Monday, January 3, 2011

01/03/2011 ::On This Day::



1888 - The drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone. 






1951 - NBC-TV debuted "Dragnet."



1967 - Jack Ruby died in a Dallas, TX, hospital. 

1984 - A woman died at Disneyland after falling from a ride. 
She had apparently unfastened her seatbelt while on the Matterhorn bobsled. 


1995 - The U.S. Postal Service raised the price of the first-class stamp to 32 cents.



1997 - Bryant Gumbel signed off for the last time as host of NBC's "Today" show.

2000 - Charles M. Schulz's final original daily comic strip appeared in newspapers.


1957 - Fats Domino recorded "I'm Walkin'."
The performance below is from Jazz Festival -The Hague Holland



1970 - "I Me Mine" was recoreded by the Beatles. It was the last song that the band would record together.
 



1970 - Davy Jones announced he was leaving the Monkees. 
 

1987 - Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 
along with Bill Haley and 14 others. Franklin was the first woman to be inducted. 

1971 - Tobacco ads representing $20 million dollars in advertising 
were banned from TV and radio broadcast. 

1977 - The 200th episode of "Soul Train" aired. 

1985 - VH-1 premiered as an adult contemporary music video channel 
with Marvin Gaye's "Star Spangled Banner" video.


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