Today in History for 14th January 2018:
Historical Events
1874 – I. D. Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Mississippi legislature
1898 – Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel by airplane
1944 – Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow
1977 – “Fantasy Island” starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1996 – AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts 20-16
Famous Birthdays
1841 – Berthe M P Morisot, French painter/aquarellist
1845 – Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/gov-gen Canada
1942 – Amichand Rajbansi, South African politician
1942 – Carol Bellamy, Planfield NJ, (City Council Pres-D- 1978-85), born in NYC, New York
1948 – Joseph Henry “T Bone” Burnett, American musician and producer, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1967 – Tom Rhodes, actor (Tom Rhodes-Mr Rhodes)
Famous Deaths
1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I’m Calling You), dies at 63
1970 – John J “Johnny” Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61
1976 – Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
1990 – Mani Madhava Chakyar, Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
1993 – Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98
2004 – Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978)