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Today in History ~ January 12
Events
1493 - Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1755 - Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif
1816 - France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 - Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1863 - President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address
1865 - -13] Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1879 - British-Zulu War begins as British troops under Lieutenant General Frederic Augustus invade Zululand from the southern African republic of Natal. [H]
1896 - 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1926 - "Sam n' Henry" the "Amos 'n' Andy" precursor debuts [H]
1932 - Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate
1932 - Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in NYC
1933 - US Congress recognize independence Philippines
1933 - Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
1943 - Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal) [T]
1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 - US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
1954 - Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115
1954 - Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announces policy of "massive retaliation" [H]
1966 - "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1966 - 12 day NYC transit strike ends
1966 - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1967 - Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1971 - "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 - Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1977 - Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1979 - LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1989 - Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1990 - Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln
1991 - US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq to eject Iraq from Kuwait.
1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
1995 - Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
Birthdays Today
1588 - John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)
1729 - Edmund Burke (statesman, philosopher: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.")
1737 - John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
1856 - John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)
1876 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer
1876 - Jack London (John Chaney) (author: The Sea Wolf, The Call of the Wild, White Fang)
1878 - Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)
1893 - Hermann Goering, WWI hero and Reichsmarshal (Nazi Germany)
1902 - Joe E. Lewis (Klewan) (comedian)
1905 - Tex (Woodward) Ritter (country singer: High Noon, Blood on the Saddle)(John Ritter's father)
1912 - Luise Rainer (Academy Award-winning actress: The Great Ziegfeld, [1936], The Good Earth [1937]
1915 - Martin Agronsky (newsman)
1916 - A P[ieter] W Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa
1926 - Ray Price (country singer: Crazy Arms, Make the World Go Away, For the Good Times, I Won't Mention it Again, Nightlife)
1928 - Lloyd Ruby (auto racer)
1930 - Glenn Yarbrough (singer: group: The Limeliters; solo: Baby the Rain Must Fall)
1930 - Tim Horton (hockey)
1936 - Ron Harper (actor)
1943 - Tucker (Ivan) Frederickson (football)
1944 - Joe Frazier (boxer:'Smokin' Joe': World Heavyweight Champion [1970-1973])
1945 - Maggie Bell (rock artist: Group: Stone the Crows)
1946 - Cynthia Robinson (singer, musician: trumpet; group: The Stoners)
1949 - James Dietz (rower)
1950 - Randy Jones (baseball: San Diego Padres; Cy Young Award [1976])
1951 - Drew Pearson (football: Dallas Cowboys WR; Super Bowl X, XII, XIII)
1954 - Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy"
1955 - Kirstie Alley (Emmy Award-winning actress, comedy series: Cheers [1991], Look Who's Talking)
Famous deaths
1519 - Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies
1665 - Pierre de Fermat, Fr lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63
1928 - Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
1962 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42
1976 - Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians), dies at 85
1977 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique, Truth), dies at 69
1978 - Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious
1990 - Laurence J Peter, author (Peter Princible), dies of a stroke at 70
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