In History – Postage Stamp issued for Elvis Presley

TODAY IN HISTORY - January 8th:

1954 - Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1992 - George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap
1993 - Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale

2008 - 34th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Patrick Dempsey & Katherine Heigl win (TV)
2014 - 40th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Josh Charles & Stana Katić win (Dramatic TV)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1935 - Elvis Presley, Tupelo Miss, American singer and King of Rock and Roll (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
1938 - Bob Eubanks, Flint Mich, TV host (Newlywed Game)
1982 - Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)

GOODBYE TO:

2002 - Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)
2007 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (b. 1922)

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