Film and TV Awards
1954 11th Golden Globes: The Robe, Spencer Tracy, & Audrey Hepburn win

Audrey Hepburn

Spencer Tracy
- 1958 KRSD (now KEVN) TV channel 7 in Rapid City, SD (ABC) 1st broadcast
- 1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC
- 1985 Kelly Hu, 16, of Hawaii, crowned 3rd Miss Teen USA
- 1987 Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism
Film and TV Awards
1994 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Tom Hanks, & Holly Hunter win

Tom Hanks

Holly Hunter
Event of Interest
2010 Conan O'Brien's last Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot

Conan O'Brien
January in History
The British: 139. Zulu Warriors: 4,000. Let Battle Begin
It was one of the most remarkable military engagements ever: the day that 139 British soldiers took on 4,000 Zulu warriors – and won.
January 22, 1879'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman'
One of the most notorious denials in political history came on this day when President Bill Clinton held a news conference on his relations with Monica Lewinsky.
January 26, 1998Crippled Kaiser Had Grip of Iron
German Emperor 'Kaiser Bill,' was born on this day, strong-willed and determined to overcome the deformity that afflicted him from birth.
January 27, 1859Riot Leader Accuses a Queen
How did Lord George Gordon, an aristocrat who led the Gordon Riots in London, lose a libel case on this day to French Queen Marie Antoinette?
January 28, 1788