This Day In History

January 15

1863  The Boston Morning Journal becomes the first paper in the nation to publish on wood pulp paper.
1870  Pierre S. DuPont, Chairman of the Board of the DuPont Company, is born.
1559  Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey, England.
1777  New Connecticut declares independence and later becomes Vermont.
1943  Work completed on the Pentagon
1955  The first solar-heated, radiation-cooled house built by Raymond Bliss in Tucson, Arizona. $4,000 was spent on materials and labor to build the entire home. The price today would be at least 100 times more.
1973  US President Nixon announces suspension of all offensive action in North Vietnam.

1870  Industrialist Pierre S. DuPont
1892  Writer/Director Rex Ingram Hitchcock
1913  Actor Lloyd Bridges
1929  Martin Luther King born in Atlanta.
1949  Singer/Songwriter Ronnie Van Zandt
1951  Actress Charo (born as Maria Martinez)

1955

• Let Me Go, Lover - Joan Weber

• The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers

• Papa Loves Mambo - Perry Como

• Mister Sandman - The Chordettes

1964

• There! I've Said It Again - Bobby Vinton

• Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen

• Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch

• I'm Leaving It Up to You - Dale & Grace

1973

• You're So Vain - Carly Simon

• Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

• Crocodile Rock - Elton John

• She's Got to be a Saint - Ray Price

1982

• Physical - Olivia Newton-John

• I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates

• Centerfold - The J. Geils Band

• I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World - Ronnie Milsap

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