Comedienne Joan Rivers made her first guest appearances on
" The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" on NBC-TV in
1965.

BRIAN THOMAS

In Milwaukee on this day in 1992, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison. In November of 1994, he was beaten to
death in prison.

On this day in 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives
broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson (above)  
and Aaron Burr (below). Jefferson was elected president
and Burr became vice president.

World chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM supercomputer "Deep Blue" in Philadelphia, PA. on this day in 1996.

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is 55 years old today.

Michael Jordan is a retired professional basketball player, businessman,
and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA for
the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA
website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball
player of all time.” He is considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA
around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Eagles released their "Greatest Hits” album on this day in 1976. 

News-Week was launched in 1933 by Thomas J. C. Martyn, a former
foreign-news editor for Time. Journalist Samuel T. Williamson served
as the first editor-in-chief of Newsweek. The magazine ceased print
publication with the December 31, 2012, issue and transitioned to an
all-digital format, called Newsweek Global.

Thomas John Cardell Martyn (January 3, 1896 – February 6, 1979)