Page 9: Historical Events In January - 23

1978  Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris   

1978  Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74.   

1979  Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame   

1980  President Carter reinstated the Selective Service System   

1981  Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin   

1981  Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66.   

1982  World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2.   

1982  Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83   

1983  "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC   

1983  Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14700000.   

1983  Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean.   

1984  Greatest unpaced 1-hour bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km.   

1984  Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ.   

1984  Stuart and Lillian Kelly of Brantford collect $13890588.80 for winning ticket in Lotto 6-49; largest to date   

1984  Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92.   

1985  Britains House of Lords debate inaugural televised.   

1986  Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB.   

1986  The inaugural induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley).   

1986  Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64.   

1987  Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 point loss).   

1987  Japan inaugural exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)   

1988  45th Golden Globes Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas.   

1988  62nd Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)   

1988  Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete inaugural nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands   

1988  Sandinista missiles downed a cargo plane that was dropping U.S.-financed supplies to Contra rebels in southeastern Nicaragua. Four crewmen were killed.   

1989  Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court   

1989  Surrealist painter Salvador Dali dies at age 84   

1990  Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs Pakistan at Adelaide Oval.   

1990  Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57.   

1991  "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV   

1991  High-denomination banknotes withdrawn in USSR   

1991  World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait   

1992  In Ottawa the Supreme Court of Canada rules that the federal government can conduct environmental reviews on any projects under its jurisdiction   

1992  Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67   

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1350  Vincent ferrer: Spanish missionary and saint   

1574  Lucas i franchoys: Belgian painter   

1582  John barclay: Scottish satirist/latin poet (argenis)   

1688  Queen ulrika eleonora of sweden: Queen ulrika eleonora of sweden (d. 1741)   

1719  John landen: English mathematician   

1730  Joseph hewes: Us merchant (declaration of independence signer)   

1745  William jessop: English canal engineer   

1752  Muzio clementi: Italian composer   

1002  Otto iii: German king/emperor 983/996-1002,   

1199  Yaqub: Almohad caliph (b. 1160)   

1356  Death of Margaretha of bavaria: Emperess of germany,   

1516  Ferdinand ii: King of aragon/sicily,   

1548  Bernardo pisano: Composer,   

1549  Johannes honter: Transylvanian saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)   

1567  Death of Jiajing: Emperor of china (b. 1507)   

1622  Death of William baffin: British explorer,