Post by Frank Beacham

Jan. 16: Singer and pianist Ronnie Milsap is 78 years old today; singer-songwriter Jill Sobule is 60 years old today; Rob Glaser, the father of streaming media, is 59 years old today; Susan Sontag, writer, filmmaker, professor, literary icon and political activist, was born 88 years ago today; Benny Goodman exposed jazz for the first time at Carnegie Hall on this evening in 1938 — 83 years ago; and Ethel Merman, the “undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage," was born 113 years ago today. Also, on this day in 1942 — 79 years ago — actress Carole Lombard, famous for her film roles in screwball comedies, was killed when the TWA DC-3 plane she was traveling in crashed en route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. www.beachamjournal.com