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12 Jan 1528
Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden rules for 37 years and becomes known as the father of the nation
12 Jan 1552
Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm hundreds killed
12 Jan 1554
Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia
12 Jan 1583
Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 11)
12 Jan 1598
Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
12 Jan 1616
Brazilian city Belem (the entrance gate to the Amazon) founded by Captain Major Francisco Branco
12 Jan 1701
Frisia & Groningen (Netherlands) begin use of Gregorian calendar
12 Jan 1773
First public museum established in north American colonies (Charlestown SC)
12 Jan 1777
Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
12 Jan 1807
Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands 150 die
12 Jan 1808
The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society a former Scottish learned society is held in Edinburgh.
12 Jan 1809
British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814)
12 Jan 1812
1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam from Natchez
12 Jan 1816
France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
12 Jan 1820
Astronomical Society of London (now the Royal Astronomical Society) founded in England
12 Jan 1839
Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron Mauch Chunk Penn
12 Jan 1842
Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
12 Jan 1848
Palermo rising against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies takes place in Sicily
12 Jan 1861
Florida state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens (US Civil War)
12 Jan 1863
President Davis delivers his State of Confederacy address
12 Jan 1866
The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
12 Jan 1872
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
12 Jan 1896
1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith Davidson NC)
12 Jan 1898
It Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan
12 Jan 1899
Lynmouth Lifeboat rescues 18 people from the stricken schooner Forest Hall off the coast of Devon
12 Jan 1902
Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formally dissolved
12 Jan 1903
Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pennsylvania killing 170
12 Jan 1904
Herero people of South West Africa now Namibia rebel against German colonial rule
12 Jan 1906
Football rules committee legalizes forward pass
12 Jan 1907
Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
12 Jan 1908
A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
12 Jan 1911
The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
12 Jan 1912
-47F (-44C) Washta Iowa (state record)
12 Jan 1915
US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote
12 Jan 1916
Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Islands as a colony in Pacific
12 Jan 1916
Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke receive the Pour le Merite the German Empires highest military award for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircrafts
12 Jan 1918
Finlands Mosaic Confessors law went into effect making Finnish Jews full citizens.
12 Jan 1920
Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings agreed to
12 Jan 1921
Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
12 Jan 1924
History of Science Society organized at Boston
12 Jan 1925
John Howard Lawsons Processional premieres in NYC
12 Jan 1928
Philip Barry & Elmer Rices Cock Robin premieres in NYC
12 Jan 1929
Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins New Orleans-Havana
12 Jan 1932
Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark)
12 Jan 1932
Philip Barrys Animal Kingdom premieres in NYC
12 Jan 1933
US Congress recognizes the Philippines independence
12 Jan 1940
World War II Soviets bombs cities in Finland.
12 Jan 1943
Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)
12 Jan 1944
Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
12 Jan 1944
Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
12 Jan 1945
German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
12 Jan 1945
US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
12 Jan 1945
The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe
12 Jan 1946
Polonaise closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
12 Jan 1946
Edouardo de Filippos Questi Fantasmi premieres in Rome
12 Jan 1946
NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
12 Jan 1948
US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
12 Jan 1949
Arthur Godfrey & his Friends premieres on CBS TV
12 Jan 1949
Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
12 Jan 1950
Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames 64 die
12 Jan 1950
USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason espionage & sabotage
12 Jan 1952
NFL Pro Bowl National Conference beats American Conference 30-13
12 Jan 1952
University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student
12 Jan 1953
9 Jewish physicians arrested for terrorist activities in Moscow
12 Jan 1954
Austrias worst avalanche-kills 200 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115
12 Jan 1956
FBi arrests 6 members of the Great Brinks robbery gang 6 days before statute of limitations runs out
12 Jan 1957
Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
12 Jan 1958
NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
12 Jan 1959
KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
12 Jan 1960
Gary Sobers and Frank Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt WI v England
12 Jan 1960
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBAer to score 15000 points
12 Jan 1961
Show Girl opens at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC for 100 performances
12 Jan 1962
Operation Chopper begins Americas first combat mission in the Vietnam War
12 Jan 1963
Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence peaks at 1
12 Jan 1963
Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia v England
12 Jan 1964
Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar 1 month after independence
12 Jan 1965
At 1058 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
12 Jan 1966
3 British Members of Parliament are attacked in a hotel in Salisbury Rhodesia (now Harare Zimbabwe)
12 Jan 1967
