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2013 Event - County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro

2011 Event - Ian Thorpe, an Australian swimmer, announces he will come out of retirement to compete in the London Olympics in 2012

2007 Death - Ian Smith, dies in Capetown, South Africa, at 88

2002 Death - Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76

2000 Death - Ian Dury, rocker, the Blockheads, dies at 57

1999 Death - Ian Bannen, actor, Waking Ned Devine, dies at 71

1997 Death - Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73

1997 Death - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52

1996 Death - Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70

1996 Death - Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant, dies at 73

1996 Death - Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59

1996 Death - George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64

1995 Death - Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79

1995 Death - Ian Ball, photographer, dies at 80

1995 Death - Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65

1994 Event - Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian weds Debbie Leavitt

1994 Death - Ian Board, barkeeper, dies at 64

1993 Event - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham

1993 Death - Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies

1992 Event - Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb

1992 Death - Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95

1991 Event - 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale

1991 Event - 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277

1990 Death - Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered

1990 Event - Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat

1990 Death - Ian Dudley Hardy, entertainer, dies

1990 Death - Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40

1988 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi

1986 Event - Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval)

1985 Death - Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road manager (Rolling Stones), dies at 47

1984 Death - Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53

1982 Birthday - Ian Thorpe, born in Sydney, New South Wales, professional swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, won 11 World Championship gold medals, nicknamed, 'Torpedo'

1981 Death - Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69

1980 Birthday - Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor, Radio Flyer, Rookie of the Year

1980 Death - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23

1980 Event - Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $20,000

1979 Event - Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match

1979 Event - Ian Palce joins Whitesnake

1978 Birthday - Ian Somerhalder, American Actor

1978 Event - Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling

1977 Event - Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote

1977 Birthday - Liam Botham, cricketer, son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996

1977 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Australia Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings

1977 Event - Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman

1976 Event - Ian Dury and Kilburns disband

1976 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath

1976 Event - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide

1975 Death - Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75

1975 Death - Ian Hunter, actor and writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75

1975 Event - Janis Ian releases "At 17"

1974 Event - Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8)

1974 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket

1974 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. New Zealand cricket at Wellington

1974 Birthday - Ian Mcintyre, Montreal, NHL left wing, Vancouver Canucks

1972 Birthday - Ian Moran, born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. hockey defenseman, Olympics-1994, Pitts

1972 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings

1971 Birthday - Ian Walker, English Athlete

1971 Birthday - Ian Van Der Wal, Darwin Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos

1970 Birthday - Ian Salisbury, cricketer, Sussex and England leg-spinner 1992-96

1969 Event - King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts

1969 Event - Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years

1968 Birthday - Ian Hutchings, born in Zimbabwe, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Klondike Klassic

1967 Event - Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull

1967 Birthday - Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler

1967 Birthday - Julian McMahon, actor, Ian Rain-Another World, John Grant-Profiler

1967 Birthday - Ian Beckles, NFL guard for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1967 Birthday - Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer, son of Ian WA and SA right-handed batsman

1967 Birthday - Ian Ziering, born in West Orange, New Jersey, actor, Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210

1966 Event - Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain

1965 Event - Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by Prime Minister Ian D Smith

1965 Birthday - Ian Leggatt, Cambridge Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Canadian Tour

1964 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs. Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31

1964 Birthday - Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'

1964 Birthday - Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown

1964 Death - Ian Fleming, British journalist and creator of 'James Bond', dies at 56

1964 Birthday - Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian since 1988

1964 Event - Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia

1964 Event - Ian D. Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia

1963 Birthday - Scott Ian, U.S. heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-I'm the Man

1963 Event - Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans

1963 Birthday - Ian Brown, English rock vocalist, Stone Roses-Made of Stone

1963 Birthday - Scott Ian Rosenfeld, Bayside, New York, rocker, Anthrax-Protest and Survive

1962 Birthday - Ian Astbury, Merseyside, rock vocalist, Cult-Fire Woman

1962 Birthday - Ian MacKaye, rocker, Cyrano de Bergerac

1962 Birthday - Brant Ian Woodward, born Hurstville, New Zealand, trap shooter 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team

1961 Birthday - Ian Doig, born in Seaforth, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1985 Florida Classic

1960 Birthday - Ian Baker-Finch, Nambour Queensland, PGA golfer, 1991 British Open

1960 Birthday - Ian Hislop, born in Mumbles, Wales, writer, editor, Private Eye magazine, broadcaster, radio, television, team captain on BBC's 'Have I Got News for You'

1960 Death - Ian Keith, U.S. actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61

1960 Death - Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61

1959 Birthday - Ian McCulloch, rock vocalist, Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here

1958 Birthday - Ian Woosnam, born in Oswestry, England, nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Wee Welshman', 'Woosers', Welsh, professional golfer, played first European Tour, 1979, won Swiss Open, 1982, number one in Official World Golf Rankings in 1991, awarded O.B.E. 2007 New Years Honors List

1957 Birthday - Ian Burden, S Yorks England, rock bassist, Human League-Only Human

1957 Birthday - Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor, General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show

1957 Birthday - Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of the 80's

1957 Birthday - Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair'

1956 Birthday - Ian Craig Marsh, England, rocker, Heaven 17-Electric Dreams

1956 Birthday - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist, Joy Division-Transmission

1955 Birthday - Ian Greig, cricketer, brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982

1955 Birthday - Ian Botham, cricketer, all time great all-rounder Extrovert

1955 Birthday - Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets

1953 Birthday - Ian Davis, cricketer, Australian batsman 1973-77

1953 Birthday - Ian Mosley, born in Paddington, London, drummer, Marillion-Clutching at Straws

1953 Event - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie

1952 Event - Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)

1952 Birthday - Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law

1951 Birthday - Ian McCartney, born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, British politician, Member of Parliament for Makerfield

1951 Birthday - Janis Ian, born in New York City, lesbian and folk rocker, At 17

1950 Birthday - Janis Ian, Fink, New York City, rock vocalist, At 17, Society's Child

1949 Birthday - Ian Charleson, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire

1948 Birthday - Greg Chappell, cricketer, bro of Ian Elegant Aussie batsman 1970-84

1948 Birthday - Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple

1948 Birthday - Ian Mcewan, British Author

1947 Birthday - Ian Anderson, born in Scotland, rocker, Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle

1947 Birthday - Ian Gomm, born in Chiswick, West London, songwriter, singer, guitarist, considered 'Best Rhythm Guitarist' by New Musical Express Magagine, 1971

1947 Birthday - Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider, World Cup 1988, 89, Silver Medal 2008 Olympics

1946 Birthday - Ian McGeechan, Scottish rugby player

1946 Birthday - Ian McDonald, born in London, England, rock guitarist, Foreigner, King Crimson

1946 Birthday - Ian Hunter, England, rocker, Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes

1946 Birthday - Ian McLagen, rocker, Faces

1946 Birthday - Ian Lavender, British actor, Stupid Boy in Dad's Army

1945 Birthday - Lemmy, Ian Kilminster, rocker, Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed

1945 Birthday - Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker, Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor

1945 Birthday - Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke

1944 Birthday - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist

1943 Birthday - Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player, batsman 1964-80

1943 Birthday - Ian Vallance, CEO, British Telecom

1943 Birthday - Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon

1943 Birthday - Ian Robertson, British museum director, National Army Museum

1942 Birthday - Ian McShane, Blackburn England, actor, Roots, Bare Essence

1942 Event - Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada

1942 Birthday - Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker, Blockheads, actor, Judge Dredd

1941 Birthday - Ian Whitcomb, born in England, rocker, You Turn Me On

1941 Birthday - Ian Redpath, cricketer, dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76

1941 Birthday - Ian McGarry, general secretary, British Actors' Equity Association

1940 Birthday - Sylvia Tyson, born in Chatham, Canada, guitarist, singer, songwriter, sang with Ian Tyson in folk duo Ian and Sylvia in the 1960's

