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January 9: International Choreographers
Day: -- Choreographers are the masterminds behind all the
beautiful dance choreographies and routines we see - the creative
geniuses behind designing, planning, and arranging different
movements together. Many prominent choreographers have emerged and
started revolutionary dance companies that are still running
today. Choreographers paved the way for many to come after them,
they bring art to life, and International Choreographers Day is a
day of celebration and appreciation for them. While it is hard to
pinpoint the exact time of the origination of dance,
archaeological evidence suggests it has been around for centuries.
We know that before there were any languages, there was oral and
performative communication. Evidence shows that dance has been
used for cultural, religious, and communicative purposes since the
beginning of time. Social, celebratory, and ritual dances are also
some of the most important factors in the development of early
human civilizations. Since dance cannot leave historical evidence,
secondary sources inform us of its existence and spread. Some of
the earliest evidence of dance comes from temple carvings in
ancient India and Egypt. Ritual dances were a part of ancient
Greece and even performed before the opening of the Olympic Games
(kind of like present-day opening ceremony performances). Dance
was also done for entertainment purposes. There is even evidence
of a Greek celebration that entailed drinking and dancing for
weeks straight. Dance made its way across the globe for different
purposes. With time, there was an explosion of new dance forms and
music, and it became structured. As people explored more, the
rules and characteristics of different dance forms became evident.
The interaction of dance, music, and performance became more
intertwined, and artists started showcasing their choreographic
vision. In the 1900s, the words 'choreography' and 'choreographer'
came into use, and the world of choreography took a new form.
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January 9: National Word Nerd Day: -- A
day that encourages enthusing about our favorite words and the
importance of language in our culture. Whether you always know
what to say, or you often end up with your foot in your mouth,
words are essential to our success and progress. National Word
Nerd Day gives us the chance to learn some new words, use some old
ones, and maybe even borrow them from someone else! We've got some
wordy ways to spend your day and verbose views on how to celebrate
this National Word Nerd Day! Humans have communicated since we
first walked on Earth, though our early language was nowhere near
as complex as the systems of words we use today. Once, our basic
vocabulary range was no different from that of great apes, but as
we advanced, so did our language. With developments in our
lifestyle, we needed to be able to name things, communicate ideas,
and express ourselves to aid our advancement. Words and language
became increasingly important, yet it took many centuries until
they were considered important enough to document. During the
medieval period, the written word was considered a luxury, with
only the rich or the anointed able to read and write in a
sophisticated way. As such, the majority was only able to enjoy
words through oral storytelling. Shakespeare and other great
wordsmiths used their love of words to delight audiences in the
theatres, even inventing words for use in their work. But by the
mid-18th century, reading and writing were more widely taught and
accessible to a greater range of people. As a result, it became
necessary to produce a comprehensive list of words and their
meanings in the English language, a task embarked upon by British
Dr. Samuel Johnson, who was paid 1.5K GN (approximately 325K USD
in today's money) for its completion. After seven years of toil,
his dictionary was published in 1755 and is still widely regarded
as one of the most influential texts of the English language.
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January 9: Static Electricity Day: -- A
day dedicated to the funny (and sometimes annoying) electric
charge phenomenon and learning why and how it happens. Humans are
no strangers to static electricity since we can see, feel, and
hear its effects in most cases. Static electricity is around us in
more forms than just static shock and is quite useful and
harmless. Static electricity refers to an increased electric
charge present on the surface of an object. This charge either
remains on said surface, travels to the ground, gets discharged,
or transfers onto another object. When you rub two objects
together, they acquire equal and opposite charges developing an
attraction between them. Simply put, opposites attract and the
electric force is basically an attraction between opposite
charges. Greek philosopher, Thales of Miletus, was the first to
mention static electricity in his accounts. While cleaning his
amber he found that smaller dust particles would start sticking to
it when he rubbed it. This was followed up 300 years later when
Theophrastus rubbed different stones together to observe this
"power of attraction." None of them, however, went on to
research this phenomenon in depth. Around 2,000 years later, once
the term 'electricity' had been coined, there was room for a
deeper understanding and research of the concept. German scientist
Otto von Guericke started researching static electricity, French
physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb researched a fixed quantity
of static electricity, and American scientist Benjamin Franklin
associated static electricity with storms. Another key player was
scientist Michael Faraday, who proved that electricity from a
magnet, voltaic electricity produced by a battery, and static
electricity are the same. Once there was more understanding of the
concept, static electricity started being used in magic tricks,
innovations, etc. Today we are surrounded by static electricity in
our daily lives. It is often mistaken to be merely a static shock,
but it is so much more. Static electricity was discovered by
Thales of Miletus, finding it a mysterious, attractive force when
rubbing his amber clean. In the 17th Century, research into static
electricity was reignited when Otto von Guericke conducted
in-depth research into the phenomenono when he created the
friction generator, now known as an electrostatic generator or
electrostatic machine, an electrical generator that produces
static electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. By
the 18th century, scientists made further discoveries and
developed a basic understanding of the topic, and people began to
use it. By the 19th century. Michael Faraday discovered that the
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January 9: National WONK Day: -- As you
might imagine, it celebrates Washington, D.C.s political
enthusiasts, those committed to their beliefs. A 'WONK' is someone
genuinely interested in a specific field, and the term is
especially used to refer to those deeply involved in politics.
Truly dutiful individuals, working for the greater good. In 2019,
iHeartRadio launched Washington's WONK-FM to honor those residing
in the capital. According to the company, "We think WONKS
deserve a day of recognition and a radio station to match! You
work hard, and you deserve to play hard." The radio has been
a fixture in human lives for many years now. Its name refers to a
technology for "signaling and communicating radio waves,"
the basis of wireless transmissions. These waves were first
identified in 1886 by German physicist Heinrich Hertz, and his
discovery eventually led to the invention of the first practical
radio transmitters and receivers by Guglielmo Marconi, between
1895 and 1896. Radios, however, only became popular around 1900.
Near the turn of the 20th century, Reginald Fessenden started
working on positioning audio radio transmissions as a successor to
earlier spark-gap transmissions. By the fall of 1900, Fessenden
was able to transmit speech over a distance of a mile, making it
the first known successful audio transmission using radio signals.
Unfortunately, the sound was too distorted to be commercially
viable. Later on, on Christmas Eve 1906, Fessenden was able to
orchestrate the first radio program broadcast, playing 'O Holy
Night' on his violin and reciting verses from the "Bible."
This was the earliest instance of amplitude modulation or A.M.
radio. Radio programs have since been used for a variety of
purposes, from entertainment to news. In 2019, iHeartRadio
launched Washington's WONK-FM in honor of WONKs residing in the
capital of the United States. Academically speaking, a WONK is a
"person who takes an enthusiastic or excessive interest in
the specialized details of a particular subject or field,
especially political policy." To this, iHeartRadio states:
"We think WONKS deserve a day of recognition and a radio
station to match! You work hard, and you deserve to play hard."
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January 9: National Law Enforcement
Appreciation Day: -- Across the country on January 9th each year,
citizens take the lead to show support on National Law Enforcement
Appreciation Day. Law Enforcement Officers of every rank and file
have chosen a profession that puts their life on the line every
day for their communities. They've answered a call to public
service that is demanding and often unappreciated. From local,
state, and federal, their duties command dedication. The jobs are
often thankless and take them away from their families for long
hours. Rarely do they know what their days have in store for them.
Often law enforcement are the only paid emergency resource a
community has. More often they work in coordination with other
local, state, and federal organizations to make communities safer.
On National Law Enforcement Day, we have an opportunity to thank
them for their service and offer a token of respect. There are
several ways to show your support. Send a note of thanks to your
local, county or state police agency. Wear blue, turn your social
media channels blue or shine a blue porch light to show your
support. Share your support using
#NationalLawEnforcementAppreciationDay to share on social media.
