This Day In History

[MedicCook]

January 14th

1742
English astronomer Edmond Halley, who observed the comet that now bears his name, died at age 85.

1784
The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.

1898
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll - died in Guildford, England, at age 65.

1952
NBC's "Today" show premiered.

1954
Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall.

1957
American actor and cultural icon Humphrey Bogart died in Los Angeles, at age 57.

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.

1972
NBC-TV debuted "Sanford & Son."

1976
"Bionic Woman" debuted on ABC.

Birthdays
90 Andy Rooney Commentator ("60 Minutes")
55 Hacksaw Jim Duggan Professional wrestler ("HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO")
50 Geoff Tate Rock singer (Queensryche)
42 Zakk Wylde Rock musician
41 LL Cool J Actor and rapper
40 Dave Grohl Rock singer, musician (Foo Fighters, Nirvana)
40 Jason Bateman Actor ("Arrested Development")

60 Benedict Arnold 1/14/1741 - 6/14/1801 American patriot/traitor
90 Albert Schweitzer 1/14/1875 - 9/4/1965 Alsatian/German physician

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

January 14th

[1972
NBC-TV debuted "Sanford & Son."

"Lizbeth...I'm comin' to join you!!"

Originally Posted by MedicCook

40 Dave Grohl Rock singer, musician (Foo Fighters, Nirvana)

One of my favorite live performers!

[MedicCook]

I think Sanford & Son was one of the greatest sitcoms of all time.

But my money today has got to be on....

Birthdays
55 Hacksaw Jim Duggan Professional wrestler ("HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO")

He is from Glens Falls, NY which is just up the road from me.

[cbsmokin]

1974

I was born.

[MedicCook]

Originally Posted by cbsmokin

1974

I was born.

I would have added you in there but you did not have your B-Day visable.

[Mugen910]

I love this thread... Thanks.

[MedicCook]

No problem. I will do my best to update it every night.

1954
Baseball player Joe Dimaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe were married at San Francisco City Hall.

[ucla695]

Cool thread!

[Blueface]

Sanford and Son.
Darn funniest show I can recall.
His sister in law......what a pisser.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Sanford and Son.
Darn funniest show I can recall.
His sister in law......what a pisser.

What to you mean, you Fish-eyed Fool??

[MedicCook]

One of the best lines in tv history.

[MedicCook]

January 16th

1547
Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.

1883
The U.S. Civil Service Commission established.

1920
A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect.

1942
Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.

1976
The TV show "Donny & Marie" premiered on ABC-TV.

1981
Leon Spinks was mugged. Even his gold teeth were taken by the assailants.

1991
Operation Desert Storm was announced by the White House.

1992
The El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of civil war.

2001
Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.

2003
Space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.

Birthdays
74 A.J. Foyt Auto racer
61 John Carpenter Movie director
40 Roy Jones, Jr. Boxer
35 Kate Moss Model
29 Albert Pujols Baseball player

76 Ethel Merman 1/16/1908 - 2/15/1984 American entertainer
64 Dizzy Dean 1/16/1910 - 7/17/1974 American baseball great

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

January 16th

1547
Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.

I think galaga was at the inauguration.

[MedicCook]

January 17th

1806
James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.

1893
Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, died in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70.

1916
The Professional Golfers Association was formed in New York City.

1975
The television show "Baretta" debuted on ABC.

1977
Gary Gilmore became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced.

1991
Operation Desert Storm was launched against Iraq.

1998
President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.

2001
Gov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency concerning California's electricity crisis.

2008
Bobby Fischer, the chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, died at age 64.

Birthdays
87 Betty White Actress ("The Golden Girls")
78 James Earl Jones Actor
78 Don Zimmer Baseball coach
70 Maury Povich Talk show host
67 Muhammad Ali Boxing Hall of Famer
61 Mick Taylor Rock musician (Rolling Stones)
55 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Son of Bobby Kennedy & Nephew of JFK
52 Steve Harvey Actor, comedian
50 Susanna Hoffs Rock musician, singer (The Bangles)
47 Jim Carrey Actor
45 Michelle Obama Wife of President-elect Barack Obama
38 Kid Rock Rock/Rap/Country musician
34 Freddy Rodriguez Actor ("Six Feet Under")
27 Dwayne Wade Basketball player
26 AAlmeter Cigar Asylum Member

84 Benjamin Franklin 1/17/1706 - 4/17/1790 Founding Fathers of the United States of America and inventor
48 Al Capone 1/17/1899 - 1/25/1947 American gangster

[MedicCook]

Birthdays
78 Don Zimmer Baseball coach

Report: Zimmer recovering from stroke

Tampa Bay Rays senior adviser Don Zimmer is recovering from a small stroke suffered last month, the St. Petersburg Times reported.

