Page 7: Historical Events In January - 27

1965  1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite   

1965  Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63   

1966  Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisc an expansion team for 1966   

1967  A treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons is signed by representatives of more than 60 countries   

1967  Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records.   

1967  Fire in the spacecraft! The world is shocked to learn that astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee die in a flash fire during testing of the Apollo I space capsule at Cape Kennedy, Florida   

1967  Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed.   

1967  Apollo 1 fire results in the deaths of astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee   

1967  Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78.   

1967  Three American astronauts killed in an Apollo spacecraft ground test   

1968  "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 31 perfs   

1969  14 spies hung in Baghdad   

1969  9 Jews publicly executed in Damascus Syria.   

1969  Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack (she dies Feb 5th)   

1969  Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years   

1969  Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82.   

1970  Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG".   

1970  Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies   

1971  Montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'.   

1972  Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60   

1973  The Vietnam peace accords are signed in Paris   

1973  US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war and military draft   

1973  US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn (her 5th consecutive win)   

1973  US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr   

1973  William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-N Vietnam treaty   

1973  In this year, UCLA's basketball team claims 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)   

1973  US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war.   

1974  Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75   

1976  "Laverne and Shirley" spin-off from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV.   

1976  Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara   

1976  Viv Richards scores his inaugural Test century against Australia   

1977  President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders   

1977  The inaugural broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV   

1977  The Vatican reiterates that the Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to enter the priesthood.   

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1443  Albert: Duke of saxony   

1546  Joachim iii frederick: Elector (brandenburg)   

1556  Abbas i: "the great," shah of persia (1587-1629)   

1585  Hendrick avercamp: Dutch painter   

1592  Pierre de la barre: Composer   

1603  Harbottle grimston: English politician   

1621  Thomas willis: English physician   

1662  Richard bentley: Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

0098  Marius cocceius nerva: Emperor of rome (96-98),   

0661  Death of ali: The final sunni rashidun and first shia imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  Death of Vitalianus: Pope (657-72)/saint,   

0847  Sergius ii: Pope (844-47),   

1164  Death of Abraham ibn ezra: Poet/philosopher,   

1490  Ashikaga yoshimasa: Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  Angela merici: Italian monk/monastery,   

1565  Robrecht de berghes: Prince-bishop of liege (1557-64),