Today in History - Dec 31st
Today's Birthdays
1738 Charles Cornwallis, British general, died Ocr 5, 1805
1869 Henri Matisse, French painter (Le Danse) died Nov 3, 1954
1878 Elizabeth Arden, cosmetics mogul, died Oct 19, 1966
1880 George Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State/Army Chief of Staff during WWII, died Oct 16, 1959
1908 Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor/Nazi hunter, died Sept 20, 2005
1937 Sir Anthony Hopkins, actor (Silence of the Lambs, Howards End, Amistad, Hannibal)
1938 Rosalind Cash, actress (Tales from the Hood, Uptown Saturday Night) died Oct 31, 1995
1940 Tim Considine, actor (My Three Sons)
1941 Sarah Miles, actress (Ryan’s Daughter, Dynasty, Hope and Glory)
1942 Andy Summers (Somers), guitarist (The Police)
1943 John Denver (Deutschendorf), singer/songwriter (Rocky Mountain High) killed Oct 12, 1997
1943 Ben Kingsley (Krishna Bhanji), actor (Gandhi, Schindler’s List, Searching for Bobby Fischer)
1943 Pete Quaife, bassist (The Kinks)
1945 Diane von Fürstenberg, fashion designer
1947 Burton Cummings Jr., singer (The Guess Who)
1947 Tim Matheson, actor (National Lampoon’s Animal House, Fletch, 1941)
1948 Donna Summer (LaDonna Gaines), singer (Last Dance, Hot Stuff, Bad Girls)
1951 Barbara Carrera, actress (Dallas, ever Say Never Again, Lone Wolf McQuade, Island of Dr. Moreau)
1951 George Thorogood, blues/rock guitarist/singer
1951 Tom Hamilton, bassist (Aerosmith)
1953 James Remar, (Drugstore Cowboy, The Cotton Club, 48 Hrs., The Warriors, Dexter)
1953 Jane Badler, actress (V)
1958 Bebe Neuwirth, actress (Cheers, Frasier)
1959 Val Kilmer, actor (Heat, Batman Forever, Tombstone, The Doors, Top Gun, Real Genius)
1959 Paul Westerberg, singer (The Replacements)
1960 John Allen Muhammad, serial killer (DC sniper)
1962 Heather McCartney, activist/adopted daughter of Paul McCartney
1963 Scott Ian, guitarist (Anthrax)
1963 Konishiki (Saleva'a Fuauli Atisano'e) American ozeki (sumo champion)
1965 Gong Li, actress (Memoirs of a Geisha, Shanghai Triad, Farewell My Concubine)
1972 Joe McIntyre, singer (New Kids on the Block)
1979 Bob Bryar, drummer (My Chemical Romance)
1981 Jason Campbell, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
Today's Deaths in History
1952 Hank Williams, singer/guitarist/songwriter, dies at 29
1972 Roberto Clemente, MLB outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) dies at 38 in a plane crash
1980 Marshall McLuhan, writer ("the medium is the message") dies at 69
1985 Ricky Nelson, actor/singer (Garden Party) dies at 45 in a plane crash
1993 Brandon Teena, transsexual, is murdered at 21
1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound) dies at 64
2001 Eileen Heckart, actress (Heartbreak Ridge) dies at 82
2002 Kevin MacMichael, guitarist (Cutting Crew) dies at 51
Today in History
1695 A window tax was imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
1775 The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was killed.
1857 Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed an act admitting West Virginia to the Union.
1879 Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J.
1891 A new immigration depot was opened on Ellis Island, New York.
1904The first New Year's Eve celebration was held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York.
1923 The chimes of Big Ben were broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.
1946 President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
1955 The General Motors Corporation became the first U.S. corporation to make over $1 billion in a year.
1961 The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
1974 Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.
1978 Taiwanese diplomats struck their colors for the final time from the embassy flagpole in Washington, D.C., marking the end of diplomatic relations with the United States.
1983 The AT&T Bell System was broken up by the United States Government.
1985 Singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six other people were killed when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 that was taking the group to a New Year's Eve performance in Dallas.
1986 A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 97 and injured 140 people.
1993 Entertainer Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
1997 Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.
1999 Boris Yeltsin resigned as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
1999 The United States Government handed control of the Panama Canal (as well the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama.
2004 Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned, acknowledging that he had little hope of reversing the presidential election victory of his Western-leaning rival, Viktor Yushchenko.
2006 The death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000.
2007 The massive Big Dig construction project in Boston, Massachusetts ended.
Chart Toppers
1944
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Waistin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1952
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Because You’re Mine - Mario Lanza
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1960
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
1968
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
Stormy - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
1976
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris
1984
Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Why Not Me - The Judds
Quote of the Day
It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.
Eugene McCarthy, politician (1916 - 2005)
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Today in History - Jan 1st
Today's Birthdays
1735 Paul Revere, silversmith/patriot, died May 10, 1818
1752 Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom), flagmaker, died Jan 30, 1836
1879 E.M. (Edward Morgan) Forster, author (Howard’s End, A Passage to India) died June 7, 1970
1895 J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director, died May 2, 1972
1900 Xavier Cugat (Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo), violinist/composer/bandleader, died Oct 27, 1990
1909 (Carver) Dana Andrews, actor (The Best Years of Our Lives, A Walk in the Sun) died Dec 17, 1992
1909 Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator/Presidential nominee, died May 29, 1998
1919 J.D. (Jerome David) Salinger, author (The Catcher in the Rye)
1922 Rocky Graziano, boxer, died May 20, 1990
1935 Bernard Kliban, cartoonist (cats cartoon books) died Aug 12, 1990
1938 Frank Langella, actor (Dracula, Dave)
1942 Country Joe McDonald, singer (Country Joe & the Fish)
1943 Don Novello, actor/comedian (Father Guido Sarducci)
1950 Morgan Fisher, keyboardist/composer (Mott the Hoople)
1953 Greg Carmichael, guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1958 Grandmaster Flash, rapper
1962 Sophie Thompson, actress (Gosford Park, Emma)
1962 Ari Up, singer (The Slits)
1964 Dedee Pfeiffer, actress (Cybil, Falling Down)
1966 Embeth Davidtz, actress (Army of Darkness)
1969 Christi Paul, news anchor (CNN)
1969 Morris Chestnut, actor (Boyz N the Hood)
1969 Verne Troyer, actor (Austin Powers series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone)
1970 Kimberly Page, wrestler/actress
1971 Bobby Holik, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1972 Catherine McCormack, actress (Shadow of the Vampire, Braveheart, Spy Game)
1980 Elin Nordegren, Swedish model/Mrs. Tiger Woods
1986 Alexa Ray Joel, singer/pianist/daughter of Billy Joel
Today's Deaths in History
1969 Barton MacLane, actor (I Dream of Jeannie) dies at 67
1972 Maurice Chevalier, actor/singer (Thank Heaven For Little Girls) dies at 83
1982 Victor Buono, actor (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) dies at 43
1991 Buck Ram, songwriter/producer (The Platters) dies at 84
1992 Grace Hopper, U.S. Navy Admiral/computer pioneer, dies at 85
1994 Cesar Romero, actor (Batman) dies at 86
1997 Townes Van Zandt, singer/songwriter, dies at 52
1998 Helen Wills Moody, tennis champion, dies at 93
2001 Ray Walston, actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times at Ridgemeont High)
2003 Joe Foss, politician/fighter pilot/AFL Commissioner, dies at 87
2005 Shirley Chisholm, politician/civil rights activist, dies at 80
2007 Del Reeves, country singer, dies at 74
2007 Darrent Williams, NFL cornerback (Denver broncos) is shot and killed at 24
Today in History
0404 The last known gladiatorial competition in Rome took place.
0630 The Prophet Muhammad set out toward Mecca with the army that captured it bloodlessly.
1797 Albany became the capital of New York state, replacing New York City.
1801 The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
1808 A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1898 New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1902 The first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, was held in Pasadena.
1919 Edsel Ford succeeded his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
1934 Alcatraz Island became a United States federal prison.
1945 France was admitted to the United Nations.
1954 NBC made the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecasted the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
1958 Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1959 Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1962 The United States Navy SEALs were established.
1971 Cigarette advertisements were banned on American television.
1979 The United States and China held celebrations in Washington and Beijing to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
1984 AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1985 The Internet's Domain Name System was created.
1990 David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1993 Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1998 An anti-smoking law went into effect in California, prohibiting people from lighting up in bars.
1999 The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
2002 Taiwan officially joined the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
2008 A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples came into effect.
2008 No-smoking rules went into effect in France, prohibiting people from lighting up in cafes, bars and restaurants.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Because You’re Mine - Mario Lanza
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1961
Are You Lonesome To-night? - Elvis Presley
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
Stormy - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
1977
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Why Not Me - The Judds
Quote of the Day
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
Edmund Wilson (1895 - 1972)
Today's Birthdays
1735 Paul Revere, silversmith/patriot, died May 10, 1818
1752 Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom), flagmaker, died Jan 30, 1836
1879 E.M. (Edward Morgan) Forster, author (Howard’s End, A Passage to India) died June 7, 1970
1895 J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director, died May 2, 1972
1900 Xavier Cugat (Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo), violinist/composer/bandleader, died Oct 27, 1990
1909 (Carver) Dana Andrews, actor (The Best Years of Our Lives, A Walk in the Sun) died Dec 17, 1992
1909 Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator/Presidential nominee, died May 29, 1998
1919 J.D. (Jerome David) Salinger, author (The Catcher in the Rye)
1922 Rocky Graziano, boxer, died May 20, 1990
1935 Bernard Kliban, cartoonist (cats cartoon books) died Aug 12, 1990
1938 Frank Langella, actor (Dracula, Dave)
1942 Country Joe McDonald, singer (Country Joe & the Fish)
1943 Don Novello, actor/comedian (Father Guido Sarducci)
1950 Morgan Fisher, keyboardist/composer (Mott the Hoople)
1953 Greg Carmichael, guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1958 Grandmaster Flash, rapper
1962 Sophie Thompson, actress (Gosford Park, Emma)
1962 Ari Up, singer (The Slits)
1964 Dedee Pfeiffer, actress (Cybil, Falling Down)
1966 Embeth Davidtz, actress (Army of Darkness)
1969 Christi Paul, news anchor (CNN)
1969 Morris Chestnut, actor (Boyz N the Hood)
1969 Verne Troyer, actor (Austin Powers series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone)
1970 Kimberly Page, wrestler/actress
1971 Bobby Holik, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1972 Catherine McCormack, actress (Shadow of the Vampire, Braveheart, Spy Game)
1980 Elin Nordegren, Swedish model/Mrs. Tiger Woods
1986 Alexa Ray Joel, singer/pianist/daughter of Billy Joel
Today's Deaths in History
1969 Barton MacLane, actor (I Dream of Jeannie) dies at 67
1972 Maurice Chevalier, actor/singer (Thank Heaven For Little Girls) dies at 83
1982 Victor Buono, actor (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) dies at 43
1991 Buck Ram, songwriter/producer (The Platters) dies at 84
1992 Grace Hopper, U.S. Navy Admiral/computer pioneer, dies at 85
1994 Cesar Romero, actor (Batman) dies at 86
1997 Townes Van Zandt, singer/songwriter, dies at 52
1998 Helen Wills Moody, tennis champion, dies at 93
2001 Ray Walston, actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times at Ridgemeont High)
2003 Joe Foss, politician/fighter pilot/AFL Commissioner, dies at 87
2005 Shirley Chisholm, politician/civil rights activist, dies at 80
2007 Del Reeves, country singer, dies at 74
2007 Darrent Williams, NFL cornerback (Denver broncos) is shot and killed at 24
Today in History
0404 The last known gladiatorial competition in Rome took place.
0630 The Prophet Muhammad set out toward Mecca with the army that captured it bloodlessly.
1797 Albany became the capital of New York state, replacing New York City.
1801 The dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
1808 A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1898 New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1902 The first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, was held in Pasadena.
1919 Edsel Ford succeeded his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
1934 Alcatraz Island became a United States federal prison.
1945 France was admitted to the United Nations.
1954 NBC made the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecasted the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
1958 Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1959 Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1962 The United States Navy SEALs were established.
1971 Cigarette advertisements were banned on American television.
1979 The United States and China held celebrations in Washington and Beijing to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
1984 AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1985 The Internet's Domain Name System was created.
1990 David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1993 Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1998 An anti-smoking law went into effect in California, prohibiting people from lighting up in bars.
1999 The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
2002 Taiwan officially joined the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
2008 A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples came into effect.
2008 No-smoking rules went into effect in France, prohibiting people from lighting up in cafes, bars and restaurants.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Because You’re Mine - Mario Lanza
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1961
Are You Lonesome To-night? - Elvis Presley
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
Stormy - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
1977
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Why Not Me - The Judds
Quote of the Day
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
Edmund Wilson (1895 - 1972)
Today in History - Jan 2nd
Today's Birthdays
1857 Martha Carey Thomas, women’s education advocate (Bryn Mawr College) died Dec 2, 1935
1861 Helen Taft, First Lady, died May 22, 1943
1903 Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck), dancer/stripper/inventor (fan dance) died Aug 31, 1979
1920 Isaac Asimov, sci-fi writer (I Robot) died Apr 6, 1992
1932 Ken Swofford, actor (Ellery Queen, The Virginian, The Andromeda Strain)
1936 Roger Miller, singer/songwriter (King of the Road) died Oct 25, 1992
1939 Jim Bakker (Orsen), TV evangelist
1947 Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1947 Jack Hanna, zoologist
1949 Chick Churchill, keyboards (Ten Years After)
1952 Wendy Phillips, actress (Falcon Crest, Bugsy, Midnight Run)
1954 Dawn Silva, singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1957 Joanna Pacula, actress (Tombstone, Death Before Dishonor, Gorky Park)
1961 Gabrielle Carteris, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1967 Tia Carrere (Althea Janairo), actress (Rising Sun, Wayne’s World series, True Lies)
1968 Cuba Gooding Jr., actor (Jerry Maguire, The Tuskegee Airmen, Outbreak)
1969 Christy Turlington, supermodel
1971 Taye Diggs, actor (Private Practice, How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
1971 Scott Underwood, drummer (Train)
1975 Doug Robb, singer (Hoobastank)
1976 Paz Vega, actress (Spanglish)
1983 Kate Bosworth, actress (Remember the Titans, Blue Crush, Beyond the Sea)
Today's Deaths in History
1950 Emil Jannings, actor (first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor) dies at 65
1963 Dick Powell, actor (Murder My Sweet, Cry Danger) dies at 58
1963 Jack Carson, actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) dies at 52
1974 Tex Ritter, cowboy singer, dies at 67
1977 Errol Garner, jazz pianist, dies at 55
1990 Alan Hale Jr., actor (Gilligan's Island) dies at 68
1997 Randy California, guitarist/songwriter (Spirit) dies at 46
2000 Nat Adderley, jazz cornetist/composer, dies at 68
2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress (A League of Their Own) dies at 77
2007 Garry Betty, CEO (Earthlink) dies at 49
Today in History
1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1872 Brigham Young was arrested on charges of bigamy for having 25 wives.
1900 Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.
1923 United States Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigned over the Teapot Dome scandal.
1935 Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh; he was found guilty and executed.
1942 The Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
1942 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicted 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history: the Duquesne Spy Ring.
1942 The United States Navy opened a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1960 Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1965 The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.
1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
1983 The musical play Annie, based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, closed on Broadway after 2,377 performances.
1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington's size and prominence.
2006 A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; Randal McCloy Jr. was the only survivor.
2008 Oil prices soared to $100 a barrel for the first time.
Chart Toppers
1946
It Might as Well Be Spring - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight - Bob Wills
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing Partners - Patti Page
Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
Let Me Be the One - Hank Locklin
1962
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
Run to Him - Bobby Vee
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Someday We’ll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Holly Holy - Neil Diamond
(I’m So) Afraid of Losing You Again - Charley Pride
1978
How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gees
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - L.T.D.
Baby Come Back - Player
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
1986
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds
Have Mercy - The Judds
Quote of the Day
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
Laurence J. Peter, educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
Today's Birthdays
1857 Martha Carey Thomas, women’s education advocate (Bryn Mawr College) died Dec 2, 1935
1861 Helen Taft, First Lady, died May 22, 1943
1903 Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck), dancer/stripper/inventor (fan dance) died Aug 31, 1979
1920 Isaac Asimov, sci-fi writer (I Robot) died Apr 6, 1992
1932 Ken Swofford, actor (Ellery Queen, The Virginian, The Andromeda Strain)
1936 Roger Miller, singer/songwriter (King of the Road) died Oct 25, 1992
1939 Jim Bakker (Orsen), TV evangelist
1947 Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1947 Jack Hanna, zoologist
1949 Chick Churchill, keyboards (Ten Years After)
1952 Wendy Phillips, actress (Falcon Crest, Bugsy, Midnight Run)
1954 Dawn Silva, singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
1957 Joanna Pacula, actress (Tombstone, Death Before Dishonor, Gorky Park)
1961 Gabrielle Carteris, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1967 Tia Carrere (Althea Janairo), actress (Rising Sun, Wayne’s World series, True Lies)
1968 Cuba Gooding Jr., actor (Jerry Maguire, The Tuskegee Airmen, Outbreak)
1969 Christy Turlington, supermodel
1971 Taye Diggs, actor (Private Practice, How Stella Got Her Groove Back)
1971 Scott Underwood, drummer (Train)
1975 Doug Robb, singer (Hoobastank)
1976 Paz Vega, actress (Spanglish)
1983 Kate Bosworth, actress (Remember the Titans, Blue Crush, Beyond the Sea)
Today's Deaths in History
1950 Emil Jannings, actor (first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor) dies at 65
1963 Dick Powell, actor (Murder My Sweet, Cry Danger) dies at 58
1963 Jack Carson, actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) dies at 52
1974 Tex Ritter, cowboy singer, dies at 67
1977 Errol Garner, jazz pianist, dies at 55
1990 Alan Hale Jr., actor (Gilligan's Island) dies at 68
1997 Randy California, guitarist/songwriter (Spirit) dies at 46
2000 Nat Adderley, jazz cornetist/composer, dies at 68
2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress (A League of Their Own) dies at 77
2007 Garry Betty, CEO (Earthlink) dies at 49
Today in History
1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1872 Brigham Young was arrested on charges of bigamy for having 25 wives.
1900 Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.
1923 United States Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigned over the Teapot Dome scandal.
1935 Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh; he was found guilty and executed.
1942 The Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II.
1942 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicted 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history: the Duquesne Spy Ring.
1942 The United States Navy opened a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1960 Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1965 The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.
1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
1983 The musical play Annie, based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip, closed on Broadway after 2,377 performances.
1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington's size and prominence.
2006 A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; Randal McCloy Jr. was the only survivor.
2008 Oil prices soared to $100 a barrel for the first time.
Chart Toppers
1946
It Might as Well Be Spring - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight - Bob Wills
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing Partners - Patti Page
Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
Let Me Be the One - Hank Locklin
1962
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
Run to Him - Bobby Vee
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Someday We’ll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Holly Holy - Neil Diamond
(I’m So) Afraid of Losing You Again - Charley Pride
1978
How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gees
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - L.T.D.
Baby Come Back - Player
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
1986
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds
Have Mercy - The Judds
Quote of the Day
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
Laurence J. Peter, educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
Today in History - Jan 3rd
Today's Birthdays
0106 B.C. Cicero, Roman statesman, died Dec 7, 0043 B.C.
1879 Grace Coolidge (Goodhue), First Lady, died July 8, 1957
1886 Josephine Hull, actress (Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey) died March 12, 1957
1892 J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien, writer (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit) died Sep 2, 1973
1894 Zasu Pitts, actress (Busby Berkeley musicals) died June 7, 1963
1905 Anna May Wong, actress (Shanghai Express) died Feb 2, 1961
1907 Ray Milland (Reginald Truscott-Jones), actor (The Lost Weekend) died Mar 10, 1986
1909 Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum), pianist/comedian, died Dec 23, 2000
1911 John Sturges, director (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) died Aug 18, 1992
1916 Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews, singer (The Andrews Sisters) died Oct 21, 1995
1921 John (William Lawrence) Russell, actor (Rio Bravo, Pale Rider) died Jan 19, 1991
1923 Hank Stram, NFL coach/broadcaster (Kansas City Chiefs) died July 4, 2005
1926 Sir George Martin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame record producer/arranger (The Beatles)
1930 Robert Loggia, actor (Independence Day, Big, Scarface, An Officer and a Gentleman)
1932 Dabney Coleman, actor (Dragnet, Tootsie, On Golden Pond, 9 to 5)
1939 Bobby Hull, Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
1945 Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
1946 John Paul Jones (Baldwin), bassist (Led Zeppelin)
1950 Victoria Principal, actress (Dallas, Fantasy Island)
1955 Palmolive, drummer (The Slits)
1956 Mel (Columcille) Gibson, actor/director (Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ, Lethal Weapon series, Mad Max series)
1963 Jim Everett III, NFL quarterback (LA Rams, San Diego Chargers)
1971 Cory Cross, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1974 Sed, board member and wit extraordinairé
1975 Danica McKellar, actress (The Wonder Years)
1976 Nicholas Gonzalez, actor (The O.C.)
1977 Michelle Stephenson, singer (The Spice Girls)
1978 Mike York, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1978 Kimberley Locke, singer/TV personality (American Idol)
1980 Angela Ruggiero, US Olympic hockey player
1980 Rob Arnold, guitarist (Chimaira)
1981 Eli Manning, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)
1989 Alex D. Linz, actor (Max Keeble's Big Move)
Today's Deaths in History
1795 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (Wedgwood China) dies at 64
1895 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) dies at 70
1903 Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler, dies at 65
1950 Emil Jannings, actor (first Academy Award for Best Actor) dies at 65
1967 Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
1979 Conrad Hilton, hotelier, dies at 91
1980 Joy Adamson, conservationist (Born Free) is murdered at 69
1988 Joie Chitwood, race driver/daredevil, dies at 75
1992 Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (Rebecca) dies at 94
1993 Johnny Most, sports announcer (Boston Celtics) dies at 69
2002 Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive, dies at 79
2005 Will Eisner, comic book artist (The Spirit) dies at 87
2007 Earl Reibel, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings) dies at 76
Today in History
1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine.
1521 Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
1777 Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.
1823 Stephen F. Austin received a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1833 Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1868 The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.
1870 The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
1899 The word automobile was first used in print, in an editorial in The New York Times.
1924 English explorer Howard Carter discovered the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
1938 The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.
1945 Admiral Chester W Nimitz was placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan.
1947 Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time as viewers in Washington, Philadelphia and New York City saw some of the opening ceremonies of the 80th Congress.
1953 Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver, both from Ohio, became the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1957 The Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric watch.
1959 Alaska became the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation.
1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1977 Apple Computer was incorporated.
1988 Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
1990 Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.
1997 Bryant Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC's Today show.
1999 The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
2000 The last new daily Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.
2004 NASA's Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet.
2006 Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion and agreed to cooperate in investigations of corruption in Congress.
2008 Barack Obama won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa; Mike Huckabee won on the Republican side.
Chart Toppers
1947
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
The Old Lamplighter - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Let Me Go, Lover - Joan Weber
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers
More and More - Webb Pierce
1963
Telstar - The Tornadoes
Bobby’s Girl - Marcie Blane
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Don’t Let Me Cross Over - Carl Butler & Pearl (Dee Jones)
1971
My Sweet Lord/Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Le Freak - Chic
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
My Life - Billy Joel
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
1987
Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Notorious - Duran Duran
Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams, Jr.
Quote of the Day
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
Bob Hope, actor & comedian (1903 - 2003)
Today's Birthdays
0106 B.C. Cicero, Roman statesman, died Dec 7, 0043 B.C.
1879 Grace Coolidge (Goodhue), First Lady, died July 8, 1957
1886 Josephine Hull, actress (Arsenic and Old Lace, Harvey) died March 12, 1957
1892 J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien, writer (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit) died Sep 2, 1973
1894 Zasu Pitts, actress (Busby Berkeley musicals) died June 7, 1963
1905 Anna May Wong, actress (Shanghai Express) died Feb 2, 1961
1907 Ray Milland (Reginald Truscott-Jones), actor (The Lost Weekend) died Mar 10, 1986
1909 Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum), pianist/comedian, died Dec 23, 2000
1911 John Sturges, director (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) died Aug 18, 1992
1916 Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews, singer (The Andrews Sisters) died Oct 21, 1995
1921 John (William Lawrence) Russell, actor (Rio Bravo, Pale Rider) died Jan 19, 1991
1923 Hank Stram, NFL coach/broadcaster (Kansas City Chiefs) died July 4, 2005
1926 Sir George Martin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame record producer/arranger (The Beatles)
1930 Robert Loggia, actor (Independence Day, Big, Scarface, An Officer and a Gentleman)
1932 Dabney Coleman, actor (Dragnet, Tootsie, On Golden Pond, 9 to 5)
1939 Bobby Hull, Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
1945 Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
1946 John Paul Jones (Baldwin), bassist (Led Zeppelin)
1950 Victoria Principal, actress (Dallas, Fantasy Island)
1955 Palmolive, drummer (The Slits)
1956 Mel (Columcille) Gibson, actor/director (Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ, Lethal Weapon series, Mad Max series)
1963 Jim Everett III, NFL quarterback (LA Rams, San Diego Chargers)
1971 Cory Cross, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1974 Sed, board member and wit extraordinairé
1975 Danica McKellar, actress (The Wonder Years)
1976 Nicholas Gonzalez, actor (The O.C.)
1977 Michelle Stephenson, singer (The Spice Girls)
1978 Mike York, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1978 Kimberley Locke, singer/TV personality (American Idol)
1980 Angela Ruggiero, US Olympic hockey player
1980 Rob Arnold, guitarist (Chimaira)
1981 Eli Manning, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)
1989 Alex D. Linz, actor (Max Keeble's Big Move)
Today's Deaths in History
1795 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (Wedgwood China) dies at 64
1895 James Merritt Ives, lithographer (Currier & Ives) dies at 70
1903 Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler, dies at 65
1950 Emil Jannings, actor (first Academy Award for Best Actor) dies at 65
1967 Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
1979 Conrad Hilton, hotelier, dies at 91
1980 Joy Adamson, conservationist (Born Free) is murdered at 69
1988 Joie Chitwood, race driver/daredevil, dies at 75
1992 Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (Rebecca) dies at 94
1993 Johnny Most, sports announcer (Boston Celtics) dies at 69
2002 Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive, dies at 79
2005 Will Eisner, comic book artist (The Spirit) dies at 87
2007 Earl Reibel, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings) dies at 76
Today in History
1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tested a flying machine.
1521 Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
1777 Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.
1823 Stephen F. Austin received a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1833 Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
1868 The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.
1870 The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
1899 The word automobile was first used in print, in an editorial in The New York Times.
1924 English explorer Howard Carter discovered the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
1938 The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.
1945 Admiral Chester W Nimitz was placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan.
1947 Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time as viewers in Washington, Philadelphia and New York City saw some of the opening ceremonies of the 80th Congress.
1953 Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver, both from Ohio, became the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1957 The Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric watch.
1959 Alaska became the 49th state as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation.
1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1977 Apple Computer was incorporated.
1988 Margaret Thatcher became the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
1990 Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.
1997 Bryant Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC's Today show.
1999 The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
2000 The last new daily Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.
2004 NASA's Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet.
2006 Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion and agreed to cooperate in investigations of corruption in Congress.
2008 Barack Obama won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa; Mike Huckabee won on the Republican side.
Chart Toppers
1947
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
The Old Lamplighter - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Let Me Go, Lover - Joan Weber
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers
More and More - Webb Pierce
1963
Telstar - The Tornadoes
Bobby’s Girl - Marcie Blane
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Don’t Let Me Cross Over - Carl Butler & Pearl (Dee Jones)
1971
My Sweet Lord/Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Le Freak - Chic
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
My Life - Billy Joel
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
1987
Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Notorious - Duran Duran
Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams, Jr.
Quote of the Day
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
Bob Hope, actor & comedian (1903 - 2003)
QUOTE(Giac @ Jan 2 2009, 01:06 PM) 
1990 Alan Hale Jr., actor (Gilligan's Island) dies at 68
I poured out a coconut for my homie The Skipper yesterday.
Seriously.
Today in History - Jan 4th
Today's Birthdays
1643 Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher, died March 31, 1727
1785 Jakob Grimm, librarian/fairy tale author (Brothers Grimm) died Sep 20, 1863
1809 Louis Braille, inventor (Braille System) died Jan 6, 1852
1838 General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), entertainer/midget, died July 15, 1883
1905 Sterling Holloway, actor/voice actor (Winnie the Pooh, The Jungle Book) died Nov 22, 1992
1920 William Colby, former CIA director, died April 27, 1996
1927 Barbara Rush, actress (The Seekers, When Worlds Collide, Peyton Place)
1930 Don Shula, former NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins)
1930 Sorrell Booke, actor (Dukes of Hazzard) died Feb 11, 1994
1935 Floyd Patterson, heavyweight boxing champion, died May 11, 2006
1937 Dyan Cannon (Samille Friesen), actress (Heaven Can Wait, Out to Sea)
1946 Arthur Conley, singer (Sweet Soul Music) died Nov 17, 2003
1953 George Tenet, former CIA director
1955 Mark Hollis, composer/singer (Talk Talk)
1956 Bernard Sumner, guitarist/singer (Joy Division, New Order)
1956 Ann Magnuson, actress (Before and After, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1958 Matt Frewer, actor (Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Max Headroom)
1958 Julian Sands, actor (Leaving Las Vegas, The Killing Fields, Oxford Blues)
1960 Michael Stipe, singer (R.E.M.)
1961 Lee Curreri, actor (Fame)
1962 Robin Guthrie, guitarist (Cocteau Twins)
1962 Patrick Cassidy, actor (Fever Pitch, Dirty Dancing)
1963 Dave Foley, actor (NewsRadio, The Kids in the Hall)
1963 Till Lindemann, singer (Rammstein)
1965 Beth Gibbons, singer (Portishead)
1965 Julia Ormond, actress (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall)
1965 Cait O'Riordan, bassist (The Pogues)
1966 Deana Carter, country singer
1967 Marina Orsini, Canadian actress (Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives)
1967 Benjamin Darvill, harmonica/guitarist (Crash Test Dummies)
1973 Greg de Vries, NGL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1986 Steve Slaton, NFL running back (Houston Texans)
Today's Deaths in History
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint, dies at 46
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, entrepreneur (railroads) dies at 82
1960 Albert Camus, French author, dies at 46
1961 Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist (Schrodinger's Cat) dies at 73
1965 T.S. Eliot, poet, dies at 76
1986 Phil Lynott, Irish singer/songwriter (Thin Lizzy) dies at 36
1997 Harry Helmsley, real estate mogul, dies at 88
1999 Iron Eyes Cody, actor (A Man Called Horse) dies at 94
2001 Les Brown, bandleader (Les Brown and the Band of Renown) dies at 88
2005 Bud Poile, Hockey Hall of Fame right wing/coach/executive (NY Rangers) dies at 80
2007 Steve Krantz, film/TV producer (Fritz the Cat) dies at 83
Today in History
1847 Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1865 The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1885 The first successful appendectomy was performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
1896 Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.
1948 Britain granted independence to Burma.
1951 North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul during the Korean War.
1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.
1974 President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American-born saint.
1989 A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" were shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation over the Gulf of Sidra.
1990 Charles Stuart, who had claimed a gunman had killed his pregnant wife and wounded him, leaped to his death from a Boston Harbor bridge after he became a suspect.
1990 Deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was arraigned in federal district court in Miami on drug-trafficking charges.
1994 The 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era; Newt Gingrich was elected speaker of the House.
1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
2004 Afghans approved a new constitution.
2004 Georgians overwhelmingly elected Mikhail Saakashvili president, two months after he'd led protests that forced Eduard Shevardnadze to step down.
2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and his powers were transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert.
2007 The 110th United States Congress convened, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
Chart Toppers
1948
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
How Soon - Jack Owens
Serenade of the Bells - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Don Cornell)
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Band of Gold - Don Cherry
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Forget Him - Bobby Rydell
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
Brand New Key - Melanie
American Pie - Don McLean
An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ - Charley Pride
1980
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Please Don’t Go - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday Darlin’ - Conway Twitty
1988
Faith - George Michael
So Emotional - Whitney Houston
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101
Quote of the Day
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Isaac Newton, English mathematician & physicist (1642 - 1727)
Today's Birthdays
1643 Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher, died March 31, 1727
1785 Jakob Grimm, librarian/fairy tale author (Brothers Grimm) died Sep 20, 1863
1809 Louis Braille, inventor (Braille System) died Jan 6, 1852
1838 General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), entertainer/midget, died July 15, 1883
1905 Sterling Holloway, actor/voice actor (Winnie the Pooh, The Jungle Book) died Nov 22, 1992
1920 William Colby, former CIA director, died April 27, 1996
1927 Barbara Rush, actress (The Seekers, When Worlds Collide, Peyton Place)
1930 Don Shula, former NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins)
1930 Sorrell Booke, actor (Dukes of Hazzard) died Feb 11, 1994
1935 Floyd Patterson, heavyweight boxing champion, died May 11, 2006
1937 Dyan Cannon (Samille Friesen), actress (Heaven Can Wait, Out to Sea)
1946 Arthur Conley, singer (Sweet Soul Music) died Nov 17, 2003
1953 George Tenet, former CIA director
1955 Mark Hollis, composer/singer (Talk Talk)
1956 Bernard Sumner, guitarist/singer (Joy Division, New Order)
1956 Ann Magnuson, actress (Before and After, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1958 Matt Frewer, actor (Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Max Headroom)
1958 Julian Sands, actor (Leaving Las Vegas, The Killing Fields, Oxford Blues)
1960 Michael Stipe, singer (R.E.M.)
1961 Lee Curreri, actor (Fame)
1962 Robin Guthrie, guitarist (Cocteau Twins)
1962 Patrick Cassidy, actor (Fever Pitch, Dirty Dancing)
1963 Dave Foley, actor (NewsRadio, The Kids in the Hall)
1963 Till Lindemann, singer (Rammstein)
1965 Beth Gibbons, singer (Portishead)
1965 Julia Ormond, actress (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall)
1965 Cait O'Riordan, bassist (The Pogues)
1966 Deana Carter, country singer
1967 Marina Orsini, Canadian actress (Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives)
1967 Benjamin Darvill, harmonica/guitarist (Crash Test Dummies)
1973 Greg de Vries, NGL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1986 Steve Slaton, NFL running back (Houston Texans)
Today's Deaths in History
1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint, dies at 46
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt, entrepreneur (railroads) dies at 82
1960 Albert Camus, French author, dies at 46
1961 Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist (Schrodinger's Cat) dies at 73
1965 T.S. Eliot, poet, dies at 76
1986 Phil Lynott, Irish singer/songwriter (Thin Lizzy) dies at 36
1997 Harry Helmsley, real estate mogul, dies at 88
1999 Iron Eyes Cody, actor (A Man Called Horse) dies at 94
2001 Les Brown, bandleader (Les Brown and the Band of Renown) dies at 88
2005 Bud Poile, Hockey Hall of Fame right wing/coach/executive (NY Rangers) dies at 80
2007 Steve Krantz, film/TV producer (Fritz the Cat) dies at 83
Today in History
1847 Samuel Colt sold his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1865 The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1885 The first successful appendectomy was performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
1896 Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.
1948 Britain granted independence to Burma.
1951 North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul during the Korean War.
1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.
1974 President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American-born saint.
1989 A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" were shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation over the Gulf of Sidra.
1990 Charles Stuart, who had claimed a gunman had killed his pregnant wife and wounded him, leaped to his death from a Boston Harbor bridge after he became a suspect.
1990 Deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was arraigned in federal district court in Miami on drug-trafficking charges.
1994 The 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era; Newt Gingrich was elected speaker of the House.
1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
2004 Afghans approved a new constitution.
2004 Georgians overwhelmingly elected Mikhail Saakashvili president, two months after he'd led protests that forced Eduard Shevardnadze to step down.
2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and his powers were transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert.
2007 The 110th United States Congress convened, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
Chart Toppers
1948
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
How Soon - Jack Owens
Serenade of the Bells - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Don Cornell)
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Band of Gold - Don Cherry
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Forget Him - Bobby Rydell
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
Brand New Key - Melanie
American Pie - Don McLean
An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ - Charley Pride
1980
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Please Don’t Go - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday Darlin’ - Conway Twitty
1988
Faith - George Michael
So Emotional - Whitney Houston
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101
Quote of the Day
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Isaac Newton, English mathematician & physicist (1642 - 1727)
Today in History - Jan 5th
Today's Birthdays
1779 Zebulon Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) died Apr 27, 1813
1855 King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) died July 9, 1932
1895 Jeannette (Ridlon) Piccard, first American woman free balloon pilot, died May 17, 1981
1914 George Reeves, actor (Superman) died June 16, 1959
1917 Jane Wyman, actress/former Mrs. Ronald Reagan, died Sept 10, 2007
1918 Jeane Dixon, astrologer/newspaper columnist, died Jan 25, 1997
1923 Sam Phillips, record executive (Sun Records) died July 30, 2003
1928 Walter ‘Fritz’ Mondale, U.S. Senator/Vice President/Presidential candidate
1931 Alvin Ailey, choreographer (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) died Dec 1, 1989
1931 Robert Duvall, actor (Days of Thunder, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, M*A*S*H)
1945 Sam Wyche, NFL quarterback/sposrtcaster (Washington Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, NBC, CBS)
1946 Diane Keaton (Hall), actress (Annie Hall, Baby Boom, The Godfather)
1948 Ted Lange, actor (The Love Boat)
1949 George ‘Funky’ Brown, drummer (Kool and the Gang)
1950 Chris Stein, guitarist (Blondie)
1953 Pamela Sue Martin, actress (The Poseidon Adventure, Dynasty)
1959 Clancy Brown, actor (Highlander, The Shawshank Redemption, Carnivalé)
1960 Phil Thornalley, bassist (The Cure)
1962 Suzy Amis, actress (The Usual Suspects, Blown Away)
1964 Grant Young, drummer (Soul Asylum)
1965 Vinnie Jones, actor (Gone in 60 seconds, X-Men 3, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
1966 Kate Schellenbach, drummer (Luscious Jackson)
1967 Joe Flanigan, actor (Stargate Atlantis)
1968 Carrie Ann Inaba, dancer/choreographer (Dancing with the Stars)
1969 Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner), rock singer/performer
1975 Kylie Bax, model (Vogue)
1976 Matt Wachter, bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
1977 xcheck24, board member/moderator/journalist
1978 January Jones, actress (Mad Men)
Today's Deaths in History
1933 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, dies at 60
1943 George Washington Carver, educator/scientist, dies at 81
1963 Rogers Hornsby, Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman (St Louis Cardinals) dies at 66
1979 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies at 56
1982 Hans Conried, voice actor (Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right) dies at 64
1988 "Pistol" Pete Maravich, Basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 40
1994 Thomas ‘Tip’ O’Neill, former Speaker of the House, dies at 81
1998 Sonny Bono, singer/actor/U.S. Congressman (R-CA) dies at 62
2001 Nancy Parsons, actress (Porky's) dies at 58
2004 Tug McGraw, MLB pitcher (NY Mets) dies at 59
2005 Danny Sugerman, music manager (The Doors) dies at 50
2007 Momofuku Ando, inventor (instant noodles, cup noodles) dies at 96
Today in History
1759 George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis.
1781 A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va.
1896 The Austrian newspaper Wiener Presse reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as an X-ray.
1914 The Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1925 Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history.
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco Bay.
1940 FM radio was demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.
1949 In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal."
1972 President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1973 Bruce Springsteen's debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., was released.
1976 Cambodia was renamed Democratic Kampuchea by the Khmer Rouge.
1981 Police in England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of the "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women.
1987 President Ronald Reagan underwent prostate surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors reported no signs of cancer.
1993 The state of Washington executed Westley Allan Dodd, an admitted child sex killer, in America's first legal hanging since 1965.
