Date | Text | |||
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100 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 1924 | Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (Flatt and Scruggs) (d. 2012) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 1949 | Michael Boit: Nandi, Kenya -- 800m runner (1972 Olympics - Bronze Medalist) | |||
06 Jan 1949 | Richard Horowitz: Composer | |||
06 Jan 1949 | Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883) | |||
06 Jan 1949 | Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic | |||
06 Jan 1949 | Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 1974 | Juan Roque: Tackle (Detroit Lions) | |||
06 Jan 1974 | Marcus Crandell: CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos) | |||
06 Jan 1974 | Paul Grant: NBA center (Minn Timberwolves) | |||
06 Jan 1974 | David Alfaro Siqueiros: Mexican Sculptor / muralist, dies at 77 | |||
06 Jan 1974 | "CBS Mystery Theater, " premieres on radio | |||
06 Jan 1974 | England begins 3 day work week during mine strike | |||
06 Jan 1974 | In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. | |||
06 Jan 1974 | David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896) | |||
06 Jan 1974 | Shelbee Myne, American pornographic actress | |||
06 Jan 1974 | Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach | |||
06 Jan 1974 | Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 1999 | Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962) | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 2004 | Pierre Charles, Dominican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954) | |||
06 Jan 2004 | Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921) | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 2009 | Israel conducts an assault on the Gaza Strip | |||
06 Jan 2009 | Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges, The New Order, New Race, and Destroy All Monsters) (b. 1948) | |||
06 Jan 2009 | Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer (b. 1950) | |||
06 Jan 2009 | John Scott Martin, English actor (b. 1926) | |||
06 Jan 2009 | Cheryl Holdridge, American actress (b. 1944) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
06 Jan 2014 | Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1947) | |||
06 Jan 2014 | Mónica Spear, Venezuelan model and actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (b. 1984) | |||
06 Jan 2014 | Marina Ginestà, French soldier and photographer (b. 1919) | |||
06 Jan 2014 | Larry D. Mann, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922) | |||
06 Jan 2014 | Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (b. 1916) | |||
06 Jan 2014 | Bob Bolen, American businessman and politician (b. 1926) | |||
06 Jan 2014 |
DC-9 airplane retirement In 2014, the last flight of a U.S. passenger McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft left Minneapolis/St. Paul, going to Atlanta. The Delta airline was the first to begin service with the original 65-seat version in 1965, as well as the last U.S. major airline to retire it. Delta had originally phased out their DC-9 fleet in 1993. The merger with Northwest in 2008 brought back 94 DC-9s with an average age (as of 31 Dec 2007) of 35.6 years, to be phased out again. Despite being known as a reliable workhorse, the jet’s technology was dated, its engines noisy, but most importantly, it could not match the newer airplanes in fuel economy, while fuel prices were continuing to increase. They have been replaced with newer, quieter, more efficient aircraft, such as the Boeing 717 (which still owes much to the original DC-9 design). |