Before the invention of electric lights, quicklime was used as a lighting source for theatre productions, and this is where the phrase "in the limelight" when referencing celebrity comes from.
January 9, 1788 -
Connecticut ratified the new U.S. Constitution on this date and became the fifth state to join the United States.
I guess that's only important if you come from Connecticut (which I do not.)
January 9, 1959 -
The TV Western, Rawhide, with Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates premiered on CBS-TV on this date.
Clint Eastwood (Rowdy Yates) and George Kennedy (George Wales) starred in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and The Eiger Sanction.
January 9, 1968 -
It Takes A Thief, starring Robert Wagner, premiered on ABC-TV on this date.
Al Mundy's apartment was in the Watergate complex, famed for Nixon break-in in 1972.
January 9, 1996 -
Four extraterrestrials first land on Earth and find Earthlings mostly wanting, when NBC-TV first aired 3rd Rock from the Sun on this date.
The pilot was originally shot for ABC, but they didn't put it on their fall schedule. NBC took a look and liked what they saw.
January 9, 1998 -
Screenwriters and actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s breakthrough film, Good Will Hunting went into general release on this date.
When Matt Damon was in his fifth year at Harvard, he was in a playwriting class. The culmination of it was to write a one-act play, and he just started writing a movie, which, with the help of Ben Affleck, became this movie.
January 9, 2000 -
Fox-TV brought back the single-camera, no-laugh track comedy when, Malcolm in the Middle premiered on this date.
The part of Malcolm was originally written to be nine years old, so Frankie Muniz, being 13 at the time, thought he was too old. He even gave his mother a thumbs-down as soon as he came out of the audition room. The producers decided to make Malcolm around 12, and give Muniz the part. When the young actor found out he got it, he jumped on the hotel bed.
Don't forget to tune in to ACME's Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour today
Today in History:
January 9, 1768 -
The first modern circus opened in London. England on this date - cavalry sergeant Philip Astley staged the first modern circus, performing elaborate feats on the backs of horses racing around a ring.
January 9, 1793 -
The first US manned balloon flight occurred as Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J.
January 9, 1913 -
A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was born on this date.
Also born on this date -
January 9, 1913 (or 1911) -
Sing out Louise!!!
Rose Louise Hovick, actress, ecdysiast and writer, was born on this date.
January 9, 1915 -
When a person has an accent, it means he can speak one more language than you.
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos, actor and director, was born on this date.
January 9, 1920 -
The Human Fly, George Polley, attempted to climb to the top of the Woolworth Building (57 Floors) in New York City on this date.
January 9, 1960 -
Professor Severus Snape, a half-blood wizard who was the son of the witch Eileen Snape (née Prince) and Muggle Tobias Snape, was born on this date.
During his lifetime, Severus Snape was Potions Master (1981-1996), Defense Against the Dark Arts professor (1996-1997), and Headmaster (1997-1998) of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (which he attended as a student from 1971-1978.)
January 9, 1981 -
Jesus saves and (insert your favorite sports figure here) scores.
Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, said he would call it quits as a hockey player after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres hockey game. It was a game that seemed like it might never end - both teams skated to a 3-3 tie. Esposito quit the New York Rangers and went on to become General Manager and coach of the Rangers. Phil Esposito played for the Boston Bruins when he won the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player in the NHL in 1969 and 1974 and helped lead the Bruins to two Stanley Cup Championships in 1970 and 1972.
January 9, 1995 -
I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly.
The very influential English comic/actor Peter Cook, died at 57, on this date.
January 9, 2007 -
We're going to make some history together today.
Steve Jobs introduced Apple's iPhone to the world, on this date. The unveiling occurred at the Macworld convention in San Francisco.
And so it goes
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