1998 Sonny Bono, the pop singer-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., at age 62.
2004 After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
2005 Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, was discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
Chart Toppers
1949
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood)
A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses) - Eddy Arnold
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Green Door - Jim Lowe
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
She’s a Woman - The Beatles
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Clair - Gilbert O’Sullivan
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
She’s Got to Be a Saint - Ray Price
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
One in a Million - Johnny Lee
1989
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
When You Say Nothing at All - Keith Whitley
Quote of the Day
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Anatole France, French novelist (1844 - 1924)
Today's Birthdays
1779 Zebulon Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) died Apr 27, 1813
1855 King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) died July 9, 1932
1895 Jeannette (Ridlon) Piccard, first American woman free balloon pilot, died May 17, 1981
1914 George Reeves, actor (Superman) died June 16, 1959
1917 Jane Wyman, actress/former Mrs. Ronald Reagan, died Sept 10, 2007
1918 Jeane Dixon, astrologer/newspaper columnist, died Jan 25, 1997
1923 Sam Phillips, record executive (Sun Records) died July 30, 2003
1928 Walter ‘Fritz’ Mondale, U.S. Senator/Vice President/Presidential candidate
1931 Alvin Ailey, choreographer (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) died Dec 1, 1989
1931 Robert Duvall, actor (Days of Thunder, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, M*A*S*H)
1945 Sam Wyche, NFL quarterback/sposrtcaster (Washington Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, NBC, CBS)
1946 Diane Keaton (Hall), actress (Annie Hall, Baby Boom, The Godfather)
1948 Ted Lange, actor (The Love Boat)
1949 George ‘Funky’ Brown, drummer (Kool and the Gang)
1950 Chris Stein, guitarist (Blondie)
1953 Pamela Sue Martin, actress (The Poseidon Adventure, Dynasty)
1959 Clancy Brown, actor (Highlander, The Shawshank Redemption, Carnivalé)
1960 Phil Thornalley, bassist (The Cure)
1962 Suzy Amis, actress (The Usual Suspects, Blown Away)
1964 Grant Young, drummer (Soul Asylum)
1965 Vinnie Jones, actor (Gone in 60 seconds, X-Men 3, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
1966 Kate Schellenbach, drummer (Luscious Jackson)
1967 Joe Flanigan, actor (Stargate Atlantis)
1968 Carrie Ann Inaba, dancer/choreographer (Dancing with the Stars)
1969 Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner), rock singer/performer
1975 Kylie Bax, model (Vogue)
1976 Matt Wachter, bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)
1977 xcheck24, board member/moderator/journalist
1978 January Jones, actress (Mad Men)
Today's Deaths in History
1933 Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, dies at 60
1943 George Washington Carver, educator/scientist, dies at 81
1963 Rogers Hornsby, Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman (St Louis Cardinals) dies at 66
1979 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies at 56
1982 Hans Conried, voice actor (Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right) dies at 64
1988 "Pistol" Pete Maravich, Basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 40
1994 Thomas ‘Tip’ O’Neill, former Speaker of the House, dies at 81
1998 Sonny Bono, singer/actor/U.S. Congressman (R-CA) dies at 62
2001 Nancy Parsons, actress (Porky's) dies at 58
2004 Tug McGraw, MLB pitcher (NY Mets) dies at 59
2005 Danny Sugerman, music manager (The Doors) dies at 50
2007 Momofuku Ando, inventor (instant noodles, cup noodles) dies at 96
Today in History
1759 George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis.
1781 A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va.
1896 The Austrian newspaper Wiener Presse reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as an X-ray.
1914 The Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor.
1925 Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history.
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco Bay.
1940 FM radio was demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.
1949 In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal."
1972 President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1973 Bruce Springsteen's debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., was released.
1976 Cambodia was renamed Democratic Kampuchea by the Khmer Rouge.
1981 Police in England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of the "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women.
1987 President Ronald Reagan underwent prostate surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors reported no signs of cancer.
1993 The state of Washington executed Westley Allan Dodd, an admitted child sex killer, in America's first legal hanging since 1965.
1998 Sonny Bono, the pop singer-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., at age 62.
2004 After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
2005 Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, was discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003, at the Palomar Observatory.
Chart Toppers
1949
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood)
A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses) - Eddy Arnold
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Green Door - Jim Lowe
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
She’s a Woman - The Beatles
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Clair - Gilbert O’Sullivan
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
She’s Got to Be a Saint - Ray Price
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
One in a Million - Johnny Lee
1989
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
When You Say Nothing at All - Keith Whitley
Quote of the Day
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Anatole France, French novelist (1844 - 1924)
Today in History - Jan 6th
Today's Birthdays
1412 Joan of Arc (Jeanne D’Arc), French heroine, burned at the stake as a witch May 31, 1431
1878 Carl Sandburg, author/poet (Chicago, Grass, The People) died July 22, 1967
1880 Tom (Thomas Hezikiah) Mix, cowboy actor (Sagebrush Tom, Rustler’s Roundup) died Oct 12, 1940
1913 Loretta Young (Gretchen Michaela Young), actress (A Night to Remember) died Aug 12, 2000
1914 Danny Thomas (Amos Jacobs), actor/philanthropist (Make Room for Daddy) died Feb 6, 1991
1916 Eugene Maleska, crossword puzzle editor (NY Times) died Aug 5, 1993
1924 Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician/banjo (Flatt & Scruggs)
1925 John De Lorean, auto maker, died March 19, 2005
1926 Mickey Hargitay, actor/bodybuilder, died Sept 14, 2006
1929 Wilbert Harrison, singer (Kansas City) died Oct 26, 1994
1929 Vic Tayback (Tabback), actor (Alice) died May 25, 1990
1931 E.L. Doctorow, author (Ragtime)
1937 Lou Holtz, football coach (William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Notre Dame, NY Jets)
1944 Bonnie Franklin, actress (One Day at a Time)
1946 Syd (Roger) Barrett, guitarist/singer (Pink Floyd) died July 7, 2006
1951 Kim Wilson, singer/harmonica (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1953 Malcolm Young, guitarist (AC/DC)
1954 Anthony Minghella, director (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley) died March 18, 2008
1955 Rowan Atkinson, actor/comedian (Mr Bean series, Johnny English)
1959 Kathy Sledge, singer (Sister Sledge)
1960 Howie Long, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end/sportscaster/actor (FOX NFL Sunday)
1962 Michael Houser, guitarist (Widespread Panic) died Aug 10, 2002
1964 Mark O'Toole, bassist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1966 Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) died Mar 19, 1990
1968 John Singleton, director/writer (Higher Learning, Poetic Justice, Boyz N the Hood)
1970 Julie Chen, TV host (The Early Show, Big Brother)
1970 Gabrielle Reece, volleyball player/model
1974 Nicole DeHuff, actress (Meet the Parents) died Feb 16, 2005
1976 Danny Pintauro, actor (Who's the Boss)
1981 Rinko Kikuchi, actress (Babel)
1981 Asante Samuel, NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles)
1986 Alex Turner, singer (Arctic Monkeys)
Today's Deaths in History
1852 Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind, dies at 43
1919 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, dies at 60
1944 Ida Tarbell, journalist (investigative journalism, muckraking) dies at 86
1949 Victor Fleming, director (The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind) dies at 59
1993 Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer, dies at 54
1993 Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, dies at 75
2000 Don Martin, cartoonist (Mad Magazine) dies at 68
2004 Francesco Scavullo, fashion/glamour photographer, dies at 82
2006 Lou Rawls, singer (You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine) dies at 72
2007 Mario Danelo, college football placekicker (University of Southern California) dies at 21
Today in History
1540 England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1838 Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.
1893 The Washington National Cathedral was chartered by Congress.
1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.
1929 Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest and diseased people.
1931 Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms" for the world: freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of people to worship God in their own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
1942 The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrived in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane.
1945 George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y.
1950 Britain recognized the Communist government of China.
1967 The United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launched Operation Deckhouse Five in the Mekong River delta.
1974 In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commenced nearly four months early in the United States.
1982 Truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14 young men and boys.
1994 Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant in Detroit. Four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, were later sentenced to prison.
2001 With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.
2004 Mijailo Mijailovic confessed to the fatal stabbing of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in September 2003.
2005 Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi; Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1958
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Stood Up/Waitin’ in School - Ricky Nelson
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins
1966
The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers
Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
1974
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
1982
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Love in the First Degree - Alabama
1990
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic featuring Felly
Who’s Lonely Now - Highway 101
Quote of the Day
What luck for rulers that men do not think.
Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator, orator, & politician (1889 - 1945)
Today's Birthdays
1412 Joan of Arc (Jeanne D’Arc), French heroine, burned at the stake as a witch May 31, 1431
1878 Carl Sandburg, author/poet (Chicago, Grass, The People) died July 22, 1967
1880 Tom (Thomas Hezikiah) Mix, cowboy actor (Sagebrush Tom, Rustler’s Roundup) died Oct 12, 1940
1913 Loretta Young (Gretchen Michaela Young), actress (A Night to Remember) died Aug 12, 2000
1914 Danny Thomas (Amos Jacobs), actor/philanthropist (Make Room for Daddy) died Feb 6, 1991
1916 Eugene Maleska, crossword puzzle editor (NY Times) died Aug 5, 1993
1924 Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musician/banjo (Flatt & Scruggs)
1925 John De Lorean, auto maker, died March 19, 2005
1926 Mickey Hargitay, actor/bodybuilder, died Sept 14, 2006
1929 Wilbert Harrison, singer (Kansas City) died Oct 26, 1994
1929 Vic Tayback (Tabback), actor (Alice) died May 25, 1990
1931 E.L. Doctorow, author (Ragtime)
1937 Lou Holtz, football coach (William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Notre Dame, NY Jets)
1944 Bonnie Franklin, actress (One Day at a Time)
1946 Syd (Roger) Barrett, guitarist/singer (Pink Floyd) died July 7, 2006
1951 Kim Wilson, singer/harmonica (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1953 Malcolm Young, guitarist (AC/DC)
1954 Anthony Minghella, director (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley) died March 18, 2008
1955 Rowan Atkinson, actor/comedian (Mr Bean series, Johnny English)
1959 Kathy Sledge, singer (Sister Sledge)
1960 Howie Long, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end/sportscaster/actor (FOX NFL Sunday)
1962 Michael Houser, guitarist (Widespread Panic) died Aug 10, 2002
1964 Mark O'Toole, bassist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
1966 Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) died Mar 19, 1990
1968 John Singleton, director/writer (Higher Learning, Poetic Justice, Boyz N the Hood)
1970 Julie Chen, TV host (The Early Show, Big Brother)
1970 Gabrielle Reece, volleyball player/model
1974 Nicole DeHuff, actress (Meet the Parents) died Feb 16, 2005
1976 Danny Pintauro, actor (Who's the Boss)
1981 Rinko Kikuchi, actress (Babel)
1981 Asante Samuel, NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles)
1986 Alex Turner, singer (Arctic Monkeys)
Today's Deaths in History
1852 Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind, dies at 43
1919 Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, dies at 60
1944 Ida Tarbell, journalist (investigative journalism, muckraking) dies at 86
1949 Victor Fleming, director (The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind) dies at 59
1993 Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer, dies at 54
1993 Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, dies at 75
2000 Don Martin, cartoonist (Mad Magazine) dies at 68
2004 Francesco Scavullo, fashion/glamour photographer, dies at 82
2006 Lou Rawls, singer (You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine) dies at 72
2007 Mario Danelo, college football placekicker (University of Southern California) dies at 21
Today in History
1540 England's King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
1838 Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J.
1893 The Washington National Cathedral was chartered by Congress.
1912 New Mexico became the 47th state.
1929 Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest and diseased people.
1931 Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms" for the world: freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of people to worship God in their own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
1942 The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrived in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial airplane.
1945 George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y.
1950 Britain recognized the Communist government of China.
1967 The United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launched Operation Deckhouse Five in the Mekong River delta.
1974 In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commenced nearly four months early in the United States.
1982 Truck driver William G. Bonin was convicted in Los Angeles of being the "freeway killer" who had murdered 14 young men and boys.
1994 Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant in Detroit. Four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, were later sentenced to prison.
2001 With the vanquished Vice President Al Gore presiding, Congress certified Republican George W. Bush the winner of the close and bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.
2004 Mijailo Mijailovic confessed to the fatal stabbing of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in September 2003.
2005 Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi; Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1958
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Stood Up/Waitin’ in School - Ricky Nelson
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins
1966
The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers
Buckaroo - Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
1974
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
1982
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Love in the First Degree - Alabama
1990
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic featuring Felly
Who’s Lonely Now - Highway 101
Quote of the Day
What luck for rulers that men do not think.
Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator, orator, & politician (1889 - 1945)
Today in History - Jan 7th
Today's Birthdays
1745 Jacques Montgolfier, co-inventor (hot air balloon) died Aug 2, 1799
1800 Millard S. Fillmore, 13th U.S. President, died Mar 8, 1874
1903 Warren Hull, actor (Mandrake the Magician) died Sept 14, 1974
1903 Alan Napier, English actor (Batman) died Aug 8, 1988
1911 (Thelma) Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone with the Wind) died Dec 22, 1995
1912 Charles Addams, cartoonist/TV/films (The Addams Family) died Sep 29, 1988
1922 Vincent Gardenia, actor (The Super, Little Shop of Horrors) died Dec 9, 1992
1928 William Peter Blatty, screenwriter (The Exorcist)
1938 Paul Revere, singer/keyboardist (Paul Revere and the Raiders)
1946 Jann Wenner, publisher (Rolling Stone)
1948 Kenny Loggins, singer/guitarist (Loggins & Messina; I’m Alright, Danger Zone)
1950 Erin Gray, actress (Starman, Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
1956 David Caruso, actor (C.S.I.: Miami, N.Y.P.D. Blue, An Officer and a Gentleman)
1957 Katie Couric (Katherine Anne Couric), anchorwoman (CBS Evening News)
1958 Linda Kozlowski, actress (Crocodile Dundee series)
1959 Kathy Valentine, bassist (The Go-Go's)
1960 David Marciano, actor (Due South, The Shield)
1962 Hallie Todd, actress (Lizzie McGuire)
1964 Nicolas Cage (Nicholas Coppola), actor (Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona, Valley Girl, Con Air, Face/Off)
1965 John Ondrasik, singer/songwriter (Five for Fighting)
1966 Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, publicist, died July 16, 1999 in a plane crash
1967 Guy Hebert, NHL goaltender (NY Rangers)
1970 Doug E. Doug, actor (Cool Runnings, Operation Dumbo Drop)
1977 Dustin Diamond, actor (Saved by the Bell)
1977 John Gidding, architect/TV host (Designed to Sell)
1982 Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez, MLB relief pitcher (LA Angels, NY Mets)
1983 Natalie Gulbis, professional golfer
1987 Haley Bennett, singer/actress (Music & Lyrics)
Today's Deaths in History
1920 Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 70
1943 Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor/electrical engineer, dies at 86
1944 Lou Hoover, First Lady, dies at 69
1980 Larry Williams, singer/songwriter (Bonie Maronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzy) dies at 44
1986 Philip D. Eastman, children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 76
1988 Trevor Howard, English actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Father Goose) dies at 74
1989 Hirohito, Japanese Emperor, dies at 87
1990 Bronko Nagurski, Football Hall of Famer/wrestler, dies at 81
1992 Richard Hunt, puppeteer (The Muppets) dies at 40
1998 Owen Bradley, record producer (Nashville Sound) dies at 82
2002 Avery Schreiber, comic/actor (Burns and Schreiber) dies at 66
2007 Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner, dies at 49
Today in History
1608 A fire destroyed Jamestown, Virginia.
1610 Astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.
1782 The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opened.
1789 The first U.S. presidential election was held; Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
1894 W.K. Dickson received a patent for motion picture film.
1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
1942 The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
1954 The Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, was held in New York at the head office of IBM.
1955 Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, becoming the first black person to perform there as a member.
1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
1972 Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the Supreme Court.
1973 Mark Essex fatally shot 10 people and wounded 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans before being shot to death by police officers.
1979 Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.
1980 President Jimmy Carter authorized legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
1996 A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.
1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.
1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate; he was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2003 Police announced they had found traces of the deadly poison ricin in a north London apartment and arrested six men.
2005 Conservative columnist Armstrong Williams was dropped by a major syndication service because he'd accepted a payment from the Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind law.
2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.
2006 American journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Iraq and a translator was killed; she was released unharmed after 82 days.
2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader; he resigned from Congress in June 2006.
Chart Toppers
1951
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Thing - Phil Harris
Nevertheless - Jack Denny
I Love You a Thousand Ways - Lefty Frizzell
1959
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
Problems - The Everly Brothers
City Lights - Ray Price
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John
You’re the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
The Door - George Jones
1983
Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson /Paul McCartney
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Wild and Blue - John Anderson
1991
Justify My Love - Madonna
High Enough - Damn Yankees
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
I’ve Come to Expect It From You - George Strait
Quote of the Day
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
Lynn Johnston, cartoonist (1947 - )
Today's Birthdays
1745 Jacques Montgolfier, co-inventor (hot air balloon) died Aug 2, 1799
1800 Millard S. Fillmore, 13th U.S. President, died Mar 8, 1874
1903 Warren Hull, actor (Mandrake the Magician) died Sept 14, 1974
1903 Alan Napier, English actor (Batman) died Aug 8, 1988
1911 (Thelma) Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone with the Wind) died Dec 22, 1995
1912 Charles Addams, cartoonist/TV/films (The Addams Family) died Sep 29, 1988
1922 Vincent Gardenia, actor (The Super, Little Shop of Horrors) died Dec 9, 1992
1928 William Peter Blatty, screenwriter (The Exorcist)
1938 Paul Revere, singer/keyboardist (Paul Revere and the Raiders)
1946 Jann Wenner, publisher (Rolling Stone)
1948 Kenny Loggins, singer/guitarist (Loggins & Messina; I’m Alright, Danger Zone)
1950 Erin Gray, actress (Starman, Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
1956 David Caruso, actor (C.S.I.: Miami, N.Y.P.D. Blue, An Officer and a Gentleman)
1957 Katie Couric (Katherine Anne Couric), anchorwoman (CBS Evening News)
1958 Linda Kozlowski, actress (Crocodile Dundee series)
1959 Kathy Valentine, bassist (The Go-Go's)
1960 David Marciano, actor (Due South, The Shield)
1962 Hallie Todd, actress (Lizzie McGuire)
1964 Nicolas Cage (Nicholas Coppola), actor (Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona, Valley Girl, Con Air, Face/Off)
1965 John Ondrasik, singer/songwriter (Five for Fighting)
1966 Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, publicist, died July 16, 1999 in a plane crash
1967 Guy Hebert, NHL goaltender (NY Rangers)
1970 Doug E. Doug, actor (Cool Runnings, Operation Dumbo Drop)
1977 Dustin Diamond, actor (Saved by the Bell)
1977 John Gidding, architect/TV host (Designed to Sell)
1982 Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez, MLB relief pitcher (LA Angels, NY Mets)
1983 Natalie Gulbis, professional golfer
1987 Haley Bennett, singer/actress (Music & Lyrics)
Today's Deaths in History
1920 Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 70
1943 Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor/electrical engineer, dies at 86
1944 Lou Hoover, First Lady, dies at 69
1980 Larry Williams, singer/songwriter (Bonie Maronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzy) dies at 44
1986 Philip D. Eastman, children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 76
1988 Trevor Howard, English actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Father Goose) dies at 74
1989 Hirohito, Japanese Emperor, dies at 87
1990 Bronko Nagurski, Football Hall of Famer/wrestler, dies at 81
1992 Richard Hunt, puppeteer (The Muppets) dies at 40
1998 Owen Bradley, record producer (Nashville Sound) dies at 82
2002 Avery Schreiber, comic/actor (Burns and Schreiber) dies at 66
2007 Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner, dies at 49
Today in History
1608 A fire destroyed Jamestown, Virginia.
1610 Astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.
1782 The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opened.
1789 The first U.S. presidential election was held; Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
1894 W.K. Dickson received a patent for motion picture film.
1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
1942 The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
1954 The Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, was held in New York at the head office of IBM.
1955 Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, becoming the first black person to perform there as a member.
1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
1972 Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the Supreme Court.
1973 Mark Essex fatally shot 10 people and wounded 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans before being shot to death by police officers.
1979 Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.
1980 President Jimmy Carter authorized legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
1996 A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.
1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.
1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate; he was later acquited on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2003 Police announced they had found traces of the deadly poison ricin in a north London apartment and arrested six men.
2005 Conservative columnist Armstrong Williams was dropped by a major syndication service because he'd accepted a payment from the Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind law.
2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.
2006 American journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Iraq and a translator was killed; she was released unharmed after 82 days.
2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader; he resigned from Congress in June 2006.
Chart Toppers
1951
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Thing - Phil Harris
Nevertheless - Jack Denny
I Love You a Thousand Ways - Lefty Frizzell
1959
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
Problems - The Everly Brothers
City Lights - Ray Price
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John
You’re the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
The Door - George Jones
1983
Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson /Paul McCartney
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Wild and Blue - John Anderson
1991
Justify My Love - Madonna
High Enough - Damn Yankees
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
I’ve Come to Expect It From You - George Strait
Quote of the Day
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
Lynn Johnston, cartoonist (1947 - )
Today in History - Jan 8th
Today's Birthdays
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher, died Jan 30, 1934
1909 Evelyn Wood, educator (speed reading) died Aug 26, 1995
1912 José Ferrer (Cintron), actor (The Caine Mutiny, Lawrence of Arabia) died Jan 26, 1992
1923 Larry Storch, comedian/actor (F Troop)
1926 Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
1926 Soupy Sales (Milton Supman), entertainer/game show panelist (What’s My Line?)
1927 Wally (Walter) Hergesheimer, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1928 Sander Vanocur, broadcast journalist (ABC News, NBC News)
1933 Charles Osgood, broadcast journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning)
1935 Elvis (Aron) Presley, singer/actor (Jailhouse Rock, Blue Hawaii) died Aug 16, 1977
1937 Shirley Bassey, singer (Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever)
1938 Bob Eubanks, TV game show host (The Newlywed Game)
1941 Boris Vallejo, illustrator
1941 Anthony Gourdine, singer (Little Anthony and The Imperials)
1941 Graham Chapman, British comedian (Monty Python) died Oct 4, 1989
1942 Stephen Hawking, author (A Brief History of Time)
1942 Yvette Mimieux, actress (The Time Machine, Toys in the Attic)
1944 Terry Brooks, writer (The Sword of Shannara)
1946 Robbie Krieger, guitarist (The Doors)
1947 David Bowie (Jones) singer/actor (Space Oddity, Fame, Changes, Ziggy Stardust)
1947 Terry Sylvester, singer/guitarist (The Hollies)
1951 John McTiernan, film director (Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October)
1955 Mike Reno, singer (Loverboy)
1959 Paul Hester, drummer (Crowded House) died Mar 26, 2005
1962 Chris Marion, keyboardist (Little River Band)
1965 Maria Pitillo, actress (Godzilla, Wise Guys, Natural Born Killers)
1965 Michelle Forbes, actress (Battlestar Galactica)
1966 Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) died Mar 19, 1990
1967 R. Kelly, R&B singer/alleged child molester
1969 Ami Dolenz, actress (Can't Buy Me Love)
1969 Jeff Abercrombie, bassist (Fuel)
1977 Amber Benson, actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
1979 Sarah Polley, actress (Dawn of the Dead, The Sweet Hereafter)
1980 Rachel Nichols, actress (Alias)
1982 Gaby Hoffmann, actress (Field of Dreams)
1983 Disashi Lumumbo-Kasongo, guitarist (Gym Class Heroes)
Today's Deaths in History
1324 Marco Polo, Italian explorer, dies at 69
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer/scientist, dies at 77
1825 Eli Whitney, inventor (cotton gin) dies at 59
1976 Chou En-lai, Chinese Premier, dies at 78
1981 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, actor (Our Gang series) dies at 56
1990 Terry-Thomas, British actor/comedian (Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines) dies at 78
1991 Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard) dies at 30
1994 Pat Buttram, actor (Green Acres) dies at 78
1996 Francois Mitterrand, Former French President, dies at 79
2002 Dave Thomas, fast food entrepreneur (Wendy's) dies at 69
2007 Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters) dies at 84
2007 Iwao Takamoto, animator (Hanna-Barbera Productions) dies at 81
Today in History
1297 Monaco gained its independence.
1790 George Washington delivered the first State of the Union Address in New York City.
1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
1867 African-American men were granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
1900 President William McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.
1918 President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.
1959 Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution was completed with the takeover of Santiago de Cuba.
1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
1962 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.
1973 Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris.
1975 Ella Grasso became Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
1982 American Telephone & Telegraph settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1992 President George H.W. Bush, suffering from stomach flu, collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo.
1998 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
1999 The top two executives of Salt Lake City's Olympic Organizing Committee resigned after disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.
2002 President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law.
2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2005 The nuclear sub USS San Francisco (SSN-711) collided with an undersea mountain at full speed south of Guam; one man is killed, but the sub surfaced and was repaired.
2007 A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum of 15 years in prison for his role in the terror plot.
2008 U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, was cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
People Will Say We’re in Love - Bing Crosby
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Undecided - The Ames Brothers
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1960
Why - Frankie Avalon
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddie Cannon
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard
1976
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1984
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
You Look So Good in Love - George Strait
Quote of the Day
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Dorothy Parker, author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
Today's Birthdays
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher, died Jan 30, 1934
1909 Evelyn Wood, educator (speed reading) died Aug 26, 1995
1912 José Ferrer (Cintron), actor (The Caine Mutiny, Lawrence of Arabia) died Jan 26, 1992
1923 Larry Storch, comedian/actor (F Troop)
1926 Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
1926 Soupy Sales (Milton Supman), entertainer/game show panelist (What’s My Line?)
1927 Wally (Walter) Hergesheimer, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1928 Sander Vanocur, broadcast journalist (ABC News, NBC News)
1933 Charles Osgood, broadcast journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning)
1935 Elvis (Aron) Presley, singer/actor (Jailhouse Rock, Blue Hawaii) died Aug 16, 1977
1937 Shirley Bassey, singer (Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever)
1938 Bob Eubanks, TV game show host (The Newlywed Game)
1941 Boris Vallejo, illustrator
1941 Anthony Gourdine, singer (Little Anthony and The Imperials)
1941 Graham Chapman, British comedian (Monty Python) died Oct 4, 1989
1942 Stephen Hawking, author (A Brief History of Time)
1942 Yvette Mimieux, actress (The Time Machine, Toys in the Attic)
1944 Terry Brooks, writer (The Sword of Shannara)
1946 Robbie Krieger, guitarist (The Doors)
1947 David Bowie (Jones) singer/actor (Space Oddity, Fame, Changes, Ziggy Stardust)
1947 Terry Sylvester, singer/guitarist (The Hollies)
1951 John McTiernan, film director (Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October)
1955 Mike Reno, singer (Loverboy)
1959 Paul Hester, drummer (Crowded House) died Mar 26, 2005
1962 Chris Marion, keyboardist (Little River Band)
1965 Maria Pitillo, actress (Godzilla, Wise Guys, Natural Born Killers)
1965 Michelle Forbes, actress (Battlestar Galactica)
1966 Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) died Mar 19, 1990
1967 R. Kelly, R&B singer/alleged child molester
1969 Ami Dolenz, actress (Can't Buy Me Love)
1969 Jeff Abercrombie, bassist (Fuel)
1977 Amber Benson, actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
1979 Sarah Polley, actress (Dawn of the Dead, The Sweet Hereafter)
1980 Rachel Nichols, actress (Alias)
1982 Gaby Hoffmann, actress (Field of Dreams)
1983 Disashi Lumumbo-Kasongo, guitarist (Gym Class Heroes)
Today's Deaths in History
1324 Marco Polo, Italian explorer, dies at 69
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer/scientist, dies at 77
1825 Eli Whitney, inventor (cotton gin) dies at 59
1976 Chou En-lai, Chinese Premier, dies at 78
1981 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, actor (Our Gang series) dies at 56
1990 Terry-Thomas, British actor/comedian (Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines) dies at 78
1991 Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard) dies at 30
1994 Pat Buttram, actor (Green Acres) dies at 78
1996 Francois Mitterrand, Former French President, dies at 79
2002 Dave Thomas, fast food entrepreneur (Wendy's) dies at 69
2007 Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters) dies at 84
2007 Iwao Takamoto, animator (Hanna-Barbera Productions) dies at 81
Today in History
1297 Monaco gained its independence.
1790 George Washington delivered the first State of the Union Address in New York City.
1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
1867 African-American men were granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
1900 President William McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.
1918 President Woodrow Wilson outlined his 14 points for peace after World War I.
1959 Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution was completed with the takeover of Santiago de Cuba.
1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
1962 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty.
1973 Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris.
1975 Ella Grasso became Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
1982 American Telephone & Telegraph settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1992 President George H.W. Bush, suffering from stomach flu, collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo.
1998 Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was sentenced in New York to life in prison.
1999 The top two executives of Salt Lake City's Olympic Organizing Committee resigned after disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.
2002 President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law.
2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2005 The nuclear sub USS San Francisco (SSN-711) collided with an undersea mountain at full speed south of Guam; one man is killed, but the sub surfaced and was repaired.
2007 A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four pilots who committed the 9/11 attacks was sentenced by a German court to the maximum of 15 years in prison for his role in the terror plot.
2008 U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, was cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
People Will Say We’re in Love - Bing Crosby
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Undecided - The Ames Brothers
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1960
Why - Frankie Avalon
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddie Cannon
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard
1976
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1984
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
You Look So Good in Love - George Strait
Quote of the Day
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
Dorothy Parker, author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)
Today in History - Jan 9th
Today's Birthdays
1890 Karel Čapek, Czech writer (coined the word "robot") died Dec 25, 1938
1901 Chic (Murat Bernard) Young, cartoonist (Blondie) died Mar 14, 1973
1902 Sir Rudolf Bing, manager (Metropolitan Opera House) died Sep 2, 1997
1908 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (The Second Sex) died Apr 14, 1986
1913 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th U.S. President, died Apr 22, 1994
1915 Fernando Lamas, actor (The Cheap Detective) died Oct 8, 1982
1925 Lee Van Cleef, actor (For a Few Dollars More) died Dec 16, 1989
1934 Bart Starr (Bryan Bartlett), Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Green Bay Packers)
1935 Bob Denver, actor (Gilligan’s Island) died Sep 2, 2005
1935 Dick Enberg, sportscaster (California Angels, NBC Sports, CBS Sports)
1937 Judith Krantz, author (Scruples)
1939 Jimmy Boyd, singer/actor (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Bachelor Father)
1941 Joan Baez, singer (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Diamonds and Rust)
1941 Susannah York (Susannah Yolande Fletcher), actress (Superman series)
1944 Jimmy Page, guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
1948 Bill Cowsill, singer (The Cowsills) died Feb 18, 2006
1948 Cassie Gaines, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) died Oct 20, 1977 in a plane crash
1950 David Johansen (Buster Poindexter), singer/actor (New York Dolls; Scrooged)
1950 Robert Newhouse, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1951 Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), singer (Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue)
1955 J.K. Simmons, actor (Law & Order, The Closer)
1957 Phil Lewis, singer (L.A. Guns)
1958 Mehmet Ali Ağca, attempted assassin (Pope John Paul II)
1963 Eric Erlandson, guitarist (Hole)
1965 Joely Richardson, actress (The Patriot, 101 Dalmatians)
1967 Dave Matthews, singer/songwriter/guitarist
1967 Carl Bell, guitarist (Fuel)
1967 Steve Harwell, singer (Smash Mouth)
1968 Al Schnier, guitarist (moe)
1968 Joey Lauren Adams, actress (Chasing Amy, Dazed and Confused, Big Daddy)
1970 Marco Sanchez, actor (Walker Texas Ranger, SeaQuest DSV)
1978 A.J. Mclean, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1978 Chad “Ocho Cinoco” Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals)
1982 Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William of Wales
Today's Deaths in History
1858 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas, commits suicide at 60
1936 John Gilbert, silent film actor (The Merry Widow) dies at 36
1987 Marion Hutton, singer/actress (Love Happy) dies at 67
1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Blondie) dies at 81
1995 Peter Cook, British actor/satirist/comedian, dies at 57
1997 Jesse White, actor (Maytag Commercials) dies at 80
Today in History
1788 Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1799 British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced an income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.
1839 The French Academy of Sciences unveiled the Daguerreotype photography process.
1861 Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1894 New England Telephone and Telegraph installed the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1905 Russian workers staged a march on the Winter Palace that ended in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
1916 The Battle of Gallipoli concluded with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
1951 The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1957 British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigned, citing health reasons.
1964 Anti-U.S. rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and three U.S. soldiers.
1968 The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon. It was the last of America's unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
1972 Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes said a purported authorized biography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake.
1972 The RMS Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
1986 After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak was forced to give up its instant camera business.
1987 The White House released a memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan in January 1986 that showed a definite link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
2005 Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a landslide.
2006 The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing Cats, which ran for 7,485 performances.
2007 Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Glow Worm - The Mills Brothers
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1961
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & the Supremes & The Temptations
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Broken Down in Tiny Pieces - Billy "Crash" Craddock
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - George Strait
Quote of the Day
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
Wilson Mizner, screenwriter (1876 - 1933)
Today's Birthdays
1890 Karel Čapek, Czech writer (coined the word "robot") died Dec 25, 1938
1901 Chic (Murat Bernard) Young, cartoonist (Blondie) died Mar 14, 1973
1902 Sir Rudolf Bing, manager (Metropolitan Opera House) died Sep 2, 1997
1908 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (The Second Sex) died Apr 14, 1986
1913 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th U.S. President, died Apr 22, 1994
1915 Fernando Lamas, actor (The Cheap Detective) died Oct 8, 1982
1925 Lee Van Cleef, actor (For a Few Dollars More) died Dec 16, 1989
1934 Bart Starr (Bryan Bartlett), Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Green Bay Packers)
1935 Bob Denver, actor (Gilligan’s Island) died Sep 2, 2005
1935 Dick Enberg, sportscaster (California Angels, NBC Sports, CBS Sports)
1937 Judith Krantz, author (Scruples)
1939 Jimmy Boyd, singer/actor (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Bachelor Father)
1941 Joan Baez, singer (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Diamonds and Rust)
1941 Susannah York (Susannah Yolande Fletcher), actress (Superman series)
1944 Jimmy Page, guitarist (Led Zeppelin)
1948 Bill Cowsill, singer (The Cowsills) died Feb 18, 2006
1948 Cassie Gaines, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) died Oct 20, 1977 in a plane crash
1950 David Johansen (Buster Poindexter), singer/actor (New York Dolls; Scrooged)
1950 Robert Newhouse, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1951 Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gail Webb), singer (Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue)
1955 J.K. Simmons, actor (Law & Order, The Closer)
1957 Phil Lewis, singer (L.A. Guns)
1958 Mehmet Ali Ağca, attempted assassin (Pope John Paul II)
1963 Eric Erlandson, guitarist (Hole)
1965 Joely Richardson, actress (The Patriot, 101 Dalmatians)
1967 Dave Matthews, singer/songwriter/guitarist
1967 Carl Bell, guitarist (Fuel)
1967 Steve Harwell, singer (Smash Mouth)
1968 Al Schnier, guitarist (moe)
1968 Joey Lauren Adams, actress (Chasing Amy, Dazed and Confused, Big Daddy)
1970 Marco Sanchez, actor (Walker Texas Ranger, SeaQuest DSV)
1978 A.J. Mclean, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1978 Chad “Ocho Cinoco” Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals)
1982 Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William of Wales
Today's Deaths in History
1858 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas, commits suicide at 60
1936 John Gilbert, silent film actor (The Merry Widow) dies at 36
1987 Marion Hutton, singer/actress (Love Happy) dies at 67
1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Blondie) dies at 81
1995 Peter Cook, British actor/satirist/comedian, dies at 57
1997 Jesse White, actor (Maytag Commercials) dies at 80
Today in History
1788 Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1799 British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced an income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.
1839 The French Academy of Sciences unveiled the Daguerreotype photography process.
1861 Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1894 New England Telephone and Telegraph installed the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1905 Russian workers staged a march on the Winter Palace that ended in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
1916 The Battle of Gallipoli concluded with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
1951 The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1957 British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigned, citing health reasons.
1964 Anti-U.S. rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and three U.S. soldiers.
1968 The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon. It was the last of America's unmanned explorations of the lunar surface.
1972 Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes said a purported authorized biography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake.
1972 The RMS Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
1986 After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak was forced to give up its instant camera business.
1987 The White House released a memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan in January 1986 that showed a definite link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
2005 Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a landslide.
2006 The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing Cats, which ran for 7,485 performances.
2007 Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Glow Worm - The Mills Brothers
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1961
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & the Supremes & The Temptations
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Broken Down in Tiny Pieces - Billy "Crash" Craddock
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - George Strait
Quote of the Day
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
Wilson Mizner, screenwriter (1876 - 1933)
Today in History - Jan 10th
Today's Birthdays
1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War hero, died Feb 12, 1789
1869 Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk, died Dec 29, 1916
1883 Francis X. (Xavier) Bushman, actor (Dick Tracy, Sabrina) died Aug 23, 1966
1904 Ray Bolger (Raymond Wallace Bulcao), dancer/actor (The Wizard of Oz) died Jan 15, 1987
1905 Paul Henreid (Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter Von Wassel-Waldingau), actor (Casablanca, Goodbye Mr. Chips) died Mar 29, 1992
1924 Max Roach, jazz drummer/composer, died Aug 16, 2007
1927 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry, Just Walking in the Rain) died Feb 24, 1990
1930 Roy Edward Disney, film executive/Walt's nephew
1936 Stephen Ambrose, historian/author (Band of Brothers) died October 13, 2002
1938 Frank Mahovlich, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (Montreal Canadiens)
1938 Willie (Lee) ‘Stretch’ McCovey, Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (SF Giants)
1939 Sal Mineo (Salvatore Mineo, Jr.), singer/actor (Rebel Without a Cause) died Feb 12, 1976
1943 Jim Croce, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown) killed in plane crash Sep 20, 1973
1944 Frank Sinatra Jr., singer/bandleader (It’s All Right)
1945 Rod Stewart, singer (Maggie May, Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?)
1946 Bob Lang, bassist (Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders)
1948 Teresa Graves, actress/singer (Get Christy Love) died Oct 10, 2002
1948 Donald Fagen, keyboardist (Steely Dan)
1948 Cyril Neville, percussionist/singer (The Neville Brothers)
1948 William Sanderson, actor (Deadwood, Newhart, Blade Runner)
1949 Linda Lovelace, adult film actress (Deep Throat) died Apr 22, 2002
1949 George Foreman, heavyweight boxing champion/commercial pitchman
1953 Pat Benatar, singer (Crimes of Passion, Fire and Ice, Hit Me with Your Best Shot)
1953 Bobby Rahal, Indy car champion
1955 Michael Schenker, guitarist (UFO, Scorpions)
1956 Shawn Colvin, singer (Sunny Came Home)
1959 Curt Kirkwood, singer (Meat Puppets)
1961 Evan Handler, actor (Californication, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)
1961 Janet Jones-Gretzky, dancer/actress (The Flamingo Kid, A League of Their Own)
1964 Brad Roberts, singer (Crash Test Dummies)
1967 Trini Alvarado, actress (The Frighteners, Times Square)
1971 gougers, board member
1973 Ryan Drummond, voice actor (Sonic the Hedgehog)
1974 Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor/musician (Flight of the Conchords)
1975 Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers)
1978 Matt Roberts, guitarist (3 Doors Down)
1978 Brent Smith, singer (Shinedown)
1980 Sarah Shahi, actress (Dawson's Creek, Life)
Today's Deaths in History
1862 Samuel Colt, inventor (Colt firearms) dies at 47
1917 William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, frontiersman, dies at 70
1951 Sinclair Lewis, writer (Elmer Gantry) dies at 65
1961 Dashiell Hammett, writer (The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man) dies at 66
1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87
1976 Howlin' Wolf, blues musician, dies at 65
1981 Richard Boone, actor (Have Gun Will Travel) dies at 63
1982 Paul Lynde, comedian/actor (Bewitched, Hollywood Squares) dies at 55
1997 Sheldon Leonard, producer/actor/director (The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy) dies at 89
2000 Sam Jaffe, producer (Born Free) dies at 98
2004 Spalding Gray, actor/screenwriter (Swimming to Cambodia) dies at 62
2004 Alexandra Ripley, author (Scarlett) dies at 70
2007 Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer/husband of Sophia Loren, dies at 94
2008 Christopher Bowman, figure skater, dies at 40
2008 Maila Nurmi, actress (Vampira) dies at 85
Today in History
1776 Thomas Paine published the pamphlet Common Sense.
1861 Florida seceded from the Union.
1863 London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920 The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1946 The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
1957 Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
1962 NASA announced plans to build the C-5 rocket booster, better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.
1964 Introducing the Beatles, the Beatles' first album in the United States, was released.
1967 Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.
