Historical Anniversaries this Week

January 14

 Births (550 years ago today): 1476 – Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (died 1526)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (died 2009)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (died 1991)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer

 Deaths (550 years ago today): 1476 – John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1444)

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (born 1602)

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (born 1713)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – August Sedlá?ek, Czech historian and author (born 1843)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1922)

January 15

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alexander Korolyuk, Russian ice hockey player^[62]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Dorian Missick, American actor^[54]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (born 1810)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (born 1883)

January 16

 Births (400 years ago today): 1626 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator (died 1699)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (died 1937)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer

January 17

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Frank Hague, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (died 1956)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician (died 2023)^[40]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Moira Shearer, Scottish-English ballerina and actress (died 2006)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (died 2006)

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish-French composer (born 1806)

January 18

 Events (900 years ago today): 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.^[2]

 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^[33]

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

January 19

 Births (350 years ago today): 1676 – John Weldon, English organist and composer (died 1736)

 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)^[44]

 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^[56]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Marsha Thomason, English actress^[56]

 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): 1576 – The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.

 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