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation and remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation
12 Jan 1967
NBC premiers the colorized remake of Dragnet
12 Jan 1968
Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
12 Jan 1968
Nighttime version of Hollywood Squares premieres on NBC TV
12 Jan 1969
Golden Rainbow closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances
12 Jan 1969
Super Bowl III Orange Bowl Miami New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts 16-7 MVP Joe Namath NY Jets QB
12 Jan 1969
Debut album of Led Zeppelin released first in the US
12 Jan 1971
All in the Family premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
12 Jan 1971
Soon opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
12 Jan 1971
Negotiations over price of petroleum begin in Tehran between 6 OPEC Persian Gulf states and 22 oil companies
12 Jan 1971
2 bombs explode at UK Employment Secretary Robert Carrs home
12 Jan 1971
21st NBA All-Star Game West beats East 108-107 at San Diego
12 Jan 1972
Tigers sign a lease to build a 126M domed stadium (doesnt happen)
12 Jan 1974
Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as Islamic Arab Republic
12 Jan 1975
Super Bowl IX Tulane Stadium New Orleans Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings 16-6 MVP Franco Harris Pittsburgh RB
12 Jan 1976
UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organisation
12 Jan 1977
Ipi Tombi opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances
12 Jan 1977
Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
12 Jan 1979
LAs Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi arrested in Bellingham
12 Jan 1979
Record blizzard strikes the US midwest killing over 100
12 Jan 1980
Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
12 Jan 1981
Soap opera Dynasty produced by Aaron Spelling and starring John Forsythe Linda Evans and Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV
12 Jan 1981
-35F (-37C) Chester Massachusetts (state record)
12 Jan 1983
Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
12 Jan 1983
NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
12 Jan 1986
24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
12 Jan 1986
Chicago Blackhawk centre Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
12 Jan 1986
AFC Championship Miami Orange Bowl New England Patriots beat Miami Dolphins 31-14
12 Jan 1986
NFC Championship Soldier Field Chicago Chicago Bears beat Los Angeles Rams 24-0
12 Jan 1988
Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
12 Jan 1989
6 claim to survive in rubble 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
12 Jan 1990
Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
12 Jan 1991
Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11520)
12 Jan 1991
Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (155.69)
12 Jan 1992
13th ACE Cable Awards CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the Persian Gulf War
12 Jan 1992
Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
12 Jan 1992
US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
12 Jan 1992
Algerias general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
12 Jan 1992
A new constitution providing for freedom to form political parties is approved by a referendum in Mali.
12 Jan 1992
NFC Championship RFK Memorial Stadium Washington D.C. Washington Redskins beat Detroit Lions 41-10
12 Jan 1994
Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
12 Jan 1996
Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
12 Jan 1997
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
12 Jan 1997
Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
12 Jan 1997
Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18) launches into space
12 Jan 1997
AFC Championship Foxborough Stadium New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars 20-6
12 Jan 1997
NFC Championship Lambeau Field Green Bay Green Bay Packers beat Carolina Panthers 30-13
12 Jan 1998
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
12 Jan 2001
Downtown Disney opens to the public in Anaheim
12 Jan 2004
The worlds largest ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2 makes its maiden voyage.
12 Jan 2005
Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
12 Jan 2006
A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina Saudi Arabia kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims
12 Jan 2006
Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Aca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II
12 Jan 2006
French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
12 Jan 2006
The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom France and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
12 Jan 2007
Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
12 Jan 2010
Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing approximately 160000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
12 Jan 2010
Colombia officially leaves the recession after achieving 2% economic growth in the last quarter of 2009
12 Jan 2012
17th Critics Choice Movie Awards The Artist wins Best Film
12 Jan 2013
A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer Somalia results in 18 deaths
12 Jan 2013
Beijings level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health
12 Jan 1872
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum 1st imperial coronation in Axum in over 200 years
12 Jan 1952
2nd NFL Pro Bowl Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 MVP Dan Towler LA Rams FB
12 Jan 1958
8th NFL Pro Bowl LA Memorial Coliseum Western Conference beats Eastern Conference 26-7 MVPs Hugh McElhenny SF 49ers HB Gene Brito Washington Redskins DE
12 Jan 1969
Super Bowl III Orange Bowl Miami FL New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts 16-7 MVP Joe Namath NY Jets QB
12 Jan 1975
Super Bowl IX Tulane Stadium New Orleans LA Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings 16-6 MVP Franco Harris Pittsburgh RB
12 Jan 1980
Phoenix point guard Mike Bratz begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games during a 107-96 loss at the Golden State Warriors
12 Jan 2013
Mile High Miracle In AFC Divisional Playoff Game Denver Broncos trail Baltimore Ravens 35-28 with 109 remaining quarterback Joe Flacco heaves 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game. Ravens win in overtime.
