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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24: National Peanut Butter Day: -- A delicious annual recognition of an American staple in our pantries! Whether creamy or chunky, with chocolate or with jelly, peanut butter gets the recognition it deserves each year on this day. The early peanut butter made by the Aztecs and Incas around 1000 BC was more of a paste and not nearly as creamy as the peanut butter we know now. Peanut butter didn't become widely used until the 20th century. First, the peanut had to be considered more than animal feed, which wasn't until the late 1800s. At the turn of the century, inventions that made planting, cultivating, and harvesting the legume (the peanut isn't a nut at all) made it possible to see the peanut as a retail and wholesale food item. Peanut butter is a good source of vitamin E, B6, niacin, calcium, potassium and iron, is packed with protein and is rich in healthy monounsaturated fat. We can thank four men for the inventions and processes that bring us the creamy, smooth peanut butter we enjoy today: Marcus Gilmore Edson of Canada, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis, Missouri, and chemist Joseph Rosefield. In 1884, Edson developed a process to make peanut paste from milling roasted peanuts between two heated plates. The famous cereal maker and health food specialist of the time, Kellogg, patented a process with raw peanuts in 1895. Dr. Straub is responsible for patenting a peanut butter making machine in 1903. Peanut butter was introduced to audiences at the 1904 Universal Exposition in St. Louis at C.H. Sumner's concession stand. But the man who brought us the peanut butter we know and love today was Joseph Rosefield. In 1922, through homogenization, Rosefield was able to keep peanut oil from separating from the peanut solids. He later sold the patent to a company that began making Peter Pan peanut butter. Rosefield then went into business for himself selling Skippy peanut butter through Rosefield Packing. He also supplied peanut butter for military rations during World War II. To observe National Peanut Butter Day, make your favorite peanut butter recipes! Whether it's a sandwich or a baked good, someone is sure to enjoy it with you - and be sure to share a photo or recipe using #NationalPeanutButterDay on social media! On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-1-dv1.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24: National Lobster Thermidor Day: -- An annual celebration of the French dish of lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed into a lobster shell and browned. The sauce is often a mixture of egg yolks and brandy (such as Cognac), served with an oven-browned cheese crust, typically Gruyere. The sauce originally contained mustard, typically powdered. In January 1891, the play Thermidor by Victorien Sardou opened in the Comedie-Francaise theatre, named for month 11 in the new calendar of the French Revolution. It told the story of a young French clerk, Charles-Hippolyte Labussiere, an employee of Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety who saved over 1,200 lives during the Reign of Terror by destroying documents condemning them to the guillotine. Four of those saved were actors of the Comedie-Francaise, thus inspiring a dish reminiscent of a play about a hero. The recipe was possibly created at Cafe de Paris by Leopold Mourier, a former assistant to Auguste Escoffier. Another legend suggests it was created in 1894 at Chez Marie. Yet another source says it was created at Maison Maire, whose owner Mlle. Paillard sold the restaurant to Mourier. Maison Maire was a Parisian restaurant near the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin. According to that account, Paillard created the name of the recipe due to the play's notoriety. The play was highly controversial and was closed by the authorities, re-opening in March 1896. The lobster Thermidor at Maison Maire was served like homard Americain, which was made with tomatoes, cayenne, and brandy, but with the addition of English mustard. An early London recipe for Homard a l'Americaine referred to a la Thermidor as a version with the addition of English mustard, while an early American recipe for lobster Thermidor left out the tomatoes, cayenne, and mustard and added cream sauce thickened with Bearnaise sauce and a sprinkling of grated cheese. It can be served with Newberg sauce but is differentiated from lobster Newberg by the addition of tomatoes. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/parrot-sketch-not-included-very-best-of-monty-python-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24: Belly Laugh Day: -- Today we celebrate a day in a way that will probably give you stomach cramps. Did you know that it has been more than 15 years since this day was first celebrated? Belly Laugh Day is a day to chuckle, laugh, and celebrate the good things in life. As Maya Angelou said," Just imagine if we laughed more frequently, if we had the unmitigated courage to touch each other, it would be just the beginning of paradise - now." Laughter has been a topic of interest for most philosophers and thinkers throughout history. According to the ancient Greek writer Herodotus, laughter was mainly classified into three types: "those who are innocent of wrongdoing, but ignorant of their vulnerability," "those who are mad," and "those who are overconfident." In the 20th century, Henri Louis Bergson, a French philosopher, published his work, "Laughter: An essay on the Meaning of the Comic." Ramon Mora Ripoll in his study which was named "The Therapeutic Value of Laughter in Medicine" believed that laughter had therapeutic and healing properties and could be used to treat certain ailments in patients. He believed that it was a tool to be shared, and also realized the importance of letting more people know about the benefits of laughter on the human body. In 2005, Elaine Helle, a professional yoga teacher, came up with the idea of Belly Laugh Day to celebrate laughter. Elaine believed that we celebrated many things in life, such as love and gratitude, but we often neglect the importance of laughter. And thus, Belly Laugh Day was born on January 24. During the initial run of John Cleese's comedy film "A Fish Called Wanda", Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen died while laughing during a screening. The official cause of death was heart fibrillation, most liekly was caused by an increased heart rate due to extended laughter. Cleese considered using the event for publicity, but ultimately decided that doing so would be in bad taste. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/john-cleeses-first-farewell-performance-1988-mp4-video-download-dvd.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

July 24: Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day : -- July 24, 1848: Gold Rushes: Eureka!: The California Gold Rush (1848-1855): -- James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California near Sacramento. The California Gold Rush (1848-1855) was a gold rush, also known as gold fever, referring to a new discovery of gold, sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals, that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy, and the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood, in the Compromise Of 1850. The Gold Rush had severe effects on Native Californians and accelerated the Native American population's decline from disease, starvation and the California Genocide. By the time it ended, California had gone from a thinly populated ex-Mexican territory, to having one of its first two U.S. Senators, John C. Fremont, selected to be the first presidential nominee for the new Republican Party, in 1856. The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. Whole indigenous societies were attacked and pushed off their lands by the gold-seekers, called "forty-niners" (referring to 1849, the peak year for Gold Rush immigration). Outside of California, the first to arrive were from Oregon, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), and Latin America in late 1848. Of the approximately 300,000 people who came to California during the Gold Rush, about half arrived by sea and half came overland on the California Trail and the Gila River trail; forty-niners often faced substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly arrived were Americans, the gold rush attracted thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China. Agriculture and ranching expanded throughout the state to meet the needs of the settlers. San Francisco grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 36,000 by 1852. Roads, churches, schools and other towns were built throughout California. In 1849 a state constitution was written. The new constitution was adopted by referendum vote, and the future state's interim first governor and legislature were chosen. In September 1850, California became a state. At the beginning of the Gold Rush, there was no law regarding property rights in the goldfields and a system of "staking claims" was developed. Prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning. Although the mining caused environmental harm, more sophisticated methods of gold recovery were developed and later adopted around the world. New methods of transportation developed as steamships came into regular service. By 1869, railroads were built from California to the eastern United States. At its peak, technological advances reached a point where significant financing was required, increasing the proportion of gold companies to individual miners. Gold worth tens of billions of today's US dollars was recovered, which led to great wealth for a few, though many who participated in the California Gold Rush earned little more than they had started with. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/treasures-of-a-lost-voyage-the-uss-central-america-dvd.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24: Macintosh Computer Day: -- January 24, 1984: The Industrial Revolution: The Third Industrial Revolution (1947-Present) (The Information Age, The Computer Age, The Digital Age, The Digital Electronics Revolution, The Silicon Age, The New Media Age, The Media Age): Product Launches: The Computer: The History Of The Computer: The History Of Computing Hardware: The History Of The Computer Industry: The History Of The Personal Computer (The History Of The PC): The Apple Macintosh: -- The Apple Macintosh, the first successful mass-market all-in-one desktop personal computer to have featured a graphical user interface, built-in screen, and mouse, built with lessons learned by Steve Jobs from Xerox PARC, is released. The computer, whose model number was M0001, later rebranded as the Macintosh 128K, played a pivotal role in establishing desktop publishing as a general office function. The motherboard, a 9 in (23 cm) CRT monitor, and a floppy drive were housed in a beige case with integrated carrying handle; it came with a keyboard and single-button mouse. It sold for 2,495 USD (equivalent to 6,500 USD in 2021). The Macintosh was introduced by a 1.5M USD television commercial entitled "1984" shown during Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984 and directed by English film director Ridley Scott. The commercial starred English athlete, actress, model and singer Anya Major who performed as the unnamed heroine, and as Big Brother David Graham, best known for voicing the Daleks in Doctor Who, Gordon Tracy, Brains, Aloysius Parker and Kyrano in Thunderbirds, and Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig. Sales of the Macintosh were strong from its initial release on January 24, 1984, and reached 70,000 units on May 3, 1984. Upon the release of its successor, the Macintosh 512K, it was rebranded as the Macintosh 128K. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world-the-computer-dvd-mp4-downloa4.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24: International Day Of Education: -- A day that looks at education from a broader perspective. The quality of education varies for children around the world, with millions still deprived of this basic human right. The day is created to campaign for better education reforms and improve access to education for all. It's a day to celebrate and advocate for access to education. In December 2018, January 24 was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day Of Education, to celebrate education and reflect on the importance of learning for development and peace. Imparting education is not limited to institutions; each of us has a duty to promote quality education. What most of us likely take for granted, allowing access to education can lift many out of poverty and pave the path for a promising future. According to UNESCO's statistical data, an estimated 258 million children are not in school. The situation is worse for marginalized communities, those living in regions with higher inequality, and underdeveloped countries. The bitter reality is that there are countless societies around the world today where education is dismissed as unnecessary. International Day Of Education is a call for action - bringing individuals, civil society, and policymakers to take solid steps towards ensuring that primary and secondary education is given to children, as well as improving youth engagement in education. Learning programs should be designed for the needs of different demographics, converging to one main goal; equipping children with the education needed for employment and better futures. The theme proclaimed by the United Nations for International Education Day 2022 is "Changing Course, Transforming Education." Times have changed, and so have methods and mediums of learning. Education was digital in the years 2020-21 and is now heading towards a revival. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/berkeley-in-the-sixties-dvd-1960s-counterculture-ori1960.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 41: #DOTD: Caligula, eccentric and sadistic despot Roman Emperor (b. August 31, AD 12) #dies by assassination aged 28 on Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy by officers within the Praetorian Guard led by Cassius Chaerea. They accosted Caligula as he addressed an acting troupe of young men beneath the palace, during a series of games and dramatics being held for the Divine Augustus. Details recorded on the events vary somewhat from source to source, but they agree that Chaerea stabbed Caligula first, followed by a number of conspirators. Suetonius records that Caligula's death resembled that of Julius Caesar; he states that both the elder Gaius Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) and the younger Gaius Julius Caesar (Caligula) were stabbed 30 times by conspirators led by a man named Cassius (Cassius Longinus and Cassius Chaerea respectively). By the time loyal Germanic guards of Caligula's responded, the Emperor was already dead; they then killed several assassins and conspirators, along with some innocent senators and bystanders. These wounded conspirators were treated by the physician Arcyon. The cryptoporticus (underground corridor) beneath the imperial palaces on the Palatine Hill where this event took place was discovered by archaeologists in 2008. The Senate attempted to use Caligula's death as an opportunity to restore the Republic. Chaerea tried to persuade the military to support the Senate, but the military remained loyal to the idea of imperial monarchy. Uncomfortable with lingering imperial support, the assassins sought out and killed Caligula's wife, Caesonia, and killed their young daughter, Julia Drusilla, by smashing her head against a wall. They were unable to reach Caligula's uncle, Claudius. After a soldier, Gratus, found Claudius hiding behind a palace curtain, he was spirited out of the city by a sympathetic faction of the Praetorian Guard to their nearby camp. Claudius became emperor after procuring the support of the Praetorian Guard. Claudius granted a general amnesty, although he executed a few junior officers involved in the conspiracy, including Chaerea. According to Suetonius, Caligula's body was placed under turf until it was burned and entombed by his sisters. He was buried within the Mausoleum of Augustus; in 410, during the Sack of Rome, the ashes in the tomb were scattered. Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his nickname Caligula (Latin: Little Boots"), was born Gaius Julius Caesar in Antium, Italy. He was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. There are few surviving sources about the reign of Emperor Caligula, although he is described as a noble and moderate ruler during the first six months of his reign. After this, the sources focus upon his cruelty, sadism, extravagance, and sexual perversity, presenting him as an insane tyrant. While the reliability of these sources is questionable, it is known that during his brief reign, Caligula worked to increase the unconstrained personal power of the emperor. In early AD 41, Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers. The conspirators' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted: on the day of the assassination of Caligula, the Praetorian Guard declared Caligula's uncle, Claudius, the next Roman emperor. Although born as Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 - 24 January AD 41), Gaius Caesar for short , he acquired the nickname "Caligula" (meaning "little soldier's boot", the diminutive form of caliga) from his father's soldiers during their campaign in Germania. He was Roman emperor from AD 37 to AD 41. The son of Germanicus, a popular Roman general, and Agrippina the Elder, the granddaughter of Augustus, Caligula was born into the first ruling family of the Roman Empire, conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Two years after Caligula's birth, Germanicus' uncle and adoptive father, Tiberius, succeeded Augustus as emperor of Rome in AD 14. When his father Germanicus died at Antioch in AD 19 under suspicious circumstances that, according to author Robert Graves, implicated Caligula, Agrippina returned with her six children to Rome, where she became entangled in a bitter feud with Tiberius. The conflict eventually led to the destruction of her family, with Caligula as the sole male survivor. Untouched by the deadly intrigues, Caligula accepted an invitation in AD 31 to join the emperor on the island of Capri, where Tiberius had withdrawn five years earlier. Following the death of Tiberius, Caligula succeeded his adoptive grandfather as emperor in AD 37. In early AD 41, Caligula was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy by officers of the Praetorian Guard, senators, and courtiers. The conspirators' attempt to use the opportunity to restore the Roman Republic was thwarted, however. On the day of the assassination of Caligula, the Praetorians declared Caligula's crippled uncle, Claudius, the next Roman emperor. Although the Julio-Claudian dynasty continued to rule the empire until the fall of Nero in AD 68, Caligula's death marked the official end of the Julii Caesares in the male line. . 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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, AD 41: Rome: Ancient Rome: The Roman Empire: Royal Accessions: Successions To The Throne Of The Roman Empire: -- The Praetorian Guards proclaim Claudius as Roman Emperor, following their assassination of Claudius' nephew, the eccentric and sadistic despot Caligula. Claudius (Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus), Roman emperor from 41 to 54 AD (August 1, 10 BC - October 13, 54 A.D) was born in Lugdunum, Gaul, the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor into the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the first (and until Trajan, only) Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy. Because he was afflicted with a limp and slight deafness due to sickness at a young age, his family ostracized him and excluded him from public office until his consulship, shared with his nephew Caligula in 37. Claudius' infirmity probably saved him from the fate of many other nobles during the purges of Tiberius's and Caligula's reigns; potential enemies did not see him as a serious threat. His survival led to his being declared Emperor by the Praetorian Guard after Caligula's assassination, at which point he was the last man of his family. Despite his lack of experience, Claudius proved to be an able and efficient administrator. He was also an ambitious builder, constructing many new roads, aqueducts, and canals across the Empire. During his reign the Empire began the conquest of Britain (if the earlier invasions of Britain by Caesar and Caligula's aborted attempts are not counted). Having a personal interest in law, he presided at public trials, and issued up to twenty edicts a day. He was seen as vulnerable throughout his reign, particularly by elements of the nobility. Claudius was constantly forced to shore up his position; this resulted in the deaths of many senators. These events damaged his reputation among the ancient writers, though more recent historians have revised this opinion. Many authors contend that he was murdered by his own wife. After his death in 54 AD (at age of 63), his grand-nephew, step-son, and adopted son Nero succeeded him as Emperor. His 13-year reign (slightly longer than Nero's) would not be surpassed by any successors until that of Domitian, who reigned for 15 years. He was a descendant of the Octavii Rufi (through Gaius Octavius), Julii Caesares (through Julia Minor and Julia Antonia), and the Claudii Nerones (through Nero Claudius Drusus). He was a step-grandson (through his father Drusus) and great-nephew (through his mother Antonia Minor) of Augustus. He was a nephew of Tiberius through his father, Tiberius' brother. Through his brother Germanicus, Claudius was an uncle of Caligula and a great-uncle of Nero. Claudius looms large in modern literature, film and radio. The best known fictional representation of the Emperor Claudius was contained in the books I, Claudius and Claudius the God (published in 1934 and 1935, respectively) by Robert Graves, both written in the first-person to give the reader the impression that they are Claudius' autobiography. Graves employed a fictive artifice to suggest that they were recently discovered, genuine translations of Claudius' writings. Claudius' extant letters, speeches, and sayings were incorporated into the text (mostly in the second book, Claudius the God), to add authenticity. Graves's interpretation of the story owes much to the histories of Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Plutarch and (especially) Suetonius (Lives of the Twelve Caesars). Graves said that after reading the accounts of Claudius by Suetonius and Tacitus "I knew there was a mistake somewhere, and that one day, I'd write the real story." Graves translated Suetonius before writing the novels. Graves claimed that after he read Suetonius, Claudius came to him in a dream one night and demanded that his real story be told. Graves also claimed that he made a deal with Claudius that he would write "the real story", provided the book covered the 4,000 Pounds Sterling that Graves needed to cover losses in a bad land deal; the first edition of the book raised 8,000 Pounds Sterling). The life of Claudius provided Graves with a way to write about the first four Emperors of Rome (Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius) from an intimate point of view. In addition, the real Claudius was a trained historian and is known to have written an autobiography (now lost) in eight books that covered the same time period. I, Claudius is a first-person narrative of Roman history from the reigns of Augustus to Caligula; Claudius the God is written as a later addition documenting Claudius' own reign. In 1937, director Josef Von Sternberg attempted a film version of I, Claudius, with Charles Laughton as Claudius. However, the lead actress, Merle Oberon, suffered a near-fatal car accident and the movie was never finished. The surviving reels were featured in the BBC documentary The Epic That Never Was (1965). Graves's two books were the basis for a British television adaptation I, Claudius, produced by the BBC. The series starred Derek Jacobi as Claudius and was broadcast in 1976 on BBC2.It was a substantial critical success, and won several BAFTA awards. The series was later broadcast in the United States on Masterpiece Theatre in 1977. Claudius died after eating mushrooms poisoned by his wife, the Empress Agrippina. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/story-of-civilization-will-amp-ariel-durant-mp3-dvd-11-audiobo311.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 76: #BOTD: #HBD! Hadrian (Latin: Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus), Roman emperor from 117 to 138 (d. July 10, 138) is #born Publius Aelius Hadrianus in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, a small Roman municipium of Hispania Baetica founded by Scipio as an Italic settlement; his branch of the Aelia gens, the Aeli Hadriani, came from the town of Hadria. Hadrian was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Hadrian earned disapproval among the elite by abandoning Trajan's expansionist policies and territorial gains in Mesopotamia, Assyria, Armenia, and parts of Dacia. Hadrian preferred to invest in the development of stable, defensible borders and the unification of the empire's disparate peoples. He is known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia, and for suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea. He rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the vast Temple of Venus and Roma. In Egypt, he may have rebuilt the Serapeum of Alexandria. He was an ardent admirer of Greece and sought to make Athens the cultural capital of the Empire. His intense homosexual relationship with the Greek youth Antinous and the latter's untimely death led Hadrian to establish a widespread cult in his honor late in his reign. Hadrian's last years were marred by chronic illness. He adopted Antoninus Pius in 138 and nominated him as a successor on the condition that Antoninus adopt Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as his own heirs. Hadrian died the same year at Baiae, and Antoninus had him deified, despite opposition from the Senate. He is considered among the "Five Good Emperors", while the senate has described him as enigmatic and contradictory, with a capacity for both great personal generosity and extreme cruelty and driven by insatiable curiosity, self-conceit, and ambition. Hadrian died aged 62 of heart failure at Baiae, an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli, Naples. He is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his beautiful late wife, Vibia Sabina. The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo (Castle of the Holy Angel), is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. The Castle was once the tallest building in Rome. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/story-of-civilization-will-amp-ariel-durant-mp3-dvd-11-audiobo311.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1712: #BOTD: #HBD! Frederick The Great, King Frederick II In Prussia from 1740 until 1772, King Of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786, whose most significant accomplishments during his reign included his military victories, his reorganization of Prussian armies, his patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment in Prussia, and his final success against great odds in the Seven Years' War, author of Anti-Machiavel, an idealistic rebuttal of Machiavelli (d. August 17, 1786) is #born Frederick Hohenzollern in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. Frederick was the last titled King in Prussia and declared himself King of Prussia after achieving full sovereignty for all historical Prussian lands, and had the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king. Prussia had greatly increased its territories and became a leading military power in Europe under his rule. He became known as Frederick The Great (Friedrich der Grosse) and was affectionately nicknamed Der Alte Fritz ("Old Fritz") by the Prussian and later by all German people. In his youth, Frederick was more interested in music and philosophy than the art of war. Nonetheless, upon ascending to the Prussian throne, he attacked Austria and claimed Silesia during the Silesian Wars, winning military acclaim for himself and Prussia. Toward the end of his reign, Frederick physically connected most of his realm by acquiring Polish territories in the First Partition of Poland. He was an influential military theorist whose analysis emerged from his extensive personal battlefield experience and covered issues of strategy, tactics, mobility and logistics. Considering himself "the first servant of the state," Frederick was a proponent of enlightened absolutism. He modernized the Prussian bureaucracy and civil service and pursued religious policies throughout his realm that ranged from tolerance to segregation. He reformed the judicial system and made it possible for men not of noble stock to become judges and senior bureaucrats. Frederick also encouraged immigrants of various nationalities and faiths to come to Prussia. Some critics, however, point out his oppressive measures against conquered Polish subjects during the First Partition. Frederick supported arts and philosophers he favored, as well as allowing complete freedom of the press and literature. Frederick was primarily homosexual, and his sexual orientation was central to his life. Though he had an arranged marriage, Frederick produced no children and was succeeded by his nephew. His favoured courtiers were exclusively male, and his art collection celebrated homoeroticism. Persistent rumours connecting the king with homosexual activity circulated around Europe during his lifetime, but there is less surviving definitive evidence of any sexual relationships of his, homosexual or otherwise. However, in July 1750, the Prussian king unmistakably wrote to his gay secretary and reader, Claude Etienne Darget: "Mes hemorroides salient affectueusement votre v[[[" ("My hemorrhoids affectionately greet your cock"), indicating that he was an active homosexual who practiced passive anal intercourse with men. At an advanced age, the king advised a nephew in a letter against passive anal intercourse, which from his own experience was "not very pleasant". His homosexuality is further made clear from statements by his famous contemporaries, Voltaire and Giacomo Casanova, who personally knew him and his sexual preferences. Significantly, Voltaire nicknamed Frederick "Luc"; which when read backwards spells "cul", the vulgar French term for "anus" or "butt". Nearly all 19th-century German historians made Frederick into a romantic model of a glorified warrior, praising his leadership, administrative efficiency, devotion to duty and success in building up Prussia to a great power in Europe. Historian Leopold Von Ranke was unstinting in his praise of Frederick's "Heroic life, inspired by great ideas, filled with feats of arms ... immortalized by the raising of the Prussian state to the rank of a power." Johann Gustav Droysen was even more extolling. Frederick remained an admired historical figure through the German Empire's defeat in the First World War, and the Nazis glorified him as a great German leader pre-figuring Hitler, but his reputation in both East and West Germany became far less favorable after the fall of the Nazi regime, largely due to his status as a favorite icon of the Nazis. However, by the 21st century, a re-evaluation of his legacy as a great general and enlightened monarch returned opinion of him to favour. Frederick II died aged 74 died in an armchair in his study at his favorite residence, Sanssouci in Potsdam, aged 74. Because he died childless, Frederick was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick William II, son of his brother, Augustus William. He left instructions that he should be buried next to his greyhounds on the vineyard terrace, on the side of the corps de logis of Sanssouci. His nephew and successor Frederick William II instead ordered Frederick's body to be entombed next to his father, Frederick William I, in the Potsdam Garrison Church. Near the end of World War II, German dictator Adolf Hitler ordered Frederick's coffin to be hidden in a salt mine as protection from destruction. The United States Army relocated the remains to Marburg in 1946; in 1953, the coffins of Frederick and his father were moved to Burg Hohenzollern. On the 205th anniversary of his death in 1991, Frederick's coffin lay in state in the court of honour at Sanssouci, covered by a Prussian flag and escorted by a Bundeswehr guard of honour. After nightfall, Frederick's body was finally laid to rest in the terrace of the vineyard of Sanssouci - in the still existing crypt he had built there - without pomp, in accordance with his will. Visitors to his grave often place potatoes on his gravestone in honour of his role in promoting the use of the potato in Prussia. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-age-of-enlightenment-5-episodes-tv-college-course-2-dv52.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1732: #BOTD: #HBD! Pierre Beaumarchais, French polymath, watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary (both French and American) (d. May 18, 1799) is #born Pierre-Augustin Caron in the Rue Saint-Denis, Paris, France to a provincial watchmaker's son. