Famous Birthdays On 17 January

By Tracy Rocelyn

1896 - Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show) 1897 - Nils Asther, Malm Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster) 1897 - Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. 1946) 1899 - Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging) 1899 - Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice) 1899 - Robert Maynard Hutchins, US, educator/civil libertarian 1899 - Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary (1 Man Without Character) 1900 - Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts 1901 - Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer 1901 - Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-born philosopher (d. 1973) 1902 - Geoffrey W Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55) 1903 - Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World) 1903 - Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Assamese poet, playwright, film maker (d. 1953) 1904 - Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie) 1904 - Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds) 1905 - Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931) 1905 - Guillermo Stbile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966) 1905 - Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005) 1907 - Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer (Orestes) 1908 - Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer 1908 - Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. 1985) 1910 - Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore) 1910 - Michael Economides, restaurateur 1911 - Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus) 1911 - Luis W Alvarez, US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968) [or Jun 13] 1912 - Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer 1913 - Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder (Oostpriesterhulp) 1913 - Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India v Eng) 1914 - Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. 2007) 1916 - Joel Herron, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Jaye P Morgan Show) 1917 - Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician 1917 - Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer 1917 - Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer 1917 - Ramn Cardemil, Chilean huaso (d. 2007) 1918 - Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician 1920 - Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician 1920 - Nora Kaye, NYC, prima ballerina 1921 - Dehl Berti, Pueblo Colo, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise) 1921 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998) 1922 - Betty White, Oak Park, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls) 1922 - Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico 1922 - Nicholas Katzenbach, American politician 1923 - Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift) 1923 - Carol Raye, Australian actress 1924 - Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/pres (California State U at Fullerton) 1925 - A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India) 1925 - Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias)

1925 - Duane Hanson, US sculptor 1925 - Rock Hudson, Winnetka Ill, actor (McMillian & Wife) 1925 - Robert Cormier, American author (d. 2000) 1925 - Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member 1926 - Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman) 1926 - Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes) 1926 - Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer 1926 - Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and statesman 1927 - Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer 1927 - Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman) 1927 - Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer 1927 - Dr Tom Dooley, American humanitarian (d. 1961) 1928 - Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s) 1928 - Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson) 1928 - Jean Barraqu, French composer (d. 1973) 1929 - Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender (#1) 1930 - Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader 1930 - Robert Ceely, composer 1930 - Eddie LeBaron, American football player 1931 - Frederick Alfred Fox, composer 1931 - James Earl Jones, Miss, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man) 1931 - L Douglas Wilder, (Gov-D-Va) 1931 - Don Zimmer, American baseball coach 1933 - Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims) 1933 - Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire 1933 - Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day) 1933 - Sheree North, [Dawn Bethel], LA, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show) 1933 - Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt 1934 - Donald Cammell, film director 1934 - Shari Lewis, Bronx NY, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop) 1934 - Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer 1935 - Jimmy Powell, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic) 1935 - Paul O[sborne] Williams, US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle) 1935 - Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware 1936 - Jerry Fogel, Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow) 1938 - John Bellairs, US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom) 1939 - Antao D'Souza, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62) 1939 - Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung 1939 - Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968) 1940 - H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72) 1940 - Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet (Fireflames) 1941 - Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist 1942 - Muhammad Ali, [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8) 1942 - Randy Boone, Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian) 1942 - Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and businesswoman 1942 - Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist 1942 - Nancy Parsons, American actress (d. 2001) 1943 - Chris Montez, rocker

1977 - Ali el Kattabi, soccer player (Sparta) 1977 - Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler 1977 - Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor 1978 - Irina A Borisova, Miss Universe-Ukraine (1996) 1980 - Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer 1980 - Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress 1980 - Kimberly Spicer, American model 1981 - Ray J, singer 1981 - Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer 1981 - Scott Mechlowicz, American actor 1981 - Ray J, American R&B singer 1982 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player 1982 - Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer 1982 - Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu) 1983 - Alvaro Arbeloa, Spanish Footballer 1983 - Andrea Lowell, American Model 1983 - Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver 1983 - Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician 1983 - Johannes Herber, German basketball player 1985 - Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica) 1985 - Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer BeForU 1985 - Kang-In, South Korean singer/dancer/actor/MC/DJ(Super Junior)

38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca. 1377 - Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon. 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. 1562 - France recognizes the Huguenots under the Edict of Saint-Germain. 1595 - Henry IV of France declares war on Spain. 1608 - Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men. 1648 - England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War. 1773 - Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens - Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. 1799 - Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed. 1811 - Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Caldern Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionists. 1852 - The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Boer colonies of the Transvaal. 1873 - A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War. 1885 - A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan. 1893 - The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii. 1899 - The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean. 1903 - El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve. 1904 - Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre. 1912 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen. 1913 - Raymond Poincar is elected President of France.

1917 - The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. 1918 - Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard. 1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. 1929 - Inayatullah Khan, king of the Emirate of Afghanistan abdicates the throne after only three days into his reign. 1941 - Franco-Thai War: French forces inflict a decisive victory over the Royal Thai Navy. 1944 - World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four battles with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. 1945 - World War II: Soviet forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw. 1945 - The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in. 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. 1946 - The UN Security Council holds its first session. 1949 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs. 1950 - The Great Brinks Robbery - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. 1961 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex". 1961 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. 1966 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident. 1969 - Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA. 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States. 1981 - President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it. 1982 - "Cold Sunday" - in the United States temperatures fell to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. 1983 - The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating. 1989 - Cleveland School massacre: Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground in Stockton, California, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.

