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RICHIE HAVENS, musician - born 21st January 1941

"Music is the major form of communication.  It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids."  

22/01/2017 OrianthiOrianthi Panagaris (born 22 January 1985), known professionally as Orianthi, is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter known for performing with Michael Jackson as part of his ill-fated This Is It concert series, and with Alice Cooper's touring band. Her debut single "According to You" peaked at No. 3 in Japan, No. 8 in Australia and No. 17 in the US; her second album, Believe, received a worldwide release in late 2009. In 2009, Orianthi was named one of the 12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists by Elle magazine.^[3] She also won the award as "Breakthrough Guitarist of the Year" 2010 by Guitar International magazine.^[4]

Thanks for your post, Herman.  

JOHN DONNE, poet (also a priest, and a lawyer) - born 22nd January 1572

"Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in Mankind;  And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

I love this muesim

Hello Storm, glad you are enjoying the thread.  

RUTGER HAUER, actor - born 23rd January 1944

"I hate acting when i see it.  I don't want to feel it, i don't want to see it, i want to be taken away with the story - i don't want the actor's ego in front of me.  That's what i try to live when i do the work."  

Full Name: John Hancock
Nationality: American

Profession: Statesman
Why Famous: The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Born: January 23, 1737
Star Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts, USA

Died: October 8, 1793 (aged 56)

Married Life

• 1775-08-28 Statesman John Hancock (38) weds hostess Dorothy Quincy (28) in Fairfield, Connecticut

Historical Events in the Life of John Hancock

• 1768-04-09 John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies
• 1768-05-09 John Hancock pays duties on 25 pipes of wine, only one fourth of his ship's carrying capacity, and British officials accuse him of unloading the rest during the night to avoid paying the duties on the entire cargo
• 1768-06-10 British customs officials seize John Hancock's ship, "The Liberty", on the suspicion that Hancock had illegally unloaded cargo without paying duties a month earlier
• 1773-11-05 John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an "Enemy to America"
• 1774-03-05 John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration, a commemoration of the Boston Massacre, and denounces the presence of British troops in Boston, enhancing Hancock's stature as a leading Patriot
• 1775-05-24 John Hancock is unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress
• 1780-10-25 John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts
• 1785-01-29 In a surprising announcement, John Hancock resigns as Governor of Massachusetts, allegedly due to his failing health

• Signing the Declaration[edit]

  Hancock was president of Congress when the Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed. He is primarily remembered by Americans for his large, flamboyant signature on the Declaration, so much so that "John Hancock" became, in the United States, an informal synonym for signature.^[156] According to legend, Hancock signed his name largely and clearly so that King George could read it without his spectacles, but the story is apocryphal and originated years later.^[157][158]

  

   

  Hancock's signature as it appears on the engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence

  Contrary to popular mythology, there was no ceremonial signing of the Declaration on July 4, 1776.^[157] After Congress approved the wording of the text on July 4, the fair copy was sent to be printed. As president, Hancock may have signed the document that was sent to the printer John Dunlap, but this is uncertain because that document is lost, perhaps destroyed in the printing process.^[159] Dunlap produced the first published version of the Declaration, the widely distributed Dunlap broadside. Hancock, as President of Congress, was the only delegate whose name appeared on the broadside, although the name of Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, but not a delegate, was also on it as "Attested by" implying that Hancock had signed the fair copy. This meant that until a second broadside was issued six months later with all of the signers listed, Hancock was the only delegate whose name was publicly attached to the treasonous document.^[160] Hancock sent a copy of the Dunlap broadside to George Washington, instructing him to have it read to the troops "in the way you shall think most proper".^[161]

  Hancock's name was printed, not signed, on the Dunlap broadside; his iconic signature appears on a different document—a sheet of parchment that was carefully handwritten sometime after July 19 and signed on August 2 by Hancock and those delegates present.^[162] Known as the engrossed copy, this is the famous document on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.^[163]

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NEIL DIAMOND, musician - born 24th January 1941

"There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from."   

Och aye hoots mon the noo, it's Burns Night!  

ROBERT BURNS, poet - born 25th January 1759

"Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character i always wish to possess.  I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve."

good 'ol Neil Diamond :)

Ae Fond Kiss

BY ROBERT BURNS

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; 

Ae fareweel, and then forever! 

Deep in heart-wrung tears   I'll pledge thee, 

Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. 

Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, 

While the star of hope she leaves him? 

Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me; 

Dark despair around benights me. 

I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, 

Naething could resist my Nancy; 

But to see her was to love her; 

Love but her, and love forever. 

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, 

Had we never lov'd sae blindly, 

Never met—or never parted— 

We had ne'er been broken-hearted. 

Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest! 

Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest! 

Thine be ilka joy and treasure, 

Peace. enjoyment, love, and pleasure! 

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; 

Ae fareweel, alas, forever! 

Deep in heart-wrung tears   I'll pledge thee, 

Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee! 

aye....great songwriter, gorgeous voice

Full Name: Messalina [Valeria Messalina]
Nationality: Roman

Profession: Roman Noblewoman and Wife of the Emperor Claudius
Why Famous: The third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, she was a powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity. Tt was claimed that she conspired against her husband and was executed when the plot was discovered, but this may or may not be true. She was also a paternal cousin of Nero, second cousin of Caligula, and great-grandniece of Augustus.

Born: January 25, 17
Star Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rome, Italy

That Messalina was a naughty minx!  

Great Saturday afternoon movie:

**this next post is specially for Connor & Smudge**  

JOSE MOURINHO, football manager - born 26th January 1963

"I was 9 or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day.  He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22nd or 23rd.  On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."  

I'm in luv with Jose

Its my birthday on the 1st feb