1939 Birthday - Ian McKellen, England, actor, Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel

1938 Birthday - Ian St. John, Scottish Athlete

1938 Event - Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born," premieres in New York City

1937 Birthday - Ian St. James, novelist, Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones

1936 Birthday - Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Australia bat, later Liberal MP

1936 Birthday - Ian Spurling, ballet designer

1936 Birthday - Ian Hacking, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, analytic philosopher, wrote, 'The Emergence of Probability', brings historical approach to the philosophy of science, won Canda's Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002

1935 Birthday - Ian Stewart, born in Scotland, born Bernard Harold Ian Halley Stewartby, Baron Stewartby of Portmoak in the District of Perth and Kinross, Member of Parliament for Hitchin

1935 Birthday - Ian Craig, cricketer, prodigious Australian bat of 50's

1935 Birthday - Ian Meckiff, cricketer, Austr quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away

1934 Birthday - Ian Richards, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Montgomery-Ike

1933 Birthday - Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame

1933 Birthday - Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests New Zealand vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00

1932 Birthday - Ian Leslie, born in England, born Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, served as Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1931 Birthday - Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire, Heritage Projects

1931 Birthday - Ian Holm, born in Ilford Essex, England, actor, Himmler-Holocaust

1930 Birthday - Ian Leggat, cricketer, 1 Test vs. South Africa 1953-54 without distinction

1929 Birthday - Ian Board, barkeeper

1929 Birthday - Ian Prestt, English ornithologist

1929 Birthday - Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords

1929 Birthday - Ian Thomson, cricketer, England seam bowler vs. South Africa 1964-65

1928 Birthday - Ian Bannen, born in Airdrie, Scotland, actor, Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park

1928 Birthday - Ian Griggs, bishop, Ludlow

1927 Birthday - Ian Denholm, CEO, Murray Investment Trust

1926 Birthday - Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner

1926 Birthday - Ian Gilmour, English Politician

1926 Birthday - Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP

1925 Birthday - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

1925 Birthday - Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08

1924 Birthday - Ian Colquhoun, cricket wicket keeper, New Zealand vs England 1954-55

1923 Birthday - Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist

1922 Birthday - Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant

1922 Birthday - Ian Hamilton, composer

1921 Birthday - Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major

1921 Birthday - Ian Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons

1920 Birthday - Ian Carmichael, born in Hull, England, actor, Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack

1919 Birthday - Ian Smith, born in Zimbabwe, founder, first Prime Minister of Rhodesia

1919 Birthday - Ian Hunter, impresario

1919 Death - William W. Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60

1918 Birthday - Ian Johnson, cricketer, Australian Test captbetween Hassett and Craig

1916 Birthday - Horace Ian Parrott, composer

1916 Birthday - Ian Wallace, British CEO

1916 Birthday - Ian Ballantine, publisher, Ballantine Books

1915 Birthday - Ian Dawson-Shepherd, campaigner

1914 Birthday - Ian Ball, photographer

1914 Birthday - Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral

1913 Birthday - Ian Graeme, major-general

1912 Birthday - John W. Pritchard, Ian Wallace, U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania

1912 Birthday - Ian Serraillier, children author

1912 Birthday - Ian Morrow, company director

1912 Birthday - Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon

1908 Birthday - Ian Lancaster Fleming, born in London, England, author, James Bond

1908 Birthday - Ian Peebles, cricketer, Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31

1905 Birthday - Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's

1900 Birthday - Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn

1900 Event - British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa

1899 Birthday - Ian Keith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Rochefort-3 Musketeers

1886 Birthday - Ian Wolfe, Canton, Illinois, actor, Diary of a Madman, Wizards and Warriors

1876 Birthday - Ian Hay, Scotland, novelist/playwright, PIp, Carrying On













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