Picture of the Day and B'days for Jan. 12

Posted January 11, 2009, 7:33 pm in News


Today is Monday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2009. There are 353 days left in the year.

Fifty years ago, on Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr. founded Motown Records (originally called Tamla Records) in Detroit.

On Jan. 12, 1969, the New York Jets of the American Football League upset the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in Super Bowl III, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Luise Rainer is 99 (Oldest living Academy Award winner and first to win back-to-back Oscars: 1936 and1937). The Amazing Kreskin is 74. Listen to his GB Radio Interview. Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier is 65.  Singer-musician George Duke is 63. Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh is 58. Actress Kirstie Alley is 58.  Radio personality Howard Stern is 55. Broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour is 51.  Actor Oliver Platt is 49. Actor Olivier Martinez is 43.  Model Vendela is 42.

Picture of the Day: Sumo showdown. A martial arts mismatch.



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