Danish Elvis Presley museum forced to rebrand after name dispute

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An Elvis Presley museum in Denmark has been forced to rebrand after a legal challenge over its use of the name of the singer's Graceland home.

Graceland Randers, which opened in 2011 in the town of Randers, will now be known as the Memphis Mansion. 

The building is a replica of the singer's Memphis home, but is twice the size to house a shop and restaurant.

Henrik Knudsen, who runs the Danish attraction, said Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc demanded a name change.

He said the company also sought 1.5m kroner (£148,000) in compensation for the infringement of the Graceland name.

Mr Knudsen opened Graceland Randers in 2011 and put almost 6,000 Elvis items, from guitars and letters to clothes, on display. 

In a statement, he said: "Pending the case, we have chosen to change the name... namely to Memphis Mansion!

"It has been very difficult to find a new name... But we believe Memphis Mansion says it all. We also hope our customers and friends of the house will welcome our new name."

Reports that the museum would have to close because of the lawsuit were incorrect, he added. More than 130,000 people visited the museum in 2015.

Στη Χαβάη κάνει Χριστούγεννα ο Ομπάμα 

Στο Κailua του Oahu βρίσκεται από το περασμένο Σάββατο η

 οικογένεια Ομπάμα για τις χριστουγεννιάτικες διακοπές της. 

Δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά που επισκέπτονται το συγκεκριμένο μέρος αλλά η όγδοη. 

Το γιατί, απαντάται εύκολα αν ρίξει κανείς μια γρήγορη ματιά σε φωτογραφίες από την

 περιοχή. 

Εξίσου εντυπωσιακή και τροπική με το μέρος είναι και η βίλα που φιλοξενεί την

 προεδρική οικογένεια. Σε ασιατικό στιλ με μια τεχνητή τροπική λίμνη στην είσοδο

 και απέραντη θέα στον ωκεανό μοιάζει με παράδεισο στον παράδεισο... 

Πέθανε ο ηθοποιός και παρουσιαστής Ντάνος Λυγίζος 

Πέθανε χθες, παραμονή Χριστουγέννων, σε ηλικία 76 ετών ο 

ηθοποιός και παρουσιαστής Ντάνος Λυγίζος. 

Ο Ντάνος Λυγίζος εδώ και λίγες μέρες νοσηλευόταν σε ιδιωτική κλινική στα νότια

 προάστια και έδινε μάχη με ιδιαίτερα επιθετική ασθένεια. O 76χρονος είχε 

εγκαταλείψει τη Στέγη Ηλικιωμένων -όπου έμενε με δική του πρωτοβουλία- και 

εισήχθη σε ιδιωτικό θεραπευτήριο με δύσπνοια. Η κατάσταση του ήταν  επιβαρυμένη

 και δεν σήκωνε δραστική φαρμακευτική θεραπεία ή επεμβατική μέθοδο.

Η κηδεία του θα γίνει στις αρχές της επόμενης εβδομάδας.

Ο Ντάνος (Κωνσταντίνος) Λυγίζος γεννήθηκε στις 20 Αυγούστου 1938. Στο θέατρο 

βγήκε το 1965 και στο σινεμά το 1968.  Ο ηθοποιός παντρεύτηκε δύο φορές στη ζωή του.

 Την πρώτη φορά με τη δημοσιογράφο Έλλη Ευαγγελίδου και τη δεύτερη με την Ντάντι 

Σαλιβέρου. 

