13 Jan 07 - Saturday
1934 Rip Taylor comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
1948 T Bone' Burnett rocker
1952 Cornelius Bumpus keyboardist (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
1955 Fred White rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
1955 Trevor Rabin rocker (Yes)
1956 Malcolm Foster rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
1961 Graham "Suggs" McPherson Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House)
1963 Tim Patrick Kelly Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1966 Tabitha Stevens fictional character (Bewitched)
1794 Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet
1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
1927 US & Mexico battle over oil interests
1929 Wyatt Earp US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast
1943 Hitler declares "Total War"
1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia
1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee
1967 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
1968 Bill Masterson (Minnesota Northstars) checked into the boards & killed
1968 Minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)
1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan
1996 Tommy Rich defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- Buddha
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