Several organizations came together to create National Law
Enforcement Appreciation Day in 2015 to thank officers across the
country for all the daily sacrifices they make for their
communities. Some of the organizations supporting the observance
include: Concerns of Police Survivors; FBI National Academy
Associates; Fraternal Order of Police; International Association
of Chief of Police; Officer Down Memorial Page; Law Enforcement
United; National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund;
International Conference of Police Chaplains; and National
Troopers Coalition. Since the the inaugural celebration,
nationwide many more organizations have joined forces to support
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day to spread_encouragement
and respect to these dedicated men and women. Show some love and
respect to these brave souls - and use
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January 9, 1431: Religion: The History Of
Religion: Abrahamic Religions: Christianity: Roman Catholicism:
The Latin Church (Latin: Ecclesia Latina): Joan Of Arc ((French:
Jeanne D'Arc): The Trial Of Joan Of Arc: -- The trial of Joan of
Arc begins in Rouen, France on accusations of heresy, which
included blaspheming by wearing men's clothes, acting upon visions
that were demonic, and refusing to submit her words and deeds to
the judgment of the church. She had been captured by Burgundian
troops on May 23 when a company of volunteers organized by Joan
tried to relieve Compiegne, which had been besieged by the
Burgundians-French allies of the English. After trying
unsuccessfully to escape, she was handed to the English in
November, and she was put on trial by Bishop Pierre Cauchon, a
strong partisan of English interests in France during the latter
years of the Hundred Years' War who presided as judge at her trial
. She was declared guilty, and died when she was burned at the
stake, aged about nineteen, in Rouen, Normandy, then under English
rule, executed by burning at the stake by an English-dominated
tribunal on the charge, of all things, of cross-dressing. A
monument in Rouen is inscribed with the words of Andre Malraux: "O
Jeanne, without sepulchre, without portrait, you know that the
tomb of heroes is the heart of the living." Another monument
to her stands in north side of Notre Dame Cathedral Of Paris. In
1456, an inquisitorial court reinvestigated Joan's trial and
overturned the verdict, declaring that it was tainted by deceit
and procedural errors. Joan Of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc,
pronounced "Zhohn Dark") (c. 1412 - May 30, 1431),
patron saint of France, who claimed to be acting under divine
guidance and became a military leader who transcended gender roles
and gained recognition as a savior of France, honored as a
defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orleans
and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France
during the Hundred Years' War (d. May 30, 1431) was born to a
propertied peasant family at Domremy in northeast France. In 1428,
she requested to be taken to Charles, later testifying that she
was guided by visions from the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret,
and Saint Catherine to help him save France from English
domination. Convinced of her devotion and purity, Charles sent
Joan, who was about seventeen years old, to the siege of Orleans
as part of a relief army. She arrived at the city in April 1429,
wielding her banner and bringing hope to the demoralized French
army. Nine days after her arrival, the English abandoned the
siege. Joan encouraged the French to aggressively pursue the
English during the Loire Campaign, which culminated in another
decisive victory at Patay, opening the way for the French army to
advance on Reims unopposed, where Charles was crowned as the King
Of France with Joan at his side. These victories boosted French
morale, paving the way for their final triumph in the Hundred
Years' War several decades later. After Charles's coronation, Joan
participated in the unsuccessful siege of Paris in September 1429
and the failed siege of La Charite in November. Her role in these
defeats reduced the court's faith in her. Joan has been revered as
a martyr, and viewed as an obedient daughter of the Roman Catholic
Church, an early feminist, and a symbol of freedom and
independence. After the French Revolution, she became a national
symbol of France. In 1920, Joan Of Arc was canonized by the Roman
Catholic Church and, two years later, was declared one of the
patron saints of France. She is portrayed in numerous cultural
works, including literature, music, paintings, sculptures, and
theater. Joan Of Arc's name was written in a variety of ways.
There is no standard spelling of her name before the sixteenth
century; her last name was usually written as "Darc"
without an apostrophe, but there are variants such as "Tarc",
"Dart" or "Day". Her father's name was written
as "Tart" at her trial. She was called "Jeanne d'Ay
de Domremy" in Charles VII's 1429 letter granting her a coat
of arms. Joan may never have heard herself called "Jeanne
d'Arc". The first written record of her being called by this
name is in 1455, 24 years after her death. She was not taught to
read and write in her childhood, and so dictated her letters. She
may have later learned to sign her name, as some of her letters
are signed, and she may even have learned to read. Joan referred
to herself in the letters as "Jeanne la Pucelle" (Joan
the Maiden) or as "la Pucelle" (the Maiden), emphasizing
her virginity, and she signed "Jehanne". In the
sixteenth century, she became known as the "Maid Of Orleans".
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January 9, 1839: Photography: The History
Of Photography: Great Inventions: The Daguerreotype (The
Daguerreotype Process): -- The French Academy of Sciences
announces the Daguerreotype photography process. At a meeting of
the French Academy of Sciences, Louis Daguerre, French
photographer, physicist and inventor of the daguerreotype
announced his daguerreotype process, the first practical
photographic process that produced lasting pictures. He permitted
the French government to announce that his photographic process
was a gift "free to the world". Recognized for this, he
became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is
most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an
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January 9, 1854: #BOTD: #HBD! Jennie
Spencer-Churchill, CI, RRC, DStJ, known as Lady Randolph
Churchill, American-born British socialite and beauty, wife of
Lord Randolph Churchill and mother of British Prime Minister Sir
Winston Churchill (d. June 29, 1921) is #born Jennie Jerome in the
Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn. She was raised in Brooklyn,
Paris, and New York City. A noted beauty (an admirer, Lord
d'Abernon, said that there was "more of the panther than of
the woman in her look"), she worked as a magazine editor in
early life. Family lore insists that Jennie had Iroquois ancestry,
through her maternal grandmother; however, there is no research or
evidence to corroborate this. She was married for the first time
on April 15, 1874, aged 20, at the British Embassy in Paris, to
Lord Randolph Churchill. The Churchills had two sons: Winston
(1874-1965), the future prime minister, was #Born less than eight
months after the marriage. According to his biographer William
Manchester, Winston was most likely conceived before the marriage,
rather than born prematurely. When asked about the circumstances
of his birth, Winston Churchill would reply, "Although
present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection of the
events leading up to it.". Randolph's sisters believed that
the biological father of the second son, John Strange "Jack"
Spencer-Churchill (1880-1947) was Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount
Falmouth. Jack Churchill served in the South African Light Horse
alongside his war correspondent brother in the Second Boer War in
1899-1900, and was shot through the leg in February 1900, during
the Battle of the Tugela Heights, part of the campaign for the
relief of Ladysmith. He fought in World War I He reached the rank
of Major and was awarded the French decorations of the Croix de
guerre and the Legion d'honneur and the British Distinguished
Service Order in 1918. After the war, he became a businessman in
the City of London. During the Blitz, he lost his house and
thereafter lived in 10 Downing Street, where he used the bedrooms
on the top floor formerly used by Churchill and his wife, or the
No 10 Annex. He died on February 23, 1947, aged 67, of heart
disease and is buried near his parents and brother. When Lord
Randolph died in 1895, aged 45, Jennie was free to mix in the
highest London society circles, despite of her lack of money. She
married the much younger George Cornwallis-West in London on 28
July 1900. Around this time, she became well known for chartering
the hospital ship RFA Maine to care for those wounded in the
Second Boer War, for which she received the decoration of the
Royal Red Cross (RRC) in the South Africa Honours list published
on 26 June 1902.In 1908 she wrote her memoirs, The Reminiscences
of Lady Randolph Churchill. The Churchills were becoming a
dedicated literary family, and Jennie took to writing plays for
the West End. George doted on Jennie, amorously nicknaming her
"pussycat". However, they drifted apart. Her third
marriage, on 1 June 1918, was to Montagu Phippen Porch
(1877-1964), a member of the British Civil Service in Nigeria, who
was three years Winston's junior. In May 1921, while Montagu Porch
was away in Africa, Jennie slipped while coming down a friend's
staircase wearing new high-heeled shoes, breaking her ankle.
Gangrene set in, and her left leg was amputated above the knee on
June 10. She died at her home at 8 Westbourne Street in London,
following a haemorrhage of an artery in her thigh (resulting from
the amputation). She was 67 years old. She is buried in the
Churchill family plot at St Martin's Church, Bladon, Oxfordshire,
next to her first husband. According to legend, Jennie Churchill
was responsible for the invention of the Manhattan cocktail. She
allegedly commissioned a bartender for a special drink to
celebrate the election of Samuel J. Tilden to the New York
governorship in 1874. While the drink is believed to have been
invented by the Manhattan Club (an association of New York
Democrats) on that occasion, Jennie could not have been involved,
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January 9, 1908: #BOTD: #HBD: Simone de
Beauvoir, French existentialist philosopher, bohemian, writer,
social theorist, sexual activist and feminist activist (d. April
14, 1986) is #born Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de
Beauvoir into a bourgeois Parisian family in the 6th
arrondissement. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher,
nor was she considered one at the time of her death, she had a
significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist
theory. Beauvoir wrote novels, essays, biographies,
autobiographies, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and
social issues. She was best known for her "trailblazing work
in feminist philosophy", The Second Sex (1949), a detailed
analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of
contemporary feminism. She was also known for her novels, the most
famous of which were She Came to Stay (1943) and The Mandarins
(1954). Her most enduring contribution to literature is her
memoirs, notably the first volume, Memoires d'une jeune fille
rangee (1958), which has warmth and descriptive power. Her life
was not without controversy: she briefly lost her teaching job
after being accused of sexually abusing some of her students. She
and her long-time lover, Jean-Paul Sartre, along with numerous
other French intellectuals, campaigned for the release of people
convicted of child sex offenses and signed a petition which
advocated the abolition of age of consent laws in France. She was
also a highly awarded woman, some of the most notable prizes being
the 1954 Prix Goncourt, the 1975 Jerusalem Prize, and the 1978
Austrian State Prize for European Literature. Simone de Beauvoir
died of pneumonia in Paris, aged 78. She is buried next to Sartre
at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. She was honored as a figure
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January 9, 1916: The European Civil War:
World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World
War I): The African Theatre Of World War I: The Middle Eastern
Theater Of World War I: The Battle Of Gallipoli (The Gallipoli
Campaign, The Dardanelles Campaign, The Defense Of Gallipoli): --
The Battle Of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory
when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. The
Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the
Battle Of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Canakkale, took place on the
Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman
Empire between February 17, 1915 and January 9, 1916. The
peninsula forms the northern bank of the Dardanelles, a strait
that provided a sea route to the Russian Empire, one of the Allied
powers during the war. Intending to secure it, Russia's allies,
Britain and France, launched a naval attack followed by an
amphibious landing on the peninsula, with the aim of capturing the
Ottoman capital of Constantinople (modern Istanbul). The naval
attack was repelled and after eight months' fighting, with many
casualties on both sides, the land campaign was abandoned and the
invasion force was withdrawn to Egypt. The campaign was the only
major Ottoman victory of the war. In Turkey, it is regarded as a
defining moment in the nation's history, a final surge in the
defence of the motherland as the Ottoman Empire crumbled. The
struggle formed the basis for the Turkish War Of Independence and
the declaration of the Republic of Turkey eight years later, with
Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Ataturk) as President, who rose to prominence
as a commander at Gallipoli. The campaign is often considered to
be the beginning of Australian and New Zealand national
consciousness; April 25, the anniversary of the landings, is known
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January 9, 1935: #BOTD: #HBD! Bob Denver,
American comedic actor, best known as Gilligan on the 1964-1967
television series Gilligan's Island, and beatnik Maynard G. Krebs
on the 1959-1963 series The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis (d.