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and had earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation. An early French supporter of American independence, Beaumarchais lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. Beaumarchais oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. He later struggled to recover money he had personally invested in the scheme. Beaumarchais was also a participant in the early stages of the French Revolution. He is probably best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays. Pierre Beaumarchais died aged 67 in the city of his birth, Paris, France, where he lived since 1796 after he was falsely declared an emigre (a loyalist of the old regime) by his enemies and had to spend two and a half years in exile, mostly in Germany, until his name was removed from the list of proscribed emigres. Beaumarchais is buried in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Boulevard Beaumarchais in Paris is named after him. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-mozart-mystique-dvd-peter-ustinov-2-part-tv-serie2.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1888: #BOTD: Ernst Heinkel, German engineer, businessman, aircraft designer, manufacturer, member and critic of the Nazi party, Wehrwirtschaftsfuehrer (German: Military Economics Leader) in Nazi Germany, founder of Heinkel Flugzeugwerke (German: The Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company) (d. January 30, 1958) is #born in Grunbach, today a part of Remshalden, a municipality in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Dr. Ernst Heinkel's company is best known for having designed and manufactured in large numbers the Heinkel He 111 German Fast Medium Bomber (Schnellbomber) which saw extensive service during the Second World War; they also designed and produced two especially pioneering experimental aircraft: the Heinkel He 178, the world's first turbojet-powered aircraft, and the Heinkel He 176, the world's first rocket aircraft. As a young man, Heinkel became an apprentice machinist at a foundry. Heinkel studied at the Technical Academy of Stuttgart, where he initially became interested in aviation through a fascination with Zeppelins, and in 1909 attended an international airshow in Frankfurt am Main. He decided that flight was the future of transportation, and the following year he built his first aircraft, working from a set of plans by Henri Farman. Heinkel crashed it in 1911 and suffered severe injuries. Soon afterwards, he got a job at Luft-Verkehrs Gesellschaft (LVG), who were building Farman aircraft. From there, he went to Albatros. after the war Heinkel claimed to have designed the Albatros B.II, a successful reconnaissance and trainer aircraft used during the early stages of the First World War, but its main designer was in fact Robert Thelen. His aircraft were used by the Austro-Hungarian army and Germany's Kaiserliche Marine during the war. After leaving Albatros, Heinkel designed several land- and seaplanes for the Hansa-Brandenburg company starting in 1914. In 1921, Heinkel was appointed head designer of the recently re-established Caspar-Werke, but soon left after a dispute over ownership of a design. In 1922 he established the Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke company at Warnemunde. Due to the restrictions placed on German aircraft manufacturing by the Treaty of Versailles, Heinkel looked overseas for contracts, with some seaplane designs being licence-built in Sweden and working on catapult-launched seaplanes for the Imperial Japanese Navy. He installed a similar catapult on the ocean liner Bremen for launching mail planes. Between 1921 and 1924, the Japanese government placed several orders with Heinkel's company, and helped him skirt the Versailles Treaty, which banned the construction of military aircraft in Germany, by informing the company of facility inspections by allied commissions in advance. Japan was part of the inspection commission. Heinkel hid his aircraft in dunes behind his plant and they were never discovered during inspections. Heinkel noted in his memoirs that his company's relationship with Japan in the 1920s led to decades of cooperation. After Adolf Hitler came to power, designs by Heinkel's firm formed a vital part of the Luftwaffe's growing strength in the years leading up to the Second World War. This included the Heinkel He 59, the Heinkel He 115 and the Heinkel He 111. He was designated a Wehrwirtschaftfuwhrer by the German government for his commitment to rearmament. Heinkel was passionate about high-speed flight, and was keen on exploring alternative forms of aircraft propulsion. He donated aircraft to Wernher Von Braun who was investigating rocket propulsion for aircraft, as well as sponsoring the research of Hans Von Ohain into turbojet engines, leading to the flight of the Heinkel He 178, the first aircraft to fly solely under turbojet power, on August 27, 1939. Heinkel had been a critic of Hitler's regime, having been forced to fire Jewish designers and staff in 1933; he was, however, a member of the Nazi party, and was awarded the German National Prize for Art and Science in 1938, one of the rarest honors of the German government. Heinkel had been a critic of Hitler's regime, having been forced to fire Jewish designers and staff in 1933; he was, however, a member of the Nazi party, and was awarded the German National Prize for Art and Science in 1938, one of the rarest honors of the German government. Heinkel Flugzeugwerke used forced Jewish labor, starting in 1941. In 1942 the government "nationalized" the Heinkel works; in practice, this meant that Heinkel was detained until he sold his controlling interest in his factories to Hermann Goering. Heinkel moved to Vienna and started a new design bureau and corporate offices in Vienna's Schwechat suburb, establishing manufacturing facilities in Zwolfaxing and Floridsdorf as the Heinkel-Sud complex for his firm, the original Rostock-"Marienehe" plant (today's Rostock-Schmarl neighborhood) becoming the Heinkel-Nord facility. It was at the Heinkel-Sud offices that Dr. Heinkel worked on the Heinkel He 274 four-engined high-altitude heavy bomber design - as one of the trio of proposals for aircraft designs to succeed his firm's failed Heinkel He 177A heavy bomber - including an unbuilt Amerikabomber design - until the war's end concluded the production of the firm's Spatz single-seat jet fighter. In July 1945 Heinkel was captured by American troops and held for possible exploitation and/or possible trial under Operation Dustbin, and was held for a time at Kransberg Castle, near Frankfurt. With Germany forbidden from manufacturing aircraft by the Allies, Heinkel used his company's facilities to build private transportation. In 1953 Heinkel began production of the Tourist scooter, followed by the Perle moped in 1954. In 1956 he introduced the Heinkel Kabine bubble car. Bubble car and moped production ceased shortly after the restriction on aircraft manufacture was lifted, but scooter production continued until 1965. In 1959, Heinkel's company was sued by Edmund Bartl for being enriched by slave labor during World War II, however, the German Supreme Court dismissed his claims for filing too late and ordered Bartl to pay court costs and attorney's fees. Ernst Heinkel died in 1958 in Stuttgart, West Germany, aged 70. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. His autobiography, Sturmisches Leben, was published in 1956 and translated into English as He1000 in its British edition and Stormy Life: Memoirs of a Pioneer of the Air Age in its US edition. 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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1903: #BOTD: #HBD! Louis de Wohl, German author, mystic and astrologer, notable both for his astrological work with MI5 in England engaged in Nazi counterintelligence during World War II and for his novels which were literary hagiographies of notable Roman Catholic saints -- such as St. Benedict, St. Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc, and Constantine I among many others -- and of different periods of the Bible, whose works, along with his novel The Spear which brought him international acclaim, have been translated into twelve languages and sold over one million copies worldwide (d. June 2, 1961) is #born Lajos Theodor Gaspar Adolf Wohl in Berlin, German Empire to a poor Catholic family with a Hungarian father and Austrian mother of Jewish descent. He began writing as early as the age of 7. His teachers praised his ability. At the age of 8 he wrote the play "Jesus of Nazareth" because he did not like how Jesus was portrayed by some books he read. Writing as Ludwig von Wohl, he became quite a successful novelist during his youth in Germany, where sixteen of his novels were turned into films. The best known of these was the 1934 comedy classic Die englische Heirat (The English Marriage). Despite this success, his mother pushed him into an apprenticeship to a banker when he was only 17 years old from which he was dismissed in 1924, at the age of 21. In 1935, he emigrated to England because of his objections to the Nazi regime. Some sources claim that he there had a wife named Alexandra, who fled to Santiago, Chile, where she claimed to be a Romanian princess and was known as "La Baronessa". Wohl worked as an astrologer for the British intelligence agency MI5 during World War II. His MI5 file was released in early 2008. He was recruited initially by Sir Charles Hambro, then running the Special Operations Executive, to devise black propaganda for use against Germany, and allegedly as an informant because he was casting horoscopes for people of interest to MI5. In May 1941 he was sent to America to contribute to astrological magazines and newspapers which at the time were using articles by astrologers favourable to Nazi Germany. In the United States, Wohl published many articles, lectured against Germany, and was interviewed several times by the press. He then returned to England in February 1942 and claimed that he had been promised a commission in the British Army. Sefton Delmer, a notable purveyor of black propaganda, arranged a fake document certifying de Wohl as a Captain in the British Army, and he took to wearing the uniform though he refrained when he realized the position was untenable. His main value to Delmer was his contact with Karl Ernst Krafft, the German astrologer working in Berlin for Dr Goebbels. He assisted Delmer in forging copies of Krafft's magazine Zenit, German, and other astrological magazines dropped over Germany, and 'foretelling' the destruction of U-boats. Delmer nevertheless continued to employ him until the end of the war and considered his contribution valuable. During the war, Wohl became increasingly religious, and he had a successful postwar career writing novels regarding Roman Catholic Church history and the lives of the saints. In 1953, Wohl married Ruth Magdalene Lorch, who was a Lady Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He himself held the title of Knight Commander of the Order. In an audience with Pope Pius XII, he was told to "write about the history and mission of the Church in the World". The Cardinal of Milan, Ildefonso Schuster, said to him after reading some of his writings, "Let your writings be good. For your writings you will one day be judged". From that time, he allegedly believed that he had to write for God, and felt that his earlier novels in the German language were of 'small significance compared to the novels he wrote for the glory of God'. Wohl died in Switzerland in 1961, shortly after finishing his final work, Founded on a Rock, often required reading for students of The Rite Of Christian Initiation Of Adults (RCIA) (also known as The Order Of Christian Initiation Of Adults [Latin: Ordo Initiationis Christianae Adultorum] or OCIA). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/nazis-the-occult-conspiracy-mp4-video-download-or-dvd.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

July 24, 1908: Scouting (The Scout Movement): Royal Charters: The Boy Scouts Association: -- The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. The troop was organized as an evolution of the August 9, 1907 Brownsea Island Scout Camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The Brownsea Island Scout Camp began as a boys' camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England, organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys. That camp ran from August 1 to August 9, 1907 with boys from different social backgrounds participating in activities around camping, observation, woodcraft, chivalry, lifesaving and patriotism, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement generally, and the Boy Scouts in particular, with the Girl Scouts and Pathfinder to follow in later years. The Scout movement, also known as Scouting or the Scouts, is a voluntary non-political educational movement for young people. Although it requires an oath of allegiance to a nation's leaders and, in some countries, to a god, it otherwise allows membership without distinction of gender, race or origin in accordance with the principles of its founder, Lord Baden-Powell. The purpose of the Scout Movement is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. During the first half of the twentieth century, the movement grew to encompass three major age groups for boys: Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Rover Scout. In 1910, the Girl Guides was created, encompassing three major age groups for girls: Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout and Ranger Guide. It is one of several worldwide youth organizations. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/scouts-the-life-and-legacy-of-lord-badenpowell-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1911: #BOTD: #HBD! Muir Mathieson, Scottish conductor and composer, known as the "Tsar Of Music" for British films, arranger and conducter of music for more than 1.000 films, almost always credited as "Musical Director", and principal conductor of the Sinfonia Of London (d. August 2, 1975) is #born James Muir Mathieson in Stirling, Scotland. After attending Stirling High School, Muir (Scots Gaelic: "Sea") went to the Royal College of Music in London. In the 1930s he became head of the music department for Alexander Korda at Denham Film Studios; Mathieson being one of only three heads of Departments at London Films who were British. His first work was as an uncredited Musical Assistant on the 1933 film The Private Life of Henry VIII. Mathieson told Korda that he did not wish to be a composer but wished to choose first rate composers and arrange and conduct their scores. Composer James Bernard called him the "Tsar of music for British films. If you wanted to write music for films at that time you had to be 'in' with Muir". Mathieson wanted to show the world the United Kingdom had composers of renown and "wanted to see British musical genius exploited throughout the world and recognised by other countries". During his wartime service with the Ministry Of Information, Mathieson is credited with commissioning film scores from Arthur Bliss, William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Malcolm Arnold. Jointly with the composer of the score for the 1953 film Genevieve - the harmonica player Larry Adler - Mathieson was nominated for an Academy Award, in his capacity as Musical Director. Under fierce pressure from the House Un-American Activities Committee, the composer's name was reluctantly omitted from the list of nominees. Mathieson's name as Musical Director (not as composer) went forward. Many years later, Adler's name as composer was restored to the list by the Academy. Mathieson was also musical director on films with scores composed by others, most notably on Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo in 1958, where he conducted Bernard Herrmann's score, later releasing an album of the music with the Sinfonia of London. In the year of Vertigo alone he is credited with musical directorship of 28 films. Overall he is said to have conducted the music for over a thousand British films. Due to the requirements of what constituted a British film for the Eady Levy, Mathieson's name was credited alongside non-British composers. He married the ballet dancer Hermione Darnborough (1915-2010), whom he met in 1935 while conducting Hiawatha at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They had four children, including the actress Fiona Mathieson (1951-87), also a student of composition. He conducted the Nottinghamshire County Youth Orchestra in the 1960s, and from the late 1960s until his death, he conducted the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1957. Mathieson was also a mentor to the film composer Edward Williams, well known for composing the score for Life On Earth. He was the elder brother of Dock Mathieson, who also had a career in film score arranging and conducting, although less prominently. On the death of Ernest Irving (Muir Mathieson's older counterpart at Ealing Studios) in October 1953, Dock took over the position as director of music at Ealing. Muir Mathieson died of esophageal cancer in Oxford, England, aged 64. He is buried at St. John the Evangelist Churchyard in Frieth, Wycombe District, Buckinghamshire, England. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/pimpernel-smith-dvd-leslie-howard-world-war-ii.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1915: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The Western Front Of World War I: Naval Warfare Of World War I: The Battle Of Dogger Bank: -- British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz Von Hipper's battle cruisers in a fateful encounter. The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval engagement near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, during the First World War. The British had intercepted and decoded German wireless transmissions, gaining advance knowledge that a German raiding squadron was heading for Dogger Bank and ships of the Grand Fleet sailed to intercept the raiders. The British surprised the smaller and slower German squadron, which fled for home. During a stern chase lasting several hours, the British caught up with the Germans and engaged them with long-range gunfire. The British disabled Bluecher, the rearmost German ship and the Germans put the British flagship HMS Lion out of action. Due to inadequate signalling, the remaining British ships stopped the pursuit to sink Bluecher and when the ship had been sunk, the rest of the German squadron had escaped. The squadron returned to harbour, with some ships so badly damaged as to require extensive repairs. Lion made it back to port but was out of action for several months. The British had lost no ships and suffered few casualties, the Germans had lost Bluecher and most of its crew and the action was considered a British victory. Both navies replaced commanders who were thought to have shown poor judgement and made changes to equipment and procedures, to remedy failings observed during the battle. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-great-war-dvd-set-1964-wwi-tv-series-26-shows-1964266.html

