11 Jan 07 - Thursday
1885 Alice Paul ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1946 Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1946 Tony Kaye rocker (Yes)
1960 Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
1971 Mary J Blige singer
1974 Rosenkowitz sextuplets Cape Town South Africa (1st known to survive infancy)
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu HI to Oakland CA (non-stop, of course)
1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
1973 Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC
1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1991 Ric Flair defeated Sting for the NWA & WCW Heavyweight Wrestling title
1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
1994 John Bradley raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70
"Smoking by pregnant women may result in fetal injury, premature birth, and low birth weight."
- Surgeon General