In History – Flush toilet patented

TODAY IN HISTORY - January 17th:

1861 - Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper

1998 - President Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones
2000 - 27th American Music Award: Shania Twain & Will Smith win

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1706 - Benjamin Franklin, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)

GOODBYE TO:

2011 - Don Kirshner, American composer (b. 1934)

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