Φιλμογραφία

• Πατρίς, ληστεία, οικογένεια (1987)... Βλαστός
• Ο Παπασούζας Φαντομάς (1983)... Παπα-Αύγουστος
• Τρελλός και πάσης Ελλάδος (1983) .... Κρίτων Αλευράς
• Τζακ ο καβαλλάρης (1979)
• Οι φανταρίνες (1979)... κατάσκοπος
• Υποβρύχιο Παπανικολής (1971)
• Κρίμα... το μπόι σου (1970) .... τελωνειακός
• Ένα αστείο κορίτσι (1970) .... μετρ στο χορό των εφοπλιστών
• Οι τέσσερις άσσοι (1970)
• Εγώ ρεζίλεψα τον Χίτλερ (1970)
• Οι γενναίοι του Βορρά (1970)... εκφωνητής ραδ. σταθμού
• Ο μπλοφατζής (1969) .... Αντώνης
• Ένας άφραγκος Ωνάσης (1969) ... γκρουπιέρης
• Ησαΐα... μη χορεύεις (1969)... πλανόδιος πωλ. βιβλίων
• Για την τιμή και τον έρωτα (1969)
• Κακός, ψυχρός κι ανάποδος (1969)... Γιώργος

Βιντεοταινίες

• Επαναστάτης χωρίς αστεία (1988)
• Οι ανθρωποφάγοι στην Τι-Βι (1988)
• Γόητες και θηλυκά (1987)
• Ο Μήτσος της Αραβίας (1987)
• Σέξι μπάτσος και σκληρός (1987)
• Το κότερο της αγάπης (1987)
• Με το ζόρι τρελός (1986)
• Τρελοί παραγωγοί απίθανα μανούλια (1986)
• Ο Πιπίλας της τορπίλας (1986)
• Ο Σαΐνης και τα σαΐνια του (1986)
• Μια γυναίκα δυο άντρες (1985)
• Πρώτη νύχτα γάμου (1985)
• Το γλυφιτζούρι (1985)
• Το κορίτσι φωτιά (1985)

Τηλεοπτικό θέατρο

• Πως να κλέψετε τους κληρονόμους σας (2007) ΑΝΤ1
• Ο φίλος μου ο Λευτεράκης (1981) ΕΡΤ
• Η κυρία του προέδρου (1978) ΕΡΤ
• Εφιαλτικό παιχνίδι (1977) ΕΡΤ

Θέατρο

• Κάτι τρέχει (1988)
• Ο κουνενές (1985)
• Ευτυχέστα κι άστα (1976)
• Στη φωλιά του κούκου... ε! (1976)
• Όλα τα μασάει ο Κουταλιανός (1973)

Τηλεοπτικές σειρές

• Έγκλήματα (1998) ΑΝΤ1
• Άλλη το πρωί άλλη το βράδυ (1994) Mega
• Ορκιστείτε παρακαλώ (1982) ΥΕΝΕΔ
• Εισβολή από άλλο πλανήτη (1979) ΕΡΤ
• Ο δρόμος (1977) ΥΕΝΕΔ
• Ο σπαγγοραμένος (1971) ΕΙΡΤ

Εκπομπές

• Σαν παλιό σινεμά (2001) ΕΤ1
• Show κι έγινε (1992) ΑΝΤ1
• Όχι τα νέα του ΑΝΤ1 (1991) ΑΝΤ1
• Τηλεμαγείες (1975) ΥΕΝΕΔ
• Candid camera (1972) ΥΕΝΕΔ
• Ένα κουτί γεμάτο θαύματα (1972) ΥΕΝΕΔ
• Μουσικόραμα (1971) ΥΕΝΕΔ
• Εμείς κι εσείς (1970) ΥΕΝΕΔ

Ο Μανού Τσάο  για σκι στη Βασιλίτσα Γρεβενών

Το χιονοδρομικό κέντρο της Βασιλίτσας Γρεβενών πάει καλά από χιόνι φέτος, με εκατοντάδες σκιέρ να απολαμβάνουν τις καταβάσεις στις  πίστες του.

Ανάμεσά τους και ο Μανού Τσάο, ο διάσημος «εναλλακτικός» τραγουδιστής με την παρέα του, που σύμφωνα με το kozanimedia, βρέθηκε στο χιονοδρομικό κέντρο για ολιγοήμερες διακοπές.