September 2, 2005) is #born Robert Osbourne Denver in New
Rochelle, New York, and raised in Brownwood, Texas. He attempted
several careers, first as a mailman for the US Postal Service,
then as a high school teacher. He was exempt from military
service, as he had suffered a broken neck in 1956, when he was
twenty-one. He was attending college at Loyola-Marymount
University in Los Angeles when he first got into acting. His first
role was a bit part, a character named MacIntosh in the film, "A
Private's Affair" (1959). He was then picked up for the
character of a bearded beatnik named Maynard G. Krebs, as a wacky
foil against his college classmate and fellow actor, Dwayne
Hickman, in the television series "The Many Loves of Dobie
Gillis." This show went on for four seasons, and when it
ended, he was offered his best remembered role of Gilligan.
"Gilligan's Island" has been seen for many years on the
rerun circuit. After "Gilligan's Island" ended in 1967,
he tried several other shows, including the role of Dusty in
"Dusty's Trail" (1973) and several Broadway plays. He
would reprise his role of Gilligan in several sequels, usually
presented as two-hour made-for-television movie specials,
including "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" (1978), "The
Castaways on Gilligan's Island" (1979), and "The Harlem
Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" (1981). Contrary to his
inept and goofy acting persona, he was really a very talented,
serious, shy, and well read person. Bob Denver had four children
with three of his four wives: Maggie Ryan (m. 1960; div. 1966),
Jean Webber (m. 1967; div. 1970), Carole Abrahams (m. 1972; div.
1975), and his longest and most successful marriage, Dreama Peery
(m. 1979, his death). Bob Denver died at Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina aged 70
from complications such as pneumonia following surgery for throat
cancer caused by heavy smoking; earlier that year, he received
cancer treatment and underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery. His
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January 9, 1944: #BOTD: #HBD! Jimmy Page,
English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer who achieved
international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock
band Led Zeppelin, is #born James Patrick Page in the Heston
suburb of west London, England to a English father and a mother of
Irish descent. James Patrick Page OBE began his career as a studio
session musician in London and, by the mid-1960s, alongside Big
Jim Sullivan, was one of the most sought-after session guitarists
in Britain. He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968. In
late 1968, he founded Led Zeppelin. Page is widely considered to
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behind Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. In 2010, he was ranked
number two in Gibson's list of "Top 50 Guitarists of All
Time" and, in 2007, number four on Classic Rock's "100
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January 9, 1950: #BOTD: #HBD! David
Johansen, American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as
lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls,
also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter and
for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged (1988) (d.
February 28, 2025) is #born David Roger Johansen in Staten Island,
New York to a librarian Irish American mother, Helen (Cullen), and
an insurance sales representative Norwegian American father,
Gunvold Johansen, who had previously sung opera. Johansen became
involved with the scene at Andy Warhol's Factory. He also worked
with Charles Ludlam at Ludlam's Ridiculous Theater Company, where
Johansen did sound and lights. Johansen began his music career in
the late 1960s as the lead singer of the Vagabond Missionaries, a
local Staten Island band and later in the early 1970s as the
singer/songwriter in the proto-punk band the New York Dolls. The
New York Dolls were part of the Mercer Arts Center's scene,
appearing on the bill at a New Year's Eve 1972 gig with Ruby and
the Rednecks. They released two albums, New York Dolls (1973) and
Too Much Too Soon (1974). The bulk of the material was written by
Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders. The Dolls had a strong
cult following and glowing reviews from critics such as Lester
Bangs, Robert Christgau and Nick Kent, but overall garnered a
divided critical reaction and did not initially find commercial
success. The New York Dolls appeared on the BBC TV's live music
programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, where presenter "Whispering
Bob" Harris notoriously derided the band on air as "mock
rock". In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan left the
band. Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain along with Peter Jordan, Chris
Robison, and Tony Machine continued playing as the New York Dolls
until 1976 after which Johansen embarked on a solo career. His
first two solo albums, the David Johansen and In Style, featured
several enduring originals. His self-titled album peaked at number
91 in Australia in August 1978. Sylvain Sylvain frequently
performed with him and his band covered many Dolls songs in
concert. His live albums Live It Up and The David Johansen Group
Live document Johansen's reputation as an exceptional concert
performer. The studio releases Here Comes the Night (which
includes a signature number, "Heart of Gold") and Sweet
Revenge again showcased his strengths as a writer of new material
and featured a guest appearance by jazz saxophone player Big Jay
McNeely. A number of the songs on Here Comes the Night were
co-written with South African musician Blondie Chaplin. In 1982
Johansen was the opening act for the Who at several U.S. East
Coast concerts, including Shea Stadium in New York City and
Capital Centre near Washington, D.C.. In the late 1980s, Johansen
achieved moderate commercial success under the pseudonym Buster
Poindexter, accompanied by the Uptown Horns, performing jump
blues, traditional pop, swing, and novelty songs. He also appeared
as part of the house band on the television program Saturday Night
Live. As Poindexter, he scored his first hit song, "Hot Hot
Hot", which, in an interview on National Public Radio's Fresh
Air, he called "the bane of my life" due to its
pervasive popularity. "Hot Hot Hot" was initially
written and recorded by Montserratian Soca artist Arrow. As
Poindexter, Johansen often appeared with his band, the Banshees of
Blue. Early Poindexter releases combined an eclectic selection of
covers with Johansen's own compositions. Johansen went on to issue
Buster's Happy Hour, an album of songs thematically linked by
their subject matter: alcohol. It was followed by Buster
Poindexter's Spanish Rocket Ship, which focused on salsa and
merengue music. Johansen acted in several films during the 1980s
and 1990s, and in 2000, had a brief role on the HBO drama series
Oz. He appeared in the television series The Adventures of Pete &
Pete in the episode "On Golden Pete", in which he played
a park ranger. He appeared in the Muppet Television segment of an
episode of The Jim Henson Hour. He also appeared in The Equalizer
playing a violent criminal named Garnet in the 1987 episode
"Re-Entry". Among his more prominent roles are that of
the wisecracking Ghost of Christmas Past in Scrooged (1988), which
starred Bill Murray as well as the part of "Looney" in
the movie Let It Ride (1989), playing opposite Richard Dreyfuss.
He starred opposite Hulk Hogan and Sherman Hemsley in Mr. Nanny
(1993) and co-starred with John C. McGinley in the movie Car 54,
Where Are You? (1994), based on the television series. He can be
seen in the Jim White documentary film Searching for the Wrong
Eyed Jesus in which he sings a version of Geeshie Wiley's "Last
Kind Words" while in a motel room. He also had a supporting
role with Mick Jagger and Emilio Estevez in the movie Freejack
(1992). He played Halston (a hired hitman) in the anthology film
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990), in the segment "The
Cat from Hell". He was the guest music artist on the Miami
Vice episode "The Dutch Oven" (1985), where he sang
"King of Babylon". Johansen most recently portrayed the
bartender in the Bill Murray Netflix special A Very Murray
Christmas. Johansen voiced the villain Ding Dong Daddy in the
original Teen Titans animated series in the season 5 episode 9
episode "Revved Up". Johansen's legs appeared in John
Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 film Up Your Legs Forever. He voiced
the Beartaur character in the 2021 Centaurworld animated Netflix
television series. Johansen then turned to blues with his group,
the Harry Smiths. The group was named as a tribute to Harry
Everett Smith, who compiled the Anthology of American Folk Music,
several songs of which were covered by the band. Johansen's second
album with the Harry Smiths is titled Shaker. In 2004, Johansen
reunited with Sylvain Sylvain and Arthur Kane of the New York
Dolls. Owing to the success of the tour, in 2006 the New York
Dolls released One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This,
their first album in nearly 30 years. It was critic Robert
Christgau's choice for album of the year. In 2009 the band
released Cause I Sez So and in 2011 Dancing Backward in High
Heels. Johansen hosted a weekly show, David Johansen's Mansion of
Fun, on Sirius Satellite Radio while continuing to write and
perform. Featuring music "from the jungles of Africa to the
Bayou of Louisiana and from Duke Ellington to Phil Spector to
Billy Joe Shaver, the show was all over the musical map", the
show is free-form and eclectic. As of January 2020, the show aired
on channel 710 (stream-only), The Loft. In October 2007, Johansen
participated in "The Staten Island Composers Project",
featuring work by three musicians who call the island home:
Johansen; Vernon Reid, founder of the '80s rock-metal pioneers
Living Colour, and Galt MacDermot, best known as the composer of
the musical Hair. The Council on the Arts and Humanities for
Staten Island commissioned the program and asked each artist to
write 20 minutes of music conveying something of his connection to
the island often referred to as New York City's forgotten borough.
