History 101: January 13th, 1794: President Washington approved adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.
History 101: January 13th, 1971: This is the 38th anniversary of the day one of the world’s most revered guitarists returned to the recording studio after a two-year battle kicking heroin. It was Eric Clapton.
The 101 number one song of the day was written by two collaborators who never really collaborated. They usually worked separately but they came together for today’s . In a 1980 Playboy interview, one was quoted as saying the other “provided the optimism while I contributed the sadness.” While the first brought lightness to the work, “I was impatient.” The song you’re about to hear had each of those elements within. The middle eight, as it were, written by the man just quoted (and whose name always came first on the credits) declared, “Life is very short and there’s no time.” But the song’s title, and the thrust of the song, reflected the hopefulness of the partner. Together they produced an unrivaled body of work. Lennon and McCartney did work together on the song that was number one in America on January 13, 1966 for the Beatles: “We Can Work It Out.”
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101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: Auburn Tigers fans wanted to eat real duck meat Monday night, as the Tigers narrowly beat the Oregon Ducks in the national championship game. At least two stores in the Mobile, Alabama, area sold out of duck prior to kickoff. Daron Mosley, owner of Mosley’s Fine Meats, says one of his locations sold about 100 pounds of the bird. Mosely noted that prior to Alabama-Florida games he gets a lot of requests for alligator meat.
Hong Kong is ranked the world’s freest economy for the 17th consecutive year in the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, jointly published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. According to the index, Hong Kong scores 89.7, well above the world average of 59.7. Among the 10 economic freedom factors assessed, Hong Kong ranks first in financial freedom and trade freedom, second in investment freedom and property rights, and third in business freedom and monetary freedom. The 2011 Index measures the degree of economic freedom of 179 economies around the world by assessing 10 factors: business freedom, trade freedom, fiscal freedom, government spending, monetary freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom, property rights, freedom from corruption and labor freedom. The U. S. finished 9th on the list. This is all the more puzzling in that Hong Kong belongs to China – a communist country!
In a scene straight from the movie “A Christmas Story,” an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy got his tongue stuck to a metal pole after he licked it on a dare. Officials say when rescue crews arrived Tuesday morning, the boy was standing on his tiptoes, trying to wriggle his frozen tongue free from a stop sign pole across the street from Woodward Middle School. Paramedics were able to help the boy by pouring water on his tongue. Once free, the boy told officials he got stuck after his brother dared him to lick the pole. The boy was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Seattle’s real-life masked crime fighter said one man pointed a gun at him and another broke his nose when he intervened in their argument. The caped crusader known to the public as Phoenix Jones said he was attempting to stop a heated argument between two men from turning violent during the weekend when one of the men pulled a gun on him. Jones said the other man struck him, breaking his nose, before both suspects fled. Jones said he began dressing up and patrolling the streets after his young son was injured by broken glass from some teenagers attempting to break into his car.
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