MOMENTS IN TIME
• On Jan. 10, 1961, Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon," dies. The novel was filmed three times: once in 1931; once in 1936 under the title "Satan Met a Lady," starring Bette Davis; and again in 1941, starring Humphrey Bogart.
• On Jan. 11, 1927, Charlie Chaplin's $16 million estate is frozen by court receivers after his second wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, sues for divorce. Lita was a 16-year-old hopeful actress when the 35-year-old Chaplin married her in 1924.
• On Jan. 12, 1944, Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" premieres at the Astor Theater in New York. "Lifeboat" demonstrated Hitchcock's mastery of suspense by confining all action to the space of the small boat.
• On Jan. 13, 1939, Arthur "Doc" Barker is killed while trying to escape from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay. Barker, of the notorious "Bloody Barkers" gang, was spotted on the shore of the island after climbing over the walls.
• On Jan. 14, 1875, theologian, musician, philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer is born in Upper- Alsace, Germany. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1952, Schweitzer used his $33,000 award to start a leprosarium at Lambarene.
• On Jan. 15, 1919, fiery-hot molasses floods the streets of Boston when the bolts on a 58-foot-high tank filled with 2.5 million gallons of crude molasses suddenly explode. The molasses flowed into the street, knocked over the local firehouse and pushed over the support beams for the elevated train line. In all, 21 people were killed.
• On Jan. 16, 1973, the long-running Western series "Bonanza" is canceled after 14 seasons. The show, which debuted in 1959, was the first Western to be televised in color. Its trademark theme song rose to No. 19 on Billboard's Top Singles chart in 1961.
