- 1784] Take a letter Maria: Benjamin Franklin sends his daughter a letter expressing his unhappiness over the eagle being selected over the turkey as the symbol of America. But Ben, we can't eat our national symbol every Thanksgiving...
- 1934] Showtime at the Apollo: The Apollo Theater re-opens in a new location - Harlem on 125th Street and 7th Avenue. It's still there...
- 1960] The new commish: Pete Rozelle, 33-year old GM of the Los Angeles Rams succeeds Bert Bell as NFL Commissioner...
- 1979] "Happy Trails": Former Vice President and New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller dies of a heart attack at 70. At first report he was alone in his office but it was later determined that he was at home in the presence of his 25-year old female aide who had a Daily News reporter friend call 911 an hour after he had died leading to speculation about the cause the heart attack (you do the math)...1983] Legendary football coach Bear Bryant dies of a heart attack at 69 just 41 days after his retirement...
- 1979] Put your dukes up: "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres and will run until the summer of '85 on CBS-TV...
- 1984] A hunk-a, hunk-a, burning love: Michael Jackson's hair catches on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial...
- 1996] Whitewater rafting: First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury connected to the Whitewater probe...
- 1997] Not so super for the Patriots: The Green Bay Packers crush the Pats 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI. There were better days ahead for the Patriots...
- 1998] Who's that lady?: Bill Clinton makes his famous, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" speech...
- 1999] Crash landings: The NTSB concludes that John Denver's 1997 fatal light-plane crash was caused by too little fuel in the tank at takeoff...2003] Billy Joel is hospitalized after crashing his car into a tree in Sag Harbor. The NTSB concludes that a bottle of wine is the cause of the crash...For more on January 26th: C L I C K:
Monday, January 26, 2009
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