TODAY IN HISTORY - January 27th:

1880 - Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
1918 - "Tarzan of the Apes", 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1967 - Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee
1976 - "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
1992 - Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1832 - Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Halton, Cheshire, author (Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1898)
1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov
1964 - Bridget Fonda, actress (Scandal, Single White Female), born in Los Angeles, California

GOODBYE TO:

 

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