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1998 |
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Tyson Foods Inc. pled guilty to giving $12,000 to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Tyson was fined $6 million. |
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1896 |
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At Davidson College, several students took x-ray photographs. They created the first X-ray photographs to be made in America.
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1895 |
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The first performance of King Arthur took place at the Lyceum Theatre. |
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1926 |
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"Sam ‘n’ Henry" debuted on WGN Radio in Chicago, IL.
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1949 |
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"Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" was debuted on CBS-TV. The show stayed on the network for seven years.
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1949 |
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"Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV. |
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1955 |
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Rod Serling’s stellar career began with the TV production of "Patterns." |
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1966 |
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"Batman" debuted on ABC-TV.
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1967 |
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"Dragnet" returned to NBC-TV after being off the network schedule for eight years.
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1971 |
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"All In the Family" debuted on CBS-TV. |
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1519 |
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Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
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1875 |
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Kwang-su was made emperor of China.
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1973 |
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Yassar Arafat was re-elected as head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
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1866 |
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The Royal Aeronautical Society was founded in London.
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1942 |
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U.S. President Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board.
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1948 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race. |
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1991 |
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The U.S. Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait. |
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1995 |
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Northern Ireland Secretary Patrick Mayhew announced that as of January 16 British troops would no longer carry out daylight street patrols in Belfast. |
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2000 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
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1960 |
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Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals became the first pro basketball player in the NBA to score more than 15,000 points in his career. |
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49 BC |
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Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River signaling a war between Rome and Gaul.
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1932 |
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Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. |
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1998 |
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Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. |
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1999 |
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Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder. |
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2000 |
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Charlotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills was killed in a crash during a drag race. |
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1915 |
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The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. |
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1915 |
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The U.S. Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park.
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1938 |
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Austria recognized the Franco government in Spain. |
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1964 |
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Leftist rebels in Zanzibar began their successful revolt against the government and a republic was proclaimed.
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1966 |
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U.S. President Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.
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1998 |
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19 European nations agreed to prohibit human cloning.
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1908 |
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A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. |
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1986 |
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Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.
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2005 |
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NASA launched "Deep Impact". The spacecraft was planned to impact on Comet Tempel 1 after a six-month, 268 million-mile journey.
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1773 |
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The first public museum in America was established in Charleston, SC. |
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1943 |
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The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.' |
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2006 |
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The U.S. Mint began shipping new 5-cent coins to the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks. The coin has an image of Thomas Jefferson taken from a 1800 Rembrandt Peale portrait in which the president is looking forward. Since 1909, when presidents were first depicted on circulating coins, all presidents had been shown in profile. |
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1882 |
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Thomas Edison's central station on Holborn Viaduct in London began operation. |
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1940 |
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Soviet bombers raided cities in Finland. |
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1945 |
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During World War II, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe. |
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1970 |
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The breakaway state of Biafra capitulated and the Nigerian civil war came to an end. |
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1970 |
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Nigeria's civil war ended. |