Johansen's opus, a cinematic and unabashedly romantic Adagio
scored mostly for strings, is called "Mara Dreams the Moon
Gate of Uncommon Beauty". Inspired by "The Moon Gate of
Uncommon Beauty", a round portal between two rockscapes in
the Chinese Scholar's Garden at the Staten Island Botanical
Garden. In September 2009, he appeared on Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations, the Travel Channel television program, in which he
toured Staten Island with the program's host. In addition to his
own albums, Johansen contributed songs to the soundtracks of the
films Times Square and The Aviator ("Flowers in the City"
and "Ain't Cha Glad" respectively) and guests on About
Them Shoes, a CD by veteran blues man Hubert Sumlin. Another
non-album track of his, "Johnsonius", appears on the
1984 compilation A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse and
"The Rope (The Let Go Song)", a track originally
recorded during the sessions for his eponymous first album and
published on the B-side of the single, "Funky But Chic",
a song that was performed by the original New York Dolls before
their break up. An artist noted for his musical unpredictability
and versatility, Johansen was a consistent blues enthusiast since
the earliest days of the Dolls, with covers of songs by Bo Diddley
and Sonny Boy Williamson among their earliest numbers. The 2006
Dolls CD Private World : The Complete Early Studio Demos 1972/3
featured the Dolls performing songs by Otis Redding, Gary U.S.
Bonds, Chuck Berry, The Shangri-Las, and Muddy Waters, in addition
to versions of songs from their two Mercury albums. Also featured
on the CD was a previously unreleased Dolls number, "Endless
Party". Johansen worked consistently with Sylvain Sylvain,
drummer Tony Machine - formerly an agent who worked for Leber &
Krebs, a member of the New York Dolls in 1975-1976 and a fixture
in many David Johansen groups and throughout the Buster Poindexter
period - and Brian Koonin, guitarist and banjo player with Buster
Poindexter and the Harry Smiths as well as keyboard player with
the New York Dolls for the first reunion engagement and the One
Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This CD and tour. In
September 2020, Johansen released a cover of "Sinking Ship"
by Gypsy. On July 7, 2020, Showtime Documentary Films announced
that filmmaker Martin Scorsese would direct a new feature film on
Johansen. The Showtime documentary, Personality Crisis: One Night
Only, was released on April 14, 2023. Scorsese was joined in the
making of the film by his frequent co-director David Tedeschi,
and, with Johansen, Scorsese was interviewed about the film by
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. Johansen wed actress and long-time
girlfriend Cyrinda Foxe in 1977 but divorced within a year in
1978. Johansen was married to photographer Kate Simon from 1983 to
2011. Johansen wed artist Mara Hennessey in 2013. Johansen was
diagnosed with stage four cancer and a brain tumor in 2020,
leading to him retiring from performing as a live musician. He
fell and broke his back in two places in November 2024 and
required surgery. His step-daughter launched a fundraiser to help
with his treatment on February 10, 2025. David Johansen died from
cancer at his Staten Island home on February 28, 2025, at the age
of 75. His remains were cremated, and the ashes given to his widow
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January 9, 1957: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1947-1953): The Decolonization
Of Asia: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Suez Crisis (The Second
Arab-Israeli War, The Tripartite Aggression, The Sinai War): --
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office
following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian
sovereignty. Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC,
English soldier and politician, achieved rapid promotion as a
young Member of Parliament, and he was Foreign Secretary at the
age of 38, before resigning in protest at Neville Chamberlain's
appeasement policy towards Mussolini's Italy. He again held that
position for most of the Second World War, and a third time in the
early 1950s. Having been Winston Churchill's deputy for almost 15
years, he succeeded him as Prime Minister in April 1955. A skilled
diplomat, he nontheless blundered in 1956, when the United States
refused to support the Anglo-French military response to the Suez
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January 9, 1960: Egyptian History: Modern
Egyptian History: Crimes Against Culture (German: Kulturshade,
"Shame Against Culture"): The Inundation Of Lower Nubia,
Southern Egypt And Northern Sudan: The Aswan Dam (The Aswan High
Dam): -- President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction
on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish
twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. Also known as
the Aswan High Dam, it is an embankment dam built across the Nile
in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely
eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902
downstream. Based on the success of the Low Dam, then at its
maximum utilization, construction of the High Dam became a key
objective of the government following the Egyptian Revolution of
1952; with its ability to control flooding better, provide
increased water storage for irrigation and generate
hydroelectricity the dam was seen as pivotal to Egypt's planned
industrialization. Like the earlier implementation, the High Dam
has had a significant effect on the economy and culture of Egypt.
Before the High Dam was built, even with the old dam in place, the
annual flooding of the Nile during late summer had continued to
pass largely unimpeded down the valley from its East African
drainage basin. These floods brought high water with natural
nutrients and minerals that annually enriched the fertile soil
along its floodplain and delta; this predictability had made the
Nile valley ideal for farming since ancient times. However, this
natural flooding varied, since high-water years could destroy the
whole crop, while low-water years could create widespread drought
and associated famine. Both these events had continued to occur
periodically. As Egypt's population grew and technology increased,
both a desire and the ability developed to completely control the
flooding, and thus both protect and support farmland and its
economically important cotton crop. With the greatly increased
reservoir storage provided by the High Aswan Dam, the floods could
be controlled and the water could be stored for later release over
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January 9, 1972: Aesthetics: Performing
Arts: Premieres: Television Premieres: United States Television
Premieres: Children's Television: Children's Television Premieres:
-- Zoom, stylized as ZOOM, a half-hour educational television
program created almost entirely by children, is first broadcast.
It aired on PBS originally from January 9, 1972, to February 10,
1978, with reruns being shown until September 12, 1980. It was
originated and produced by WGBH-TV in Boston. Inspired by
educational shows like Sesame Street and The Electric Company, but
designed to give the kids who watched it a voice without adults on
screen, it was, for the most part, unscripted. Far from seeking to
make stars of the child performers, their contracts prohibited
them from making any television appearances or doing commercials
for three years after they left the show. The show was revived in
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January 9: Play God Day: -- While the
name can suggest reenactment of some sort, this day is there to do
something nice for someone other than yourself. The idea behind it
is to "play God" for someone by doing something that
reflects or represents God's blessings. So, what would you do if
you were God for a day? We came up with a few suggestions like
paying for someone's meal or groceries, offering to help someone
in need, even if it's just to cross the street, or getting
involved in social issues that will make a lasting impact. The
possibilities are endless! It is difficult to pinpoint the exact
period when the concept of God came into existence. There is no
consensus on who, when, what, where, or how the concept of God
originated. In fact, there is no real consensus on what or who God
is. Each culture and religion has its version of God, and there
are even subversions within these cultures and religions. While
there are main characteristics of God that different groups agree
on, each individual has their meaning and beliefs. In a general
sense, however, it is commonly believed that God stands for a
higher power, has an eternal and essential existence, is
omnipotent and omnipresent, and is the Creator of all beings.
Additionally, there is a widely shared faith in God to bless and
guide everyone through a good life. The concept of Play God Day
doesn't come from a particular religious or cultural belief but
from the basic idea that God is good to everyone, and we should be
too. Play God Day is a day to make a kind gesture without a
selfish intent, much like God would. These gestures don't have to
be miraculous or life-changing. All you have to do is make
someone's day just a little bit better than it would be otherwise.
Just imagine what it would be like to be God for one day. Think
about the things you would do or the problems you would fix. While
several of those things may be out of your ability as a human,
there will be some things that you can take baby steps towards on
this day. For instance, if you would eliminate world hunger as
God, donate to a food bank on Play God Day. While we don't need an
excuse to be nice to others, Play God Day is a great opportunity
to do so.
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>January 9: National Balloon Ascension
Day: -- An annual commemoration of the first balloon flight in the
United States in 1793. The French aeronaut Jean Pierre Blanchard
took flight over the Walnut Street Prison in Philadelphia above a
large crowd. He ascended in a hydrogen gas balloon, a popular
balloon at the time. George Washington witnessed the launch of the
balloon, too. That day he lit the fires of fascination with
ballooning in Americans. However, more than hot air balloons also
flew in the skies over time. Several varieties of balloons took
shape over the next 100 years. Airships inflated by hydrogen and
shaped like cigars took to the skies. They were also called
blimps. Their engines gave these balloons directional flight and
speed. By the 20th century, large airships with cabins carried
passengers. The gas-filled giants eventually disappeared from the
skies. Tragedies like the Hindenburg on May 6, 1937, where over a
third of the 97 passengers perished when the airship caught fire
helped to usher in a new era. Today, hot air ballooning is enjoyed
from the ground and the air. It's also a scientific tool for
weather and other research. Plan a trip to a hot air balloon
festival. In the United States, there are around 30 balloon
festivals to choose from. Go to one or go to them all. You can
find a comprehensive list at TownAndTourist. If you've been
ballooning, be sure to share your photos and experiences. It's
sure a sight to see. From the preparation to the breathtaking
launches, balloonists certainly provide an eyeful. And of course,
memories for a lifetime. It's a great way to #CelebrateEveryDay
and be a part of the Celebration Nation. Be sure to share using
#BalloonAscensionDay on social media! National Balloon Ascension
Day has been observed since at least 2011 in commemoration of the
first manned balloon launch in the United States on January 9,
1793.