1971 Masterpiece Theatre premiered on PBS.
1982 The Freezer Bowl, the NFL's coldest game in terms of wind chill at -37°F, was won by the Cincinnati Bengals as they defeated the San Diego Chargers 27-7 to advance to Super Bowl XVI.
1984 The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
2000 America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion.
2003 North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
2005 CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a 60 Minutes Wednesday report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service and fired three news executives and a producer for their "myopic zeal" in rushing it to air.
2006 Iran resumed nuclear research two years after halting the work to avoid possible U.N. economic sanctions; the move was denounced by the United States and European governments.
2007 President George W. Bush announced he would send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq in an effort to quell violence there.
2008 The United States lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Iran over an incident in which Iranian speedboats harassed U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
It Might as Well Be Spring - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
White Cross on Okinawa - Bob Wills
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing Partners - Patti Page
The Gang that Sang ‘Heart of My Heart’ - The Four Aces
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Someday We’ll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Baby, (Baby I Know You’re a Lady) - David Houston
1978
How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gees
Baby Come Back - Player
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
1986
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Morning Desire - Kenny Rogers
Quote of the Day
The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.
Michael Friedman
Today's Birthdays
1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War hero, died Feb 12, 1789
1869 Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk, died Dec 29, 1916
1883 Francis X. (Xavier) Bushman, actor (Dick Tracy, Sabrina) died Aug 23, 1966
1904 Ray Bolger (Raymond Wallace Bulcao), dancer/actor (The Wizard of Oz) died Jan 15, 1987
1905 Paul Henreid (Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter Von Wassel-Waldingau), actor (Casablanca, Goodbye Mr. Chips) died Mar 29, 1992
1924 Max Roach, jazz drummer/composer, died Aug 16, 2007
1927 Johnnie Ray, singer (Cry, Just Walking in the Rain) died Feb 24, 1990
1930 Roy Edward Disney, film executive/Walt's nephew
1936 Stephen Ambrose, historian/author (Band of Brothers) died October 13, 2002
1938 Frank Mahovlich, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (Montreal Canadiens)
1938 Willie (Lee) ‘Stretch’ McCovey, Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (SF Giants)
1939 Sal Mineo (Salvatore Mineo, Jr.), singer/actor (Rebel Without a Cause) died Feb 12, 1976
1943 Jim Croce, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown) killed in plane crash Sep 20, 1973
1944 Frank Sinatra Jr., singer/bandleader (It’s All Right)
1945 Rod Stewart, singer (Maggie May, Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?)
1946 Bob Lang, bassist (Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders)
1948 Teresa Graves, actress/singer (Get Christy Love) died Oct 10, 2002
1948 Donald Fagen, keyboardist (Steely Dan)
1948 Cyril Neville, percussionist/singer (The Neville Brothers)
1948 William Sanderson, actor (Deadwood, Newhart, Blade Runner)
1949 Linda Lovelace, adult film actress (Deep Throat) died Apr 22, 2002
1949 George Foreman, heavyweight boxing champion/commercial pitchman
1953 Pat Benatar, singer (Crimes of Passion, Fire and Ice, Hit Me with Your Best Shot)
1953 Bobby Rahal, Indy car champion
1955 Michael Schenker, guitarist (UFO, Scorpions)
1956 Shawn Colvin, singer (Sunny Came Home)
1959 Curt Kirkwood, singer (Meat Puppets)
1961 Evan Handler, actor (Californication, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)
1961 Janet Jones-Gretzky, dancer/actress (The Flamingo Kid, A League of Their Own)
1964 Brad Roberts, singer (Crash Test Dummies)
1967 Trini Alvarado, actress (The Frighteners, Times Square)
1971 gougers, board member
1973 Ryan Drummond, voice actor (Sonic the Hedgehog)
1974 Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor/musician (Flight of the Conchords)
1975 Jake Delhomme, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers)
1978 Matt Roberts, guitarist (3 Doors Down)
1978 Brent Smith, singer (Shinedown)
1980 Sarah Shahi, actress (Dawson's Creek, Life)
Today's Deaths in History
1862 Samuel Colt, inventor (Colt firearms) dies at 47
1917 William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, frontiersman, dies at 70
1951 Sinclair Lewis, writer (Elmer Gantry) dies at 65
1961 Dashiell Hammett, writer (The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man) dies at 66
1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87
1976 Howlin' Wolf, blues musician, dies at 65
1981 Richard Boone, actor (Have Gun Will Travel) dies at 63
1982 Paul Lynde, comedian/actor (Bewitched, Hollywood Squares) dies at 55
1997 Sheldon Leonard, producer/actor/director (The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy) dies at 89
2000 Sam Jaffe, producer (Born Free) dies at 98
2004 Spalding Gray, actor/screenwriter (Swimming to Cambodia) dies at 62
2004 Alexandra Ripley, author (Scarlett) dies at 70
2007 Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer/husband of Sophia Loren, dies at 94
2008 Christopher Bowman, figure skater, dies at 40
2008 Maila Nurmi, actress (Vampira) dies at 85
Today in History
1776 Thomas Paine published the pamphlet Common Sense.
1861 Florida seceded from the Union.
1863 London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920 The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1946 The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
1957 Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
1962 NASA announced plans to build the C-5 rocket booster, better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.
1964 Introducing the Beatles, the Beatles' first album in the United States, was released.
1967 Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.
1971 Masterpiece Theatre premiered on PBS.
1982 The Freezer Bowl, the NFL's coldest game in terms of wind chill at -37°F, was won by the Cincinnati Bengals as they defeated the San Diego Chargers 27-7 to advance to Super Bowl XVI.
1984 The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
2000 America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion.
2003 North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
2005 CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a 60 Minutes Wednesday report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service and fired three news executives and a producer for their "myopic zeal" in rushing it to air.
2006 Iran resumed nuclear research two years after halting the work to avoid possible U.N. economic sanctions; the move was denounced by the United States and European governments.
2007 President George W. Bush announced he would send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq in an effort to quell violence there.
2008 The United States lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Iran over an incident in which Iranian speedboats harassed U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
It Might as Well Be Spring - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
White Cross on Okinawa - Bob Wills
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing Partners - Patti Page
The Gang that Sang ‘Heart of My Heart’ - The Four Aces
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Someday We’ll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Baby, (Baby I Know You’re a Lady) - David Houston
1978
How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gees
Baby Come Back - Player
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
1986
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Morning Desire - Kenny Rogers
Quote of the Day
The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.
Michael Friedman
Today in History - Jan 11th
Today's Birthdays
1755 Alexander Hamilton, First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; died in duel with rival Aaron Burr July 11, 1804
1807 Ezra Cornell, businessman/university founder, died Dec 9, 1874
1923 Carroll Shelby, auto racer/designer (Shelby Cobra, Shelby Mustang)
1925 Grant Tinker, TV executive/producer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
1930 Rod Taylor, actor (The Birds, The Time Machine)
1942 Clarence Clemons, saxophonist (The E Street Band)
1945 Christine Kaufmann, actress (Bagdad Cafe, Murders in the Rue Morgue)
1946 Naomi (Diane) Judd, singer (The Judds)
1946 Tony Kaye, keyboardist (Yes)
1949 Dennis (Frederick) Greene, singer (Sha-Na-Na)
1952 ‘Gentle’ Ben Crenshaw, golf champion
1952 Lee Ritenour, guitarist/composer
1958 Vicki Peterson, guitarist/singer (The Bangles)
1962 Kim Coles, actress (Living Single, Frasier)
1968 Tom Dumont, guitarist (No Doubt)
1971 Mary J. Blige, R&B singer
1971 Tom Rowlands, musician (The Chemical Brothers)
1972 Amanda Peet, actress (The Whole Nine Yards, Saving Silverman, Changing Lanes)
1973 Rockmond Dunbar, actor (Prison Break)
1979 Darren Lynn Bousman, film director (Saw II, Saw III)
Today's Deaths in History
1836 John Molson, Canadian brewer, dies at 72
1843 Francis Scott Key, lawyer/lyricist (Star Spangled Banner) dies at 63
1914 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (Carlsberg brewery) dies at 71
1928 Thomas Hardy, English writer (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) dies at 87
1979 Jack Soo, actor (Barney Miller) dies at 61
1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) dies at 92
1988 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, Marine aviator (Medal of Honor recipient) dies at 75
2000 Ivan Combe, inventor (Clearasil, Odor Eaters) dies at 88
2001 Michael Williams, British actor/husband of Dame Judi Dench, dies at 65
2003 Richard Simmons, actor (Sergeant Preston of the Yukon) dies at 89
2003 Mickey Finn, drummer (T. Rex) dies at 55
2005 Spencer Dryden, drummer (Jefferson Airplane) dies at 66
2005 James Griffin, guitarist/songwriter (Bread) dies at 61
2007 Robert Anton Wilson, author (The Illuminatus! Trilogy) dies at 74
2008 Carl Karcher, founder (Carl's Jr. hamburger chain) dies at 90
2008 Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to climb Mt Everest, dies at 88
Today in History
1693 Mt. Etna erupted in Sicily; the ensuing earthquake destroyed parts of Sicily and Malta.
1759 America's first life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1787 William Herschel discovered Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1805 The Michigan Territory was created.
1861 Alabama seceded from the Union.
1908 The Grand Canyon National Monument was created.
1922 Insulin was first used to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1935 Aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
1949 The first recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California, occurred.
1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health.
1972 East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
1973 Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule.
1977 France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
2001 The Army acknowledged that U.S. soldiers killed an "unknown number" of South Korean refugees early in the Korean War at No Gun Ri.
2003 Calling the death penalty process "arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral," Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state's death row two days before leaving office.
2006 A Georgian court convicted a man of trying to assassinate President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in 2005 with a grenade in Tbilisi and sentenced him to life in prison.
2007 English soccer star David Beckham announced a five-year deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
2008 Bank of America said it would buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion in stock in a deal rescuing the country's biggest mortgage lender.
2008 Former Olympic track gold medalist Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs and her role in a check-fraud scam.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
The Old Lamplighter - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers
Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
Telstar - The Tornadoes
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Hotel Happiness - Brook Benton
Ruby Ann - Marty Robbins
1971
My Sweet Lord/Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
My Life - Billy Joel
Sharing the Night Together - Dr. Hook
Tulsa Time - Don Williams
1987
Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles
Notorious - Duran Duran
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
Give Me Wings - Michael Johnson
Quote of the Day
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov, science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)
Today's Birthdays
1755 Alexander Hamilton, First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; died in duel with rival Aaron Burr July 11, 1804
1807 Ezra Cornell, businessman/university founder, died Dec 9, 1874
1923 Carroll Shelby, auto racer/designer (Shelby Cobra, Shelby Mustang)
1925 Grant Tinker, TV executive/producer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
1930 Rod Taylor, actor (The Birds, The Time Machine)
1942 Clarence Clemons, saxophonist (The E Street Band)
1945 Christine Kaufmann, actress (Bagdad Cafe, Murders in the Rue Morgue)
1946 Naomi (Diane) Judd, singer (The Judds)
1946 Tony Kaye, keyboardist (Yes)
1949 Dennis (Frederick) Greene, singer (Sha-Na-Na)
1952 ‘Gentle’ Ben Crenshaw, golf champion
1952 Lee Ritenour, guitarist/composer
1958 Vicki Peterson, guitarist/singer (The Bangles)
1962 Kim Coles, actress (Living Single, Frasier)
1968 Tom Dumont, guitarist (No Doubt)
1971 Mary J. Blige, R&B singer
1971 Tom Rowlands, musician (The Chemical Brothers)
1972 Amanda Peet, actress (The Whole Nine Yards, Saving Silverman, Changing Lanes)
1973 Rockmond Dunbar, actor (Prison Break)
1979 Darren Lynn Bousman, film director (Saw II, Saw III)
Today's Deaths in History
1836 John Molson, Canadian brewer, dies at 72
1843 Francis Scott Key, lawyer/lyricist (Star Spangled Banner) dies at 63
1914 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (Carlsberg brewery) dies at 71
1928 Thomas Hardy, English writer (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) dies at 87
1979 Jack Soo, actor (Barney Miller) dies at 61
1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) dies at 92
1988 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, Marine aviator (Medal of Honor recipient) dies at 75
2000 Ivan Combe, inventor (Clearasil, Odor Eaters) dies at 88
2001 Michael Williams, British actor/husband of Dame Judi Dench, dies at 65
2003 Richard Simmons, actor (Sergeant Preston of the Yukon) dies at 89
2003 Mickey Finn, drummer (T. Rex) dies at 55
2005 Spencer Dryden, drummer (Jefferson Airplane) dies at 66
2005 James Griffin, guitarist/songwriter (Bread) dies at 61
2007 Robert Anton Wilson, author (The Illuminatus! Trilogy) dies at 74
2008 Carl Karcher, founder (Carl's Jr. hamburger chain) dies at 90
2008 Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to climb Mt Everest, dies at 88
Today in History
1693 Mt. Etna erupted in Sicily; the ensuing earthquake destroyed parts of Sicily and Malta.
1759 America's first life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1787 William Herschel discovered Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1805 The Michigan Territory was created.
1861 Alabama seceded from the Union.
1908 The Grand Canyon National Monument was created.
1922 Insulin was first used to treat diabetes in a human patient.
1935 Aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
1949 The first recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California, occurred.
1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued the first government report saying smoking may be hazardous to one's health.
1972 East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
1973 Owners of American League baseball teams voted to adopt the designated-hitter rule.
1977 France set off an international uproar by releasing Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
2001 The Army acknowledged that U.S. soldiers killed an "unknown number" of South Korean refugees early in the Korean War at No Gun Ri.
2003 Calling the death penalty process "arbitrary and capricious, and therefore immoral," Illinois Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 condemned inmates, clearing his state's death row two days before leaving office.
2006 A Georgian court convicted a man of trying to assassinate President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in 2005 with a grenade in Tbilisi and sentenced him to life in prison.
2007 English soccer star David Beckham announced a five-year deal to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
2008 Bank of America said it would buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion in stock in a deal rescuing the country's biggest mortgage lender.
2008 Former Olympic track gold medalist Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs and her role in a check-fraud scam.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
The Old Lamplighter - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers
Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
Telstar - The Tornadoes
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Hotel Happiness - Brook Benton
Ruby Ann - Marty Robbins
1971
My Sweet Lord/Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
My Life - Billy Joel
Sharing the Night Together - Dr. Hook
Tulsa Time - Don Williams
1987
Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles
Notorious - Duran Duran
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
Give Me Wings - Michael Johnson
Quote of the Day
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
Isaac Asimov, science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)
Today in History - Jan 12th
Today's Birthdays
1737 John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence, died Oct 8, 1793
1876 Jack London (John Chaney), author (The Call of the Wild, White Fang) died Nov 22, 1916
1905 Tex (Woodward Maurice) Ritter, country singer/actor (Blood on the Saddle) died Jan 2, 1974
1915 Martin (Zama) Agronsky, journalist/TV moderator (Face the Nation) died July 25, 1999
1923 Ira Hayes, U.S. Marine (Iwo Jima flag raiser) died Jan 24, 1955
1926 Ray Price, singer (Make the World Go Away, For the Good Times)
1930 Tim Horton, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers) killed in car crash Feb 21, 1974
1936 Ron Harper, actor (The Planet of the Apes)
1939 William Lee Golden, singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
1944 "Smokin'"Joe Frazier, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
1945 Maggie Bell, singer (Stone the Crows)
1946 Cynthia Robinson, singer/trumpeter (Sly and the Family Stone)
1946 George Duke, jazz musician
1949 Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born film director (The Joy Luck Club)
1951 Kirstie Alley, actress (Cheers, Look Who’s Talking, Runaway)
1951 Rush Limbaugh (Rush Hudson Limbaugh III), radio talk show host
1954 Howard Stern, syndicated/satellite radio talk-show host
1957 John Lasseter, writer/director (Pixar films)
1957 Tom Ardolino, drummer (NRBQ)
1958 Christiane Amanpour, broadcast journalist
1959 Per Gessle, guitarist/singer (Roxette)
1960 Oliver Platt, actor (Flatliners, The Three Musketeers, Doctor Dolittle, Simon Birch)
1964 Jeff Bezos, founder/CEO (Amazon.com)
1966 Rob Zombie, singer/musician/film director
1967 Vendela Kirsebom, model/actress (The Parent Trap, Batman and Robin)
1968 Heather Mills, British activist/ex-Mrs Paul McCartney
1968 Rachael Harris, comic/actress (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration)
1968 Farrah Forke, actress (Wings)
1970 Raekwon, rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
1970 Zack de la Rocha, singer (Rage Against the Machine)
1973 Dan Haseltine, singer (Jars of Clay)
1974 Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm, singer (Spice Girls)
Today's Deaths in History
1899 Hiram Walker, distiller, dies at 82
1976 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express) dies at 85
1999 Betty Lou Gerson, voice actress (101 Dalmations) dies at 84
1999 Doug Wickenheiser, NHL center (NY Rangers) dies at 37
2000 Marc Davis, animator (Walt Disney Studios) dies at 86
2001 Affirmed, racehorse (Triple Crown winner) dies at 25
2002 Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 84
2003 Maurice Gibb, singer/musician (Bee Gees) dies at 53
2004 Randy VanWarmer, singer/songwriter (Just When I Needed You Most)
2007 Alice Coltrane, jazz musician, dies at 69
Today in History
1773 The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
1915 The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1915 The Rocky Mountain National Park was formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
1932 Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate; she had been appointed two months earlier to fill the vacancy caused by her husband's death.
1945 Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1948 The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1966 Lyndon B. Johnson stated that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.
1967 Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
1969 Led Zeppelin's self-titled first album was released.
1969 The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1971 All in the Family premiered on CBS.
1971 The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others were indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
1976 The UN Security Council voted 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
1986 Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, and Congressman Bill Nelson.
1991 A deeply divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait; the Senate vote was 52-47; the House followed suit 250-183.
1995 Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, was arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan.
1998 Nineteen European nations signed a treaty in Paris opposing human cloning.
1998 Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1999 The baseball that Mark McGwire hit for his record-setting 70th home run of the 1998 season was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2000 The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2004 The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage.
2005 Britain's Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.
2006 Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who'd shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from an Istanbul prison after serving more than 25 years in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist.
2006 A stampede broke out during the Islamic hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, killing 363 people.
Chart Toppers
1948
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
Civilization - The Louis Prima Orchestra
I’ll Dance at Your Wedding - Buddy Clark with the Ray Noble Orchestra
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
Brand New Key - Melanie
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Would You Take Another Chance on Me - Jerry Lee Lewis
1980
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
1988
So Emotional - Whitney Houston
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
I Can’t Get Close Enough - Exile
Quote of the Day
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis, humorist (1878 - 1937)
Today's Birthdays
1737 John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence, died Oct 8, 1793
1876 Jack London (John Chaney), author (The Call of the Wild, White Fang) died Nov 22, 1916
1905 Tex (Woodward Maurice) Ritter, country singer/actor (Blood on the Saddle) died Jan 2, 1974
1915 Martin (Zama) Agronsky, journalist/TV moderator (Face the Nation) died July 25, 1999
1923 Ira Hayes, U.S. Marine (Iwo Jima flag raiser) died Jan 24, 1955
1926 Ray Price, singer (Make the World Go Away, For the Good Times)
1930 Tim Horton, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers) killed in car crash Feb 21, 1974
1936 Ron Harper, actor (The Planet of the Apes)
1939 William Lee Golden, singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
1944 "Smokin'"Joe Frazier, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
1945 Maggie Bell, singer (Stone the Crows)
1946 Cynthia Robinson, singer/trumpeter (Sly and the Family Stone)
1946 George Duke, jazz musician
1949 Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born film director (The Joy Luck Club)
1951 Kirstie Alley, actress (Cheers, Look Who’s Talking, Runaway)
1951 Rush Limbaugh (Rush Hudson Limbaugh III), radio talk show host
1954 Howard Stern, syndicated/satellite radio talk-show host
1957 John Lasseter, writer/director (Pixar films)
1957 Tom Ardolino, drummer (NRBQ)
1958 Christiane Amanpour, broadcast journalist
1959 Per Gessle, guitarist/singer (Roxette)
1960 Oliver Platt, actor (Flatliners, The Three Musketeers, Doctor Dolittle, Simon Birch)
1964 Jeff Bezos, founder/CEO (Amazon.com)
1966 Rob Zombie, singer/musician/film director
1967 Vendela Kirsebom, model/actress (The Parent Trap, Batman and Robin)
1968 Heather Mills, British activist/ex-Mrs Paul McCartney
1968 Rachael Harris, comic/actress (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration)
1968 Farrah Forke, actress (Wings)
1970 Raekwon, rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
1970 Zack de la Rocha, singer (Rage Against the Machine)
1973 Dan Haseltine, singer (Jars of Clay)
1974 Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm, singer (Spice Girls)
Today's Deaths in History
1899 Hiram Walker, distiller, dies at 82
1976 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Murder on the Orient Express) dies at 85
1999 Betty Lou Gerson, voice actress (101 Dalmations) dies at 84
1999 Doug Wickenheiser, NHL center (NY Rangers) dies at 37
2000 Marc Davis, animator (Walt Disney Studios) dies at 86
2001 Affirmed, racehorse (Triple Crown winner) dies at 25
2002 Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 84
2003 Maurice Gibb, singer/musician (Bee Gees) dies at 53
2004 Randy VanWarmer, singer/songwriter (Just When I Needed You Most)
2007 Alice Coltrane, jazz musician, dies at 69
Today in History
1773 The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
1915 The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1915 The Rocky Mountain National Park was formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
1932 Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate; she had been appointed two months earlier to fill the vacancy caused by her husband's death.
1945 Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1948 The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1966 Lyndon B. Johnson stated that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.
1967 Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
1969 Led Zeppelin's self-titled first album was released.
1969 The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1971 All in the Family premiered on CBS.
1971 The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others were indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
1976 The UN Security Council voted 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
1986 Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, and Congressman Bill Nelson.
1991 A deeply divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait; the Senate vote was 52-47; the House followed suit 250-183.
1995 Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, was arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan.
1998 Nineteen European nations signed a treaty in Paris opposing human cloning.
1998 Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1999 The baseball that Mark McGwire hit for his record-setting 70th home run of the 1998 season was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2000 The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2004 The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage.
2005 Britain's Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.
2006 Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who'd shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from an Istanbul prison after serving more than 25 years in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist.
2006 A stampede broke out during the Islamic hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, killing 363 people.
Chart Toppers
1948
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
Civilization - The Louis Prima Orchestra
I’ll Dance at Your Wedding - Buddy Clark with the Ray Noble Orchestra
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
Brand New Key - Melanie
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Would You Take Another Chance on Me - Jerry Lee Lewis
1980
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
1988
So Emotional - Whitney Houston
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
I Can’t Get Close Enough - Exile
Quote of the Day
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis, humorist (1878 - 1937)
Tim Horton - the player with the sweetest sweepcheck in NHL history - was my 1st favorite Ranger.
If I am not just recalling an urban myth, he died en route either to or from his father's funeral.
If I am not just recalling an urban myth, he died en route either to or from his father's funeral.
Today in History - Jan 13th
Today's Birthdays
1622 Molière, French playwright (The School for Wives) died Feb 17, 1673
1832 Horatio Alger Jr., Unitarian minister/author (Ragged Dick, Luck and Pluck) died July 18, 1899
1885 Alfred Fuller, company founder (Fuller Brush) died Dec 4, 1973
1886 Art Ross, Hockey Hall of Fame player/executive (Boston Bruins) died Aug 5, 1964
1905 Kay Francis, actress (The Cocoanuts) died Aug 26, 1968
1919 Robert Stack (Robert Langford Modini), actor (The Untouchables, Airplane) died May 14, 2003
1925 Gwen Verdon (Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon), dancer/actress (Damn Yankees) died Oct 18, 2000
1930 Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester, singer (The Chi-Lites) died Oct 15, 1980
1930 Frances Sternhagen, actress (Doc Hollywood, Outland, Driving Miss Daisy)
1931 Charles Nelson Reilly, comedian/actor/game show panelist (Match Game) died May 25, 2007
1934 Rip Taylor, comedian/actor (Wayne's World 2)
1942 Richard Moll, actor (Night Court)
1949 Brandon Tartikoff, network TV president (NBC) died Aug 27, 1997
1954 Trevor Rabin, guitarist/songwriter (Yes)
1955 Jay McInerney, author (Bright Lights Big City, Ransom)
1959 James Lomenzo, bassist (Megadeth)
1960 Kevin Anderson, actor (Rising Sun, Sleeping with the Enemy, Risky Business)
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress (Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
1961 Graham ‘Suggs’ McPherson, singer (Madness)
1961 Wayne Coyne, singer (The Flaming Lips)
1962 Trace Adkins, country music singer/songwriter
1964 Penelope Ann Miller, actress (Carlito’s Way, Kindergarten Cop, Awakenings, Biloxi Blues)
1966 Patrick Dempsey, actor (Can't Buy Me Love, Grey's Anatomy)
1968 Traci Bingham, actress (Baywatch, Hollywood Squares)
1970 Keith Coogan, actor (Adventures in Babysitting, Hiding Out, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead)
1970 Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter/creator (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice)
1972 Nicole Eggert, actress (Charles in Charge, Baywatch)
1973 Nikolai Khabibulin, NHL goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)
1977 Orlando Bloom, actor (Lord of the Rings, Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean series)
1983 William Hung, TV personality (American Idol)
1987 Marc Staal, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
Today's Deaths in History
1864 Stephen Foster, composer (Oh Susannah) dies at 37
1929 Wyatt Earp, Western lawman, dies at 80
1941 James Joyce, Irish novelist (Ulysses) dies at 58
1962 Ernie Kovacs, actor/comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus) dies at 42
1978 Hubert H. Humphrey, former Vice President, dies at 66
1979 Donny Hathaway, R&B singer (Where Is the Love?) commits suicide at 33
2002 Ted Demme, film director (The Ref, Beautiful Girls) dies at 38
2006 Marc Potvin, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings) commits suicide at 38
2007 Michael Brecker, jazz saxophonist, dies at 57
Today in History
1610 Galileo Galilei discovered Ganymede, 4th moon of Jupiter.
1794 President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.
1893 Britain's Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the Labor Party, first met.
1893 U.S. Marines landed in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1898 Novelist Emile Zola's J'accuse, a defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew falsely convicted of treason, was published in a Paris newspaper.
1964 Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI.
1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968 Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.
1982 An Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
1989 New York City subway gunman Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he said were about to rob him.
1990 L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation's first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.
1992 Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
1999 Basketball player Michael Jordan announced his retirement; he returned to the NBA in 2001.
2000 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive and promoted company president Steve Ballmer to the position.
2002 The off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks ended a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 shows.
Chart Toppers
1949
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood)
A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Banana Boat Song - The Tarriers
Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
She’s a Woman - The Beatles
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Clair - Gilbert O’Sullivan
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
She’s Got to Be a Saint - Ray Price
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink - Merle Haggard
1989
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
Hold Me - K.T. Oslin
Quote of the Day
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates, Greek philosopher (469 BC - 399 BC)
Today's Birthdays
1622 Molière, French playwright (The School for Wives) died Feb 17, 1673
1832 Horatio Alger Jr., Unitarian minister/author (Ragged Dick, Luck and Pluck) died July 18, 1899
1885 Alfred Fuller, company founder (Fuller Brush) died Dec 4, 1973
1886 Art Ross, Hockey Hall of Fame player/executive (Boston Bruins) died Aug 5, 1964
1905 Kay Francis, actress (The Cocoanuts) died Aug 26, 1968
1919 Robert Stack (Robert Langford Modini), actor (The Untouchables, Airplane) died May 14, 2003
1925 Gwen Verdon (Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon), dancer/actress (Damn Yankees) died Oct 18, 2000
1930 Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester, singer (The Chi-Lites) died Oct 15, 1980
1930 Frances Sternhagen, actress (Doc Hollywood, Outland, Driving Miss Daisy)
1931 Charles Nelson Reilly, comedian/actor/game show panelist (Match Game) died May 25, 2007
1934 Rip Taylor, comedian/actor (Wayne's World 2)
1942 Richard Moll, actor (Night Court)
1949 Brandon Tartikoff, network TV president (NBC) died Aug 27, 1997
1954 Trevor Rabin, guitarist/songwriter (Yes)
1955 Jay McInerney, author (Bright Lights Big City, Ransom)
1959 James Lomenzo, bassist (Megadeth)
1960 Kevin Anderson, actor (Rising Sun, Sleeping with the Enemy, Risky Business)
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress (Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
1961 Graham ‘Suggs’ McPherson, singer (Madness)
1961 Wayne Coyne, singer (The Flaming Lips)
1962 Trace Adkins, country music singer/songwriter
1964 Penelope Ann Miller, actress (Carlito’s Way, Kindergarten Cop, Awakenings, Biloxi Blues)
1966 Patrick Dempsey, actor (Can't Buy Me Love, Grey's Anatomy)
1968 Traci Bingham, actress (Baywatch, Hollywood Squares)
1970 Keith Coogan, actor (Adventures in Babysitting, Hiding Out, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead)
1970 Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter/creator (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice)
1972 Nicole Eggert, actress (Charles in Charge, Baywatch)
1973 Nikolai Khabibulin, NHL goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)
1977 Orlando Bloom, actor (Lord of the Rings, Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean series)
1983 William Hung, TV personality (American Idol)
1987 Marc Staal, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
Today's Deaths in History
1864 Stephen Foster, composer (Oh Susannah) dies at 37
1929 Wyatt Earp, Western lawman, dies at 80
1941 James Joyce, Irish novelist (Ulysses) dies at 58
1962 Ernie Kovacs, actor/comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus) dies at 42
1978 Hubert H. Humphrey, former Vice President, dies at 66
1979 Donny Hathaway, R&B singer (Where Is the Love?) commits suicide at 33
2002 Ted Demme, film director (The Ref, Beautiful Girls) dies at 38
2006 Marc Potvin, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings) commits suicide at 38
2007 Michael Brecker, jazz saxophonist, dies at 57
Today in History
1610 Galileo Galilei discovered Ganymede, 4th moon of Jupiter.
1794 President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.
1893 Britain's Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the Labor Party, first met.
1893 U.S. Marines landed in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1898 Novelist Emile Zola's J'accuse, a defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew falsely convicted of treason, was published in a Paris newspaper.
1964 Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI.
1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968 Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California.
1982 An Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
1989 New York City subway gunman Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he said were about to rob him.
1990 L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation's first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.
1992 Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
1999 Basketball player Michael Jordan announced his retirement; he returned to the NBA in 2001.
2000 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive and promoted company president Steve Ballmer to the position.
2002 The off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks ended a run of nearly 42 years and 17,162 shows.
Chart Toppers
1949
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood)
A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Banana Boat Song - The Tarriers
Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
She’s a Woman - The Beatles
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Clair - Gilbert O’Sullivan
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
She’s Got to Be a Saint - Ray Price
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink - Merle Haggard
1989
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
Hold Me - K.T. Oslin
Quote of the Day
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates, Greek philosopher (469 BC - 399 BC)
Today in History - Jan 14th
Today's Birthdays
1741 Benedict Arnold, American General/turncoat, died June 14, 1801
1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer/cartogrpaher, died Feb 1, 1873
1875 Albert Schweitzer, philosopher/musician/physician/humanitarian, died Sep 4, 1965
1892 Hal Roach, producer/director (One Million B.C.) died Nov 2, 1992
1904 Babe Siebert, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (NY Rangers) died Aug 25, 1939
1906 William Bendix, actor (Guadalcanal Diary, The Life of Riley) died Dec 14, 1964
1915 Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Family Feud, The Price is Right) died Dec 18, 1992
1919 Andy Rooney, news writer/syndicated columnist/TV commentator (60 Minutes)
1924 Guy Williams, actor (Lost in Space, Zorro) died Apr 30, 1989
1936 Clarence Carter, soul singer (Patches, Strokin')
1938 Jack Jones (John Allan Jones), singer (The Impossible Dream, Love Boat theme)
1941 (Dorothy) Faye Dunaway, actress (Network, Mommie Dearest, Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
1943 Holland Taylor, actress (Buson Buddies, The Practice, 2-1/2 Men)
1943 Shannon Lucid, astronaut
1948 Carl Weathers, actor (Happy Gilmore, Rocky series)
1949 Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter/director (Body Heat, Silverado, Grand Canyon)
1952 Sydney Biddle Barrows, author (Mayflower Madam)
1952 Maureen Dowd, journalist (NY Times)
1959 Geoff Tate, singer (Queensryche)
1963 Steven Soderbergh, film director (sex lies and videotape, Ocean's Eleven)
1964 Shepard Smith, broadcast journalist (The Fox Report)
1964 Mark Addy, actor (The Full Monty, A Knight's Tale, The Time Machine, Still Standing)
1967 Emily Watson, actress (Breaking the Waves, Hilary and Jackie, Gosford Park)
1967 Zakk Wylde, guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne)
1967 Kerri Green, actress (Summer Rental, Lucas, Mad About You)
1968 LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), rapper/singer/actor (Deep Blue Sea)
1969 Jason Bateman, actor (Breaking the Rules, Necessary Roughness, Arrested Development)
1969 Dave Grohl, singer/guitarist/drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
1974 Kevin Durand, actor (Dark Angel, Mystery Alaska, Walking Tall)
1979 Jordan Ladd, actress (Weapons of Mass Distraction, Cabin Fever, Grindhouse)
1979 Karen Elson, British supermodel/Mrs Jack White
1979 Angela Lindvall, supermodel/actress (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition; Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
1980 Byron Leftwich, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1982 Caleb Followill, singer/guitarist (Kings of Leon)
Today's Deaths in History
1742 Edmond Halley, English astronomer, dies at 85
1898 Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), author (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) dies at 65
1920 John Francis Dodge, automobile pioneer, dies at 55
1957 Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon) dies at 57
1965 Jeanette MacDonald, actress/singer (The Love Parade, One Hour With You) dies at 61
1977 Peter Finch, English-born actor (Network, Sunday Bloody Sunday) dies at 60
1977 Anaïs Nin, French author (Delta of Venus, Henry & June) dies at 73
1978 Blossom Rock, actress (The Addams Family) dies at 82
1984 Ray Kroc, fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) dies at 81
1986 Donna Reed, actress (It's a Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity) dies at 64
2004 Uta Hagen, actress (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) dies at 84
2004 Ron O'Neal, actor (Superfly) dies at 66
2006 Shelley Winters, actress (A Place in the Sun, The Poseidon Adventure, A Patch of Blue) dies at 85
Today in History
1639 Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
1950 The first prototype of the MiG-17 made its maiden flight.
1952 NBC's Today show premiered.
1953 Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country's Parliament.
1954 Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall.
1954 The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation.
1963 George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of "segregation forever."
1969 An explosion ripped through the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise off Hawaii, killing 25 crew members.
1970 Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1993 Late-night TV talk show host David Letterman announced he was moving from NBC to CBS.
1994 President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed accords in Moscow to stop aiming missiles at any nation and to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
1998 Whitewater prosecutors questioned first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House about the gathering of FBI background files on past Republican political appointees.
1998 NBC agreed to pay Warner Bros. a record $13 million per episode to retain the top-rated TV show, ER.
2000 A U.N. tribunal sentenced five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 massacre of at least 103 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
2004 Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
2004 J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2004 President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.
2004 The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag," was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
2005 Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees; he was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2005 A European space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan.
2008 Republican Bobby Jindal, the first elected Indian-American governor in the United States, took office in Louisiana.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
I Love You Because - Leon Payne
1958
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Stood Up/Waitin’ in School - Ricky Nelson
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
1966
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
She’s Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
Smokin’ in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Fourteen Carat Mind - Gene Watson
1990
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic featuring Felly
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
It Ain’t Nothin’ - Keith Whitley
Quote of the Day
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
Fred Allen, radio comedian (1894 - 1956)
Today's Birthdays
1741 Benedict Arnold, American General/turncoat, died June 14, 1801
1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer/cartogrpaher, died Feb 1, 1873
1875 Albert Schweitzer, philosopher/musician/physician/humanitarian, died Sep 4, 1965
1892 Hal Roach, producer/director (One Million B.C.) died Nov 2, 1992
1904 Babe Siebert, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (NY Rangers) died Aug 25, 1939
1906 William Bendix, actor (Guadalcanal Diary, The Life of Riley) died Dec 14, 1964
1915 Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Family Feud, The Price is Right) died Dec 18, 1992
1919 Andy Rooney, news writer/syndicated columnist/TV commentator (60 Minutes)
1924 Guy Williams, actor (Lost in Space, Zorro) died Apr 30, 1989
1936 Clarence Carter, soul singer (Patches, Strokin')
1938 Jack Jones (John Allan Jones), singer (The Impossible Dream, Love Boat theme)
1941 (Dorothy) Faye Dunaway, actress (Network, Mommie Dearest, Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde)
1943 Holland Taylor, actress (Buson Buddies, The Practice, 2-1/2 Men)
1943 Shannon Lucid, astronaut
1948 Carl Weathers, actor (Happy Gilmore, Rocky series)
1949 Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter/director (Body Heat, Silverado, Grand Canyon)
1952 Sydney Biddle Barrows, author (Mayflower Madam)
1952 Maureen Dowd, journalist (NY Times)
1959 Geoff Tate, singer (Queensryche)
1963 Steven Soderbergh, film director (sex lies and videotape, Ocean's Eleven)
1964 Shepard Smith, broadcast journalist (The Fox Report)
1964 Mark Addy, actor (The Full Monty, A Knight's Tale, The Time Machine, Still Standing)
1967 Emily Watson, actress (Breaking the Waves, Hilary and Jackie, Gosford Park)
1967 Zakk Wylde, guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne)
1967 Kerri Green, actress (Summer Rental, Lucas, Mad About You)
1968 LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), rapper/singer/actor (Deep Blue Sea)
1969 Jason Bateman, actor (Breaking the Rules, Necessary Roughness, Arrested Development)
1969 Dave Grohl, singer/guitarist/drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
1974 Kevin Durand, actor (Dark Angel, Mystery Alaska, Walking Tall)
1979 Jordan Ladd, actress (Weapons of Mass Distraction, Cabin Fever, Grindhouse)
1979 Karen Elson, British supermodel/Mrs Jack White
1979 Angela Lindvall, supermodel/actress (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition; Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
1980 Byron Leftwich, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1982 Caleb Followill, singer/guitarist (Kings of Leon)
Today's Deaths in History
1742 Edmond Halley, English astronomer, dies at 85
1898 Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), author (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) dies at 65
1920 John Francis Dodge, automobile pioneer, dies at 55
1957 Humphrey Bogart, actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon) dies at 57
1965 Jeanette MacDonald, actress/singer (The Love Parade, One Hour With You) dies at 61
1977 Peter Finch, English-born actor (Network, Sunday Bloody Sunday) dies at 60
1977 Anaïs Nin, French author (Delta of Venus, Henry & June) dies at 73
1978 Blossom Rock, actress (The Addams Family) dies at 82
1984 Ray Kroc, fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) dies at 81
1986 Donna Reed, actress (It's a Wonderful Life, From Here to Eternity) dies at 64
2004 Uta Hagen, actress (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) dies at 84
2004 Ron O'Neal, actor (Superfly) dies at 66
2006 Shelley Winters, actress (A Place in the Sun, The Poseidon Adventure, A Patch of Blue) dies at 85
Today in History
1639 Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted.
1784 The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opened a wartime conference in Casablanca.
1950 The first prototype of the MiG-17 made its maiden flight.
1952 NBC's Today show premiered.
1953 Josip Broz Tito was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country's Parliament.
1954 Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall.
1954 The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation.
1963 George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of "segregation forever."
1969 An explosion ripped through the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise off Hawaii, killing 25 crew members.
1970 Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.
1993 Late-night TV talk show host David Letterman announced he was moving from NBC to CBS.
1994 President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed accords in Moscow to stop aiming missiles at any nation and to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine.
1998 Whitewater prosecutors questioned first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House about the gathering of FBI background files on past Republican political appointees.
1998 NBC agreed to pay Warner Bros. a record $13 million per episode to retain the top-rated TV show, ER.
2000 A U.N. tribunal sentenced five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 massacre of at least 103 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
2004 Former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty to conspiracy as he accepted a 10-year prison sentence.
2004 J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. struck a deal to buy Bank One Corp. for $58 billion.
2004 President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.
2004 The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag," was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
2005 Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted at Fort Hood, Texas, of abusing Iraqi detainees; he was later sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2005 A European space probe sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon, Titan.
