albert Radice economist
1907 Salvador Ley composer
1908 Ben Grauer New York City NY, newscaster (Big Story)
1908 Janis Kepitis composer
1909 Rene Etiemble French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)
1910 Ulrich Becher writer
1912 Anna Lee Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital)
1912 Barbara Pentland Winnipeg Canada, composer
1912 Renato Guttuso Italian painter (The Flight from Etna, Crucifixion)
1912 Andre Ameller composer
1913 Gardner Read Evanston, Illinois, composer
1913 Ernest Sidey British air marshal
1913 Juanita E Jackson Mitchell US head (NAACP)
1913 Léon P Teisserenc de Bort France, meteorologist
1915 John Hope Franklin historian
1920 Isaac Asimov Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy)
1920 Duke of Devonshire English large landowner/art collector
1920 Penelope Jessel politcal activist
1920 Peter Harrison Swan bomber pilot/stockbroker
1922 Jason Evers New York City NY, actor (Wrangler, Channing)
1922 Nico Schuyt composer
1922 Renata Tebaldi Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano
1925 William J Crowe Jr Kentucky, chairman joint chiefs of staff
1925 Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich composer
1927 Gino Marchetti NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
1927 David Herbert publisher
1927 Richard Belmont Ray (Representative-D-GA)
1928 Dan Rostenkowski (Representative-D-IL, -94), House Ways & Means Committee chair
1928 Vaughn Beals Cambridge MA, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)
1928 Gerhard Amanshauser writer
1928 Harry Hyams English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
1928 Howard Caine Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire)
1928 Tiberiu Olah composer
1929 Art Prysock jazz musician
1930 Julius LaRosa Brooklyn NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
1931 Toshiki Kaifu premier of Japan (1989-91)
1932 Dabney Coleman Austin Texas, (That Girl, Mary Hartman, Buffalo Bill)
1936 Roger Miller Fort Worth TX, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)
1937 Marianne McDonald classicist/philanthropist
1938 John Considine actor (Reginald Love-Another World)
1939 Jim Bakker televangelist (PTL Club)/philanderer (Jessica Hahn)
1944 Peter Eotvos composer
1947 Aleksandr Tikhonova USSR, biathalon relay (Olympics-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)
1947 Lanny Bassham US, rifle-3 position (Olympics-gold-1976)
1947 Calvin Hill NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1949 Christopher Durang Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)
1949 Chick Churchill Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)
1950 Lou Gramm rocker (Foreigner-Midnight Blue, Ready Or Not)
1951 Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller], Woodstock NY, model (Oui)
1952 Wendy Phillips Brooklyn NY, actress (Stacey-Executive Suite, Promised Land)
1952 Ricky Van Shelton Grit VA, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream)
1954 Ludmila Borozna USSR, volleyball player (Olympics-gold-1972)
1957 Joanna Pacula Tomszowaubelski Poland, actress (Gorky Park, Kiss)
1959 Kirti Azad cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)
1960 Raman Lamba cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)
1963 David Cone Kansas City MO, baseball pitcher (New York Mets/Toronto Blue Jays/New York Yankees)
1963 Edgar Martinez New York City, NY, baseball 1st baseman (Seattle Mariners)
1964 Christopher John Gray priest
1964 Pernell Whitaker boxer (Olympics-gold)
1964 Rumesh Ratnayake cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)
1965 Diane Lane New York City, NY, actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove)
1965 Greg Swindell Fort Worth TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians)
1965 Russ Courtnall Duncan, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1966 Tia Carrere [Althea Janairo], Honolulu, actress (Wayne's World)
1967 Harlon Barnett NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Cuba Gooding Jr actor (Jerry McGuire, As Good As It Gets, Boyz N the Hood, A Few Good Men)
1968 Scott Mitchell NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
1969 Christy Turlington San Francisco CA, model (Calvin Klein Eternity)
1969 Rick Tabaracci Toronto, NHL goalie (Calgary Flames)
1969 Robert Svehla Martin Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers, Slovakia)
1969 Stephen Davies Australian field hockey forward/vice captain (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1970 Aleksandr Shimin hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998)
1970 Anthony Stuart cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)
1970 Glenn Cadrez NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII)
1970 Royce Clayton Burbank CA, infielder (San Francisco Giants, St Louis Cardinals)
1971 Aamer Nazir cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )
1971 Aaron Williams NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)
1971 Brad Parpan WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
1971 Horace Copeland NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1971 Robert O'Neal WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 Jeff Jackson US baseball outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
1972 Lake Dawson NFL wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs)
1972 Mattias Norstrom Mora Sweden, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, Los Angeles Kings)
