This Day in History

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On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games took place at Chamonix in the French Alps.

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Hey Cusp! We’re you aware that at the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, Great Britain took the top spot it the curling event. Curling did not return to the official program of the Winter Games until 1998. For decades, curling was considered to have been a demonstration sport at the 1924 Winter Olympics. However, in 2006 the International Olympic Committee ruled that the sport had indeed been part of the official program, and it upgraded the curling team’s gold medals from demonstration to official status.

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As I have always said; only real men curl!!!!!

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On January 26, 2020, basketball star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other passengers.

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Relatively few young men have been drafted into the NBA straight from high school, but even among that elite group, Kobe stands out as the first guard to ever be drafted from high school rather than from a collegiate team to the NBA.

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On January 26, 2020, basketball star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash, along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other passengers.

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Relatively few young men have been drafted into the NBA straight from high school, but even among that elite group, Kobe stands out as the first guard to ever be drafted from high school rather than from a collegiate team to the NBA.

IDK. I just can’t “Like This”. He put his daughter and friends in a dangerous situation with zero visibility fog. The pilot was uneasy about it but, hey, it’s Kobe,probably a big tip involved.

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On January 27, 2010, J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of the novel The Catcher in the Rye, died in Cornish, New Hampshire at the age of 91.

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In the normal course of events, an author expects to be asked to make at least minor changes to a manuscript prior to publication based on the recommendation of one or more editors. Salinger, however, was notoriously resistant to that notion. Harcourt Brace offered to publish The Catcher in the Rye, but Salinger declined the deal when the publisher insisted on certain rewrites. Instead, he waited to publish the book until he found a publishing house that would publish it "as is." The untouched book was eventually released by Little, Brown and Company. The book became an instant success and has sold over 65 million copies since its publication.

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On January 28, 1985, music's mega stars gathered together to record "We Are the World." More than 45 artists lent their talents to raise money for African famine relief efforts.

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Earlier in the 1980s, a large celebrity charity single called "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released by Band Aid, a supergroup of UK singing celebrities that included Culture Club, U2, Wham!, Duran Duran, and others. The project, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, was a huge success, and Harry Belafonte took notice. If the UK stars could do it, why not the Americans? Belafonte took the idea to music manager Ken Kragen, who then took it to Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie. They shared the idea with Stevie Wonder and Quincey Jones. Quincey Jones brought in Michael Jackson. Once the ball got rolling, the stars, quite literally, aligned.

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On January 29, 1843, William McKinley, who would become the 25th American president and the first to ride in an automobile, was born in Niles, Ohio.

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North America's tallest peak, located in Alaska, was named in honor of the 25th president, though he had never visited the site personally. In 2013, Alaska's governor announced that after measurements were taken with new radar mapping technology, the mountain was not as tall as previously thought—83 feet shorter, in fact. In any case, just two short years after losing height, the mountain lost the McKinley moniker when Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski submitted a bill to officially rename the peak Denali, a name used by the Koyukon Athabaskan people that had been recognized by the Alaska Board of Geographic Names since 1975.

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With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a shout of “Hi-yo, Silver! Away!”, The Lone Ranger debuted on Detroit radio on this day in 1933.

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Perhaps you’re most familiar with the Lone Ranger from the TV series, which aired from 1949 to 1957. The show starred Clayton Moore as the title character and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The Lone Ranger was the highest-rated television program on ABC in the early 1950s and its first true "hit". All of the show’s 221 episodes were filmed in black and white except for the fifth and final season.

Trivia - what was Tonto’s horse’s name?






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Find out what happened on January 31, 1944, to postpone the D-Day invasion of Normandy in the Allies’ fight against the Axis powers during World War II.

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On January 31, 1944, several key military and political leaders agreed to postpone the D-Day invasion due to a shortage of ships. The date for the planned invasion was changed from May 1, 1944 to June 5, 1944.

When presented with the initial plans for the assault in December of 1943, American General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British General Bernard Montgomery called to increase the size of the secret military operation. Both generals agreed that it should be increased from three to five land divisions and include three divisions of air support. On June 4, General Eisenhower decided to postpone the invasion one more day due to high winds and heavy seas. The decision to postpone was a difficult one, as any delay made it increasingly difficult to keep the operation a secret.

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Find out what happened on January 31, 1944, to postpone the D-Day invasion of Normandy in the Allies’ fight against the Axis powers during World War II.

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On January 31, 1944, several key military and political leaders agreed to postpone the D-Day invasion due to a shortage of ships. The date for the planned invasion was changed from May 1, 1944 to June 5, 1944.

When presented with the initial plans for the assault in December of 1943, American General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British General Bernard Montgomery called to increase the size of the secret military operation. Both generals agreed that it should be increased from three to five land divisions and include three divisions of air support. On June 4, General Eisenhower decided to postpone the invasion one more day due to high winds and heavy seas. The decision to postpone was a difficult one, as any delay made it increasingly difficult to keep the operation a secret.

Interesting. My father in law was an MP and was assigned to one of the first waves landing in Normandy. A couple weeks before June 6th, the General he was assigned to to drive took the wheel of their Jeep. They both fell asleep and the General drove them off a smalle cliff in England. My father in law was sent home with extensive damage to his ankle, never walked well after it. If the landing had gone off as planned in May he mite have died along with 90% of his company. He fathered my wife to be over 13 years later, we have two great kids that mite never have been born.
3 degrees of separation.