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January 24, 1917: #BOTD: #HBD! Ernest Borgnine, American actor, voice actor and Freemason whose career spanned over six decades, noted for his gruff but calm voice, Machiavellian eyebrows, and gap-toothed Cheshire cat grin, most popular as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale in the sitcom McHale's Navy(d. July 8, 2012) is #born Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, the son of Italian immigrants. Borgnine joined the United States Navy in October 1935, after graduation from high school. He served aboard the destroyer/minesweeper USS Lamberton and was honorably discharged from the Navy in October 1941. In January 1942, he reenlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, he patrolled the Atlantic Coast on an antisubmarine warfare ship, the patrol yacht USS Sylph. In September 1945, he was once again honorably discharged from the Navy. He served a total of almost 10 years in the Navy and obtained the grade of gunner's mate first class. His military awards include the Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, American Campaign Medal with 3/16" bronze star, and the World War II Victory Medal. In 1997, Borgnine received the United States Navy Memorial, Lone Sailor Award. On December 7, 2000, Borgnine was named the Veterans Foundation's Veteran of the Year. In October 2004, Borgnine received the honorary title of chief petty officer from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry D. Scott. The ceremony for Borgnine's naval advancement was held at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, DC. He received the special honor for his naval service and support of naval personnel and their families worldwide. A popular performer, he had also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnines film career began in 1951, and included supporting roles in China Corsair (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Vera Cruz (1954), and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). He also played the unconventional lead in many films, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for Marty. He achieved continuing success in the 1960s sitcom McHales Navy (1962-1966), in which he played the title character, and co-starred as Dominic Santini in the action series Airwolf (1984-1986), in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92, for his work on the series ER. He was also known for being the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants, a role he played from 1999 until his death in 2012. Ernest Borgnine died of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, 95 years old. His remains were cremated; a bench dedicated to his memory was later installed at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York, where he is buried behind the bench. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/7-against-the-sea--the-mchale39s-navy-tv-pilot-739.html

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January 24, 1918: Chronology: Calendars: The Gregorian Calendar: The Soviet Calendar (1918-1940): -- The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style). The Council of People's Commissars (CPC) (Russian: Sovet Narodnykh Kommissarov [SNK], commonly known as the Sovnarkom) were the highest executive authorities of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), the Soviet Union (USSR), and the Soviet republics from 1917 to 1946. Pursuant to a Sovnarkom decree signed of January 24, 1918 (Julian) by Vladimir Lenin, The Gregorian calendar was implemented in Russia, under the name "Western European calendar", on February 14, 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of February 1-13, 1918. The decree required that the Julian date was to be written in parentheses after the Gregorian date until July 1, 1918. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/great-days-of-the-century-the-russian-revolution-dvd.html

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January 24, 1941: #BOTD: #HBD! Aaron Neville, African American, Caucasian, and North American Indigenous (Choctaw) R & B and soul singer who has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that reached number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, and whose single, "Tell It Like It Is" from 1966, also reached the top position on the Soul chart for five weeks, is #born Aaron Joseph Neville in New Orleans, Louisiana into a family of mixed heritage. He has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril as the Neville Brothers, and is the father of singer/keyboards player Ivan Neville. He has said of his ancestry that "Sometimes I say that with all the different colors we have going, we're Heinz 57 - you know, the 57 varieties... I have a picture of my grandmother right next to a picture of Geronimo, and they look like they could be sister and brother. When I was in school days, if they were doing a Thanksgiving play, they would always pick me to be the Native American in the play, because of my high cheekbones and all. When I was in my late teens, in the summer I'd be out front and my skin color would turn red, and I used to wear my hair straight down with a headband around it. So my uncle started calling me Apache Red, and then I just shortened it to Apache." He's held on to the nickname with pride over the years. "My license plate used to be 'Apache' on my car in New Orleans. I have it tattooed on my back." And, just in case that isn't bad-ass enough_ "My little dog's name is Apache," he adds - "my little Shih Tzu Pomeranian." No wonder the appellation finally made its way from the license plate, the tat, and the Tzu to the front cover of the most personal album of his career. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-best-of-sunday-night-w-jools-holland-amp-david-sanborn-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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January 24, 1941: #BOTD: #HBD! Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter who has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time, is #born Neil Leslie Diamond in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Jewish family. All four of his grandparents were immigrants, from Poland on his father's side and Russia on his mother's. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desiree", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, including "Sweet Caroline". He has also acted in films, making his screen debut in the 1980 musical drama film The Jazz Singer. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 14-24, 1943: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): World War II Conferences: The Casablanca Conference (The Anfa Conference) (Codename: SYMBOL): -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude their wartime conference in Casablanca. On January 14, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he traveled from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill at the Casablanca Conference, to work on a strategy for concluding World War II. At the conclusion of the conference, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill held a news conference at which Roosevelt surprisingly announced that peace would come "by the total elimination of German and Japanese war power. That means the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan.". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/crusade-in-europe-2-dual-layer-dvds-tv-series-eisenhowe2.html

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January 24, 1945: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Eastern Front Of World War II: The Great Patriotic War (The German-Soviet War): The Vistula-Oder Offensive: The Battle Of Poznan (The Battle Of Posen): -- The Battle Of Poznan, a massive assault by the Soviet Union's Red Army that had as its objective the elimination of the Nazi German garrison in the stronghold city of Poznan in occupied Poland, begins. The defeat of the German garrison required a hellacious month-long battle of painstaking reduction of fortified positions, intense urban combat, and a final assault on the city's citadel by the Red Army and Polish forces t on February 23, 1945, complete with medieval touches, until the Germans capitulated. The city of Poznan, then known as Posen, had been part of Prussia since 1815 and later Germany, before being given to Poland with the Treaty of Versailles in 1920. Following the invasion of Poland in 1939, the city lay in the west part of Poland which was annexed by Nazi Germany, with the city being the local capital of Reichsgau Wartheland. By 1945, the Red Army advances on the Eastern Front had driven the Germans out of eastern Poland as far as the Vistula River. The Red Army launched the Vistula-Oder offensive on 12 January 1945, inflicted a huge defeat on the defending German forces, and advanced rapidly into western Poland and eastern Germany. Certain cities which lay on the path of the Soviet advance were declared by Hitler to be Festungen (strongholds), where the garrisons were ordered to mount last-ditch stands. Hitler hoped the Festung cities could hold out behind Soviet lines and interfere with the movement of supplies and lines of communication. Poznan was declared a Festung in January 1945. The city was defended by 15,000-20,000 German troops from a great variety of units including Volkssturm, Luftwaffe ground forces, police, and highly motivated officer candidates. Facing them were the experienced Guards Rifle troops of General V. I Chuikov's 8th Guards Army - the victors of Stalingrad. The defenders made use of some of the surviving Festung Posen fortifications that had been built during Prussian rule in the 19th century. The Fort Winiary citadel stood on a hill to the north of the city centre. Around the perimeter of the city were 18 massively built forts, spaced at intervals of about 2 kilometres in a ring with a radius of about 5 kilometres. General Chuikov described the forts as "underground structures each with several storeys, the whole projecting above the surrounding terrain. Only a mound was visible above ground -- the layer of earth covering the rest. Each fort was ringed by a ditch ten metres wide and eight metres deep, with walls revetted with brickwork. Across the ditch was a bridge, leading to one of the upper storeys. Among the forts, to the rear, there were one-storey brick bunkers. These were clad in concrete almost a full metre thick, and were used as stores. The upper works of the forts were sufficiently strong to provide reliable protection against heavy artillery fire. ...the enemy would be able to direct fire of all kinds against us both on the approaches to the forts and within them, on the rampart. The embrasures were such that flanking fire from rifles and machine-guns could be directed from them." Poznan lay on the main route between Warsaw and Berlin, and in German hands, it was a serious obstacle to any Soviet operation against the German capital. Thus, the Red Army had to clear the city of German troops before the final assaults designed to capture Berlin and end the war could begin. On 21 January 1945 the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army forced a crossing of the Warta River north of the city, but by 24 January these bridgeheads had been abandoned in favor of better bridgeheads south of Poznan. Meanwhile, Red Army tank units had swept north and south of the city, capturing hundreds of German aircraft in the process. Moving further west, the Soviet tank units left the capture of the city to other Red Army forces. By 25 January, the Soviet 8th Guards Army had arrived and began a systematic reduction of the fortress. The following day, two of Poznan's forts in the south fell to a hasty assault conducted by the 27th and 74th Guards Rifle Divisions. This initial success allowed Chuikov's troops to penetrate the ring of forts and attack other forts from inside the city. On 28 January, the German high command relieved Generalmajor Ernst Mattern as the fortress commander and replaced him with a dedicated Nazi, Generalmajor Ernst Gonell. Gonell imposed draconian discipline on the German garrison. In some instances, German troops attempting to surrender were shot by their own side. Ultimately, the reduction of Festung Posen consumed the efforts of four divisions from Chuikov's army and two divisions of Colonel-General V. Ia. Kolpakchi's 69th Army. The 117th and 312th Rifle Divisions of the 91st Rifle Corps of 69th Army were deployed on the east side of the city. To the north, the 39th Guards Rifle Division of Chuikov's 28th Guards Rifle Corps, and to the south, Chuikov's 29th Guards Rifle Corps composed of the 27th, 74th, and 82nd Guards Rifle Divisions were arrayed against the Festung. By the southwestern suburb of Junikowo, the 11th Guards Tank Corps took up positions to block any German attempt at retreat. In bitter combat that saw the outlying forts reduced and city blocks seized, the Soviets succeeded in pushing the German defenders towards the city center and the citadel. By the beginning of February 1945, most of the city had been captured, and by 12 February, the Germans held only the imposing citadel. Generalmajor Gonell had previously believed that other German forces would attack and relieve his besieged forces, but by 15 February came to the realization that this was not going to happen. Incensed, he ordered his troops that were east of the Warta River to attempt to break out, and some 2,000 German soldiers managed to infiltrate the Red Army lines and head west on the following night. Arrayed against the citadel was the 29th Guards Rifle Corps, with the 27th Guards Rifle Division on the north, the 82nd Guards Rifle Division on the southwest, and the 74th Guards Rifle Division on the southeast. The final Soviet assault on the citadel started on 18 February. Before the Red Army troops lay a deep ditch matched by a steep rampart on the far side. In an odd echo of medieval warfare, the Soviet forces used ladders to cross this obstacle but found themselves swept by fire from the citadel's redoubts. These redoubts took the better part of three days to neutralize; one was silenced by flamethrowers and explosives, the other's line of fire was blocked by debris thrown in front of the firing ports by exasperated Soviet troops. Having built an assault bridge, Red Army tanks and assault guns crossed into the main grounds of the citadel early on 22 February, commencing the final struggle for the old fortress. At this point, Generalmajor Gonell gave his troops permission to attempt to escape, but it was too late. Gonell refused to be captured and committed suicide by lying down on a flag and shooting himself in the head. That evening, Generalmajor Mattern, once again in charge of the German forces, surrendered the remaining 12,000 German soldiers to General Chuikov. On the evening of 22 February, Colonel-General Chuikov was informed by General Bakanov, commander of the 74th Guards Rifle Division, that the citadel's garrison had surrendered. Fifteen minutes later he met General Mattern who Chuikov described as "an incredibly stout man". Mattern squeezed his frame through the door puffing and snorting and "regaining his breath handed me a note from (the now deceased) General Konnel asking the Soviet commander General Bakanov to take care of the German wounded. 