Today is Saturday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2019. There are 339 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight: On Jan. 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton forcefully denied having an affair with a former White House intern, telling reporters, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”
On this date:
In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state.
In 1939, principal photography began for David O. Selznick’s movie version of “Gone with the Wind.”
In 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to head to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In 1962, the United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon — but the probe ended up missing its target by more than 22,000 miles.
Today’s birthdays: Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 84. Actor Scott Glenn is 80. Actor David Strathairn is 70. Actress-comedian-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 61. Rock musician Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows) is 59. Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky is 58. Musician Andrew Ridgeley is 56. Actor Paul Johansson is 55.
Thought for today: “My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don’t get right.” — T.H. Huxley, English biologist and author (1825-1895).
— Associated Press
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