Morning Buzz: January 14th

Posted January 14, 2008, 6:52 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, January 14th, 2008

Today's Birthdays:
CBS commentator Andy Rooney is 89. Blues singer Clarence Carter is 72. Country singer Billie Jo Spears is 71. Singer Jack Jones is 70. NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is 68. Actress Faye Dunaway is 67. Actress Holland Taylor is 65. Actor Carl Weathers is 60. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 60. Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan is 59. Rock singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is 49. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 45. Fox News Channel anchorman Shepard Smith is 44. Actor Dan Schneider is 42. Actress Emily Watson is 41. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes is 41. Rock musician Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne Band) is 41. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 40.

On This Date:
On Jan. 14, 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War.

1952: NBC's "Today" show premiered, with Dave Garroway as the host, or "communicator," as he was officially known.

1954: Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio.

1955: Freed produces first rock and roll dance concert in NYC.

1963: George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of "segregation forever."

1968: The Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFL's Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super Bowl II.

1970: Diana Ross and the Supremes performed their last concert together, at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas.

1973: Undefeated Dolphins beat Redskins in Super Bowl VII.

Thought for Today:
"In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, and then only, are you grown old."
General Douglas MacArthur


Quick Reads
List of Golden Globe Winners (CNN)
Bucket List Lives Large At #1 (LA Times)
NFL Wrap: Chargers and Giants Advance ( ESPN)
Clinton, Obama Clash Over Race Issues (AP)
Today's Weather (Weather Bug)




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