'Where is Konnel?' I asked. 'He shot himself.' When asked how he himself felt, General Mattern shrugged; 'It's all the same to me. I'm not a member of the Nazi Party and I would not have shed blood needlessly knowing that resistance was pointless. Hitler is finished'." The Germans held out in Poznan for almost a month. Doubtlessly, their possession of the city complicated Soviet resupply efforts, but other influences had also convinced the Stavka to pause the Red Army advance at the Oder River instead of attempting to push on to Berlin in February 1945. The battle left over half (90% in the city center) of Poznan severely damaged by artillery fire and the effects of infantry combat in the city blocks. The battle definitively reduced the old Prussian fortress system which today stands mostly as monuments to an earlier military era. Finally, the outcome of the battle simplified Soviet resupply efforts between Warsaw and the Oder River. Over 5,000 German troopers who fell in the battle are buried at Milostowo cemetery. The Soviets are estimated to have lost over 12,000 men by the battle's midpoint around 3 February 1945. Today, the Poznan Citadel site is a large park, in which are situated the remains of some of the fortifications, a memorial to the Red Army and one for the Cytadelowcy (the some 2000 local Poles, under Polish and Soviet officers, conscripted as assault or 'sapper' troops for the assault on Fort Winiary towards the end of the battle), military cemeteries, and a military museum containing exhibits relating to the 1945 battle. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-unknown-war-complete-tv-series-soviet-union-wwii-10-dvd-s10.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1949: #BOTD: #HBD! John Belushi, American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter, one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) (d. March 5, 1982) is #born John Adam Belushi to Agnes Demetri (nee Samaras) Belushi and Adam Anastos Belushi in Humboldt Park, a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. Belushi's mother, Agnes Demetri, a pharmacy worker, was born in Ohio to Albanian immigrants; his father, Adam Anastos Belushi, was an Albanian immigrant from Qyteze, who owned the Fair Oaks restaurant, on North Avenue in Chicago, later a restaurant in Wheaton. Throughout his career, Belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd, whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's The Second City comedy club. Belushi started his own successful comedy troupe with Tino Insana and Steve Beshekas, called "The West Compass Trio". After being discovered by Bernard Sahlins, he performed with The Second City and met Aykroyd, Brian Doyle-Murray and Harold Ramis. In 1975, Belushi was recommended to SNL creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels by Chevy Chase and Michael O'Donoghue, who accepted Belushi as a new cast member of the show after an audition. He developed a series of characters on the show that reached high success, including his performances as Henry Kissinger and Ludwig van Beethoven. Belushi's Albanian ancestry lent itself to his classic "Olympia Restaurant" sketch (in which he sold nothing but "cheeseburgers, cheeps [potato chips] and Pepsi"). After his breakout film role as John Blutarsky in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Belushi later appeared in films such as 1941, The Blues Brothers, and Neighbors. He also pursued interests in music, creating with Aykroyd, Lou Marini, Tom Malone, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Paul Shaffer, and The Blues Brothers, from which the film received its name. In his personal life, Belushi struggled with heavy drug use that threatened his comedy career; he was dismissed and rehired at SNL on several occasions due to his behavior. In 1982, Belushi died from combined drug intoxication possibly caused by Cathy Smith, who injected him with a mixture of heroin and cocaine known as a speedball. He is buried at Abel Hill Cemetery in Chilmark, Massachusetts. He was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/television-1988-tv-documentary-series-8-shows-4-dual-laye198884.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1961: Aviation: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Aviation Incidents And Accidents: Nuclear Weapons Incidents And Accidents: The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash: -- A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost, and both nearly detonated, one very nearly so. The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3-4-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. The aircraft, a B-52G, was based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro. Around midnight on January 23-24, 1961, the bomber had a rendezvous with a tanker for aerial refueling. During the hook-up, the tanker crew advised the B-52 aircraft commander, Major Walter Scott Tulloch, that his aircraft had a fuel leak in the right wing. The refueling was aborted, and ground control was notified of the problem. The aircraft was directed to assume a holding pattern off the coast until the majority of fuel was consumed. However, when the B-52 reached its assigned position, the pilot reported that the leak had worsened and that 37,000 pounds (17,000 kg) of fuel had been lost in three minutes. The aircraft was immediately directed to return and land at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. As the aircraft descended through 10,000 feet (3,000 m) on its approach to the airfield, the pilots were no longer able to keep it in stable descent and lost control. The pilot in command ordered the crew to abandon the aircraft, which they did at 9,000 feet (2,700 m). Five men landed safely after ejecting or bailing out through a hatch, one did not survive his parachute landing, and two died in the crash. The third pilot of the bomber, Lt. Adam Mattocks, is the only person known to have successfully bailed out of the top hatch of a B-52 without an ejection seat. The crew's final view of the aircraft was in an intact state with its payload of two 3-4-megaton Mark 39 thermonuclear bombs still on board; however, the bombs separated from the gyrating aircraft as it broke up between 1,000 and 2,000 feet (300 and 610 m). The aircraft wreckage covered a 2-square-mile (5.2 km2) area of tobacco and cotton farmland at Faro, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Goldsboro. Three of the four arming mechanisms on one of the bombs activated after it separated, causing it to execute many of the steps needed to arm itself, such as charging the firing capacitors and deploying a 100-foot-diameter (30 m) parachute. The first bomb that descended by parachute was found intact and standing upright as a result of its parachute being caught in a tree. Lt. Jack ReVelle, the bomb-disposal expert responsible for disarming the device, stated that the arm/safe switch was still in the safe position, although it had completed the rest of the arming sequence. The Pentagon claimed at the time that there was no chance of an explosion and that two arming mechanisms had not activated. A United States Department of Defense spokesperson stated that the bomb was unarmed and could not explode. Former military analyst Daniel Ellsberg has claimed to have seen highly classified documents indicating that its safe/arm switch was the only one of the six arming devices on the bomb that prevented detonation. In 2013, information released as a result of a Freedom Of Information Act request confirmed that a single switch out of four (not six) prevented detonation. The second bomb plunged into a muddy field at around 700 miles per hour (310 m/s) and disintegrated without detonation of its conventional explosives. The tail was discovered about 20 feet (6.1 m) below ground. Pieces of the bomb were recovered. Although the bomb was partially armed when it left the aircraft, an unclosed high-voltage switch had prevented it from fully arming. In 2013, ReVelle recalled the moment the second bomb's switch was found: "Until my death I will never forget hearing my sergeant say, "Lieutenant, we found the arm/safe switch." And I said, "Great." He said, "Not great. It's on arm."" Wet wings with integral fuel tanks considerably increased the fuel capacity of B-52G and H models, but were found to be experiencing 60% more stress during flight than did the wings of older models. Wings and other areas susceptible to fatigue were modified in 1964 under Boeing engineering change proposal ECP 1050. This was followed by a fuselage skin and longeron replacement (ECP 1185) in 1966, and the B-52 Stability Augmentation and Flight Control program (ECP 1195) in 1967. Lt. Jack ReVelle, the bomb disposal expert responsible for disarming the device, claimed "we came very close" to a nuclear detonation that would have completely changed much of eastern North Carolina. He also said the yield of each bomb was more than 250 times the destructive power of the Hiroshima bomb, large enough to create a 100% kill zone within a radius of 8.5 miles (13.7 km). In a now-declassified 1969 report, titled "Goldsboro Revisited", written by Parker F. Jones, a supervisor of nuclear safety at Sandia National Laboratories, Jones said that "one simple, dynamo-technology, low voltage switch stood between the United States and a major catastrophe", and concluded that "the MK 39 Mod 2 bomb did not possess adequate safety for the airborne alert role in the B-52". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/nuclear-war-films-1-dvd-atomic-weapons-orientation-film1.html

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Today, January 24, 2026

January 24, 1986: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: The Discovery And Exploration Of The Solar System: Space Probes: Interplanetary Space Probes: The United States Space Program: The Voyager Program: Voyager 2: Outer Space Firsts: The Exploration Of Uranus -- The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Uranus. Viritually nothing had been learned about the planet since it was first discovered in 1690 when John Flamsteed first observed it, French astronomer Pierre Lemonnier reacquired it in 1750, and Sir William Herschel established its reality in 1781. Then on January 24, 1986, Voyager II visited it and learned more about Uranus and its moons during its flyby than all the centuries prior. It discovered complex rings, multiple unknown moons and a variety of unknown features of the planet itself and its five major moons. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-planet-that-got-knocked-on-its-side-dvd-voyager-ii-uranus.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24: Beer Can Appreciation Day: -- A day to raise a toast to the unsung hero of your backyard BBQs, the trusty vessel that keeps your brew ice-cold and endlessly refreshing. This day commemorates the historic, monumental, and thirst-quenching day beer was first sold in cans. Beer has been one of the staples of health and diet for thousands of years, and there are those who say that access to Beer is one of the reasons that the slaves of Egypt were able to build those huge pyramids. The ability to preserve calories and not rot cannot be underestimated! Back then the beverage was held in clay vessels. Once the cost of glass became so affordable it could be considered disposable, it was sold and distributed in bottles. But starting on January 24,1935, beer began to be canned. Now canned beer just makes sense. Beer cans are easier to pack in a box or cooler. Advanced thermodynamics and quantum physics tells us beer cans are more efficient to pick up. Now there are advertisements for it on TV, it's a hallmark of gatherings on the tailgate and the quintessential go to for after-work relaxation. On the heels of all this came a never ending parade of varieties of labeling. From the serious to the comical, there's no limit to what a label might contain. Beer can collectors all over the world have built sizable collections demonstrating the length and scope of artistic talent of beer can designers all over the world. It's not just the art either! The technical innovations that have changed over the ages are also appreciated, from the first cans that had to be opened with a church key to modern cans that can be popped with just a pull of the thumb. That delightful hiss is always there to herald in the beginning of a great afternoon. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-classics-vol-4-dv4.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24: Change A Pet's Life Day: -- This day isn't only life-changing for our pets, it changes our lives for the better too. Everyone can agree that having a pet brings a limitless amount of happiness and solace since they give us their eternal love, devotion, and support. This day enables us to provide a new home for one or more of the millions of animals in shelters. If you aren't ready to get a new pet just yet, we'll go through different ways you can improve the lives of the animals below. At first, glance, altering anyone's life may seem impossible, but doing it for a pet is a whole other ballgame. Today, any one of us may contribute to history by giving a pet a fresh start or a better future. By now you might be wondering how this can be achieved and where you can start. Well, Change a Pet's Life Day was created primarily to encourage pet adoption all over the world, which is the number one way to change a pet's life forever. There are millions of stray and abandoned pets left in shelters all through America and across the world. These pets are left lonely in cold shelters for most, and sometimes, all of their lives, or even euthanized at some point to create room for more. The first of these shelters debuted in Pennsylvania in 1896 when the Women's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals joined forces to create a facility for horses. Later, they expanded their services to include lost and abandoned dogs and allowed people to adopt such animals. Since that time, shelters have been established all around the world to care for various animals, and several rules and regulations have been put in place to stop animal abuse. One such initiative is Change a Pet's Life Day. Although the history of this holiday cannot yet be traced, its objective remains clear - to support and encourage pet adoption. However, individuals that are not quite ready for a new family member are also encouraged to change the lives of one or more pets through other means like sponsorship and volunteer work. https://store.earthstation1.com/super-sense--animal-perception-tv-series-dvd-mp4-download-usb-driv4.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24: National Compliment Day: -- How nice of you to be observing National Compliment Day! It's an annual wonderful way to brighten someone's day or to give credit for a job well done. Give an extra compliment annually on January 24th and any time one is deserved. A compliment has a powerful effect. It can instill confidence in a child, or validate someone's hard work. A compliment not only improves the receiver's mood, but it also says something about the giver. It tells them you noticed. Whether we recognize someone's achievement or their classic style, a compliment can go a long way. To give a great compliment, first be sincere. People have a way of knowing when we are fake. If you don't mean it, it's worse than getting a thoughtless birthday gift. Complimenting character versus a new haircut are different rewards. The first says you respect the person and the other tells them you paid attention. Sometimes the receiver needs to hear one or the other, or both. Human beings like to be unique, original. Strive to give a compliment about what makes a person stand out above the rest. Take the time to reflect on what you admire about the person. So be sure to compliment someone today. Share the compliments you receive that make your day. Do they improve your day? Make a list of different ways to give a compliment and use #NationalComplimentDay to post on social media! Kathy Chamberlin of Hopkinton, NH and Debby Hoffman of Concord, NH created National Compliment Day in 1998. https://store.earthstation1.com/manners-and-etiquette-films-2-dvd-se2.