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Scores On This Historic Day: January 15, 1947, The Black Dahlia
January 15, 1947: Elizabeth Short is murdered in Los Angeles. A film titled The Blue Dahlia had recently been released, and, with her dark hair, she became posthumously known as "The Black Dahlia."She...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 15, 2001, Wikipedia Begins Operation
January 15, 2001: Wikipedia begins operation. According to its own Wikipedia page (I've removed the footnotes):Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger; Sanger coined...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 16, 1972, The Dallas Cowboys Win the Big...
January 16, 1972, 50 years ago: The Dallas Cowboys, after some rough near-misses, finally win the big one.An expansion team in 1960, they won the NFL Western Division title in 1966 and 1967, but lost...
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Top 10 January 16 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: January 16, 1821: John C. Breckinridge. Vice President of the United States under President James Buchanan, he was elected to the U.S. Senate from his home State of Kentucky in...
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Top 10 January 17 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 17, 1732: Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski. Stanislaus II Augustus was the last King of Poland before the Partitions of the 1790s.Honorable Mention: January 17, 1820: Anne...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 18, 1958, Willie O'Ree Desegregates the NHL
January 18, 1958: Willie O'Ree makes his NHL debut, wearing Number 22 for the Boston Bruins, against the Montreal Canadiens, at the Montreal Forum. Despite the Habs being at almost the exact midpoint...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 18, 1978, The Hartford Civic Center's...
January 18, 1978: The roof of the Hartford Civic Center collapses under the weight of snow. It ends up remaining closed for 2 years while it is repaired.It could have been a lot worse. Not only did the...
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Francisco Gento, 1933-2022
Francisco Gento with the 1956, 1957, 1958,1959, 1960 and 1966 European CupsA sports legend has left us, and most Americans have never even heard of him.Francisco Gento López was born on October 21,...
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Top 10 January 18 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 18, 1882: A.A. Milne. Alan Alexander wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Christopher Robin was named after his own son, and most of the characters after stuffed animals that...
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Scores On This Historic Day: January 19, 1977, Snow In Florida
January 19, 1977: It snows in Florida. It was just a dusting, but it remains the only recorded snowfall in the history of "the Sunshine State."A cold front combined with a high-pressure area over the...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Miami -- 2022 Edition
Miami, 2017. But the lights are still bright on Broadway.Next Wednesday, January 26, the New York Knicks travel to South Florida to face the Miami Heat. They will do so again on March 25. The Brooklyn...
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Top 10 January 19 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 19, 1982: Pete Buttigieg. The former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana ran for President in 2020, when he was too young, too inexperienced, the 1st gay candidate to get as far as...
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January 19, 2002: The Tuck Rule Game
January 19, 2002, 20 years ago: The New England Patriots play their last game at their old Foxboro Stadium, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It is also the game that establishes a dynasty that, 20 years...
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Top 10 January 20 Birthdays
Somewhat Honorable Mention: January 20, 1956: Bill Maher. Although his criticisms of conservatives have been humiliating, his criticisms of liberals have actually been damaging. More than anything...
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Top 10 January 21 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 21, 1951: Eric Holder. U.S. Attorney General for the 1st 6 years of the Obama Administration, he was the 1st black person to hold the job. Since the 1960s, no one has fought...
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Clark Gillies, 1954-2022
The standout uniform number in hockey is 9. It's been worn by all-time greats, and retired for them.It's somewhat fitting that, for the New York Islanders, it's retired not for a superstar, but for the...
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January 22, 1982: The Day My Childhood Ended
January 22, 1982, 40 years ago: Reggie Jackson signs a 5-year contract with the California Angels. With incentive clauses, it turns out to be worth about $5.2 million.For the preceding 5 seasons,...
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Top 10 January 22 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 22, 1890: Fred Vinson. He served 14 years in Congress from a district in his native Kentucky, as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury right after World War II, and then 7 years as...
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Top 10 January 23 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 23, 1957: Caroline Grimaldi. Oldest child of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace Kelly, and sister of the current monarch, Prince Albert II, she is one of the...
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A Little Housecleaning for This Blog
Since August 9, 2019, the 45th Anniversary of President Nixon's resignation, I've run a "Scores On This Historic Day" feature on this blog. Since January 1 of this year, I've run a "Top 10 (today's...
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