Zimmer, who turns 78 today, hopes to join the Rays for spring training. He is working to regain the speech and mobility he lost, Zimmer told the Times.

"I never felt bad," he told the Times. "I never had anything bother me except that I'm a little wobbly and I'm slow taking a step. A week and a half ago, there's no way I could talk to you.

''But I'm getting better."

At a family gathering on Dec. 23, several relatives noticed Zimmer was not his usual self.

"They could see something was wrong," he told the Times. "I wasn't talking right. I was very quiet, and that's not me. Everyone noticed it."

Zimmer said an MRI confirmed he "had a small stroke."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3839933

[MedicCook]

Birthdays
70 Maury Povich Talk show host

[MedicCook]

January 18th

1778
Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

1788
The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.

1862
John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, died in Richmond, Va., at age 71.

1919
The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.

1912
The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.

1936
Author Rudyard Kipling died in Burwash, England, at age 70

1943
The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.

1951
The NFL passed a rule that said that a tackle, guard or center was not eligible to catch a forward pass.

1958
Willie O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He was the first black player to enter the league

1974
The first episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man" aired.

1975
"The Jeffersons" debuted on CBS-TV

1990
Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. (He was later convicted of a misdemeanor.)

1993
All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Birthdays
55 Ted DiBiase Professional Wrestler ("The Million Dollar Man")
54 Kevin Costner Actor
48 Mark Messier Hockey Hall of Famer
44 Dave Attell Comedian
38 Jonathan Davis Rock singer (Korn)
25 Kristy Lee Cook Country singer ("American Idol")

80 Thomas Watson 1/18/1854 - 12/13/1934 American telephone pioneer/shipbuilder
66 Oliver Hardy 1/18/1892 - 8/7/1957 American comic movie actor
82 Cary Grant 1/18/1904 - 11/29/1986 English/American actor

[MedicCook]

Birthdays
Kristy Lee Cook Country singer ("American Idol")

I would not mind coming home to that.

[MedicCook]

January 19th

1861
Georgia seceded from the Union.

1915
The electric neon sign was patented in the United States by George Claude of Paris, France.

1953
Lucy Ricardo gave birth to baby Ricky on I Love Lucy. More people tuned in to watch the show than the inauguration of President Eisenhower.

1955
President Eisenhower okayed the first filming of a news conference for television.

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.

1997
Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first time in 30 years, as Israel hands over control of the West Bank city to Palestinians.

1998
Rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins died at age 65

2001
President Clinton admitted he made false statements under oath about Monica Lewinsky.

2006
An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.

2007
Bam Bam Bigelow, professional wrestler died of a drug overdose, he was 45.

Birthdays
86 Jean Stapleton Actress ("All in the Family")
65 Dan Reeves Football coach
63 Dolly Parton Country singer, actress
54 Paul Rodriguez Comedian
52 Katey Sagal Actress ("Married ... With Children")
42 tnip23 Cigar Asylum Member
41 Whitfield Crane Rock singer (Ugly Kid Joe)
35 Frank Caliendo Comedian, impressionist ("Frank TV")
27 Jodie Sweetin Actress ("Full House")
17 Shawn Johnson Gymnast

83 James Watt 1/19/1736 - 8/25/1819 Scottish steam engine inventor
63 Robert E. Lee 1/19/1807 - 10/12/1870 American Civil War general
40 Edgar Allan Poe 1/19/1809 - 10/7/1849 American writer/poet
27 Janis Joplin 1/19/1943 – 10/4/1970 American singer, songwriter
54 Robert Palmer 1/19/1949 – 9/26/2003 English singer, songwriter

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by MedicCook

January 19th

1861
Georgia seceded from the Union.

Who let them back in?