2012 Event Jan van Eyck is credited as the painter of 'The three mary's at the tomb' a painting from the 1430's held in a Rotterdam museum 2004 Death Jan Berry, singer, Jan and Dean, dies at 62 2004 Death Jan Sterling, actress, The High and the Mighty, dies at 82 2004 Death Jan Miner, pitchwoman/stage actress, You're soaking in it, dies at 86 2002 Death Jan de Hartog, Dutch Writer 2001 Death Jan Kott, Polish Critic 1998 Event 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th) 1997 Death Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway 1989 - 1990, dies 1997 Event Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday 1996 Death Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at 90 1996 Event New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 1996 Event New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals 1995 Death Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56 1995 Death Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50 1994 Death Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 1994 Event Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 Death Jan Wegter, actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64 1994 Death Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91 1994 Death Jan Bor, Dutch violinist and painter, dies at 83 1994 Death Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84 1994 Death Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53 1993 Death Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36 1993 Death Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies 1993 Death Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies 1993 Death Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87 1992 Death Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies 1992 Event Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) 1992 Death Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92 1992 Death Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78 1992 Death Jan Elburg, Joannes G, poet (Geen letterheren), dies 1992 Death Jan van Baal, antropologist and Governor of Dutch New-Guinea, dies 1992 Death Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies 1992 Event New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Death Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies 1991 Death Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies 1991 Death Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies 1991 Death Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies 1991 Death Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies 1991 Event Jan Berry (Jan and Dean) weds Gertie Filip 1991 Death Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor and writer (Friends of My Friends), dies 1991 Death Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85 1991 Death Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies 1991 Event Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame 1991 Event Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th 1991 Event Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland 1990 Death Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies 1990 Event U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq 1990 Event Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game 1989 Death Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78 1989 Event Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway 1989 Death Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies 1989 Death Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 1988 Event Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 1988 Death Jan Kapr, composer, dies at 74 1988 Death Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67 1988 Event European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992 1987 Event Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic 1987 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1987 Event Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles 1987 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open 1985 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1985 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic 1984 Death Jan Peerce, Perelmuth, operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke 1984 Event New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5 1983 Event Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1983 Death Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 1983 Event 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson 1983 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1983 Event Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament 1982 Event Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize 1982 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1982 Event 28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson 1982 Death Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor and writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97 1981 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1981 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic 1981 Event 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson 1981 Death Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89 1980 Death Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58 1980 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR 1980 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic 1979 Death Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies 1978 Death Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59 1978 Death Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70 1978 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1977 Event President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981 1977 Death Jan Patocka, Czechoslovakian philosopher, dies in prison 1977 Death Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74 1976 Death Jan Kunc, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal, dies at 93 in Brno, Czech Republic 1976 Birthday Heather Kozar, born in Akron, Ohio, playmate, Jan, 1998 1976 Event Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1976 Event Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1976 Event Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic 1976 Death Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84 1975 Birthday Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam 1975 Death Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48 1975 Birthday Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II 1974 Birthday Jami Ferrell, born in Munncie, Indiana, playmate, Jan 1997 1974 Event Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London 1974 Death Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48 1974 Birthday Echo Leta Johnson, born in Austin, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1993 1973 Event Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic 1973 Birthday Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995 1973 Event 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62) 1973 Event 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63 1972 Birthday Jan Caloun, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1972 Event Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open 1972 Birthday Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1972 Death Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1972 Death Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 1971 Death Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58 1971 Death Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86 1971 Event 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76) 1971 Birthday Jan Pardavy, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1971 Event Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1971 Death Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 1970 Birthday Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996 1970 Death Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55 1970 Event Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal 1970 