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and I wish him luck in the future and hope 1999 good health and happiness.
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1808 - Messenger, America's first trotting horse, was buried on this date. Admit it. There is no way you could have made it through the day without this knowledge...
1878 - In 1878, the first telephone switchboard was installed in New Haven, Connecticut. The phone company that owned the switchboard had 21 subscribers. "Is this the party to whom I am speaking? One moment pa-leeeeeeze."
1878 - "The Yale News" was published for the very first time. It was the first daily collegiate newspaper in the United States.
1904 - The Carnegie Institution was established in Washington DC. It began with a gift of $10 million, compliments of Andrew Carnegie.
1904 - Enrico Caruso signed his first contract with Victor Records. He had debuted at the Metropolitan Opera just two months before.
1922 - The National Football League franchise in Decatur, Illinois, was transferred this day (as so many now are, it seems) to Chicago. The team took the name, "Chicago Bears" or, as they say in the Windy City, "Da Bears".
1927 - Twenty years before the famous record by Art Mooney was recorded, Jean Goldkette and his dancing Orchestra recorded, "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover". Though the name of the bandleader may not be so famous, two of his sidemen on this Victor recording session certainly were: Big band fans know Bix Beiderbecke and Joe Venuti.
1934 - As a result of a compliment paid on this day, by Walter Winchell, in his newspaper column; a local disc jockey began receiving several offers from talent scouts and producers. The DJ became known as 'the Redhead', adored by thousands in Washington, DC and, later, by millions across the country on CBS radio and TV. His trademark (strumming a ukulele and delivering down-home patter) endeared him to fans for many years. We remember the broadcasting legend on this day: The Redhead, Arthur Godfrey. "I wanna go back to my little grass shack..."
1934 - Robert Royce's famous invention was used for the first time in Woodstock, VT. Previously, snow skiers had no way to get to the top of the mountain conveniently. Remember the 'ski rope' the next time you schuss the slopes and have to make it back to the top.
1956 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television this night. No, he didn't appear on some teenage dance show; but rather, "The Dorsey Brothers Show", starring Tommy and Jimmy. Elvis sang "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel". He was backed by the instruments of the Dorsey band... believe it or not.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers ('da Bums') announced this day that circus clown Emmett Kelly had been hired to entertain fans at baseball games. The Dodgers moved to Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles the following year. Now, the only clowns in baseball are many of the highly paid ones out on the field.
1958 - One of the most respected players in baseball, Roy Campanella, was seriously injured in an auto accident in New York. 'Campy' would never return to play again; but would still be a part of the Dodgers organization for many years. The talented Dodger catcher had a decades-long career with the Dodgers and was one of its true stars.
1965 - General Motors reported the biggest profit of any U.S. company in history. Earnings for the #1 of the 'Big Three' automakers in 1964 totaled $1.735 billion. That's a lot of Corvettes, Corvairs and BelAirs, Cadillacs, Buicks, Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles, my friend.
1973 - CBS-TV presented the first program of "Barnaby Jones" (a Quinn Martin Production) on this night. Lee Meriwether (Miss America 1955) played the detective's lovely, daughter-in-law assistant. The actor who played the detective started in show biz back in the 1920s; was selected to play a part in "The Wizard of Oz", but bowed out. He also shot the first film used in the animation tests for a Walt Disney character named Mortimer Mouse, aka Mickey Mouse. He is best known, however, for playing Jed Clampett on another CBS-TV series, "The Beverly Hillbillies". Now you know who played "Barnaby Jones": Buddy Ebsen. "Weee doggies!"
1985 - This is the night that 45 of the world's top recording artists were invited to an all-night recording session at the A&M studios in Los Angeles. As each of the artists walked through the studio door, they were greeted by a hand-lettered sign -- put there by Lionel Richie. It simply said, "Check your ego at the door." The session started at 10 p.m. with producer Quincy Jones conducting. At 8 o'clock the following morning, the project, "USA for Africa", spearheaded by promoter, Ken Kragen, was recorded and mixed. The resulting song, "We Are the World", featuring Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Sting, Harry Belafonte, Diana Ross, Paul Simon and many others became the top song in the U.S. -- and one of the top selling songs in the history of recorded music.
1986 - The Shuttle Challenger exploded today, 73 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members were killed, including school-teacher Christa McCauliffe.
Birthday Board: January 28
1825 - George E. Pickett (Confederate General)
1841 - Sir Henry Morton Stanley (explorer: leader of African expedition to find the missing missionary, David Livingstone: "Mr. Livingstone, I presume?" said Mr. Stanley)
1889 - Artur Rubinstein (American pianist: played solo for the Berlin Symphony at the age of 12)
1927 - Ronnie Scott (Schatt) (jazz musician: tenor sax, bandleader; jazz club owner in London)
1927 - Jim Bryan (auto racer: Indianapolis 500 winner [1958])
1929 - Acker (Bernard) Bilk (clarinetist, composer: Stranger on the Shore)
1933 - Susan Sontag (author: Against Interpretation, The Volcano Lover: A Romance)
1934 - Bill White (baseball: Philadelphia Phillies first baseman; broadcaster: NY Yankees)
1936 - Alan Alda (actor: M*A*S*H, Paper Lion, The Four Seasons, Same Time Next Year, California Suite)
1937 - Charles Krueger (football)
1938 - Bill Phillips (country singer: Put It Off till Tomorrow, Georgia Town Blues with Mel Tillis)
1943 - Paul Henderson (hockey)
1943 - Susan Howard (Jeri Mooney) (actress: Sidewinder One, The Power Within, Dallas)
1944 - Fred Hoaglin (football)
1947 - Greg Smith (basketball)
1949 - Jack Egers (hockey)
1950 - Barbi Benton (centerfold: appeared in Playboy five times, was a significant other of Hugh Hefner; actress: For the Love of It, Deathstalker)
Chart Toppers: January 28
1959 Sixteen Candles - The Crests
My Happiness - Connie Francis
Donna - Ritchie Valens
The All American Boy - Bill Parsons
1968 Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) - John Fred and his Playboy Band
Spooky - Classics IV
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard and The Strangers
1977 You Make Me Feel like Dancing - Leo Sayer
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
After the Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck
I Can't Believe She Gives It all to Me - Conway Twitty
1986 How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
That's What Friends Are For - Dionne and Friends
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Never be You - Rosanne Cash