2008 Republican Bobby Jindal, the first elected Indian-American governor in the United States, took office in Louisiana.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
I Love You Because - Leon Payne
1958
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Stood Up/Waitin’ in School - Ricky Nelson
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
1966
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
She’s Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Flowers on the Wall - The Statler Brothers
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
Smokin’ in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Fourteen Carat Mind - Gene Watson
1990
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic featuring Felly
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
It Ain’t Nothin’ - Keith Whitley
Quote of the Day
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.
Fred Allen, radio comedian (1894 - 1956)
Today in History - Jan 15th
Today's Birthdays
1622 Jean Baptiste Moliere (Poquelin), playwright (Don Juan) died Feb 17, 1673
1892 Rex Ingram (Hitchcock), writer/director (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) died July 21, 1950
1906 Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, died Mar 15, 1975
1908 Edward Teller, physicist (father of the hydrogen bomb) died Sep 9, 2003
1909 Gene Krupa, drummer/bandleader (Sing Sing Sing) died Oct 6, 1973
1913 Lloyd Bridges, actor (Sea Hunt, Airplane! series) died Mar 10, 1998
1926 Maria Schell (Margarete Schell), actress (Voyage of the Damned) died Apr 26, 2005
1929 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reverend/civil rights leader, killed Apr 4, 1968
1937 Margaret O’Brien (Angela Maxine O'Brien), actress (Meet Me in St. Louis)
1941 Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), singer (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)
1948 Ronnie Van Zandt, singer/songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) killed in plane crash Oct 20, 1977
1951 Martha Davis, singer (The Motels)
1957 Mario Van Peebles, actor/director (Heartbreak Ridge, Posse, New Jack City)
1959 Peter Trewavas, bassist (Marillion)
1960 Kelly Asbury, director (Shrek 2)
1965 Adam Jones, guitarist (Tool)
1967 Lisa Lisa, singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
1968 Chad Lowe, actor (Life Goes On)
1971 Regina King, actress (Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire, Enemy of the State)
1978 Eddie Cahill, actor (Miracle, CSI: NY)
1979 Drew Brees, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints)
Today's Deaths in History
1947 Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," is found murdered at 22
1968 Bill Masterton, NHL center (Minnesota North Stars) dies at 29 from head wounds received during a game
1983 Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster, dies at 80
1987 Ray Bolger, actor/singer/dancer (The Wizard of Oz) dies at 83
1992 Dee Murray, bassist (Elton John) dies at 45
1993 Sammy Cahn, songwriter (Three Coins in the Fountain) dies at 78
1994 Harry Nilsson, musician (Everybody's Talkin', Coconut) dies at 52
1996 Les Baxter, musician/composer (Unchained Melody) dies at 73
1996 Minnesota Fats, billiards champion, dies at 82
1998 Junior Wells, blues harmonica/singer, dies at 63
2001 Ted Mann, screenwriter/theater owner (Mann's Chinese) dies at 84
2003 Doris Fisher, singer/songwriter (You Always Hurt the One You Love) dies at 87
2005 Dan Lee, animator (Finding Nemo) dies at 35
2005 Ruth Warrick, actress (Citizen Kane) dies at 89
2007 James Hillier, inventor (electron microscope) dies at 91
2008 Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, game designer (Star Wars video games) dies at 43
2008 Brad Renfro, actor (The Client) dies at 25 of a heroin OD
Today in History
1559 England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1777 New Connecticut, which later became the state of Vermont, declared its independence from Great Britain.
1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris went before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1844 The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1870 The Democratic Party was represented as a donkey in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly.
1889 The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892 The rules of basketball were published for the first time, in Springfield, Mass.
1908 The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
1919 A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
1943 The Pentagon, the world's largest office building, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1947 The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short, aka "The Black Dahlia," was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California.
1967 The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the first Super Bowl.
1970 Muammar al-Qaddafi was proclaimed premier of Libya.
1973 President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1976 Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald Ford in San Francisco.
1978 Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1991 The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expired, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1992 The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.
2001 Wikipedia went online.
2004 The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.
2005 A military court at Fort Hood, Texas, sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
2005 Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president.
2007 Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, were executed by hanging in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1951
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Thing - Phil Harris
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow
1959
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
My Happiness - Connie Francis
City Lights - Ray Price
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Good Thing - Paul Revere & The Raiders
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John
You’re the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
Junior’s Farm/Sally G - Paul McCartney & Wings
Ruby, Baby - Billy "Crash" Craddock
1983
Down Under - Men at Work
The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson /Paul McCartney
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
I Can’t Even Get the Blues - Reba McEntire
1991
Justify My Love - Madonna
High Enough - Damn Yankees
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.
Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
Today's Birthdays
1622 Jean Baptiste Moliere (Poquelin), playwright (Don Juan) died Feb 17, 1673
1892 Rex Ingram (Hitchcock), writer/director (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) died July 21, 1950
1906 Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, died Mar 15, 1975
1908 Edward Teller, physicist (father of the hydrogen bomb) died Sep 9, 2003
1909 Gene Krupa, drummer/bandleader (Sing Sing Sing) died Oct 6, 1973
1913 Lloyd Bridges, actor (Sea Hunt, Airplane! series) died Mar 10, 1998
1926 Maria Schell (Margarete Schell), actress (Voyage of the Damned) died Apr 26, 2005
1929 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reverend/civil rights leader, killed Apr 4, 1968
1937 Margaret O’Brien (Angela Maxine O'Brien), actress (Meet Me in St. Louis)
1941 Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), singer (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)
1948 Ronnie Van Zandt, singer/songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) killed in plane crash Oct 20, 1977
1951 Martha Davis, singer (The Motels)
1957 Mario Van Peebles, actor/director (Heartbreak Ridge, Posse, New Jack City)
1959 Peter Trewavas, bassist (Marillion)
1960 Kelly Asbury, director (Shrek 2)
1965 Adam Jones, guitarist (Tool)
1967 Lisa Lisa, singer (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
1968 Chad Lowe, actor (Life Goes On)
1971 Regina King, actress (Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire, Enemy of the State)
1978 Eddie Cahill, actor (Miracle, CSI: NY)
1979 Drew Brees, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints)
Today's Deaths in History
1947 Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," is found murdered at 22
1968 Bill Masterton, NHL center (Minnesota North Stars) dies at 29 from head wounds received during a game
1983 Meyer Lansky, Russian-born gangster, dies at 80
1987 Ray Bolger, actor/singer/dancer (The Wizard of Oz) dies at 83
1992 Dee Murray, bassist (Elton John) dies at 45
1993 Sammy Cahn, songwriter (Three Coins in the Fountain) dies at 78
1994 Harry Nilsson, musician (Everybody's Talkin', Coconut) dies at 52
1996 Les Baxter, musician/composer (Unchained Melody) dies at 73
1996 Minnesota Fats, billiards champion, dies at 82
1998 Junior Wells, blues harmonica/singer, dies at 63
2001 Ted Mann, screenwriter/theater owner (Mann's Chinese) dies at 84
2003 Doris Fisher, singer/songwriter (You Always Hurt the One You Love) dies at 87
2005 Dan Lee, animator (Finding Nemo) dies at 35
2005 Ruth Warrick, actress (Citizen Kane) dies at 89
2007 James Hillier, inventor (electron microscope) dies at 91
2008 Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, game designer (Star Wars video games) dies at 43
2008 Brad Renfro, actor (The Client) dies at 25 of a heroin OD
Today in History
1559 England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1777 New Connecticut, which later became the state of Vermont, declared its independence from Great Britain.
1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris went before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1844 The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
1870 The Democratic Party was represented as a donkey in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly.
1889 The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892 The rules of basketball were published for the first time, in Springfield, Mass.
1908 The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women.
1919 A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
1943 The Pentagon, the world's largest office building, was dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
1947 The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short, aka "The Black Dahlia," was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California.
1967 The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the first Super Bowl.
1970 Muammar al-Qaddafi was proclaimed premier of Libya.
1973 President Richard Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
1976 Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald Ford in San Francisco.
1978 Serial killer Ted Bundy murdered two students in a sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
1991 The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expired, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1992 The Yugoslav federation effectively collapsed as the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia.
2001 Wikipedia went online.
2004 The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars.
2005 A military court at Fort Hood, Texas, sentenced Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. to 10 years behind bars for physically and sexually mistreating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
2005 Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president.
2007 Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, were executed by hanging in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1951
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Thing - Phil Harris
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow
1959
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
My Happiness - Connie Francis
City Lights - Ray Price
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Good Thing - Paul Revere & The Raiders
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John
You’re the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
Junior’s Farm/Sally G - Paul McCartney & Wings
Ruby, Baby - Billy "Crash" Craddock
1983
Down Under - Men at Work
The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson /Paul McCartney
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
I Can’t Even Get the Blues - Reba McEntire
1991
Justify My Love - Madonna
High Enough - Damn Yankees
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.
Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
Today in History - Jan 16th
Today's Birthdays
1909 Ethel Merman (Zimmerman), singer/actress (There’s No Business Like Show Business) died Feb 15, 1984
1910 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) died July 17, 1974
1921 Francesco Scavullo, glamour photographer, died Jan 6, 2004
1932 Dian Fossey, zoologist (gorillas) died Dec 27, 1985
1933 Susan Sontag, writer (The New Yorker) died Dec 28, 2004
1934 Marilyn Horne, opera singer (Carmen Jones)
1935 A.J. (Anthony Joseph) Foyt, Indy car driver
1937 Bob Bogle (Robert Lenard Bogle), guitarist/bassist (The Ventures)
1938 Lou Angotti, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1942 Bill Francis, keyboardist/singer (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
1944 Jim Stafford, singer (Spiders and Snakes, Wildwood Weed, My Girl Bill)
1946 Ronnie Milsap, country singer (It Was Almost Like a Song)
1946 Dr. Laura Schlessinger, radio talk show host
1948 John Carpenter, writer/director (Prince of Darkness, Starman, Halloween)
1950 Debbie Allen, dancer/actress (Fame)
1959 Sade (Helen Folasade Adu), singer (Diamond Life, Promise, Stronger than Pride)
1961 Paul Raven, bassist (Killing Joke) died Oct 20, 2007
1961 Jill Sobule, singer/songwriter (I Kissed a Girl, Supermodel)
1962 Paul Webb, bassist (Talk Talk)
1966 Maxine Jones, R&B singer (En Vogue)
1968 David Chokachi, actor (Baywatch)
1969 Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin), black metal vocalist (Mayhem) died Apr 8, 1991
1970 Brendan O'Hare, drummer (Teenage Fanclub)
1974 Kate Moss, supermodel
1975 Gillian Iliana Waters, actress (Xena: Warrior Princess)
1979 Aaliyah, singer (Age Ain't Nothing But a Number) died Aug 25, 2001
1979 Jason Ward, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1980 Albert Pujols, MLB 1st baseman (St Louis Cardinals)
1981 Nick Valensi, guitarist (The Strokes)
1989 Yvonne Zima, actress (Rachel)
Today's Deaths in History
1936 Albert Fish, serial killer (Werewolf of Wysteria) is executed at 65
1942 Carole Lombard, actress (MY Man Godfrey) dies at 33 in a plane crash
1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, dies at 89
1972 David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian), actor/musician (The Chipmunk Song) dies at 52
1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (The Addams Family) dies at 46
1982 Red Smith, sports columnist (Milwaukee Sentinel, St. Louis Journal) dies at 76
1997 Ennis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, is murdered at 27
2000 Will "Dub" Jones, singer (The Coasters) dies at 71
2002 Carl "Bobo" Olson, "The Hawaiian Swede," middleweight boxing champion, dies at 73
2002 Ron Taylor, actor (The Simpsons) dies at 49
2007 Ron Carey, actor (Barney Miller) dies at 71
2007 Benny Parsons, NASCAR driver/commentator, dies at 65
Today in History
1547 Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
1581 The English Parliament outlawed Roman Catholicism.
1777 Vermont declared its independence from New York.
1883 The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, was passed.
1909 Ernest Shackleton's expedition found the magnetic South Pole.
1919 The United States ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
1920 Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect.
1938 A famous jazz concert by the Benny Goodman Orchestra and special guests took place at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the first jazz performance in that venue.
1944 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1945 Adolf Hitler moved into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1964 The musical Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
1969 Two manned Soviet Soyuz spaceships became the first vehicles to dock in space and transfer personnel.
1970 Buckminster Fuller received the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
1973 The final first-run episode of the long-running western Bonanza aired on NBC.
1979 The Shah of Iran fled Iran with his family and relocated to Egypt.
1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after making a racist comment.
1989 Three days of rioting erupted in Miami when a police officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger.
1991 The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
1992 The government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war that had killed at least 75,000 people.
2001 Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was killed in a shooting at his home.
2001 President Bill Clinton awarded former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
2002 The UN Security Council unanimously established an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
2003 The space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven blasted off from Cape Canaveral; the shuttle broke up during its return descent on Feb. 1, killing everyone on board.
2004 Pop star Michael Jackson pleaded innocent to child molestation charges in Santa Maria, CA; charges were later re-filed and Jackson was acquitted.
2006 Africa's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was sworn in as Liberia's president.
2007 Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., launched his successful bid for the White House.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Undecided - The Ames Brothers
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1960
Why - Frankie Avalon
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddie Cannon
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
Woman, Woman - The Union Gap
For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard
1976
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross
Fox on the Run - Sweet
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1984
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Slow Burn - T.G. Sheppard
Quote of the Day
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Arthur C. Clarke, physicist & science fiction author (1917 - 2008)
Today's Birthdays
1909 Ethel Merman (Zimmerman), singer/actress (There’s No Business Like Show Business) died Feb 15, 1984
1910 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) died July 17, 1974
1921 Francesco Scavullo, glamour photographer, died Jan 6, 2004
1932 Dian Fossey, zoologist (gorillas) died Dec 27, 1985
1933 Susan Sontag, writer (The New Yorker) died Dec 28, 2004
1934 Marilyn Horne, opera singer (Carmen Jones)
1935 A.J. (Anthony Joseph) Foyt, Indy car driver
1937 Bob Bogle (Robert Lenard Bogle), guitarist/bassist (The Ventures)
1938 Lou Angotti, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1942 Bill Francis, keyboardist/singer (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
1944 Jim Stafford, singer (Spiders and Snakes, Wildwood Weed, My Girl Bill)
1946 Ronnie Milsap, country singer (It Was Almost Like a Song)
1946 Dr. Laura Schlessinger, radio talk show host
1948 John Carpenter, writer/director (Prince of Darkness, Starman, Halloween)
1950 Debbie Allen, dancer/actress (Fame)
1959 Sade (Helen Folasade Adu), singer (Diamond Life, Promise, Stronger than Pride)
1961 Paul Raven, bassist (Killing Joke) died Oct 20, 2007
1961 Jill Sobule, singer/songwriter (I Kissed a Girl, Supermodel)
1962 Paul Webb, bassist (Talk Talk)
1966 Maxine Jones, R&B singer (En Vogue)
1968 David Chokachi, actor (Baywatch)
1969 Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin), black metal vocalist (Mayhem) died Apr 8, 1991
1970 Brendan O'Hare, drummer (Teenage Fanclub)
1974 Kate Moss, supermodel
1975 Gillian Iliana Waters, actress (Xena: Warrior Princess)
1979 Aaliyah, singer (Age Ain't Nothing But a Number) died Aug 25, 2001
1979 Jason Ward, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1980 Albert Pujols, MLB 1st baseman (St Louis Cardinals)
1981 Nick Valensi, guitarist (The Strokes)
1989 Yvonne Zima, actress (Rachel)
Today's Deaths in History
1936 Albert Fish, serial killer (Werewolf of Wysteria) is executed at 65
1942 Carole Lombard, actress (MY Man Godfrey) dies at 33 in a plane crash
1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, dies at 89
1972 David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian), actor/musician (The Chipmunk Song) dies at 52
1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (The Addams Family) dies at 46
1982 Red Smith, sports columnist (Milwaukee Sentinel, St. Louis Journal) dies at 76
1997 Ennis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, is murdered at 27
2000 Will "Dub" Jones, singer (The Coasters) dies at 71
2002 Carl "Bobo" Olson, "The Hawaiian Swede," middleweight boxing champion, dies at 73
2002 Ron Taylor, actor (The Simpsons) dies at 49
2007 Ron Carey, actor (Barney Miller) dies at 71
2007 Benny Parsons, NASCAR driver/commentator, dies at 65
Today in History
1547 Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
1581 The English Parliament outlawed Roman Catholicism.
1777 Vermont declared its independence from New York.
1883 The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, was passed.
1909 Ernest Shackleton's expedition found the magnetic South Pole.
1919 The United States ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
1920 Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect.
1938 A famous jazz concert by the Benny Goodman Orchestra and special guests took place at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the first jazz performance in that venue.
1944 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1945 Adolf Hitler moved into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1964 The musical Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
1969 Two manned Soviet Soyuz spaceships became the first vehicles to dock in space and transfer personnel.
1970 Buckminster Fuller received the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
1973 The final first-run episode of the long-running western Bonanza aired on NBC.
1979 The Shah of Iran fled Iran with his family and relocated to Egypt.
1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after making a racist comment.
1989 Three days of rioting erupted in Miami when a police officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger.
1991 The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
1992 The government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war that had killed at least 75,000 people.
2001 Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was killed in a shooting at his home.
2001 President Bill Clinton awarded former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
2002 The UN Security Council unanimously established an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
2003 The space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven blasted off from Cape Canaveral; the shuttle broke up during its return descent on Feb. 1, killing everyone on board.
2004 Pop star Michael Jackson pleaded innocent to child molestation charges in Santa Maria, CA; charges were later re-filed and Jackson was acquitted.
2006 Africa's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was sworn in as Liberia's president.
2007 Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., launched his successful bid for the White House.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Undecided - The Ames Brothers
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1960
Why - Frankie Avalon
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Freddie Cannon
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
Woman, Woman - The Union Gap
For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard
1976
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross
Fox on the Run - Sweet
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1984
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Slow Burn - T.G. Sheppard
Quote of the Day
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Arthur C. Clarke, physicist & science fiction author (1917 - 2008)
Today in History - Jan 17th
Today's Birthdays
1706 Benjamin Franklin, statesman/author/publisher/scientist/inventor, died Apr 17, 1790
1820 Anne Brontë, British author (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) died May 28, 1849
1884 Mack Sennett (Mikall Sinnott), silent movie director (Tillie’s Punctured Romance) died Nov 5, 1960
1899 Al Capone, Chicago gangster (Prohibition era) died Jan 25, 1947
1908 Cus D'Amato, boxing manager (Floyd Patterson) died Nov 4, 1985
1922 Betty White, actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls)
1926 Moira Shearer, ballerina (The Red Shoes) died Jan 31, 2006
1927 Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Batman, Boomerang) died Dec 25, 2008
1928 Vidal Sassoon, cosmetologist
1929 Jacques Plante, Hockey Hall of Fame goalie (NY Rangers) died Feb 27, 1986
1931 James Earl Jones, actor (The Hunt for Red October, The Lion King, The Great White Hope)
1931 L. Douglas Wilder, 66th Governor of Virginia/first African-American governor
1932 Sheree North (Dawn Bethel), actress (Portrait of a Stripper) died Nov 4, 2005
1933 Shari Lewis (Hurwitz), puppeteer (The Shari Lewis Show) died Aug 2, 1998
1939 Maury Povich, TV talk show host (A Current Affair, The Maury Povich Show)
1942 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), world heavyweight boxing champion
1945 William Hart, R&B singer (The Delfonics)
1948 Mick Taylor, singer/rhythm guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
1949 Andy Kaufman, actor/comedian (Taxi, Andy’s Funhouse) died May 16, 1984
1953 Sheila Hutchinson, R&B singer (The Emotions)
1954 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/environmental activist
1955 Steve Earle, songwriter/singer/guitarist
1956 Paul Young, singer (Everytime You Go Away)
1957 John Crawford, singer/basssit (Berlin)
1957 Steve Harvey, actor/comedian
1959 Susanna Hoffs, singer/guitarist (The Bangles)
1961 Brian Helgeland, writer/film director (LA Confidential, Knight's Tale)
1962 Dunc, board member
1962 Jim Carrey, actor/comedian (The Mask, Ace Ventura series, Dumb & Dumber, The Cable Guy, The Truman Show)
1964 Andy Rourke, bassist (The Smiths)
1964 Michelle Obama, wife of President-elect Barack Obama
1966 Joshua Malina, actor (The West Wing, Sports Night)
1969 Naveen Andrews, actor (Lost, The English Patient)
1970 Jeremy Roenick, NHL center (San Jose Sharks)
1971 Kid Rock, rapper/singer
1973 Aaron Ward, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1975 Freddy Rodriguez, actor (Six Feet Under, Grindhouse, Ugly Betty)
1980 Zooey Deschanel, actress (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Big Trouble)
1982 Dwayne Wade, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
Today's Deaths in History
1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, dies at 70
1927 Juliette Gordon Low, founder (Girl Scouts) dies at 66
1964 T.H. White, English author (The Once and Future King) dies at 57
1977 Gary Gilmore, convicted murderer, is executed at 36
2003 Richard Crenna, actor (First Blood, The Flamingo Kid) dies at 76
2004 Ray Stark, stage/film producer (The Way We Were, Funny Lady) dies at 88
2004 Noble Willingham, actor (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Good Morning Vietnam) dies at 72
2005 Virginia Mayo, actress (The Best Years of Our Lives) dies at 84
2005 Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, dies at 85
2007 Art Buchwald, humorist/author (The Washington Post) dies at 81
2008 Ernie Holmes, NFL defensive lineman (Pittsburgh Steelers) dies at 59
2008 Allan Melvin, actor (The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, Gomer Pyle USMC) dies at 84
2008 Bobby Fischer, recluse/chess champion, dies at 64
Today in History
1562 French Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.
1605 Don Quixote was first published.
1773 Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
1806 Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha, gave birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House.
1893 Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard received its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1917 The United States paid Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1929 Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, first appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
1945 Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II.
1945 The Nazis began the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces closed in.
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
1946 The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.
1949 The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first aired.
1961 In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."
1966 A B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.
1984 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the private use of home video cassette recorders to tape TV programs did not violate federal copyright laws.
1985 British Telecom announced the retirement of the United Kingdom's red telephone boxes.
1991 Operation Desert Storm began early in the morning as Iraq fired eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
1994 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Southern California, killing at least 61 people and causing $20 billion worth of damage.
1995 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, Japan; more than 6,000 people were killed.
1997 A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.
1997 Israel handed over Hebron to the Palestinians, ending 30 years of occupation of the West Bank city.
1998 President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit when he answered questions from lawyers for Paula Jones, who had accused Clinton of sexual harassment.
2001 Faced with an electricity crisis, California used rolling blackouts to cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people.
2006 The Supreme Court protected Oregon's assisted-suicide law, ruling that doctors there who helped terminally ill patients die could not be arrested under federal drug laws.
2007 The Doomsday Clock was set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
Midnight - Red Foley
1961
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes & the Temptations
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Car Wash - Rose Royce
You Never Miss a Really Good Thing (‘Til He Says Goodbye) – Crystal Gayle
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
All I Need - Jack Wagner
You’re the Inspiration - Chicago
The Best Year of My Life - Eddie Rabbitt
Quote of the Day
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
Unknown
Today's Birthdays
1706 Benjamin Franklin, statesman/author/publisher/scientist/inventor, died Apr 17, 1790
1820 Anne Brontë, British author (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) died May 28, 1849
1884 Mack Sennett (Mikall Sinnott), silent movie director (Tillie’s Punctured Romance) died Nov 5, 1960
1899 Al Capone, Chicago gangster (Prohibition era) died Jan 25, 1947
1908 Cus D'Amato, boxing manager (Floyd Patterson) died Nov 4, 1985
1922 Betty White, actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls)
1926 Moira Shearer, ballerina (The Red Shoes) died Jan 31, 2006
1927 Eartha Kitt, singer/actress (Batman, Boomerang) died Dec 25, 2008
1928 Vidal Sassoon, cosmetologist
1929 Jacques Plante, Hockey Hall of Fame goalie (NY Rangers) died Feb 27, 1986
1931 James Earl Jones, actor (The Hunt for Red October, The Lion King, The Great White Hope)
1931 L. Douglas Wilder, 66th Governor of Virginia/first African-American governor
1932 Sheree North (Dawn Bethel), actress (Portrait of a Stripper) died Nov 4, 2005
1933 Shari Lewis (Hurwitz), puppeteer (The Shari Lewis Show) died Aug 2, 1998
1939 Maury Povich, TV talk show host (A Current Affair, The Maury Povich Show)
1942 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), world heavyweight boxing champion
1945 William Hart, R&B singer (The Delfonics)
1948 Mick Taylor, singer/rhythm guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
1949 Andy Kaufman, actor/comedian (Taxi, Andy’s Funhouse) died May 16, 1984
1953 Sheila Hutchinson, R&B singer (The Emotions)
1954 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/environmental activist
1955 Steve Earle, songwriter/singer/guitarist
1956 Paul Young, singer (Everytime You Go Away)
1957 John Crawford, singer/basssit (Berlin)
1957 Steve Harvey, actor/comedian
1959 Susanna Hoffs, singer/guitarist (The Bangles)
1961 Brian Helgeland, writer/film director (LA Confidential, Knight's Tale)
1962 Dunc, board member
1962 Jim Carrey, actor/comedian (The Mask, Ace Ventura series, Dumb & Dumber, The Cable Guy, The Truman Show)
1964 Andy Rourke, bassist (The Smiths)
1964 Michelle Obama, wife of President-elect Barack Obama
1966 Joshua Malina, actor (The West Wing, Sports Night)
1969 Naveen Andrews, actor (Lost, The English Patient)
1970 Jeremy Roenick, NHL center (San Jose Sharks)
1971 Kid Rock, rapper/singer
1973 Aaron Ward, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1975 Freddy Rodriguez, actor (Six Feet Under, Grindhouse, Ugly Betty)
1980 Zooey Deschanel, actress (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Big Trouble)
1982 Dwayne Wade, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
Today's Deaths in History
1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States, dies at 70
1927 Juliette Gordon Low, founder (Girl Scouts) dies at 66
1964 T.H. White, English author (The Once and Future King) dies at 57
1977 Gary Gilmore, convicted murderer, is executed at 36
2003 Richard Crenna, actor (First Blood, The Flamingo Kid) dies at 76
2004 Ray Stark, stage/film producer (The Way We Were, Funny Lady) dies at 88
2004 Noble Willingham, actor (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Good Morning Vietnam) dies at 72
2005 Virginia Mayo, actress (The Best Years of Our Lives) dies at 84
2005 Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China, dies at 85
2007 Art Buchwald, humorist/author (The Washington Post) dies at 81
2008 Ernie Holmes, NFL defensive lineman (Pittsburgh Steelers) dies at 59
2008 Allan Melvin, actor (The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, Gomer Pyle USMC) dies at 84
2008 Bobby Fischer, recluse/chess champion, dies at 64
Today in History
1562 French Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.
1605 Don Quixote was first published.
1773 Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
1806 Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha, gave birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House.
1893 Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard received its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1917 The United States paid Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1929 Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, first appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
1945 Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II.
1945 The Nazis began the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces closed in.
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
1946 The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.
1949 The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first aired.
1961 In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."
1966 A B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1977 Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was shot by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. execution in a decade.
1984 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the private use of home video cassette recorders to tape TV programs did not violate federal copyright laws.
1985 British Telecom announced the retirement of the United Kingdom's red telephone boxes.
1991 Operation Desert Storm began early in the morning as Iraq fired eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
1994 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Southern California, killing at least 61 people and causing $20 billion worth of damage.
1995 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, Japan; more than 6,000 people were killed.
1997 A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.
1997 Israel handed over Hebron to the Palestinians, ending 30 years of occupation of the West Bank city.
1998 President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit when he answered questions from lawyers for Paula Jones, who had accused Clinton of sexual harassment.
2001 Faced with an electricity crisis, California used rolling blackouts to cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people.
2006 The Supreme Court protected Oregon's assisted-suicide law, ruling that doctors there who helped terminally ill patients die could not be arrested under federal drug laws.
2007 The Doomsday Clock was set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
Midnight - Red Foley
1961
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes & the Temptations
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Car Wash - Rose Royce
You Never Miss a Really Good Thing (‘Til He Says Goodbye) – Crystal Gayle
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
All I Need - Jack Wagner
You’re the Inspiration - Chicago
The Best Year of My Life - Eddie Rabbitt
Quote of the Day
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
Unknown
Today in History - Jan 18th
Today's Birthdays
1779 Peter Roget, lexicographer (Roget's thesaurus) died Sep 12, 1869
1782 Daniel Webster, statesman/lawyer, died Oct 24, 1852
1882 A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, author (Winnie the Pooh series) died Jan 31, 1956
1892 Oliver (Norvell) Hardy, comedian/actor (Laurel & Hardy) died Aug 7, 1957
1904 Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach), actor (The Philadelphia Story) died Nov 29, 1986
1913 Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski), comedian/dancer/singer/actor (White Christmas) died Mar 3, 1987
1933 Ray Dolby, inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
1941 Bobby Goldsboro, singer (Honey, Watching Scotty Grow)
1941 David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin), lead singer (The Temptations) died June 1, 1991
1953 Brett Hudson, singer/comedian (Hudson Brothers)
1955 Kevin Costner, actor (Field of Dreams, The Untouchables, Dances with Wolves)
1956 Tom Bailey, English singer (Thompson Twins)
1961 Mark Messier, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers)
1962 Alison Arngrim, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1964 Jane Horrocks, actress (Absolutely Fabulous, Little Voice)
1965 Dave Attell, comedian
1969 Jesse L. Martin, actor (Law & Order)
1969 Jim O'Rourke, musician/producer (Wilco)
1971 Jonathan Davis, singer (Korn)
1974 Maulik Pancholy, actor (Weeds, 30 Rock)
1976 Derek Richardson, actor (Men in Trees)
1980 Jason Segel, actor (How I Met Your Mother, Freaks and Geeks)
1983 Samantha Mumba, actress/singer (The Time Machine)
Today's Deaths in History
1862 John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, dies at 71
1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Jungle Book) dies at 70
1952 Curly Howard, actor/comedian (Three Stooges) dies at 48
1954 Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon) dies at 74
1967 Goose Tatum, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) dies at 45
1997 Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator (D-Mass) dies at 55
2001 Al Waxman, actor (Cagney & Lacey) dies at 65
2005 Lamont Bentley, actor (Moesha, Tales from the Hood) dies at 31
2007 Brent Liles, bassist (Agent Orange, Social Distortion) dies at 43
2008 Georgia Frontiere, NFL team owner (St. Louis Rams) dies at 80
Today in History
1778 English navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the Sandwich Islands.
1788 The first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.
1871 William I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in Versailles, France.
1886 Modern field hockey was born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
1896 The X-ray machine was exhibited for the first time.
1911 The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor.
1919 The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.
1919 Bentley Motors Limited was founded.
1943 The Soviets announced that they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
1958 Willie O'Ree, the first African-Canadian National Hockey League player, made his NHL debut.
1967 Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Mass., of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses.
1977 Scientists identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
1990 A jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting; he was later convicted of a misdemeanor.
1991 Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business.
1993 The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.
1998 Matt Drudge broke the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.
2005 The world's largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.
2007 Hurricane Kyrill killed 14 people in the United Kingdom, 13 in Germany, and a total of at least 44 across 20 countries in Western Europe.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
It Might as Well Be Spring - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
You Will Have to Pay - Tex Ritter
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing Partners - Patti Page
Secret Love - Doris Day
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Venus - The Shocking Blue
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Baby, Baby (I Know You’re a Lady) - David Houston
1978
Baby Come Back - Player
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
1986
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Talk to Me - Stevie Nicks
Burning Heart - Survivor
Bop - Dan Seals
Quote of the Day
People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
E. B. White, author & humorist (1899 - 1985)
Today's Birthdays
1779 Peter Roget, lexicographer (Roget's thesaurus) died Sep 12, 1869
1782 Daniel Webster, statesman/lawyer, died Oct 24, 1852
1882 A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, author (Winnie the Pooh series) died Jan 31, 1956
1892 Oliver (Norvell) Hardy, comedian/actor (Laurel & Hardy) died Aug 7, 1957
1904 Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach), actor (The Philadelphia Story) died Nov 29, 1986
1913 Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski), comedian/dancer/singer/actor (White Christmas) died Mar 3, 1987
1933 Ray Dolby, inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
1941 Bobby Goldsboro, singer (Honey, Watching Scotty Grow)
1941 David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin), lead singer (The Temptations) died June 1, 1991
1953 Brett Hudson, singer/comedian (Hudson Brothers)
1955 Kevin Costner, actor (Field of Dreams, The Untouchables, Dances with Wolves)
1956 Tom Bailey, English singer (Thompson Twins)
1961 Mark Messier, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers)
1962 Alison Arngrim, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1964 Jane Horrocks, actress (Absolutely Fabulous, Little Voice)
1965 Dave Attell, comedian
1969 Jesse L. Martin, actor (Law & Order)
1969 Jim O'Rourke, musician/producer (Wilco)
1971 Jonathan Davis, singer (Korn)
1974 Maulik Pancholy, actor (Weeds, 30 Rock)
1976 Derek Richardson, actor (Men in Trees)
1980 Jason Segel, actor (How I Met Your Mother, Freaks and Geeks)
1983 Samantha Mumba, actress/singer (The Time Machine)
Today's Deaths in History
1862 John Tyler, 10th President of the United States, dies at 71
1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Jungle Book) dies at 70
1952 Curly Howard, actor/comedian (Three Stooges) dies at 48
1954 Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon) dies at 74
1967 Goose Tatum, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) dies at 45
1997 Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator (D-Mass) dies at 55
2001 Al Waxman, actor (Cagney & Lacey) dies at 65
2005 Lamont Bentley, actor (Moesha, Tales from the Hood) dies at 31
2007 Brent Liles, bassist (Agent Orange, Social Distortion) dies at 43
2008 Georgia Frontiere, NFL team owner (St. Louis Rams) dies at 80
Today in History
1778 English navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the Sandwich Islands.
1788 The first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.
1871 William I of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor in Versailles, France.
1886 Modern field hockey was born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
1896 The X-ray machine was exhibited for the first time.
1911 The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor.
1919 The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.
1919 Bentley Motors Limited was founded.
1943 The Soviets announced that they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
1958 Willie O'Ree, the first African-Canadian National Hockey League player, made his NHL debut.
1967 Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Mass., of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses.
1977 Scientists identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
1990 A jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting; he was later convicted of a misdemeanor.
1991 Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business.
1993 The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.
1998 Matt Drudge broke the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.
2005 The world's largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.
2007 Hurricane Kyrill killed 14 people in the United Kingdom, 13 in Germany, and a total of at least 44 across 20 countries in Western Europe.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
It Might as Well Be Spring - The Sammy Kaye Orchestra (vocal: Billy Williams)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
You Will Have to Pay - Tex Ritter
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Changing Partners - Patti Page
Secret Love - Doris Day
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Venus - The Shocking Blue
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Baby, Baby (I Know You’re a Lady) - David Houston
1978
Baby Come Back - Player
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
1986
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Talk to Me - Stevie Nicks
Burning Heart - Survivor
Bop - Dan Seals
Quote of the Day
People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
E. B. White, author & humorist (1899 - 1985)
Today in History - Jan 19th
Today's Birthdays
1736 James Watt, inventor (condensing steam engine) died Aug 19, 1819
1807 Robert E. (Edward) Lee, Confederate General, died Oct 12, 1870
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, author/poet (The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher) died Oct 7, 1849
1839 Paul Cézanne, French painter (Post-Impressionist) died Oct 22, 1906
1908 Merwyn Bogue (Ish Kabibble) comic singer (Three Little Fishies) died June 5, 1994
1913 "Minnesota Fats" (Rudolph Walter Wanderone Jr.), billiards champion, died Jan 15, 1996
1923 Jean Stapleton (Murray), actress (All in the Family, Michael)
1926 Fritz Weaver, actor (Marathon Man, Black Sunday)
1931 Tippi (Natalie) Hedren, actress (The Birds, Harrad Experiment)
1931 Robert MacNeil, broadcast journalist (The MacNeil/Lehrer Report)
1939 Phil Everly, singer (The Everly Brothers)
1942 Michael Crawford (Dumble-Smith), actor/singer (The Phantom of the Opera)
1943 Janis Joplin, singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) died Oct 4, 1970
1944 Shelley Fabares, singer (Johnny Angel)
1946 Dolly Parton, songwriter/singer/actress (9-to-5, Steel Magnolias)
1947 Rod Evans, singer (Deep Purple)
1948 Harvey Hinsley, guitarist (Hot Chocolate)
1949 Robert Palmer, singer (Sneakin’ Sally through the Alley, Addicted to Love) died Sep 26, 2003
1951 Martha Davis, singer (The Motels)
1952 Dewey Bunnell, singer/songwriter (America)
1953 Desi Arnaz Jr., entertainer/singer/Lucille Ball's son
1953 Larry Goodenough, hockey defenseman (Richmond Robins, Philadelphia Flyers)
1955 Paul Rodriguez, comedian/actor (Quicksilver, Rat Race)
1957 Mickey Virtue, keyboardist (UB40)
1957 Katey Sagal, actress (Married...With Children)
1961 Paul McCrane, actor (Fame, RoboCop, The Shawshank Redemption, ER)
1961 William Ragsdale, actor (Fright Night, Herman's Head)
1963 Caron Wheeler, singer (Soul II Soul)
1963 Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter (20/20)
1968 Whitfield Crane, singer (Ugly Kid Joe)
1969 Junior Seau, NFL linebacker (New England Patriots)
1971 Eric Mangini, NFL head coach (Cleveland Browns)
1971 Shawn Wayans, comedian/actor (Little Man, White Chicks)
1971 John Wozniak, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Marcy Playground)
1972 Drea de Matteo, actress (The Sopranos, Joey)
1974 Ian Laperrière, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1974 Frank Caliendo, comedian/impressionist (Frank TV, Fox NFL Sunday)
1976 Marsha Thomason, actress (Las Vegas, Lost)
1982 Jodie Sweetin, actress (Full House)
1992 Shawn Johnson, Olympic gymnast
Today's Deaths in History
1729 William Congreve, English playwright (Love for Love) dies at 58
1851 Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian writer (The Slaughterhouse) dies at 45
1980 William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 81
1984 Max Bentley, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers) dies at 63
1991 John Russell, actor/U.S. Marine (Rio Bravo) dies at 70
1996 Don Simpson, film producer (Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun) dies at 52
1998 Carl Perkins, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (Blue Suede Shoes) dies at 65
2000 Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (Samson and Delilah) dies at 86
2006 Wilson Pickett, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer (Mustang Sally, In the Midnight Hour) dies at 64
2006 Anthony Franciosa, actor (The Pleasure Seekers, The Drowning Pool) dies at 77
2007 Denny Doherty, singer (The Mamas and the Papas) dies at 66
2008 John Stewart, singer (The Kingston Trio) dies at 68
2008 Suzanne Pleshette, actress (The Bob Newhart Show) dies at 70
Today in History
1853 Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premiered in Rome.
1861 Georgia seceded from the Union.
1915 Georges Claude patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1920 The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations.
1944 The federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads after settling a wage dispute.
1946 General Douglas MacArthur established the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1953 68% of all television sets in the United States were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1955 A presidential news conference was filmed for TV for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1966 Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
1970 President Richard Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; the nomination was later defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views.
1977 President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, aka "Tokyo Rose."
1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany left VW's plant in Emden; Beetle production in Latin America continued until 2003.
1979 Former Attorney General John Mitchell was released on parole after serving 19 months in federal prison for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 The United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was arrested in Bolivia.
1983 The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, was announced.
1997 Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first time in more than 30 years, joining 60,000 Palestinians in celebrating the handover of the last West Bank city in Israeli control.
1999 British Aerospace agreed to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems.
2001 In a deal sparing himself possible indictment, President Bill Clinton acknowledged for the first time making false statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky; he also surrendered his law license for five years.
2004 John Kerry won Iowa's Democratic presidential caucuses; Howard Dean, who finished third, delivered a fist-pumping, bellowing concession speech that was viewed as politically damaging.
2006 An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
A Gal in Calico - Johnny Mercer
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters
Make Yourself Comfortable - Sarah Vaughan
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Hotel Happiness - Brook Benton
Tell Him - The Exciters
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
My Sweet Lord/Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
Le Freak - Chic
My Life - Billy Joel
Lady Lay Down - John Conlee
1987
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
C’est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
Open Your Heart - Madonna
What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.