1991 - Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation. 1991 - Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V. 1992 - During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. 1994 - 1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California. 1995 - The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people. 1996 - The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. 1997 - A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report. 2001 - U.S. President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain. 2002 - Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people. 2007 - The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing. 2008 - British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete hull loss of a Boeing 777. 2010 - Rioting begins between Muslim and Christian groups in Jos, Nigeria, resulting in at least 200 deaths.

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Learn About Astrology Aries Zodiac Sign?

By Brock Thompson

Ally Myself Aries may be thrilled not to have others around who can slow things down and keep matters from being anything but spontaneous. Aries Lives in the moment-and it can be a vigorously exciting moment but once somebody else is involved (making it more of a Libra experience), activity has to be shared. Sharing, to Aries, means that someone else is going to butt in and try to exert their influence. Aries doesn't like to realize that others can have equally strong wills and can be juntas pushy, or even aggressive, as Aries is in getting its needs met. So sharing space with another is to risk losing autonomy and the power to make one's own decisions. It just so happens that Libra is Appositeness sign, and the one best able to provide the Ram with needed balance (see chapter 5 for interpretations of opposing signs). Inside Aries is latent Libra energy that needs to come out and express itself. Aries tapes don't recognize this Libra quality in themselves early in life, but probably warm up to the notion as time goes on-and as they realize that without cooperation and a showing of consideration for others, Aries gets nowhere . . . fast Still, Aries cannot afford to become too relationship-dependent or to even let others always have their way.

Never being allowed to take the initiative in personal details can eventually depart the Ram boiling interior with anger and self-disgust. This sign psychologically have to get in touch with the pictures instead of acquiesce to other people. Those of us with a natal Aries emphasis would do well to be self-directive, implying we need to think 2 times before allowing others in on our pet projects-even highly qualified people. Aries has a built-in sense of existence as an continuing struggle, but the Ram additionally realizes that its bodily and psychologicalmuscle tissue could strengthen once it allows itself to make far more of an deed to obtain its ambitions independently.High quality time alone is vital for Aries types. It's alt right to indulge in that Arin "loner" streak from time to time and do things which dot re-quire yet another's involvement. (fogging although wearing headphones, Dan-grouse as it can be during zenith traffic hours, is most likely a delicious happening for Aries-one which combines running fast, perspiring difficult,and shutting out the exterior industry by hearing to blaring songs with a driving beat.) It is hoped which the Ram will use any quality time alone to comprehend why it was blessed with an abundance of energy, backed by a strong should to achieve. With Aries, we are to find out what we can do on our own, after we fearlessly consider which initially step.

A Blast of Mars The planet related with Aries is Mars, known for its spunky self-assertiveness. Fiery Mars is loaded with a burning up disk to triumph in its endeavors where there is no outdoors help. It chooses to learn which it can accomplish on its own, equivalent to Aries. Both earth and signal need to be energetically executing points, as inactivity can be vitality-depleting for them. Mars is a self-focused planet and thus appropriately represents the "me-first" aspect of Aries. Enjoy the Ram, Mars won't slim on other people for support, but should strike out on its own to confront challenges with courage. It may be as single-minded in its ventures as Aries can. Having said that, hardy Mars types aren't as innocently naive concerning their probable strengths as is Aries, who might be a bit foolhardy when asserting alone.

The Ram is spontaneously daring due to the fact it is typically blind to the consequences involved in plunging into dangerous enterprise sit just desires to ignite instant action. Mars is better equipped to battle existence due to the fact, whilst aware of the dangers involved, it is determined to combat to the end (its symbol d shows that it already will come armed with its sword and shield). Both planet and indicator are self-willed in motion, yet Mars is much more able of satisfying its wishes owing to its increased staying power-it's determined to do well at all costs, whilst Aries is prone to move on to something new prior to ending which it had as soon as vigorously started. The Ram is most of the time too cardinal-too impulsive and lacking in strategy-to suit the needs of Martian ambition and desire.

Closing Comments Aries motivates us to test our inner strengths when dealing with life teal-lunges which call for our undivided attention for the moment-times once we are encouraged to put all our eggs in one package and take here-and-now risks to get which we want. If we generate a few Arin mistakes together the way-maybe we're too impulsive and headstrong in action-life enables us to start again where there is no significantly ado. (Which's certainly not the case after we get to Libra, a sign that teaches us much about the consequences of actions.) Aries makes an attempt to do the impossible, whether it succeeds or not.

It constantly wishes to sense victorious, but a lot more vitally, it certainly not wishes to back straight down from a chance to do things inside its grasp. Nonetheless, Aries won't seriously know what can or cannot be carried out right up until it takes the plunge. Doing so uncertainty is, in itself, motivating. At function right here is Aries 'blind self-trust and its innate "can do" attitude, two issues which pave the way for the Ram's final success. Where Aries is in our chart, let's plow in any doubts and fears, and come alive in the Now! Fe.rousts Anons Privets (natal Aries placements outlined) Marlon Brando, actor: Sun, Moon, Mercury Gloria Steinem, writer-editor: Sun, Mars, Uranus Gregory Peck, actor: Sun, Mercury, Jupiter Manya Angelou, poet-writer: Sun, Jupiter, Uranus Joseph Campbell, mythologist-writer: Sun, Mercury, Diana Ross, vocalist: Sun, Mercury Jupiter, Mars

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