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Well, how is your first taste of 2025? We certainly hope it’s cooperating and your New Year is off to a good start. As we sink into January and our Winter weather feels more “seasonable” it’s a good reason to grab a warm drink and join us for the “scroll down memory lane.”
This is the time in the week where we simply slow things down a bit and take a look back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is Sunday, January 12th, the 12th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1896, the first x-ray was taken by H-L Smith. It was a picture of a hand with a bullet in it.
In 1921, Kenesaw Mountain Landis became the first commissioner of baseball.
In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law school applicants because of race.
In 1959, Berry Gordy founded Tamla Records, the future Motown Records. It was the first record label owned by an African-American to feature primarily African-American artists.
In 1966, “Batman” debuted on ABC television. Adam West and Burt Ward portrayed the caped crusaders Batman and Robin.
In 1969, Joe Namath and the AFL’s New York Jets defeated the NFL’s Baltimore Colts 16-to-seven in Super Bowl Three. It is regarded as one of the most shocking upsets in professional football history.
In 1971, “All in the Family” debuted on CBS television.
In 1976, mystery writer Agatha Christie died at the age of 85. “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile” were among her most popular works.
In 1981, the prime time soap opera “Dynasty” premiered on ABC.
In 1991, Congress voted to give President George Bush the authority to use armed forces to move Iraqi soldiers out of Kuwait.
In 1995, the trial against O.J. Simpson for murder begins in LA.
In 2001, Hewlett-Packard co-founder William Hewlett died on this date at the age of 87.
In 2003, Maurice Gibb, one-third of the legendary singing group the Bee Gees, died after undergoing abdominal surgery three days earlier. He was 53.
In 2005, the man who shot Pope John Paul the Second in 1981 was released from a Turkish prison in Istanbul. Mehmet Ali Agca shot the pontiff as he greeted the faithful in St. Peter’s Square, but John Paul survived. Agca was in an Italian prison for 19 years before being pardoned at the Pope’s behest in 2000.
In 2010, a seven-point-zero magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, devastating the nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince. More than 230-thousand people were reported dead, making the quake one of the deadliest on record.
In 2016, the Rams football organization relocated from St. Louis to Los Angeles. NFL owners voted 30-to-2 to move the franchise to Inglewood at the Owner’s Meetings in Houston, Texas.
In 2017, former President Obama presented former Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2019, Missy Elliott was the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.
In 2023, a special counsel was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
In 2023, Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter and only child of Elvis Presley, died at the age of 54.
And that brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have for your own 1.11.2025 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
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