Today in Music & more (January 22)

Singers / Musicians

1931, Sam Cooke 

1940, Addie "Micki" Harris (THE SHIRELLES)

1946, Malcolm McLaren 

1947, Δέσποινα Γλέζου (ΝΟΣΤΡΑΔΑΜΟΣ)

1949, J.P. Pennington (EXILE / guitar & vocals / co-lead vocals on "Kiss You All Over", 1978)

1949, Steve Perry (JOURNEY)

1952, Teddy Gentry (ALABAMA / bass /  There's No Way, 1985)

1960, Michael Hutchence (INXS)

1960, Freddy Jaklitsch (JOY / Touch By Touch, 1986)

1965, Steven Adler (GUNS N' ROSES / drums)

1965, Andrew Roachford (ROACHFORD)

1965, DJ Jazzy Jeff (DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE)

1972, Sivert Hoyem (MADRUGADA)

1980, Lizz Wright (My Heart, 2007)

1981, Ben Moody (EVANESCENCE / guitar)

1985, Justin Hurwitz (composer - City of Stars, 2016)

1993, Netta Barzilai (ESC Winner in 2018 for Israel)

Various

1788, Lord Byron (poet)

1847, August Strindberg (playwright, novelist)

1898, Sergei Eisenstein (film director, Battleship Potemkin)

1934, Bill Bixby (actor, The Incredible Hulk) 

1940, John Hurt (actor)

1942, Μίμης Δομάζος

1952, Τάσος Χαλκιάς (ηθοποιός)

1953, Jim Jarmusch (film director)

1958, Νίκος Αναστόπουλος (ποδόσφαιρο)

1959, Linda Blair (actress, The Exorcist)

1964, Stojan Vranković (basketball - Croatia)

1965, Diane Lane (actress)

1972, Gabriel Macht (actor, porteyed Harvey Spencer in "Suits")

1974, Ava Devine (porn star)

Died

1973, Lyndon B. Johnson (36th president of the United States)

1977, Μενέλαος Λουντέμης (συγγραφέας & ποιητής)

1982, Παντελής Ζερβός (ηθοποιός)

1994, Telly Savalas (actor, Kojak)

1997, Billy MacKenzie (THE ASSSOCIATES)

2002, Peter Bardens (CAMEL / keyboards / In Dreams, 1987)

2008, Heath Ledger (actor)

2017, Jean Karakos (KAOMA / producer)

2023, Νίκος Ξανθόπουλος (ηθοποιός)

Important Dates

1963, Συνθήκη των Ηλυσίων (Élysée Treaty)

2006, Kobe Bryant scores 81 points vs the Toronto Raptors.

2020, Απελευθέρωση των 5 Ναυτικών του tanker Happy Lady.