Birthday Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Birthday Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998 1970 Birthday Anne-Marie Goddard, born in Utrechtum, Netherlands, playmate, Jan, 94 1969 Birthday Jan Apell, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, professional tennis player, won the Davis Cup in doubles, 1994, played with Jonas Bjorkman 1969 Death Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer, dies at 76 1969 Death Jan Zajic, Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates 1969 Death Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20 1968 Birthday Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate, Jan, 1992 1968 Death Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden 1968 Event Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1968 Birthday Stacy Leigh Arthur, born in Naperville, Illinois, playmate, Jan, 1991 1968 Death Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet (Nothing New), dies at 67 1968 Death Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies 1967 Death Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70 1966 Death Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 1966 Birthday Jan Zelezny, Czechoslovakia, javelin thrower, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 1966 Event Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck 1966 Birthday Jan Varholik, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1965 Birthday Fawna Maclaren, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1989 1965 Death Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and writer (Walk at Dawn), dies 1965 Birthday Jan Sverak, Zatec Czechoslovakia, director, Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci 1964 Death Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93 1964 Birthday Sherry Arnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jan, 1986 1964 Death Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 1964 Event Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" 1963 Death Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies 1963 Birthday Sonny Silooy, born in Rotterdam, Holland, born Jan Jacobus Silooy, professional Dutch soccer player from 1981 - 2002 1963 Birthday Kimberley Conrad Hefner, born in Moulton, Alabama, playmate of year, Jan, 1988 1963 Birthday Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, PSV 1962 Event "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1962 Death Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies 1962 Birthday Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979 1962 Birthday Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star 1962 Birthday Jan Koster, Dutch drummer, Sleeze Beez-Powertool 1961 Birthday Luann L Lee, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1987 1960 Birthday Lonny Chin, born in Liverpool, England, playmate, Jan, 1983 1960 Birthday Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV 1960 Death Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies 1959 Death Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czechoslovakian composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 1959 Event Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands 1958 Birthday Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist, Weekend at Waikiki 1958 Birthday Gig Gangel Harlingen, Texas, playmate, Jan, 1980 1957 Birthday Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer, Wrong Nights 1957 Death Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 1957 Birthday Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women 1956 Birthday Candy Loving Oswego, Kansas, playmate, Jan, 1979 1956 Death Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies 1956 Birthday Jan Peter Balkenende, born in Biezelinge, Netherlands, politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal party 1955 Birthday Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer, Doe Maar-Bomb 1955 Birthday Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist, I've Got the Bullets 1955 Death Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84 1954 Death Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80 1954 Death Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54 1953 Birthday N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-47, 60, 85 1953 Event Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 1952 Birthday Jan Raas, born in Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Dutch professional cyclist, won 10 stages in the Tour de France, won Amstel Gold Race five times 1952 Birthday Jan Todd, woman power lifter, once lifted 248 kg in a squat 1951 Birthday Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer, LPGA Rookie of Year-1974 1951 Birthday Jan Timman, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch chess player, Grandmaster, won International Master title in 1971 and 1974, won 1976 Chess Olympiads gold medal 1951 Event Jan de Hartog's "4 Poster," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer, Catapult 1951 Birthday Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1951 Death Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74 1950 Birthday Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director, Mister Cactus, Passion 1949 Birthday Jan Hendriks, guitarist, Doe Maar 1949 Birthday Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994 1949 Birthday Jan Smithers, born in North Hollywood, California, actress, Bailey-WKRP 1949 Birthday Marilyn Cole, Portsmouth, England, playmate of the year, Jan, 1972 1949 Birthday Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart 1948 Birthday Jan Hammer, composer, Escape from TV, Miami Vice 1948 Death Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered 1947 Birthday Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer 1947 Birthday Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP, VVD 1947 Birthday Jan te Veldhuis, Dutch MP, VVD 1947 Event Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) 1946 Birthday Judy Tyler, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Jan 1966 1946 Death Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Heloise), dies at 67 1945 Death Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies 1945 Death Jan Beekes, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Death Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm 1945 Death Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Death Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1944 Death Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 1944 Birthday Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch MP, D66 1944 Death Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49 1944 Death Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies 1944 Death Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, resister, executed at 41 1944 Birthday Jan Bart Klaster, mythologist, Slogan 1943 Birthday Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs 1943 Birthday Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master, 1976 1943 Death Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed 1943 Event Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Event Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested 1943 Death Jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 Dead), dies at 40 1941 Death Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36 1941 Birthday Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA 1941 Death Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80 1941 Birthday Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains 1941 Birthday Jan D. Blaauw, Dutch MP, VVD 1941 Birthday Jan Berry, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Jan and Dean-Deadman's Curve 1941 Death Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1941 Event Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet 1940 Death Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 1940 Birthday Jan Claire, actor, American Anthem 1940 Birthday Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor, I, John Cremer 1940 