January 1

Happy Birthday RIP John Edgar Hoover(1895–1972) "Carole Landis"(Francis Ridste 1919–1948) ; Frank Langella Jr–79 Joseph Saddler("Grandmaster Flash")–59 Verne Troyer–48 William Jonas Armstrong–36 ; 1890 – The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, by Members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club, presented the first of this annual parade ; 1892 – Ellis Island in New York City opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States ; 1983 – APRANET officially begins using TCP/IP instead of NCP, thus creating the Internet