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>January 9, 1861: The American Civil War
(The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Secession Of The
Southern States Of America: The Secession Of Mississipppi From The
United States Of America: -- In reaction to the election of
Abraham Lincoln as President, Mississippi becomes the second state
to secede from the United States when it members of The
Mississippi Secession Convention sign The Mississippi Secession
Ordinance written by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II. By 1856,
the South had lost control of Congress, and was no longer able to
silence calls for an end to slavery, which came mostly from the
more populated, free states of the North. The Republican Party,
founded in 1854, pledged to stop the spread of slavery beyond
those states where it already existed. After Abraham Lincoln was
elected the first Republican president in 1860, seven cotton
states - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas respectively - declared their secession and
formed the Confederate States of America before Lincoln was
inaugurated. The United States government, both outgoing and
incoming, refused to recognize the Confederacy, and when the new
Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to open
fire on Fort Sumter in April 1861, there was an overwhelming
demand, North and South, for war. Only the state of Kentucky
attempted to remain neutral, but it could only do so briefly until
it chose to remain in the Union. When Lincoln called for troops to
suppress what he referred to as "combinations too powerful to
be suppressed by the ordinary" judicial or martial means,
four more states - Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North
Carolina - decided to secede and join the Confederacy, which then
moved its capital to Richmond, Virginia. Residents of the western
counties of Virginia did not wish to secede along with the rest of
the state. This section of Virginia was admitted into the Union as
the state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. Four slave states
decided to stay in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and
Missouri. Although divided in their loyalties, a combination of
political maneuvering and Union military pressure kept these
states from seceding.
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>January 9, 1872: #DOTD: #RIP: Henry
Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar, noted expert in
military studies, known by the nickname that became derogatory
"Old Brains", Commander of operations in the Western
Theater of the American Civil War from 1861 until 1862, General in
Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864,
important participant in the admission of California as a state
(b. January 16, 1815) #dies of edema caused by liver disease at
his post at his headquarters where he was in command of the
Military Division Of The South in Louisville, Kentucky, just 7
days short of his 57th birthday. He was buried in the Halleck
family plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, on January
25. Halleck is commemorated by a street named for him in San
Francisco and a statue in Golden Gate Park. He left no memoirs for
posterity and apparently destroyed his private correspondence and
memoranda. His estate at his death showed a net value of
474,773.16 USD (11,597,653.25 USD in 2023). His widow, Elizabeth,
married Halleck's best friend, Col. George Washington Cullum in
1875. Cullum had served as Halleck's chief of staff in the Western
Theater and then on his staff in Washington. Henry Halleck was
born Henry Wager Halleck on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County,
New York. A successful lawyer and land developer, Halleck
commanded operations in the Western Theater, during which time,
while the Union armies in the east were defeated and held back,
the troops under Halleck's command won many important victories.
However, Halleck was not present at the battles, and his
subordinates earned most of the recognition. The only operation in
which Halleck exercised field command was the Siege Of Corinth in
the spring of 1862, a Union victory which he conducted with
extreme caution. Halleck also developed rivalries with many of his
subordinate generals, such as Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos
Buell. In July 1862, following Major General George B. McClellan's
failed Peninsula Campaign in the Eastern Theater, Halleck was
promoted to general in chief. Halleck served in this capacity for
about a year and a half. Halleck was a cautious general who
believed strongly in thorough preparations for battle and in the
value of defensive fortifications over quick, aggressive action.
He was a master of administration, logistics, and the politics
necessary at the top of the military hierarchy, but exerted little
effective control over field operations from his post in
Washington, D.C. His subordinates frequently criticized him and at
times ignored his instructions. President Abraham Lincoln once
described him as "little more than a first rate clerk."
In March 1864, Grant was promoted to general in chief, and Halleck
was relegated to chief of staff. Without the pressure of having to
control the movements of the armies, Halleck performed capably in
this task, ensuring that the Union armies were well-equipped.
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>January 9, 1991: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The
Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I):
Operation Desert Shield: The Geneva Peace Conference (1991): -- In
the final initiative to prevent what ultimately became the
Operation Desert Shield combat phase of The Gulf War, United
States Secretary Of State James Baker meets Foreign Minister of
Iraq Tariq Aziz at the Geneva Conference in Hotel InterContinental
to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi Invasion Of
Kuwait. Lasting nearly seven hours, both parties refused to move
on their initial positions. Iraq refused to withdraw from occupied
Kuwait, while the United States and its allies continued to demand
Iraq's immediate withdrawal. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 -
February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2,
1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of
troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm
(January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a
war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United
States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation
of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the
Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First
Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became
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>January 9, 1975: Aesthetics: The
Performing Arts: Music: Music History: The History Of Rock And
Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll,
Rock N' Roll): British Rock And Roll (British Rock & Roll,
British Rock-N-Roll, British Rock 'N' Roll, British Rock 'N Roll,
British Rock N' Roll): The Swinging Sixties: Music Of The United
Kingdom: Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Rock 'N'
Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): Concerts: British Rock (Beat
Music, British Beat, Merseybeat): The Swinging Sixties: Music Of
The United Kingdom: Rock And Roll (Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll,
Rock 'N' Roll, Rock 'N Roll, Rock N' Roll): The British Invasion:
Concerts: The Beatles: Abbey Road, Let It Be And The Separation Of
The Beatles: -- An English court legally dissolved the Beatles'
partnership, though sporadic lawsuits against their record company
EMI, Klein, and each other persisted until 1989. On April 10,
1970, Paul McCartney, in the midst of business disagreements with
his bandmates, announced that he was leaving The Beatles for
personal and professional reasons. He filed a suit for the band's
formal dissolution on December 31, 1970, and in March 1971 the
court appointed a receiver to oversee Apple's finances. In March
1969, McCartney married his first wife, Linda Eastman, and in
August, the couple had their first child, Mary, named after his
late mother. Abbey Road was the band's last recorded album, and
Martin suggested "a continuously moving piece of music",
urging the group to think symphonically. McCartney agreed, but
Lennon did not. They eventually compromised, agreeing to
McCartney's suggestion: an LP featuring individual songs on side
one, and a long medley on side two. In October 1969, a rumour
surfaced that McCartney had died in a car crash in 1966 and was
replaced by a lookalike, but this was quickly refuted when a
November Life magazine cover featured him and his family,
accompanied by the caption "Paul is still with us".
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Wings
Over The World: Aviation History Series DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1941: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Maiden Flights:
Military Aviation Maiden Flights: -- First flight of the Avro
Lancaster, a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber.
The Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four
Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, the same engines that powered the
Spitfire, and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first
saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic
bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main
aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As
increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the
principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the RCAF and squadrons
from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the
RAF, overshadowing contemporaries such as the Halifax and
Stirling. A long, unobstructed bomb bay meant that the Lancaster
could take the largest bombs used by the RAF, including the 4,000
lb (1,800 kg), 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) and 12,000 lb (5,400 kg)
blockbusters, loads often supplemented with smaller bombs or
incendiaries. The "Lanc", as it was affectionately
known, became one of the more famous and most successful of the
Second World War night bombers, delivering 608,612 long tons of
bombs in 156,000 sorties. The versatility of the Lancaster was
such that it was chosen to equip 617 Squadron and was modified to
carry the Upkeep "Bouncing bomb" designed by Barnes
Wallis for Operation Chastise, the attack on German Ruhr valley
dams. Although the Lancaster was primarily a night bomber, it
excelled in many other roles, including daylight precision
bombing, for which some Lancasters were adapted to carry the
12,000 lb (5,400 kg) Tallboy and then the 22,000 lb (10,000 kg)
Grand Slam earthquake bombs (also designed by Wallis). This was
the largest payload of any bomber in the war.
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Props: The Lockheed Constellation DVD, MP4 Download, USB Drive
Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1943: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Maiden Flights: Civil
Avation Maiden Flights: -- The first flight of the Lockheed
Constellation occurs when the first prototype (civil registration
NX25600) flew a short ferry hop from Burbank to Muroc Field for
testing. On this flight, Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen, on
loan from Boeing, flew left seat, with Lockheed's own Milo Burcham
as copilot. Lockheed's famed enginner and aircraft designer Kelly
Johnson, and his assistant Rudy Thoren, were also aboard. With the
onset of World War II, the aircraft, which entered production for
TWA as purely civilian transport planes, were converted to an
order for C-69 Constellation military transport aircraft, with 202
aircraft intended for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
It was this converted aircraft model that made this maiden flight.
The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a
propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed
Corporation starting in 1943. The Constellation series was the
first pressurized-cabin civil airliner series to go into
widespread use. Its pressurized cabin enabled commercial
passengers to fly well above most bad weather for the first time,
thus significantly improving the general safety and ease of air
travel. Several different models of the Constellation series were
produced, although they all featured the distinctive triple-tail
and dolphin-shaped fuselage. Most were powered by four 18-cylinder
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclones. In total, 856 were produced between
1943 and 1958 at Lockheed's plant in Burbank, California, and used
as both a civil airliner and as a military and civilian cargo
transport. Among their famous uses was during the Berlin and the
Biafran airlifts. Three served as the presidential aircraft for
Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of which is featured at the National
Museum of the United States Air Force.
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1976: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Aircraft Service
Entries: -- The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, an American
twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by
McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing), enters service with the
United States Air Force. It is among the most successful modern
fighters, with over 100 victories and no losses in aerial combat,
with the majority of the kills by the Israeli Air Force. Having
first flown on July 27, 1972, the USAF, following reviews of
proposals, selected McDonnell Douglas's design in 1969 to meet the
service's need for a dedicated air superiority fighter. The Eagle
has been exported to Israel, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. The F-15 was
originally envisioned as a pure air-superiority aircraft. Its
design included a secondary ground-attack capability that was
largely unused. The aircraft design proved flexible enough that an
improved all-weather strike derivative, the F-15E Strike Eagle,
was later developed, entered service in 1989 and has been exported
to several nations. As of 2021, the aircraft is being produced in
several variants.
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1913: #BOTD: Richard Nixon,
American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the
United States (d. April 22, 1994) is #born Richard Milhous Nixon
in Yorba Linda, California. Richard M. Nixon served as vice
president under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-61, then made an
unsuccessful run for the presidency, narrowly losing to John F.