George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
Today's Birthdays
1736 James Watt, inventor (condensing steam engine) died Aug 19, 1819
1807 Robert E. (Edward) Lee, Confederate General, died Oct 12, 1870
1809 Edgar Allan Poe, author/poet (The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher) died Oct 7, 1849
1839 Paul Cézanne, French painter (Post-Impressionist) died Oct 22, 1906
1908 Merwyn Bogue (Ish Kabibble) comic singer (Three Little Fishies) died June 5, 1994
1913 "Minnesota Fats" (Rudolph Walter Wanderone Jr.), billiards champion, died Jan 15, 1996
1923 Jean Stapleton (Murray), actress (All in the Family, Michael)
1926 Fritz Weaver, actor (Marathon Man, Black Sunday)
1931 Tippi (Natalie) Hedren, actress (The Birds, Harrad Experiment)
1931 Robert MacNeil, broadcast journalist (The MacNeil/Lehrer Report)
1939 Phil Everly, singer (The Everly Brothers)
1942 Michael Crawford (Dumble-Smith), actor/singer (The Phantom of the Opera)
1943 Janis Joplin, singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) died Oct 4, 1970
1944 Shelley Fabares, singer (Johnny Angel)
1946 Dolly Parton, songwriter/singer/actress (9-to-5, Steel Magnolias)
1947 Rod Evans, singer (Deep Purple)
1948 Harvey Hinsley, guitarist (Hot Chocolate)
1949 Robert Palmer, singer (Sneakin’ Sally through the Alley, Addicted to Love) died Sep 26, 2003
1951 Martha Davis, singer (The Motels)
1952 Dewey Bunnell, singer/songwriter (America)
1953 Desi Arnaz Jr., entertainer/singer/Lucille Ball's son
1953 Larry Goodenough, hockey defenseman (Richmond Robins, Philadelphia Flyers)
1955 Paul Rodriguez, comedian/actor (Quicksilver, Rat Race)
1957 Mickey Virtue, keyboardist (UB40)
1957 Katey Sagal, actress (Married...With Children)
1961 Paul McCrane, actor (Fame, RoboCop, The Shawshank Redemption, ER)
1961 William Ragsdale, actor (Fright Night, Herman's Head)
1963 Caron Wheeler, singer (Soul II Soul)
1963 Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter (20/20)
1968 Whitfield Crane, singer (Ugly Kid Joe)
1969 Junior Seau, NFL linebacker (New England Patriots)
1971 Eric Mangini, NFL head coach (Cleveland Browns)
1971 Shawn Wayans, comedian/actor (Little Man, White Chicks)
1971 John Wozniak, singer/songwriter/guitarist (Marcy Playground)
1972 Drea de Matteo, actress (The Sopranos, Joey)
1974 Ian Laperrière, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1974 Frank Caliendo, comedian/impressionist (Frank TV, Fox NFL Sunday)
1976 Marsha Thomason, actress (Las Vegas, Lost)
1982 Jodie Sweetin, actress (Full House)
1992 Shawn Johnson, Olympic gymnast
Today's Deaths in History
1729 William Congreve, English playwright (Love for Love) dies at 58
1851 Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian writer (The Slaughterhouse) dies at 45
1980 William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 81
1984 Max Bentley, Hockey Hall of Fame center (NY Rangers) dies at 63
1991 John Russell, actor/U.S. Marine (Rio Bravo) dies at 70
1996 Don Simpson, film producer (Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun) dies at 52
1998 Carl Perkins, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (Blue Suede Shoes) dies at 65
2000 Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (Samson and Delilah) dies at 86
2006 Wilson Pickett, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer (Mustang Sally, In the Midnight Hour) dies at 64
2006 Anthony Franciosa, actor (The Pleasure Seekers, The Drowning Pool) dies at 77
2007 Denny Doherty, singer (The Mamas and the Papas) dies at 66
2008 John Stewart, singer (The Kingston Trio) dies at 68
2008 Suzanne Pleshette, actress (The Bob Newhart Show) dies at 70
Today in History
1853 Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premiered in Rome.
1861 Georgia seceded from the Union.
1915 Georges Claude patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
1920 The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations.
1944 The federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads after settling a wage dispute.
1946 General Douglas MacArthur established the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
1953 68% of all television sets in the United States were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
1955 A presidential news conference was filmed for TV for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1966 Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
1970 President Richard Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; the nomination was later defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views.
1977 President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, aka "Tokyo Rose."
1978 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany left VW's plant in Emden; Beetle production in Latin America continued until 2003.
1979 Former Attorney General John Mitchell was released on parole after serving 19 months in federal prison for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 The United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was arrested in Bolivia.
1983 The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, was announced.
1997 Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first time in more than 30 years, joining 60,000 Palestinians in celebrating the handover of the last West Bank city in Israeli control.
1999 British Aerospace agreed to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems.
2001 In a deal sparing himself possible indictment, President Bill Clinton acknowledged for the first time making false statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky; he also surrendered his law license for five years.
2004 John Kerry won Iowa's Democratic presidential caucuses; Howard Dean, who finished third, delivered a fist-pumping, bellowing concession speech that was viewed as politically damaging.
2006 An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids)
A Gal in Calico - Johnny Mercer
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters
Make Yourself Comfortable - Sarah Vaughan
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Hotel Happiness - Brook Benton
Tell Him - The Exciters
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
My Sweet Lord/Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
Le Freak - Chic
My Life - Billy Joel
Lady Lay Down - John Conlee
1987
Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
C’est La Vie - Robbie Nevil
Open Your Heart - Madonna
What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.
George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
Today in History - Jan 20th
Today's Birthdays
1896 George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum), vaudevillian/comic/actor/entertainer, died March 9, 1996
1910 Joy Adamson (Gessner), naturalist/writer (Born Free) murdered Jan 3, 1980
1920 Federico Fellini, director/screenwriter (La Strada) died Oct 31, 1993
1920 DeForest Kelley, actor (Star Trek series) died June 11, 1999
1922 Ray Anthony (Antonini), bandleader (Dragnet, Peter Gunn themes)
1924 Slim Whitman, singer/songwriter (Indian Love Call)
1926 Patricia Neal, actress (Hud, Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
1929 Arte Johnson, actor/comedian (Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In)
1930 Buzz (Edwin) Aldrin Jr., astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
1931 Fireball (Edward) Roberts, NASCAR driver, died July 2, 1964
1941 Ron Townson, singer (The 5th Dimension) died Aug 2, 2001
1945 Eric Stewart, guitarist (Mindbenders, 10cc)
1946 David Lynch, director (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Dune, The Elephant Man)
1947 George Grantham, drummer (Poco)
1951 Ian Hill, bassist (Judas Priest)
1952 Paul Stanley (Eisen), guitarist/singer (Kiss)
1955 Wyatt Knight, actor (Porky's trilogy)
1956 Bill Maher, TV host/commentator (Politically Incorrect)
1958 Lorenzo Lamas, actor (Falcon Crest, Renegade)
1960 Scott Thunes, bassist (Frank Zappa)
1963 James Denton, actor (Desperate Housewives)
1965 John Michael Montgomery, country singer
1965 Greg K., bassist (The Offspring)
1966 Stacey Dash, actress (Clueless, Mo’ Money, Renaissance Man)
1966 Rainn Wilson, actor (The Office, Six Feet Under)
1966 Tracii Guns, guitarist (LA Guns)
1969 Melissa Rivers, TV host/comedienne (E! Academy Awards Preshow)
1970 Skeet Ulrich, actor (Scream, As Good as it Gets)
1970 Edwin McCain, singer/songwriter (Solitude)
1971 Derrick Green, singer (Sepultura)
1977 Sid Wilson, turntablist (Slipknot)
1979 Rob Bourdon, drummer (Linkin Park)
1980 Philippe Cousteau Jr., oceanographer/ grandson of Jacques Cousteau
1980 Matthew Tuck, guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)
1981 Crystal Lowe, actress (Snakes on a Plane, Final Destination 3)
Today's Deaths in History
1891 David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, dies at 54
1965 Alan Freed, disc jockey (Moondog) dies at 43
1984 Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic swimmer/actor (Tarzan films) dies at 79
1990 Barbara Stanwyck, actress (The Big Valley, Double Indemnity) dies at 82
1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany's) dies at 63
1996 Gerry Mulligan, jazz composer/saxophonist, dies at 68
1997 Curt Flood, MLB outfielder (St Louis Cardinals) dies at 59
2002 Carrie Hamilton, actress/singer /daughter of Carol Burnett, dies at 38
2003 Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist (The New York Times) dies at 99
2004 Guinn Smith, Olympic pole vaulter, dies at 83
Today in History
1801 John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.
1841 Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain.
1885 L.A. Thompson patented the roller coaster.
1887 The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union was founded.
1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, was released.
1942 Nazi officials arrived at a "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews, during a conference at Lake Wannsee in Berlin.
1961 John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States, the youngest man and first ever Roman Catholic to become President.
1981 Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States.
1981 Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days.
1986 The United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1986 Britain and France announced plans to build the Channel Tunnel.
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappeared in Beirut, Lebanon, while attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages.
1989 George H.W. Bush took the oath of office as the 41st U.S. president.
1991 Sudan's government imposed Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1993 Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.
1999 The China News Service announced new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.
2001 George W. Bush took the oath of office as the 43rd president of the United States.
2001 Hundreds of thousands of protesting Filipinos forced President Joseph Estrada to step down; Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn in as the new president.
2004 The Salvation Army announced it had received a $1.5 billion donation from the estate of Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.
2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the first African-American ever to hold the office.
Chart Toppers
1948
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
How Soon - Jack Owens
Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
Band of Gold - Don Cherry
Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
Forget Him - Bobby Rydell
Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
Carolyn - Merle Haggard
1980
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Cruisin’ - Smokey Robinson
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
1988
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Need You Tonight - INXS
One Friend - Dan Seals
Quote of the Day
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter, educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
Today's Birthdays
1896 George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum), vaudevillian/comic/actor/entertainer, died March 9, 1996
1910 Joy Adamson (Gessner), naturalist/writer (Born Free) murdered Jan 3, 1980
1920 Federico Fellini, director/screenwriter (La Strada) died Oct 31, 1993
1920 DeForest Kelley, actor (Star Trek series) died June 11, 1999
1922 Ray Anthony (Antonini), bandleader (Dragnet, Peter Gunn themes)
1924 Slim Whitman, singer/songwriter (Indian Love Call)
1926 Patricia Neal, actress (Hud, Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
1929 Arte Johnson, actor/comedian (Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In)
1930 Buzz (Edwin) Aldrin Jr., astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
1931 Fireball (Edward) Roberts, NASCAR driver, died July 2, 1964
1941 Ron Townson, singer (The 5th Dimension) died Aug 2, 2001
1945 Eric Stewart, guitarist (Mindbenders, 10cc)
1946 David Lynch, director (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Dune, The Elephant Man)
1947 George Grantham, drummer (Poco)
1951 Ian Hill, bassist (Judas Priest)
1952 Paul Stanley (Eisen), guitarist/singer (Kiss)
1955 Wyatt Knight, actor (Porky's trilogy)
1956 Bill Maher, TV host/commentator (Politically Incorrect)
1958 Lorenzo Lamas, actor (Falcon Crest, Renegade)
1960 Scott Thunes, bassist (Frank Zappa)
1963 James Denton, actor (Desperate Housewives)
1965 John Michael Montgomery, country singer
1965 Greg K., bassist (The Offspring)
1966 Stacey Dash, actress (Clueless, Mo’ Money, Renaissance Man)
1966 Rainn Wilson, actor (The Office, Six Feet Under)
1966 Tracii Guns, guitarist (LA Guns)
1969 Melissa Rivers, TV host/comedienne (E! Academy Awards Preshow)
1970 Skeet Ulrich, actor (Scream, As Good as it Gets)
1970 Edwin McCain, singer/songwriter (Solitude)
1971 Derrick Green, singer (Sepultura)
1977 Sid Wilson, turntablist (Slipknot)
1979 Rob Bourdon, drummer (Linkin Park)
1980 Philippe Cousteau Jr., oceanographer/ grandson of Jacques Cousteau
1980 Matthew Tuck, guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)
1981 Crystal Lowe, actress (Snakes on a Plane, Final Destination 3)
Today's Deaths in History
1891 David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, dies at 54
1965 Alan Freed, disc jockey (Moondog) dies at 43
1984 Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic swimmer/actor (Tarzan films) dies at 79
1990 Barbara Stanwyck, actress (The Big Valley, Double Indemnity) dies at 82
1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany's) dies at 63
1996 Gerry Mulligan, jazz composer/saxophonist, dies at 68
1997 Curt Flood, MLB outfielder (St Louis Cardinals) dies at 59
2002 Carrie Hamilton, actress/singer /daughter of Carol Burnett, dies at 38
2003 Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist (The New York Times) dies at 99
2004 Guinn Smith, Olympic pole vaulter, dies at 83
Today in History
1801 John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.
1841 Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain.
1885 L.A. Thompson patented the roller coaster.
1887 The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union was founded.
1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, was released.
1942 Nazi officials arrived at a "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews, during a conference at Lake Wannsee in Berlin.
1961 John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States, the youngest man and first ever Roman Catholic to become President.
1981 Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States.
1981 Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days.
1986 The United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1986 Britain and France announced plans to build the Channel Tunnel.
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappeared in Beirut, Lebanon, while attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages.
1989 George H.W. Bush took the oath of office as the 41st U.S. president.
1991 Sudan's government imposed Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1993 Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.
1999 The China News Service announced new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.
2001 George W. Bush took the oath of office as the 43rd president of the United States.
2001 Hundreds of thousands of protesting Filipinos forced President Joseph Estrada to step down; Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn in as the new president.
2004 The Salvation Army announced it had received a $1.5 billion donation from the estate of Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc.
2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the first African-American ever to hold the office.
Chart Toppers
1948
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
How Soon - Jack Owens
Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
Band of Gold - Don Cherry
Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
Forget Him - Bobby Rydell
Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
Carolyn - Merle Haggard
1980
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Cruisin’ - Smokey Robinson
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
1988
Got My Mind Set on You - George Harrison
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Need You Tonight - INXS
One Friend - Dan Seals
Quote of the Day
Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.
Laurence J. Peter, educator & writer (1919 - 1988)
Today in History - Jan 21st
Today's Birthdays
1824 Stonewall (Thomas) Jackson, Confederate General, died May 10, 1863
1887 Georges Vézina, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (Montreal Canadiens) died March 26, 1926
1905 Christian Dior, fashion designer, died Oct 24, 1957
1922 Telly (Aristotle) Savalas, actor (Kojak, The Dirty Dozen) died Jan 22, 1994
1922 Paul Scofield, English actor (A Man for All Seasons) died March 19, 2008
1924 Benny Hill, English actor/comedian, died Apr 18, 1992
1926 Steve Reeves, Mr. Universe/actor (Hercules) died May 1, 2000
1939 Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith), disc jockey/actor, died July 1, 1995
1940 Jack Nicklaus, golf champion
1941 Plácido Domingo, operatic tenor
1941 Richie Havens, singer (Here Comes the Sun)
1942 Edwin Starr, singer (War) died Apr 2, 2003
1942 Mac (Scott) Davis, singer/actor (North Dallas Forty)
1947 Jill Eikenberry, actress (L.A. Law, Arthur, The Manhattan Project)
1950 Billy Ocean, R&B singer (Caribbean Queen, There’ll Be Sad Songs)
1952 Billy ‘White Shoes’ Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1956 Robby Benson (Robin David Segal), actor (Ode to Billy Joe, One on One, Jeremy)
1956 Geena Davis, actress (The Accidental Tourist, Beetlejuice, Thelma and Louise)
1958 Michael Wincott, actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Crow)
1963 Hakeem Olajuwon, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1965 Jam Master Jay, disc jockey (Run-DMC) died Oct 30, 2002
1968 Charlotte Ross, actress (NYPD Blue)
1969 Karina Lombard, actress (The L Word, Legends of the Fall)
1970 Mark Trojanowski, drummer (Sister Hazel)
1970 Ken Leung, actor (Keeping the Faith, Lost)
1976 Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton, singer (Spice Girls)
1981 Izabella Miko, actress (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
1981 Dany Heatley, NHL forward (Ottawa Senators)
Today's Deaths in History
1901 Elisha Gray, inventor (prototype telephone) dies at 65
1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian revolutionary, dies at 54
1950 George Orwell, author (Animal House, 1984) dies at 46
1959 Cecil B. DeMille, film director (The Ten Commandments) dies at 77
1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa) dies at 31
1967 Ann Sheridan, actress (Angels with Dirty Faces) dies at 51
1984 Jackie Wilson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer (Lonely Teardrops) dies at 49
1985 James Beard, chef/author, dies at 81
1989 Billy Tipton, jazz pianist/saxophonist, dies at 74
1997 Colonel Tom Parker, music manager (Elvis Presley) dies at 87
1998 Jack Lord, actor (Hawaii Five-O) dies at 77
1999 Charles Brown, blues singer/pianist (Merry Christmas Baby) dies at 76
1999 Susan Strasberg, actress (The Diary of Anne Frank, Picnic) dies at 60
2002 Peggy Lee, singer (Why Don't You Do Right?) dies at 81
Today in History
1793 France's King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.
1861 Five Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, the future president of the Confederacy.
1899 Opel manufactured its first automobile.
1908 New York City passed the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1915 The first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.
1942 Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump" in New York City for Okeh Records.
1948 The Flag of Quebec was adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec.
1950 A federal jury in New York City found former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
1954 The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Conn.
1960 Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard Little Joe 1B, an unmanned test of the Mercury spacecraft.
1968 A B-52 bomber crashed near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptured.
1976 The supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1994 A jury in Manassas, Va., acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.
1997 Speaker Newt Gingrich was fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
1998 Pope John Paul II began his first visit to Cuba.
1999 In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepted a ship with more than 9,500 pounds of cocaine on board.
2003 The Census Bureau announced that Hispanics had surpassed blacks as America's largest minority group.
2004 The recording industry sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
2008 The Eyak language in Alaska became extinct as its last native speaker died.
Chart Toppers
1949
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood)
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Banana Boat Song - The Tarriers
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
Come See About Me - The Supremes
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
Downtown - Petula Clark
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Soul Song - Joe Stampley
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
The Tide is High - Blondie
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
1989
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
Don’t Rush Me - Taylor Dayne
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
She’s Crazy for Leavin’ - Rodney Crowell
Quote of the Day
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Today's Birthdays
1824 Stonewall (Thomas) Jackson, Confederate General, died May 10, 1863
1887 Georges Vézina, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (Montreal Canadiens) died March 26, 1926
1905 Christian Dior, fashion designer, died Oct 24, 1957
1922 Telly (Aristotle) Savalas, actor (Kojak, The Dirty Dozen) died Jan 22, 1994
1922 Paul Scofield, English actor (A Man for All Seasons) died March 19, 2008
1924 Benny Hill, English actor/comedian, died Apr 18, 1992
1926 Steve Reeves, Mr. Universe/actor (Hercules) died May 1, 2000
1939 Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith), disc jockey/actor, died July 1, 1995
1940 Jack Nicklaus, golf champion
1941 Plácido Domingo, operatic tenor
1941 Richie Havens, singer (Here Comes the Sun)
1942 Edwin Starr, singer (War) died Apr 2, 2003
1942 Mac (Scott) Davis, singer/actor (North Dallas Forty)
1947 Jill Eikenberry, actress (L.A. Law, Arthur, The Manhattan Project)
1950 Billy Ocean, R&B singer (Caribbean Queen, There’ll Be Sad Songs)
1952 Billy ‘White Shoes’ Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1956 Robby Benson (Robin David Segal), actor (Ode to Billy Joe, One on One, Jeremy)
1956 Geena Davis, actress (The Accidental Tourist, Beetlejuice, Thelma and Louise)
1958 Michael Wincott, actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Crow)
1963 Hakeem Olajuwon, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1965 Jam Master Jay, disc jockey (Run-DMC) died Oct 30, 2002
1968 Charlotte Ross, actress (NYPD Blue)
1969 Karina Lombard, actress (The L Word, Legends of the Fall)
1970 Mark Trojanowski, drummer (Sister Hazel)
1970 Ken Leung, actor (Keeping the Faith, Lost)
1976 Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton, singer (Spice Girls)
1981 Izabella Miko, actress (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
1981 Dany Heatley, NHL forward (Ottawa Senators)
Today's Deaths in History
1901 Elisha Gray, inventor (prototype telephone) dies at 65
1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Russian revolutionary, dies at 54
1950 George Orwell, author (Animal House, 1984) dies at 46
1959 Cecil B. DeMille, film director (The Ten Commandments) dies at 77
1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa) dies at 31
1967 Ann Sheridan, actress (Angels with Dirty Faces) dies at 51
1984 Jackie Wilson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer (Lonely Teardrops) dies at 49
1985 James Beard, chef/author, dies at 81
1989 Billy Tipton, jazz pianist/saxophonist, dies at 74
1997 Colonel Tom Parker, music manager (Elvis Presley) dies at 87
1998 Jack Lord, actor (Hawaii Five-O) dies at 77
1999 Charles Brown, blues singer/pianist (Merry Christmas Baby) dies at 76
1999 Susan Strasberg, actress (The Diary of Anne Frank, Picnic) dies at 60
2002 Peggy Lee, singer (Why Don't You Do Right?) dies at 81
Today in History
1793 France's King Louis XVI, condemned for treason, was executed on the guillotine.
1861 Five Southerners resigned from the U.S. Senate, including Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, the future president of the Confederacy.
1899 Opel manufactured its first automobile.
1908 New York City passed the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1915 The first Kiwanis Club was founded, in Detroit.
1942 Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded "One O'Clock Jump" in New York City for Okeh Records.
1948 The Flag of Quebec was adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec.
1950 A federal jury in New York City found former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
1954 The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Conn.
1960 Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, aboard Little Joe 1B, an unmanned test of the Mercury spacecraft.
1968 A B-52 bomber crashed near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptured.
1976 The supersonic Concorde jet was put into service by Britain and France.
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardoned nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1994 A jury in Manassas, Va., acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.
1997 Speaker Newt Gingrich was fined as the House voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
1998 Pope John Paul II began his first visit to Cuba.
1999 In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepted a ship with more than 9,500 pounds of cocaine on board.
2003 The Census Bureau announced that Hispanics had surpassed blacks as America's largest minority group.
2004 The recording industry sued 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
2008 The Eyak language in Alaska became extinct as its last native speaker died.
Chart Toppers
1949
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
On a Slow Boat to China - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood)
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Banana Boat Song - The Tarriers
Young Love - Tab Hunter
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
Come See About Me - The Supremes
Love Potion Number Nine - The Searchers
Downtown - Petula Clark
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Soul Song - Joe Stampley
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
The Tide is High - Blondie
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
1989
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
Don’t Rush Me - Taylor Dayne
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
She’s Crazy for Leavin’ - Rodney Crowell
Quote of the Day
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Today in History - Jan 22nd
Today's Birthdays
1561 Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher/writer (The Advancement of Learning) died Apr 9, 1626
1788 Lord (George) Byron, poet (Cain, Don Juan) died Apr 19, 1824
1869 Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (the Mad Monk) died Dec 29, 1916
1875 D.W. (David Wark) Griffith, film producer/director (The Birth of a Nation) died July 23, 1948
1890 Frederick Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sep 8, 1953
1893 Conrad Veidt, German actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Casablanca) died Apr 3, 1943
1904 George Balanchine (Georgi Balanchivadze), choreographer (The Nutcracker) died Apr 30, 1983
1909 Ann Sothern (Harriette Lake), actress (The Whales of August, My Mother the Car) died Mar 15, 2001
1909 U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General, died Nov 25, 1974
1931 Sam Cooke, singer (You Send Me, Chain Gang) shot to death Dec 11, 1964
1932 Piper Laurie (Rosetta Jacobs), actress (Twin Peaks, The Thorn Birds)
1934 Bill (Wilfred Bailey) Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Incredible Hulk) died Nov 21, 1993
1937 Joseph Wambaugh, author (The Blue Knight, The Choirboys)
1939 Jeffrey L. Smith, chef/TV personality (The Frugal Gourmet) died July 7, 2004
1940 Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) died June 10, 1982
1940 John Hurt, actor (The Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express, Contact)
1945 Michael Cristofer, playwright (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
1949 Steve Perry, singer (Journey)
1952 Teddy Gentry, country musician (Alabama)
1953 Jim Jarmusch, film director (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai)
1954 Chris Lemmon, actor (Weekend Warriors, Swing Shift)
1956 Steve Riley, drummer (WASP, LA Guns)
1957 Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (NY Islanders)
1959 Linda Blair, actress (The Exorcist, Airport ’75)
1960 Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) died Nov 22, 1997
1965 Steven Adler, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
1965 DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ/rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince)
1965 Diane Lane, actress (Jack, The Cotton Club, Under the Tuscan Sun, Streets of Fire)
1965 Brian McCardie, Scottish actor (The Ghost & the Darkness, Rob Roy)
1969 Olivia d'Abo, English actress (Conan the Destroyer, The Living Daylights)
1972 Gabriel Macht, actor (A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Recruit)
1975 (Paul) Balthazar Getty, actor (White Squall, Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
1978 Chone Figgins, MLB utility player (LA Angels)
1980 Christopher Kennedy Masterson, actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
1980 Ben Moody, guitarist (Evanescence)
1981 Willa Ford, singer/actress/Mrs. Mike Modano
1981 Beverley Mitchell, actress (7th Heaven)
Today's Deaths in History
1901 Britian's Queen Victoria dies at 81 after 63 years on the British throne
1951 Karl Nessler, inventor (permanent wave hairstyling process) dies at 68
1968 Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian/Olympic swimmer/surfer (father of modern surfing) dies at 77
1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States, dies at 64
1994 Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak, Kelly's Heroes) dies at 70
1995 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, family matriarch, dies at 104
2002 Stanley Marcus, business executive (Neiman-Marcus) dies at 96
2003 Bill Mauldin, World War II cartoonist (Willie and GI Joe) dies at 81
2004 Billy May, composer/musician (Emergency! theme) dies at 87
2004 Ann Miller, actress/dancer (On the Town, Kiss Me Kate, Easter Parade) dies at 80
2005 Rose Mary Woods, Watergate scandal figure (Nixon's secretary) dies at 87
2008 Heath Ledger, Australian actor (Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight) dies at 28
Today in History
1889 Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, D.C.
1890 The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1905 Russian troops opened fired on marching workers in St. Petersburg, killing more than 100 in what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
1917 President Woodrow Wilson pleaded for an end to the war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory."
1938 Thornton Wilder's play Our Town premiered in Princeton, N.J.
1944 Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy, during World War II.
1947 KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, began operation in Hollywood, California.
1953 The Arthur Miller drama The Crucible opened on Broadway.
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premiered on NBC.
1970 The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.
1973 The Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, legalizing abortion.
1984 The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, was introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous 1984 television commercial.
1987 Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1992 Rebel forces occupied Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcasted a demand for the government's resignation.
1997 The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation's first female secretary of state.
1998 Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.
2001 President George W. Bush signed a memorandum reinstating full abortion restrictions on U.S. overseas aid.
2002 Kmart Corp became the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2006 Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indian president, took office.
2006 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the second-highest total in a single game in NBA history, in a 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
2008 Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription drug overdose in New York City.
2008 Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive "dirty bomb," was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge in Miami to 17 years and four months on terrorism conspiracy charges.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
Oh, Boy! - The Crickets
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
1966
The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) - The T-Bones
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
Smokin’ in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
I’ve Got to Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World - Ronnie Milsap
1990
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic featuring Felly
Everything - Jody Watley
Nobody’s Home - Clint Black
Quote of the Day
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.
Knute Rockne, football player & coach (1888 - 1931)
Today's Birthdays
1561 Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher/writer (The Advancement of Learning) died Apr 9, 1626
1788 Lord (George) Byron, poet (Cain, Don Juan) died Apr 19, 1824
1869 Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (the Mad Monk) died Dec 29, 1916
1875 D.W. (David Wark) Griffith, film producer/director (The Birth of a Nation) died July 23, 1948
1890 Frederick Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sep 8, 1953
1893 Conrad Veidt, German actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Casablanca) died Apr 3, 1943
1904 George Balanchine (Georgi Balanchivadze), choreographer (The Nutcracker) died Apr 30, 1983
1909 Ann Sothern (Harriette Lake), actress (The Whales of August, My Mother the Car) died Mar 15, 2001
1909 U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General, died Nov 25, 1974
1931 Sam Cooke, singer (You Send Me, Chain Gang) shot to death Dec 11, 1964
1932 Piper Laurie (Rosetta Jacobs), actress (Twin Peaks, The Thorn Birds)
1934 Bill (Wilfred Bailey) Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Incredible Hulk) died Nov 21, 1993
1937 Joseph Wambaugh, author (The Blue Knight, The Choirboys)
1939 Jeffrey L. Smith, chef/TV personality (The Frugal Gourmet) died July 7, 2004
1940 Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) died June 10, 1982
1940 John Hurt, actor (The Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express, Contact)
1945 Michael Cristofer, playwright (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
1949 Steve Perry, singer (Journey)
1952 Teddy Gentry, country musician (Alabama)
1953 Jim Jarmusch, film director (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai)
1954 Chris Lemmon, actor (Weekend Warriors, Swing Shift)
1956 Steve Riley, drummer (WASP, LA Guns)
1957 Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (NY Islanders)
1959 Linda Blair, actress (The Exorcist, Airport ’75)
1960 Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) died Nov 22, 1997
1965 Steven Adler, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
1965 DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ/rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince)
1965 Diane Lane, actress (Jack, The Cotton Club, Under the Tuscan Sun, Streets of Fire)
1965 Brian McCardie, Scottish actor (The Ghost & the Darkness, Rob Roy)
1969 Olivia d'Abo, English actress (Conan the Destroyer, The Living Daylights)
1972 Gabriel Macht, actor (A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Recruit)
1975 (Paul) Balthazar Getty, actor (White Squall, Young Guns 2, Lord of the Flies)
1978 Chone Figgins, MLB utility player (LA Angels)
1980 Christopher Kennedy Masterson, actor (Malcolm in the Middle)
1980 Ben Moody, guitarist (Evanescence)
1981 Willa Ford, singer/actress/Mrs. Mike Modano
1981 Beverley Mitchell, actress (7th Heaven)
Today's Deaths in History
1901 Britian's Queen Victoria dies at 81 after 63 years on the British throne
1951 Karl Nessler, inventor (permanent wave hairstyling process) dies at 68
1968 Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian/Olympic swimmer/surfer (father of modern surfing) dies at 77
1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States, dies at 64
1994 Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak, Kelly's Heroes) dies at 70
1995 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, family matriarch, dies at 104
2002 Stanley Marcus, business executive (Neiman-Marcus) dies at 96
2003 Bill Mauldin, World War II cartoonist (Willie and GI Joe) dies at 81
2004 Billy May, composer/musician (Emergency! theme) dies at 87
2004 Ann Miller, actress/dancer (On the Town, Kiss Me Kate, Easter Parade) dies at 80
2005 Rose Mary Woods, Watergate scandal figure (Nixon's secretary) dies at 87
2008 Heath Ledger, Australian actor (Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight) dies at 28
Today in History
1889 Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, D.C.
1890 The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1905 Russian troops opened fired on marching workers in St. Petersburg, killing more than 100 in what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
1917 President Woodrow Wilson pleaded for an end to the war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory."
1938 Thornton Wilder's play Our Town premiered in Princeton, N.J.
1944 Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy, during World War II.
1947 KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, began operation in Hollywood, California.
1953 The Arthur Miller drama The Crucible opened on Broadway.
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premiered on NBC.
1970 The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London.
1973 The Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, legalizing abortion.
1984 The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, was introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous 1984 television commercial.
1987 Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism.
1992 Rebel forces occupied Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcasted a demand for the government's resignation.
1997 The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation's first female secretary of state.
1998 Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, Calif., to being the Unabomber in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole.
2001 President George W. Bush signed a memorandum reinstating full abortion restrictions on U.S. overseas aid.
2002 Kmart Corp became the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2006 Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indian president, took office.
2006 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant scored 81 points, the second-highest total in a single game in NBA history, in a 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
2008 Actor Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription drug overdose in New York City.
2008 Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive "dirty bomb," was sentenced by a U.S. federal judge in Miami to 17 years and four months on terrorism conspiracy charges.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
1958
At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
Oh, Boy! - The Crickets
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
1966
The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) - The T-Bones
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
Show and Tell - Al Wilson
Smokin’ in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
I’ve Got to Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World - Ronnie Milsap
1990
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic featuring Felly
Everything - Jody Watley
Nobody’s Home - Clint Black
Quote of the Day
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.
Knute Rockne, football player & coach (1888 - 1931)
Today in History - Jan 23rd
Today's Birthdays
1737 John Hancock, statesman/patriot (signed Declaration of Independence) died Oct 8, 1793
1832 Edouard Manet, artist (impressionist movement) died Apr 30, 1883
1898 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (The Battleship Potemkin) died Feb 11, 1948
1898 Randolph Scott (Crane), actor (To the Shores of Tripoli) died Mar 2, 1987
1910 Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist, died May 16, 1953
1915 Potter Stewart, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died Dec 7, 1985
1919 Ernie Kovacs, comedian/actor (North to Alaska) killed in car crash Jan 13, 1962
1928 Jeanne Moreau, actress (La Femme Nikita, Dangerous Liaisons)
1933 Chita Rivera (Conchita del Rivero), singer/dancer/actress (Sweet Charity, Pippin)
1943 Gil Gerard, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
1944 Rutger Hauer, actor (Ladyhawke, Nighthawks, Blade Runner)
1948 Anita Pointer, singer (The Pointer Sisters)
1950 Richard Dean Anderson, actor (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1)
1950 Bill Cunningham, bassist/pianist (The Box Tops)
1950 Patrick Simmons, singer/guitarist (The Doobie Brothers)
1950 Danny Federici, keyboardist (E Street Band)
1953 Robin Zander, singer/guitarist (Cheap Trick)
1957 Princess Caroline of Monaco
1957 Earl Falconer, bassist/singer (UB40)
1958 Anita Baker, Jazz/R&B singer
1963 Gail O’Grady, actress (N.Y.P.D. Blue, Monk, Boston Legal)
1964 Mariska Hargitay, actress (ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
1969 Brendan Shanahan, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1972 Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor (Trainspotting)
1973 Lanei Chapman, actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Judging Amy)
1974 Joel Bouchard, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1974 Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Saved by the Bell)
1975 Nick Harmer, bassist (Death Cab for Cutie)
1985 Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel
Today's Deaths in History
1803 Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, dies at 77
1893 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 67
1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic/commentator (The New Yorker) dies at 56
1944 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream) dies at 80
1976 Paul Robeson, actor/singer (Showboat) dies at 77
1978 Terry Kath, singer/guitarist (Chicago) accidentally shoots and kills himself at 31
1978 Jack Oakie, actor (The Great Dictator) dies at 74
1989 Salvador Dali, painter (surrealist) dies at 84
1997 Richard Berry, singer/songwriter (The Penguins) dies at 61
2003 Nell Carter, singer/actress (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper) dies at 54
2004 Helmut Newton, German-born photographer, dies at 83
2004 Bob Keeshan, TV personality (Howdy Doody Show, Captain Kangaroo) dies at 76
2005 Johnny Carson, TV host (Tonight Show) dies at 79
Today in History
1510 Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appeared incognito in the lists at Richmond, and was applauded for his jousting before he revealed his identity.
1533 Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovered she was pregnant.
1719 The Principality of Liechtenstein was created within the Holy Roman Empire.
1789 Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C.
1845 Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849 English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree, from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y.
1932 New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1937 Seventeen people went on trial in Moscow during Soviet leader Josef Stalin's Great Purge.
1941 Charles Lindbergh testified before the U.S. Congress and recommended that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
1943 Duke Ellington played at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
1950 The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
1964 The 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
1968 North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship the USS Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the communist nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was held for 11 months.
1973 President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1977 The TV mini-series Roots, based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
1978 Sweden became the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.
1985 Debate in Britain's House of Lords was carried live on TV for the first time.
1985 O.J. Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame.
1986 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
1991 Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War announced that they had achieved air superiority after some 12,000 sorties.
1997 A judge in Fairfax, Va., sentenced Mir Aimal Kasi to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two people and wounded three.
1997 Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
2002 Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted in Karachi, Pakistan, by a group demanding the return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign; he was later murdered.
2002 "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returned to the United States in FBI custody.
Chart Toppers
1951
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Thing - Phil Harris
A Bushell and a Peck - Perry Como & Betty Hutton
The Shot Gun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1959
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
My Happiness - Connie Francis
Donna - Ritchie Valens
Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Georgy Girl - The Seekers
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
Kentucky Gambler - Merle Haggard
1983
Down Under - Men at Work
The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson /Paul McCartney
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date - Emmylou Harris
1991
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
The First Time - Surface
Sensitivity - Ralph Tresvant
Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
Language is the source of misunderstandings.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer (1900 - 1944)
Today's Birthdays
1737 John Hancock, statesman/patriot (signed Declaration of Independence) died Oct 8, 1793
1832 Edouard Manet, artist (impressionist movement) died Apr 30, 1883
1898 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (The Battleship Potemkin) died Feb 11, 1948
1898 Randolph Scott (Crane), actor (To the Shores of Tripoli) died Mar 2, 1987
1910 Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist, died May 16, 1953
1915 Potter Stewart, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, died Dec 7, 1985
1919 Ernie Kovacs, comedian/actor (North to Alaska) killed in car crash Jan 13, 1962
1928 Jeanne Moreau, actress (La Femme Nikita, Dangerous Liaisons)
1933 Chita Rivera (Conchita del Rivero), singer/dancer/actress (Sweet Charity, Pippin)
1943 Gil Gerard, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
1944 Rutger Hauer, actor (Ladyhawke, Nighthawks, Blade Runner)
1948 Anita Pointer, singer (The Pointer Sisters)
1950 Richard Dean Anderson, actor (MacGyver, Stargate SG-1)
1950 Bill Cunningham, bassist/pianist (The Box Tops)
1950 Patrick Simmons, singer/guitarist (The Doobie Brothers)
1950 Danny Federici, keyboardist (E Street Band)
1953 Robin Zander, singer/guitarist (Cheap Trick)
1957 Princess Caroline of Monaco
1957 Earl Falconer, bassist/singer (UB40)
1958 Anita Baker, Jazz/R&B singer
1963 Gail O’Grady, actress (N.Y.P.D. Blue, Monk, Boston Legal)
1964 Mariska Hargitay, actress (ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
1969 Brendan Shanahan, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1972 Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor (Trainspotting)
1973 Lanei Chapman, actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Judging Amy)
1974 Joel Bouchard, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1974 Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Saved by the Bell)
1975 Nick Harmer, bassist (Death Cab for Cutie)
1985 Doutzen Kroes, Dutch supermodel
Today's Deaths in History
1803 Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, dies at 77
1893 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 67
1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic/commentator (The New Yorker) dies at 56
1944 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream) dies at 80
1976 Paul Robeson, actor/singer (Showboat) dies at 77
1978 Terry Kath, singer/guitarist (Chicago) accidentally shoots and kills himself at 31
1978 Jack Oakie, actor (The Great Dictator) dies at 74
1989 Salvador Dali, painter (surrealist) dies at 84
1997 Richard Berry, singer/songwriter (The Penguins) dies at 61
2003 Nell Carter, singer/actress (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper) dies at 54
2004 Helmut Newton, German-born photographer, dies at 83
2004 Bob Keeshan, TV personality (Howdy Doody Show, Captain Kangaroo) dies at 76
2005 Johnny Carson, TV host (Tonight Show) dies at 79
Today in History
1510 Henry VIII of England, then 18 years old, appeared incognito in the lists at Richmond, and was applauded for his jousting before he revealed his identity.
1533 Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England, discovered she was pregnant.
1719 The Principality of Liechtenstein was created within the Holy Roman Empire.
1789 Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C.
1845 Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849 English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive a medical degree, from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y.
1932 New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1937 Seventeen people went on trial in Moscow during Soviet leader Josef Stalin's Great Purge.
1941 Charles Lindbergh testified before the U.S. Congress and recommended that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
1943 Duke Ellington played at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
1950 The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
1964 The 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
1968 North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship the USS Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the communist nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was held for 11 months.
