19 Jan 07 - Friday
0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet (Koran)
1736 James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
1807 Robert Edward Lee Stratford VA, General-in-Chief (Confederacy)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1904 James Winston Watts developer (Frontal Lobotomy)
1914 Lester Flatt (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top)
1932 Richard Lester movie director (Hard Day's Night, Help!)
1938 Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros)
1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur TX, blues rock singer (Down on Me)
1945 Rod Evans rocker (Deep Purple)
1946 Dolly Rebecca Parton Sevierville TN, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5)
1949 Robert Palmer rocker (Addicted to Love)
1951 Dewey Bunnell Yorkshire England, rock guitarist (America)
1951 Martha Davis vocals/guitar (Motels)
1968 Whitfield Crane rocker (Ugly Kid Joe)
1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (US claim)
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 meters high x 25 meters wide kills dozens, Boston
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
1955 1st Presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1961 1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed
1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial
1973 Johnny Valentine defeated Harley Race for the Missouri State Heavyweight title
1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1988 "48 Hours" premieres on CBS-TV
1991 Sergeant Slaughter defeats Ultimate Warrior for WWF championship belt
1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1997 Adriana Caseloti voice (Snow White), dies at 70
1998 Carl Perkins singer/songwriter, dies at 65
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
Edgar Allan Poe
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