Today In History - Saturday, January 28th
2009
Billy Powell, American musician (b. 1952)
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2008
Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (b. 1939)
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Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
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2007
Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist (b. 1929)
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Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
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Karel Svoboda, Czech composer of popular music (b. 1938)
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Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
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Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
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Emma Tillman, the world's oldest living person from January 24-28, 2007 (b. 1892)
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2006
Yitzchak Kaduri, rabbi
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Henry McGee, English comedian (b. 1929)
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2005
Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
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Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973)
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Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
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2004
Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927)
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Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923)
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Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
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Don Stansauk, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
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Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
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2002
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907)
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2001
Curt Blefary, American baseball player (b. 1943)
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1999
Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918)
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Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
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1996
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Laureate (b. 1940)
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Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914)
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Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
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1994
Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
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1988
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
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1986
Greg Jarvis, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944)
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Christa McAuliffe, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1948)
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Ronald McNair, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950)
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Ellison Onizuka, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1946)
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Judith Resnik, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1949)
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Francis R. Scobee, Commander of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1939)
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Michael J. Smith, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1945)
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1983
Billy Fury, British singer (b. 1940)
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Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
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1979
Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (b. 1901)
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1975
Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
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1973
John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
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1971
Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
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1965
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
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Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867)
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1963
Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
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1960
Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891)
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1959
Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
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1953
James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
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rek Bentley (b. 1933) (executed)
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1951
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, president of Finland (b. 1867)
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1950
Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883)
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1949
Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
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1948
Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1901)
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1947
Reynaldo Hahn, French composer (b. 1875)
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Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard, executed (b. 1902)
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Hans Aumeier, German Nazi official and concentration camp commandant, executed (b. 1906)
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1939
William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1865)
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1938
Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driver (b. 1909)
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1937
Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (b. 1862)
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1935
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b. 1859)
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1918
John McCrae, Canadian poet (b. 1872)
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1915
Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846)
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1912
Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
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1903
Augusta Holmès, French composer (b. 1847)
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1864
Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
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1859
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
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1832
Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
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1754
Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b. 1684)
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1697
John Fenwick, English conspirator
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1687
Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611)
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1681
Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
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1672
Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
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1621
Pope Paul V, Pope (b. 1550)
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1613
Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545)
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1599
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
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1547
Henry VIII of England, King of England (b. 1491)
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1443
Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
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1271
Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
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1061
Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
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814
Charlemagne, King of the Franks (b. 742)
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