- 1946] Debuted on this date: "The Fat Man" debuts on ABC Radio and will run for 4 years. Although it will be made into a film, the detective series never makes it on TV...1957] Patsy Cline appears on 'Arthur Godfrey's' nighttime TV show singing "Walking After Midnight"...
- 1954] The Cooz: Celtic's great Bob Cousy steals the show in one of the most exciting NBA All-Star games in history, scoring 10 of the East team's 14 points in OT and then icing the game with his signature dribbling in a 98-93 win...
- 1959] Gunned down: Carl Switzer a.k.a. Alfalfa from 'Our Gang' is fatally shot in Northern California over a $50 debt he was owed. The murder is ruled 'justifiable homicide'. Alfalfa was just 31...
- 1966] Wedding Bells: George Harrison and Patty Boyd a.k.a. 'Layla' rock down the aisle. The couple will divorce in 1977 when Patty takes Eric Clapton as her next husband...
- 1977] I beg your pardon: Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders...
- 1979] Super Bowl Sunday: Terry Bradshaw's 4 touchdown passes leads Pittsburgh to its third Super Bowl win, a 35-31 victory over Dallas in SB XIII...
- 1984] 'Happy Trails': Jackie Wilson dies at 49 after being in a coma for 8 years, suffering a heart attack on stage, September 25, 1975 while singing "Lonely Teardrops"...1998] Jack Lord of "Hawaii Five-O" dies from congestive heart failure in Honolulu at 77...
- 1991] Captured in the desert: CBS correspondent Bob Simon is captured by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf. He's imprisoned for 40 days before being released...
- 1993] Observed: The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is observed in all 50 states for the first time...
- 1994] First cut is the deepest: A jury in Manassas (VA) acquits Lorena Bobbitt by reason of insanity for her 'slice and dice' of husband John's private parts...For more on January 21st: C L I C K:
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