Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 1/28/2012

1/28/1990:
Joe Montana fires five touchdown passes to lead the San Francisco 49ers to a 55-10 hammering of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV at the Louisiana Syuperdome in New Orleans. Three of the TD strikes go to wide receiver Jerry Rice, one is nabbed by wide receiver John Taylor, and another is reeled in by tight end Brent Jones. In all, Montana completes 22 of 29 for 297 yards.

Birthdays:
Pete Runnels b. 1928
Colin Campbell b. 1953
Tony Delk b. 1974
Jermaine Dye b. 1974
Daunte Culpepper b. 1977

SOCIAL HISTORY

Ah, those bygone days of servants and cocktail shakers, of weekends at Bar Harbor with spaniels, of ropes of pearls and Fortuny dresses. New Yorker writer Tad Friend chronicles his glittering Wasp family’s decline while examining the culture with wry wit. Is family fate? Cheerful Money will help you decide.

CHEERFUL MONEY: ME, MY FAMILY, AND THE LAST DAYS OF WASP SPLENDOR, by Tad Friend (Little, Brown, 2009)