Betty (Marion Ludden) White 
(January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021)

White was an actress and comedian, a pioneer of early
television with a career spanning almost seven decades.

On January 5, 1920, the New York Yankees major league baseball
club announced its purchase of the heavy-hitting outfielder
George Herman “Babe” Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for the
sum of $125,000.

Ruth had played six seasons with the Red Sox, leading them to
three World Series victories. On the mound, Ruth pitched a total
of 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings, setting a new league
record that would stand for 43 years.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

On January 4, 1847, Samuel Colt rescues the future of his
faltering gun company by winning a contract to provide
the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers

Before Colt began mass-producing his popular revolvers
in 1847, handguns had not played a significant role in the
history of either the American West or the nation as a
whole.

View of the Colt Factory from Dutch Point or Little River, Hartford, oil painting.

Drawing of an early Colt pistol, ca. 1835.
(Connecticut Historical Society)        

On January 4, 1996, General Motors announced at the Greater
Los Angeles Auto Show it will build an electric car, dubbed
the EV1, to be launched in the fall of that year.

When it debuted ,the EV1 was made available to consumers
in just two states, Arizona and California, and for lease-only,
as GM considered the development of electric car technology
to be ongoing.

During its years in production, from 1996 to 1999, around 2,500
EV1s were produced in total. In late 2003, GM announced it was
pulling the plug on the EV1 program and wouldn’t renew any
leases.