ROSS SIMPSON

President George W. Bush’s first State of The Union Speech on
this day in 2002.

A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, AL, killing an
off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse on this day in
1998.  Eric Rudolph (below) was charged with this bombing and
three other attacks in Atlanta.

Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Raven" was published for the first time in the "New York Evening Mirror on this day in 1845.

Edgar Allan Poe 
(January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)

On this day in 1936, Ty Cobb received the most votes of any player
on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of
a possible 226 votes (98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. In 1999, editors at
the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb third on their list of "Baseball’s
100 Greatest Players".

TY COBB, BABE RUTH, HONUS WAGNER, CHRISTY
MATHEWSON, WALTER JOHNSON.

Oprah Winfrey (Orpah Gail Winfrey) is 64 today.

Television host and producer Oprah Winfrey was named the
most influential woman in the world by TIME magazine and
hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated syndicated
program on air, from 1986 to 2011. She was crowned Miss Black
Tennessee while in college and began co-anchoring the evening
news when she was nineteen. Oprah became the world’s first
female black billionaire and the richest self-made American
woman. She had a net worth over $2 billion in 2013.

The first issue, June 2000.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws
that had been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case (Roe vs. Wade) legalized abortion.

On this day in 1973.

On this day in 1998, Theodore Kaczynski pled guilty to federal
charges for his role as the Unabomber. He agreed to life in prison
without parole.

Queen Victoria of England died on this day in 1901, after reigning
for nearly 64 years. Edward VII, her son (below), succeeded her.

The Arthur Miller drama "The Crucible" opened on Broadway
on this day in 1953.

On this day in 1968, "Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In", debuted on NBC - 
TV.

Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

Announcer, Gary Owens

Sandy Kozel

The sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In ran for 140 episodes
from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network. In
2002, Laugh-In was ranked #42 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All
Time.

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