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1895: #DOTD: #RIP: Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer, British statesman, politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, father of Winston Churchill (b. February 13, 1849) #dies aged 45 in Westminster, London, England after an attempted round-the-world journey he began in the autumn of 1894, accompanied by his wife, failed to cure him of his debilitating illnesses, and his health soon became so feeble that he was brought back hurriedly from Cairo. He reached England shortly before Christmas, and died in Westminster the next month. The gross value of his personal estate was entered in the Probate Registry at 75,971 PS (equivalent to 9,300,000 PS in 2021). He is buried near his wife and sons at St Martin's Church, Bladon, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The causes of his illnesses and death are still debated. In January 1875, about a month after Winston's birth, Randolph made repeated visits to Dr Oscar Clayton. He had a further twenty years to live, those years were spent suffering from debilitating illness, particularly in his last decade. British historian Roland Quinault, writing in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, theorises that Randolph was probably passing through the stages of secondary syphilis and then tertiary syphilis, but mentions a brain tumour and multiple sclerosis as other possible causes. Whatever the true source of this illness was, Randolph was certainly treated for syphilis, and it has been suggested that he may have been suffering from symptoms related to the mercury-based medication which was used in such cases at the time. Clayton was a society doctor and specialist in the treatment of syphilis who worked from his practice at 5 Harley Street. Robson Roose, who was the Churchills' family doctor in the 1880s, had written on syphilis as a root cause of debilitating disease, and subsequently diagnosed Randolph as suffering from it. He referred Randolph to the specialist Thomas Buzzard, but continued to prescribe potassium iodide and mercury. Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill was a genuine Tory radical, who coined the term 'Tory Democracy'. He inspired a generation of party managers, created the National Union of the Conservative Party, and broke new ground in modern budgetary presentations, attracting admiration and criticism from across the political spectrum. His most acerbic critics resided in his own party among his closest friends; but his disloyalty to Lord Salisbury was the beginning of the end of what should have been a glittering career. His devoted son, Winston, who hardly knew his father in life, wrote a biography of him. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-churchills-3-part-1996-tv-miniseries-mp4-video-download-2-3199642.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1965: #DOTD: #RIP: Winston Churchill, British statesman, army officer, artist, painter, historian and writer (b. November 30, 1874) #dies of a final stroke suffered on January 12, 1965. He died on the seventieth anniversary of his father's death, and lived twice as long. He was given a state funeral six days later on January 30, the first for a non-royal person since Lord Carson in 1935. Planning for Churchill's funeral had begun in 1953 under the code-name of "Operation Hope Not" and a detailed plan had been produced by 1958. His coffin lay in state at Westminster Hall for three days and the funeral ceremony was at St Paul's Cathedral. Afterwards, the coffin was taken by boat along the River Thames to Waterloo Station and from there by a special train to the family plot at St Martin's Church, Bladon, near his birthplace at Blenheim Palace. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PCc, DL, FRS, RA was born at his family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As a Member of Parliament (MP), he represented five constituencies over the course of his career. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory during the Second World War. He led the Conservative Party for fifteen years from 1940 to 1955. Churchill was #born into an aristocratic family, the son of an English politician and American socialite. Joining the British Army, he saw action in British India, the Anglo-Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Moving into politics, before the First World War, he served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary, and First Lord of the Admiralty as part of Asquith's Liberal government. During the war, Churchill departed from government following the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign. He briefly resumed active army service on the Western Front as a battalion commander in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He returned to government under Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions, Secretary Of State for War, Secretary Of State for Air, then Secretary Of State for the Colonies. After two years out of Parliament, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Baldwin's Conservative government of 1924-1929, controversially returning the pound sterling in 1925 to the gold standard at its pre-war parity, a move widely seen as creating deflationary pressure on the UK economy. Out of office during the 1930s, Churchill took the lead in warning about Nazi Germany and in campaigning for rearmament. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was again appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following Neville Chamberlain's resignation in May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister. His speeches and radio broadcasts helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult days of 1940-41 when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood almost alone in its active opposition to Adolf Hitler. He led Britain as Prime Minister until after the German surrender in 1945. After the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition to the Labour Government. He publicly warned of an "Iron Curtain" of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity. He was re-elected Prime Minister in the 1951 election. His second term was preoccupied by foreign affairs, including the Malayan Emergency, Mau Mau Uprising, Korean War, and a UK-backed Iranian coup. Domestically his government laid great emphasis on house-building. Churchill suffered a serious stroke in 1953 and retired as Prime Minister in 1955, although he remained an MP until 1964. Upon his death in 1965, he was given a state funeral. Churchill was an accomplished artist and took great pleasure in painting; he was so successful as a painter that had he only painted, he still would have attained fame as a financially and professionally successful artist. Named the Greatest Briton of all time in a 2002 poll, Churchill is among the most influential people in British history, consistently ranking well in opinion polls of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. As a writer, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his overall, lifetime body of work. His highly complex legacy continues to stimulate intense debate amongst writers and historians. https://store.earthstation1.com/winston-churchill-dvd-classic-tv-documentaries.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1955: #DOTD: #RIP: Ira Hayes, Pima Native American and United States Marine who was one of the six flag raisers immortalized in the iconic photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima during World War II (b. January 12, 1923) #dies of exposure to cold and alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking on January 23-24, 1955. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on February 2, 1955. Hayes was often commemorated in art and film, before and after his death. In 1949, he portrayed himself raising the flag in the motion picture movie, Sands of Iwo Jima. A giant Marine figure of Hayes raising the flag on Iwo Jima with the other five participants is included on the 1954 Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. He was the subject of an article by journalist William Bradford Huie, which was adapted for the feature film The Outsider (1961), starring Tony Curtis as Hayes. The movie inspired songwriter Peter La Farge to write "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," which became popular nationwide in 1964 after being recorded by Johnny Cash. In 2006, Hayes was portrayed by Adam Beach in the World War II movie Flags Of Our Fathers, directed by Clint Eastwood. Ira Hayes was born Ira Hamilton Hayes in Sacaton, Arizona, a town in the Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County. Ira Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Pima Indian Reservation (1859) located in the Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on August 26, 1942 and, after recruit training, volunteered to become a Paramarine. He fought in the Bougainville and Iwo Jima campaigns in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. On February 23, 1945, he helped to raise an American flag over Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, an event photographed by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Hayes and the other five flag-raisers became national heroes as a result. In 1946, he was instrumental in revealing the true identity of one of the other pictured Marines, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima. However, Hayes was never comfortable with his fame, and after his service in the Marine Corps, he descended into alcoholism. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-outsider-1961-dvd-tony-curtis-as-ira-hayes-iwo-jima-1961.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1993: #DOTD: #RIP: Thurgood Marshall, African American lawyer, civil rights activist, jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, first African American Supreme Court justice on the U.S. Supreme Court (from October 1967 until October 1991) and Freemason (b. July 2, 1908) #dies of heart failure at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland at the age of 84. After he lay in repose in the Great Hall of the United States Supreme Court Building, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was survived by his second wife and their two sons. Born Thoroughgood Marshall in Baltimore, Maryland, he was descended from enslaved peoples on both sides of his family. His father, William Canfield Marshall, worked as a railroad porter, and his mother, Norma Arica Williams, worked as a teacher. Marshall's parents instilled in him an appreciation for the United States Constitution and the rule of law. Marshall first learned how to debate from his father, who took Marshall and his brother to watch court cases; they would later debate what they had seen. The family also debated current events after dinner. Marshall said that although his father never told him to become a lawyer, he "turned me into one. He did it by teaching me to argue, by challenging my logic on every point, by making me prove every statement I made." Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education. Marshall graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1933. He established a private legal practice in Baltimore before founding the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where he served as executive director. In that position, he argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Smith v. Allwright, Shelley v. Kraemer, and Brown v. Board of Education, the latter of which held that racial segregation in public education is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Four years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall as the United States Solicitor General. In 1967, Johnson successfully nominated Marshall to succeed retiring Associate Justice Tom C. Clark. Marshall retired during the administration of President George H. W. Bush, and was succeeded by Clarence Thomas. Thurgood Marshall was a Prince Hall Freemason and Scottish Rite Freemason (known in England and Australia,as the Rose Croix). https://store.earthstation1.com/simple-justice-brown-v-board-of-education-segregation-battle-dvd.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Fayard Nicholas, African American choreographer, dancer, singer and actor, member of the legendary tap dancing team of The Nicholas Brothers (b October 20, 1914) #dies in Burbank, Los Angeles, California of pneumonia following a stroke in 2006 at age 91. He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. His widow Katherine died in 2012. Fayard Nicholas was born Fayard Antonio Nicholas in Mobile, Alabama. Fayard along with his brother Harold Nicholas grew up primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned to dance while watching vaudeville shows with his brother while their musician parents played in the orchestra. His father, Ulysses D. Nicholas, was a drummer and his mother, Viola Harden Nicholas, was a pianist. In 1932, when Fayard was 18 and his brother Harold was only 11, they became the featured act at Cotton Club in New York City. The brothers earned fame with a unique style of rhythm tap that blended masterful jazz steps with daredevil athletic moves and an elegance of motion worthy of ballet. They appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway and in London they worked with jazz choreographer Buddy Bradley. The performances led them to a career in film. Nicholas appeared in over 60 films, including the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943) with their signature staircase dance, The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007). The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942). Fayard's career was interrupted from 1943 to 1944 when he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Nicholas achieved the rank of Technician fifth grade while in WWII. After his dance career ended, Nicholas and his wife, Katherine Hopkins Nicholas, embarked on a lecture tour discussing dance. In 2003, Nicholas served as "Festival Legend" at the third "Soul to Sole Tap Festival" in Austin, Texas. Nicholas was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 2001. Fayard was married three times. He remained friends with his first wife, Geraldine Pate, after their divorce. His second wife was Barbara January, and they remained married until her death in 1998. He married dancer Katherine Hopkins in 2000. He was a member of the Baha'i Faith. #FayardNicholas #NicholasBrothers. #TheNicholasBros #AfricanAmericans #Choreographers #Dancers #Singers #Actors #Dance #CottonClub #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD https://store.earthstation1.com/the-cotton-club-remembered-aka-the-cotton-club-at-the-ritz-mp4-or-dvd.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1961: Civil Rights Movements: The American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Anti-Black Racism In The United States: School Segregation: School Segregation In The United States: Taylor v. Board Of Education Of City School District Of New Rochelle: -- Judge Irving Kaufman rules the Board of Education of New Rochelle, N.Y. is discriminating in their schools; on May 31, 1964, he ordered the Board Of Education of to integrate schools according to this ruling. The court's order of May 31 reads: "In an opinion dated January 24, 1961, this Court found that the Board of Education of the City of New Rochelle had intentionally created and maintained the Lincoln Elementary School as a racially segregated school, and had not acted in good faith to implement desegregation as required by the Fourteenth Amendment. It was the Court's position that since the Board was responsible for the segregated condition at the Lincoln School, it owed the community the primary obligation to correct it." https://store.earthstation1.com/school-segregation-little-rock-amp-boston-mp4-video-download-dv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hell On Earth: The Kuwaiti Oil Fires Documentary Set MP4 Download DVD
Today, January 24, 2026
