Video: 'Apollo Theater Tour with Billy Mitchell' (7 videos in playlist)
(Friday, January 26, 1934) — The Apollo Theater opened today in New York City’s Harlem district with the show “Jazz a la Carte” headlined by Benny Carter and his Orchestra, Ralph Cooper and Aida Ward.
(Monday, January 26, 1784) — In a letter to his daughter Sarah (also called “Sally”), Benjamin Franklin today expressed unhappiness over the choice of the bald eagle as the symbol of America, and stated his own preference: the turkey, calling it “a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America.”
Video: 'State of the Union Address: Speech by President Clinton (1994)'
(Tuesday, January 25, 1994, 9:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Bill Clinton threatened in his State of the Union address tonight to veto any health care proposal that does not guarantee coverage for all Americans and he laid down a broad, unequivocal challenge to Congress to deliver his ambitious domestic agenda.
Video: 'State of the Union: President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 1/25/84'
(Wednesday, January 25, 1984, 9:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan declared in an election-year State of the Union address tonight that “America is back, standing tall,” and he sought constitutional power to trim spending and pare the federal deficit without raising taxes.
Video: 'The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh'
(Tuesday, January 24, 1984) — Apple Computer today began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM.
Video: 'The Beatles' Women - Biography [documentary film] PART3' (Jan. 24, 1984, at 4:36-4:42)
(Monday, January 23, 1984) — Linda McCartney, accompanied by her husband, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, pleaded guilty today to illegally importing a small quantity of cannabis into Heathrow airport upon arrival from Barbados on Jan. 17, 1984. After a few moments deliberation, the magistrates fine her $105.
Video: 'John Lennon - Milk And Honey (Full Album)'
(Monday, January 23, 1984) — Milk and Honey by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Lennon’s eighth and final studio album after The Beatles, and the first posthumous release of Lennon’s music, was released today both in the U.S. and UK.
(Thursday, January 23, 1964) — Arthur Miller’s play After the Fall, widely regarded as a thinly-disguised account of Miller’s failed marriage to the late Marilyn Monroe, opened today at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in New York and ran for 208 performances.
Directed by Elia Kazan, the play starred Barbara Loden and Jason Robards, Jr., with an early appearance by Faye Dunaway.
Video: 'Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer (HD)'
(Sunday, January 22, 1984, 4:40 p.m. EST) — The CBS-TV broadcast of Super Bowl XVIII, between the Los Angeles Raiders and the Washington Redskins (the Raiders won 38-9) at Tampa Stadium in Florida, featured Apple Computer’s famous “1984” commercial introducing the Macintosh computer.
Video: 'Apprentice sam fired'
(Wednesday, January 21 2004, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Sam Solovey was fired by host Donald Trump during tonight’s episode of The Apprentice, using his trademark dismissal quote, “You’re fired!” to Sam three times, who famously stared for an extended duration of time until Trump further prompts them to leave. TV Guide and TV Land ranked this sketch #96 out the “100 Most Memorable TV Moments of All Time” in 2004.
