This Day In History

January 16

1883  US Civil Service established.
1969  2 manned Soviet spaceships become first to dock in space and transfer personnel.
1961  Mickey Mantle signed a contract making him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at that time.
1985  Playboy after 30 years stops stapling centerfold models in the bellybutton and decides to use glue instead.

1909  Singer Ethel Merman (Zimmerman)
1934  Opera Signer Marilyn Horne
1935  Race car champion Anthony Joseph (AJ) Foyt
1938  Hocky player Lou Angotti
1944  Grammy winning country singer Ronnie Milsap born blind.

1954

• You, You, You - The Ames Brothers

• Oh, My Papa - Eddie Fisher

• Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett

• Vaya Con Dios - Les Paul & Mary Ford

1963

• Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence

• Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker

• Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers

• Hey Paula - Paul & Paula

1972

• American Pie - Don McLean

• Let's Stay Together - Al Green

• Brand New Key - Melanie

• Carolyn - Merle Haggard and The Strangers

1981

• Starting Over - John Lennon

• Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond

• Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen

• I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit

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