But, why not let the folks at LHJ say it in their own words:

“...As the oldest, most respected women’s service magazine in the country, Ladies’ Home Journal has always focused on issues of crucial importance to millions of women. Since our first issue, in December 1883, we’ve covered an incredibly wide range of topics--from the latest medical research and consumer news to parenting know-how, workplace survival, good skin care, nutrition facts and much, much more. Every issue includes subjects as diverse as the lives of our readers, women who work both in and out of the home and who are wives and mothers as well. With top-quality research, analysis and reporting, Ladies’ Home Journal represents a standard of excellence that just keeps getting better after more than a century of service to America’s women. We both empower women and applaud their growing power. Our fifty year slogan has never been more true: Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman.”

Well said. And, we won’t!

 1945 - James Naughton
actor: The Paper Chase, Planet of the Apes [TV], The Glass Menagerie, The Cosby Mysteries, The First Wives Club, Oxygen; brother of actor David Naughton, geboren
Arthur Conquest, Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
 

 1951 - Carl Summerell
football: E. Carolina, New York Giants QB, geboren
1951 J Edward Bromberg dies at 47 , gestorben 

1960 - Gene Autry was attending the 1960 baseball winter meetings hoping to secure a broadcasting contract for KMPC, his Los Angeles radio station. The ‘Singing Cowboy’ wound up as the owner of the expansion Los Angeles Angels (when no one came forward to bid for the team, Autry made a bid of his own). The team became the showpiece for KMPC. The Angels played their first season in Wrigley Field (capacity 22,000), then rented Dodger Stadium and later moved to Anaheim.

 1962 - Janine Turner (Gauntt)
actress: Northern Exposure, Behind the Screen, Cliffhanger, Steel Magnolias, Monkey Shines, Knights of the City, geboren

1968 - The Commissioner of Baseball, William Eckert was told, “Yer outta here!” after serving three years of his 7-year contract. Bowie Kuhn was his replacement and had as bad a time -- only for a longer period of time.

1969 - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, by Steam, reached the #1 spot on the top 40. It stayed at the top for two weeks and was the only major hit for the group that later ran out of ... steam.

1984 - Two former Beatles debuted in two film releases this day. Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards to Broad Street and George Harrison’s A Private Function were finalized for theatre audiences.

1989 - Ein 25-jähriger Amokläufer erschießt in der Universität von Montreal (Kanada) vierzehn junge Frauen und anschließend sich selbst. Sein Motiv ist Hass auf Feministinnen
1989 - Egon Krenz tritt von seinen Ämtern als Vorsitzender von Staatsrat und Nationalem Verteidigungsrat der DDR zurück

6 2002 Hochzeit von Marita Himstedt und Bruno Bruni, Trauzeugen Kanzler Schröder und Boxer Dariusz Michalczewski

6 2002 USA: Überraschender Rücktritt von Finanzminister Paul O'Neill, ex-Chef des weltgrößten Alumniumherstellers Alcoa, ohne Angabe von Gründen