Historical Anniversaries this Week

January 24

 Births (1950 years ago today)

 Births (250 years ago today): 1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (died 1822)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (died 2013)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist

 Deaths (650 years ago today): 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1306)

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)

January 25

 Births (500 years ago today)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)^[39]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Stephanie Bellars, American wrestler and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mário Haberfeld, Brazilian racing driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (born 1675)

January 26

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.^[24]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr., American architect and businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gilles Marini, French actor^[106]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (born 1901)^[210]

January 27

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist and author (died 1889)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Richard Taylor, American general, historian, and politician (died 1879)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian flute player and journalist (died 2003)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (died 2004)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Clint Ford, American screenwriter and voice actor^[52]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Danielle George MBE FIET, American professor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ahn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Fred Taylor, American football player^[53]

Commemorations:
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust


January 28

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (died 1802)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (died 1960)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rick Ross, American rapper and producer^[40]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (born 1924)

January 29

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Havergal Brian, English composer (died 1972)^[73]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)^[95]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Jesse Fuller, American one-man band musician (born 1896)^[257]

January 30

 Events (200 years ago today): 1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Andy Milonakis, American entertainer^[67]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (born 1896)