A Look Back in Time

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December 29, 1972
Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of "LIFE" magazine hit the newsstands. The newsweekly is said to have "redefined photojournalism while showing America its own face." The first issue of the magazine featured a newborn baby and a do

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I can remember Life magazine being a part of my life as a child.  I loved to look at the pictures.

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Births

    * 39 - Roman Emperor Titus (d. 81)
    * 1552 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
    * 1642 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
    * 1673 - Ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)
    * 1678 - William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
    * 1722 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
    * 1724 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (d. 1805)
    * 1819 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (d. 1898)
    * 1838 - Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (b.1929)
    * 1865 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
    * 1869 - Stephen Butler Leacock, was a British-Canadian writer and economist.
    * 1873 - Al Smith, American politician (d. 1944)
    * 1884 - Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
    * 1897 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (d. 1976)
    * 1899 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)
    * 1904 - Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (d. 1987)
    * 1906 - Carol Reed, English film director (d. 1976)
    * 1910 - Paul Bowles, American composer and author (d. 1999)
    * 1911 - Jeanette Nolan, American actress (d. 1998)
    * 1914 - Bert Parks, American television host (d. 1992)
    * 1917 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
    * 1920 - Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)
    * 1928 - Bo Diddley, American singer and musician
    * 1931 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (d. 2004)
    * 1934 - John Norris Bahcall, American physicist (d. 2005)
    * 1934 - Joseph Bologna, American actor
    * 1934 - Joseph P. Hoar, U.S. general
    * 1934 - Del Shannon, American singer (d. 1990)
    * 1934 - Russ Tamblyn, American actor, dancer, and singer
    * 1935 - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon
    * 1935 - Sandy Koufax, baseball player
    * 1937 - Gordon Banks, British footballer
    * 1937 - John Hartford, American musician (d. 2001)
    * 1937 - Jim Marshall, American football player
    * 1937 - Paul Stookey, American singer
    * 1941 - Mel Renfro, American football player
    * 1942 - Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian author and dissident
    * 1942 - Michael Nesmith, American singer and musician (The Monkees)
    * 1942 - Fred Ward, American actor
    * 1945 - Davy Jones, American singer (The Monkees)
    * 1946 - Patti Smith, American singer
    * 1947 - Michael Burns, Ph.D., American actor and history professor
    * 1947 - Jeff Lynne, English singer and musician (ELO)
    * 1952 - June Anderson, American soprano
    * 1956 - Suzy Bogguss, American singer
    * 1957 - Matt Lauer, American newscaster
    * 1959 - Tracey Ullman, English actress and singer
    * 1961 - Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
    * 1961 - Sean Hannity, American talk radio host and conservative political commentator
    * 1961 - Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
    * 1963 - Chandler Burr, American author
    * 1963 - Michelle Douglas, Canadian human rights activist
    * 1965 - Zoe Kelli Simon, American actress
    * 1969 - Dave England, American television personality
    * 1969 - Jay Kay, English musician and singer (Jamiroquai)
    * 1972 - Kerry Collins, American football player
    * 1973 - Jason Behr, American actor
    * 1973 - Ato Boldon, West Indian athlete
    * 1975 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
    * 1976 - Meredith Monroe, American actress
    * 1978 - Tyrese, American singer
    * 1980 - Eliza Dushku, American actress
    * 1982 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
    * 1984 - LeBron James, American basketball player
    * 1985 - Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley
    * 1989 - Ryan Sheckler, Professional skateboarder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_30

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On this day in 1970 the high temperture was 17 and there was 6 inches of snow on the ground.

In 1979 the high was 12 and and there was 3 inches of snow.

On this date in 1984 we had 10 inches of snow.

And in 1999 the high was 19 and we had 16 inches of snow.

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I am into weather history this week.

January 4, 1996
Once the winter storm of the 2nd and 3rd cleared out of the region, another storm was close behind. This storm produced 2 to 7 inches of snow in central Illinois on the 4th. Totals included 6.2 inches in Springfield and 3.6 inches in Champaign.

January 4, 1997
Unseasonably mild weather was found across central Illinois the first few days of 1997, peaking on this date. High temperatures included 68 degrees at Springfield 65 at Peoria, and 64 degrees at Champaign; record highs for the day were even broken well before sunrise.

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I guess we tend to forget about the weather being this way before.   I can remember very mild winters and very cool weather when it was time to open the swimming pool.  One year June was so cool that we had very few, if any, swimmers all month.

