JANUARY 23
1968:The USS Pueblo is captured by North Korean forces, who claim that the U.S. Navy intelligence vessel intruded into North Korean territorial waters. Eighty-two crew members would be held in Pyongyang for 11 months.
1962: Jackie Robinson, the second baseman who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, is the first African American elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Baseball Writers of America elected Robinson during his first year of eligibility, five years after retiring from the sport.
1977: LeVar Burton stars in the first episode of the miniseries Roots, which rivets the nation for eight consecutive nights on ABC. Based on the novel by Alex Haley, Roots follows the story of Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured into slavery in the 1700s, and several generations of his descendants.
1968:The USS Pueblo is captured by North Korean forces, who claim that the U.S. Navy intelligence vessel intruded into North Korean territorial waters. Eighty-two crew members would be held in Pyongyang for 11 months.
1962: Jackie Robinson, the second baseman who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, is the first African American elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Baseball Writers of America elected Robinson during his first year of eligibility, five years after retiring from the sport.
1977: LeVar Burton stars in the first episode of the miniseries Roots, which rivets the nation for eight consecutive nights on ABC. Based on the novel by Alex Haley, Roots follows the story of Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured into slavery in the 1700s, and several generations of his descendants.
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