TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Jan. 26, 2020

NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California; the former Lakers star was 41.

ON THIS DATE 1907

Congress passed the Tillman Act, which prohibited corporations from making direct campaign contributions to federal election candidates.

1961

President John F. Kennedy appointed Dr. Janet G. Travell to be his personal physician; she was the first woman to hold the job.

2009

Nadya Suleman gave birth at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in California to six boys and two girls.