TODAY IN HISTORY - January 9th:

1956 - Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers
1959 - "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1989 - Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
2000 - 26th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Motion Picture) and Drew Carey & Calista Flockhart win (TV)
2005 - 31st People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Julia Roberts win (Motion Picture) and Matt LeBlanc & Marg Helgenberger win (TV)
2007 - 33rd People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Jennifer Aniston win (Movie Star) and Patrick Dempsey & Eva Longoria win (TV)
2007 - Apple Inc CEO, Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1913 - Richard Nixon, Yorba Linda, California, 37th President (R) of the United States (1969-74)
1982 - Kate Middleton, Reading, England, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William

GOODBYE TO:

 

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