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Today's Anniversary – Monday, January 05


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Births

* 1969 Marilyn Manson Better known as Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, artist, and lead singer of the band which shares his stage name.
* 1953 George Tenet Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and was previously the Director of Central Intelligence for the U S Central Intelligence Agency.
* 1941 Hayao Miyazaki One of the most famous and respected creators of anime, or Japanese animated films.
* 1941 Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team.
* 1936 Florence King American novelist, essayist and columnist.
* 1932 Umberto Eco Italian philosopher, semiotician, essayist, literary critic, and novelist, most famous for his novel The Name of the Rose (1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.
* 1928 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977.
* 1928 Alexander Dalgarno British physicist, currently being the Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University.
* 1921 Friedrich Durrenmatt Swiss author and dramatist.
* 1895 Jeannette Piccard American aeronaut who pioneered balloon flight, a teacher, scientist and priest.
* 1893 Paramahansa Yogananda Born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, was an Indian yogi and guru who was instrumental in bringing Kriya Yoga to the West.
* 1887 Bernard Leach British studio potter and art teacher.
* 1885 Humbert Wolfe Italian-born English poet, biographer, literary critic, translator and civil servant.
* 1876 Konrad Adenauer German statesman.
* 1798 David Macbeth Moir Scottish physician and writer, was born at Musselburgh.
* 1767 Jean-Baptiste Say French economist and businessman.

Deaths

† 2003 Jean Kerr American author and playwright.
† 2003 Roy Jenkins British politician.
† 2001 G. E. M. Anscombe Born Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, and also known as Elizabeth Anscombe, was an Irish-born British analytic philosopher.
† 1979 Charles Mingus American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist also known for his activism against racial injustice.
† 1974 Vincent Starrett Co-founder of the Baker Street Irregulars.
† 1970 Max Born German physicist and mathematician who became a British citizen, who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics.
† 1943 George Washington Carver African-American botanist who worked in agricultural extension in the southern United States.
† 1940 Humbert Wolfe Italian-born English poet, biographer, literary critic, translator and civil servant.
† 1933 Calvin Coolidge Twenty-ninth (1921–1923) Vice President and the thirtieth (1923–1929) President of the United States.
† 1922 Ernest Shackleton Anglo-Irish explorer, now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic expedition of 1914–1917 in the ship Endurance.
† 1867 Alexander Smith Scottish poet, and labelled as one of the Spasmodic School.
† 1813 Alexander Fraser Tytler Scottish-born British lawyer and writer.
† 1463 Francois Villon French thief, murderer and poet, known to history by the name he adopted, Franηois Villon.
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