Back in the Day-Slavery Abolished, Social Security Issued, and the Wonder Years, LaToya Naked
The last day of January. January 31st, a busy day in history.
1747 - The FIRST VENEREAL DISEASE CLINIC opened at London Lock Hospital.
1865 - Congress passed the 13th Amendment, ABOLISHING SLAVERY in America. It was finally ratified in December of 1865.
1940 - The first SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK was issued to one IDA MAY FULLER in Vermont. The check was for $22.54.
1961 - HAM THE CHIMP, the first animal the U.S. sent into space, was shot 158 miles above the Earth.
1974 - LINDA LOVELACE, was arrested for possession of drugs.
1976 - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback TERRY BRADSHAW launched a short-lived country music career with the release of "I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY". The musical disaster actually reached #17 on the charts.
1982 - SANDY DUNCAN gave their final performance (#956), as PETER PAN in Los Angeles.
1982 - The DOOBIE BROTHERS broke up.
1988 - "THE WONDER YEARS" premiered on ABC. (--It lasted until 1993.)
1988 - The WASHINGTON REDSKINS beat the DENVER BRONCOS, 42-to-10, in SUPER BOWL 22. Redskins quarterback DOUG WILLIAMS threw for a then-record 340 yards to earn himself the game's MVP award.
(--Doug Williams was also the first black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl.)
1989 - LA TOYA JACKSON posed nude for the March issue of "PLAYBOY".
1993 - The DALLAS COWBOYS beat the BUFFALO BILLS, 52-to-17, in SUPER BOWL 27. Dallas quarterback TROY AIKMAN was the game's MVP.
1999 - The DENVER BRONCOS beat the ATLANTA FALCONS, 34-to-19, to win SUPER BOWL 33. Denver quarterback JOHN ELWAY got the MVP award.
1999 - A team of international scientists reported that they had traced the predominant strain of the AIDS virus to a subspecies of chimpanzee that lived in parts of Africa.
2000- Atlanta Braves pitching racist JOHN ROCKER was suspended by baseball commissioner Bud Selig for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in a "Sports Illustrated" interview.
2002 - Following PRESIDENT BUSH'S State of the Union address, calling out Iran for being part of the "AXIS OF EVIL", the AYATOLLAH KHAMEINI announced, quote "There are some Satans in the world, but America is indeed THE GREAT SATAN. The Islamic Republic of Iran is HONORED to be the target of wrath and anger of the most hated Satan in the world."
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