Famous Birthdays In January - 08

1911  On this day in history birth of andrej Ocenas, composer  

1911  Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind) was born on January - 08.  

1912  On January - 08 birth of jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, actor/director (Blood Tide, Dune)  

1912  On January - 08 birth of jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, B01051840 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896  

1912  On January - 08 birth of rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)  

1913  Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter)) was born on this day in history.  

1914  Charles Borromeo Mills, composer was born on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history birth of walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991)  

1917  Peter Taylor, US writer was born on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history birth of stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl)  

1920  Hendrikus J Wittebold, civil servant/resistance fighter was born on January - 08.  

1921  Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard was born on this day in history.  

1922  Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist was born on January - 08.  

1923  Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso was born on this day in history.  

1923  On January - 08 birth of iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)  

1923  On January - 08 birth of johnny Wardle, cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's)  

1923  On January - 08 birth of joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer  

1923  Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show) was born on January - 08.  

1923  Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (d. 2008) was born on January - 08.  

1924  Antai Ribari, composer was born on this day in history.  

1924  Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer was born on this day in history.  

1924  On January - 08 birth of robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer  

1924  Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right) was born on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history birth of james Saunders, English chemist/playwright (Ark)  

1925  Helmuth Hubener, German activist (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.  

1926  Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano was born on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history birth of jani Christou, composer  

1926  Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show) was born on this day in history.  

1926  On January - 08 birth of kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)  

1927  On this day in history birth of charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator  

1928  On this day in history birth of sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)  

1928  Gaston Miron, Quebec poet and editor (d. 1996) was born on this day in history.  

1929  Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor was born on January - 08.  

1930  Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972) was born on this day in history.  

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0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.  

1100  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)  

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)  

1198  On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies  

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies  

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71  

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.