Banana turns 87 on January 22, 2002

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Birthdays that occurred on January 22nd:

1440 Ivan III (the Great) grand prince of Russia
1561 Francis Bacon England, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum)
1571 Robert Bruce Cotton English antiquary, politician
1592 Pierre Gassendi Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher
1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Germany, critic/dramatist
1788 Lord George Gordon Noel Byron England, romantic poet (Don Juan)
1802 Richard Upjohn US, gothic architect (Trinity Chapel, NY)
1849 August Strindberg Sweden, dramatist/novelist (Apologia)
1858 Betrice Potter Webb England, economist
1874 Wincenty Witoz Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
1875 D.W. Griffith movie producer (Birth of a Nation)
1890 Fred M Vinson Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
1898 Ross R Barnett lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss)
19-- Dwan Smith Jackson Tn, actress (Jolene-Joe Forrester)
19-- James Wlcek Bronx NY, actor (Steel Magnolias, As the World Turns)
19-- John Wesley Shipp actor (Guiding Light)
19-- Lola Flores Spain, spanish singer
19-- Roy Cooper London England, actor (Trevor-Beacon Hill)
19-- Steve Riley rock drummer (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
1909 Ann Sothern ND, actress (Lady in a Cage, My Mother the Car)
1909 U Thant Burma, 3rd UN sec-genl (1962-72)
1915 "Banana" George Blair Barefoot Waterskier, Snowboarder, Actor, Entrepreneur
1916 Henri Dutilleux Angers, France, composer
1918 Richard Eastham Opelousas La, actor (Wonder Woman, Falcon Crest)
1920 William Warfield singer (Show Boat)
1922 Howard Moss poet/editor (New Yorker)
1923 Diana Douglas Devonshire Bermuda, actress (The Cowboys)
1924 J.J. Johnson composer/jazz trombonist
1928 Birch Bayh (Sen-D-Ind)
1931 Rauno M„kinen Finland, Greco-Roman featherweight (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932 Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], Detroit Mich, actress (Twin Peaks)
1934 Bill Bixby SF Calif, actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian)
1935 Sam Cooke soul singer (Sam & Dave-You Send Me)
1937 Ed‚n Pastora G�mez Nicaraguan contra leader
1937 Joseph Wambaugh US, police writer (Onion Fields)
1940 Addie "Micki" Harris Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1940 John Hurt England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
1946 Andrew Rubin New Bedford Mass, actor (Hometown, Joe Bash)
1949 Steve Perry rock vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
1952 Teddy Gentry rocker (Alabama-Take Me Down)
1953 Myung-Whun Chung Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
1954 Chris Lemmon LA Calif, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Duet)
1957 Mike Bossy NHL forward (NY Islanders)
1959 Linda Blair St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St)
1960 Michael Hutchence rocker (Inxs-I Need You Tonight)
1962 Robert Mailhouse New Haven Ct, actor (Brian-Days of our Life)
1963 Diane Lane NYC, actress (Cotton Club, 6 Pack, Big Town)
1964 Ann Rowe Auburn Maine, Miss Maine-America (1991)
1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
1965 Ray Mayhew rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1967 Olivia d'Abo London England, actress (Karen Arnold-Wonder Years)
1969 Christina Marie Leardini St Petersburg Fla, playmate (Apr, 1991)
1976 Balthazar Getty actor (Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
2179 Hikaru Walter Sulu SF, California (character on Star Trek)

On this day...

1517 Turks conquer Cairo
1528 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
1584 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)
1673 Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated
1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
1771 Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain
1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expells Jews from Warsaw Poland
1813 Americans capture Frenchtown, Canada
1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC
1816 Lord Byron completes "Parisina" & "The Siege of Corinth"
1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
1850 Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in Calif
1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
1858 Laurent discovers asteroid #51 Nemausa
1859 Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premiers, Hanover
1863 Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March"
1879 James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously
1879 serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series & begins King Edward VII series
1905 "Bloody Sunday"; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
1907 K Lohnert discovers asteroid #623 Chimaera
1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #656 Beagle
1909 W Lorenz discovers asteroid #678 Fredegundis
1910 The opera "Germania" is 1st performed in NYC
1915 "Banana" George Blair Born in Toledo, Ohio - The world will never be the same!  
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroids #860 Ursina & #861 Aida
1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
1924 KGO-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
1930 -35� F (-37� C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
1938 G Kulin discovers asteroid #2058 Roka "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's
 Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, performed publicly
 for 1st time (NJ)
1939 Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated
1939 Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University
1943 Battle of Anzio (Italy); Allies stopped on the beach
1943 Temperature rises 49� F in 2 minutes in Spearfish, SD
1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio, Italy
1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA
1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed
1951 Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter
1956 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Penisula
1959 USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects
1960 NBA All Star game
1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
1965 US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiers on NBC
1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made
1969 Billy Preston becomes the 5th Beatle
1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
1970 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6� hours
1971 John & Yoko record "Power to the People"
1972 "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premiers on NBC TV
1973 George Foreman beats Joe Frazier for world heavyweight boxing title
1973 US Supreme Court leagalizes some abortions
1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
1980 PGA begins a senior golf tour
1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
1981 O.A. "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of the New Orleans Saints
1982 75% of North America is covered by snow
1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3670
1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts
1984 Raiders crush Redskins, 38-9, in Super Bowl XVIII
1985 -30� F (-34� C), Mountain Lake Bio. Station, Virginia (state record)
1985 Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
1985 Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides
1986 Ghorbanifar 1st suggests diversion of cash to contras, says North
1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend the Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
1988 Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson KOs former champ Larry Holmes in 4
1989 Super Bowl XXIII-SF 49ers-20, Cincinnati Bengels-16
1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
1992 Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space

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