This Week’s Birthdays

January 25, 1640 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman

January 26, 1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player

January 27, 1908 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate

January 28, 1929 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist

January 29, 1843 – William McKinley, 25th President of the United States

January 30, 1941 – Dick Cheney, 46th Vice President of the United States

January 31, 1872 – Zane Grey, American Western writer