Yup. , Ah, tripod crapola, gotta cut paste it. == Cartman saying what I have in sig below.
On this date:
In 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1984 Macintosh Computers on Sale
The first Macintoshes became available for a price of $2,495 on this day in 1984. Despite a frenzy of publicity, including a $500,000 commercial aired during the Super Bowl, the Mac failed to catch on immediately. In fact, it was not until Aldus introduced PageMaker, the first desktop publishing software, in mid-1985 that Macintosh sales took off. Eventually, the Macintosh transformed computing through its user-friendly graphics and use of the mouse. The machine also introduced small, hard, plastic disks that would replace the larger, flexible floppy disks used by personal computers at the time.
In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was put to death in Florida's electric chair.*
1994 Ziff-Davis Announces Online Data Service
On January 24, 1994, computer publisher Ziff-Davis jumped on the Internet bandwagon, announcing its plans to launch a commercial online service. The online service, called Interchange, offered e-mail, discussion groups, games, and articles from PC Magazine, MacUser, and other computer magazines. Later that year, the company sold Interchange to AT&T for $50 million, but AT&T shut the service down in 1996. Although Interchange failed to become a player in the proprietary online service game, another Ziff-Davis venture, ZDNet, became one of the most popular content sites on the Web.
1996 Radio Spectrum Auctioned to Satellite Services
MCI and News Corp. teamed up to win a Federal Communications Commission auction for a license to beam hundreds of television channels from a high-powered satellite. The companies paid a combined $682 million for the license and planned to start a direct broadcast satellite service (DBS). DBS, which broadcasts to small satellite dishes about the size of pizza boxes, was a fledgling industry at the time.
Ten years ago: Retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall died in Bethesda, Md., at age 84.
Five years ago: Pope John Paul II, delivering blunt political messages during his visit to Cuba, called for the release of "prisoners of conscience" and respect for freedom of expression, initiative and association. President Clinton, in his weekly radio address, unveiled a proposal to root out Medicare fraud.
One year ago: A House committee opened hearings into the collapse of energy giant Enron Corp. Officials of Enron's accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, claimed fired auditor David Duncan was solely responsible for the massive destruction of Enron documents; Duncan refused to answer questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment. John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," made his first court appearance in suburban Washington D.C.
Today, Nell Carter dies @ age 54.
Also happy birthday to: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 86. Evangelist Oral Roberts is 85. Actor Marvin Kaplan ("Top Cat") is 76. Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 67. Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 64. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 62. Singer Aaron Neville is 62. Actor Michael Ontkean is 57. Singer Warren Zevon is 56. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 53. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 52. Bandleader-musician Jools Holland is 45. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 43. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 40. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 36. Olympic gold-medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pat "Sleepy" Brown (Society of Soul) is 33. Actor Matthew Lillard is 33. Actress Merrilee McCommas is 32. Actress Tatyana Ali is 24.
And of course, Paul Castronovo for you S.FL Zeta (94.9) listeners.
*=event I remember most that happened on my birthday.
On this date:
In 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.
In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.
1984 Macintosh Computers on Sale
The first Macintoshes became available for a price of $2,495 on this day in 1984. Despite a frenzy of publicity, including a $500,000 commercial aired during the Super Bowl, the Mac failed to catch on immediately. In fact, it was not until Aldus introduced PageMaker, the first desktop publishing software, in mid-1985 that Macintosh sales took off. Eventually, the Macintosh transformed computing through its user-friendly graphics and use of the mouse. The machine also introduced small, hard, plastic disks that would replace the larger, flexible floppy disks used by personal computers at the time.
In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was put to death in Florida's electric chair.*
1994 Ziff-Davis Announces Online Data Service
On January 24, 1994, computer publisher Ziff-Davis jumped on the Internet bandwagon, announcing its plans to launch a commercial online service. The online service, called Interchange, offered e-mail, discussion groups, games, and articles from PC Magazine, MacUser, and other computer magazines. Later that year, the company sold Interchange to AT&T for $50 million, but AT&T shut the service down in 1996. Although Interchange failed to become a player in the proprietary online service game, another Ziff-Davis venture, ZDNet, became one of the most popular content sites on the Web.
1996 Radio Spectrum Auctioned to Satellite Services
MCI and News Corp. teamed up to win a Federal Communications Commission auction for a license to beam hundreds of television channels from a high-powered satellite. The companies paid a combined $682 million for the license and planned to start a direct broadcast satellite service (DBS). DBS, which broadcasts to small satellite dishes about the size of pizza boxes, was a fledgling industry at the time.
Ten years ago: Retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall died in Bethesda, Md., at age 84.
Five years ago: Pope John Paul II, delivering blunt political messages during his visit to Cuba, called for the release of "prisoners of conscience" and respect for freedom of expression, initiative and association. President Clinton, in his weekly radio address, unveiled a proposal to root out Medicare fraud.
One year ago: A House committee opened hearings into the collapse of energy giant Enron Corp. Officials of Enron's accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, claimed fired auditor David Duncan was solely responsible for the massive destruction of Enron documents; Duncan refused to answer questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment. John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," made his first court appearance in suburban Washington D.C.
Today, Nell Carter dies @ age 54.
Also happy birthday to: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 86. Evangelist Oral Roberts is 85. Actor Marvin Kaplan ("Top Cat") is 76. Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 67. Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 64. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 62. Singer Aaron Neville is 62. Actor Michael Ontkean is 57. Singer Warren Zevon is 56. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 53. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 52. Bandleader-musician Jools Holland is 45. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 43. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 40. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 36. Olympic gold-medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pat "Sleepy" Brown (Society of Soul) is 33. Actor Matthew Lillard is 33. Actress Merrilee McCommas is 32. Actress Tatyana Ali is 24.
And of course, Paul Castronovo for you S.FL Zeta (94.9) listeners.
*=event I remember most that happened on my birthday.
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