This Week in History

JANUARY 8

Jill Brady was born.

Christine Charles was born.

Bridget Valdemira was born.

Monica Spaeth was born.

1958 – Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship for the first time at age 14.

1964 – President Lyndon Johnson announced his War on Poverty.

JANUARY 9

Paula Ann DiGioia was born.

Patrick Connelly was born.

1861 – Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.

1952- Jackie Robinson became the highest paid player in Brooklyn Dodger history.

JANUARY 10

Marianne Venezia Henry was born.

Jennifer Burke was born.

1863 – The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.

1984 – The U.S. and the Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.

JANUARY  11

Sylvan Klein was born.

Anthony “Sneeze” Venezia was born.

1973 – Baseball’s American League adopted the “designated hitter” rule which allowed another player to bat for the pitcher.

2002 – The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

JANUARY 12

Jennie O’Hara was born.

Pete Mulholland was born.

1773 – The first public museum in the U.S. was established in Charleston, S.C.

1915 – The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

JANUARY 13

Walker Hornung was born.

Scott Ruscillo was born.

1999 – Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA. He would “unretire” again in 2001.

JANUARY 14

Bernadette McCann was born.

1954 – Marilyn Monroe married baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.

1963 – George Wallace sworn in as Alabama’s governor, promising “segregation forever.”