15 Jan 07 - Sunday
1567 Black Box [Catherine Quinol], Guadeloupe, vocalist (Love Sensation)
1908 Edward Teller Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project)
1913 Lloyd Bridges San Leandro CA, actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane)
1929 Reverand Dr Martin Luther King Jr Atlanta GA, dreamer (Nobel 1964)
1948 Ronnie Van Zant rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1951 Charo Murcia Spain, actress/singer (Chico & the Man, Love Boat)
1951 Martha Davis California, vocalist/guitar (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame)
1952 Melvyn Gale rocker (ELO)
1970 - Shane McMahon
1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church
1797 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
1870 Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly
1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St Petersburg
1919 2 million gallons of molasses "Tidal wave" Boston MA, drowning 21
1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
1934 Patrick O'Malley US policeman, killed by John Dillinger
1942 FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII
1949 Black Dahlia murder victim found in Los Angeles (basis of the movie)
1951 Supreme Court rule "clear & present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest
1961 Supremes signed with Motown Records
1964 Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract
1965 Rock group The Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain"
1967 Super Bowl I Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in Los Angeles; Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, Green Bay, Quarterback
1971 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
1973 President Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam
1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
1975 Space Mountain opens (Disneyland)
1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"
1978 Margaret Bowman & Lisa Levy Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
1989 WWF - Royal Rumble, the summit, Houston TX, Big John Studd wins by eliminating the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase
1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't)
1997 Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
