January 22, 2024
QUOTE
A little science estranges a man from God;
a lot of science brings him back.
--Francis Bacon
BIRTHDAYS
1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer
1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter
1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor and director
1940 – John Hurt, English actor
1959 – Linda Blair, American actress
IN MEMORY
1950 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director
1973 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States
2003 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist
2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director
2021 – Hank Aaron, American baseball player
IN ON THIS DAY
1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
1944 – The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1968 – Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1970 – The Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.