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Today's Anniversary – Saturday, January 24


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Births

* 1995 Callan McAuliffe Australian actor.
* 1947 Warren Zevon American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.
* 1947 Michio Kaku Japanese American theoretical physicist, tenured professor and co-creator of string field theory.
* 1944 David Gerrold Better known by his pen name David Gerrold, is an American science fiction author.
* 1943 Sharon Tate American actress, model, wife of Roman Polański, and the most famous murder victim of Charles Manson and his followers.
* 1941 Neil Diamond American singer-songwriter, who, according to Billboard magazine, is the third most successful Adult Contemporary artist ever, ranking behind only Barbra Streisand and Elton John.
* 1932 Henri Nouwen Dutch Catholic priest and writer who authored 40 books on the spiritual life.
* 1915 Robert Motherwell U S abstract expressionist painter.
* 1911 C. L. Moore American science fiction and fantasy writer, usually credited as C L Moore.
* 1891 Walter Model German general and later field marshal during World War II He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west, and for his close association with Adolf Hitler and Nazism.
* 1862 Edith Wharton American novelist, short story writer and designer.
* 1834 Charles Henry Webb American poet, author and journalist.
* 1776 E. T. A. Hoffmann Better known by his pen name E T A Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.
* 1749 Charles James Fox British Whig politician most noted for his support of the American and French Revolutions.
* 1732 Pierre de Beaumarchais French playwright and social satirist.
* 1712 Frederick II of Prussia King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
* 1670 William Congreve English playwright and poet.
* 1664 John Vanbrugh English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace.

Deaths

† 1994 Raymond F. Jones American science fiction author.
† 1986 L. Ron Hubbard American science fiction author.
† 1978 William Barclay Author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow.
† 1966 Homi J. Bhabha Indian nuclear physicist and the chief architect of the Indian atomic energy program.
† 1965 Winston Churchill British politician & statesman, best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II He was Prime Minister of the UK from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
† 1920 Amedeo Modigliani Italian painter and sculptor who pursued his career for the most part in France.
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