- 1949] Debuted on this date: "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" on CBS-TV. It will run 10 seasons on the network...1965] "Hullabaloo" on NBC-TV...1966] "Batman" on ABC-TV. The original series runs 2 seasons...1971] The Archie Bunker era begins as "All in the Family" debuts on CBS-TV. The show morphs into 'Archie's Place' in 1979 and spawns "The Jeffersons"...1981] "Dynasty", inspired by "Dallas" starts an 8-year run on ABC-TV...
- 1958] Deuces are wild: The NCAA adopts the two-point conversion option after touchdowns. The AFL started using this when it began in 1960, the NFL followed in 1994...
- 1967] Frozen stiff: Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation...
- 1969] Guaranteed: Joe Namath's guarantee holds up when the Jets shock the NFL with their upset win over the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III in the Orange Bowl...
- 1971] Harrisburg Six: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are 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] 'Happy Trails': Mystery writer Agatha Christie dies from natural causes at 85...2003] Following emergency abdominal surgery, Maurice Gibb dies from cardiac arrest at 53...
- 1995] Gotcha: Malcolm X's daughter Qubilah Shabazz is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan...
- 1998] On tap: Linda Tripp provides Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and Monica Lewinsky about you-know-who...
- 2004] QM 2 sails: The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage...
- 2005] Guilty as charged: Britain's Prince Harry apologizes after a newspaper publishes a photo of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party. Video released over the weekend shows that Harry did it again with his "Paki" and "Raghead" comments. Somewhere a beautiful princess is spinning...For more, including the Prince Harry video, on January 12th: C L I C K:
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