«Άνετος και απλός δεν δίστασε να βγει φωτογραφία με το Σιμο Μπουζαλη», γράφει στον προσωπικό του λογαριασμό στο Facebook ο αντιπεριφερειάρχης του νομού Ευάγγελος Σημανδράκος.

• FACEBOOK
• TWITTER
• LINKEDIN
• GOOGLEPLUS
• STUMBLEUPON
• REDDIT

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Today, Frank Sinatra would’ve been 100 years old. Perhaps more than any other artist, his career perfectly summed up the 20th century. He began singing professionally in 1935, and released his first record in 1939. He caused a pandemonium later paralleled by Elvis, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson all the way back in the ’40s, single-handedly made middle-agedom cool in the ’50s and ’60s, retired and came back in the ’70s, entered the ’80s with hit records, and released his multi-platinum selling final album in 1994. From music to movies to style to politics, if you look back over the last century, you’re likely to find Sinatra somewhere in the mix. He wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

And while his music is still beloved by millions, its his lifestyle that still continues to equally fascinate us. Simply put, he’s an icon — one who stayed at the top of his game for decades and continues to be the benchmark of how we measure class. For years, he was the wealthiest entertainer in the world, doing something that seems impossible today: Living in a way that people aspired to, not mocked. It’s no accident that Jay-Z compares himself to the man – 100 years on, he’s still the gold standard.

And like his style and attention to detail, Sinatra’s eye was extended to his cars. He loved them, and they were usually both stylish and perfectly of their times. So to celebrate the man’s birthday, we went digging and found 10 of the most important rides to ever reside in Frank Sinatra’s garage, from his first car to the last.

1. Chrysler Convertible  

Source: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Before he was a star, Sinatra was one of countless “boy singers” in the New York area looking for his big break. According to James Kaplan’s biography The Voice, in the mid-’30s Sinatra got his first break with the group The Four Flashes not because of his talents, but because he owned a car, a green Chrysler convertible. With Sinatra in their ranks, the group could now get to shows a lot easier. Unfortunately for them, ‘Ol Blue Eyes quickly left them in the dust.

2. 1942 Chrysler Convertible

Source: Barrett-Jackson

Even after he found fame, Sinatra stayed a loyal Chrysler man. When he married his first wife Nancy Barbato in 1939, they reportedly drove off to honeymoon in a brand new 1939 convertible. And in a snapshot taken just as he became a household name, Sinatra is seen sitting proudly behind the wheel of a 1942 convertible, one of just 36,586 cars Chrysler managed to eke out before production was halted by America’s entry into World War II. Today, even without Sinatra’s provenance, these cars are highly collectible, the ’42 pictured above fetched $34,100 at Barrett-Jackson’s Las Vegas auction this year.

3. 1955 Ford Thunderbird

Source: Ford

In the early ’50s, Sinatra’s career had come dangerously close to collapsing, but by mid-decade, he had a second Oscar under his belt (for 1953’s From Here to Eternity), and was the most famous entertainer in the world. With that came incredible wealth, and a healthy love of cars. Capitol Records bought Sinatra a black first-generation Thunderbird, which he was photographed in regularly. He was also said to buy T-Birds for his closest friends – and favorite girlfriends.

4. 1956 Continental Mark II

Source: Ford

Spun off into its own brand in 1955, the Continental Mark II was one of the most beautiful luxury cars of the era. It was also one of the most expensive; at $10,000, it was twice as expensive as a Cadillac, and cost more than the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud – and Ford still lost money on each one sold. Its combination of exclusivity and style made it a natural fit for Sinatra, and he could be seen driving his Continental II around Las Vegas and Palm Springs, California.

5. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham

Source: Darin Schnabel/RM Sotheby’s

By 1958, the Continental had been returned to the Lincoln lineup. It was just as well, because that year Cadillac responded with the Eldorado Brougham, a $13,074 dream machine that was one of the most luxurious, exclusive, and advanced cars in the world. With space-age features like a self-leveling air suspension, power seats with memory, dual-level climate control, and cruise control, the Caddy was in many ways decades ahead of the competition. With only 304 cars built in ’58, it was the car to have in the late 50s. Sinatra loved them so much that he owned several, with one appearing alongside him in 1960s’ Ocean’s Eleven. Bonham’s sold one ex-Sinatra Brougham in 2009 for an undisclosed sum. It had been expected to fetch as much as $375,000.

6. 1962 Dual Ghia L6.4

Source: RM Sotheby’s

By the early ’60s, Sinatra was the first king of Las Vegas, and he and his Rat Pack ruled the entertainment industry. Meanwhile in Detroit, Dual Ghia was pioneering the method of hand-picking its owners (a practice later cribbed by Ferrari) and found a perfect match in the Rat Pack. With Chrysler running gear and a hand-built body made in Italy by Ghia, the $13,500 L6.4 was one of the most exclusive cars in the world, with just 26 produced – and most of them going to celebrities. Despite their price and exclusivity, there was something off about Sinatra’s car. He had celebrity customizer George Barris install a number of fail-safe components, including a backup fuel pump and brake circuits. Today, just 17 of the cars survive. This ’62 fetched an impressive $362,000when RM Sotheby’s sold it at Monterey back in 2013.

7. 1969 Lamborghini Miura

Source: Lamborghini

The Miura is generally accepted as the world’s first supercar, and it was impressive enough for Sinatra to take notice. So on December 12, 1969 – his 54th birthday – he treated himself to one. Personally ordered at Lamborghini’s Sant ‘Agata Bolognese headquarters, Sinatra ordered his mid-engined V12 Lambo in arancio metallico (orange being his favorite color) with a wild boarskin leather interior. Sinatra was so taken with his car that he allegedly said “You buy a Ferrari when you want to be somebody. You buy a Lamborghini when you are somebody.” Sinatra’s love affair with his Miura was short-lived, however. Within a few years, he had given it to a girlfriend, who quickly traded it in on a newer Countach. In 2004, Sinatra’s car was sold at auctionfor $150,000. Today, a Miura even without celebrity provenance trades hands for over $900,000.

8. 1976 Jaguar XJS V-12

Source: Russo and Steele

In 1975, Sinatra married for a fourth and final time to Barbara Marx. As part of their wedding, the two exchanged cars; Frank giving her a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow with paint to match his eyes, and receiving a British racing green XJS. Introduced in 1975 to replace the aging E-Type, the XJS wasn’t as sporty as its predecessor, but it was a popular grand tourer that saw an impressive 21 year production run. Sinatra seemed to be a fan too – he later augmented his wedding car with a second, nearly identical 1989 model. The 1975 wedding cars were both sold this year by Russo and Steele, with the Jag fetching a mere $11,000.

9. 1981 Chrysler Imperial ‘FS Edition’

Source: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Sinatra liked his friends to be movers and shakers, and by the late ’70s he’d become close friends with Chrysler chief Lee Iacocca. As Iacocca moved to transform Chrysler into a profitable maker of affordable front-wheel drive vehicles, he also sought to revive the Imperial nameplate for a flagship personal luxury coupe to take on Cadillac Eldorado and Lincoln Continental Mark VI. Enlisting Sinatra’s star power to help sell the cars, Chrysler launched the Imperial “FS Edition,” with paint and interior to match Sinatra’s eyes, plus a special box under the dashboard that held 10 Sinatra cassettes. Unfortunately, reliability issues meant the $20,988 car was a huge flop for the brand, and it sold just 12,385 Imperials between 1981 and ’83 – with just 278 of them being FS Editions.