1973 President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1977 The TV mini-series Roots, based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
1978 Sweden became the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer.
1985 Debate in Britain's House of Lords was carried live on TV for the first time.
1985 O.J. Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame.
1986 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
1991 Allied forces in the Persian Gulf War announced that they had achieved air superiority after some 12,000 sorties.
1997 A judge in Fairfax, Va., sentenced Mir Aimal Kasi to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two people and wounded three.
1997 Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
2002 Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted in Karachi, Pakistan, by a group demanding the return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign; he was later murdered.
2002 "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh returned to the United States in FBI custody.
Chart Toppers
1951
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
The Thing - Phil Harris
A Bushell and a Peck - Perry Como & Betty Hutton
The Shot Gun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1959
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
My Happiness - Connie Francis
Donna - Ritchie Valens
Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Georgy Girl - The Seekers
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Mandy - Barry Manilow
Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
Kentucky Gambler - Merle Haggard
1983
Down Under - Men at Work
The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson /Paul McCartney
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date - Emmylou Harris
1991
Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
The First Time - Surface
Sensitivity - Ralph Tresvant
Unanswered Prayers - Garth Brooks
Quote of the Day
Language is the source of misunderstandings.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer (1900 - 1944)
Today in History - Jan 24th
Today's Birthdays
1862 Edith Wharton (Jones), author (The Age of Innocence) died Aug 11, 1937
1905 J. Howard Marshall, billionaire/Mr. Anna Nicole Smith, died Aug 4, 1995
1917 Ernest Borgnine, actor (Marty, The Poseidon Adventure, McHale’s Navy)
1925 Maria (Betty Marie) Tallchief, prima ballerina (New York City Ballet)
1939 Ray Stevens (Harold Ray Ragsdale), singer/entertainer (Gitarzan, The Streak)
1941 Neil Diamond, singer/songwriter (Song Sung Blue, Sweet Caroline)
1941 Aaron Neville, singer (Don’t Know Much, All My Life)
1943 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of the Dolls, The Fearless Vampire Killers) murdered by members of the Manson family Aug 9, 1969
1946 Michael Ontkean, actor (Twin Peaks, Postcards from the Edge, Slap Shot)
1947 Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter (Werewolves of London, Hasten Down the Wind, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, The Envoy) died Sep 7, 2003
1949 John (Adam) Belushi, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers) died Mar 5, 1982
1951 Yakov Smirnoff, comedian/actor (Night Court, Up Your Alley, Heartburn)
1958 Jools (Julian) Holland, keyboardist (Squeeze)
1961 Nastassja Kinski, actress (Terminal Velocity, The Hotel New Hampshire)
1967 Mark Kozelek, singer/songwriter (Red House Painters)
1968 Mary Lou Retton, Olympic Hall of Fame gymnast
1970 Matthew Lillard, actor (Scream, Hackers, Scooby-Doo series)
1974 Ed Helms, actor (The Office, The Daily Show)
1979 Tatyana Ali, actress/singer (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1986 Mischa Barton, actress (The O.C.)
Today's Deaths in History
0041 Caligula, Emperor of Rome, is assassinated at 28
1920 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter/sculptor, dies at 35
1955 Ira Hayes, World War II Marine (Iwo Jima flag raiser), dies at 32
1965 Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister, dies at 90
1971 Bill W., co-founder (Alcoholics Anonymous) dies at 75
1975 Larry Fine, actor/comedian (Three Stooges) dies at 72
1983 George Cukor, film director (David Copperfield) dies at 83
1986 L. Ron Hubbard, writer/founder (Scientology) dies at 74
1986 Gordon MacRae, singer/actor (Oklahoma) dies at 64
1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer, is executed at 42
1993 Thurgood Marshall, Retired Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84
2006 Chris Penn, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Short Cuts) dies at 40
Today in History
0041 Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, was assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
1848 James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, sparking the gold rush of '49.
1908 The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1924 The Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
1972 The Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1978 Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burned up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.
1984 The first Apple Macintosh went on sale.
1986 The Voyager 2 space probe swept past Uranus, coming within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet from the sun.
1987 Gunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh. All were later released.
1989 Confessed serial killer Ted Bundy was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.
1995 The prosecution gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
2003 The new federal Department of Homeland Security officially opened as Tom Ridge was sworn in as secretary.
2004 NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars three weeks after its identical twin, Spirit.
2008 French bank Societe Generale announced it had uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud by a single futures trader.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
My Ideal - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly)
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Shrimp Boats - Jo Stafford
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1960
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher
Go, Jimmy, Go - Jimmy Clanton
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
1976
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1984
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Talking in Your Sleep - The Romantics
In My Eyes - John Conlee
Quote of the Day
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Nathaniel Borenstein, programmer (1957 - )
Today's Birthdays
1862 Edith Wharton (Jones), author (The Age of Innocence) died Aug 11, 1937
1905 J. Howard Marshall, billionaire/Mr. Anna Nicole Smith, died Aug 4, 1995
1917 Ernest Borgnine, actor (Marty, The Poseidon Adventure, McHale’s Navy)
1925 Maria (Betty Marie) Tallchief, prima ballerina (New York City Ballet)
1939 Ray Stevens (Harold Ray Ragsdale), singer/entertainer (Gitarzan, The Streak)
1941 Neil Diamond, singer/songwriter (Song Sung Blue, Sweet Caroline)
1941 Aaron Neville, singer (Don’t Know Much, All My Life)
1943 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of the Dolls, The Fearless Vampire Killers) murdered by members of the Manson family Aug 9, 1969
1946 Michael Ontkean, actor (Twin Peaks, Postcards from the Edge, Slap Shot)
1947 Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter (Werewolves of London, Hasten Down the Wind, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, The Envoy) died Sep 7, 2003
1949 John (Adam) Belushi, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers) died Mar 5, 1982
1951 Yakov Smirnoff, comedian/actor (Night Court, Up Your Alley, Heartburn)
1958 Jools (Julian) Holland, keyboardist (Squeeze)
1961 Nastassja Kinski, actress (Terminal Velocity, The Hotel New Hampshire)
1967 Mark Kozelek, singer/songwriter (Red House Painters)
1968 Mary Lou Retton, Olympic Hall of Fame gymnast
1970 Matthew Lillard, actor (Scream, Hackers, Scooby-Doo series)
1974 Ed Helms, actor (The Office, The Daily Show)
1979 Tatyana Ali, actress/singer (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1986 Mischa Barton, actress (The O.C.)
Today's Deaths in History
0041 Caligula, Emperor of Rome, is assassinated at 28
1920 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter/sculptor, dies at 35
1955 Ira Hayes, World War II Marine (Iwo Jima flag raiser), dies at 32
1965 Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister, dies at 90
1971 Bill W., co-founder (Alcoholics Anonymous) dies at 75
1975 Larry Fine, actor/comedian (Three Stooges) dies at 72
1983 George Cukor, film director (David Copperfield) dies at 83
1986 L. Ron Hubbard, writer/founder (Scientology) dies at 74
1986 Gordon MacRae, singer/actor (Oklahoma) dies at 64
1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer, is executed at 42
1993 Thurgood Marshall, Retired Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84
2006 Chris Penn, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Short Cuts) dies at 40
Today in History
0041 Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, was assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards.
1848 James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, sparking the gold rush of '49.
1908 The first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
1924 The Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
1972 The Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
1972 Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
1978 Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burned up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.
1984 The first Apple Macintosh went on sale.
1986 The Voyager 2 space probe swept past Uranus, coming within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet from the sun.
1987 Gunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh. All were later released.
1989 Confessed serial killer Ted Bundy was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.
1995 The prosecution gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
2003 The new federal Department of Homeland Security officially opened as Tom Ridge was sworn in as secretary.
2004 NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars three weeks after its identical twin, Spirit.
2008 French bank Societe Generale announced it had uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud by a single futures trader.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
My Ideal - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly)
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Shrimp Boats - Jo Stafford
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1960
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher
Go, Jimmy, Go - Jimmy Clanton
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
1976
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana Ross
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1984
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Talking in Your Sleep - The Romantics
In My Eyes - John Conlee
Quote of the Day
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Nathaniel Borenstein, programmer (1957 - )
Today in History - Jan 25th
Today's Birthdays
1741 Benedict Arnold, American general/turncoat, died June 14, 1801
1759 Robert Burns, poet (Auld Lang Syne) died July 21, 1796
1874 W. (William) Somerset Maugham, author (Of Human Bondage) died Dec 16, 1965
1882 Virginia Woolf, English writer (To the Lighthouse) died March 28, 1941
1919 Edwin Newman, broadcast journalist (NBC News, PBS)
1928 Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia
1929 Elizabeth Allen, actress/singer (C.P.O. Sharkey) died Sep 19, 2006
1931 Dean Jones, actor (The Love Bug, Blackbeard's Ghost)
1933 Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines
1935 Don Maynard, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (New York Jets)
1936 Diana Hyland (Gentner), actress (Peyton Place) died Mar 27, 1977
1938 Etta James, singer (At Last, Tell Me Mama)
1941 Buddy Baker, NASCAR driver/International Motorsports Hall of Famer
1942 Carl Eller, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1943 Tobe Hooper, director (Salem's Lot, Poltergeist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
1945 Leigh Taylor-Young, actress (I Love You Alice B. Toklas, Soylent Green, Dallas)
1954 Richard Finch, songwriter/bassist (KC and the Sunshine Band)
1955 Terry Chimes, drummer (The Clash)
1956 Andy Cox, guitarist (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals)
1958 Dinah Manoff, actress (Soap, Empty Nest)
1965 Esa Tikkanen, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1971 Ana Ortiz, actress (Ugly Betty)
1975 Mia Kirshner. actress (Exotica, The Crow: City of Angels, The Black Dahlia)
1979 Christine Lakin, actress (Step by Step, Reefer Madness)
1981 Alicia Keys, R&B singer/songwriter
1982 Shawna Waldron, actress (The American President)
Today's Deaths in History
1947 Al Capone, gangster, dies at 48
1976 Chris Kenner, singer/songwriter (Sick and Tired) dies at 46
1981 Adele Astaire, dancer/Fred's sister, dies at 84
1990 Ava Gardner, actress (The Night of the Iguana, On the Beach) dies at 67
2005 Ray Peterson, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her) dies at 69
Today in History
1533 England's King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.
1787 Shays' Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
1858 "The Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn became a popular wedding recessional after it was played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
1881 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell formed the Oriental Telephone Company.
1890 The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1915 The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated transcontinental telephone service in the United States.
1919 The League of Nations was founded.
1937 The Guiding Light debuted on NBC radio from Chicago; it moved to CBS television in 1952, and is the still longest running US broadcast program.
1949 The first Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1959 American Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
1960 The National Association of Broadcasters reacted to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.
1961 President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and TV.
1971 Charles Manson and three female followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.
1981 Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death.
1988 Vice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on The CBS Evening News as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
1993 A gunman shot and killed two CIA employees outside agency headquarters in Virginia; Aimal Khan Kasi, a Pakistani man, was later convicted and was executed in 2002.
1994 Singer Michael Jackson settled a child molestation lawsuit against him.
1995 The defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, saying Simpson was the victim of a "rush to judgment" by authorities.
2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas won a large majority of seats in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
2007 Ford Motor Co. said it had lost a staggering $12.7 billion in 2006, the worst loss in the company's 103-year history.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
I’ll Go On Alone - Marty Robbins
1961
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells
Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Dazz - Brick
I Can’t Believe She Give It All to Me - Conway Twitty
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
All I Need - Jack Wagner
You’re the Inspiration - Chicago
How Blue - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
Dr. Seuss, author & illustrator (1904 - 1991)
Today's Birthdays
1741 Benedict Arnold, American general/turncoat, died June 14, 1801
1759 Robert Burns, poet (Auld Lang Syne) died July 21, 1796
1874 W. (William) Somerset Maugham, author (Of Human Bondage) died Dec 16, 1965
1882 Virginia Woolf, English writer (To the Lighthouse) died March 28, 1941
1919 Edwin Newman, broadcast journalist (NBC News, PBS)
1928 Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia
1929 Elizabeth Allen, actress/singer (C.P.O. Sharkey) died Sep 19, 2006
1931 Dean Jones, actor (The Love Bug, Blackbeard's Ghost)
1933 Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines
1935 Don Maynard, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (New York Jets)
1936 Diana Hyland (Gentner), actress (Peyton Place) died Mar 27, 1977
1938 Etta James, singer (At Last, Tell Me Mama)
1941 Buddy Baker, NASCAR driver/International Motorsports Hall of Famer
1942 Carl Eller, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1943 Tobe Hooper, director (Salem's Lot, Poltergeist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
1945 Leigh Taylor-Young, actress (I Love You Alice B. Toklas, Soylent Green, Dallas)
1954 Richard Finch, songwriter/bassist (KC and the Sunshine Band)
1955 Terry Chimes, drummer (The Clash)
1956 Andy Cox, guitarist (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals)
1958 Dinah Manoff, actress (Soap, Empty Nest)
1965 Esa Tikkanen, NHL forward (NY Rangers)
1971 Ana Ortiz, actress (Ugly Betty)
1975 Mia Kirshner. actress (Exotica, The Crow: City of Angels, The Black Dahlia)
1979 Christine Lakin, actress (Step by Step, Reefer Madness)
1981 Alicia Keys, R&B singer/songwriter
1982 Shawna Waldron, actress (The American President)
Today's Deaths in History
1947 Al Capone, gangster, dies at 48
1976 Chris Kenner, singer/songwriter (Sick and Tired) dies at 46
1981 Adele Astaire, dancer/Fred's sister, dies at 84
1990 Ava Gardner, actress (The Night of the Iguana, On the Beach) dies at 67
2005 Ray Peterson, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her) dies at 69
Today in History
1533 England's King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.
1787 Shays' Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
1858 "The Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn became a popular wedding recessional after it was played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
1881 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell formed the Oriental Telephone Company.
1890 The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1915 The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated transcontinental telephone service in the United States.
1919 The League of Nations was founded.
1937 The Guiding Light debuted on NBC radio from Chicago; it moved to CBS television in 1952, and is the still longest running US broadcast program.
1949 The first Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1959 American Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
1960 The National Association of Broadcasters reacted to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.
1961 President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and TV.
1971 Charles Manson and three female followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.
1981 Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death.
1988 Vice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on The CBS Evening News as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
1993 A gunman shot and killed two CIA employees outside agency headquarters in Virginia; Aimal Khan Kasi, a Pakistani man, was later convicted and was executed in 2002.
1994 Singer Michael Jackson settled a child molestation lawsuit against him.
1995 The defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, saying Simpson was the victim of a "rush to judgment" by authorities.
2006 The Islamic militant group Hamas won a large majority of seats in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
2007 Ford Motor Co. said it had lost a staggering $12.7 billion in 2006, the worst loss in the company's 103-year history.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
I’ll Go On Alone - Marty Robbins
1961
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells
Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Dazz - Brick
I Can’t Believe She Give It All to Me - Conway Twitty
1985
Like a Virgin - Madonna
All I Need - Jack Wagner
You’re the Inspiration - Chicago
How Blue - Reba McEntire
Quote of the Day
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
Dr. Seuss, author & illustrator (1904 - 1991)
Today in History - Jan 26th
Today's Birthdays
1826 Julia Dent Grant, First Lady, died Dec 14, 1902
1880 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General/Commander of Allied Forces in WWII, died Apr 5, 1964
1913 Jimmy Van Heusen (Edward Chester Babcock), composer (High Hopes) died Feb 7, 1990
1915 William Hopper, actor (Rebel Without a Cause, Perry Mason) died Mar 6, 1970
1925 Joan Leslie (Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel), actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy, High Sierra)
1925 Paul Newman, actor (Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) died September 26, 2008
1928 Roger Vadim (Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov), director (And God Created Woman) died Feb 11, 2000
1929 Jules Feiffer, cartoonist/scriptwriter (Carnal Knowledge, Popeye)
1935 Bob (Robert George) Uecker, MLB catcher/sportscaster/actor (Major League series)
1941 Scott Glenn, actor (The Right Stuff, Silverado, The Hunt for Red October, The Silence of the Lambs)
1943 Jean Knight, R&B singer (Mr. Big Stuff)
1946 Gene (Eugene Kal) Siskel, movie critic, died Feb 20, 1999
1949 David Strathairn, actor (Good Night and Good Luck, LA Confidential, Sneakers)
1955 Eddie Van Halen, guitarist/singer (Van Halen)
1958 Anita Baker, R&B/jazz singer (Sweet Love, Giving You the Best that I Got)
1958 Ellen DeGeneres, comedienne/actress/talk show host
1960 Charlie Gillingham, bassist/keyboardist (Counting Crows)
1961 Wayne Gretzky, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (NY Rangers)
1963 Jazzie B (Beresford Romeo), rapper/singer (Soul II Soul)
1963 Andrew Ridgeley, guitarist (Wham!)
1964 Paul Johansson, actor (One Tree Hill)
1964 Wendy Melvoin, composer/musician/actress (Purple Rain, Heroes)
1973 Jennifer Crystal, actress (Once and Again, *61)
1974 Chris Hesse, drummer (Hoobastank)
1975 Heidi "Frankie" Rayder, model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue)
1979 Sara Rue, actress (Less Than Perfect, Idiocracy)
1986 Matt Heafy, guitarist/singer (Trivium)
Today's Deaths in History
1885 Edward Davy, English inventor (telegraphy) dies at 78
1891 Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (internal combustion engine) dies at 58
1893 Abner Doubleday, credited inventor (baseball) dies at 73
1932 William Wrigley Jr., industrialist/baseball executive (Chicago Cubs) dies at 70
1962 Lucky Luciano, mobster, dies at 64
1973 Edward G. Robinson, actor (Little Caesar, Kid Galahad, Key Largo) dies at 79
1979 Nelson A. Rockefeller, former Vice President, dies at 70
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach (Alabama) dies at 69
1992 José Ferrer, actor (The Caine Mutinty) dies at 83
1997 Jeane Dixon, astrologer, dies at 93
2001 Al McGuire, basketball coach (Marquette University) dies at 72
2007 Gump Worsley, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (NY Rangers) dies at 77
2008 Christian Brando, actor/son of Marlon Brando, dies at 49
Today in History
1788 The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.
1802 Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.
1837 Michigan became the 26th state.
1838 Tennessee enacted the first prohibition law in the United States.
1861 Louisiana seceded from the Union.
1870 Virginia rejoined the Union.
1920 Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launched the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
1934 The Apollo Theater reopened in Harlem, New York City.
1950 India proclaimed itself a republic.
1961 John F. Kennedy appointed Janet G. Travell to be his physician, the first time a woman held this appointment.
1962 The United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon, but the probe missed its target by some 22,000 miles.
1988 The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theater in New York.
1992 Boris Yeltsin announced that Russia would stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
1993 Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
1996 First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before a grand jury connected to the Whitewater probe.
1998 President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
2001 An earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing more than 13,000 people.
2004 President Hamid Karzai signed the new constitution of Afghanistan.
2005 Condoleezza Rice was sworn in as secretary of state.
2006 Confronted by Oprah Winfrey on her syndicated talk show, author James Frey acknowledged lies in his addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces.
2006 Western Union discontinued use of its telegram service.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
You Will Have to Pay - Tex Ritter
1954
Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
At the Darktown Strutters’ Ball - Lou Monte
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Venus - The Shocking Blue
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Baby, Baby (I Know You’re a Lady) - David Houston
1978
Baby Come Back - Player
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
What a Difference You’ve Made in My Life - Ronnie Milsap
1986
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Burning Heart - Survivor
Talk to Me - Stevie Nicks
Never Be You - Rosanne Cash
Quote of the Day
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
John Kenneth Galbraith, administrator & economist (1908 - 2006)
Today's Birthdays
1826 Julia Dent Grant, First Lady, died Dec 14, 1902
1880 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army General/Commander of Allied Forces in WWII, died Apr 5, 1964
1913 Jimmy Van Heusen (Edward Chester Babcock), composer (High Hopes) died Feb 7, 1990
1915 William Hopper, actor (Rebel Without a Cause, Perry Mason) died Mar 6, 1970
1925 Joan Leslie (Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel), actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy, High Sierra)
1925 Paul Newman, actor (Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) died September 26, 2008
1928 Roger Vadim (Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov), director (And God Created Woman) died Feb 11, 2000
1929 Jules Feiffer, cartoonist/scriptwriter (Carnal Knowledge, Popeye)
1935 Bob (Robert George) Uecker, MLB catcher/sportscaster/actor (Major League series)
1941 Scott Glenn, actor (The Right Stuff, Silverado, The Hunt for Red October, The Silence of the Lambs)
1943 Jean Knight, R&B singer (Mr. Big Stuff)
1946 Gene (Eugene Kal) Siskel, movie critic, died Feb 20, 1999
1949 David Strathairn, actor (Good Night and Good Luck, LA Confidential, Sneakers)
1955 Eddie Van Halen, guitarist/singer (Van Halen)
1958 Anita Baker, R&B/jazz singer (Sweet Love, Giving You the Best that I Got)
1958 Ellen DeGeneres, comedienne/actress/talk show host
1960 Charlie Gillingham, bassist/keyboardist (Counting Crows)
1961 Wayne Gretzky, Hockey Hall of Fame forward (NY Rangers)
1963 Jazzie B (Beresford Romeo), rapper/singer (Soul II Soul)
1963 Andrew Ridgeley, guitarist (Wham!)
1964 Paul Johansson, actor (One Tree Hill)
1964 Wendy Melvoin, composer/musician/actress (Purple Rain, Heroes)
1973 Jennifer Crystal, actress (Once and Again, *61)
1974 Chris Hesse, drummer (Hoobastank)
1975 Heidi "Frankie" Rayder, model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue)
1979 Sara Rue, actress (Less Than Perfect, Idiocracy)
1986 Matt Heafy, guitarist/singer (Trivium)
Today's Deaths in History
1885 Edward Davy, English inventor (telegraphy) dies at 78
1891 Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (internal combustion engine) dies at 58
1893 Abner Doubleday, credited inventor (baseball) dies at 73
1932 William Wrigley Jr., industrialist/baseball executive (Chicago Cubs) dies at 70
1962 Lucky Luciano, mobster, dies at 64
1973 Edward G. Robinson, actor (Little Caesar, Kid Galahad, Key Largo) dies at 79
1979 Nelson A. Rockefeller, former Vice President, dies at 70
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, football coach (Alabama) dies at 69
1992 José Ferrer, actor (The Caine Mutinty) dies at 83
1997 Jeane Dixon, astrologer, dies at 93
2001 Al McGuire, basketball coach (Marquette University) dies at 72
2007 Gump Worsley, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (NY Rangers) dies at 77
2008 Christian Brando, actor/son of Marlon Brando, dies at 49
Today in History
1788 The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.
1802 Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.
1837 Michigan became the 26th state.
1838 Tennessee enacted the first prohibition law in the United States.
1861 Louisiana seceded from the Union.
1870 Virginia rejoined the Union.
1920 Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launched the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
1934 The Apollo Theater reopened in Harlem, New York City.
1950 India proclaimed itself a republic.
1961 John F. Kennedy appointed Janet G. Travell to be his physician, the first time a woman held this appointment.
1962 The United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon, but the probe missed its target by some 22,000 miles.
1988 The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theater in New York.
1992 Boris Yeltsin announced that Russia would stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
1993 Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
1996 First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified before a grand jury connected to the Whitewater probe.
1998 President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
2001 An earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing more than 13,000 people.
2004 President Hamid Karzai signed the new constitution of Afghanistan.
2005 Condoleezza Rice was sworn in as secretary of state.
2006 Confronted by Oprah Winfrey on her syndicated talk show, author James Frey acknowledged lies in his addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces.
2006 Western Union discontinued use of its telegram service.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
You Will Have to Pay - Tex Ritter
1954
Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
At the Darktown Strutters’ Ball - Lou Monte
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
Venus - The Shocking Blue
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Baby, Baby (I Know You’re a Lady) - David Houston
1978
Baby Come Back - Player
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart
What a Difference You’ve Made in My Life - Ronnie Milsap
1986
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Burning Heart - Survivor
Talk to Me - Stevie Nicks
Never Be You - Rosanne Cash
Quote of the Day
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
John Kenneth Galbraith, administrator & economist (1908 - 2006)
Today in History - Jan 27th
Today's Birthdays
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus), composer (Don Giovanni) died Dec 4, 1791
1832 Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), writer (Through the Looking Glass) died Jan 14, 1898
1850 Samuel Gompers, labor union leader (American Federation of Labor) died Dec 13, 1924
1885 Jerome Kern, composer (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight) died Nov 11, 1945
1900 Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy Admiral (Father of the Nuclear Navy) died July 8, 1986
1901 Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers) died August 25, 1988
1908 William Randolph Hearst Jr., publishing/broadcasting mogul (A&E Television Networks) died May 14, 1993
1918 Skitch (Lyle) Henderson, bandleader (The Tonight Show) died Nov 1, 2005
1918 Elmore James, blues musician (King of the Slide Guitar) died May 24, 1963
1919 Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., musician (Alvin and the Chipmunks) died January 16, 1972
1921 Donna Reed (Mullenger), actress (From Here to Eternity, It’s a Wonderful Life) died Jan 14, 1986
1924 Sabu (Dastagir), actor (The Jungle Book, The Thief of Bagdad) died Dec 2, 1963
1936 Troy Donahue (Merle Johnson), actor (Hawaiian Eye, A Summer Place) died Sep 2, 2001
1940 James Cromwell, actor (LA Confidential, Six Feet Under)
1944 Nick Mason, drummer (Pink Floyd)
1946 Nedra Talley, singer (The Ronettes)
1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet dancer/actor (White Nights)
1951 Brian Downey, drummer (Thin Lizzy)
1951 Seth Justman, keyboardist/singer/composer (The J. Geils Band)
1955 John Roberts, Supreme Court Chief Justice
1956 Mimi Rogers, actress (The Rousters, Someone To Watch Over Me)
1957 Janick Gers, guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1957 Frank Miller, comic book author/film director (Daredevil, Sin City)
1959 Cris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver/TV football analyst (Inside the NFL)
1959 Keith Olbermann, news anchor/commentator
1961 Gillian Gilbert, keyboardist (New Order)
1961 Margo Timmins, singer (Cowboy Junkies)
1964 Bridget Fonda, actress (Doc Hollywood, Point of No Return, The Godfather Part 3)
1965 Alan Cumming, actor (X2: X-Men United, GoldenEye)
1968 Mike Patton, singer (Faith No More)
1969 Michael Kulas, singer/songwriter (James)
1971 Fann Wong, actress (Shanghai Knights)
1972 Josh Randall, actor (Ed, Courting Alex, Lost)
1976 Fred Taylor, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1980 Chanda Gunn, USA Olympic women’s hockey goaltender
19XX LisaLisa, board member
Today's Deaths in History
1731 Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian inventor (piano) dies at 75
1851 John James Audubon, French-American naturalist/ornithologist/painter, dies at 65
1901 Giuseppe Verdi, opera composer, dies at 87
1910 Thomas Crapper, English inventor (flush toilet) dies at 73
1967 Roger Chaffee, Apollo 1 astronaut, dies in a capsule fire at 31
1967 Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Apollo 1 astronaut, dies in a capsule fire at 40
1967 Edward White, Apollo 1 astronaut, dies in a capsule fire at 36
1972 Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, dies at 60
1993 André the Giant, wrestler/actor (The Princess Bride) dies at 46
1994 Claude Akins, actor (The Devil's Brigade, Inherit the Wind) dies at 67
2004 Jack Paar, television show host (The Tonight Show) dies at 85
2006 Gene McFadden, singer/songwriter (Wake Up Everybody, Ain't No Stopping Us Now) dies at 56
2007 Tige Andrews, actor (The Mod Squad) dies at 86
Today in History
1606 The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began, ending with their execution January 31.
1785 The University of Georgia, the first public university in the United States, was founded.
1825 The U.S. Congress approved Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears."
1880 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
1888 The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.
1944 The Soviet Union announced the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
1945 Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
1951 The era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began.
1967 Astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo 1 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
1967 More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.
1967 The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.
1973 The Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
1977 The Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests.
1998 First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, appearing on NBC's Today show, said that allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
2006 Western Union delivered its last telegram.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
A Gal in Calico - Johnny Mercer
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & the Campus Kids)
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Let Me Go, Lover! - Teresa Brewer
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
Tell Him - The Exciters
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Stoney End - Barbra Streisand
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Le Freak - Chic
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle
1987
At This Moment - Billy Vera & the Beaters
Open Your Heart - Madonna
Control - Janet Jackson
Cry Myself to Sleep - The Judds
Quote of the Day
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
Today's Birthdays
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Theophilus), composer (Don Giovanni) died Dec 4, 1791
1832 Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), writer (Through the Looking Glass) died Jan 14, 1898
1850 Samuel Gompers, labor union leader (American Federation of Labor) died Dec 13, 1924
1885 Jerome Kern, composer (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight) died Nov 11, 1945
1900 Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy Admiral (Father of the Nuclear Navy) died July 8, 1986
1901 Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers) died August 25, 1988
1908 William Randolph Hearst Jr., publishing/broadcasting mogul (A&E Television Networks) died May 14, 1993
1918 Skitch (Lyle) Henderson, bandleader (The Tonight Show) died Nov 1, 2005
1918 Elmore James, blues musician (King of the Slide Guitar) died May 24, 1963
1919 Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., musician (Alvin and the Chipmunks) died January 16, 1972
1921 Donna Reed (Mullenger), actress (From Here to Eternity, It’s a Wonderful Life) died Jan 14, 1986
1924 Sabu (Dastagir), actor (The Jungle Book, The Thief of Bagdad) died Dec 2, 1963
1936 Troy Donahue (Merle Johnson), actor (Hawaiian Eye, A Summer Place) died Sep 2, 2001
1940 James Cromwell, actor (LA Confidential, Six Feet Under)
1944 Nick Mason, drummer (Pink Floyd)
1946 Nedra Talley, singer (The Ronettes)
1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet dancer/actor (White Nights)
1951 Brian Downey, drummer (Thin Lizzy)
1951 Seth Justman, keyboardist/singer/composer (The J. Geils Band)
1955 John Roberts, Supreme Court Chief Justice
1956 Mimi Rogers, actress (The Rousters, Someone To Watch Over Me)
1957 Janick Gers, guitarist (Iron Maiden)
1957 Frank Miller, comic book author/film director (Daredevil, Sin City)
1959 Cris Collinsworth, NFL wide receiver/TV football analyst (Inside the NFL)
1959 Keith Olbermann, news anchor/commentator
1961 Gillian Gilbert, keyboardist (New Order)
1961 Margo Timmins, singer (Cowboy Junkies)
1964 Bridget Fonda, actress (Doc Hollywood, Point of No Return, The Godfather Part 3)
1965 Alan Cumming, actor (X2: X-Men United, GoldenEye)
1968 Mike Patton, singer (Faith No More)
1969 Michael Kulas, singer/songwriter (James)
1971 Fann Wong, actress (Shanghai Knights)
1972 Josh Randall, actor (Ed, Courting Alex, Lost)
1976 Fred Taylor, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1980 Chanda Gunn, USA Olympic women’s hockey goaltender
19XX LisaLisa, board member
Today's Deaths in History
1731 Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian inventor (piano) dies at 75
1851 John James Audubon, French-American naturalist/ornithologist/painter, dies at 65
1901 Giuseppe Verdi, opera composer, dies at 87
1910 Thomas Crapper, English inventor (flush toilet) dies at 73
1967 Roger Chaffee, Apollo 1 astronaut, dies in a capsule fire at 31
1967 Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Apollo 1 astronaut, dies in a capsule fire at 40
1967 Edward White, Apollo 1 astronaut, dies in a capsule fire at 36
1972 Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, dies at 60
1993 André the Giant, wrestler/actor (The Princess Bride) dies at 46
1994 Claude Akins, actor (The Devil's Brigade, Inherit the Wind) dies at 67
2004 Jack Paar, television show host (The Tonight Show) dies at 85
2006 Gene McFadden, singer/songwriter (Wake Up Everybody, Ain't No Stopping Us Now) dies at 56
2007 Tige Andrews, actor (The Mod Squad) dies at 86
Today in History
1606 The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began, ending with their execution January 31.
1785 The University of Georgia, the first public university in the United States, was founded.
1825 The U.S. Congress approved Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears."
1880 Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
1888 The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C.
1944 The Soviet Union announced the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
1945 Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
1951 The era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began.
1967 Astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo 1 spacecraft at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
1967 More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.
1967 The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.
1973 The Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
1977 The Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests.
1998 First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, appearing on NBC's Today show, said that allegations against her husband were the work of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
2006 Western Union delivered its last telegram.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
A Gal in Calico - Johnny Mercer
Ole Buttermilk Sky - The Kay Kyser Orchestra (vocal: Mike Douglas & the Campus Kids)
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes
Let Me Go, Lover! - Teresa Brewer
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
Tell Him - The Exciters
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Stoney End - Barbra Streisand
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Le Freak - Chic
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle
1987
At This Moment - Billy Vera & the Beaters
Open Your Heart - Madonna
Control - Janet Jackson
Cry Myself to Sleep - The Judds
Quote of the Day
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
Today in History - Jan 28th
Today's Birthdays
1841 Sir Henry Morton Stanley, explorer (search for David Livingstone) died May 10, 1904
1855 William Seward Burroughs I, inventor (calculating machine) died September 14, 1898
1864 Charles W. Nash, co-founder (Nash Motors, Buick) died June 6, 1948
1887 Artur Rubinstein, pianist, died Dec 20, 1982
1912 Jackson Pollock, painter, died August 11, 1956
1933 Susan Sontag, author (Notes on Camp, Against Interpretation) died Dec 28, 2004
1935 Nicholas Pryor, actor (Hoffa, Pacific Heights, Risky Business)
1936 Alan Alda (Alphonso D’Abruzzo), actor (M*A*S*H, The West Wing)
1943 John Beck, actor (Time Machine, Rollerball, Dallas)
1943 Dick Taylor, bassist (The Pretty Things)
1944 Brian Keenan, drummer (Manfred Mann's Erath Band)
1949 Jack Egers, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1950 Barbi Benton, actress/Playboy cover girl/former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
1953 Colin Campbell, NHL player/coach/executive (NY Rangers)
1955 Nicolas Sarkozy, French President
1957 Harley Jane Kozak, actress (Parenthood, When Harry Met Sally...)
1959 Dave Sharp, guitarist (The Alarm)
1959 Frank Darabont, director (The Shawshank Redemption)
1961 Normand Rochefort, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1963 Dan Spitz, guitarist (Anthrax)
1968 Sarah McLachlan, singer/songwriter (Angel)
1969 Kathryn Morris, actress (Cold Case)
1969 Mo Rocca, writer/comedian (The Daily Show)
1977 Joey Fatone Jr., singer (’N Sync)
1977 Daunte Culpepper, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
1977 Matt DeVries, guitarist (Chimaira)
1979 Rosamund Pike, actress (Die Another Day, Pride and Prejudice)
1980 Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1981 Elijah Wood, actor (The Lord of the Rings series, North, Radio Flyer)
Today's Deaths in History
0814 Charlemagne, conqueror, dies at 71
1547 Henry VIII, King of England, dies at 55
1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, dies at 73
1986 Greg Jarvis, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 41
1986 Christa McAuliffe, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 37
1986 Ronald McNair, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 35
1986 Ellison Onizuka, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 39
1986 Judith Resnik, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 36
1986 Francis R. Scobee, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 46
1986 Michael J. Smith, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 40
1991 Red Grange, College and Pro Football Halls of Fame running back (Chicago Bears) dies at 87
1994 Hal Smith, actor (The Andy Griffith Show) dies at 77
2004 Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Football Hall of Fame running back/wide receiver (Los Angeles Rams) dies at 80
2004 Joe Viterelli, actor (Analyze This, Analyze That) dies at 66
2005 Jim Capaldi, singer/songwriter/drummer (Traffic) dies at 60
Today in History
1547 Henry VIII died, and his nine year old son, Edward VI became King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1813 Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1871 France surrendered in the Franco-Prussian War.
1878 The Yale Daily News became the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
1902 The Carnegie Institute was established in Washington, D.C.
1909 The United States ended direct control over Cuba.
1915 The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress.
1916 Louis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member.
1936 Richard Loeb, who as a teenager participated in a "thrill killing" with Nathan Leopold Jr. in Chicago in 1924, was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate in the Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois.
1945 During World War II, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1958 The Lego company patented their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1959 Vince Lombardi was named head coach of the NFL's Green Bay Packers.
1973 A cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War.
1981 Ronald Reagan lifted remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis.
1982 Italian anti-terrorism forces rescued U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier 42 days after he had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades.
1985 USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) recorded the single "We Are the World," to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 Space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.
1999 Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, honoring a personal request for mercy from Pope John Paul II, spared a triple murderer from execution.
Chart Toppers
1948
Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
How Soon - Jack Owens
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Moritat (A Theme from ’The Three Penny Opera’) - Dick Hyman
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Day After Day - Badfinger
Carolyn - Merle Haggard
1980
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
I’ll Be Coming Back for More - T.G. Sheppard
1988
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Need You Tonight - INXS
Could’ve Been - Tiffany
Where Do the Nights Go - Ronnie Milsap
Quote of the Day
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer (1882 - 1974)
Today's Birthdays
1841 Sir Henry Morton Stanley, explorer (search for David Livingstone) died May 10, 1904
1855 William Seward Burroughs I, inventor (calculating machine) died September 14, 1898
1864 Charles W. Nash, co-founder (Nash Motors, Buick) died June 6, 1948
1887 Artur Rubinstein, pianist, died Dec 20, 1982
1912 Jackson Pollock, painter, died August 11, 1956
1933 Susan Sontag, author (Notes on Camp, Against Interpretation) died Dec 28, 2004
1935 Nicholas Pryor, actor (Hoffa, Pacific Heights, Risky Business)
1936 Alan Alda (Alphonso D’Abruzzo), actor (M*A*S*H, The West Wing)
1943 John Beck, actor (Time Machine, Rollerball, Dallas)
1943 Dick Taylor, bassist (The Pretty Things)
1944 Brian Keenan, drummer (Manfred Mann's Erath Band)
1949 Jack Egers, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1950 Barbi Benton, actress/Playboy cover girl/former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
1953 Colin Campbell, NHL player/coach/executive (NY Rangers)
1955 Nicolas Sarkozy, French President
1957 Harley Jane Kozak, actress (Parenthood, When Harry Met Sally...)
1959 Dave Sharp, guitarist (The Alarm)
1959 Frank Darabont, director (The Shawshank Redemption)
1961 Normand Rochefort, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
1963 Dan Spitz, guitarist (Anthrax)
1968 Sarah McLachlan, singer/songwriter (Angel)
1969 Kathryn Morris, actress (Cold Case)
1969 Mo Rocca, writer/comedian (The Daily Show)
1977 Joey Fatone Jr., singer (’N Sync)
1977 Daunte Culpepper, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
1977 Matt DeVries, guitarist (Chimaira)
1979 Rosamund Pike, actress (Die Another Day, Pride and Prejudice)
1980 Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1981 Elijah Wood, actor (The Lord of the Rings series, North, Radio Flyer)
Today's Deaths in History
0814 Charlemagne, conqueror, dies at 71
1547 Henry VIII, King of England, dies at 55
1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, dies at 73
1986 Greg Jarvis, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 41
1986 Christa McAuliffe, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 37
1986 Ronald McNair, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 35
1986 Ellison Onizuka, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 39
1986 Judith Resnik, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 36
1986 Francis R. Scobee, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 46
1986 Michael J. Smith, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut, dies at 40
1991 Red Grange, College and Pro Football Halls of Fame running back (Chicago Bears) dies at 87
1994 Hal Smith, actor (The Andy Griffith Show) dies at 77
2004 Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Football Hall of Fame running back/wide receiver (Los Angeles Rams) dies at 80
2004 Joe Viterelli, actor (Analyze This, Analyze That) dies at 66
2005 Jim Capaldi, singer/songwriter/drummer (Traffic) dies at 60
Today in History
1547 Henry VIII died, and his nine year old son, Edward VI became King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
1813 Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1871 France surrendered in the Franco-Prussian War.
1878 The Yale Daily News became the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
1902 The Carnegie Institute was established in Washington, D.C.
1909 The United States ended direct control over Cuba.
1915 The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress.
1916 Louis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member.
1936 Richard Loeb, who as a teenager participated in a "thrill killing" with Nathan Leopold Jr. in Chicago in 1924, was stabbed to death by a fellow inmate in the Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois.
1945 During World War II, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1958 The Lego company patented their design of Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1959 Vince Lombardi was named head coach of the NFL's Green Bay Packers.
