JANUARY 9
1942:Boxer
Joe Louis, the "Brown Bomber," knocks out Buddy Baer, younger brother
of former heavyweight champ Max Baer, in the first round at Madison
Square Garden to defend his heavyweight title for the 20th time. Louis
donated all of his winnings to the Navy Relief Society. The next day, he
enlisted in the Army.
1493: Italian explorer Christopher Columbus reports in his
journal that he has spotted three mermaids in the waters near the
present-day Dominican Republic,
remarking that the creatures are "not half as beautiful as they are
painted." Unfortunately for Columbus and his crew, the mermaids were
most likely manatees, large aquatic mammals weighing more than 1,000
pounds.
1972: In a telephone conference from the Bahamas,
reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes announces that Clifford Irving's
alleged autobiography of Hughes is a hoax. Irving had received a
$750,000 advance from McGraw-Hill for the book.
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