Kennedy. Nixon ran for governor of California in 1962 and lost. He
then told reporters he was leaving politics. Real Audio 1:27
However, he re-emerged in 1968 and ran a successful presidential
campaign against Hubert Humphrey. He won re-election by a
landslide in 1972, but resigned two years later amid impeachment
proceedings resulting from the Watergate scandal. Richard Nixon
died at 81 years of age at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical
Center in Manhattan, New York of cerebral edema (excess fluid in
the brain) with his daughters at his bedside. He is buried at The
Richard Nixon Library And Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: A Night
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP: Amiri
Baraka, African American poet, playwright, author, essayist, music
critic, academic and beat (b. October 7, 1934) #dies at the age of
79 at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, after
being hospitalized in the facility's intensive care unit for one
month before his death. The cause of death was not reported
initially, but it is mentioned that Baraka had a long struggle
with diabetes. Later reports indicated that he died from
complications after a recent surgery. Baraka's funeral was held at
Newark Symphony Hall on January 18, 2014. His burial details are
not publicly disclosed. Born Everett LeRoi Jones in Newark, New
Jersey, and later known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, he
was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several
universities, including the State University of New York at
Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He
received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out
and the Gone. Baraka's career spanned nearly 52 years, and his
themes range from black liberation to white racism. Some poems
that are always associated with him are "The Aesthetics: The
Performing Arts: Music: Reflection on Jazz and Blues", "The
Book of Monk", and "New Music, New Poetry", works
that draw on topics from the worlds of society, music, and
literature. Baraka's poetry and writing have attracted both high
praise and condemnation. In the African American community, some
compare Baraka to James Baldwin and recognize him as one of the
most respected and most widely published black writers of his
generation. Others have said his work is an expression of
violence, misogyny, and homophobia. Regardless of one's viewpoint,
Baraka's plays, poetry, and essays have been described by scholars
as constituting defining texts for African American culture.
Baraka's brief tenure as Poet Laureate of New Jersey (in 2002 and
2003) involved controversy over a public reading of his poem
"Somebody Blew Up America?", which resulted in
accusations of anti-Semitism and negative attention from critics
and politicians.
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1911: #BOTD: #HBD! Slim
Gaillard, also known as McVouty, African American bomber pilot,
jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone,
and tenor saxophone in a career that spanned music, film and
television for nearly six decades (d. February 26, 1991) is #born
Bulee Gaillard. Along with Gaillard's date of birth, his lineage
and place of birth are disputed. Many sources state that he was
born in Detroit, Michigan, though he said that he was born in
Santa Clara, Cuba, of an Afro-Cuban mother called Maria (Mary
Gaillard) and a German-Jewish father called Theophilus (Theophilus
Rothschild) who worked as a ship's steward. During an interview in
1989, Gaillard added: "They all think I was born in Detroit
because that was the first place I got into when I got to
America." However, the 1920 census lists one "Beuler
Gillard" as living in Pensacola, Florida, having been born in
April 1918 in Alabama. Researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc have
concluded that he was born in June 1918 in Claiborne, Alabama,
where a "Theophilus Rothchild" [sic] had been raised the
son of a successful merchant in the small town of Burnt Corn;
other documents give his name as Wilson, Bulee, or Beuler Gillard
or Gaillard. At the age of twelve, he accompanied his father on a
world voyage and was accidentally left behind on the island of
Crete. On a television documentary in 1989, he said, "When I
was stranded in Crete, I was only twelve years old. I stayed there
for four years. I traveled on the boats to Beirut and Syria and I
learned to speak the language and the people's way of life."
After learning a few words of Greek, he worked on the island
"making shoes and hats". He then joined a ship working
the eastern Mediterranean ports, mainly Beirut, where he picked up
some knowledge of Arabic. When he was about 15, he re-crossed the
Atlantic, hoping the ship would take him home to Cuba, but it was
bound for the U.S. and he ended up in Detroit. He never saw either
of his parents again. Alone and unable to speak English, he tried
to get a job at Ford Motor Company but was rejected because of his
age. He worked at a general store owned by an Armenian family,
with whom he lived for some time, then tried to become a boxer.
During Prohibition in 1931 or 1932, he drove a hearse with a
coffin that was packed with whiskey for the Purple Gang. He
attended evening classes in music and taught himself to play
guitar and piano. When Duke Ellington came to Detroit, he went
backstage and met his hero. Determined to become a musical
entertainer, he moved to New York City and entered the world of
show business as a "professional amateur". Gaillard
recalled much later: "The MC would say, "Here they come,
all the hopefuls!" Well, we may have been hopefuls but we
weren't amateurs. Of course, you had to be a little bad in spots.
If you were too good you'd lose the amateur image. I would be a
tap dancer this week, next week I'd play guitar, two weeks later
some boogie-woogie piano. They paid us 16 USD a show. I did one
with Frank Sinatra, I got 16 and he got 16. Every time I see him I
say, "Got a raise yet, Frank?" Slim Gaillard was noted
for his comedic vocalese singing and word play in his own
constructed language called "Vout-o-Reenee", for which
he wrote a dictionary. In addition to English, he spoke five
languages (Spanish, German, Greek, Arabic, and Armenian) with
varying degrees of fluency. He rose to prominence in the late
1930s with hits such as "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy
Floy)" and "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti)" after
forming Slim and Slam with Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart.
During World War II, Gaillard served as a B-26 bomber pilot in the
Pacific. In 1944, he resumed his music career and performed with
notable jazz musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie,
and Dodo Marmarosa. In the 1960s and 1970s, he acted in
films-sometimes as himself-and also appeared in bit parts in
television series such as Roots: The Next Generations. In the
1980s, Gaillard resumed touring the circuit of European jazz
festivals. He followed Dizzy Gillespie's advice to move to Europe
and, in 1983, settled in London, England, where he died of cancer,
aged 80. He is buried at Pacific View Memorial Park cemetery in
Corona Del Mar, California.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Minnie
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1981: #DOTD: #RIP: Cozy Cole,
African American jazz drummer who had hits with the songs "Topsy
I" and "Topsy II" (b. October 17, 1909) #dies of
cancer in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 71. His burial details are
not publicly disclosed. Born William Randolph Cole in East Orange,
New Jersey, his hit song"Topsy II" peaked at No. 3 on
the Billboard Hot 100, and at No. 1 on the R & B chart. It
sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. The
track peaked at No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. The
recording contained a long drum solo and was one of the few drum
solo recordings to make the charts at Billboard magazine. The
single was issued by Love Records, a small record label in
Brooklyn, New York. Cole's song "Turvy II" reached No.
36 in 1959. His first music job was with Wilbur Sweatman in 1928.
In 1930 he played for Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers,
recording an early drum solo on "Load of Cole". He spent
1931-33 with Blanche Calloway, 1933-34 with Benny Carter, 1935-36
with Willie Bryant, 1936-38 with Stuff Smith's small combo, and
1938-42 with Cab Calloway. In 1942, he was hired by CBS Radio
music director Raymond Scott as part of network radio's first
mixed-race orchestra. After that he played with Louis Armstrong's
All Stars. Cole performed with Louis Armstrong and his All Stars
with Velma Middleton singing vocals for the famed ninth Cavalcade
of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The concert
was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 7, 1953. Also featured
that day were Roy Brown and his Orchestra, Don Tosti and His
Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, Nat "King" Cole, and
Shorty Rogers and his Orchestra. Cole appeared in music-related
films, including a brief cameo in Don't Knock the Rock. Throughout
the 1960s and 1970s he continued to perform in a variety of
settings. Cole and Gene Krupa often played drum duets at the
Metropole in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s. Cole is
cited as an influence by many contemporary rock drummers,
including Cozy Powell, who took his nickname "Cozy" from
Cole. In 1981, he died of cancer in Columbus, Ohio.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Miles
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1914: #BOTD: #HBD! Kenny
Clarke, nicknamed Klook, African American Jazz and Bebop drummer,
composer and bandleader (d. January 26, 1985) is #born Kenneth
Clarke Spearman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A major innovator of
the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride
cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of
the bass drum for irregular accents ("dropping bombs").
He was orphaned at the age of about five and began playing the
drums when he was eight or nine on the urging of a teacher at his
orphanage. Turning professional in 1931 at the age of seventeen,
he moved to New York City in 1935 when he began to establish his
drumming style and reputation. As the house drummer at Minton's
Playhouse in the early 1940s, he participated in the after-hours
jams that led to the birth of bebop. After military service in the
US and Europe between 1943 and 1946, he returned to New York, but
from 1948 to 1951 he was mostly based in Paris. He stayed in New
York between 1951 and 1956, performing with the Modern Jazz
Quartet and playing on early Miles Davis recordings. He then moved
permanently to Paris, where he performed and recorded with
European and visiting American musicians and co-led the Kenny
Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band between 1961 and 1972. He continued
to perform and record until the month before he died of a heart
attack iat his home in Montreuil, France, aged 71. His burial
details are not publicly disclosed.
