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27
Jan
PAST EVENTS THAT MADE CURRENT HISTORY
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27
Jan
SPORTS CAR DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1965
On January 27, 1965, the Shelby GT 350, a version of a Ford
Mustang sports car developed by the American auto racer
and car designer Carroll Shelby,was launched.
The Shelby GT 350, which featured a 306 horsepower V-8
engine, remained in production through the end of the
1960s and today is a valuable collector’s item.
Carroll Hall Shelby
(1923 – 2012)
26
Jan
THESE PAST EVENTS MADE NEWS HISTORY
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26
Jan
FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL PHYSICIAN
Janet Graham Travell (December 17, 1901 – August 1, 1997)
On January 26, 1961, just about a week after his inauguration,
President John F. Kennedy appointed Janet Travell, 59, as
his personal physician, making her the first woman in history
to hold the post.
Dr. Travell possessed an impressive resume that included
graduating with honors from Wellesley College, internships
in cardiology, a professorship in clinical pharmacology at
Cornell University and an established reputation as a
pioneer in the treatment of chronic myofascial pain.
26
Jan
AN ACTION COMEDY SERIES PREMIERED
On January 26, 1979, “The Dukes of Hazzard,” a television
comedy about two cousins in the rural South and their
souped-up 1969 Dodge Charger known as the General Lee,
debuted on CBS.
The show, which originally aired for seven seasons, centered
around cousins Bo Duke (John Schneider) and Luke Duke
(Tom Wopat) and their ongoing efforts to elude their nemeses,
the crooked county commissioner “Boss” Jefferson Davis
Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and the bumbling Sheriff Rosco P.
Coltrane (James Best).
The show was consistently among the top-viewed television
series in the late 1970s and early 1980s (at one point, ranking
second only to Dallas, which immediately followed the show
on CBS’s Friday night schedule).
“The Dukes of Hazzard” was known for its car chases
and stunts and the General Lee
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