January 18, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 18 Albert DeSalvo, who claims to be the “Boston Strangler,” is convicted of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. A holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. is observed in all 50 states for the first time.
January 17, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 17 Betty White, star of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” "The Golden Girls," and “Hot in Cleveland,” is born. The Drudge Report says Newsweek magazine killed a story about an affair between President Bill Clinton and an unidentified White House intern.
January 15, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 15 The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeat the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League 35-10 in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, which would become known as Super Bowl I.
January 12, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 12 Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) is founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit. "All in the Family" premieres.
January 11, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 11 Nine days before leaving the White House, President Ronald Reagan bids the nation farewell in a primetime address.
January 10, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 10 The League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles – ending World War I -- takes effect. David Bowie dies of cancer.
January 9, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 9 The Illinois House votes 114-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is accused of soliciting bribes for political appointments, including Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat after Obama was elected president.
January 8, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 8 Elvis Presley is born in Tupelo, Miss. Emails and text messages obtained by The Associated Press and other news organizations suggest that one of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s top aides engineered traffic jams in Fort Lee in Sept. 2013 to punish its mayor for not endorsing Christie for re-election.
January 6, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 6 George Herbert Walker Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye, N.Y. Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit’s Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival, Tonya Harding, would go to prison for their roles in the attack.
January 5, 2021 This Day in History: Jan. 5 President Ronald Reagan announces he is nominating Elizabeth Dole to succeed Drew Lewis as secretary of transportation. She would become the first woman to head the Department of Transportation.