On This Day = January 12

Bithdays + Events + Holidays + Observances

JOHN SINGER SARGENT + JACK LONDON

BIRTHDAYS

• 1729 = Edmund Burke = Irish philosopher, academic, and politician

• 1822 = Étienne Lenoir = Belgian internal combustion engine designer

• 1856 = John Singer Sargent = American painter and academic 🌈

• 1862 = Edith Cooper = English poet 🌈

• 1876 = Jack London = American novelist and journalist 🌈

• 1882 = Milton Sills = American actor and screenwriter

• 1904 = Mississippi Fred McDowell = American singer-songwriter

• 1905 = Tex Ritter = American actor and singer

• 1910 = Patsy Kelly = American actor 🌈

• 1926 = Ray Price = American singer-songwriter

• 1928 = Ruth Brown = American singer-songwriter

• 1930 = Tim Horton = Canadian ice hockey player and Tim Hortons founder

A YOUNG TIM HORTON

• 1944 = Cynthia Robinson = American R&B trumpet player and singer

• 1944 = Joe Frazier = American boxer

• 1946 = George Duke = American keyboard player, composer, and educator

• 1948 = Anthony Andrews = English actor and producer

• 1949 = Haruki Murakami = Japanese writer

• 1951 = Chris Bell = American singer-songwriter

• 1951 = Kirstie Alley = American actor and producer

• 1952 = Ricky Van Shelton = American singer-songwriter

• 1953 = Mary Harron = Canadian filmmaker

• 1954 = Howard Stern = American radio host, actor, and author

• 1957 = John Lasseter = American animator, director, and producer

• 1958 = Christiane Amanpour = English-Iranian journalist

• 1960 = Oliver Platt = Canadian-American actor

• 1965 = Rob Zombie = American singer-songwriter and filmmaker

• 1966 = Olivier Martinez = French actor

• 1970 = Zack de la Rocha = American singer-songwriter

• 1974 = Melanie C = English singer-songwriter and actor

• 1985 = Issa Rae = American actor and filmmaker

• 1986 = Kieron Richardson = English actor 🌈

• 1987 = Naya Rivera = American actor and singer

• 1993 = Zayn Malik = English singer

EVENTS

• 1895 = The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.

• 1939 = In it ruling on Thompson vs Aldredge, the Georgia Supreme Court found that the definition of “sodomy” as outlined in Georgia State law, cannot be applied to sex between women.

• 1966 = Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, premieres on ABC.

• 1967 = Seventy-three-year-old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.

• 1969 = Atlantic Records releases the debut album of Led Zeppelin in the US.

• 1971 = All in the Family premieres on CBS.

• 1977 = The Advocate reveals that the CIA has been collecting information on some three hundred thousand people who have been arrested in the US for committing homosexual acts.

• 1981 = Dynasty premieres on ABC, featuring gay character Steven Carrington, diva catfights, and more shoulder pads than ever seen on tv.

• 1997 = King of the Hill premieres on Fox.

• 2001 = Downtown Disney opens to the public at Disneyland.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• Kiss A Ginger Day

• National Pharmacist Day

• National Sunday Supper Day