- 1878] One ringy dingy: The first telephone switchboard is installed in New Haven (CT). Can't you just see Lily Tomlin answering that first phone call?...
- 1915] On Guard: The modern version of the U.S. Coast Guard is created by an act of Congress...
- 1916] Mazel: Louis D. Brandeis is appointed to the Supreme Court, becoming the first Jewish judge on the panel in June when his appointment is confirmed...
- 1921] Duh Bearssss: The Decatur (IL) franchise of the NFL moves to Chicago and takes the name, the Chicago Bearsssss...
- 1953] TV Mugging: J. Fred Muggs, a chimp, joins NBC-TV's "Today Show"...
- 1958] The end of a Hall of Fame career: Brooklyn Dodger 3-time MVP catcher, Roy Campanella is paralyzed below the waist when his car overturns on an icy road in Glen Cove (LI). Campy will never play again and is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969...
- 1959] Invinceable: Vince Lombardi is named coach of the Green Bay Packers and a legend is born. Lombardi will win 5 titles in his 9 years in Green Bay...
- 1973] Premiered on this date: "Barnaby Jones" starring Buddy Ebsen debuts. It will run until the fall of 1980...1978] "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize debuts on ABC-TV and goes into syndication in 1984 until life as we know it ends...
- 1986] Liftoff disaster: Millions of people around the world watch as the Challenger Seven explodes taking the lives of seven astronauts: Smith, Scobee, Resnik, McNair, Onizuka, Jarvis and McAulife...
- 2001] Super Bowled: Ray Lewis leads the Baltimore Ravens to a 34-7 thrashing of the Giants in SBXXXV...For more on January 28th, CLICK:
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