Good morning. Today is Friday, January 31st. Today’s birthdays: Jackie Robinson (d.1972), Suzanne Pleshette (d.2008), Kelly Lynch (55), Kerry Washington (37) and Justin Timberlake (33). On this day in history: 1930 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape. 1949 These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago. 1950 President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. 1990 The first McDonalds in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow. 1995 President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy. 2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard. And 2011 A winter storm hits North America for the second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and killing 24 people. Today is Inspire Your Heart with Art Day.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:53:54 +0000
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