Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Day 20 of 2010, there is 345 days left in the year,
The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams
Brian Tracy
If Today is your Birthday!
Obtaining and exchanging information takes on more emotional significance for you now. You will begin to find yourself digging for answers today that you never really knew you cared about before. There are new and exciting challenges ahead. Avoid, however, mental power struggles with others--allow events to unfold. A friend will teach you a new skill--perhaps turning it into a hobby. Involve yourself with a volunteer program. This will give you insight into other ways of life and different levels of acceptance. You will become more involved with neighbors or siblings this afternoon. You could help with plans for a wedding or a shower soon. Listening and communicating feelings becomes more important now. This is one of your best days for love.
Famous Birthdays:
Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter), George Burns, Aristotle Onassis, DeForest Kelley, Slim Whitman, Patricia Neal, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Arte Johnson, Dorothy Provine, Ron Townson, Paul Stanley, George Grantham, Ian Hill, Bill Maher, Lorenzo Lamas, John Michael Montgomery, Mark Trojanowski, Melissa Rivers, David Eckstein, Geovany Soto, Richard H Lee, Leon Ames, Ivana Trump,
On this date in History:
1265 - The first English parliament met in Westminster Hall.
1801 - John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.
1839 - Chile defeated a confederation of Peru and Bolivia in the Battle of Yungay.
1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.
1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
1886 - The Mersey Railway Tunnel was officially opened by the Prince of Wales.
1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
1891 - James Hogg took office as the first native-born governor of Texas.
1892 - The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School.
1929 - The movie "In Old Arizona" was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors.
1937 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to be inaugurated on January 20th. The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution officially set the date for the swearing in of the President and Vice President.
1942 - Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's Jews.
1944 - The British RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1952 - In Juarez, Mexico, Patricia McCormick debuted as the first professional woman bullfighter from the United States.
1953 - "Studio One" became the first television show to be transmitted from the United States to Canada.
1954 - The National Negro Network was formed on this date. Forty radio stations were charter members of the network.
1961 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were divorced. They were married on June 29, 1956.
1972 - The number of unemployed in Britain exceeded 1 million.
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The hostages were flown to Algeria and then to a U.S. base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The release occurred minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1985 - The most-watched Super Bowl game in history was seen by an estimated 115.9 million people. The San Francisco 49ers downed the Miami Dolphins, 38-16. Super Bowl XIX marked the first time that TV commercials sold for a million dollars a minute.
1986 - The U.S. observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1986 - Britain and France announced their plans to build the Channel Tunnel.
1986 - New footage of the 1931 "Frankenstein" was found. The footage was originally deleted because it was considered to be too shocking.
1987 - Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite was kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon. He was there attempting to negotiate the release of Western hostages. He was not freed until November 1991.
1994 - Shannon Faulkner became the first woman to attend classes at The Citadel in South Carolina. Faulkner joined the cadet corps in August 1995 under court order but soon dropped out.
1996 - Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority and his supporters won two thirds of the 80 seats in the Legislative Council.
1997 - Bill Clinton was inaugurated for his second term as president of the United States.
1998 - American researchers announced that they had cloned calves that may produce medicinal milk.
1998 - In Chile, a judge agreed to hear a lawsuit that accused Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet with genocide.
1999 - The China News Service announced that the Chinese government was tightening restrictions on internet use. The rules were aimed at 'Internet Bars.'
2000 - Greece and Turkey signed five accords aimed to build confidence between the two nations.
2002 - Michael Jordan (Washington Wizards) played his first game in Chicago as a visiting player. The Wizards beat the Bulls 77-69.
On this date in Sports:
1892 - The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School.
1937 - Nels Stewart (New York Americans) became the NHL's career leading scorer when he scored his 270th NHL goal.
1949 - Free substitution was adopted for one year in the NFL.
1952 - Patricia McCormick debuted as the first professional woman bullfighter.
1968 - Houston ended UCLA's 47-game winning streak with a 71-69 victory at the Astrodome before 52,693 fans. and also set a NCAA attendance record.
1985 - The most-watched Super Bowl game in history was seen by an estimated 115.9 million people. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins, 38 -16. Super Bowl XIX marked the first time that TV commercials sold for a million dollars a minute. Joe Montana was awarded his third MVP award.
1995 - The NHL season opened with the teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84. The season had been shortened due to a players strike.
1999 - ESPN announced the creation of the Great Outdoor Games to be held in Lake Placid, NY, in 2000.
1999 - The NBA lockout officially ended after 204 days.
2002 - Joe Nieuwendyk (Dallas Stars) played in his 1,000th career NHL game.
2003 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) became the first NHL goalie to play in 1,000 games.
On this date in Music:
1586 - Composer Johann Hermann Schein was born.
1703 - Composer Joseph-Hector Fiocco was born.
1855 - Composer Amedee-Ernest Chausson was born.
1870 - Composer Guillaume Lekeu was born.
1894 - Composer Walter Hamor Piston was born.
1899 - Composer Alexander Tcherepnin was born.
1942 - Harry Babbitt sang as Kay Kyser and his Orchestra recorded, "Who Wouldn't Love You", on Columbia Records.
1958 - "Get a Job" by the Silhouettes was released.
1958 - Elvis Presley got his orders to report to duty from the U.S. Army. He was allowed a 60-day deferment so he could finish the film "King Creole".
1964 - The album "Meet the Beatles" was released in the U.S. on Capitol Records. It was their U.S. debut LP.
1965 - The Rolling Stones and the Kinks made their first appearance on ABC-TV's "Shindig!"
1967 - Arthur Conley recorded "Sweet Soul Music".
1969 - Elvis Presley recorded "In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds." It was the first time he had recorded in Memphis since 1956.
1973 - Jerry Lee Lewis made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
1974 - Stevie Wonder played his first show after an auto accident that almost took his life five months earlier.
1982 - Ozzy Osborne bit the head off of a bat in Des Moines, IA, and was hospitalized to undertake a series of rabies shots.
1999 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), while on probation for a 1997 heroin case, was arrested for failing to provide a urine sample to his live-in drug treatment center.
2002 - Sting won his first Golden Globe for his song "Until" from the "Kate & Leopold" soundtrack.
