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- One of America's greatest unsung leaders. Sargent Shriver was not only George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential election, but also served at one time as the Ambassador to France (1968-1970). In addition, he was the first to head up the Peace Corps, served as the first director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and, as a special assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson, created VISTA, Head Start, Community Action, Job Corps, Legal Services, Indian and Migrant Opportunities, and Neighborhood Health Services.
Ambassador Shriver's wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, began the Special Olympics -- an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with mental retardation. His children included newsperson Maria Shriver, producer Robert Shriver, Maryland state legislator Mark Shriver, Anthony Shriver - founder of Best Buddies, and Tim Shriver, President and CEO of the Special Olympics. - George Crowe was born on 22 March 1921 in Whiteland, Indiana, USA. He died on 18 January 2011 in Rancho Cordova, California, USA.
- Jim McManus was born on 16 September 1940 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Players (1979). He died on 18 January 2011 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA.
- Honored Artist of Russia (2001). Born on November 14, 1966 in the city of Pskov in the family of the theater director Vadim Petrovich Dyomin. At the end of the Shchepkin Higher Theater School (course of Solomin) in 1987 he was accepted into the troupe of the State Academic Maly Theater. In the very first years of his work on the oldest dramatic stage, the young artist performed a number of significant, central roles of the Russian and foreign classical repertoire. Cyril Dyomin taught acting at the Shchepkin Theater School (Beilis and Ivanov course). From 2002 to 2009, he worked as an announcer at the Moscow Bureau of the Russian BBC Service. Passed away January 18, 2011. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
- Al Koslik was born in 1933 in Welland, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Mrs. Soffel (1984), Friday the 13th: The Series (1987) and The Long Road Home (1989). He died on 18 January 2011 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
- Milton Rogovin was born on 30 December 1909 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Anne Snetsky. He died on 18 January 2011 in Buffalo, New York, USA.
- Boris Nikolskiy was born on 9 October 1931 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. Boris was a writer, known for Formula pamyati (1982). Boris died on 18 January 2011 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Edgar Tafel was born on 12 March 1912 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Frank Lloyd Wright: The Office for Edgar J. Kaufmann (1992) and Frank Lloyd Wright (1998). He died on 18 January 2011 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Mossie Hancock was born on 14 September 1915 in Mervin, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Eli's Lesson (1992). She died on 18 January 2011 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.