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On January 6th, 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.
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On January 7, 1942- The World War II siege of Bataan began.
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On January 10th, 1861- Florida seceded from the Union.
Gez, who let'em back in? |
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On January 12, 1943, Tucker Frederickson was born...
Tucker Frederickson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Also on January 12th, 1971- The sitcom "All in the Family" premiered on CBS.
Those were the days. |
On January 13th, 1128- The Pope recognizes The Knights Templars.
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On January 14th, 1969- An explosion ripped through the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise off Hawaii, killing 25 crew members.
(Thought Sophie Tucker was a country western singer?) |
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January 16, 1986
First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. |
Also on January 16th ,1969- Two manned Soviet Soyuz spaceships became the first vehicles to dock in space and transfer personnel.
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On January 17th, 1806- Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha, gave birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House.
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On January 15th,as in a couple of days back, in 1948 Ronnie Van Zant was born....:)
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On January 18th, 1778 Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (later known as the Hawaiian Islands.)
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On January 19th, 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
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Also on January 20th, 1981- Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
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Also on January 21st, 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.
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On January 22nd, 1968- "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC.
Also on this day in 1970 The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London. It's a twofer day, sock it to me! |
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On January 23rd, 1973- President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
Think the last guys left on April 30, 1975. |
Also on January 23, 1964,Mariska Hargitay was born...
Mariska Hargitay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On January 24, 1848-Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill.
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Also on January 24, 1961, Nastassja Kinski was born...
Nastassja Kinski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On January, 25th,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.
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On January 26th, 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."
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Also on January 27th, 1880- Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
So, 129 years ago no walking in a room and flipping a switch to get light. |
On January 28th, 1986- The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.
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