CoM Moderators Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Historical Events 1077 - German King Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness 1938 - Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance 1957 - KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 1993 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder 2020 - World's oldest asteroid impact at 2.2 billion years old found in Yarrabubba, Western Australia, may have ended an ice age, reported in "Nature Communications" More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Nikolai Golovanov, Russian conductor and composer (Bolshoi Opera), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1953) 1905 - "Ossie" O.S. Stevens Nock, British railway writer, born in Sutton, England (d. 1994) 1952 - Mike Krukow, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1986 SF Giants; Chicago Cubs) and broadcaster (KNBR [with Duane Kuiper] SF Giants), born in Long Beach, California 1981 - Ivan Ergić, Serbian soccer midfielder (11 caps; FC Basel 202 games), born in Šibenik, Croatia 1981 - David F. Sandberg, Swedish film director (Lights Out, Shazam!), born in Jönköping, Sweden More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1851 - (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), dies at 49 1894 - Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian composer (Épithalame), dies of typhoid fever at 24 1928 - George Washington Goethals, American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal, dies at 69 2005 - Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955) 2015 - Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now