On this day in history.

January 22, 2008: great Australian actor Heath Ledger dies.

January 22, 1901; Queen Victoria dies. Her reign of 63 years is the longest in British history.

January 22, 1840; the first British colonists to New Zealand, under the leadership of Edward G. Wakefield, land at Port Nicholson, on Auckland Island.

January 22, 1911: Austrian politician Bruno Kreisky (of jewish origin) is born.

January 23, 1957; the first Frisbee comes off the production line.

January 23, 1989 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist, dies.

Today in 1968 - the U.S. Naval Intelligence gathering ship USS Pueblo was boarded by members of the North Korean Navy in the Sea of Japan. Accused of spying, the crew was held captive for almost a year.

I had the privilege of interviewing the Pueblo's Commanding Officer, retired Commander, Lloyd Bucher, USN, in the early 1980s.

The interview was part of a program that coincided with the end of the hostage taking in Iran. The subject material included first hand accounts of former captives, and the long term
impact of that experience on the hostages.

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January 24, 1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.




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January 25, 2004: The Opportunity rover fell to Mars. The robot is still actively exploring the Red Planet.

Today in - 1970 - Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres in cinemas.

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