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Today's Anniversary – Tuesday, January 20


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Births

* 1969 Nicky Wire Bassist and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers.
* 1964 Fareed Zakaria Writer and journalist specializing in international relations.
* 1960 Will Wright American computer game designer and co-founder of the video game developer, Maxis.
* 1959 R. A. Salvatore Who writes under the name R A Salvatore, is a fantasy author best known for his Forgotten Realms novels and The DemonWars Saga.
* 1956 Bill Maher American comedian, actor, writer and producer.
* 1949 Goran Persson Swedish Social Democratic politician.
* 1948 Natan Sharansky Notable Soviet dissident, Israeli politician and writer.
* 1946 David Lynch American film director, writer and actor.
* 1934 Tom Baker English actor best known for playing the part of The Doctor in the television series Doctor Who.
* 1930 Buzz Aldrin American pilot and astronaut who became the second man to set foot on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing.
* 1920 Federico Fellini Highly esteemed and influential Italian film director.
* 1920 Koichi Tohei One of the few 10.
* 1899 Clarice Cliff Famous designer of ceramic shapes and patterns in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire - mainly active between 1922 and 1939.
* 1896 George Burns Born Nathan Birnbaum, was an American comedian, actor and comedic partner and husband of Gracie Allen.
* 1883 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.
* 1869 F. Matthias Alexander Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique: a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.
* 1834 Piet Joubert Better known as Piet Joubert, was Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900.
* 1806 Nathaniel Parker Willis American author and editor who had worked with notable American writers including Harriet Jacobs and Edgar Allan Poe.
* 1732 Richard Henry Lee American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain.

Deaths

† 2007 Anatol Rapoport Russian-born American Jewish mathematical psychologist.
† 1997 Curt Flood Major League Baseball player from 1956 to 1971.
† 1993 Audrey Hepburn Belgian-born actress; born Audrey Kathleen Ruston, she became Audrey Hepburn-Ruston when her father appended Hepburn to his surname.
† 1990 Barbara Stanwyck American actress of film, stage, and screen.
† 1988 Abdul Ghaffar Khan Also known as or Badshah Khan was a pashtun non-violent activist and close confidante of Mahatma Gandhi.
† 1974 Edmund Charles Blunden English poet, author and critic.
† 1962 Robinson Jeffers American poet.
† 1936 George V of the United Kingdom King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India.
† 1907 Agnes Mary Clerke Irish astronomer who wrote popular books on astronomy and its history.
† 1900 John Ruskin English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic.
† 1894 William Gilpin 19th century United States explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West.
† 1867 Nathaniel Parker Willis American author and editor who had worked with notable American writers including Harriet Jacobs and Edgar Allan Poe.
† 1859 Bettina von Arnim Also known as "Bettina Brentano", was a German writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual artist, and illustrator.
† 1813 Christoph Martin Wieland German poet, dramatist and translator, best known for his Oberon and other romances on medieval or oriental subjects.
† 1779 David Garrick English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson.
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