This Day in History
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)
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Roosevelt (re)creates the National War Labor Board
On this day in 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt reinstates Woodrow Wilsons National War Labor Board (NWLB) in an attempt to forestall labor-managem...
First elected female senator
Ophelia Wyatt Caraway a Democrat from Arkansas becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Caraway born near Bakerville Tennessee had been ap...
Pyramid mystery unearthed
On this day an international panel overseeing the restoration of the Great Pyramids in Egypt overcomes years of frustration when it abandons modern constructio...
British-Zulu War begins
The British-Zulu War begins as British troops under Lieutenant General Frederic Augustus invade Zululand from the southern African republic of Natal.In 1843 Br...
Henry Ford sets speed record
On this day in 1904 Henry Ford sets a land-speed record of 91.37 mph on the frozen surface of Michigans Lake St. Clair. He was driving a four-wheel veh...
Original Amos ‘n’ Andy debuts on Chicago radio
On this day in 1926 the two-man comedy series Sam n Henry debuts on Chicagos WGN radio station. Two years later after cha...
Soviet forces penetrate the siege of Leningrad
On this day Soviet troops create a breach in the German siege of Leningrad which had lasted for a year and a half. The Soviet forces punched a hole in the sie...
Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris
The day after British Prime Minister David Lloyd Georges arrival in Paris he meets with representatives from the other Big Four nationsPrime Mi...
Operation Ranch Hand initiated
The United States Air Force launches Operation Ranch Hand a modern technological area-denial technique designed to expose the roads and trails us...
Harrisburg Six charged with conspiracy
The Reverend Philip F. Berrigan serving a six-year prison term on charges of destroying draft records and five others are indicted by a grand jury on charges ...
Broadway Joe delivers
On January 12 1969 in the most celebrated performance of his prolific career quarterback Joe Namath leads the New York Jets to a stunning 16-7 victory over t...
Johnson says U.S. should stay in Vietnam
On this day in 1966 Lyndon Johnson in his State of the Union address commits the United States to staying in Vietnam as long as aggression commands us to bat...
Joseph Smith abandons Ohio
After his Mormon bank fails in the Panic of 1837 Joseph Smith flees Kirtland Ohio to avoid arrest and heads for Missouri to rebuild his religious community.A...
Jack London is born
On this day Jack London the illegitimate son of an astrologer father and a spiritualist mother is born in San Francisco. His father abandoned the family and...
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall
Even with the rise of jazz and pop music during the period the 1920s and 30s was a time when performances of classical music both live and on radio drew enor...
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