Today in History for 13th January 2017:
Historical Events
1695 – Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1842 – Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
1943 – US infantry captures Galloping Horse Ridge, Guadalcanal
1980 – “King of Schnorrers” closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 performances
1981 – Islander’s Mike Bossy’s 15th career hat trick-4 goals
1992 – Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
Famous Birthdays
1804 – Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
1887 – George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)
1933 – Tom B Gola, NBA Hall-of-Famer, (d. 2014)
1938 – Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer
1957 – Mark Francis O’Meara, Goldsboro NC, PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milw)
1961 – Kent Hull, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
Famous Deaths
1658 – Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1930 – C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
1953 – Paul Niggli, Swiss Mineralogist (crystal structures), dies at 64
1969 – Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
2002 – Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
2007 – Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)