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1941: #BOTD: #HBD! Roy Head,
American singer, best known for his hit record "Treat Her
Right" (d. September 21, 2020) is #Roy Kent Head in Three
Rivers, Texas, and achieved fame as a member of a musical group
from San Marcos, known as The Traits. The group's sponsor landed
their first recording contract in 1958 with TNT Music in San
Antonio while they were still in high school. The Traits performed
and recorded in the rockabilly, rock and roll and rhythm and blues
musical styles from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Though
landing several regional hits between 1959 and 1963 on both the
TNT and Renner Record labels, Head is best known for the 1965
blue-eyed soul international hit, "Treat Her Right",
recorded by Roy Head and the Traits. After going solo, Head landed
several hits on the country and western charts between 1975 and
1985. During his career of some 50 years, he has performed in
several different musical genres and used a somewhat confusing
array of record labels, some too small to provide for national
marketing and distribution. Roy Head and the Traits held reunions
in 2001 and 2007 and were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of
Fame in 2007. Roy Head died on a Monday of a heart attack at his
home in Porter, Texas at the age of 79. He is buried in Providence
Cemetery, Banner, Mississippi.
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD! Bill
Cowsill, American singer, musician, songwriter, and record
producer, lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills (d. February
18, 2006) is #born William Joseph Cowsill Jr. in Middletown, Rhode
Island. The Cowsills had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s:
"The Rain, The Park & Other Things" (1967), "Indian
Lake" (1968) and "Hair" (1969). His siblings often
called Barry the most musically talented of the family. The
Cowsills were noted for their ability to sing multiple-part
harmonies with remarkable accuracy and were one of most popular
musical acts in America. They made 200 television appearances a
year, including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson, American Bandstand, The Mike Douglas Show, Playboy
After Dark, Kraft Music Hall, and The Johnny Cash Show. This led
to Columbia Pictures division Screen Gems considering a sitcom
based on their story and starring most of the members of the band;
the deal was abandoned when the producers of the show wanted to
replace Barbara in the cast. The show would later become The
Partridge Family, with David Cassidy playing the lead singer and
with his mother Shirley Jones as the mother in the show. It was
commonly thought that Cowsill's involvement with the family band
came to an abrupt end in 1969 when Bud caught him smoking
marijuana. In fact, Cowsill's dismissal occurred after he and his
father got into a drunken brawl in the lounge of the Flamingo
Hotel in Las Vegas, when Bud insulted Bill's friends, particularly
guitarist Waddy Wachtel. Police had to be called to break up the
fight; Bill was dismissed, or quit, the next day. According to Bob
Cowsill, Bill's dismissal was the beginning of the end of the
Cowsills as a group, because no other sibling could assume his
leadership role. After the band's break-up in 1972, it was
discovered that most of their wealth had been lost through Bud
Cowsill's financial mismanagement. Cowsill had no qualms about
leaving the family band, later saying that he "hated"
the life and the lack of musical control. From Las Vegas, he went
directly to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he began playing in bars, "for
ten bucks a night and all the whiskey you could drink." He
was able to sit in with Harry Nilsson, J.J. Cale and Carl Wilson,
co-founder of The Beach Boys. This led to Bill being considered as
the replacement for Brian Wilson in The Beach Boys' live
performances. Instead, Cowsill stayed in Tulsa and, in late 1970,
released his solo album, Nervous Breakthrough. From the mid-1970s
until his death, he was a successful alt-country artist and
producer in Canada. In the latter years of his life, Cowsill was
in declining health, suffering from emphysema, Cushing syndrome
and osteoporosis. His health went into serious decline in 2004. He
needed a cane to walk and underwent hip replacement surgery and
three back surgeries, one of which left him with a permanently
collapsed lung. That year, a benefit concert for Cowsill was held
in Los Angeles, featuring The Cowsills, Peter Tork, Susanna Hoffs
and Shirley Jones, among others. Bill Cowsill died aged 58 at his
Calgary home, survived by his two sons. Family members learned of
his death while holding a memorial service the next day, in
Newport, Rhode Island, for his brother Barry, who was a victim of
Hurricane Katrina (his body had not been found and identified
until January 2006). Bill Cowsill was cremated, and his ashes
later scattered in Newport, Rhode Island. At the time of Cowsill's
death, his last album with the Co-Dependents, Live at the Mecca
Cafe, Volume 2, was the top-selling independent album in Alberta.
On April 20, 2006, a tribute concert in memory of Billy Cowsill
was held at The Railway Club in Vancouver. On May 18, 2006, a
memorial service for and musical tribute to Cowsill was held at
Knox United Church in Calgary. In 2009, Cowsill's last residence,
at 1723 9th Street SW, Calgary, was designated a 'municipal
historic resource' by the city of Calgary.
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>January 9, 1995: #DOTD: #RIP: Peter Cook,
dubbed "The Father Of Modern Satire", English actor,
satirist, writer, comedian and screenwriter, widely regarded as
the leading light of the British "satire boom" of the
1960s (b. November 17, 1937) #dies in a coma at age 57 at the
Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, from a gastrointestinal
haemorrhage, a complication probably resulting from years of heavy
drinking. His body was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, and
his ashes were buried in an unmarked plot behind St
John-at-Hampstead, not far from his home in Perrins Walk. Cook was
ranked number one in the Comedians' Comedian, a poll of over 300
comics, comedy writers, producers, and directors throughout the
English-speaking world. He was closely associated with the
anti-establishment comedy that emerged in the United Kingdom and
United States in the late 1950s. He was born Peter Edward Cook at
his parents' house, "Shearbridge", in Middle Warberry
Road, Torquay, Devon, and was educated at the University of
Cambridge. There he became involved with the Footlights Club, of
which he later became president. After graduating he created the
comedy stage revue Beyond The Fringe, beginning a long-running
partnership with Dudley Moore. In 1961, Cook opened the comedy
club The Establishment in Soho, Central London. In 1965, Cook and
Moore began a television career, beginning with Not Only... But
Also. Cook's deadpan monologues contrasted with Moore's
buffoonery. They received the 1966 British Academy Television
Award for Best Entertainment Performance. Following the success of
the show, the duo appeared together in the films The Wrong Box
(1966) and Bedazzled (1967). Cook and Moore returned to television
projects continuing to the late 1970s, including co-presenting
Saturday Night Live in the United States. From 1978 until his
death in 1995, Cook no longer collaborated with Moore, apart from
a few cameo appearances but continued to be a regular performer in
British television and film.
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1949: #DOTD: #RIP: Tommy
Handley, English comedian, best known for the highly popular BBC
radio programme It's That Man Again ("ITMA") which ran
between 1939 and 1949 (b. January 17, 1892) #dies suddenly at the
age of 56 of a cerebral haemorrhage four days after after the last
edition of ITMA - the 310th - was recorded. His death was
announced on air by the Director General of the BBC, Sir William
Haley, who insisted on making the announcement himself. The King
and Queen sent a message of sympathy to Handley's widow. Thousands
of people lined the route of Handley's funeral procession from the
chapel near his London home to Golders Green Crematorium, and
packed memorial services were held in two cathedrals: St Paul's on
January 27 and Liverpool three days later. His radio show ITMA,
whose cheerful take on the day-to-day preoccupations of the public
during World War II was an important contributor to British
morale, died with him. Born Thomas Reginald Handley at Toxteth
Park, an inner-city area of Liverpool located to the south of
Liverpool city centre, Handley went on the stage in his teens and
after military service in the First World War he established
himself as a comedian and singer on the music hall circuit. He
became nationally known as a pioneer broadcaster. From 1924
onwards he was frequently heard on BBC variety programmes as a
solo entertainer and an actor in sketches. In the 1930s Handley
frequently performed on air with the comedian Ronald Frankau in a
popular comedy act as "Mr Murgatroyd and Mr Winterbottom".
Handley's greatest success came in 1939 with the BBC radio comedy
show It's That Man Again, which, after an uncertain start, caught
the British public's imagination and reached an unprecedentedly
large audience. He starred as the good-natured, fast-talking
anchor-man around whom a cast of eccentric comic characters
revolved.
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>January 9, 2022: #DOTD: #RIP: Dwayne
Hickman, American actor, vocalist and television executive,
producer and director, who portrayed Chuck MacDonald, Bob Collins'
girl-crazy teenaged nephew, in the 1950s The Bob Cummings Show,
best known as the title character in the 1960s sitcom The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis (b. May 18, 1934) #dies from complications
of Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles, California at the age of
87. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los
Angeles County, California. Dwayne Hickman was born Dwayne Bernard
Hickman in Los Angeles. Hickman was the younger brother of child
actor Darryl Hickman and the older brother of Deidre Hickman.
Hickman's first screen appearances were as an extra in The Grapes
of Wrath (1940) and Men of Boys Town (1941), in which his brother
Darryl was featured. Other early screen appearances were in the
1942 Our Gang comedy Melodies Old and New, Captain Eddie (1945),
The Hoodlum Saint (1946), and Faithful in My Fashion (1946). In
1946, Hickman played young Chase in the movie The Secret Heart
which starred Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, Lionel Barrymore,
and June Allyson. Hickman played different small roles in some of
Columbia Pictures' eight-film "Rusty" series, about a
boy and his valiant German Shepherd: The Return of Rusty (1946),
For the Love of Rusty (1947), The Son of Rusty (1947), My Dog
Rusty (1948), Rusty Leads the Way (1948), Rusty's Birthday (1949),
and Rusty Saves a Life (1949). Heaven Only Knows (1947), in which
he appeared, starred Bob Cummings, who would play a major role in
Hickman's career. Hickman also appeared in Her Husband's Affairs
(1948), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), The Sun Comes Up (1949),
Mighty Joe Young (1949), and The Happy Years (1950), which starred
Darryl. As a teen, Dwayne and Darryl guest-starred in a 1950
episode of The Lone Ranger titled "Two Gold Lockets".
Hickman focused on his studies for a few more years, then returned
to acting with appearances in Public Defender, The Loretta Young
Show, Lux Video Theatre, and Waterfront. In 1955, Dwayne appeared
in another Lone Ranger episode, titled "Sunstroke Mesa".
