A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
1826 – Michigan’s first road map was published.
1878 – The first telephone switchboard was installed in New Haven, CT.
1898 – Sault Ste. Marie, MI imposed a 6 mph speed limit.
1902 – The Carnegie Institution was established in Washington, DC. It began with a gift of $10 million from Andrew Carnegie.
1915 – An act of Congress created the U.S. Coast Guard as a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. It was created to fight contraband trade and aid distressed vessels at sea.
1916 – Louis D. Brandeis was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to the Supreme Court, becoming its first Jewish member.
1917 – Municipally-owned streetcars took to the streets of San Francisco, CA.
1922 – The National Football League franchise in Decatur, IL, was moved to Chicago. The team became the Chicago Bears.
1934 – The first ski tow in the United States began operation in Vermont.
1948 – Most snow depth ever in Michigan -– 117” of snow at Eagle Harbor.
1956 – Elvis Presley made his national television debut on “The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show” on CBS.
1957 – The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that circus clown Emmett Kelly had been hired to entertain fans at baseball games.
1958 – The Lego Company patented the design of its Lego bricks, which are still compatible with the bricks produced today.
1960 – The NFL added the Dallas Cowboys (starting in the 1960 season) and Minnesota Vikings (starting in 1961) franchises.
1965 – General Motors reported the biggest profit of any U.S. company in history.
1973 – The television show “Barnaby Jones”, starring Buddy Ebsen, debuted on CBS.
1978 – At the request of a fan, Ted Nugent autographed a man’s arm with a Bowie knife.
1979 – CBS News “Sunday Morning” debuted with original host and co-creator Charles Kuralt.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan lifted remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls to help end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1983 – WDHA in Dover, NJ, became the first radio station in the United States to play a compact disc on the air.
1985 – USA for Africa recorded the song “We Are the World”. More than 40 artists were involved. The proceeds went toward preventing worldwide hunger.
1986 – The Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51-L) exploded after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.
1994 – In Los Angeles, Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg declared a mistrial in the case of Lyle Menendez in the murder of his parents. Lyle, and his brother Erik, were both retried later and were found guilty. They were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
1997 – Clive Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 – Ford Motor Company announced the purchase of Sweden’s Volvo AB for $6.45 billion.
2019 – It was the beginning of an interesting week of weather for the state of Michigan. Some parts of the state received almost a foot of new snow. That was followed by bitter cold temps and wind chills running -25 to -50. A few days later the temperature was in the mid 40’s with rain, which melted a lot of the snow.
BIRTHDAYS:
Jack Hill – 93 years old (1933) – Director and screenwriter
Alan Alda – 90 years old (1936) – Actor, director, and writer
John M. Fabian – 87 years old (1939) – Colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Susan Howard – 82 years old (1944) – Actress and writer
Jeanne Shaheen – 79 years old (1947) – Educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
Bob Moses – 78 years old (1948) – Drummer
Gregg Popovich – 77 years old (1949) – Basketball player and coach
Barbi Benton – 76 years old (1950) – Actress, singer and model
David C. Hilmers – 76 years old (1950) – Colonel, physician, and astronaut
Brian Bilbray – 75 years old (1951) – Politician
Billy Bass Nelson – 75 years old (1951) – R&B/funk bass player
Rick Warren – 72 years old (1954) – Pastor and author
Vinod Khosla – 71 years old (1955) – Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
Richard Danielpour – 70 years old (1956) – Composer and educator
Frank Darabont – 67 years old (1959) – Director and producer
Michael Cage – 64 years old (1962) – Basketball player and broadcaster
Keith Hamilton Cobb – 64 years old (1962) – Actor
Sam Phillips – 64 years old (1962) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dan Spitz – 63 years old (1963) – Musician and songwriter
DJ Muggs – 58 years old (1968) – DJ and producer
Rakim – 58 years old (1968) – Rapper
Kathryn Morris – 57 years old (1969) – Actress
Mo Rocca – 57 years old (1969) – Comedian and television journalist
Linda Sánchez – 57 years old (1969) – Lawyer and politician
Anthony Hamilton – 55 years old (1971) – Singer-songwriter and producer
Amy Coney Barrett – 54 years old (1972) – Jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Gillian Vigman – 54 years old (1972) – Actress and comedian
Tony Delk – 52 years old (1974) – Basketball player and coach
Jermaine Dye – 52 years old (1974) – Baseball player
Pedro Pinto – 51 years old (1975) – Portuguese-American journalist
Junior Spivey – 51 years old (1975) – Baseball player and coach
Mark Madsen – 50 years old (1976) – Basketball player and coach
Rick Ross – 50 years old (1976) – Rapper and producer
Daunte Culpepper – 49 years old (1977) – Football player
Joey Fatone – 49 years old (1977) – Singer, dancer, and television personality
Big Freedia – 48 years old (1978) – Musician
Angelique Cabral – 47 years old (1979) – Actress
Nick Carter – 46 years old (1980) – Singer-songwriter and actor
Brian Fallon – 46 years old (1980) – Singer-songwriter
Elijah Wood – 45 years old (1981) – Actor and producer
Chad Aull – 44 years old (1982) – Politician
Omar Cook – 44 years old (1982) – American-Montenegrin basketball player and coach
Stephen Gostkowski – 42 years old (1984) – Football player
Andre Iguodala – 42 years old (1984) – Basketball player
J. Cole – 41 years old (1985) – Rapper
Alexandra Krosney – 38 years old (1988) – Actress
Alan Williams – 33 years old (1993) – Basketball player
Joel Bolomboy – 32 years old (1994) – Russian-American basketball player
Payton Pritchard – 28 years old (1998) – Basketball player
Ariel Winter – 28 years old (1998) – Actress
Tabyana Ali – 24 years old (2002) – Actress and author
Emoni Bates – 22 years old (2004) – Basketball player
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