Thursday January 6th, 2011



Today in History

1957
Elvis Presley makes his final appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show

1994
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked in the knees by a man in Detroit wielding a collapsible baton. It is later determined that her inferior rival Tonya Harding and her boyfriend were responsible for the attack.

1999
After intensive testing, Calgary medical authorities ruled that young patients could continue to keep their furbies with them while they spent time in hospital. There had been fears that the complex electronic toys were interfering with sensitive medical equipment but the vocal little creatures passed all of the tests and the charges against them were dropped.

2006
Digital cellular service has come to the communities of Climax and Frontier.


National news: U.S. customs officials said on Wednesday they had found a beetle considered one of the world's most dangerous agricultural pests in a shipment of rice arriving at Los Angeles International Airport.
Agricultural specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection found an adult khapra beetle, eight larvae and a shed skin in a shipment of Indian rice from Saudi Arabia last week
The khapra beetle can also survive for long periods of time without food and is resistant to insecticides and fumigants.




Birthdays

-21- Sawyer Brown lead singer Mark Miller marries makeup artist Lisa Knight, the sister of former "Brady Bunch" star Christopher Knight, in Los Angeles

1412- According to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France.

-66- George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.