Tuesday, January 26, 2010

today way back when

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1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol

1926 Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London)

1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting

1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder

1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes

1988 The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theater in New York.

1998 President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."


2009 "Octomom" Nadya Suleman of Whittier, Calif., gave birth to octuplets conceived by in vitro fertilization. Suleman was already a mother of six.

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