‘Congress set January 7, 1789 as the date by which states were
required to choose electors for the country’s first-ever presidential election. A month later, on February 4, George Washington was
elected president by state electors and sworn into office on April
30, 1789.

Federal Hall in New York City

Cindy Morgan and Bill Murray from “Caddyshack” (1980)

Cindy Morgan (Cynthia Ann Cichorski)
(September 29, 1954 – December 30, 2023)

Cindy Morgan, the actress best known for playing Lacey
Underall in "Caddyshack" and Lora/Yori in Disney’s original
"Tron" film, has died.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office in Florida confirmed
the news to the Los Angeles Times, saying Morgan died of
natural causes at her home in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.

1982

  
 Nancy Kerrigan                             Tonya Harding
  
 

Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at a Detroit
ice rink following a practice session two days before the
Olympic trials. A man hit Kerrigan with a club on the back
of her knee, causing the figure skater to cry out in pain and bewilderment.

When the full story emerged a week later, the nation became
caught up in a real-life soap opera.

One of Kerrigan’s chief rivals for a place on the U.S. Figure
Skating Team was Tonya Harding. 

In mid-December 1993, Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly,
approached Shawn Eckardt about somehow eliminating
Kerrigan from the competition. Eckardt set up a meeting
with Derrick Smith and Shane Stant, who agreed to injure
Kerrigan for a fee.          

David Soul (David Richard Solberg)
(August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024)

Actor David Soul,  the blond half of the TV crime-fighting duo
"Starsky and Hutch"who went on to become a successful pop
singer, has died.

Soul was a 3 pack a day smoker for fifty years. Although he
stopped smoking ten years prior, he was seriously affected
by COPD. He had also had a lung removed due to cancer.

Soul died in a London hospital, surrounded by family on
Thursday.   

1975

On January 5, 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate
Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet
of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages.

On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened, Celebrations lasted for a week! Vehicles were not permitted to cross on the first
day, so 200,000 people made their way across the bridge on foot
or roller skaters. The day after it opened, President Roosevelt, who
was in Washington D.C., had pushed a button that allowed vehicles across the bridge.