This Day In History

January 9th

St. Adrian, Abbot

1788  Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the US Constitution.
1861  Mississippi secedes from the Union.
1913  Richard M. Nixon born to later become 36th US Vice President.
1940  Television presented in a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.  After staring at a test patter for a while they decided that television had no worth yet.
1951  United Nations Headquarters opens in New York City's Upper East Side.
1986  Kodak loses a nasty court battle to Polaroid for patent violation of the instant cameras.

1898  Silent Film Actress Vilma Banky
1913 36th US Vice President Richard M. Nixon
1914  Actress/Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee (born as Rose Hovick)
1915  Actor Fernando Lamas
1941  Singer Joan Baez
1951  Singer Crystal Gayle

1956

• The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers

• Let Me Go, Lover - Joan Weber

• Count Your Blessings - Eddie Fisher

• Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

1960

• Why - Frankie Avalon

• Go, Jimmy, Go - Jimmy Clanton

• Running Bear - Johnny Preston

• El Paso - Marty Robbins

1979

• Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees

• My Life - Billy Joel

• Y.M.C.A. - Village People

• Tulsa Time - Don Williams

1988

• So Emotional - Whitney Houston

• Faith - George Michael

• The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

• I Can't Get Close Enough - Exile

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