Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 2
Births
[edit]- 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992) (pictured)
- 1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
- 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer (d. 2017)
- 1940 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist
- 1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
- 1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
Deaths
[edit]- 1726 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. 1688)
- 1963 - Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1974 - Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1990 - Alan Hale Jr., American actor (b. 1918)