Born:
Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russia, cosmonaut
More Notable Birthdays on January 1:
1909 - Barry Goldwater, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Senator-R-Arizona 1953 - 1965, 1969 - 1987, Republican Presidential candidate 1964
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant
1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work
1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games
1729 - Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry