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Today's Anniversary – Friday, January 02


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Births

* 1987 Syesha Mercado Singer-songwriter and actress.
* 1977 Vittorio Leonardi South African-born stand-up and improvisational comedian and actor.
* 1975 Chris Cheney Guitarist and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End.
* 1969 Glen Johnson Professional boxer, nicknamed Gentleman.
* 1959 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Science fiction editor, writer, teacher, and musician.
* 1948 Judith (journalist) Miller Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist, formerly of the The New York Times in Washington D C.
* 1938 Ian Brady Born 2 January 1938 is a British murderer of children.
* 1925 William J. Crowe United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H W Bush, and as the Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Bill Clinton.
* 1920 Isaac Asimov Russian-born American author and biochemist.
* 1902 Alfred Barr Known as Alfred H Barr, Jr, was an art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
* 1895 Folke Bernadotte Swedish diplomat and United Nations mediator.
* 1886 Apsley Cherry-Garrard English explorer of Antarctica.
* 1873 Therese of Lisieux French Discalced Carmelite nun.
* 1865 William Lyon Phelps American author, critic and scholar.
* 1752 Philip Morin Freneau Notable American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor.
* 1629 Christian Scriver German Lutheran devotional writer.

Deaths

† 2009 John DeFrancis American linguist, sinologist, author of Chinese language textbooks, lexicographer of Chinese dictionaries, and Professor Emeritus of Chinese Studies at the University of Hawai?i at M?noa.
† 2005 John Ziman Scientist, and later a philosopher specialising in the philosophy of science.
† 1994 Dixie Lee Ray Democratic politician and the seventeenth governor of Washington State in the United States 1977–1981, making her the first woman to hold that position.
† 1945 Bertram Ramsey British Admiral during World War II He played a major part in planning the Battle of Normandy D-day invasion and led the naval forces in the battle, and was also responsible for the Dunkirk evacuation during his time as Vice-Admiral Dover.
† 1939 Roman Dmowski Polish politician and statesman, chief ideologue and co-founder of the right-wing National Democracy political camp.
† 1924 Sabine Baring-Gould English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar.
† 1892 George Biddell Airy English mathematician and astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881.
† 1890 George Henry Boker American poet, playwright, and diplomat.
† 1801 Johann Kaspar Lavater Swiss poet and physiognomist.
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