Today in History for 1st January 2017:
Historical Events
1923 – 9th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Penn State, 14-3
1971 – 37th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 17-12
1979 – 45th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Penn State, 14-7
1992 – International Space Year begins
1993 – 59th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Miami, 34-13
2003 – 69th Sugar Bowl: #4 Georgia beats #16 Florida State, 26-13
Famous Birthdays
1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
1876 – Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3rd monument)
1897 – Walter Greaza, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1949 – Peter Dormer, arts writer
1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-6)
1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
Famous Deaths
1753 – Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer, dies at 55
1953 – Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1982 – Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
1991 – Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at 81
1996 – Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
2012 – Marcelle Narbonne, French supercentenarian and oldest person in Europe, died at 113