10. 1985 Chrysler Town & Country

Source: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

A few years after the Imperial, Sinatra bought a pedestrian 1985 Chrysler Town & Country station wagon to use while in Los Angeles. Based on Chrysler’s K-Car platform, the T&C didn’t exactly have the glamor or exclusivity of his earlier cars, but he seemed to have loved it – it’s said to be the last car he ever drove before his death in 1998. Today, the car has its own website (registered in 2011), and is listed for sale at £195,000 (roughly $290,000). So if you ever wanted to own both the most expensive K-Car in existence and Frank Sinatra’s last car, this is it.

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• 1135 – Coronation of King Stephen of England.
• 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
• 1489 – The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando and Isabel, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.
• 1559 – Pope Pius IV is elected.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian mercenaries.
• 1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
• 1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeat Austria.
• 1793 – The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
• 1799 – Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee III declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
• 1805 – Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
• 1806 – Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
• 1811 – A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
• 1825 – Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg.
• 1846 – Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism.
• 1860 – The first ever inter-club association football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and United Kingdom.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
• 1862 – Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
• 1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died.
• 1870 – The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
• 1871 – Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
• 1883 – The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
• 1895 – New Empire Theatre, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England was destroyed by fire
• 1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
• 1900 – A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.
• 1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
• 1925 – Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
• 1943 – World War II: German warship Scharnhorst is sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces.
• 1944 – World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
• 1948 – Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.
• 1963 – The Beatles'"I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
• 1966 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
• 1976 – The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is founded.
• 1982 – Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
• 1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
• 1994 – Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
• 1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
• 1996 – Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
• 1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
• 1998 – Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.
• 1999 – The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
• 2003 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
• 2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000.
• 2004 – Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
• 2006 – An oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria explodes, killing at least 260.
• 2009 – China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

Births[edit]

