According to the AP, on January 14th:
- In 1952, NBC's "Today" show premiered, featuring Dave Garroway as host.
- In 1957, actor Humphrey Bogart died of throat cancer. He was 57.
- In 1967, the first so-called "Human Be-In" was held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Among the performers were the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.
- In 1970, Diana Ross performed for the last time with The Supremes, at a show in Las Vegas.
- Also in 1970, a display of John Lennon's erotic "Bag One" lithographs opened in London. Scotland Yard seized prints two days later as evidence of pornography.
- In 1972, "Sanford and Son" made its premiere on NBC.
- In 1973, Elvis Presley's TV special "Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii" was beamed from Honolulu by satellite to dozens of countries. At the time, the program set a record for the number of people watching.
- In 1978, the Sex Pistols played their last concert before breaking up at a hall in San Francisco. They reunited in 1996 for a world tour.
- In 1986, actress Donna Reed died. She was 64.
- In 1990, "The Simpsons" made its premiere as a weekly show on Fox.
- In 1999, actor Robert Guillame suffered a mild stroke on the set of the TV show "Sports Night." The stroke was later written into the show.
- In 2000, talk show host David Letterman had emergency heart surgery.
- In 2006, Eminem re-married Kim Mathers in Detroit. He filed for divorce 82 days later.
Today's birthdays:
- Blues singer Clarence Carter is 77.
- Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint is 75.
- Singer Jack Jones is 75.
- Actress Faye Dunaway is 72.
- Actress Holland Taylor ("Two and a Half Men," ''The Practice") is 70.
- Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 65.
- Actor Carl Weathers is 65.
- Singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is 54.
- Rapper Slick Rick is 48.
- Actor-producer Dan Schneider ("Head of the Class") is 47.
- Actress Emily Watson ("Breaking the Waves") is 46.
- Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes ("Mr. Rhodes") is 46.
- Guitarist Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) is 46.
- Rapper LL Cool J is 45.
- Actor Jason Bateman is 44.
- Musician Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters (and Nirvana) is 44.
- Singer-guitarist Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon is 31.
- Musician Joe Guese (The Click Five) is 30.
- Actor Jonathan Osser is 24.
