Actor Tom Selleck turned 80 on January 29th.

December 11, 1980 – May 1, 1988 on CBS.

September 24, 2010 – December 13, 2024 on CBS.

     
CARLATA BRADLEY

Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007)

Known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an
American writer, journalist and filmmaker. In a career
spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-
selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades
after World War II.

His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948
and brought him early renown.

1973

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (also known as FDR) grew up the only
child in an upper middle-class family in Hyde Park, New York. He graduated from Harvard in 1904 and later received a degree from Columbia Law School. In 1905, Roosevelt’s early involvement in
politics included a seat in the New York State Senate and the role
of Woodrow Wilson’s assistant secretary of the Navy during World
War I.

He served as governor of New York from 1929 to1932, during
which time he tested out various programs to help the needy
that would later form the backbone of his New Deal social and
economic policies.

   
The caption of this news photo reads, "Bundled up against
the chill autumn air, President Roosevelt, accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt and Gov. Charles Martin of Oregon drives
past the fir clad slopes of Mt. Hood, towering behind them."

President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Timberline Lodge
on Sept. 28, 1937.

Roosevelt concluded his talk by saying, "I take very great pleasure
in dedicating this Lodge, not only as a new adjunct of our National Forests, but also as a place to play for generations of Americans
in the days to come."

SANDY KOZEL

Before and after shuttle explosion (first visible signs of
danger on left, just after explosion on right).

At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle
Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and
Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first
ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space.

McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher
from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her
a place among the seven-member crew of the Challenger.

She underwent months of shuttle training but then, beginning
January 23, was forced to wait six long days as the Challenger‘s
launch countdown was repeatedly delayed because of weather
and technical problems. Finally, on January 28, the shuttle lifted
off.

Seventy-three seconds later, hundreds on the ground,
including Christa’s family, stared in disbelief as the
shuttle broke up in a forking plume of smoke and fire.

The Final Crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

President Ronald Reagan addressing the nation from the
White House on the day of the space shuttle Challenger explosion.