• 1194 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)
• 1532 – Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar and academic (d. 1576)
• 1536 – Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar (d. 1584)
• 1581 – Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (d. 1643)
• 1646 – Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter (d. 1709)
• 1687 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (d. 1755)
• 1716 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher (d. 1803)
• 1716 – Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar (d. 1771)
• 1723 – Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (d. 1807)
• 1737 – Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815)
• 1751 – Lord George Gordon, English politician (d. 1793)
• 1751 – Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1820)
• 1771 – Julie Clary, French wife of Joseph Bonaparte (d. 1845)
• 1780 – Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)
• 1785 – Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871)
• 1782 – Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan (d. 1867)
• 1791 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine (d. 1871)
• 1803 – Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (d. 1882)
• 1819 – E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator (d. 1899)
• 1820 – Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
• 1837 – Morgan Bulkeley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1922)
• 1837 – George Dewey, American admiral (d. 1917)
• 1852 – Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938)
• 1853 – René Bazin, French author and academic (d. 1932)
• 1854 – José Yves Limantour, Mexican finance minister under Porfirio Díaz (d. 1935)
• 1859 – William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California (d. 1944)
• 1863 – Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records (d. 1957)
• 1864 – Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1945)
• 1867 – Phan Bội Châu, Vietnamese activist (d. 1940)
• 1869 – Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist (d. 1942)
• 1872 – Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1873 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
• 1874 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologist and academic (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955)
• 1887 – Arthur Percival, English general (d. 1966)
• 1888 – Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian (d. 1982)
• 1890 – Percy Hodge, English runner (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
• 1891 – Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
• 1892 – Don Barclay, American actor, artist and caricaturist (d. 1975)
• 1893 – Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionist and politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 1976)
• 1894 – Jean Toomer, American author and poet (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Udham Singh, Indian martyr and activist (d. 1940)
• 1901 – Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (d. 1941)
• 1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980)
• 1905 – William Loeb III, American publisher (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1907 – Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Ralph Hill, American runner (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (d. 1962)
• 1912 – Henk de Looper, Dutch field hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1913 – Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
• 1914 – Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Richard Widmark, American film, stage and television actor (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1918 – Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host (d. 2011)
• 1918 – Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
• 1921 – John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, talk show personality, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1926 – Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Gina Pellón, Cuban-French painter and poet (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Denis Gifford, English journalist and historian (d. 2000)
• 1927 – Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Stu Miller, American baseball player (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Denis Quilley, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-French singer and night-club impresaria
• 1930 – Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Donald Moffat, English-American actor
• 1933 – Ugly Dave Gray, English-Australian actor and singer
• 1933 – Olavi Salsola, Finnish runner (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer and voice actor
• 1935 – Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (Four Tops)
• 1935 – Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1936 – Peep Jänes, Estonian architect
• 1936 – Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1937 – John Horton Conway, English-American mathematician and academic
• 1937 – Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
• 1938 – Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1938 – Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav novelist, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter
• 1939 – Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Teddy Bears)
• 1940 – Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Daniel Schmid, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Şener Şen, Turkish actor
• 1942 – Vinicio Cerezo, Guatemalan politician, 28th President of Guatemala
• 1942 – Catherine Coulter, American author
• 1942 – Gray Davis, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of California
• 1942 – Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer and actor
• 1942 – Dan Massey, American activist and author (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Jane Lapotaire, English actress and singer
• 1945 – John Walsh, American television host, producer, and activist; created America's Most Wanted
• 1946 – Alan Frumin, American lawyer and politician
• 1946 – Tiit Rosenberg, Estonian historian and academic
• 1946 – Rini Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist
• 1947 – James T. Conway, American general
• 1947 – Jean Echenoz, French author
• 1947 – Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
• 1947 – Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player (The Plastic People of the Universe)
• 1947 – Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic
• 1948 – Candy Crowley, American journalist
• 1949 – Mikhail Boyarsky, Russian actor and singer
• 1949 – Bob Hartman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Petra)
• 1949 – José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1950 – Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player
• 1951 – C.J. Henderson, American author and critic (d. 2014)
• 1951 – John Scofield, American guitarist and composer (Trio Beyond)
• 1951 – Richard Skinner, English radio and television host
• 1953 – Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
• 1953 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
• 1953 – Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1953 – Henning Schmitz, German drummer (Kraftwerk)
• 1954 – Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
• 1954 – Tony Rosato, Italian-Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Steve Steen, English actor and screenwriter
• 1955 – Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
• 1956 – David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host
• 1957 – Dermot Murnaghan, English-born Northern Irish journalist and game show host
• 1957 – Mike South, American porn actor and director
• 1958 – Mieko Harada, Japanese actress, singer, and producer
• 1958 – Adrian Newey, English aerodynamicist and engineer
• 1959 – Wang Lijun, Chinese police officer and politician
• 1959 – Kōji Morimoto, Japanese animator and director
• 1959 – Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer
• 1960 – Keith Martin Ball, American mathematician and academic
• 1960 – Ruud Kaiser, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1960 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
• 1960 – Jim Toomey, American cartoonist
• 1960 – Cem Uzan, Turkish businessman and politician
• 1961 – Kazuhisa Kawahara, Japanese actor
• 1961 – Andrew Lock, Australian mountaineer
• 1961 – John Lynch, Northern Irish actor
• 1962 – Mark Starr, English wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish drummer, songwriter, and producer (Metallica)
• 1963 – Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
• 1964 – Elizabeth Kostova, American author
• 1966 – Jay Farrar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, and Gob Iron)
• 1966 – Tim Legler, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Sandra Taylor, American model and actress
• 1966 – Jay Yuenger, American guitarist and producer (White Zombie)
• 1967 – Timo Karppinen, Finnish orienteer
• 1968 – Tricia Leigh Fisher, American actress and singer
• 1968 – Dennis Knight, American wrestler and chef
• 1969 – Isaac Viciosa, Spanish runner
• 1970 – Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Thai actor and singer
• 1970 – James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Shins and Broken Bells)
• 1971 – Jared Leto, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor and director (Thirty Seconds to Mars)
• 1971 – Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer
• 1971 – Jonathan M. Parisen, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Tatiana Sorokko, Russian-American model and journalist
• 1972 – Esteban Fuertes, Argentinian footballer
• 1972 – Shane Meadows, English actor, director, and producer
• 1972 – Robert Muchamore, English author
• 1973 – Paulo Frederico Benevenute, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 – Zach Blair, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hagfish, Gwar, Rise Against, and Only Crime)
• 1973 – Gianluca Faliva, Italian rugby player
• 1973 – Reichen Lehmkuhl, American model and actor
• 1973 – Nobuhiko Matsunaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1973 – Steve Prescott, English rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1974 – Tiffany Brissette, American actress
• 1974 – Josie Ho, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1974 – Joshua John Miller, American actor
• 1975 – Chris Calaguio, Filipino basketball player
• 1975 – Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
• 1975 – María Vasco, Spanish race walker
• 1976 – Lea De Mae, Czech porn actress and model (d. 2004)
• 1976 – Simon Goodwin, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 – Nadia Litz, Canadian actress and director
• 1977 – Fatih Akyel, Turkish footballer
• 1977 – Sofia Bekatorou, Greek sailor
• 1977 – Adrienn Hegedűs, Hungarian tennis player
• 1978 – Karel Rüütli, Estonian politician
• 1978 – Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
• 1979 – Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Daughtry)
• 1979 – Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
• 1979 – Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
• 1980 – Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
• 1980 – Tomoko Tabata, Japanese actress
• 1981 – Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Kenneth Darby, American football player
• 1982 – Noel Hunt, Irish footballer
• 1982 – Shun Oguri, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Roxanne Pallett, English actress and singer
• 1982 – Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
• 1983 – Yu Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Ahmed Barusso, Ghanaian footballer
• 1984 – Leonardo Ghiraldini, Italian rugby player
• 1984 – Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker
• 1985 – Beth Behrs, American actress
• 1985 – Yu Shirota, Japanese-Spanish actor and singer
• 1986 – Mew Azama, Japanese model and actress
• 1986 – Hugo Lloris, French footballer
• 1986 – Kit Harington, English actor
• 1986 – Selen Soyder, Turkish model and actress, Miss Turkey 2007
• 1987 – Adam Walker, English flute player
• 1988 – Kayo Satoh, Japanese model and television personality
• 1989 – Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
• 1990 – Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter (Black Veil Brides)
• 1990 – Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
• 1990 – Shota Matsushima, Japanese actor
• 1990 – Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
• 1990 – James Wolpert, American singer
• 1991 – Eden Sher, American actress
• 1992 – Kätlin Aas, Estonian model
• 1992 – Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
• 1994 – Samantha Boscarino, American actress and singer
• 1994 – Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
• 1995 – Zach Mills, American actor
• 1996 – Airi Matsui, Japanese singer, model, and actress (Sakura Gakuin)
• 1996 – Kasumi Yamaya, Japanese actress and model
• 2000 – Samuel Sevian, American chess player
• 2000 – Isac Elliot, Finnish singer