Birthday Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer 1940 Birthday Jan P. Pronk, Dutch politician, PvdA 1940 Birthday Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA 1940 Birthday Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady 1938 Birthday Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director, Weevers' Duin 1938 Birthday Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer, Jan Rao en z'n Maat 1937 Birthday Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense, CDA 1937 Birthday Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986 1937 Event 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after) 1936 Death Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38 1936 Birthday Jan Nemec, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, director, Diamonds of the Night 1936 Birthday Jan Wincenty Hawel, composer 1936 Death Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 1935 Birthday Jan van Vlijmen, composer 1935 Birthday Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP, CDA 1935 Death Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Birthday Jan Helge Guttorm Bark, composer 1934 Birthday Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 Event 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres 1933 Event Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km) 1933 Birthday Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher, Perscombinatie 1933 Death Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered 1933 Event 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March 1932 Death Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 1932 Birthday Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA 1931 Birthday Yvonne Keuls, Bamberg, Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co 1931 Birthday Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP, D-66, author, Winters in Wartime 1931 Birthday Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style 1931 Birthday Jan Torell, Limhamm Sweden, director, New Land, Emigrants 1930 Birthday Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA 1929 Birthday Jan Wiegel, director/producer, Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada 1929 Birthday Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert 1929 Event Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 1928 Birthday Jan Meyers, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Representative-R-Kansas 1985 - 1997 1928 Death Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 1927 Birthday Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant 1927 Birthday Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper 1926 Death Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies 1926 Birthday Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian 1926 Birthday Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys 1926 Birthday Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA 1926 Birthday Jan Carlstedt, composer 1926 Birthday Jan Zimmer, composer 1926 Birthday Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer 1925 Birthday Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist, Brief American 1925 Death Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61 1925 Death Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 1925 Birthday Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author 1924 Birthday Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Amsterdam folk vocalist 1924 Birthday Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Birthday Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, model, Dark Angel 1923 Birthday Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential 1921 Birthday Jan Tausinger, composer 1921 Birthday Jan Frank Fischer, composer 1921 Birthday Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor 1920 Birthday Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian, Blossoming Stone 1920 Birthday Jan Walravens, Flemish writer, Motionless at Sea 1919 Birthday Jan Elburg, Joannes G, Dutch poet, Through the Night 1917 Birthday Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer 1917 Birthday Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1917 Birthday Jan Clayton, Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Ellen Miller-Lassie 1916 Death [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57 1915 Death Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78 1915 Death Jan Malat, composer, teacher, dies at 72 1915 Birthday Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory 1915 Birthday Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian writer, Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani 1914 Birthday Jan Kott, Polish Critic 1914 Death Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter, dies at 76 1914 Birthday [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool 1914 Birthday Jan Decadt, composer 1914 Birthday Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory 1914 Birthday Jan Kapr, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, pupil of Jaroslav Ridky, second half of the 20th century's most prolific Czech composer 1913 Birthday Jan Slot, Dutch mayor, Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede 1913 Birthday Jan Meyerowitz, composer 1913 Birthday Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist and writer, Pieter Bas 1912 Death Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 1912 Birthday Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist 1912 Death Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1911 Birthday Jan F Hampe, pathologist-anatomy, Fabric and Stoflongen 1911 Birthday Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist, God's Murderer 1911 Birthday Jan Koetsier, composer 1911 Birthday Jan Cikker, composer 1911 Birthday Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong 1909 Birthday Jan Lewando, British director, Marks and Spencer 1909 Birthday Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director, KNMI 1909 Birthday Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright 1908 Birthday Jan Seidel, composer 1908 Birthday Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter, Witte Ko, communist 1907 Birthday Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer 1907 Birthday Jan Felderhof, composer 1907 Birthday Jan Pauw, CEO, Aruban Theater Group 1907 Birthday Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium, 1952-54 1907 Birthday Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56 1906 Birthday Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist 1906 Birthday Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO, Primary Education 1906 Death Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies 1906 Birthday Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP, ARP 1905 Birthday Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Netherlands resistance fighter in France 1905 Birthday Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor and director, That Joyous Eve 1905 Birthday Jan H van Roijen, diplomat and Netherland foreign minister 1904 Event Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1904 Birthday Jan van Axel, Dutch director, Overschotje 1904 Birthday Jan Peerce, Jacob Pincus Perelmuth, New York City, tenor, New York Met Opera 1904 Death Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies 1904 Birthday Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch and U.S. nuclear physicist 1903 Birthday Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969 1902 Birthday Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, Dutch resistance fighter 1902 Birthday Jan RT Campert, writer, Song the 18 dead 1902 Death Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies 1902 Event U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends 1902 Birthday Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie 1901 Birthday Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63 1901 Birthday Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands 1901 Birthday Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice, Nobel 