Page 7: Historical Events In January - 06

1953  The start of Vancouver's longest wet spell on record; ends 29 days later, with rain recorded on every one of 29 days; and you wonder why X files is filming in California.   

1953  WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

1956  KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting.   

1957  Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show   

1957  Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia   

1958  Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar.   

1958  Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings.   

1958  Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85   

1959  Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54.   

1960  Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52.   

1961  Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76.   

1962  Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57.   

1963  "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC.   

1963  Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68.   

1964  Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville.   

1964  Rolling Stones' inaugural tour as headline act (with Ronettes)   

1964  Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville.   

1964  Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67.   

1965  Canada part of new NATO anti-submarine destroyer squadron operating in the Atlantic   

1965  Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling   

1965  John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52   

1967  "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV.   

1967  Two homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140.   

1967  Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried.   

1968  Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks   

1968  Dr N E Shumway performs the inaugural US adult cardiac transplant operation   

1968  Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon.   

1968  Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

1969  Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"   

1971  Berkeley chemists announces the inaugural synthetic growth hormones   

1971  In Vancouver BC, Neil Young returns to Canada for his inaugural concerts since pre-stardom days; named best male singer and best composer this year.   

1972  US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn   

1972  US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley   

1972  Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR.   

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1367  Richard ii: Bordeaux, france, king of england (1377-99)   

1367  Richard ii: Bordeaux, france, king of england (1377-99)   

1367  Richard ii of england: Richard ii of england (d. 1400)   

1412  Joan of arc: Domremy, martyr   

1412  Joan of arc: Roman catholic saint and national heroine of france (legendary date)   

1412  Joan of arc: Domrémy, roman catholic saint and national heroine of france (legendary date)   

1486  Martin agricola: [m sore], german composer/cantor   

1488  Helius eobanus hessus: German poet (silvae)   

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-a'as: Arab general (bc. 583)   

1088  Death of Berengarius of tours: French theologist,   

1275  Death of Raymundus of penafort: Spanish church law scholar,   

1374  Death of Andreas corsini: Italian saint/bishop of fiesole,   

1425  Jan of bavaria: Liege of holland/bishop/duke,   

1448  Christopher iii: King of denmark/norway/sweden,   

1481  Akhmat khan: Khan of the golden horde   

1536  Death of Baldassare peruzzi: Italian architect/painter,