Deaths[edit]

• 268 – Pope Dionysius
• 831 – Euthymius of Sardis, Byzantine monk and bishop (b. 754)
• 1194 – Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, English noblemen (b. 1115)
• 1350 – Jean de Marigny, French archbishop
• 1352 – John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (b. 1330)
• 1360 – Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, English nobleman and military commander (b. 1314)
• 1458 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
• 1476 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (b. 1444)
• 1530 – Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
• 1574 – Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1524)
• 1731 – Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
• 1771 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
• 1780 – John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
• 1784 – Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
• 1786 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
• 1863 – Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (b. 1775)
• 1869 – Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 – Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 – Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 – Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 – Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 – Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 – Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1933 – Eduard Vilde, Estonian author and diplomat (b. 1865)
• 1959 – Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 – Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 – Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 – Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1966 – Herbert Otto Gille, German SS officer (b. 1897)
• 1966 – Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1968 – Weegee, Ukrainian-American photojournalist (b.1898)
• 1970 – Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 – Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1973 – Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1974 – Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 – Jack Benny, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1894)
• 1974 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1975 – K. Saraswathi Amma, Indian feminist writer (b. 1919)
• 1975 – Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (b. 1885)
• 1976 – Yashpal, Indian author (b. 1903)
• 1977 – Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1980 – Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
• 1981 – Savitri, Indian actress, director, and producer (b. 1937)
• 1981 – Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1981 – Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
• 1983 – Violet Carson, English actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1984 – Sheila Andrews, American singer (b. 1953)
• 1985 – Margarete Schön, German actress (b. 1895)
• 1986 – Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (b. 1902)
• 1988 – Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
• 1990 – Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian pianist (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (b. 1933)
• 1994 – Parveen Shakir, Pakistani civil servant and poet (b. 1952)
• 1996 – Kostas Palios, Greek actor (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Impressions) (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Jason Robards, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (b. 1929)
• 2002 – Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2004 – Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)
• 2004 – Poom Jensen, American son of Ubolratana Rajakanya (b. 1983)
• 2004 – Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)
• 2004 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
• 2004 – Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nasum and Genocide Superstars) (b. 1974)
• 2004 – Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
• 2005 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
• 2005 – Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and engineer (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Munir Niazi, Indian-Pakistani poet (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Gösta Krantz, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)
• 2011 – Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)
• 2011 – Fred Fono, Solomon politician (b. 1962)
• 2011 – Sam Rivers, American flute player and composer (b. 1923)
• 2011 – James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (b. 1950)
• 2011 – Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, American born Georgian aristocrat and NYC highway commissioner (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Rebecca Tarbotton, Canadian-American activist (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Malena Alvarado, Venezuelan actress (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Davide Lufrano Chaves, Italian-English guitarist (Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos) (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1912)
• 2013 – Dr. Tangalanga, Argentinian comedian and actor (b. 1916)
• 2014 – Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (b. 1946)
• 2014 – James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Rhodes Reason, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)

Janet Jackson postpones  tour for surgery

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US singer Janet Jackson has put her Unbreakable world tour on hold until spring to have surgery. 

Jackson said her doctors told her she needs an operation "soon". 

"Please pray for me, my family and our entire company during this difficult time," the 49-year-old asked fans. She said she would not be giving any details of her health condition. 

Jackson began her tour last August in Vancouver and had dates across the US, Canada and Europe till next June. 

Her next concert had been due to take place in Denver, Colorado, on 9 January.

In 2008, Jackson cancelled a string of concert dates after developing migraine-associated vertigo.

"It breaks my heart to tell you that I am forced to postpone the Unbreakable Tour," she said, adding that fans should hold on to their tickets. 

"They will be honoured in a special way when the new schedule is announced." 

Unbreakable is Jackson's 11th album - and the first studio album since her brother Michael died in 2009, prompting Janet to take a step back from the public eye.

• «Γύρισε, σε περιμένω γύρισε» με τη Στέλλα Γκρέκα και τον Νίκο Γούναρη.
• «Ένα μπουκέτο μενεξέδες» με τον Φώτη Πολυμέρη.
• «Γιατί να ζούμε χωρισμένοι» με την Ελίζα Μαρέλι.
• «Καλύτερα ο θάνατος παρά ο χωρισμός» με τη Μαριάνα Χατζοπούλου.
• «Ήρθες αργά στο δρόμο της ζωής μου» με την Κάκια Μένδρη.
• «Είμαι ερωτευμένος με τα μάτια στου», που πρωτοτραγούδησε η Χρυσούλα Στίνη και το έκανε επιτυχία τη δεκαετία του '90 η Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη.