Historical Anniversaries this Week

January 17

January 18

 Events (900 years ago today)

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (died 2013)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Derek Richardson, American actor^[34]

 Deaths (700 years ago today): 1326 – Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (born 1247)

January 19

 Births (350 years ago today)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Wakashima Gonshir?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (died 1943)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (died 1899)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Fritz Weaver, American actor (died 2016)^[45]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Drew Powell, American actor^[57]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Marsha Thomason, English actress^[57]

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1526 – Isabella of Austria, Danish queen (born 1501)

 Deaths (450 years ago today): 1576 – Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (born 1494)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (born 1886)

January 20

 Events (450 years ago today)

 Births (500 years ago today): 1526 – Rafael Bombelli, Italian mathematician (died 1572)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (died 1957)^[39]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Patricia Neal, American actress (died 2010)^[48]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (died 1996)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter^[68]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Michael Myers, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater

January 21

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Clive Donner, British director (died 2010)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (died 1980)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000)^[58]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Roger Taillibert, French architect (died 2019)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (died 2010)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Aivaras Abromavi?ius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Raivis Belohvo??iks, Latvian cyclist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Emma Bunton, English singer^[63]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lars Eidinger, German actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)

Commemorations:
Martin Luther King Day


January 22

January 23

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (died 2012)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteering competitor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alex Shaffer, American skier

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (born 1898)