North American International Auto Show begins (Jan 13-26), Cobo Center, Detroit, MI.
In 1968, Johnny Cash performed before 2,000 inmates at Folsom Prison at Folsom, CA.
Birth anniversary of Horatio Alger, Jr (1834-99).
1128 - Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar. He declared it to be an army of God.
1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.
1957 - Wham-O began producing "Pluto Platters." This marked the true beginning of production of the flying disc.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into the capital's 14th Street Bridge after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River. 78 people were killed.
1989 - Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possession of an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he claimed were about to rob him. He was freed the following September.
1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.
1957 - Wham-O began producing "Pluto Platters." This marked the true beginning of production of the flying disc.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into the capital's 14th Street Bridge after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River. 78 people were killed.
1989 - Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possession of an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he claimed were about to rob him. He was freed the following September.
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