Today in History for 20th January 2018:
Historical Events
1045 – Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
1953 – 1st live US coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
1960 – Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1961 – Robert Frost recites “Gift Outright” at JFK’s inauguration
1987 – Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon by Islamic militia group
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars’ orbit
Famous Birthdays
1762 – Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
1896 – Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
1920 – Peter Clemoes, anglo-Saxon scholar
1926 – David Eugene Tudor, composer, born in Philadelphi, Pennsylvania
1943 – Roeland HG “Roel” van Duyn, Dutch Provo politician
1947 – Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif
Famous Deaths
1798 – Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66
1890 – Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86
1936 – George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70
1960 – Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (Coquette, Deluge), dies at 72
1985 – Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75
2005 – Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)