1973 A cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War.
1981 Ronald Reagan lifted remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis.
1982 Italian anti-terrorism forces rescued U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier 42 days after he had been kidnapped by the Red Brigades.
1985 USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) recorded the single "We Are the World," to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 Space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.
1999 Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, honoring a personal request for mercy from Pope John Paul II, spared a triple murderer from execution.
Chart Toppers
1948
Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
How Soon - Jack Owens
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Memories are Made of This - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Moritat (A Theme from ’The Three Penny Opera’) - Dick Hyman
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
There! I’ve Said It Again - Bobby Vinton
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Day After Day - Badfinger
Carolyn - Merle Haggard
1980
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
I’ll Be Coming Back for More - T.G. Sheppard
1988
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Need You Tonight - INXS
Could’ve Been - Tiffany
Where Do the Nights Go - Ronnie Milsap
Quote of the Day
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer (1882 - 1974)
Today in History - Jan 29th
Today's Birthdays
1737 Thomas Paine, American revolutionary leader/political philosopher (Common Sense) died June 8, 1809
1843 William McKinley, 25th U.S. President, assassinated Sept 14, 1901
1860 Anton Chekhov, writer/playwright (Uncle Vanya) died July 15, 1904
1874 John Davison Rockefeller Jr., founder (Standard Oil Co.) died May 11, 1960
1880 W.C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield), comedian/actor (My Little Chickadee) died Dec 25, 1946
1885 Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter), blues guitarist/singer/songwriter (The Midnight Special) died Dec 6, 1949
1915 Victor (John) Mature, actor (The Robe, Samson and Delilah) died Aug 4, 1999
1918 John Forsythe (Freund), actor (Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, Scrooged)
1923 Paddy (Sidney) Chayefsky, playwright (Altered States, Network) died Aug 1, 1981
1940 Katharine Ross, actress (The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
1942 Claudine Longet, singer/actress (McHale’s Navy, Hogan’s Heroes)
1945 Tom Selleck, actor (Magnum, P.I., Three Men and a Baby series, Mr. Baseball)
1947 David Byron, singer (Uriah Heep) died Feb 28, 1985
1948 JagrGal, board member
1950 Ann Jillian (Jurate Nauseda), actress (It’s a Living, Mr. Mom)
1952 Tommy Ramone, drummer/songwriter (The Ramones)
1954 Oprah Winfrey, talk show host/actress/publisher (The Color Purple)
1954 Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, singer (MC5)
1954 Terry Kinney, actor (Oz, The Laramie Project)
1958 Judy Norton-Taylor, actress (The Waltons)
1959 Johnny Spampinato, bassist (NRBQ)
1960 Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold Medal diver
1960 Gia Carangi, model, died of AIDS November 18, 1986
1961 Eddie Jackson, bassist/singer (Queensryche)
1961 David Baynton-Power, drummer (James)
1962 Nicholas Turturro, actor (NYPD Blue)
1964 Roddy Frame, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Aztec Camera)
1965 Dominik Hasek, NHL goaltender (Detroit Red Wings)
1968 Edward Burns, writer/director/actor (Saving Private Ryan, The Brothers McMullen)
1969 Thomas Jane, actor (*61, The Punisher)
1970 Heather Graham, actress (Swingers, Boogie Nights)
1975 Sara Gilbert (Sara Rebecca Abeles), actress (Roseanne, High Fidelity)
1975 Sharif Atkins, actor (ER)
1980 Jason James Richter, actor (Free Willy)
1981 Jonny Lang, blues guitarist/singer
1985 Athina Onassis, French heiress
Today's Deaths in History
1696 Ivan V, Russian tsar, dies at 29
1899 Alfred Sisley, impressionist painter, dies at 59
1956 H. L. Mencken, journalist (the Sage of Baltimore) dies at 75
1963 Robert Frost, poet, dies at 88
1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Citizen Kane) dies at 50
1977 Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian (Chico and the Man) dies at 22
1980 Jimmy Durante, actor/comedian (Schnozzola) dies at 86
1992 Willie Dixon, blues singer/songwriter, dies at 76
1999 Lili St. Cyr, dancer (striptease) dies at 81
2002 Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Detroit Lions) dies at 73
2002 Harold Russell, actor (The Best Years of Our Lives) dies at 88
2007 Barbaro, thoroughbred racehorse, is euthanized at 3
Today in History
1834 President Andrew Jackson ordered the first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
1845 Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
1850 Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state.
1861 Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.
1886 Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1891 Lili'uokalani was proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
1900 The American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia.
1936 The first five members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1944 The USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, was launched.
1958 Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married.
1979 President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1995 The San Francisco 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowl titles when they beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
1998 A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing an off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse; the bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.
2002 In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
2004 A suicide bomber struck a bus in Jerusalem, killing 10 Israelis.
2006 ABC World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1949
A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Don’t Forbid Me - _Pat Boone
Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
Downtown - Petula Clark
You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ - The Righteous Brothers
The Name Game - Shirley Ellis
You’re the Only World I Know - Sonny James
1973
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Your Mama Don’t Dance - Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
The Tide is High - Blondie
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
1989
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
When I’m with You - Sheriff
When the Children Cry - White Lion
Deeper Than the Holler - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
Today's Birthdays
1737 Thomas Paine, American revolutionary leader/political philosopher (Common Sense) died June 8, 1809
1843 William McKinley, 25th U.S. President, assassinated Sept 14, 1901
1860 Anton Chekhov, writer/playwright (Uncle Vanya) died July 15, 1904
1874 John Davison Rockefeller Jr., founder (Standard Oil Co.) died May 11, 1960
1880 W.C. Fields (William Claude Dukenfield), comedian/actor (My Little Chickadee) died Dec 25, 1946
1885 Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter), blues guitarist/singer/songwriter (The Midnight Special) died Dec 6, 1949
1915 Victor (John) Mature, actor (The Robe, Samson and Delilah) died Aug 4, 1999
1918 John Forsythe (Freund), actor (Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, Scrooged)
1923 Paddy (Sidney) Chayefsky, playwright (Altered States, Network) died Aug 1, 1981
1940 Katharine Ross, actress (The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
1942 Claudine Longet, singer/actress (McHale’s Navy, Hogan’s Heroes)
1945 Tom Selleck, actor (Magnum, P.I., Three Men and a Baby series, Mr. Baseball)
1947 David Byron, singer (Uriah Heep) died Feb 28, 1985
1948 JagrGal, board member
1950 Ann Jillian (Jurate Nauseda), actress (It’s a Living, Mr. Mom)
1952 Tommy Ramone, drummer/songwriter (The Ramones)
1954 Oprah Winfrey, talk show host/actress/publisher (The Color Purple)
1954 Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, singer (MC5)
1954 Terry Kinney, actor (Oz, The Laramie Project)
1958 Judy Norton-Taylor, actress (The Waltons)
1959 Johnny Spampinato, bassist (NRBQ)
1960 Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold Medal diver
1960 Gia Carangi, model, died of AIDS November 18, 1986
1961 Eddie Jackson, bassist/singer (Queensryche)
1961 David Baynton-Power, drummer (James)
1962 Nicholas Turturro, actor (NYPD Blue)
1964 Roddy Frame, guitarist/singer/songwriter (Aztec Camera)
1965 Dominik Hasek, NHL goaltender (Detroit Red Wings)
1968 Edward Burns, writer/director/actor (Saving Private Ryan, The Brothers McMullen)
1969 Thomas Jane, actor (*61, The Punisher)
1970 Heather Graham, actress (Swingers, Boogie Nights)
1975 Sara Gilbert (Sara Rebecca Abeles), actress (Roseanne, High Fidelity)
1975 Sharif Atkins, actor (ER)
1980 Jason James Richter, actor (Free Willy)
1981 Jonny Lang, blues guitarist/singer
1985 Athina Onassis, French heiress
Today's Deaths in History
1696 Ivan V, Russian tsar, dies at 29
1899 Alfred Sisley, impressionist painter, dies at 59
1956 H. L. Mencken, journalist (the Sage of Baltimore) dies at 75
1963 Robert Frost, poet, dies at 88
1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Citizen Kane) dies at 50
1977 Freddie Prinze, actor/comedian (Chico and the Man) dies at 22
1980 Jimmy Durante, actor/comedian (Schnozzola) dies at 86
1992 Willie Dixon, blues singer/songwriter, dies at 76
1999 Lili St. Cyr, dancer (striptease) dies at 81
2002 Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Detroit Lions) dies at 73
2002 Harold Russell, actor (The Best Years of Our Lives) dies at 88
2007 Barbaro, thoroughbred racehorse, is euthanized at 3
Today in History
1834 President Andrew Jackson ordered the first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
1845 Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
1850 Henry Clay introduced in the Senate a compromise bill on slavery that included the admission of California into the Union as a free state.
1861 Kansas became the 34th state of the Union.
1886 Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1891 Lili'uokalani was proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
1900 The American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia.
1936 The first five members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1944 The USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, was launched.
1958 Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married.
1979 President Jimmy Carter welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House following the establishment of diplomatic relations.
1995 The San Francisco 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowl titles when they beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
1998 A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing an off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse; the bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.
2002 In his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
2004 A suicide bomber struck a bus in Jerusalem, killing 10 Israelis.
2006 ABC World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
Chart Toppers
1949
A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Don’t Forbid Me - _Pat Boone
Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
Downtown - Petula Clark
You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ - The Righteous Brothers
The Name Game - Shirley Ellis
You’re the Only World I Know - Sonny James
1973
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Your Mama Don’t Dance - Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall
1981
(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
The Tide is High - Blondie
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
1989
Two Hearts - Phil Collins
When I’m with You - Sheriff
When the Children Cry - White Lion
Deeper Than the Holler - Randy Travis
Quote of the Day
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
Today in History - Jan 30th
Today's Birthdays
1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, died Apr 12, 1945
1914 John Ireland, actor (Gunfight at the OK Corral, Spartacus) died Mar 21, 1992
1922 Dick Martin, comedian (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In) died May 24, 2008
1928 Ruth Brown, R&B/jazz singer (Teardrops from My Eyes) died Nov 17, 2006
1930 Gene Hackman, actor (The French Connection, The Poseidon Adventure, Superman, The Firm, Crimson Tide)
1937 Vanessa Redgrave, actress (Playing for Time, Julia, A Man for All Seasons)
1937 Boris Spassky, former World Champion chess player
1941 Joe Terranova, singer (Danny and the Juniors)
1941 Dick Cheney, former U.S. Vice President
1942 Marty Balin (Buchwald), singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
1947 Steve Marriott, singer/songwriter/guitarist (The Small Faces) died Apr 20, 1991
1949 William King, trumpeter/keyboardist (The Commodores)
1951 Phil Collins, singer/drummer (Genesis)
1951 Charles S. Dutton, actor (A Time to Kill, The Distinguished Gentleman)
1955 Curtis Strange, golf champion
1957 Payne Stewart, golf champion, killed in plane crash Oct 25, 1999
1958 Brett Butler, actress/comedian (Grace Under Fire)
1959 Jody Watley, singer (Shalamar)
1962 Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who had children with a student
1965 Julie McCullough, playmate/actress (February 1986; Growing Pains)
1972 Chris Simon, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1974 Christian Bale, actor (Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, 3:10 to Yuma)
1977 Deltha O'Neal, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
1980 Wilmer Valderrama, actor (That '70s Show)
1981 Josh Kelley, singer/songwriter/Mr. Katherine Heigl
1990 Jake Thomas, actor (Lizzie McGuire)
Today's Deaths in History
1836 Betsy Ross, seamstress, dies at 84
1934 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher, dies at 72
1948 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Indian freedom fighter, is assasinated at 78
1948 Orville Wright, aviation pioneer, dies at 76
1951 Ferdinand Porsche, automotive engineer, dies at 75
1980 Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd), New Orleans blues singer/pianist, dies at 61
1982 Lightnin' Hopkins, blues guitarist, dies at 69
1991 John McIntire, actor (Turner & Hooch, The Asphalt Jungle) dies at 83
1999 Ed Herlihy, broadcaster/actor (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) dies at 89
2005 Wes Wehmiller, bassist (Duran Duran, Missing Persons) dies at 33
2006 Coretta Scott King, activist/wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., dies at 78
2007 Sidney Sheldon, author/playwright/screenwriter (I Dream of Jeannie, Hart to Hart, The Patty Duke Show) dies at 89
Today in History
1649 England's King Charles I was beheaded.
1798 A brawl broke out in the House of Representatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswold of Connecticut.
1835 In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempted to shoot president Andrew Jackson.
1847 Yerba Buena, California was renamed San Francisco.
1862 The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, was launched.
1883 James Ritty and John Birch received a U.S. patent for the first cash register.
1933 The first episode of the Lone Ranger was broadcast on radio station WXYZ in Detroit.
1933 Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
1948 Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist.
1962 Two members of the Flying Wallendas high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.
1964 The United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying TV cameras that was to crash-land on the moon.
1968 The Tet offensive began as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.
1969 The Beatles performed as a group for the last time in public in a 45-minute gig on the roof of their Apple Records headquarters in London during the filming of Let it Be.
1972 Thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
1976 George H. W. Bush became the 11th director of the CIA.
1979 The civilian government of Iran announced it had decided to allow Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to return from exile in France.
1982 Richard Skrenta wrote the first PC virus code, which was 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner."
1989 The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closed.
1995 Workers from the National Institutes of Health announced the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
1996 Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, was killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefits.
2003 Richard Reid, a British citizen and al-Qaida follower, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Boston for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2003 Belgium became the second country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage.
2005 Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
The Old Master Painter - Richard Hayes
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me - Eddy Arnold
1958
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Stood Up/Waitin’ in School - Ricky Nelson
The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins
1966
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) - The T-Bones
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
You’re Sixteen - Ringo Starr
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
Love’s Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known) - Juice Newton
1990
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart
Just to Make It Right - Seduction
Nobody’s Home - Clint Black
Quote of the Day
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
George Orwell, essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)
Today's Birthdays
1882 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, died Apr 12, 1945
1914 John Ireland, actor (Gunfight at the OK Corral, Spartacus) died Mar 21, 1992
1922 Dick Martin, comedian (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In) died May 24, 2008
1928 Ruth Brown, R&B/jazz singer (Teardrops from My Eyes) died Nov 17, 2006
1930 Gene Hackman, actor (The French Connection, The Poseidon Adventure, Superman, The Firm, Crimson Tide)
1937 Vanessa Redgrave, actress (Playing for Time, Julia, A Man for All Seasons)
1937 Boris Spassky, former World Champion chess player
1941 Joe Terranova, singer (Danny and the Juniors)
1941 Dick Cheney, former U.S. Vice President
1942 Marty Balin (Buchwald), singer (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
1947 Steve Marriott, singer/songwriter/guitarist (The Small Faces) died Apr 20, 1991
1949 William King, trumpeter/keyboardist (The Commodores)
1951 Phil Collins, singer/drummer (Genesis)
1951 Charles S. Dutton, actor (A Time to Kill, The Distinguished Gentleman)
1955 Curtis Strange, golf champion
1957 Payne Stewart, golf champion, killed in plane crash Oct 25, 1999
1958 Brett Butler, actress/comedian (Grace Under Fire)
1959 Jody Watley, singer (Shalamar)
1962 Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who had children with a student
1965 Julie McCullough, playmate/actress (February 1986; Growing Pains)
1972 Chris Simon, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
1974 Christian Bale, actor (Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, 3:10 to Yuma)
1977 Deltha O'Neal, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
1980 Wilmer Valderrama, actor (That '70s Show)
1981 Josh Kelley, singer/songwriter/Mr. Katherine Heigl
1990 Jake Thomas, actor (Lizzie McGuire)
Today's Deaths in History
1836 Betsy Ross, seamstress, dies at 84
1934 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher, dies at 72
1948 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Indian freedom fighter, is assasinated at 78
1948 Orville Wright, aviation pioneer, dies at 76
1951 Ferdinand Porsche, automotive engineer, dies at 75
1980 Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd), New Orleans blues singer/pianist, dies at 61
1982 Lightnin' Hopkins, blues guitarist, dies at 69
1991 John McIntire, actor (Turner & Hooch, The Asphalt Jungle) dies at 83
1999 Ed Herlihy, broadcaster/actor (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) dies at 89
2005 Wes Wehmiller, bassist (Duran Duran, Missing Persons) dies at 33
2006 Coretta Scott King, activist/wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., dies at 78
2007 Sidney Sheldon, author/playwright/screenwriter (I Dream of Jeannie, Hart to Hart, The Patty Duke Show) dies at 89
Today in History
1649 England's King Charles I was beheaded.
1798 A brawl broke out in the House of Representatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswold of Connecticut.
1835 In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempted to shoot president Andrew Jackson.
1847 Yerba Buena, California was renamed San Francisco.
1862 The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, was launched.
1883 James Ritty and John Birch received a U.S. patent for the first cash register.
1933 The first episode of the Lone Ranger was broadcast on radio station WXYZ in Detroit.
1933 Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
1948 Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist.
1962 Two members of the Flying Wallendas high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.
1964 The United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying TV cameras that was to crash-land on the moon.
1968 The Tet offensive began as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.
1969 The Beatles performed as a group for the last time in public in a 45-minute gig on the roof of their Apple Records headquarters in London during the filming of Let it Be.
1972 Thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday."
1976 George H. W. Bush became the 11th director of the CIA.
1979 The civilian government of Iran announced it had decided to allow Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to return from exile in France.
1982 Richard Skrenta wrote the first PC virus code, which was 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner."
1989 The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closed.
1995 Workers from the National Institutes of Health announced the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
1996 Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, was killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefits.
2003 Richard Reid, a British citizen and al-Qaida follower, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Boston for trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2003 Belgium became the second country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage.
2005 Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century.
Chart Toppers
1950
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
The Old Master Painter - Richard Hayes
A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me - Eddy Arnold
1958
At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley
Stood Up/Waitin’ in School - Ricky Nelson
The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins
1966
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles
Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) - The T-Bones
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
You’re Sixteen - Ringo Starr
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
Love’s Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Centerfold - The J. Geils Band
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known) - Juice Newton
1990
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart
Just to Make It Right - Seduction
Nobody’s Home - Clint Black
Quote of the Day
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
George Orwell, essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)
QUOTE(Giac @ Jan 30 2009, 01:11 PM)
1962 Two members of the Flying Wallendas high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit.
The Truth:
Witnesses at the scene say one of the Wallendas, Archibald, slapped that back of his neck just prior to the fall. While the initial coroner's findings reported the presense of a small poison dart, these sections were later redacted after the FBI took control of the investigation. Rumors that Richard Nixon was seen leaving the scene wearing a rubber Ronald Reagan mask were never substantiated. Frequent references to "those damned Wallendas" in Nixon's papers from this period are circumstantial at best. What is known is that, like Nixon, the Wallendas were born in Yorba Linda, California and, like Nixon, they attended Duke University School of Law where they formed the first all sibling Waterpolo starting team in DSL's history. There is no truth whatsoever to the rumor that workers excavating the White House pool during the Carter administration found the exumed remains of the Wallendas at the bottom of the concrete filled pool. Nor did they find the corpses of Sitting Bull and Bigfoot.
QUOTE(rightbug @ Jan 30 2009, 11:06 AM)
The Truth:
Witnesses at the scene say one of the Wallendas, Archibald, slapped that back of his neck just prior to the fall. While the initial coroner's findings reported the presense of a small poison dart, these sections were later redacted after the FBI took control of the investigation. Rumors that Richard Nixon was seen leaving the scene wearing a rubber Ronald Reagan mask were never substantiated. Frequent references to "those damned Wallendas" in Nixon's papers from this period are circumstantial at best. What is known is that, like Nixon, the Wallendas were born in Yorba Linda, California and, like Nixon, they attended Duke University School of Law where they formed the first all sibling Waterpolo starting team in DSL's history. There is no truth whatsoever to the rumor that workers excavating the White House pool during the Carter administration found the exumed remains of the Wallendas at the bottom of the concrete filled pool. Nor did they find the corpses of Sitting Bull and Bigfoot.
Witnesses at the scene say one of the Wallendas, Archibald, slapped that back of his neck just prior to the fall. While the initial coroner's findings reported the presense of a small poison dart, these sections were later redacted after the FBI took control of the investigation. Rumors that Richard Nixon was seen leaving the scene wearing a rubber Ronald Reagan mask were never substantiated. Frequent references to "those damned Wallendas" in Nixon's papers from this period are circumstantial at best. What is known is that, like Nixon, the Wallendas were born in Yorba Linda, California and, like Nixon, they attended Duke University School of Law where they formed the first all sibling Waterpolo starting team in DSL's history. There is no truth whatsoever to the rumor that workers excavating the White House pool during the Carter administration found the exumed remains of the Wallendas at the bottom of the concrete filled pool. Nor did they find the corpses of Sitting Bull and Bigfoot.
'Bug's channeling Sed now.....
Today in History - Jan 31st
Today's Birthdays
1797 Franz Schubert, composer (Unfinished Symphony) died Nov 19, 1828
1872 Zane Grey (Pearl Grey), author (Riders of the Purple Sage) died Oct 23, 1939
1892 Eddie Cantor (Iskowitz), actor/singer (Makin’ Whoopee) died Oct 10, 1964
1902 Tallulah Bankhead, actress (Stage Door Canteen) died Dec 12, 1968
1914 Jersey Joe Walcott (Arnold Raymond Cream), International Boxing Hall of Fame Heavyweight Champion, died Feb 25, 1994
1915 Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit), entertainer (To Tell the Truth) died Nov 28, 1993
1919 Jackie (Jack Roosevelt) Robinson, Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman (Brooklyn Dodgers) died Oct 24, 1972
1921 John Agar, actor (The Sands of Iwo Jima) died Apr 7, 2002
1921 Carol Channing (Lowe), actress (Hello, Dolly!, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
1921 Mario Lanza (Alfred Cocozza), actor/singer (The Great Caruso) died Oct 7, 1959
1923 Norman Mailer, novelist (The Executioner’s Song) died Nov 10, 2007
1928 Chuck Willis, singer/songwriter (CC Rider) died April 10, 1958
1931 Ernie (Ernest) Banks, Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (Chicago Cubs)
1933 Camille Henry, NHL center (NY Rangers) died September 11, 1997
1934 James (Grover) Franciscus, actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes) died July 8, 1991
1937 Suzanne Pleshette, actress (The Bob Newhart Show) died January 19, 2008
1940 Stuart Margolin, actor (The Rockford Files, Kelly's Heroes, Death Wish)
1941 Jessica Walter, actress (The Flamingo Kid, Play Misty for Me)
1946 Terry Kath, guitarist (Chicago) died Jan 23, 1978
1947 (Lynn) Nolan Ryan, MLB pitcher (NY Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers)
1951 Harry Wayne Casey, keyboardist/singer (KC and the Sunshine Band)
1951 Phil Manzanera (Targett-Adams), guitarist (Roxy Music)
1954 Adrian Vandenberg, guitarist (Whitesnake, Vandenberg)
1956 Johnny Lydon (Johnny Rotten), singer (The Sex Pistols)
1959 Kelly Lynch, actress (Road House, Drugstore Cowboy, Cocktail)
1959 Anthony LaPaglia, actor (Without a Trace, Empire Records, Lantana)
1961 Lloyd Cole, guitarist/singer (Lloyd Cole and The Commotions)
1963 John Dye, actor (Touched by an Angel, Tour of Duty)
1964 Jeff Hanneman, guitarist (Slayer)
1966 Al Jaworski, bassist (Jesus Jones)
1970 Minnie Driver, actress (Circle of Friends, Good Will Hunting, Big Night)
1973 Portia de Rossi, actress (Arrested Development, Ally McBeal)
1977 Jim Kleinsasser, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
1977 Kerry Washington, actress (Fantastic Four series, The Last King of Scotland, Ray)
1981 Justin Timberlake, singer (’N Sync)
Today's Deaths in History
1606 Guy Fawkes, conspirator, is executed at 35
1788 Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne, dies at 67
1945 Eddie Slovik, American soldier, is executed for desertion at 24
1956 A. A. Milne, English author (Winnie the Pooh stories) dies at 74
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, film studio executive (MGM) dies at 91
1981 Cozy Cole, jazz drummer, dies at 71
2006 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress/ballerina (The Red Shoes) dies at 80
2007 Lee Bergere, actor (Dynasty) dies at 88
Today in History
1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.
1747 The first venereal diseases clinic opened at London Lock Hospital.
1865 Robert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies.
1876 The United States ordered all Native Americans to move into reservations.
1917 Germany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1918 A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night led to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines and more than a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1929 The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky.
1930 3M began marketing Scotch Tape.
1944 U.S. forces invaded the Japanese-held Marshall Islands during World War II.
1945 Private Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.
1949 The first TV daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
1950 President Harry S. Truman announced that he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.
1958 The United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I.
1968 The Viet Cong attacked the United States embassy in Saigon as the Tet Offensive began.
1971 Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on the third successful manned mission to the moon.
1990 McDonald's Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.
2000 An Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the ocean off Southern California on a flight from Mexico to San Francisco, killing all 88 people on board.
2001 A Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2006 Samuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
2006 The Senate approved Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2007 Nine blinking electronic devices planted around Boston threw a scare into the city in what turned out to be a marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie.
Chart Toppers
1951
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
A Bushell and a Peck - Perry Como & Betty Hutton
The Shot Gun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1959
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
Donna - Ritchie Valens
The All American Boy - Bill Parsons
Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Georgy Girl - The Seekers
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
Fire - Ohio Players
(I’d Be) A Legend in My Time - Ronnie Milsap
1983
Down Under - Men at Work
Africa - Toto
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Talk to Me - Mickey Gilley
1991
The First Time - Surface
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C & C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams
Sensitivity - Ralph Tresvant
Forever’s as Far as I’ll Go - Alabama
Quote of the Day
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Today's Birthdays
1797 Franz Schubert, composer (Unfinished Symphony) died Nov 19, 1828
1872 Zane Grey (Pearl Grey), author (Riders of the Purple Sage) died Oct 23, 1939
1892 Eddie Cantor (Iskowitz), actor/singer (Makin’ Whoopee) died Oct 10, 1964
1902 Tallulah Bankhead, actress (Stage Door Canteen) died Dec 12, 1968
1914 Jersey Joe Walcott (Arnold Raymond Cream), International Boxing Hall of Fame Heavyweight Champion, died Feb 25, 1994
1915 Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit), entertainer (To Tell the Truth) died Nov 28, 1993
1919 Jackie (Jack Roosevelt) Robinson, Baseball Hall of Fame 2nd baseman (Brooklyn Dodgers) died Oct 24, 1972
1921 John Agar, actor (The Sands of Iwo Jima) died Apr 7, 2002
1921 Carol Channing (Lowe), actress (Hello, Dolly!, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
1921 Mario Lanza (Alfred Cocozza), actor/singer (The Great Caruso) died Oct 7, 1959
1923 Norman Mailer, novelist (The Executioner’s Song) died Nov 10, 2007
1928 Chuck Willis, singer/songwriter (CC Rider) died April 10, 1958
1931 Ernie (Ernest) Banks, Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (Chicago Cubs)
1933 Camille Henry, NHL center (NY Rangers) died September 11, 1997
1934 James (Grover) Franciscus, actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes) died July 8, 1991
1937 Suzanne Pleshette, actress (The Bob Newhart Show) died January 19, 2008
1940 Stuart Margolin, actor (The Rockford Files, Kelly's Heroes, Death Wish)
1941 Jessica Walter, actress (The Flamingo Kid, Play Misty for Me)
1946 Terry Kath, guitarist (Chicago) died Jan 23, 1978
1947 (Lynn) Nolan Ryan, MLB pitcher (NY Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers)
1951 Harry Wayne Casey, keyboardist/singer (KC and the Sunshine Band)
1951 Phil Manzanera (Targett-Adams), guitarist (Roxy Music)
1954 Adrian Vandenberg, guitarist (Whitesnake, Vandenberg)
1956 Johnny Lydon (Johnny Rotten), singer (The Sex Pistols)
1959 Kelly Lynch, actress (Road House, Drugstore Cowboy, Cocktail)
1959 Anthony LaPaglia, actor (Without a Trace, Empire Records, Lantana)
1961 Lloyd Cole, guitarist/singer (Lloyd Cole and The Commotions)
1963 John Dye, actor (Touched by an Angel, Tour of Duty)
1964 Jeff Hanneman, guitarist (Slayer)
1966 Al Jaworski, bassist (Jesus Jones)
1970 Minnie Driver, actress (Circle of Friends, Good Will Hunting, Big Night)
1973 Portia de Rossi, actress (Arrested Development, Ally McBeal)
1977 Jim Kleinsasser, NFL tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
1977 Kerry Washington, actress (Fantastic Four series, The Last King of Scotland, Ray)
1981 Justin Timberlake, singer (’N Sync)
Today's Deaths in History
1606 Guy Fawkes, conspirator, is executed at 35
1788 Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne, dies at 67
1945 Eddie Slovik, American soldier, is executed for desertion at 24
1956 A. A. Milne, English author (Winnie the Pooh stories) dies at 74
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, film studio executive (MGM) dies at 91
1981 Cozy Cole, jazz drummer, dies at 71
2006 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress/ballerina (The Red Shoes) dies at 80
2007 Lee Bergere, actor (Dynasty) dies at 88
Today in History
1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.
1747 The first venereal diseases clinic opened at London Lock Hospital.
1865 Robert E. Lee was named general-in-chief of the Confederate armies.
1876 The United States ordered all Native Americans to move into reservations.
1917 Germany announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1918 A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night led to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines and more than a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
1929 The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky.
1930 3M began marketing Scotch Tape.
1944 U.S. forces invaded the Japanese-held Marshall Islands during World War II.
1945 Private Eddie Slovik became the only U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.
1949 The first TV daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, was broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
1950 President Harry S. Truman announced that he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.
1958 The United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I.
1968 The Viet Cong attacked the United States embassy in Saigon as the Tet Offensive began.
1971 Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on the third successful manned mission to the moon.
1990 McDonald's Corp. opened its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow.
2000 An Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the ocean off Southern California on a flight from Mexico to San Francisco, killing all 88 people on board.
2001 A Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan and acquitted a second in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2006 Samuel Alito was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
2006 The Senate approved Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2007 Nine blinking electronic devices planted around Boston threw a scare into the city in what turned out to be a marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie.
Chart Toppers
1951
My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
A Bushell and a Peck - Perry Como & Betty Hutton
The Shot Gun Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1959
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
Donna - Ritchie Valens
The All American Boy - Bill Parsons
Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves
1967
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
Georgy Girl - The Seekers
There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
1975
Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
Fire - Ohio Players
(I’d Be) A Legend in My Time - Ronnie Milsap
1983
Down Under - Men at Work
Africa - Toto
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Talk to Me - Mickey Gilley
1991
The First Time - Surface
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C & C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams
Sensitivity - Ralph Tresvant
Forever’s as Far as I’ll Go - Alabama
Quote of the Day
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Today in History - Feb 1st
Today's Birthdays
1894 John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney), director (The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley) died Aug 31, 1973
1895 Conn Smythe, founder (National Hockey League) died November 18, 1980
1901 William Clark Gable, actor (Gone with the Wind) died Nov 16, 1960
1902 Langston Hughes, author (The Ways of White Folks) died May 22, 1967
1904 S.J. Perelman (Sidney/Simeon Joseph Perelman), humorist/screenwriter (Around the World in 80 Days, Monkey Business) died Oct 17, 1979
1908 George Pál, director/producer (When Worlds Collide, War of the Worlds) died May 2, 1980
1931 Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, died Apr 23, 2007
1934 Bob Shane, singer (The Kingston Trio)
1937 Don Everly, singer (The Everly Brothers)
1937 Garrett Morris, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live)
1937 Ray Sawyer, singer (Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show)
1938 Sherman Hemsley, actor (The Jeffersons, All in the Family)
1939 Joe Sample, jazz pianist (The Crusaders)
1942 Terry Jones, comedia/director/actor (Monty Python series)
1942 Wayne Rivers, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1947 Jessica Savitch, broadcast journalist (NBC Nightly News) died October 23, 1983
1948 Rick James (James Johnson), punk-funk singer (Super Freak) died Aug 6, 2004
1950 Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
1954 Bill Mumy, actor (Twilight Zone-The Movie, Lost in Space, Babylon 5)
1954 Chuck Dukowski, bassist (Black Flag)
1956 Exene Cervenka, singer (X)
1965 Princess Stephanie of Monaco
1965 Brandon Lee, actor (The Crow) died March 31, 1993
1965 Sherilyn Fenn (Sheryl Ann Fenn), actress (Twin Peaks, Fatal Instinct)
1968 Pauly Shore, comedian/actor (Encino Man, In the Army Now)
1968 Lisa Marie Presley, singer/daughter of Elvis Presley
1969 Joshua Redman, jazz saxophonist
1969 Patrick Wilson, drummer (Weezer)
1971 Michael C. Hall, actor (Six Feet Under, Dexter)
1975 Big Boi, rapper (Outkast)
1986 Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills)
Today's Deaths in History
1851 Mary Shelley, English author (Frankenstein) dies at 53
1966 Hedda Hopper, gossip columnist, dies at 80
1966 Buster Keaton, actor (The General) dies at 70
1988 Heather O'Rourke, actress (Poltergeist series) dies at 12
1991 Carol Dempster, actress (Sherlock Holmes, America) dies at 89
1991 Phil Watson, NHL center/coach (NY Rangers) dies at 76
2003 Michael P. Anderson, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 43
2003 David Brown, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 46
2003 Kalpana Chawla, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 41
2003 Laurel Clark, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 41
2003 Rick D. Husband, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 45
2003 Willie McCool, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 41
2003 Ilan Ramon, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 48
2005 John Vernon, actor (National Lampoon's Animal House) dies at 72
Today in History
1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union.
1862 Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.
1865 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery.
1893 Inventor Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, N.J.
1896 Puccini's opera La Boheme premiered in Turin, Italy.
1913 New York City's Grand Central Terminal opened as the world's largest train station.
1920 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established.
1946 Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.
1960 Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service.
1968 During the Vietnam War, Saigon's police chief, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.
1978 Director Roman Polanski skipped bail and fled the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.
1979 Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, whose prison sentence for bank robbery had been commuted by President Jimmy Carter, left a federal prison near San Francisco.
1982 Late Night with David Letterman premiered on NBC.
1998 Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African-American to be promoted to that rank.
1999 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton.
2003 The space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven crew members.
2004 Singer Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed during a duet with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show; Timberlake later referred to the incident as a "wardrobe malfunction."
2004 251 people were trampled to death and 244 were injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
2005 Canada introduced the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.
2006 French and German newspapers republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in what they called a defense of freedom of expression, sparking fresh anger from Muslims.
2008 Remote-controlled explosives strapped to two women killed nearly 100 people in Baghdad.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Al Dexter
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
1960
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
Where or When - Dion & the Belmonts
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
1976
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
This Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me - Conway Twitty
1984
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Talking in Your Sleep - The Romantics
The Sound of Goodbye - Crystal Gayle
Quote of the Day
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom Robbins, novelist (1936 - )
Today's Birthdays
1894 John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney), director (The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley) died Aug 31, 1973
1895 Conn Smythe, founder (National Hockey League) died November 18, 1980
1901 William Clark Gable, actor (Gone with the Wind) died Nov 16, 1960
1902 Langston Hughes, author (The Ways of White Folks) died May 22, 1967
1904 S.J. Perelman (Sidney/Simeon Joseph Perelman), humorist/screenwriter (Around the World in 80 Days, Monkey Business) died Oct 17, 1979
1908 George Pál, director/producer (When Worlds Collide, War of the Worlds) died May 2, 1980
1931 Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, died Apr 23, 2007
1934 Bob Shane, singer (The Kingston Trio)
1937 Don Everly, singer (The Everly Brothers)
1937 Garrett Morris, comedian/actor (Saturday Night Live)
1937 Ray Sawyer, singer (Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show)
1938 Sherman Hemsley, actor (The Jeffersons, All in the Family)
1939 Joe Sample, jazz pianist (The Crusaders)
1942 Terry Jones, comedia/director/actor (Monty Python series)
1942 Wayne Rivers, NHL right wing (NY Rangers)
1947 Jessica Savitch, broadcast journalist (NBC Nightly News) died October 23, 1983
1948 Rick James (James Johnson), punk-funk singer (Super Freak) died Aug 6, 2004
1950 Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
1954 Bill Mumy, actor (Twilight Zone-The Movie, Lost in Space, Babylon 5)
1954 Chuck Dukowski, bassist (Black Flag)
1956 Exene Cervenka, singer (X)
1965 Princess Stephanie of Monaco
1965 Brandon Lee, actor (The Crow) died March 31, 1993
1965 Sherilyn Fenn (Sheryl Ann Fenn), actress (Twin Peaks, Fatal Instinct)
1968 Pauly Shore, comedian/actor (Encino Man, In the Army Now)
1968 Lisa Marie Presley, singer/daughter of Elvis Presley
1969 Joshua Redman, jazz saxophonist
1969 Patrick Wilson, drummer (Weezer)
1971 Michael C. Hall, actor (Six Feet Under, Dexter)
1975 Big Boi, rapper (Outkast)
1986 Lauren Conrad, TV personality (The Hills)
Today's Deaths in History
1851 Mary Shelley, English author (Frankenstein) dies at 53
1966 Hedda Hopper, gossip columnist, dies at 80
1966 Buster Keaton, actor (The General) dies at 70
1988 Heather O'Rourke, actress (Poltergeist series) dies at 12
1991 Carol Dempster, actress (Sherlock Holmes, America) dies at 89
1991 Phil Watson, NHL center/coach (NY Rangers) dies at 76
2003 Michael P. Anderson, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 43
2003 David Brown, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 46
2003 Kalpana Chawla, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 41
2003 Laurel Clark, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 41
2003 Rick D. Husband, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 45
2003 Willie McCool, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 41
2003 Ilan Ramon, Space Shuttle Columbia astronaut, dies at 48
2005 John Vernon, actor (National Lampoon's Animal House) dies at 72
Today in History
1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union.
1862 Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly.
1865 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery.
1893 Inventor Thomas A. Edison completed work on the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange, N.J.
1896 Puccini's opera La Boheme premiered in Turin, Italy.
1913 New York City's Grand Central Terminal opened as the world's largest train station.
1920 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established.
1946 Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations.
1960 Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service.
1968 During the Vietnam War, Saigon's police chief, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.
1978 Director Roman Polanski skipped bail and fled the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.
1979 Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, whose prison sentence for bank robbery had been commuted by President Jimmy Carter, left a federal prison near San Francisco.
1982 Late Night with David Letterman premiered on NBC.
1998 Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African-American to be promoted to that rank.
1999 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton.
2003 The space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven crew members.
2004 Singer Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed during a duet with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show; Timberlake later referred to the incident as a "wardrobe malfunction."
2004 251 people were trampled to death and 244 were injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
2005 Canada introduced the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.
2006 French and German newspapers republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in what they called a defense of freedom of expression, sparking fresh anger from Muslims.
2008 Remote-controlled explosives strapped to two women killed nearly 100 people in Baghdad.
Chart Toppers
1944
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen)
Pistol Packin’ Mama - Al Dexter
1952
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
1960
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
Where or When - Dion & the Belmonts
El Paso - Marty Robbins
1968
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
1976
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
This Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me - Conway Twitty
1984
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Talking in Your Sleep - The Romantics
The Sound of Goodbye - Crystal Gayle
Quote of the Day
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom Robbins, novelist (1936 - )
QUOTE
1861 Texas voted to secede from the Union
The Truth:
Texas actually voted to succeed from the Union but historians are notoriously bad spellers. Texas, accordingly, became the first unintentional Confederate state.
QUOTE(rightbug @ Feb 2 2009, 10:49 AM)
The Truth:
Texas actually voted to succeed from the Union but historians are notoriously bad spellers. Texas, accordingly, became the first unintentional Confederate state.
Texas actually voted to succeed from the Union but historians are notoriously bad spellers. Texas, accordingly, became the first unintentional Confederate state.
Had Texas not made their blanket statement regarding their anti-being-messed-with stance, perhaps a copy editor could have spared them from this distinction.
