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Jan 13, 1982Howard you're fired!!!An Air Florida 737 crashes into a Washington DC bridgein a blinding snowstorm. The pla...
01/13/2026

Jan 13, 1982
Howard you're fired!!!
An Air Florida 737 crashes into a Washington DC bridge
in a blinding snowstorm. The plane goes down in the
Potomac River killing 78. Howard Stern gets fired when
asking on-air when the next flight is scheduled to arrive
at the 14th St. Bridge. (The story ran in my "Timeline
Memories" book available at Amazon Books)...

Jan 13, 1957Birth of the FrisbeeWham-O begins producing PlutoPlatters, known more commonly asthe Frisbee...
01/13/2026

Jan 13, 1957
Birth of the Frisbee
Wham-O begins producing Pluto
Platters, known more commonly as
the Frisbee...

A new Nielsen study "2026: The Power of Radio Among Hispanic Consumers" finds that more than 93% of Hispanic adults tune...
01/13/2026

A new Nielsen study "2026: The Power of Radio Among Hispanic Consumers" finds that more than 93% of Hispanic adults tune in
to radio each month, making it the highest-reaching medium
across the audio and media landscape...

Jan 12, 1969This Day In Sports HistoryJets QB gives fans a guarantee:"We're gonna win the game,I guarantee it."He does!!...
01/12/2026

Jan 12, 1969
This Day In Sports History
Jets QB gives fans a guarantee:
"We're gonna win the game,
I guarantee it."
He does!!!

Jan 12, 1958Today In Music HistoryBerry Gordy Jr. borrows some moneyfrom his sister to start Tamla Records.The label wil...
01/12/2026

Jan 12, 1958
Today In Music History
Berry Gordy Jr. borrows some money
from his sister to start Tamla Records.
The label will become part of the Motown
family...

Good Morning. It's Sunday Morning. The 11th day of 2026 with 354 days left in the year. Hope you can make the most of it...
01/11/2026

Good Morning. It's Sunday Morning. The 11th day of 2026 with 354 days left in the year. Hope you can make the most of it...

A MUST win for the Patriots to add to an outstanding 14-3 season. GO PATS!!!
01/11/2026

A MUST win for the Patriots to add to an outstanding 14-3 season. GO PATS!!!

Jan 11, 1963This day in music historyThe Beatles release their firstsingle in the U.S., "Please, Please Me"which peaks a...
01/11/2026

Jan 11, 1963
This day in music history
The Beatles release their first
single in the U.S., "Please, Please Me"
which peaks at #3 in Billboard. It's their
1st charted song in the U.S. They have their
1st #1 song here in Billboard in January 1964,
"I Want To Hold Your Hand."

Where do we begin? The Bruins bury the Rangers, 10-2. Both Zacha and Khusnutdinov score their 1st hat tricks. Pastrnak g...
01/10/2026

Where do we begin? The Bruins bury the Rangers, 10-2. Both Zacha and Khusnutdinov score their 1st hat tricks. Pastrnak gets 6 assists and Swayman stops 30 shots. He may have kicked a field goal, too...

Jan 10, 2026The Bruins (23-19-2) play host to the Rangers (20-19-6) in a matinee game at 1 pm at TD Garden. Let's get th...
01/10/2026

Jan 10, 2026
The Bruins (23-19-2) play host to the Rangers (20-19-6) in a matinee game at 1 pm at TD Garden. Let's get this one, Bruins!!!...

Jan 10, 1964Vee Jay releases the first Beatles LP, "Introducing The Beatles" inAmerica, beating the group's new label, C...
01/10/2026

Jan 10, 1964
Vee Jay releases the first Beatles LP, "Introducing The Beatles" in
America, beating the group's new label, Capitol to the punch.
The world responds...

Jan 10, 2000Merger MadnessAmerica Online acquires Time Warner for $182 billionin stock and debt. The result is the $350 ...
01/10/2026

Jan 10, 2000
Merger Madness
America Online acquires Time Warner for $182 billion
in stock and debt. The result is the $350 billion mega
Corp. AOL Time. When AOL starts losing billions, the
company removed "AOL" from its name. In 2009
Time Warner spins off AOL. In 2018 AT&T acquires
Time Warner...

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