31 Jan 07 - Wednesday
1872 Zane Grey American West novelist
1892 Eddie Cantor New York City NY, comedian
1911 A G Ogston president (Trinity College-Oxford)
1921 Carol Channing Seattle WA, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly)
1937 Steve Karmen Bronx NY, jingle writer (I Love NY, This Bud's for You)
1946 Terry Kath rocker (Chicago)
1951 Harry Casey [KC], rock vocalist (KC & Sunshine Band)
1954 Adrian Vandenberg Amsterdam Netherlands, rock guitarist (Whitesnake)
1956 Johnny Rotten [John Lydon], rocker (Sex Pistols)
1958 Tom Schuman pianist (Spyro Gyra)
1963 Scott Ian Rosenfeld Bayside NY, rocker (Anthrax)
1851 Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk
1865 Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24)
1874 Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill MO
1906 Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
1915 1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
1928 Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
1944 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June
1948 Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway
1950 President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the hydrogen bomb
1953 "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die
1955 RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1957 Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding)
1961 USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights
1964 US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer
1968 Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins
1970 Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart
1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
1974 McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres
1975 John Lennon's "#9 Dream" is released
1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
1988 Barge sinks near Anacortes WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
1990 1st McDonald's in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonald's
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
Eddie Cantor
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