January 23-26, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: The Kuwaiti Oil Fires: -- Iraq continues to burn Kuwaiti oil fields in retaliation against Kuwait and the forces of The Coalition Of The Gulf War. The Kuwaiti Oil Fires were caused by Iraqi military forces setting fire to a reported 605 to 732 oil wells along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas, such as oil lakes and fire trenches, as part of a scorched earth policy while retreating from Kuwait in 1991 due to the advances of US-led coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War. The fires were started in January and February 1991, and the first well fires were extinguished in early April 1991, with the last well capped on November 6, 1991. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War. https://store.earthstation1.com/hell-on-earth-the-kuwaiti-oil-fires-dvd-mp4-download-usb-flash-driv4.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 23-26, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: The Gulf War Oil Spill: -- As Iraq continues to burn Kuwaiti oil fields, it also continues to dump 400 million US gallons of crude oil into the Persian Gulf, causing the largest offshore oil spill in history at that time. It was reported as a deliberate natural resources attack to keep U.S. Marines from coming ashore (Missouri and Wisconsin had shelled Failaka Island during the war to reinforce the idea that there would be an amphibious assault attempt). About 30-40% of this came from allied raids on Iraqi coastal targets. The Gulf War Oil Spill was one of the largest oil spills in history. The apparent strategic goal was to foil a potential landing by US Marines. It also made commandeering oil reserves dangerous for US and Coalition forces as visibility and movement were inhibited. The immediate reports from Baghdad said that American airstrikes had caused a discharge of oil from two tankers. Coalition forces determined the main source of oil to be the Sea Island terminal in Kuwait. On January 26, three US F-117 fighter-bombers destroyed pipelines to prevent further spillage into the Persian Gulf. Several other sources of oil were found to be active: tankers and a damaged Kuwaiti oil refinery near Mina Al Ahmadi, tankers near Bubiyan Island, and Iraq's Mina Al Bakr terminal. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War. https://store.earthstation1.com/saddam39s-war-against-wildlife-gulf-war-dvd-mp4-download-usb-dr394.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: -- Coalition forces capture the small Kuwaiti island of Qaruh, making it the first part of Kuwaiti soil that was liberated from Iraq. Qaruh Island (Arabic: "Oil Sediment Island), home of the Jazirat Qaruh Lighthouse, is the smallest of the nine islands belonging to the state of Kuwait, and also the furthest island from the Kuwaiti mainland. It is located 37.5 kilometres east of the mainland coast. The island is roughly 275 meters long by 175 meters at its widest (area about 3.5 hectare. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War. https://store.earthstation1.com/desert-triumph-the-gulf-war-tv-documentary-series-dvd-amp-mp4-downloa4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Montparnasse Revisited: The Genius That Was Paris DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1920: #DOTD: #RIP: Amedeo Modigliani, Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France, known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received well during his lifetime but later found popular acceptance (b. July 12, 1884) #dies at the Hopital de la Charite. in Paris, France of tubercular meningitis, aged 35. He is buried at Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise in Paris. Amedeo Modigliani was born Amedeo Clemente Modigliani into a Sephardic Jewish family in Livorno, Italy. Modigliani had little success while alive, but after his death achieved great popularity. Within a year of arriving in Paris in 1906, where he came into contact with such artists as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi, his demeanour and reputation had changed dramatically from a dapper academician artist "square" into a sort of prince of vagabonds "hipster". Modigliani's use of drink and drugs intensified from about 1914 onward. After years of remission and recurrence, this was the period during which the symptoms of his tuberculosis worsened, signaling that the disease had reached an advanced stage. French poet, art critic and writer Andre Salmon credited hashish and absinthe with the genesis of Modigliani's style, inspiring many hopefuls tried to emulate his "success" by embarking on a path of substance abuse and bohemian excess, claiming that whereas Modigliani was a totally pedestrian artist when sober, "...from the day that he abandoned himself to certain forms of debauchery, an unexpected light came upon him, transforming his art. From that day on, he became one who must be counted among the masters of living art." Modigliani's use of drink and drugs intensified from about 1914 onward, the period during which the symptoms of his tuberculosis worsened. Modigliani's behavior stood out even in these Bohemian surroundings: he carried on frequent affairs, drank heavily, and used absinthe and hashish. While drunk, he would sometimes strip himself naked at social gatherings. He became the epitome of the tragic artist, creating a posthumous legend almost as well known as that of Vincent Van Gogh. He was born Amedeo Clemente Modigliani into a Sephardic Jewish family in Livorno, Italy. Modigliani spent his youth in Italy, where he studied the art of antiquity and the Renaissance. He moved to Paris when he was twenty two years old. He met the first serious love of his life, Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in 1910, when he was 26. They had studios in the same building, and although 21-year-old Anna had recently married, they began an affair. Anna was tall with dark hair, pale skin and grey-green eyes: she embodied Modigliani's aesthetic ideal and the pair became engrossed in each other. After a year, however, Anna returned to her husband. By 1912 Modigliani was exhibiting highly stylized sculptures with Cubists of the Section d'Or group at the Salon d'Automne. Modigliani's oeuvre includes paintings and drawings. From 1909 to 1914 he devoted himself mainly to sculpture. His main subject was portraits and full figures, both in the images and in the sculptures. https://store.earthstation1.com/montparnasse-revisted-the-genius-that-was-paris-3-dvd3.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1983: #DOTD: #RIP: George Cukor, American film director and film producer (b. July 7, 1899) #dies of a heart attack aged 83 in Los Angeles, California. He is interred in Grave D, Little Garden of Constancy, Garden of Memory, Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Records in probate court indicated his net worth at the time of his death was 2,377,720 USD. He was born George Dewey Cukor on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the younger child and only son of Hungarian-Jewish immigrants Viktor, an assistant district attorney, and Helen Ilona Gross. George Cukor mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Our Betters (1933), and Little Women (1933). When Selznick moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933, Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight (1933) and David Copperfield (1935) for Selznick, and Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936) for Irving Thalberg. He was replaced as one of the directors of Gone With The Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), and won the Academy Award for Best Director for My Fair Lady (1964), which was his fifth time nominated. He continued to work into the 1980s. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-scarlett-o39hara-war-tv-movie-19391980.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: David Frye: I Am Richard Nixon All 4 Comedy Albums MP3 CD Download USB
Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 2011: #DOTD: #RIP: David Frye, American comedian, impressionist and political satirist (b. November 21, 1933) #dies at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of 77. He is buried at Mount Ararat Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York. Born David Shapiro in New York City, David Frye specialized in comic imitations of on notable Americans, including famous political figures such as former U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, Vice Presidents Hubert Humphrey, Spiro Agnew, and Nelson Rockefeller, and Senator Bobby Kennedy; film celebrities such as George C. Scott, Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance and Rod Steiger; and media figures such as William F. Buckley Jr. and Larry King. As eerily accurate and subtle as his impersonations were, the comedic narratives spoken by those depicted by Frye were outrageously a propos as well as politically savvy and au courant. He is most famous for his impressions of Richard Nixon and for the four comedy albums showcasing them: I Am The President (1969), Radio Free Nixon (1971), Richard Nixon Superstar (1971) and Richard Nixon: A Fantasy (1973). Marketing problems developed in 1973 for Frye's Richard Nixon: A Fantasy, which dealt with Nixon's Watergate troubles, when all three network affiliates in New York City (WNBC-TV, WABC-TV and WCBS-TV) rejected commercials promoting the album, citing questions of taste. In addition, the Woolworth's department store chain decided not to stock the record because, in their words, "some of our customers might be offended." Although his heyday was in the 1960s and early 1970s, when his Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson impersonations were definitive, Frye continued to create masterful new impressions and evolve old ones. His 1998 album Clinton: An Oral History featured riffs on Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Pat Buchanan, and John McLaughlin, plus that of an older Nixon (complete with pauses and phrasing more typical of the ex-President as he sounded in the 1980s and 1990s). https://store.earthstation1.com/david-frye-i-am-richard-nixon-all-4-nixon-comedy-albums-mp3-43.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1975: #DOTD: #RIP: Larry Fine, American actor, comedian, violinist and boxer, best known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges (b. October 5, 1902) #dies; on January 9, 1970, Fine suffered a debilitating stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body, which marked the end of his performing career. Fine eventually moved to the Motion Picture Country House, an industry retirement community in Woodland Hills, where he spent his remaining years, and used a wheelchair during the last five. Even in his paralyzed state, Fine did what he could to entertain the other patients, and completed his "as told to" autobiography "Stroke Of Luck". He also received visits from Moe Howard. Fine remained accessible to Stooge fans, regularly hosting them despite his disability. When asked if spending his life as a Stooge was enjoyable, he answered, "it wasn't fun, it was work -- but it paid off good, so I enjoyed it." Like Curly Howard, Fine suffered several additional strokes before his death on January 24, 1975, at the nursing home in Woodland Hills, aged 72. He was interred with his wife and son in a crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Liberation. Moe died three months later. Louis Feinberg was born Andrew Louis Feinberg to a Russian Jewish family at 3rd and South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 5, 1902. His father, Joseph Feinberg, and mother, Fanny Lieberman, owned a watch repair and jewelry shop. In his early childhood, Fine's arm was accidentally burned with acid. His father used the acid to test jewelry for its gold content. On one occasion, the young Fine mistook the acid for a beverage and raised the bottle to his lips. Before he could drink any, his father knocked the bottle from Fine's hand, splashing Fine's forearm with acid and causing extensive damage to it. His parents later gave Fine violin lessons to help strengthen the damaged muscles in his forearm. He became so proficient on the violin that his parents wanted to send him to a European music conservatory. However, that plan was thwarted by the outbreak of World War I. Fine later played the violin in the Stooge films. In scenes where all three Stooges are playing fiddles, only Larry is actually playing, while the other two are miming. To further strengthen his damaged arm, Fine took up boxing in his teens, winning one professional bout. His father, opposed to Larry's fighting in public, put an end to his brief career as a boxer. At an early age, Fine started performing as a violinist in vaudeville. In March 1928, while starring as the master of ceremonies at Chicago's Rainbow Gardens, Fine met Shemp Howard and Ted Healy. Since Howard was leaving the play for a few months, they asked him to be a replacement 'stooge'. Fine joined Ted's other stooges, Bobby Pinkus and Sam 'Moody' Braun. In early 1929, Healy signed a contract to perform in the Shuberts' new revue A Night in Venice. Healy brought Fine, Shemp Howard, and Moe Howard together for the first time as a trio. "Moe, Larry, and Shemp", with Fred Sanborn, appeared in Venice from 1929 through March 1930. Fine, Shemp Howard and Moe Howard toured as "Ted Healy and His Racketeers" that spring and summer, and then went to Hollywood in the summer to film Fox Studio's Soup to Nuts (1930). Fine and the Howard brothers broke up with Healy after Soup to Nuts and toured as "Howard, Fine, and Howard: Three Lost Soles" from the fall of 1930 to the summer of 1932. In July 1932, Fine and Moe Howard teamed up with Healy again, adding Curly Howard to the group. The new lineup premiered at Cleveland's RKO Palace Theatre on August 27, 1932. https://store.earthstation1.com/stooge-snapshots-dvd-three-stooges-documentary.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Wonderama TV Kid Show Series Sonny Fox Bob McAllister DVD, MP4, USB
Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 2021: #DOTD: #RIP: Sonny Fox, American television host, executive and broadcasting consultant, first host of The 64K USD Challenge, fourth full-time host of the children's television program, Wonderama (b. June 17, 1925) #dies from complications of COVID-19 in Encino, California at the age of 95. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. Sonny Fox was born Irwin Fox in Brooklyn, New York. He attended James Madison High School, in the Midwood/Madison section of Brooklyn. He grew up in a traditional Jewish family. Fox is a World War II veteran and, as a POW of the Germans, witnessed the heroism of Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds who saved Fox's life by saying, "We're all Jews" when the Nazi officers demanded that all Jewish POWs be pointed out. Fox's first experience in children's programming came in 1954, with a St. Louis program, The Finder on KETC-TV, a children's news and travelogue program. His first national exposure came when CBS brought him aboard in 1955. For three years he co-hosted the children's travelogue, Let's Take a Trip. Fox became the first host of The 64K USD Challenge, the game show spinoff of The 64K USD Question, in 1956. In his first appearance he was called "Bill Fox," presumably because "Sonny" did not seem professional enough, but by the second program he became "Sonny Fox" because the name "Bill Fox" had been registered by another entertainment personality. Fox was fired a few weeks into the series and replaced by Ralph Story, in part because, as Fox himself admitted later, he was so awkward he "had a predilection for asking the answers." Fox's brief tenure on the show may have been the biggest break of his career. He escaped any taint from the coming quiz show scandal. By that time, Fox's involvement in game shows went no farther than occasionally filling in for the original host of The Price Is Right, Bill Cullen, or Beat the Clock host Bud Collyer. It turned out that the job for which he was suited best came the year the quiz scandals accelerated. Independent television network Metromedia (born from the former DuMont Network) hired Fox to host Wonderama on its New York flagship station, WABD (soon to become WNEW-TV), succeeding the team of Bill Britten and Doris Faye. Hiring Fox ended what some called the "musical-hosts syndrome" that Wonderama had for its first few years. The show had been created as well as originally hosted by actor-comedian Sandy Becker, who became a New York children's program star in his own right. Fox became Wonderama's sole host for eight years, from 1959 until August 1967. Suave, witty, and congenial, Fox juggled the slapstick and the serious, turning the marathon Wonderama (during Fox's tenure the show ran four hours Sunday mornings) into a weekly academy at which anything could happen and often did; whether Shakespearean dramatizations, guest celebrities, magic demonstrations (customarily by legendary magician James "The Amazing" Randi), art instruction, spelling bees, learning games, or other elements. Fox was deft at turning a potential haphazard hodgepodge into a seamless whole, and he was consistent in never talking down to his young guests or viewers, treating them with legitimate respect and tolerance. For a few years it seemed Fox owned children's weekend television in the New York metropolitan area. In the same year he joined Wonderama, he reached back to the "color war" team competitions he knew as a child in summer camp to create and host Just For Fun, a two-and-a-half hour Saturday morning