Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 2

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[edit] Births

• 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992) (pictured)
• 1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992)
• 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
• 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

[edit] Deaths

• 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)