Today in History - Feb 2nd
Today's Birthdays
1861 Solomon R. Guggenheim, art collector/philanthropist, died November 3, 1949
1882 James Joyce, poet/author (Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) died Jan 13, 1941
1890 Charles Correll, voice actor (Amos ’n’ Andy) died Sep 26, 1972
1895 George Halas, Pro Football Hall of Fame owner/coach (Chicago Bears) died Oct 31, 1983
1897 Howard Johnson, hotelier, died June 20, 1972
1901 Jascha Heifetz, Russian-born violin virtuoso, died Dec 10, 1987
1905 Ayn Rand (Alissa Rosenbaum), social critic/writer (Atlas Shrugged) died Mar 6, 1982
1906 Gale Gordon (Charles Aldrich), actor (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks) died June 30, 1995
1912 Burton Lane (Levy), composer (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) died Jan 5, 1997
1923 Liz Smith, gossip columnist (Newsday)
1927 Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetzby), jazz tenor saxophonist, died June 6, 1991
1932 Arthur Lyman, jazz/exotica vibraphonist (Yellow Bird) died Feb 24, 2002
1937 Tom Smothers, entertainer (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Smothers Brothers Show)
1940 Alan Caddy, guitarist (The Tornados) died Aug 16, 2000
1942 Bo Hopkins, actor (The Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, The Rockford Files, Dynasty)
1942 Graham Nash, singer/musician (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
1946 Howard Bellamy, singer (The Bellamy Brothers)
1947 Farrah Fawcett, actress (Charlie’s Angels, The Burning Bed)
1947 Peter Lucia, drummer (Tommy James and The Shondells)
1948 Al McKay, guitarist/songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1949 Ross Valory, bassist (Journey)
1949 Jack McGee, actor (Rescue Me)
1949 Brent Spiner, actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day)
1953 Duane "The Dog" Chapman, bounty hunter
1954 Christie Brinkley, model/actress (National Lampoon’s Vacation)
1955 Michael Talbott, actor (Miami Vice)
1961 Lauren Lane, actress (The Nanny)
1962 Michael T. Weiss, actor (The Pretender, Profiler)
1963 Eva Cassidy, jazz/blues singer, died November 2, 1996
1966 Robert DeLeo, bassist (Stone Temple Pilots)
1970 Jennifer Westfeldt, actress (Kissing Jessica Stein, Notes from the Underbelly)
1973 Marissa Jaret Winokur, actress (Hairspray, Stacked)
1975 Todd Bertuzzi, NHL wing (Calgary Flames)
1975 Donald Driver, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers)
1977 Shakira, singer (Hips Don't Lie)
1983 Jordin Tootoo, NHL right wing (Nashville Predators)
Today's Deaths in History
1918 John L. Sullivan, heavyweight boxing champion, dies at 59
1969 Boris Karloff, English actor (Frankenstein) dies at 81
1979 Sid Vicious, punk rocker (Sex Pistols) dies of a drug overdose at 21
1992 Bert Parks, television host (Miss America Pageant) dies at 77
1995 Donald Pleasence, English actor (The Great Escape, You Only Live Twice) dies at 75
1996 Gene Kelly, dancer/singer/actor (Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, An American in Paris) dies at 83
2005 Max Schmeling, German boxing champion, dies at 99
2007 Billy Henderson, singer (The Spinners) dies at 67
2007 Joe Hunter, pianist/bandleader (The Funk Brothers) dies at 79
Today in History
1536 The Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded.
1653 New Amsterdam, now New York City, was incorporated.
1790 The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time.
1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican War.
1848 The first ship with Chinese emigrants arrived in San Francisco, California.
1870 The Cardiff Giant, supposedly the petrified remains of a human discovered in Cardiff, N.Y., was revealed to be nothing more than carved gypsum.
1876 The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was formed in New York.
1880 The first electric streetlight was installed in Wabash, Indiana.
1882 The Knights of Columbus were formed in New Haven, Connecticut.
1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1933 Adolf Hitler dissolved the German Parliament.
1940 Frank Sinatra debuted with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1943 The remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major World War II victory for the Soviets.
1967 The American Basketball Association was formed.
1971 Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda following a coup.
1980 Reports surfaced that FBI was targeting Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
1997 The government released statistics showing deaths from AIDS fell by almost half during the first half of 1997, a decrease attributed to increased use of powerful combinations of medicines.
2004 Deadly ricin was discovered in offices used by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
2007 A grim report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials said that global warming was so severe, it would "continue for centuries" and that humans were to blame.
2007 Texas became the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against HPV, a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former supermodel Carla Bruni were married at the presidential Elysee Palace.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I Dream of You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Freddy Stewart)
I’m Losing My Mind Over You - Al Dexter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive - Hank Williams
1961
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
Shop Around - The Miracles
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells
Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone
Worst that Could Happen - Brooklyn Bridge
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Dazz - Brick
Hot Line - The Sylvers
Let My Love Be Your Pillow - Ronnie Milsap
1985
I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Easy Lover - Philip Bailey with Phil Collins
Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
A Place to Fall Apart - Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
Quote of the Day
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain, humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
Today's Birthdays
1861 Solomon R. Guggenheim, art collector/philanthropist, died November 3, 1949
1882 James Joyce, poet/author (Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) died Jan 13, 1941
1890 Charles Correll, voice actor (Amos ’n’ Andy) died Sep 26, 1972
1895 George Halas, Pro Football Hall of Fame owner/coach (Chicago Bears) died Oct 31, 1983
1897 Howard Johnson, hotelier, died June 20, 1972
1901 Jascha Heifetz, Russian-born violin virtuoso, died Dec 10, 1987
1905 Ayn Rand (Alissa Rosenbaum), social critic/writer (Atlas Shrugged) died Mar 6, 1982
1906 Gale Gordon (Charles Aldrich), actor (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks) died June 30, 1995
1912 Burton Lane (Levy), composer (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) died Jan 5, 1997
1923 Liz Smith, gossip columnist (Newsday)
1927 Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetzby), jazz tenor saxophonist, died June 6, 1991
1932 Arthur Lyman, jazz/exotica vibraphonist (Yellow Bird) died Feb 24, 2002
1937 Tom Smothers, entertainer (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Smothers Brothers Show)
1940 Alan Caddy, guitarist (The Tornados) died Aug 16, 2000
1942 Bo Hopkins, actor (The Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, The Rockford Files, Dynasty)
1942 Graham Nash, singer/musician (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
1946 Howard Bellamy, singer (The Bellamy Brothers)
1947 Farrah Fawcett, actress (Charlie’s Angels, The Burning Bed)
1947 Peter Lucia, drummer (Tommy James and The Shondells)
1948 Al McKay, guitarist/songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1949 Ross Valory, bassist (Journey)
1949 Jack McGee, actor (Rescue Me)
1949 Brent Spiner, actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day)
1953 Duane "The Dog" Chapman, bounty hunter
1954 Christie Brinkley, model/actress (National Lampoon’s Vacation)
1955 Michael Talbott, actor (Miami Vice)
1961 Lauren Lane, actress (The Nanny)
1962 Michael T. Weiss, actor (The Pretender, Profiler)
1963 Eva Cassidy, jazz/blues singer, died November 2, 1996
1966 Robert DeLeo, bassist (Stone Temple Pilots)
1970 Jennifer Westfeldt, actress (Kissing Jessica Stein, Notes from the Underbelly)
1973 Marissa Jaret Winokur, actress (Hairspray, Stacked)
1975 Todd Bertuzzi, NHL wing (Calgary Flames)
1975 Donald Driver, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers)
1977 Shakira, singer (Hips Don't Lie)
1983 Jordin Tootoo, NHL right wing (Nashville Predators)
Today's Deaths in History
1918 John L. Sullivan, heavyweight boxing champion, dies at 59
1969 Boris Karloff, English actor (Frankenstein) dies at 81
1979 Sid Vicious, punk rocker (Sex Pistols) dies of a drug overdose at 21
1992 Bert Parks, television host (Miss America Pageant) dies at 77
1995 Donald Pleasence, English actor (The Great Escape, You Only Live Twice) dies at 75
1996 Gene Kelly, dancer/singer/actor (Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, An American in Paris) dies at 83
2005 Max Schmeling, German boxing champion, dies at 99
2007 Billy Henderson, singer (The Spinners) dies at 67
2007 Joe Hunter, pianist/bandleader (The Funk Brothers) dies at 79
Today in History
1536 The Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded.
1653 New Amsterdam, now New York City, was incorporated.
1790 The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time.
1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican War.
1848 The first ship with Chinese emigrants arrived in San Francisco, California.
1870 The Cardiff Giant, supposedly the petrified remains of a human discovered in Cardiff, N.Y., was revealed to be nothing more than carved gypsum.
1876 The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was formed in New York.
1880 The first electric streetlight was installed in Wabash, Indiana.
1882 The Knights of Columbus were formed in New Haven, Connecticut.
1922 Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1933 Adolf Hitler dissolved the German Parliament.
1940 Frank Sinatra debuted with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1943 The remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major World War II victory for the Soviets.
1967 The American Basketball Association was formed.
1971 Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda following a coup.
1980 Reports surfaced that FBI was targeting Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
1997 The government released statistics showing deaths from AIDS fell by almost half during the first half of 1997, a decrease attributed to increased use of powerful combinations of medicines.
2004 Deadly ricin was discovered in offices used by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
2007 A grim report from the world's leading climate scientists and government officials said that global warming was so severe, it would "continue for centuries" and that humans were to blame.
2007 Texas became the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against HPV, a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former supermodel Carla Bruni were married at the presidential Elysee Palace.
Chart Toppers
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I Dream of You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Freddy Stewart)
I’m Losing My Mind Over You - Al Dexter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Keep It a Secret - Jo Stafford
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive - Hank Williams
1961
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Calcutta - Lawrence Welk
Shop Around - The Miracles
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
1969
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells
Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone
Worst that Could Happen - Brooklyn Bridge
Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash
1977
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Dazz - Brick
Hot Line - The Sylvers
Let My Love Be Your Pillow - Ronnie Milsap
1985
I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Easy Lover - Philip Bailey with Phil Collins
Careless Whisper - Wham! featuring George Michael
A Place to Fall Apart - Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
Quote of the Day
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain, humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
Today in History - Feb 3rd
Today's Birthdays
1809 Felix Mendelssohn (Bartholdy), composer (Wedding March) died Nov 4, 1847
1811 Horace Greeley, journalist/editor/founder (The New York Tribune) died Nov 29, 1872
1874 Gertrude Stein, writer (The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas) died July 27, 1946
1894 Norman Rockwell, artist (The Saturday Evening Post) died Nov 8, 1978
1904 Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster, died October 22, 1934
1907 James A. Michener, novelist (The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Hawaii) died Oct 16, 1997
1918 Joey Bishop (Gottlieb), comedian/actor (Rat Pack) died Oct 17, 2007
1920 Henry Heimlich, physician (Heimlich maneuver)
1925 John Fiedler, voice actor (Piglet) died June 25, 2005
1926 Shelley Berman, comedian/actor (The Best Man, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
1938 Victor Buono, actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes) died Jan 1, 1982
1940 Angelo D’Aleo, singer (Dion and The Belmonts)
1940 Fran Tarkenton, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
1941 Neil Bogart, record executive (Casablanca Records) died May 8, 1982
1943 Blythe Danner, actress (The Prince of Tides, Huff, The Great Santini)
1943 Eric Haydock, bassist (The Hollies)
1943 Dennis Edwards, singer (The Temptations)
1945 Bob Griese, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Miami Dolphins)
1947 Melanie (Safka), singer (Brand New Key)
1947 Dave Davies, singer/guitarist (The Kinks)
1950 Morgan Fairchild (Patsy McClenny), actress (Dallas, Flamingo Road, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure)
1956 Nathan Lane, actor (The Birdcage, Mouse Hunt, The Producers)
1959 Thomas Calabro, actor (Melrose Place)
1959 Lol (Laurence) Tolhurst, drummer/keyboardist (The Cure)
1961 Keith Gordon, actor/director (Christine, The Legend of Billie Jean, A Midnight Clear)
1962 Michele Greene, actress (L.A. Law)
1965 Maura Tierney, actress (NewsRadio, Liar Liar, ER)
1970 Warwick Davis, actor (Star Wars: Episode VI, Willow, Leprechaun series)
1971 Elisa Donovan, actress (Clueless, A Night at the Roxbury)
1976 Isla Fisher, Australian actress (The Wedding Crashers, Definitely Maybe)
Today's Deaths in History
1874 Lunalilo (William Charles Lunalilo), Hawaiian monarch, dies of tuberculosis at 39
1889 Belle Starr, American outlaw, dies at 40
1924 Woodrow Wilson, 28th Pesident of the United States, dies at 67
1959 Buddy Holly, singer, dies in a plane crash at 22
1959 Ritchie Valens, singer, dies in a plane crash at 17
1959 J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, DJ/singer, dies in a plane crash at 28
1985 Frank Oppenheimer, physicist (Manhattan Project) dies at 72
1989 John Cassavetes, actor (The Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby) dies at 59
1991 Nancy Kulp, actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) dies at 69
1996 Audrey Meadows, actress (The Honeymooners) dies at 73
2003 Lana Clarkson, actress (Amazon Women on the Moon, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) dies at 40
2006 Al Lewis, actor (The Munsters) dies at 82
Today in History
1690 The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
1809 The territory of Illinois was created.
1834 Wake Forest University was established.
1870 The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of race, was ratified.
1913 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
1917 The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1930 The chief justice of the United States, former President William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons.
1959 Rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1969 Yasser Arafat was appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
1971 Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell landed on the lunar sufrace during the third successful manned mission to the moon.
1971 New York Police Officer Frank Serpico was shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn; he survived and later testified against police corruption.
1988 The U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Ronald Reagan's request for more than $36 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
1994 The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot's seat for the first time.
1998 Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax killings of two people in 1983.
1998 A U.S. Marine jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in Italy, sending the car's 20 occupants plunging 370 feet to their deaths.
2000 The Senate confirmed Alan Greenspan for a fourth term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2003 Record producer Phil Spector was arrested in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in Alhambra, Calif.
2005 Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as attorney general.
2006 An Egyptian passenger ferry sank in the Red Sea during bad weather, killing more than 1,000 passengers.
2007 A Baghdad market bombing killed at least 135 people and injured another 339.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro
Orchestra
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Secret Love - Doris Day
Make Love to Me - Jo Stafford
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Norman - Sue Thompson
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Venus - The Shocking Blue
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
A Week in a Country Jail - Tom T. Hall
1978
Baby Come Back - Player
Short People - Randy Newman
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed - Loretta Lynn
1986
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Burning Heart - Survivor
I’m Your Man - Wham!
Just in Case - The Forester Sisters
Quote of the Day
A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
Today's Birthdays
1809 Felix Mendelssohn (Bartholdy), composer (Wedding March) died Nov 4, 1847
1811 Horace Greeley, journalist/editor/founder (The New York Tribune) died Nov 29, 1872
1874 Gertrude Stein, writer (The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas) died July 27, 1946
1894 Norman Rockwell, artist (The Saturday Evening Post) died Nov 8, 1978
1904 Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster, died October 22, 1934
1907 James A. Michener, novelist (The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Hawaii) died Oct 16, 1997
1918 Joey Bishop (Gottlieb), comedian/actor (Rat Pack) died Oct 17, 2007
1920 Henry Heimlich, physician (Heimlich maneuver)
1925 John Fiedler, voice actor (Piglet) died June 25, 2005
1926 Shelley Berman, comedian/actor (The Best Man, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
1938 Victor Buono, actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes) died Jan 1, 1982
1940 Angelo D’Aleo, singer (Dion and The Belmonts)
1940 Fran Tarkenton, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
1941 Neil Bogart, record executive (Casablanca Records) died May 8, 1982
1943 Blythe Danner, actress (The Prince of Tides, Huff, The Great Santini)
1943 Eric Haydock, bassist (The Hollies)
1943 Dennis Edwards, singer (The Temptations)
1945 Bob Griese, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Miami Dolphins)
1947 Melanie (Safka), singer (Brand New Key)
1947 Dave Davies, singer/guitarist (The Kinks)
1950 Morgan Fairchild (Patsy McClenny), actress (Dallas, Flamingo Road, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure)
1956 Nathan Lane, actor (The Birdcage, Mouse Hunt, The Producers)
1959 Thomas Calabro, actor (Melrose Place)
1959 Lol (Laurence) Tolhurst, drummer/keyboardist (The Cure)
1961 Keith Gordon, actor/director (Christine, The Legend of Billie Jean, A Midnight Clear)
1962 Michele Greene, actress (L.A. Law)
1965 Maura Tierney, actress (NewsRadio, Liar Liar, ER)
1970 Warwick Davis, actor (Star Wars: Episode VI, Willow, Leprechaun series)
1971 Elisa Donovan, actress (Clueless, A Night at the Roxbury)
1976 Isla Fisher, Australian actress (The Wedding Crashers, Definitely Maybe)
Today's Deaths in History
1874 Lunalilo (William Charles Lunalilo), Hawaiian monarch, dies of tuberculosis at 39
1889 Belle Starr, American outlaw, dies at 40
1924 Woodrow Wilson, 28th Pesident of the United States, dies at 67
1959 Buddy Holly, singer, dies in a plane crash at 22
1959 Ritchie Valens, singer, dies in a plane crash at 17
1959 J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, DJ/singer, dies in a plane crash at 28
1985 Frank Oppenheimer, physicist (Manhattan Project) dies at 72
1989 John Cassavetes, actor (The Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby) dies at 59
1991 Nancy Kulp, actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) dies at 69
1996 Audrey Meadows, actress (The Honeymooners) dies at 73
2003 Lana Clarkson, actress (Amazon Women on the Moon, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) dies at 40
2006 Al Lewis, actor (The Munsters) dies at 82
Today in History
1690 The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
1809 The territory of Illinois was created.
1834 Wake Forest University was established.
1870 The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of race, was ratified.
1913 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
1917 The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1930 The chief justice of the United States, former President William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons.
1959 Rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1969 Yasser Arafat was appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
1971 Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell landed on the lunar sufrace during the third successful manned mission to the moon.
1971 New York Police Officer Frank Serpico was shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn; he survived and later testified against police corruption.
1988 The U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Ronald Reagan's request for more than $36 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
1994 The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot's seat for the first time.
1998 Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax killings of two people in 1983.
1998 A U.S. Marine jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in Italy, sending the car's 20 occupants plunging 370 feet to their deaths.
2000 The Senate confirmed Alan Greenspan for a fourth term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2003 Record producer Phil Spector was arrested in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in Alhambra, Calif.
2005 Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as attorney general.
2006 An Egyptian passenger ferry sank in the Red Sea during bad weather, killing more than 1,000 passengers.
2007 A Baghdad market bombing killed at least 135 people and injured another 339.
Chart Toppers
1946
Symphony - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby with the Carmen Cavallaro
Orchestra
Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe
Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
1954
Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
Secret Love - Doris Day
Make Love to Me - Jo Stafford
Bimbo - Jim Reeves
1962
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Norman - Sue Thompson
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1970
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Venus - The Shocking Blue
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
A Week in a Country Jail - Tom T. Hall
1978
Baby Come Back - Player
Short People - Randy Newman
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed - Loretta Lynn
1986
That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
Burning Heart - Survivor
I’m Your Man - Wham!
Just in Case - The Forester Sisters
Quote of the Day
A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
QUOTE
1971 Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell landed on the lunar sufrace during the third successful manned mission to the moon.
The Truth:
Many people (correctly) believe the moon landing was faked but few know how it was actually done. While the Apollo 14 appeared to be a command module strapped to the top of a Saturn V Rocket, it was, in fact, a time machine. While gullible 20th century Americans sat glued to their TV's watching the supposed launch of a "space rocket," NASA opened a hole in the space time continuum, sending three chrononauts, forward to the year 1991. Here, lead chrononaut "Alan Shepard" (an anagram for his actual name, "Adrenal Hasp") and his two fellow time travelers, "Stuart Roosa" (Auroras Tots) and Edgar Mitchell (Recalled Might) met with a team of well connected Hollywood insiders including George Lucas, James Cameron, Tom Hanks and Billy Idol to create footage of a faked moon landing using the newly invented technology of Computer Generated Imagery (or "CGI.") In exchange for knowledge of future sporting events, NASA promised to provide seed money and technology reverse engineered from captured martian spacecraft to Lucas and his allies. The faked footage was then returned to 1971 where it was broadcast across the world.
The mission gave rise to a well known time travel paradox when Recalled Might decided to stay in the future after falling in love with his own daughter -- A child he had not yet conceived in 1971!
Interestingly enough, the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions were not faked.
And here I thought someone would comment on "The Day the Music Died."
QUOTE(Giac @ Feb 3 2009, 05:26 PM)
And here I thought someone would comment on "The Day the Music Died."
Fine, I'll do it.
I fucking hate Don McLean - his music makes me want to jump from a bridge.
QUOTE(Sed @ Feb 3 2009, 12:27 PM)
Fine, I'll do it.
I fucking hate Don McLean - his music makes me want to jump from a bridge.
I fucking hate Don McLean - his music makes me want to jump from a bridge.
Okay, maybe I should have been more specific, especially since it was 50 years ago today that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) were killed in a plane crash.
QUOTE(Sed @ Feb 3 2009, 05:27 PM)
Fine, I'll do it.
I fucking hate Don McLean - his music makes me want to jump from a bridge.
I fucking hate Don McLean - his music makes me want to jump from a bridge.
Are you kidding? The Grave is positively haunting.
QUOTE(Rhino @ Feb 3 2009, 05:34 PM)
Are you kidding? The Grave is positively haunting.
Here's the thing - my roommate in college played Don McLean's Greatest Hits virtually on a loop. I can't be the only person in the world that's almost been driven to murder-suicide by the song Vincent, can I?
Today in History - Feb 4th
Today's Birthdays
1902 Charles Lindbergh, aviator (first to fly solo/nonstop across the Atlantic) died Aug 26, 1974
1905 Eddie Foy, Jr., actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Pajama Game) died July 15, 1983
1912 Byron Nelson, World Golf Hall of Famer, died Sep 26, 2006
1913 Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights leader, died October 24, 2005
1914 Ida Lupino, actress/director (On Dangerous Ground) died Aug 3, 1995
1923 Conrad Bain, actor (Maude, Diff’rent Strokes)
1936 David Brenner, comedian
1940 John Schuck, actor (McMillan and Wife, Roots, M*A*S*H)
1940 George Romero, director/screenwriter/producer (Night of the Living Dead)
1941 John Steel, singer/drummer (Animals)
1944 Florence LaRue (Gordon), singer (The Fifth Dimension)
1947 Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
1948 Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier), singer (School’s Out, No More Mr. Nice Guy)
1951 Phil Ehart, drummer (Kansas)
1952 Jerry Shirley, drummer (Humble Pie)
1952 Lisa Eichhorn, actress (The Talented Mr. Ripley, King of the Hill)
1959 Lawrence Taylor, Football Hall of Fame linebacker (NY Giants)
1960 Tim Booth, singer (James)
1961 Henry Bogdan, bassist (Helmet)
1962 Clint Black, country singer/actor (Maverick)
1964 Noodles, guitarist (The Offspring)
1969 Duncan Coutts, bassist (Our Lady Peace)
1970 Gabrielle Anwar, actress (Scent of a Woman, Burn Notice)
1971 Rob Corddry, actor (The Daily Show)
1973 Oscar De La Hoya, boxing champion
1973 Manny Legacé, NHL goaltender (St. Louis Blues)
1975 Natalie Imbruglia, singer (Torn)
1977 Gavin DeGraw, singer
1982 Kimberly Wyatt, singer/dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
1988 Carly Patterson, Olympic gymnast
Today's Deaths in History
1894 Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker (saxophone) dies at 79
1943 Frank Calder, first NHL President, dies at 65
1975 Louis Jordan, jazz/blues singer/songwriter (Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?) dies at 66
1982 Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (Sensational Alex Harvey Band) dies at 46
1983 Karen Carpenter, singer (We've Only Just Begun) dies at 32
1987 Liberace, singer/entertainer, dies of AIDS at 67
2000 Carl Albert, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, dies at 91
2000 Doris Coley, singer (Shirelles) dies at 58
2001 J. J. Johnson, jazz trombonist/composer, dies at 77
2005 Ossie Davis, actor/director (Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep) dies at 87
2007 Barbara McNair, singer/actress (They Call Me Mister Tibbs!) dies at 72
Today in History
1703 In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the 47 Ronin committed seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1783 Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.
1789 Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
1792 George Washington was unanimously elected to a second term as President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1801 John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
1861 Delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
1938 The Thornton Wilder play Our Town opened on Broadway.
1941 The United Service Organizations (USO) was formed.
1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.
1948 The island nation of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
1974 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1977 Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours was released.
1997 A civil jury found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
1997 En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collided in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers who said they mistook his wallet for a gun; the police fired 41 shots at Diallo.
2000 A coalition government that included Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party came to power in Austria, triggering European Union sanctions.
2003 Yugoslavia was dissolved and replaced with a loose union of its remaining two republics, Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 The Massachusetts high court declared that gays were entitled to marry.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social network, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
A Gal in Calico - Johnny Mercer
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Hearts of Stone - Fontane Sisters
Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn
Let Me Go, Lover! - Hank Snow
1963
Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Bobby Vee
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Flesh and Blood - Johnny Cash
1979
Le Freak - Chic
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle
1987
At This Moment - Billy Vera & the Beaters
Open Your Heart - Madonna
Land of Confusion - Genesis
You Still Move Me - Dan Seals
Quote of the Day
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
Art Spander
Today's Birthdays
1902 Charles Lindbergh, aviator (first to fly solo/nonstop across the Atlantic) died Aug 26, 1974
1905 Eddie Foy, Jr., actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Pajama Game) died July 15, 1983
1912 Byron Nelson, World Golf Hall of Famer, died Sep 26, 2006
1913 Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights leader, died October 24, 2005
1914 Ida Lupino, actress/director (On Dangerous Ground) died Aug 3, 1995
1923 Conrad Bain, actor (Maude, Diff’rent Strokes)
1936 David Brenner, comedian
1940 John Schuck, actor (McMillan and Wife, Roots, M*A*S*H)
1940 George Romero, director/screenwriter/producer (Night of the Living Dead)
1941 John Steel, singer/drummer (Animals)
1944 Florence LaRue (Gordon), singer (The Fifth Dimension)
1947 Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States
1948 Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier), singer (School’s Out, No More Mr. Nice Guy)
1951 Phil Ehart, drummer (Kansas)
1952 Jerry Shirley, drummer (Humble Pie)
1952 Lisa Eichhorn, actress (The Talented Mr. Ripley, King of the Hill)
1959 Lawrence Taylor, Football Hall of Fame linebacker (NY Giants)
1960 Tim Booth, singer (James)
1961 Henry Bogdan, bassist (Helmet)
1962 Clint Black, country singer/actor (Maverick)
1964 Noodles, guitarist (The Offspring)
1969 Duncan Coutts, bassist (Our Lady Peace)
1970 Gabrielle Anwar, actress (Scent of a Woman, Burn Notice)
1971 Rob Corddry, actor (The Daily Show)
1973 Oscar De La Hoya, boxing champion
1973 Manny Legacé, NHL goaltender (St. Louis Blues)
1975 Natalie Imbruglia, singer (Torn)
1977 Gavin DeGraw, singer
1982 Kimberly Wyatt, singer/dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
1988 Carly Patterson, Olympic gymnast
Today's Deaths in History
1894 Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker (saxophone) dies at 79
1943 Frank Calder, first NHL President, dies at 65
1975 Louis Jordan, jazz/blues singer/songwriter (Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?) dies at 66
1982 Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (Sensational Alex Harvey Band) dies at 46
1983 Karen Carpenter, singer (We've Only Just Begun) dies at 32
1987 Liberace, singer/entertainer, dies of AIDS at 67
2000 Carl Albert, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, dies at 91
2000 Doris Coley, singer (Shirelles) dies at 58
2001 J. J. Johnson, jazz trombonist/composer, dies at 77
2005 Ossie Davis, actor/director (Do the Right Thing, Bubba Ho-Tep) dies at 87
2007 Barbara McNair, singer/actress (They Call Me Mister Tibbs!) dies at 72
Today in History
1703 In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the 47 Ronin committed seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1783 Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.
1789 Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
1792 George Washington was unanimously elected to a second term as President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1801 John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
1861 Delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
1938 The Thornton Wilder play Our Town opened on Broadway.
1941 The United Service Organizations (USO) was formed.
1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.
1948 The island nation of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
1974 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1977 Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours was released.
1997 A civil jury found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
1997 En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collided in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
1999 Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers who said they mistook his wallet for a gun; the police fired 41 shots at Diallo.
2000 A coalition government that included Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party came to power in Austria, triggering European Union sanctions.
2003 Yugoslavia was dissolved and replaced with a loose union of its remaining two republics, Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 The Massachusetts high court declared that gays were entitled to marry.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social network, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
Chart Toppers
1947
For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole
A Gal in Calico - Johnny Mercer
Oh, But I Do - Margaret Whiting
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Sincerely - McGuire Sisters
Hearts of Stone - Fontane Sisters
Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn
Let Me Go, Lover! - Hank Snow
1963
Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Bobby Vee
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
Knock Three Times - Dawn
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Flesh and Blood - Johnny Cash
1979
Le Freak - Chic
Y.M.C.A. - Village People
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? - Rod Stewart
Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle
1987
At This Moment - Billy Vera & the Beaters
Open Your Heart - Madonna
Land of Confusion - Genesis
You Still Move Me - Dan Seals
Quote of the Day
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
Art Spander
QUOTE
Today in History - Feb 4th
The Truth:
1938 The Thornton Wilder play Our Town opened simultaneously in 3,178 11th Grade English Classrooms across the nation becoming the first ever Direct To Classroom play. While our town was a success, subsequent attempts to cash in on the brand, including Our Town III - Hobos Unmasked Starring Daniel Baldwin, were quickly lost to obscurity.
1948 The island nation of Cylon, now Sri Lanka, became an independent dominion at war with the twelve British Colonies.
1977 Rumours of Fleetwood Mac's new album were released. Fans are still waiting for the album itself.
1999 A seemingly unstoppable cyborg assassin from the future known as Amadou Diallo was thwarted by a group of heroic police officers during a climatic showdown in the Bronx. It was later revealed that Diallo's wallet contained a minature thermo-nuclear device that Amadou attempted to arm when it became clear that he could not win the battle.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social network, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg so that he could more effectively stalk his ex-girlfriend.
Today in History - Feb 5th
Today's Birthdays
1744 John Jeffries, physician/weather forecaster, died Sep 16, 1819
1788 Robert Peel, English statesman (established London Police) died July 2, 1850
1848 Belle Starr, American outlaw, died Feb 3, 1889
1900 Adlai Stevenson, Presidential candidate, died July 14, 1965
1906 John (Richmond Reed) Carradine, actor (The Grapes of Wrath) died Nov 27, 1988
1914 William Seward Burroughs II, writer (Naked Lunch) died Aug 2, 1997
1919 Red Buttons (Aaron Chwatt), actor (The Poseidon Adventure) died July 13, 2006
1923 Claude King, singer (Wolverton Mountain)
1934 Don Cherry, hockey commentator (Hockey Night in Canada)
1934 Hank (Henry Louis) Aaron, Baseball Hall of Famer (Atlanta Braves)
1941 Barrett Strong, singer/songwriter (Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ball of Confusion)
1941 Stephen J. Cannell, TV writer/producer (The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, The A-Team)
1942 Roger Staubach, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1942 Cory Wells, singer (Three Dog Night)
1942 J.R. Cobb, guitarist (Classics IV)
1943 Craig Morton, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos)
1943 Chuck Winfield, musician (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1946 Charlotte Rampling, actress (The Verdict, Georgy Girl, Swimming Pool)
1947 Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR race driver
1948 Christopher Guest, writer/comedian/director/actor (Best in Show, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind)
1948 Tom Wilkinson, actor (The Full Monty, Shakespeare in Love, John Adams)
1948 Barbara Hershey (Herzstein), actress (Beaches, The Right Stuff)
1961 Tim Meadows, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Benchwarmers)
1962 Jennifer Jason Leigh (Morrow), actress (Single White Female, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1964 Laura Linney, actress (Primal Fear, The Truman Show, The Mothman Prophecies)
1964 Duff McKagan, bassist (Guns n' Roses)
1967 Chris Parnell, actor (Saturday Night Live)
1968 Chris Barron, singer (Spin Doctors)
1969 Bobby Brown, singer (Every Little Step, My Prerogative)
1971 Sara Evans, country singer
1975 Adam Carson, drummer (AFI)
1981 Nora Zehetner, actress (Everwood)
1982 Kevin Everett, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1985 Laurence Maroney, NFL running back (New England Patriots)
1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
Today's Deaths in History
1941 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet/author (Waltzing Matilda, The Man from Snowy River) dies at 76
1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street, Rear Window, Pillow Talk) dies at 66
1976 Rudy Pompilli, saxophonist (Bill Haley and His Comets) dies at 51
1987 William Collier, actor (Little Caesar, Cimarron) dies at 84
1991 Dean Jagger, actor (Bad Day at Black Rock, Vanishing Point) dies at 87
1995 Doug McClure, actor (Shenandoah, The Virginian, Maverick) dies at 59
1998 Tim Kelly, guitarist (Slaughter) dies at 35
2004 John Hench, animator (Walt Disnet Company) dies at 95
2006 Franklin Cover, actor (The Jeffersons) dies at 77
2007 Fred Ball, movie studio executive/actor/brother of Lucille Ball, dies at 91
2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru/founder of Transcendental Meditation, dies at 91
Today in History
1778 South Carolina became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1881 Phoenix, Ariz., was incorporated.
1887 Verdi's opera Otello premiered at La Scala in Milan, Italy.
1917 Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, a law severely curtailing the immigration of Asians.
1917 The current constitution of Mexico was adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1919 Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launched United Artists.
1924 The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
1937 President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged that he was attempting to "pack" the court.
1958 Gamel Abdel Nasser was nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic.
1958 A hydrogen bomb, known as the Tybee Bomb, was lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
1972 Bob Douglas became the first African-American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
1974 John Murtha became the first Vietnam War veteran elected to Congress.
1988 The Arizona House of Representatives impeached Gov. Evan Mecham, who was later convicted in the state Senate and removed from office.
1988 Panamanian military leader Gen. Manuel Noriega was indicted on bribery and drug trafficking charges in Florida.
1993 Federal judge Kimba Wood, President Bill Clinton's expected choice for attorney general, withdrew from consideration, saying her babysitter had been an illegal alien for seven years.
1994 White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963; he was sentenced to life in prison.
1997 Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.
2001 Four disciples of Osama bin Laden went on trial in New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2002 A federal grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden's network and that he conspired with the Taliban to kill Americans.
2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell urged the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists, claims that later turned out to be false.
2006 The Pittsburgh Steelers won a record-tying fifth Super Bowl with a 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
2007 NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Fla., accused of trying to kidnap a perceived rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot.
2008 A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States left 57 dead.
Chart Toppers
1948
Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
How Soon - Jack Owens
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley & His Comets
No, Not Much! - The Four Lads
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
You Don’t Own Me - Leslie Gore
Out of Limits - The Marketts
Begging to You - Marty Robbins
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Day After Day - Badfinger
One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
1980
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
I’ll Be Coming Back for More - T.G. Sheppard
1988
Need You Tonight - INXS
Could’ve Been - Tiffany
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles
Wheels - Restless Heart
Quote of the Day
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.*
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
*Giac's note: I think I've used this one before, and I'm too damn lazy to go back and look to see; but it's still a good quote, and it came up on my reference site.
Today's Birthdays
1744 John Jeffries, physician/weather forecaster, died Sep 16, 1819
1788 Robert Peel, English statesman (established London Police) died July 2, 1850
1848 Belle Starr, American outlaw, died Feb 3, 1889
1900 Adlai Stevenson, Presidential candidate, died July 14, 1965
1906 John (Richmond Reed) Carradine, actor (The Grapes of Wrath) died Nov 27, 1988
1914 William Seward Burroughs II, writer (Naked Lunch) died Aug 2, 1997
1919 Red Buttons (Aaron Chwatt), actor (The Poseidon Adventure) died July 13, 2006
1923 Claude King, singer (Wolverton Mountain)
1934 Don Cherry, hockey commentator (Hockey Night in Canada)
1934 Hank (Henry Louis) Aaron, Baseball Hall of Famer (Atlanta Braves)
1941 Barrett Strong, singer/songwriter (Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ball of Confusion)
1941 Stephen J. Cannell, TV writer/producer (The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, The A-Team)
1942 Roger Staubach, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1942 Cory Wells, singer (Three Dog Night)
1942 J.R. Cobb, guitarist (Classics IV)
1943 Craig Morton, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos)
1943 Chuck Winfield, musician (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1946 Charlotte Rampling, actress (The Verdict, Georgy Girl, Swimming Pool)
1947 Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR race driver
1948 Christopher Guest, writer/comedian/director/actor (Best in Show, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind)
1948 Tom Wilkinson, actor (The Full Monty, Shakespeare in Love, John Adams)
1948 Barbara Hershey (Herzstein), actress (Beaches, The Right Stuff)
1961 Tim Meadows, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Benchwarmers)
1962 Jennifer Jason Leigh (Morrow), actress (Single White Female, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1964 Laura Linney, actress (Primal Fear, The Truman Show, The Mothman Prophecies)
1964 Duff McKagan, bassist (Guns n' Roses)
1967 Chris Parnell, actor (Saturday Night Live)
1968 Chris Barron, singer (Spin Doctors)
1969 Bobby Brown, singer (Every Little Step, My Prerogative)
1971 Sara Evans, country singer
1975 Adam Carson, drummer (AFI)
1981 Nora Zehetner, actress (Everwood)
1982 Kevin Everett, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1985 Laurence Maroney, NFL running back (New England Patriots)
1985 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
Today's Deaths in History
1941 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet/author (Waltzing Matilda, The Man from Snowy River) dies at 76
1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street, Rear Window, Pillow Talk) dies at 66
1976 Rudy Pompilli, saxophonist (Bill Haley and His Comets) dies at 51
1987 William Collier, actor (Little Caesar, Cimarron) dies at 84
1991 Dean Jagger, actor (Bad Day at Black Rock, Vanishing Point) dies at 87
1995 Doug McClure, actor (Shenandoah, The Virginian, Maverick) dies at 59
1998 Tim Kelly, guitarist (Slaughter) dies at 35
2004 John Hench, animator (Walt Disnet Company) dies at 95
2006 Franklin Cover, actor (The Jeffersons) dies at 77
2007 Fred Ball, movie studio executive/actor/brother of Lucille Ball, dies at 91
2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru/founder of Transcendental Meditation, dies at 91
Today in History
1778 South Carolina became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1881 Phoenix, Ariz., was incorporated.
1887 Verdi's opera Otello premiered at La Scala in Milan, Italy.
1917 Congress passed, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, a law severely curtailing the immigration of Asians.
1917 The current constitution of Mexico was adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1919 Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launched United Artists.
1924 The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
1937 President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged that he was attempting to "pack" the court.
1958 Gamel Abdel Nasser was nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic.
1958 A hydrogen bomb, known as the Tybee Bomb, was lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
1972 Bob Douglas became the first African-American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
1974 John Murtha became the first Vietnam War veteran elected to Congress.
1988 The Arizona House of Representatives impeached Gov. Evan Mecham, who was later convicted in the state Senate and removed from office.
1988 Panamanian military leader Gen. Manuel Noriega was indicted on bribery and drug trafficking charges in Florida.
1993 Federal judge Kimba Wood, President Bill Clinton's expected choice for attorney general, withdrew from consideration, saying her babysitter had been an illegal alien for seven years.
1994 White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963; he was sentenced to life in prison.
1997 Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with Dean Witter.
2001 Four disciples of Osama bin Laden went on trial in New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2002 A federal grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," alleging that he was trained by Osama bin Laden's network and that he conspired with the Taliban to kill Americans.
2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell urged the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists, claims that later turned out to be false.
2006 The Pittsburgh Steelers won a record-tying fifth Super Bowl with a 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
2007 NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Fla., accused of trying to kidnap a perceived rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot.
2008 A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States left 57 dead.
Chart Toppers
1948
Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
How Soon - Jack Owens
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold
1956
Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley & His Comets
No, Not Much! - The Four Lads
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1964
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
You Don’t Own Me - Leslie Gore
Out of Limits - The Marketts
Begging to You - Marty Robbins
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Day After Day - Badfinger
One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
1980
Rock with You - Michael Jackson
Do that to Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
I’ll Be Coming Back for More - T.G. Sheppard
1988
Need You Tonight - INXS
Could’ve Been - Tiffany
Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles
Wheels - Restless Heart
Quote of the Day
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.*
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
*Giac's note: I think I've used this one before, and I'm too damn lazy to go back and look to see; but it's still a good quote, and it came up on my reference site.
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