show involving two teams of kids in blue and gold jumpsuits to compete in contests ranging from the mildly athletic to the wildly bizarre. One mainstay was the Treasure Chest competition where one contestant from each team would be placed in front of a locked chest and 1,000 keys. When the winner found the key to open their chest, a siren would sound, and whatever was happening at the time (be it cartoon, commercial, skit, etc.) was interrupted. The winner would stand with arms outstretched and a towering pile of board games and toys would be placed in his or her arms. A year later, Fox hosted ABC's first original Saturday morning show, On Your Mark, a game show in which children ages 9 through 13 answered questions about various professions. Because Sonny Fox was under "exclusive" contract to WNEW-TV, On Your Mark aired on Channel 5 in New York, instead of WABC-TV channel 7 ABC's owned station. On Your Mark lasted one season, but the lively Just For Fun lasted until 1965. Fox left Wonderama in 1967; his successor, Bob McAllister, continued the show both locally (in New York City), and in national syndication through the 1970s. Fox gradually withdrew from television work (he'd also played Mr. Prim in the 1966 film The Christmas That Almost Wasn't), spending time in theater and other entertainment while raising his own four children. He spent one year (1977) running children's programming for NBC (and taking one more stab at hosting, with the short-lived, California-based, Way Out Games in 1976), while spending time concurrently as a lecturer at the State University of New York at Stony Brook campus in the 1970s. Fox also co-hosted a daily talk/variety show for adults titled The New Yorkers on WNEW, with co-hosts Penelope Wilson and Gloria Okon, plus newsman Stewart Klein. Airing weekdays during the 1967 TV season, the series was not a hit and was canceled after one season. Fox's last venture in children's TV was as the co-executive producer of the short-lived Chuck McCann's Fun Stuff. The series was seen weekday mornings locally on KHJ-TV Ch. 9 in Los Angeles from September 18, 1989 until October 13, 1989. Fox featured Wonderama at the New York City theme park Freedomland U.S.A. A number of live appearances at the park's Hollywood Arena before hundreds of children and adults were filmed and broadcast on Sunday mornings on WNEW-TV. In the 1970s, Fox received a call from David Poindexter who urged him to get involved in global issues as a leader in the entertainment industry. Fox was president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the time, and invited Poindexter for a meeting. Impassioned by the minister's request, Fox then organized so-called "Soap Summits" where he united the heads of television networks, soap opera writers and public officials. He later joined and became the chairman of the board for Population Communications International, a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to improving family planning issues through popular media. PCI's work included working with U.S. and international soap opera producers, helping them develop "more healthful" family planning story lines, as a newspaper article described it in 2002. https://store.earthstation1.com/wonderama-dual-layer-dvd-bob-mcallister-1960s70s-tv-kid196070.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 2015: #DOTD: #RIP: Joe Franklin, American radio and television host personality, author and actor from New York City (b. March 9, 1926) #dies of prostate cancer at a Manhattan hospice aged 88. His remains were cremated; the final disposition of his ashes are not publicly disclosed other than that they were given to family or friend(s). He was born Joseph Fortgang in The Bronx, New York. His television series debuted in January 1951 on WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV), moving to WOR-TV (later WWOR-TV) in 1962, remaining there until 1993, one of the longest running uninterrupted careers in broadcasting history. Franklin was the elder of two children, to Austrian Jewish parents, Anna (Heller) and Martin Fortgang. He acknowledged in his memoirs, Up Late With Joe Franklin, (which was written with R. J. Marx), that his press materials had long said, purposely, that he had been born in 1928, but he planned to come clean about his real birth date. As a teenager, Franklin "followed around" Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor, the latter of whom eventually began buying jokes from the young Franklin and whose Carnegie Hall show he later produced. At age 18, Franklin was drafted into the United States Army, serving in World War II. At 14, Franklin began writing skits for The Kate Smith Hour; and at 16, Franklin officially began his entertainment career as a record picker on radio sensation Martin Block's Make Believe Ballroom where he became known as "The Young Wreck with the Old Records". By the time he was 21, he embarked on a radio career. He was also considered to be an authority on popular culture of the first half of the 20th century, including silent films. He was called "The King of Nostalgia" and "The Wizard of Was" for focusing on old-time show-business personalities. Franklin was also a pioneer in promoting products such as Hoffman Beverages and Canada Dry ginger ale on the air. A & E's documentary It's Only Talk, The Real Story Of America's Talk Shows credits Franklin as the creator of the television talk show. Franklin was listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest running continuous on-air TV talk show host, more than a decade longer than Johnny Carson's run. In 1999, Franklin partnered with Producer Steve Garrin and Restaurant Mogul Dennis Riese to open Joe Franklin's Memory Lane Restaurant on West 45th Street in Broadway's theater district. After the restaurant closed in 2003 it reopened the following year as "Joe Franklin's Comedy Club" on West 50th Street. Many name comedians came to the club and performed on stage to break in their new material, and many aspiring comics got their first stage time there. It closed in 2005. After retiring from his television show, Franklin concentrated on his overnight radio show, playing old records on WOR-AM on Saturday evenings and mentoring thousands of aspiring entertainers who for decades sought an audience with him at his notoriously cluttered Times Square office. Franklin's celebrity interviews, known as "Nostalgia Moments", appeared daily on the Bloomberg Radio Network until mid-January 2015, shortly before his death. Franklin's guests included an eclectic mix of actual celebrities and low level performers, sometimes on the same panel. He claimed to have had Charlie Chaplin on his program, a dubious statement since Chaplin left the United States in 1952, shortly after Franklin's TV debut. Franklin took credit for discovering or giving early exposure to Al Pacino, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Woody Allen. He interviewed Andy Warhol and Howard Stern, William F. Buckley and Abbie Hoffman, Jack LaLanne and Muhammad Ali, Fred Astaire and John Wayne. Other guest claims include Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe (with whom Franklin co-authored "The Marilyn Monroe Story" in 1953), Jayne Mansfield, The Beastie Boys, Cary Grant, Sam Levene, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Salvador Dali, Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Durante, Madonna, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Bing Crosby, Jerry Lewis, Roger Williams, The Belmonts, Elvis Presley, The Ramones, Lou Albano and five US presidents (including John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon). As with the Chaplin claim, some of these appearances were unable to be independently confirmed based on a lack of evidence, since still pictures taken on the set do not exist for several of the people listed, and little video from before the 1970s survives. Bette Midler was the show's in-house singer for a time, and Barry Manilow her accompanist. Elizabeth Joyce was his in-house psychic/astrologer. Franklin never employed a co-host, but his producer, Richie Ornstein, was a standard feature on the Joe Franklin Show who interacted with guests and discussed trivia. Woody Allen, Andy Kaufman, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Julia Roberts, Bruce Springsteen, Robin Williams, John Belushi and Richard Pryor got their first television exposure on The Joe Franklin Show. Frank Sinatra reportedly appeared four times. Franklin frequently appeared at his restaurant, where he conducted live, in-person interviews with entertainers such as Carol Channing, Anita O'Day and Billy Crystal, who impersonated Franklin on Saturday Night Live. Franklin appeared as himself in such New York-based films as Ghostbusters, Broadway Danny Rose, and 29th Street. Franklin appeared on the first episode of This American Life giving host Ira Glass advice on how to have a successful show. He was also a guest on an early episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He also made appearances in various works by New York low-budget film company Troma Entertainment, making a cameo as himself in their 1999 meta-fictional slasher film Terror Firmer, as well as the 1993 infomercial The Troma System as the result of the commercial's host transforming into "the ultimate talk show host". Franklin appeared as himself in comedian Tracey Ullman's 1993 HBO comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York, interviewing character Linda Granger on his talk show. Franklin's show was first parodied by Billy Crystal during the 1984-1985 season of Saturday Night Live. On the locally produced program The Uncle Floyd Show, host Floyd Vivino parodied Franklin as "Joe Frankfurter". In 1997, Franklin was profiled in the documentary film 50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can't Be Wrong (1997), directed by Joshua Brown. Also in 1997, Franklin was satirized by Drew Friedman in * Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental (with Josh Alan Friedman) (Fantagraphics Books, 1997). In the 2005 film The Aristocrats, comedian Sarah Silverman tells a fictional story about Franklin raping her as a young performer. Franklin, who also appears in the film, said he considered filing a lawsuit, but it appears that none was ever filed. In 2014, Franklin starred in Owen Kline and Andrew Lampert's comedic short film Jazzy for Joe, which featured Franklin raising an abandoned baby discovered on his doorstep. The film was programmed by Robert Downey Sr. and run as the finale of a 2014 retrospective of his own filmography at the late West Hollywood theater Cinefamily. "It's a 13-minute film that's just great and the right spirit of those years, way back, when we were all helping each other. This film is great." Franklin married Lois Meriden, a onetime performer with Sally Rand's burlesque-style "fan dancers". They had a son, Bradley. Later, Franklin's longtime companion was Jodi Fritz. https://store.earthstation1.com/norman39s-corner-1987-dvd-gilbert-gottlfried-comedy-s391987.html

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Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 2016: #DOTD: #RIP: Marvin Minsky, American cognitive and computer scientist and academic, concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts concerning AI and philosophy (b. August 9, 1927) #dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 88. Minsky was a member of Alcor Life Extension Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board, which advocates for, researches, and performs cryonics, the freezing of human corpses and brains in liquid nitrogen after legal death, with hopes of resurrecting and restoring them to full health in the event some new technology can be developed in the future. Alcor will neither confirm nor deny whether Minsky was cryonically preserved. He was born Marvin Lee Minsky in New York City, to Jewish family of an eye surgeon father, Henry, and a Zionist activist mother, Fannie (Reiser). Marvin Minsky received many accolades and honors, including the 1969 Turing Award. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world-the-computer-dvd-mp4-downloa4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Ted Bundy: Heartless Evil Serial Killer MP4 Download Or DVD
Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1989: #DOTD: Ted Bundy, notorious serial killer with over 30 known victims who abducted, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978 (b. November 24, 1946) #dies when he is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison. His remains were cremated, and the ashes were allegedly spread over the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. Ted Bundy was born Theodore Robert Cowell to Eleanor Louise Cowell at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Burlington, Vermont. His biological father's identity has never been confirmed; his original birth certificate apparently assigns paternity to a salesman and United States Air Force veteran named Lloyd Marshall, though a copy of it listed his father as unknown. Louise claimed she met a war veteran named Jack Worthington, who abandoned her soon after she became pregnant. Louise's younger sister Audrey described him as a "nice reputable person" who nevertheless refused to pay child support. Census records reveal that several men by the name of John Worthington and Lloyd Marshall lived near Louise when Bundy was conceived. Some family members expressed suspicions that Bundy was sired by Louise's own father, Samuel Cowell. However, in the 2020 documentary film Crazy, Not Insane, psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis claimed she received a sample of Bundy's blood and that a DNA test had confirmed that he was not the product of incest. In 1950 his mother married Johnny Culpepper Bundy (1921-2007), a hospital cook, who formally adopted him. Theodore Robert Bundy's modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that he was in need of assistance or duping them into believing he was an authority figure. He would then lure his victim to his vehicle, at which point he would bludgeon them unconscious, then restrain them with handcuffs before driving them to a remote location to be sexually assaulted and killed. Bundy killed his first known victim in February 1974 in Washington, and his later crimes stretched to Oregon, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. He frequently revisited the bodies of his victims, grooming and performing sex acts on the corpses until decomposition and destruction by wild animals made further interactions impossible. Along with the murders, Bundy was also a prolific burglar, and on a few occasions he broke into homes at night and bludgeoned, maimed, strangled and sexually assaulted his victims in their sleep. In 1975, Bundy was arrested and jailed in Utah for aggravated kidnapping and attempted criminal assault. He then became a suspect in a progressively longer list of unsolved homicides in several states. Facing murder charges in Colorado, Bundy engineered two dramatic escapes and committed further assaults in Florida, including three murders, before being recaptured in 1978. For the Florida homicides, he received three death sentences in two trials. Biographer Ann Rule characterized Bundy as "a sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human's pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death and even after." He once described himself as "the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet," a statement with which attorney Polly Nelson, a member of his last defense team, agreed. She wrote that "Ted was the very definition of heartless evil." https://store.earthstation1.com/ted-bundy-heartless-evil-serial-killer-mp4-download-or-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: NBC University Theater Of The Air Literature Radio Series MP3 DVD USB
Today, January 24, 2026
January 24, 1862: #BOTD: #HBD! Edith Wharton, American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer (d. August 11, 1937) is #born Edith Newbold Jones at 14 West Twenty-third Street in New York City. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray realistically the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are The House Of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories. Edith Wharton diee at 5:30 p.m. of a stroke at Le Pavillon Colombe, her 18th-century house on Rue de Montmorency in Saint-Brice-sous-Foret, Saint-Brice-sous-Foret, a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Ile-de-France in northern France, aged 75. Wharton was buried in the American Protestant section of the Cimetiere des Gonards in Versailles, with all the honors ordinarily bestowed upon a war hero and chevalier of the Legion of Honor; some one hundred friends sang a verse of the hymn 'O Paradise'. https://store.earthstation1.com/nbc-university-theater-of-the-air-otr-mp3-dv3.html