This Day In History

January 4th

1885  Dr. William Grant of Davenport, Iowa performs the first successful removal of an appendix (appendectomy).
1950  RCA Victor announces it will manufacture long playing (LP) records.
1957  Collier's magazine was published for the last time.
1965  The Fender Guitar Company sold to CBS for $13 million.
1979  The Star Club reopened in Hamburg, Germany.  This is one of the places that the Beatles first played in their early days.  None of the former members were able to attend the reopening.

1809  Inventor of Writing for the Blind Louis Braille
1905  Actor Sterling Holloway
1914  Actress Jane Wyman (born as Sarah Fulks) married to actor Ronald Reagan
1937  Actress Dyan Cannon (born as Samille Friesen)

1956

• Let Me Go, Lover - Joan Weber

• Moments to Remember - The Four Lads

• He - Al Hibbler / The McGuire Sisters

• Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

1965

• I Feel Fine - The Beatles

• Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton

• Downtown - Petula Clark

• Ringo - Lorne Greene

1974

• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

• The Joker - Steve Miller Band

• Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White

• The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich

1983

• Maneater - Daryl Hall and John Oates

• Truly - Lionel Richie

• The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson  & Paul McCartney

• Wild and Blue - John Anderson

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