Timeline For Friday, January 16, 2015 ___________________________________ 1961 Mickey Mantle signs a $75,000 per-year contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American league for the 1961 season. 1976 “Donny and Marie” premieres on ABC. 1978 NASA names 35 candidates to fly on the space shuttle, including Sally K. Ride and Guion S. Bluford Jr., America’s first African American in space. 1979 Cher’s divorce from Greg Allman is finalized. 1980 Paul McCartney is jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession. 1982 “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World” by Ronnie Milsap peaks at No. 1. 1988 “One Friend” by Dan Seals peaks at No. 1. 1988 “Got My Mind Set On You” by George Harrison peaks at No. 1. 1991 The White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm. 1993 “Somewhere Other Than The Night” by Garth Brooks peaks at No. 1. 1996 Jamaican authorities fire at Jimmy Buffet’s seaplane after mistaking it for a drug trafficker’s plane. U2’s Bono is with Buffett but neither is hurt. 1997 Bill Cosby’s son Ennis, 27, is killed. 1999 “Have You Ever?” by Brandy peaks at No. 1. 1999 “Right On The Money” by Alan Jackson peaks at No. 1. 2001 President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War. 2003 The space shuttle Columbia takes off on its ill-fated flight. The mission ended in tragedy on February 1st when the shuttle burns up during its return. 2004 Michael Jackson pleads innocent to child molestation charges; the judge scolded Jackson for being 21 minutes late. Jackson was eventually acquitted. 2007 Donald Trump receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 2007 Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., launches his successful bid for the White House. 2012 Customers of online shoe retailer Zappos must change their passwords after Zappos reports hackers accessed up to 24 million customer accounts.
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