Hickman gained wide notice as Chuck on The Bob Cummings Show from
1955 to 1959. At the time, he was studying at Loyola Marymount.
Hickman was one of the early stars to have a breakout character in
the series. Hickman considered Cummings a childhood television
hero and had said that Cummings taught him everything he knew
about acting. He worked with and was friends with Cummings
throughout five seasons. While still on The Bob Cummings Show,
Hickman guest-starred on other shows, such as The Adventures of
Ozzie and Harriet and Men of Annapolis (alongside his brother). He
also had a sizable film role in Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
(1958). In 1958, Hickman was cast as the lead of The Many Loves of
Dobie Gillis, which aired from 1959 to 1963. At the show's debut,
the Dobie character was a teenager in high school, and Hickman was
then 25 years old. He played Dobie for four years (with fellow
former Loyola student Bob Denver as his sidekick Maynard G.
Krebs). During the series' run, Hickman did the voice for Aladdin
in 1001 Arabian Nights (1959). On June 23, 1960, Hickman appeared
on The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. When Dobie Gillis
ended, Hickman found himself stereotyped as a "youngster"
when he was too old for such roles. He and Annette Funicello
appeared together in an episode of the drama The Greatest Show on
Earth, starring Jack Palance. He also guest-starred on Valentine's
Day, Vacation Playhouse and Wagon Train. In 1965, Hickman appeared
in the comedy film Cat Ballou with Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin.
Hickman signed a multi-picture deal with American International
Pictures. For that studio he starred in Ski Party (1965) opposite
Frankie Avalon; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) with Funicello;
and Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) with Avalon and
Vincent Price. He also made a cameo in Sergeant Deadhead (1965).
Hickman appeared in the episode "Run Sheep Run" on
Combat! as a soldier who froze during an attack by a German
machine gun nest. He had a supporting part in the 1967 comedy
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!. He starred in the 1967 pilot
for We'll Take Manhattan and the 1968 pilot for Missy's Men, but
neither was picked up for broadcast. Hickman also appeared as a
guest panelist on Match Game in 1975. He guest-starred on Vacation
Playhouse; Ironside; Insight; The Flying Nun; My Friend Tony; Walt
Disney's Wonderful World of Color ("My Dog, the Thief");
Mod Squad; Love, American Style; Karen; Kolchak: The Night
Stalker; Perry Mason; and Ellery Queen. He reprised his most
famous role in Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?, a one-shot
pilot, and appeared in the TV movie Don't Push, I'll Charge When
I'm Ready (1977). Hickman found his future in entertainment behind
the scenes, becoming involved in production roles. From 1977 to
1988, Hickman served as a programming executive at CBS. He took
time out for a cameo in the TV movie High School U.S.A. (1983).
Hickman reprised his role of Dobie in the TV movie Bring Me the
Head of Dobie Gillis (1988). His autobiography is titled Forever
Dobie.[11] That year, he guest-starred on Win, Lose or Draw. In
the late 1980s, Hickman turned to directing episodic TV, doing
episodes of Duet; Charles in Charge; Open House; Designing Women;
Get a Life; Head of the Class; Harry and the Hendersons; and
Sister, Sister. He still occasionally acted, appearing in Murder,
She Wrote, and A Night at the Roxbury (1998). He had a
semi-regular role on the TV series Clueless. He could be seen in
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the
Longest Three Hour Tour in History and Angels with Angles (2005).
Hickman was married three times. His first two marriages, to Carol
Christensen and Joanne Papile, ended in divorce. He and his third
wife, Joan Roberts, were married for 39 years until his death. He
had two sons, one from his first marriage and one from his third.
After retirement, he devoted his time to creating personalized
paintings.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
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Today, January 9, 2026
>January 8-9, 1324: #DOTD: #RIP: Marco
Polo, Italian merchant, explorer, and writer (b. c. 1254) #dies in
the Republic of Venice aged 69; due to the Venetian law stating
that the day ends at sunset, the exact date of Marco Polo's death
cannot be determined, but according to some scholars it was
between the sunsets of January 8 and January 9, 1324. He is buried
in the church of San Lorenzo in Venice. Marco Polo was born in
Venice, capital of the Venetian Republic. His travels are recorded
in Livres Des Merveilles Du Monde (Book Of The Marvels Of The
World, also known as The Travels Of Marco Polo, c. 1300), a book
that described to Europeans the wealth and great size of China,
its capital Peking, and other Asian cities and countries. He
learned the mercantile trade from his father and his uncle,
Niccolo and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia and met Kublai
Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first
time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia,
returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco
was imprisoned and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was
released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married, and had
three children. Marco Polo was not the first European to reach
China, but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his
experience. This book inspired Christopher Columbus and many other
travellers. There is a substantial literature based on Polo's
writings; he also influenced European cartography, leading to the
introduction of the Fra Mauro map, a map of the world made around
1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is considered
the greatest memorial of medieval cartography.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Celebration At Big Sur (1969) DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Flash
Drive
Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1941: #BOTD: #HBD! Joan Baez,
American folk singer, songwriter, guitar player and activist is
#born in Staten Island, New York. Joan Chandos Baez's contemporary
folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice, Baez
has performed publicly for over 59 years, releasing over 30
albums. Fluent in Spanish and English, she has also recorded songs
in at least six other languages. She is regarded as a folk singer,
although her music has diversified since the counterculture days
of the 1960s and now encompasses everything from folk rock and pop
to country and gospel music. Although a songwriter herself, Baez
generally interprets other composers' work, having recorded songs
by Bob Dylan, the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson
Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, The Rolling
Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and many others. In
recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of modern
songwriters such as Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle and
Natalie Merchant. Her recordings include many topical songs and
material dealing with social issues. She began her recording
career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three
albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all
achieved gold record status. Songs of acclaim include "Diamonds
and Rust" and covers of Phil Ochs' "There but for
Fortune" and The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie
Down". She is also known for "Farewell, Angelina",
"Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Forever
Young","Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad"
and "We Shall Overcome". She was one of the first major
artists to record the songs of Bob Dylan in the early 1960s; Baez
was already an internationally celebrated artist and did much to
popularize his early songwriting efforts. Baez also performed
fourteen songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and has displayed a
lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields
of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights and the environment.
Baez was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on April 7,
2017. Joan's father, Albert Baez (1912-2007), was #Born in Puebla,
Mexico and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where his father
preached to, and advocated for, a Spanish-speaking congregation.]
Albert first considered becoming a minister but instead turned to
the study of mathematics and physics and received his Ph.D. degree
at Stanford University in 1950. Albert was later credited as a
co-inventor of the x-ray microscope. Her mother, Joan Baez (born
Joan Bridge), referred to as Joan Senior or "Big Joan",
was Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1913 as the second daughter of
an English Anglican priest who claimed to be descended from the
Dukes of Chandos. Born in April 1913, she died on April 20, 2013,
days after her one hundredth birthday.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Medium
Cool (1969) News Media & The 1968 DNC DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 2019: #DOTD: #RIP: Verna
Bloom, American actress of stage and screen (b. August 7, 1938)
#dies aged 80 in Bar Harbor, Maine from complications of dementia.
Her remains were cremated, and the ashes given to her widower Jay
Cocks. Verna Bloom was born Verna Frances Bloom in Lynn,
Massachusetts. She made her film debut in Medium Cool, and then
co-starred in Clint Eastwood's 1973 film, High Plains Drifter and
in the 1974 made-for-TV movie Where Have All The People Gone? with
Peter Graves and Kathleen Quinlan. Bloom also had roles in more
than 30 films and television episodes beginning the 1960s,
including playing Mary, mother of Jesus, in The Last Temptation of
Christ in 1988 and Marion Wormer in Animal House in 1978. On
Broadway, Bloom portrayed Charlotte Corday in The Persecution And
Assassination Of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed By The Inmates Of
The Asylum Of Charenton Under The Direction Of The Marquis De Sade
(1967) and Blanche Morton in Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983). Bloom
attended the School of Fine Arts at Boston University, graduating
with a BFA in 1959. She also studied at the HB Studio in New York
City. Bloom married Richard Collier, but they separated by 1969.
They began the Trident Theater in Denver Colorado, which operated
from 1963 to 1965. In 1972 she married film critic Jay Cocks. They
had a son, Sam, born in 1981. The couple remained married until
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Oh!
What A Lovely War (1969) DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, January 9, 2026
>January 9, 1939: #BOTD: #HBD! Susannah
York, English film, stage, and television actress, activist and
beauty, (d. January 15, 2011) is #born Susannah Yolande Fletcher
in Chelsea, London, England. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best
Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and
was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She
won best actress for Images at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. In
1991, she was appointed an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des
Lettres. Her appearances in various hit films of the 1960s formed
the basis of her international reputation, and an obituary in The
Telegraph characterised her as "the blue-eyed English rose
with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the
sensuality of the swinging Sixties". Politically, she was
left-wing, and publicly supported Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli
dissident who revealed Israel's nuclear weapons programme. While
performing The Loves of Shakespeare's Women at the Cameri Theatre
in Tel Aviv in June 2007, York dedicated the performance to
Vanunu, evoking both cheers and jeers from the audience. Diagnosed
with cancer late in 2010, York refused chemotherapy, and died at
the Royal Marsden Hospital in London from multiple myeloma (cancer
of the white plasma blood cells), aged 72. Her remains were
cremated, and her ashes scattered both on Paxos Beach in Greece,
and in the garden of her former home in Wandsworth, England.
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