In History – Whoppi wins big at Golden Globes

TODAY IN HISTORY - January 24th:

1901 - 1st games played in baseball's American League
1927 - Director Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England.
1950 - Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
1982 - Super Bowl XVI: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Michigan, MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
1986 - 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1917 - Ernest Borgnine, Hamden Ct, actor (Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty), (d. 2012)
1941 - Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer)
1968 - Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont WV, gymnist (Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84)

GOODBYE TO:

1993 - Thurgood Marshall, 1st African American supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
2010 - Pernell Roberts, American actor & singer, last surviving star of Bonanza (b. 1928)

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