The Story of the Birth of Broadcasting in Sudbury
This Week in Music Chart History (January 26)
From Billboard Top 100!Number One Songs this Week in History January 26 - February 1 1990 - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You, Michael Bolton 1986 - That's What Friends Are For, Dionne and Friends 1976 - Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To), Diana Ross 1974 - You're Sixteen, Ringo Starr 1973 - Superstition, Stevie Wonder 1971 - Knock Three Times, Dawn 1966 - The Sound of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel 1965 - Downtown, Petula Clark 1963 - Walk Right In, The Rooftop Singers 1962 - Peppermint Twist, Joey Dee and the Starliters
Today's Dose of Humour (January 30)
"Fred was talking to his mate in the pub. "The wife is shopping crazy. She will buy absolutely anything marked down. Yesterday she came home with an escalator." - The Little Book of Jokes, Robert Frederick Ltd., Montague House, Lambridge Street, Bath, BA16RX
Thinking Cap (January 30)
"He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses more, but he who loses faith loses all." - Unknown
Today In History (January 30)
1933 The radio western, "The Lone Ranger", was heard for the first time. It ran for a total of 2,956 episodes ending in late 1954.
Born on this Date (January 30)
1972 - Chris Simon (hockey; NHL; left wing) 1951 - Phil Collins (singer, musician; drums; group Genesis; solo; actor) 1946 - Ovide William Mercredi (Canadian politician, Cree, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, former president of the Manitoba New Democratic Party) 1943 - Davey 'David Allen' Johnson (baseball; died September 5, 2025) 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave (Emmy Award-winning actress) 1936 - Horst Jankowski (pianist; A Walk in the Black Forest; died June 29, 1998) 1931 - John Carnell Crosbie (Was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, provincial cabinet minister, federal cabinet minister; died January 10, 2020) 1930 - Gene Hackman (Academy Award-winning actor; The French Connection, Bonnie and Clyde, Hawaii, Mississippi Burning, The Poseidon Adventure) 1922 - Dick Martin (Emmy Award-winning comedian; Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In; died May 24, 2008) 1914 - John Ireland (actor; Gunfight at the OK Corral, Little Big Horn, Spartacus, All the King’s Men; died March 21, 1992) 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President; died April 12, 1945)
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