17 Jan 07 - Wednesday
1706 Benjamin Franklin Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor
1899 Al Capone Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging)
1925 Rock Hudson Winnetka IL, actor (McMillian & Wife)
1931 James Earl Jones Mississippi, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man)
1942 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8)
1948 Mick Taylor rock bassist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
1949 Andy Kaufman New York City NY, comedian/actor (Latka Gravas-Taxi)
1955 Steve Earle San Antonio TX, country singer (Guitar Town)
1960 John Crawford Palo Alto CA, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
1961 Susanna Hoffs actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
1962 Jim Carrey Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Dumb & Dumber, Mask, Skip-Duck Factory)
1773 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66º 33' S)
1821 México permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre"
1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
1969 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US
1972 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd
1983 Doodles Weaver actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71
1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1991 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
1992 The Mountie defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental title
1995 Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
1998 President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones
If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
Donald Rumsfeld
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