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I remember the snow we had in 1999, but I had forgotton about this cold snap.
January 5, 1999
A clear sky, light winds, and thick snow cover, helped produce unusually bitter cold for central Illinois.  A low temperature of 36 degrees below zero at Congerville, which is northwest of Bloomington, set a new record low for the state of Illinois.   Champaign and Lincoln both reported lows of 25 below zero, with 21 below at Springfield, and 19 below at Peoria.

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On this day in 1863 the 20th Illinois Infantry was camped in Holly Springs, Miss..

The Seventh Infantry re-enlisted as Veterans at Pulaski, Tennessee, December 22, 1863, and was mustered in January 6, 1864, and left immediately for Illinois, to receive 30 days' furlough.

On January 6, 1864 the 36th Illinois started for Chattanooga to arrange the details of muster for new term of service preparatory to veteran furlough.

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Illinois Weather
January 7, 1979
The southern 1/2 of Illinois was affected by a winter storm, with the heaviest snow across far southern parts of the state. 8 inches or more of snow were found west of Carbondale. Further north, up to 5 inches of snow fell near Vandalia.

January 7, 1989
Several out-of-season tornadoes occurred across southern Illinois.  The strongest tornado, ranged as a "4" on a scale of 0 to 5, affected the town of Allendale, in southeast Illinois.  Most of the town was destroyed, including 10 businesses and 47 homes.  Although 50 people were injured, no one was killed.

1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede
1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries)
1784 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
1782 1st U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia
1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London
1953 President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
1992 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)

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1782 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia

1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard & Jeffries)

1789 1st national (Presidential) election in US
 
1817 2nd Bank of the United States opens

1830 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co begins carrying revenue traffic - 1st US Railroad Station (Baltimore MD)

1896 Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
 
1911 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco

1914 1st steamboat passes through the Panamá Canal

1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City NY

1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York & London
 
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley IL)

1929 "Buck Rogers", 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres

1929 "Tarzan", one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears

1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts

1942 WWII siege of Bataan starts

1944 Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59

 1948 US President Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
 
1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
 
1953 President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb
 
1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at the Met (New York City NY)
 
1955 WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
 
1961 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16

1963 1st class postage raised from 4¢ to 5¢
1968 1st class postage raised from 5¢ to 6

1968 Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon

1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"
1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage
 
1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
 
1986 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1989 Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
 
1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far

1994 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding

[Veda]

I can remember Life magazine being a part of my life as a child.  I loved to look at the pictures.

GA . . . after hunting for a CD program that I bought some years ago, I just found it today!  If you ever come across it, it's fun to see so many things from the past.

Now if I had the actual LIFE magazines, they'd probably be worth quite a bit today!
 
The CD program has over 4,000 of the world's best photographs, over 2,000 letter-to-the editor, 370 trivia questions, and one of my favorite ones: 1,800 LIFE Magazine Covers!!!

It also has 30 minutes of historical footage, information on movies, books, and music from: 1936-1972.
Comprehensive listings of world events, the most popular songs from each year, and last but not least, classic ads as they appeared in LIFE.

It's a keeper!  Maybe they still sell it somewhere, and I'd recommend it.  It was put out by America On-line with a 1995 issue date.

Sorry to go on, but I just printed off the stat enclosure.

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On January 8, 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly-equipped army to victory against eight thousand British troops at the Battle of New Orleans. The victory made Jackson a national hero. The anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans was widely celebrated with parties and dances during the nineteenth century, especially in the South.

Born 8 Jan 1942
English theoretical physicist who is one of the world's leaders in his field. His principal areas of research are theoretical cosmology and quantum gravity. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University (formerly held by Sir Isaac Newton). Afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS), Hawking is confined to a wheelchair and is unable to speak without the aid of a computer voice synthesizer. However, despite his challenges, he has utilized his intelligence, knowledge and abilities to make remarkable contributions to the field of cosmology (the study of the universe as a whole). Hawking wrote the book A Brief History of Time.

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Battle of New Orleans---let's not forgett the 7th US Infantry who helped hold the line that day--Cottonbalers by God!

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January 9th in History
1788:  Connecticut becomes an American state
1838 The first Flea Circus in the U.S. opened at 187 Broadway in New York City.
1858 Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton was born. An American botanist, her efforts were a major factor in the establishment of the New York Botanical Gardens.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1956 The first "Dear Abby" column was published.
1969 “I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye is #1 on the charts.
1969: The supersonic airliner, Concorde, makes its first test flight

January 9th birthdays
1908: Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist
1913: Richard Nixon, Former (37th) US President
1941:  Joan Baez, American peace activist

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Jan 10 1883
A fire at the six-story Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee kills 71 people. Two famous midgets residing there, General Tom Thumb and Commodore Nut, are rescued by firefighters.