Jan 16, 1932 – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra recorded “It Don’t Mean a Thing.”
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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.
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Jan 9, 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the U.S.
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Jan 8, 1790 – In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.
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Jan 7, 1926 – George Burns and Gracie Allen were married.
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Jan 6, 1963 – “Wild Kingdom” premiered on NBC.
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