January
01 January 1660
English naval administrator Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous
diary, which gives a detailed account of life in London from 1660-69. 350 years.
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04 January 1710
Birth of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, one of the most important early composers of comic opera, as well as sacred music and other works. 300 years.
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04 January 1960
Albert Camus died. Algerian-born French writer and philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature. 50 years.
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07 January 1610
Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter's four largest moons. 400 years.
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08 January 1935
Elvis Presley was born. 75 years.
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11 January 1935
Amelia Earhart, American aviator, became the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. 75 years.
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17 January 1990
Ruskin Spear, British artist, died. 20 years.
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21 January 1950
George Orwell, revolutionary English novelist and journalist, died. 60 years.
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24 January 1920
Amedeo Modigliani died. Italian figurative artist. 90 years
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29 January 1860
Birth of Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer. 150 years.
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January 1910
Constant rains in Paris, France, cause the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city. 100 years.
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