Jan 20, 1885 – The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
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Jan 19, 1953 – Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of “I Love Lucy,” gave birth to a baby boy.
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Jan 18, 1778 – English navigator Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he called the “Sandwich Islands.”
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Jan 15, 1892 – “Triangle” magazine in Springfield, MA, published the rules for a brand new game. The original rules involved attaching a peach baskets to a suspended board. It is now known as basketball.
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Jan 13, 1957 – Wham-O began producing “Pluto Platters.” This marked the true beginning of production of the flying disc. 
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Jan 12, 1971 – “All In the Family” debuted on CBS-TV.
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Jan 11, 1935 – Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
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Jan 10, 1927 – Fritz Lang’s film “Metropolis” was first shown, in Berlin.
