- 1957] Guilty as charged: George Metesky a.k.a. 'The Mad Bomber' is arrested in Waterbury (CT) and accused of planting more than 30 explosive devices over a 15-year period in the New York Metropolitan area. Deemed insane, Metesky will be assigned to a state institution until being released in 1973 when he returns home to Waterbury and lives until the age of 90...1998] Theodore Kaczynski a.k.a. 'The Unabomber' pleads guilty in return for a life sentence without parole. His specialty was mail bombs. This was not a good day for bombers or NFL murderers...2001] Former NFL player Rae Carruth is sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the 1999 murder of his pregnant girlfriend who was carrying his baby. The baby survives and is being raised by the victim's mother. Carruth makes license plates in prison...
- 1968] Sock it to me: "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" debuts on NBC-TV...
- 1973] King George: George Foreman wins the heavyweight title with a second round TKO of Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica mahn...
- 1973] Supes Rule: Roe v. Wade is born, legalizing abortion after the Supreme Court strikes down state laws prohibiting abortion. You can be sure this will be an issue that won't ever be put to rest...
- 1973] 'Happy Trails': Former President Lyndon B. Johnson dies from a heart attack at 64...1995] Kennedy matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy who suffered a paralyzing stroke 20 years earlier, passes away at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port at 104...2008] Australian actor Heath Ledger dies of an accidental medication overdose at 28...
- 1984] The Big Apple: Apple introduces the Macintosh in a Super Bowl ad...
- 1984] Superbowl Sunday: Barry Manilow sings the national anthem and then the Los Angeles Raiduhs rip the Washington Redskins 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII...1989] Joe Montana leads the 49ers on an 11-play, 92-yard touchdown drive with 43 seconds remaining to lift San Francisco to a 20-16 win over Cincinnati in Super Bowl XXIII. It's the third title for SF...
- 1997] Madam Secretary: The Senate confirms Madeleine Albright as the nation's first female Secretary of State...
- 2002] So sue me: AOL Time Warner files suit against Microsoft seeking damages for harm done to AOL's Netscape Internet browser when Microsoft gives away a competing browser...
- 2002] Chapter 11: Kmart files for bankruptcy...For more on January 22nd:
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