Spacetime for the week of 1/10/07
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
By Ed Bushnell
January 10
1984 – Clara Peller first asks, “Where’s the Beef?”
1994 – The trial of Lorena Bobbitt begins.
1997 – Italy unveils its new 1,000-lira coin on which East and West Germany are depicted as two separate countries.
January 11
1989 – A kindergarten student is caught with a loaded handgun at a Bronx school.
1990 – Bobby Knight becomes Big 10 basketball ’s winningest coach.
1991 – The U.S. Congress gives Bush 41 permission to attack Iraq.
January 12
1777 – The Mission Santa Clara de Asis is founded in California.
1863 – “President” Jefferson Davis gives his “State of the Confederacy” address.
1906 – The Dow closes above 100 for the first time.
January 13
1902 – Textile workers strike in the Netherlands!
1920 – A New York Times editorial states that rockets will never be able to fly.
1930 – “Mickey Mouse” comic strip first appears.
January 14
1897 – 22,834-foot Aconcagua, in Argentina, is first climbed.
1938 – The National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia is formed.
1976 – “The Bionic Woman” premieres.
January 15
1797 – The first Top Hat is worn.
1844 – University of Notre Dame receives its charter.
1895 – Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” premieres.
January 16
1777 – Vermont declares its independence from New York.
1943 – The Temperature hits -60° F in Island Park, Idaho.
1976 – The “Donny & Marie” show premieres.
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