Monthly Archives: January 2024
Day in History 31 January – Guy Fawkes – A. A. Milne – Moira Shearer – Molly Ivins – Dorothea Tanning – Lizabeth Scott
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Day in History 29 January – Bear River Massacre – Edward Lear – Sara Teasdale – H. L. Mencken – Robert Frost – Alan Ladd – Freddie Prinze – Willie Dixon – Lili St. Cyr – Rod McKuen
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Day in History 28 January – W. B. Yeats – Zora Neale Hurston – Space Shuttle Challenger – Cicely Tyson
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On this day 27 January – Giuseppe Verdi – Nellie Bly – Mahalia Jackson – John Updike – J. D. Salinger – Pete Seeger – Emmanuelle Riva – Cloris Leachman
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Day in History 26 January – Gérard de Nerval – Jeanne Hébuterne – Lucky Luciano – José Ferrer – Abe Vigoda – Kobe Bryant
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Day in History 25 January – Theo Van Gogh – Ouida – Ava Gardner – John Hurt – Mary Tyler Moore
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Day in History 24 January – Caligula – Amedeo Modigliani – Sir Winston Churchill – Larry Fine – George Cukor
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Day in History 22 January – LBJ – Telly Savalas – Rose Kennedy – Heath Ledger – Jean Simmons – Hank Aaron
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