1954 1900 Birthday Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62 1900 Birthday Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros 1900 Birthday Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet, Nothing New 1900 Birthday Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud" 1900 Event Jan Blockx's "Tol Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels 1899 Birthday Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer 1899 Birthday Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter 1898 Birthday Jan Bata, Czechoslovakian shoe manufacturer 1898 Birthday Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor, De Standaard 1929-39 1896 Birthday Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian 1895 Death Jan Kleczynski, composer, dies at 58 1895 Birthday Jan Parandowski, writer 1893 Birthday Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea 1893 Birthday Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer 1892 Death Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80 1891 Birthday Jan B. Cammans, Flemish actor, Brothers Karamazov 1891 Birthday Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1891 Birthday Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1891 Birthday Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33 1890 Birthday Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer, Hry o Marti 1890 Birthday Jan Duiker, Dutch architect, Zonnestral 1889 Death Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1888 Birthday Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac 1887 Birthday Jan HA Eman, Aruban politician 1886 Birthday Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, statesman/minister to London, 1918-35 1885 Birthday Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder, Ploeg 1885 Event 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) 1885 Event Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes 1884 Birthday Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author, Bird Phoenix 1884 Death Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 1884 Birthday Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor, Beautiful Juliet 1883 Birthday Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP 1883 Birthday Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil 1883 Birthday Jan Kunc, born in Doubravice na Svitavou, Czech Republic, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal 1883 Event Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1882 Birthday Jan H F Gronloh, "Nescio", Dutch writer, De Uitvreter, Titiaantjes 1881 Birthday Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter 1881 Birthday Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter, Frau Helga von Staveren 1880 Birthday Jan Kubelik, composer 1880 Death Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 1879 Event January record 13" of snow falls in New York City (broken Jan 7, 1996) 1879 Birthday Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary, Grimaces 1877 Birthday Jan van den Tempel, Dutch MP, SDAP 1876 Birthday Jan Van Oudshoorn, Jan K Feylbrief, Dutch writer, Maze of Senses 1876 Birthday Jan Ingenhoven, composer 1876 Death Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 1876 Birthday Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith 1875 Birthday John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water 1875 Death Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71 1873 Death Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 1873 Birthday Jan Kalf, literary/art historian, Preservation of museums 1870 Birthday Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, Young Flanders 1870 Birthday Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations 1869 Death Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 1869 Birthday Jan R Slotemaker de Bruine, Dutch clergyman/politician, CHU 1869 Birthday Jindrich S Baar, Czechoslovakian pastor/writer, Jan Cimbura 1868 Death Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62 1865 Birthday Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes 1865 Birthday Jan H. Leopold, Dutch poet, translated Omar Khayyam 1864 Birthday Jan P Veth, Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian 1863 Death Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 1862 Event President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1862 Death Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 1860 Birthday Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland, 1919-20 1860 Birthday Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot 1859 Birthday [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator, Nog bij mother, Ot and Sien 1858 Birthday Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist, 3 Brides 1858 Death Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 1857 Birthday Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector 1856 Birthday Jan Karol Gali, composer 1855 Death Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 1855 Birthday Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian, Jan Steen 1853 Death Jan W. Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 1853 Birthday Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor, Antwerp 1852 Birthday Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor, shoe lacing machine 1851 Birthday Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg 1850 Death Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 1849 Death Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 1847 Birthday Jan de Louter, lawyer/tutor of Dutch Queen Wilhelmina 1843 Birthday Jan Levoslav Bella, composer 1843 Birthday Jan Malat, born in Stary Bydzov, Czechoslovakia, composer, teacher 1839 Death Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 1838 Event Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992) 1838 Birthday Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter 1837 Birthday Gerrit Jan van Heek, textile factory/politician 1837 Birthday Jan Kleczynski, composer 1836 Birthday Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner 1835 Birthday Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet 1834 Birthday Jan Neruda, Czechoslovakian writer/poet, Povidky Malostranske 1832 Death Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church 1831 Birthday Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer 1831 Event Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 1829 Death Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer, dies at 77 1828 Birthday Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian 1827 Death Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 1825 Death Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34 1825 Death Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63 1823 Birthday Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist, 2 Tudors 1822 Birthday Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist 1818 Death Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70 1816 Birthday Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer 1814 Birthday Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People 1813 Death Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 1813 Death Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 1812 Death Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 1811 Birthday Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer 1807 Birthday Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra 1807 Birthday Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert 1806 Birthday Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer 1804 Birthday Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician, RC 1803 Death Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56 1802 Birthday Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero 1801 Birthday Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer 1800 Event Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803) 1793 Death Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34 1793 Birthday Jan F. Willems, Flemish