Sunday, January 13, 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY

The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
JANUARY 13

1898

French writer Emile Zola published his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.

1941

Novelist James Joyce died in Zurich.

1990

Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected African-American governor in the United States.

1999

Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA. He would "unretire" again in 2001.

2002

After 17,162 performances, The Fantasticks ended its almost 42-year off-Broadway run.

1968
Johnny Cash records a live album in the cafeteria of Folsom Prison.

1849
Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co


1930
"Mickey Mouse" comic strip first appears


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