1973 Abu Wilson running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Chris Woodruff Knoxville TN, tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I)
1973 Fredric Ford WLAF CB (Scotland Claymores)/NFL cornerback (Eagles)
1973 Sarah Schwald Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner
1974 Juha Lind NHL forward (Team Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998, Dallas)
1978 Devin Doherty actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing)
1980 Stephanie Stiegler Santa Monica CA, pairs skater (& Zimmerman)
Deaths which occurred on January 02:
0017 Publius Ovidius Naso Roman poet, dies
1726 Domenico Zipoli composer, dies at 37
1740 Johann Georg Weichenberger composer, dies at 63
1763 John Casteret Earl Granville English premier, dies at 72
1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs composer, dies at 66
1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee composer, dies at 68
1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer) German rococo sculptor, dies
1801 Johann C Lavater Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59
1803 Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer, dies at 69
1861 Frederik Willem IV king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65
1863 Roger Weightman Hanson Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 35
1892 George B Airy English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
1904 James Longstreet Confederate General, dies at 82
1908 Dom Joâo G da Câmara Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55
1913 Léon P Teisserenc de Bort French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57
1915 Karl Goldmark Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84
1917 Edward B Tylor English anthropologist, dies at 84
1918 Sijbe K Bakker vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg German chancellor/PM (Prussia); referred to the international treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality as "a scrap of paper", dies at 64
1923 Sam Carter black resident of Rosewood FL, lynched by KKK
1929 Erich Wichman[n] Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38
1937 Ross Alexander actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29
1941 Mischa Levitzki composer, dies at 42
1945 Betram Home Ramsay English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1946 Joe Darling cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
1950 Emil Jannings actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65
1955 José Antonio Remon President of Panamá (1952-55), assassinated
1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
1960 Chris van Abkoude author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
1960 Fausto Coppi Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1960 Friedrich Adler Austria social-democrat, assasinated PM Stürgkh, dies in Zürich at 80
1961 Bob Catterall cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for South Africa 1922-31), dies
1963 Jack Carson actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
1963 Dick Powell actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
1965 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees composer, dies at 63
1968 Sanoesi Pane Indonesian writer, dies
1969 Georges Renevant actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74
1970 Piotr Rytel composer, dies at 85
1974 Tex Ritter country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
1977 Erroll Garner jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
1980 Larry Williams rocker, dies at 44
1981 David Lynch singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51
1983 Harriet Parsons actress/producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
1983 Bernard George Stevens composer, dies at 66
1983 Dick Emery actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65
1986 Una Merkel US actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
1990 Alan Hale Jr actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby-Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at 71
1990 Belcampo [Herman Schönfeld Wichers], Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87
1990 Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78
1991 Edmond Jabés writer, dies
1991 Renato Rascel actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78
1992 Virginia Field actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
1994 Caesar Romero actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1994 Dixy Lee Ray chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79
1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
1994 Sammy Taft Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
1995 Graham Sharp ice skater, dies at 77
1995 Manuel Rivera Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
1995 Mohammed Siyad Barre President of Somalia (1969-91), dies
1995 Nancy Kelly US actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73
1995 Siad Barre General/President of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84
1996 Sydney Thompson rock Climber, dies at 81
1996 Thornton Page astrophysicist, dies at 82
1997 Jim Rodger sports writer, dies at 75
1997 Randy California [Wolfe], rock guitarist, dies at 45
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1966 MAC LAUGHLIN DONALD C. BALTIMORE MD
1967 MENGES GEORGE BRUCE MAPLE HEIGHTS OH REMAINS RETURNED 08/80 BY INDIGINOUS
1970 BROOKS NICHOLAS G. NEWBURGH NY REMAINS RETURNED 02/03/82
1970 FRYAR BRUCE C. RIDGEWOOD NJ
1970 LINDSTROM RONNIE G. DULUTH MN
1970 WEST JOHN T. BALTIMORE MD