writer and philologist 1792 Death Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 1791 Birthday Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer 1791 Birthday Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam 1790 Birthday Jan Ackersdijk, Dutch political economist 1789 Death Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81 1780 Birthday Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer 1779 Death Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68 1779 Death Jan Nepveu, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 1774 Birthday Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer 1773 Death Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1773 Death Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63 1772 Birthday Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer 1771 Birthday Jan Joseph Rosler, composer 1770 Birthday Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer 1768 Death Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 1765 Birthday Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar 1761 Birthday Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary 1760 Birthday Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer 1759 Birthday Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter 1758 Death Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 1755 Birthday Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer 1754 Birthday Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer 1751 Birthday Jan Krtitel Kuchar, composer 1749 Death Jan F van Bloemen, Orizonte, Flemish painter, dies at 87 1749 Death Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66 1747 Birthday Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer 1746 Birthday Jan David Holland, composer 1745 Death Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 1739 Birthday Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer 1730 Death Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 1719 Death Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried 1712 Death Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75 1711 Birthday Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, illustrator and actor, Gideonschool 1708 Birthday Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer 1699 Event Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1699 Birthday Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1696 Death Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72 1692 Birthday Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51 1691 Birthday Jan Francisci, composer 1690 Death Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 1688 Birthday Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter 1684 Death Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 1680 Death Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 1679 Birthday Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer 1679 Death Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St. Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 1674 Death Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58 1672 Death Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 1670 Death Jan A Comenius, Komensky, Czechoslovakia/Netherlands educator/philosopher, dies 1662 Birthday Jan F van Bloom, Orizonte, Flemish painter, baptized 1658 Birthday Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter 1656 Event Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw 1656 Death Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60 1655 Birthday Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1655 Death Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56 1651 Death Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies 1635 Death Jan Baptista Van Helmont, physician/alchemist, dies 1633 Birthday Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher 1632 Birthday Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer 1630 Death Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 1628 Birthday Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, Jan Maet, seascape painter 1626 Birthday Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter 1624 Birthday Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland, 1674-96 1623 Birthday Jan Adam Reincken, composer 1622 Death Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 1622 Event Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25) 1621 Death Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59 1621 Event Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) 1618 Birthday Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam 1615 Birthday Jan Zoet, actor, playwright and poet, Parnasssus aan 't Y 1611 Death Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies 1609 Birthday Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland, 1648-68 1608 Event Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey 1606 Death Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies 1599 Birthday Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, Field Marshal 1596 Birthday Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter 1592 Birthday Jan Amos Komensky, Comenius, Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer 1586 Birthday Jan III van Foreest, lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn 1582 Event Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 1579 Birthday Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist 1573 Death Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 1572 Birthday Jan Campanus, composer 1571 Death Jan Blahoslav, Czechoslovakian bishop, dies at 48 1562 Death Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies 1547 Birthday Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland 1540 Death Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies 1523 Birthday Jan Blahoslav, Czechoslovakian humanist/bishop, Bohemian brothers 1502 Death Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies 1501 Death Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies 1495 Birthday Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect 1492 Death Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded 1459 Death Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies 1441 Death Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies 1427 Death Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies 1425 Death Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies 1424 Death Jan Zizka, Czechoslovakian (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 1419 Death Jan zonder Vrees, duke of Burgundy/count of Flanders, murdered 1419 Event Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows 1418 Death Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/Governor of Burgundy, dies 1415 Death Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany 1403 Birthday Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg 1394 Death Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies 1393 Death Johannes Nepomucenus, Jan Nepomucky, Czechoslovakian saint, killed 1378 Death Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies 1378 Death Jan I V van Arkel, bishop of Utrecht/Luik, dies 1371 Death Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies 1364 Death Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1355 Death Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies 1347 Event Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan III 1346 Death Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle 1340 Death Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies 1316 Death Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies 1316 Event Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later 1312 Death Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies 1309 Death Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1299 Death Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15 1294 Death Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies 1288 Event Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I 1237 Death Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
