Page 8: Historical Events In January - 05

1968  Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia   

1968  Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79.   

1969  Marilyn Manson, american entertainer.   

1969  Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed.   

1969  Marilyn Manson, american entertainer2006 A hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia collapses, killing 76 pilgrims visiting to perform hajj is born.   

1969  USSR Venera 5 launched for inaugural successful planet landing (Venus)   

1969  Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83   

1969  Marilyn Manson, american entertainer is born   

1970  23000 Belgian mine workers strike.   

1970  Joseph Yablonski, presidential candidate for the United Mine Workers, is are discovered murdered at home with his wife and daughter.   

1970  Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC.   

1970  Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered.   

1971  Australia's inaugural one-day international cricket matched played, against England   

1971  Harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2495-game win streak.   

1971  US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse are discovered.   

1972  NASA announced its plans for a new space vehicle, the shuttle.   

1972  NASA announces development of space shuttle.   

1972  President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle.   

1972  US president Richard Nixon gives the go-ahead for the NASA space shuttle program.   

1972  West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed.   

1973  Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel.   

1973  Netherlands recognizes German Democratic Republic   

1973  Ottawa protests US air raids on Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam.   

1973  Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79.   

1974  Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"   

1974  Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79   

1975  "The Wiz," a musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, opens on Broadway.   

1975  14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks.   

1975  A ship called the Lake Illawarra hits the Tasman Bridge across Hobart's Derwent River; seven ship's crew and five motorists die.   

1975  Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days   

1975  Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning.   

1976  "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premieres on PBS   

1976  Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"   

1976  Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies   

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1209  Richard: 1st earl of cornwall, holy roman emperor   

1548  Francisco suarez: Spanish theologian   

1560  William cobbold: Composer   

1587  Xu xiake: Chinese geographer   

1592  Shah jahan: Mughal emperor of india (1628-58), built taj mahal   

1596  Henry lawes: English composer   

1614  Archduke leopold wilhelm of austria: Archduke leopold wilhelm of austria (d. 1662)   

1661  Jacob balthasar schutz: Composer   

0842  Al-mu'tasim: Abbasid caliph (b. 794)   

1066  Edward de belijder: The confessor, king of england (1043-66),   

1387  Pedro iv: King of aragon/conqueror of sicily,   

1400  Death of John montacute: 3rd earl of salisbury, english politician (executed) (b. ca. 1350)   

1425  Death of John of bavaria/bayern: Liege of holland/zealand/dordrecht, poisoned   

1448  Christopher of bavaria: Christopher of bavaria (b. 1416)   

1465  Charles: Duke of orléans, french poet (b. 1394)   

1477  Death of Charles: The bold, duke of burgundy/writer,