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ON THIS DAY IN
JANUARY
TUESDAY
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1863: President Abraham
Lincoln issues the
Emancipation Proclamation
setting 3 million slaves “then,
thenceforward and forever
free.”
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WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
2 3
1788: Georgia ratifies the
United States Constitution
and becomes the fourth state
to join the Union. 9 1976: Ragtime, by E.L.
Doctorow is awarded the
National Book Critics Circle
Award. Dealing with race
relations in the 1920s, it was
made into a movie in 1997. 1976: The Oscar-
winning boxing drama,
Rocky, started filming on
this day. Written by and
starring, Sylvester Stallone, he
completed the script in 3 and
a half days.
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1929: MLK birthday
1987: The Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame inducts its first
woman, Aretha Franklin. 10 1982: With 51 seconds
left in the 1981 NFC
Championship Game, San
Francisco 49ers wide receiver
Dwight Clark makes a
spectacular, leaping reception
in the end zone on a pass from
Joe Montana to send the 49ers 11 1973: The “designated
pinch-hitter,” position is
officially adopted after the 24
major league baseball owners
vote to allow teams in the
American League to legally
have a position player bat in
place of the pitcher. 12
17 18 19
1916: The Professional Golfers
Association is formed at the
Taplow Club in New York City. 1975: Barry Manilow reaches
No. 1 on the pop charts with
his single “Mandy.” The singer
would go on to sell more than
75 million records during his
prolific career. 25 26
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1958: One of
Hollywood’s longest
love stories, Paul Newman
and Joanne Woodward
marry in Las Vegas. They
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary in 2008. In Sept. of
2008, Newman died at age 83.
1933: The Lone
Ranger debuts on Detroit
radio. With the catch phrase,
“Hi-yo, Silver! Away!” The Lone
Ranger later transitioned to
television becoming ABCs
first big hit.
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1980: The Sugarhill Gang’s
“Rapper’s Delight” becomes
hip-hop’s first Top 40 hit. “I
said a hip, hop, the hippie,
the hippie…” you know the
rest.
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2010: Comedian Conan
O’Brien hosts his final episode
of “The Tonight Show” after
NBC announced that Jay Leno
would return as the show’s
host.
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SATURDAY
1996: General Motors
reveals plans to build an
electric car, the EV1, at the
Greater Los Angeles Auto
Show. It debuted in only two
states, Arizona and California,
for lease only. 22
1984: Hulk Hogan
becomes the first wrestler
to escape the “camel clutch,”
the signature move of WWF
reigning champion Iron
Sheik. The victory led to
“Hulkamania” and his first title.
FRIDAY
1932: Ophelia Wyatt
Caraway, (D-AR) becomes the
first woman elected to the
U.S. Senate.
2005: President
George W. Bush
appoints Condoleeza Rice as
Secretary of State, making
her the highest ranking
African-American woman to
ever serve in a presidential
cabinet.
On this day: Golden Gate Bridge is born
J A N U A R Y 5 , 1 9 3 3 : Construction gets underway on the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million
cubic feet of dirt. The idea for a bridge connecting the San Francisco Peninsula to the southern end of Marin County was
proposed shortly after the Gold Rush in 1849. However, a formal proposal wasn’t made until 1916. The bridge officially opened
on May 27, 1937 as the longest bridge span in the world at the time. While it no longer holds that title, it is still one of the most
scenic landmarks in the United States. — S O U R C E : H I S T O R Y. C O M