Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 1/3/2011

1/3/1973:
George Steinbrenner's syndicate buys the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million. At the time of the purchase, the Yankees haven't been to a World Series since 1964 or won one since 1962. Steinbrenner, president of the American Ship Building Corporation, meets the press to announce his plans for the Yankees and declares that he will not take an active part in running the club. "We plan absentee ownership," he tells reporters. "We're not going to pretend to be something we aren't. I'll stick to building ships."

Birthdays:
Hank Stram b. 1923
Bobby Hull b. 1939
Darren Daulton b. 1962
Cheryl Miller b. 1964
Eli Manning b. 1981

Packers Fact
The Packers entered the 2009 season with an all-time record of 668-528-36, including postseason.

ON JANUARY, IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS IN

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Oatmeal Month

California Dried Plum Digestive Month

January 6: Fruitcake Toss Day

January 29: Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

“No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There’s too much work to do.”

—DOROTHY DAY, American activist

This book has more than 4,600 pictures and 2,100 line drawings. It covers 1,037 buildings, from houses to airports, built since the year 2000 by 653 architects in 89 countries. It has maps and is color coded. If you have an interest in architecture and where it’s going, you must have this atlas. Try to persuade your significant other or your rich aunt Alice of how badly you need it. It’s worth any amount of begging or cajoling you may need to summon up.

PHAIDON ATLAS OF 21ST CENTURY WORLD ARCHITECTURE; by the editors of Phaidon Press (Phaidon Press, 2008)