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Old 01-06-2009, 04:17 AM   #841 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-07-2009, 03:35 AM   #842 (permalink)
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On January 7, 1942- The World War II siege of Bataan began.
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Old 01-10-2009, 06:59 AM   #843 (permalink)
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On January 10th, 1861- Florida seceded from the Union.

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Old 01-11-2009, 11:25 AM   #844 (permalink)
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On January 11, 1807, Ezra Cornell was born...


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Old 01-12-2009, 02:57 AM   #845 (permalink)
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On January 12, 1943, Tucker Frederickson was born...


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Old 01-12-2009, 03:45 AM   #846 (permalink)
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Also on January 12th, 1971- The sitcom "All in the Family" premiered on CBS.

Those were the days.
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Old 01-13-2009, 12:35 AM   #847 (permalink)
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On January 13th, 1128- The Pope recognizes The Knights Templars.
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Old 01-13-2009, 04:16 AM   #848 (permalink)
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Also on January 13, 1884,Sophie Tucker was born...


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Old 01-14-2009, 01:58 AM   #849 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-14-2009, 04:18 AM   #850 (permalink)
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Also on January 14, 1941, Faye Dunaway was born...


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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 01-15-2009, 05:55 AM   #851 (permalink)
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On January 15, 1941, Don Van Vliet was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 01-16-2009, 02:58 AM   #852 (permalink)
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On January 16, 1950, Debbie Allen was born...


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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 01-16-2009, 04:26 AM   #853 (permalink)
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Old 01-16-2009, 07:20 AM   #854 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-17-2009, 01:59 AM   #855 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-17-2009, 02:58 AM   #856 (permalink)
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Also on January 17, 1933, Sheree North was born...


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Old 01-17-2009, 09:59 PM   #857 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-18-2009, 01:23 AM   #858 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-18-2009, 05:19 AM   #859 (permalink)
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Also on January 18, 1882, A.A. Milne was born...

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Old 01-19-2009, 12:26 AM   #860 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-19-2009, 04:24 AM   #861 (permalink)
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Also on January 19, 1943, Janis Joplin was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 01-20-2009, 02:55 AM   #862 (permalink)
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On January 20, 1937, Dorothy Provine was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:18 AM   #863 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-21-2009, 03:00 AM   #864 (permalink)
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On January 21, 1925, Benny Hill was born...

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Old 01-21-2009, 04:34 AM   #865 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-22-2009, 02:33 AM   #866 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-22-2009, 03:03 AM   #867 (permalink)
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Also on January 22, 1909, Ann Sothern was born...

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Old 01-23-2009, 01:41 AM   #868 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 01-23-2009, 02:58 AM   #869 (permalink)
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Also on January 23, 1964,Mariska Hargitay was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 01-24-2009, 01:49 AM   #870 (permalink)
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On January 24, 1848-Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill.
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:00 AM   #871 (permalink)
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Also on January 24, 1961, Nastassja Kinski was born...

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Old 01-25-2009, 01:50 AM   #872 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-25-2009, 04:06 AM   #873 (permalink)
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Also on January 25, 1958, Dinah Manoff was born...

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We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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Old 01-26-2009, 01:14 AM   #874 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-26-2009, 02:57 AM   #875 (permalink)
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Also on January 26, 1944, Angela Davis was born...

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Old 01-27-2009, 03:00 AM   #876 (permalink)
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On January 27, 1964, Bridget Fonda was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 01-27-2009, 04:24 AM   #877 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 01-28-2009, 12:14 AM   #878 (permalink)
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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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Old 01-28-2009, 02:58 AM   #879 (permalink)
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Also on January 28, 1950, Barbi Benton was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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Old 01-29-2009, 03:04 AM   #880 (permalink)
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On January 29, 1940, Katherine Ross was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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