12 Jan 1983
Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
12 Jan 1983
Quebec Nordiques play 230th NHL game without being shut out
12 Jan 1992
Highest scoring NCAA basketball game Troy State Trojans defeat DeVry Hoyas 258-149 in Troy Alabama
12 Jan 1997
Ladies figure skating star Oksana Baiul injured slightly while driving intoxicated in Bloomfield Connecticut
12 Jan 1998
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Eagles Fleetwood Mac Mamas and Papas Lloyd Price Santana Gene Vincent Jelly Roll Morton and Allen Toussaint
12 Jan 1867
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoys play Smert Ioanna Groznogo (The Death of Ivan the Terrible) premieres in St Petersburg
12 Jan 1918
Finlands Mosaic Confessors law comes into effect making Finnish Jews full citizens
12 Jan 1952
University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student Gene Mitchell Gray as a graduate student in chemistry
12 Jan 1967
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation
12 Jan 1967
NBC revival of Jack Webbs police drama Dragnet now broadcast in color debuts runs through 1970
12 Jan 1969
Atlantic Records releases eponymous debut album of Led Zeppelin in US
12 Jan 1976
UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
12 Jan 1981
MLB Cincinnati Reds become last team to sign a free agent outfielder Larry Biitner
12 Jan 1773
First public museum established in north American colonies in Charlestown South Carolina
12 Jan 1839
Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania
12 Jan 1848
Unsuccessful Peoples Uprising begins in Palermo Sicily. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
12 Jan 1863
Confederate President Davis delivers his State of Confederacy address
12 Jan 1900
Utopian Freeland Colony founded on Whidbey Island in Washington State US
12 Jan 1932
Philip Barrys play The Animal Kingdom premieres in NYC
12 Jan 1942
Dutch troops on Tarakan island off North Borneo surrender the islands oil fields to the Japanese
12 Jan 1942
US National War Labor Board created to mediate labor disputes
12 Jan 1948
1st Supermarket in the UK opens - the Co-op the countrys first permanent self-service store in East Londons Manor Park
12 Jan 1948
US Supreme Court decision in Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents
12 Jan 1959
KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa Oklahoma (PBS) begins broadcasting
12 Jan 1959
Rediscovery of the Caves of Nerja in Malaga Spain
12 Jan 1971
Joseph Kookoolis and Scott Fagans rock opera musical Soon opens at Ritz Theater NYC runs for 3 performances
12 Jan 1995
Pope John Paul II arrives on his second visit to the Philippines on trip to South East Asia
12 Jan 1554
Bayinnaung is crowned King of Burma assembles the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia
12 Jan 1777
Franciscan Order establishes La Misi La Misin Santa Clara de Thamien in California
12 Jan 1848
Unsuccessful Peoples Uprising against the ruling Bourbons begins in Palermo Sicily Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
12 Jan 1906
1st time Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 100 (100.26)
12 Jan 1946
Edouardo de Filippos stage drama Questi Fantasmi premieres in Rome
12 Jan 1946
NFL champs Cleveland Rams owner Daniel Reeves announces plans to move team to Los Angeles to avoid having to compete with the incoming AAFC Browns team
12 Jan 1948
First Supermarket in the UK opens - the Co-op the countrys first permanent self-service store in East Londons Manor Park
12 Jan 1960
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is the 1st NBA player to score 15000 points
12 Jan 1971
Two bombs explode at UK Employment Secretary Robert Carrs home
12 Jan 1996
Russian troops arrive in Bosnia as part of a joint operation with the US
12 Jan 2013
Mile High Miracle In AFC Divisional Playoff Game Denver Broncos ahead of Baltimore Ravens 35-28 with 109 remaining quarterback Joe Flacco heaves 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game. Ravens win in overtime.
12 Jan 2014
Stephen Bunting and Lisa Ashton win the BDO World Darts Championship
12 Jan 2015
FIFA Ballon dOr Real Madrid & Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins for a 2nd consecutive time his 3rd award overall VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Nadine Keler is womens award winner
12 Jan 2019
18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrives in Toronto Canada as a refugee via Thailand after escaping family abuse in Saudi Arabia
12 Jan 2020
1st ATP Cup Mens Tennis Sydney Novak okovi & Viktor Troicki beat Spanish pair Pablo Carreo Busta & Feliciano Lpez 6-3 6-4 to clinch inaugural title for Serbia 2-1 okovi beats Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-6
12 Jan 2020
Argentine striker Sergio Agero becomes top-scoring overseas player in English Premier League football history with a hat-trick in Manchester Citys 6-1 rout of Aston Villa total 177 takes him past Thierry Henry
12 Jan 2020
Taal volcano 70km (45 miles) south of Manila in the Philippines begins erupting prompting evacuations
12 Jan 2021
Indias Supreme Court puts on hold three controversial new farm laws that ignited weeks of protests by farmers in Delhi
12 Jan 2023
Toadzilla a large cane toad and unofficially the worlds largest toad at 2.7kg discovered in Conway National Park Australia (as an invasive pest later euthanized) [1]
12 Jan 2024
The island nation of Cape Verde is the first sub-Saharan country to be declared malaria-free in 50 years by the WHO [1]
12 Jan 2024
Wokery safe word forever chemical and swear box added to the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary [1]
12 Jan 1812
First cargo arrives in New Orleans by steamboat from Natchez
12 Jan 1896
First X-ray photo in the US (Dr. Henry Smith Davidson NC)
12 Jan 1916
Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke receive the Pour le Merite the German Empires highest military award for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft [1]
12 Jan 1918
Montreal Canadiens center Joe Malone scores 5 goals in a 9-4 win over Ottawa to become the first 20 goal scorer in NHL history goes on to score 44 regular season goals
12 Jan 1928
Philip Barry and Elmer Rices play Cock Robin premieres in NYC
12 Jan 1948
First supermarket in the UK opens the Co-op the countrys first permanent self-service store in East Londons Manor Park
12 Jan 1993
NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma
12 Jan 2023
Brock Purdy is named the NFC Rookie of the Month for December and January