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Scores On This Historic Day: January 7, 1972, The NBA's Longest Winning Streak
Left to right: Gail Goodrich,Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry WestJanuary 7, 1972, 50 years ago: The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks, 134-90 at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. It is...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 10, 1999, The Sopranos Premieres
January 10, 1999:The Sopranos premieres on HBO. James Gandolfini plays Tony Soprano, a man working his way up through organized crime in northern New Jersey, while juggling raising a family and going...
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Don Maynard, 1935-2022
It's easy to forget just how much time has passed. Tomorrow marks the 53rd Anniversary of the New York Jets' one and only appearance, and victory, in the Super Bowl. And the number of players from that...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 11, 1976, Flyers vs. Red Army
January 11, 1976: For once, there were a lot of Americans rooting for the Commies. But those Reds were shown just how tough Americans -- or, at least, Canadians -- could be.First, let's take a step...
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Top 10 January 11 Birthdays
10. January 11, 1957: Darryl Dawkins. The man who claimed to be from the planet Lovetron was one of the most ferocious dunkers in basketball history.9. January 11, 1925: Grant Tinker. Working with NBC,...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 11, 1987, John Elway's 98-Yard Drive
January 11, 1987: The Cleveland Browns and their fans thought they were going to the Super Bowl. John Elway had other ideas.The Browns had been founded in the All-America Football Conference in 1946,...
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Top 10 January 12 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 12, 1923: Ira Hayes. The Corporal was a member of the Pima tribe, and 1 of the 6 U.S. Marines who raised the flag atop Iwo Jima. He had it rough after that, and drank himself...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 12, 1975, A Win for Pittsburgh
January 12, 1975: Western Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh in particular, has long been known as a source of football talent and football fandom. But up to this day, it had never won a professional...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 12, 2015, The 1st College Football...
January 12, 2015: For the 1st time, the College Football National Championship Playoff is concluded, deciding a definitive National Champion.Under the old system, the Champions of the Big Ten...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
January 13, 1968: Johnny Cash and his entourage perform at Folsom Prison, in Folsom, California, near the State Capitol of Sacramento.In 1951, Crane Wilbur, one of the first Hollywood stars, moved into...
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The Crash of Air Florida Flight 90
January 13, 1982, 40 years ago: Air Florida Flight 90, at the beginning of a flight from Washington National Airport to Tampa, crashes into the 14th Street Bridge, over an icy Potomac River. There are...
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Top 10 January 13 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 13, 1945: Peter Simpson. Alongside team Captain Frank McLintock, he was the usual starting centreback, wearing the Number 6 shirt, on North London soccer team Arsenal when...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 13, 2021, Donald Trump Is Impeached (The...
January 13, 2021, 1 year ago: Donald Trump is impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for a 2nd time.All previous Presidents combined had been impeached twice. All previous Presidents combined...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Washington -- 2022 Edition
This coming Wednesday, January 19, the Brooklyn Nets visit the Washington Wizards. They will visit again on February 10. The New York Knicks will do so on April 8.Before You Go. D.C. can get really hot...
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Top 10 January 14 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: January 14, 83 BC: Mark Antony. All the movies made over the years about Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, usually involving Marcus Antonius, gloss over one key fact: Caesar and Antony...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 14, 1954, Joe DiMaggio Marries Marilyn...
January 14, 1954: Joe DiMaggio marries Marilyn Monroe at City Hall in Joe's hometown of San Francisco.Joe, the biggest baseball star of his generation, was 40 years old. Marilyn, one of the biggest...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 14, 1967, The Human Be-In
January 14, 1967: An event called "The Human Be-In" is held in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It is considered the beginning of the Hippie movement, and makes the adjacent Haight-Ashbury...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 14, 1973, The Dolphins Finish Undefeated...
January 14, 1973: Super Bowl VII is played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. At stake for both teams was the Championship of the National Football League. At stake for one was the first such title...
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Eddie Basinski, 1922-2022
It's starting to look more and more like 1922 was a bad year for somebody to be born, if they wanted to live to be 100. Especially if they made it to 99. First, Betty White. Now, Eddie Basinski.Edwin...
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Top 10 January 15 Birthdays
The shadow makes it look like a COVID mask is hanging from his face.He would have turned 93 today, had he lived, and I wish I could knowhow he would have handled Trump and COVID.Honorable Mention:...
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