ON THIS DATE January 12 1896: the first x-ray was taken by H-L Smith. It was a picture of a hand with a bullet in it. 1915: The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1926: Amos and Andy debuted on WGN radio in Chicago, Illinois. The show continued on radio until 1948. 1932: Hattie Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 1928: pianist Vladimir Horowitz debuted as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic at New Yorks Carnegie Hall. 1932: Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 1932: Ed Sullivan joined CBS radio in a gossip and interview program. He later became host of the most popular variety show on television. 1948: the Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law school applicants because of race. 1949: the kids show Kukla, Fran and Ollie debuted on NBC television. 1959: The Bozo Show debuted on television. 1965: Historys oldest porcupine died at the National Zoo in Washington. The Sumatran crested porcupine was 27 years 3 months old. 1966: Batman debuted on ABC television. Adam West and Burt Ward portrayed the caped crusaders Batman and Robin. (Show intro) 1969: Joe Namath and the AFLs New York Jets defeated the NFLs Baltimore Colts 16-to-seven in Super Bowl Three. It is regarded as one of the most shocking upsets in professional football history. 1970: The Boeing 747 jetliner made its maiden voyage. 1971: The first episode of All In The Family aired on CBS-TV, featuring the first toilet flush on network television. (Show intro) 1981: The primetime soap opera Dynasty premiered on ABC. (Show intro) 1985: After a record 24 weeks as the #1 album in the nation, Princes Purple Rain was knocked off by Bruce Springsteen’s Born In the USA. 1991: country singer Johnny Paycheck was released from a prison in Ohio after serving two years of a seven year sentence for a barroom shooting. 1993: rocker Ted Nugent was fined one-thousand dollars for shooting two flaming arrows across the stage during a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. 1995: Stevie Wonder performed his first concert in Arizona in almost nine years. He had boycotted the state for canceling its observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Arizona reinstated the holiday 1993. 1999: Mark McGwires 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder. 2010: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, devastating the nations capital of Port-au-Prince. More than 230-thousand people were reported dead, making the quake one of the deadliest on record. 2014: the historical drama 12 Years A Slave and the con caper American Hustle were the big winners at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.
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