» » This day from the past, January 12th, is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year (354 in leap years). The day of the week is Monday. → 1598 - Paris France - Troilus de Mesgouez, Marquis de La Roche c1540-1606, awarded further ownership and trade monopoly of New France from Henri IV; appointed Lieutenant General of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador. → 1729 - Edmund Burke born, (statesman, philosopher: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”; dies July 9, 1797). → 1737 - John Hancock born, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. → 1759 - Louisbourg Nova Scotia - James Wolfe appointed Major-General and Commander-in-Chief of land forces in expedition against Quebec. → 1773 - The first public museum was organized -- in Charleston, South Carolina. → 1809 - The British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814). → 1812 - First cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez, Mississippi. → 1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney, Australia. → 1856 - John Singer Sargent born, (American painter/portraitist: Girl in a Pink Dress, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, Mrs. Fiske Warren and Her Daughter; dies Apr 15, 1925). → 1872 - Russian Grand Duke Alexis goes on a gala buffalo hunting expedition with Gen. Phil Sheridan and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. → 1876 - Jack London (John Griffith Chaney) born, (author: The Sea Wolf, The Call of the Wild, White Fang; dies Nov 22, 1916). → 1888 - Blizzard brings tragedy to Northwest Plains as the so-called Schoolchildrens Blizzard kills 235 people, many of whom were children on their way home from school, across the Northwest Plains region of the United States. The storm came with no warning, and some accounts say that the temperature fell nearly 100 degrees in just 24 hours. → 1896 - First X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC). → 1904 - 6 months after incorporating the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford drives a four-wheel vehicle at a land-speed record of 91.37 mph in Michigan. → 1905 - Tex (Woodward Maurice) Ritter born, (country singer: High Noon, Blood on the Saddle; actor, John Ritter’s father; dies Jan 2, 1974). → 1905 - State record low temperature of -35°F in Chester, MA. → 1906 - Football rules committee legalizes forward pass. → 1908 - The first long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower. → 1912 - [-47°F] (-44°C), Washta, Iowa (state record). → 1923 - Ira Hays born, one of the US Marines photographed in the iconic image of raising a flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima; member of the Pima tribe; portrayed himself in the movie ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’. → 1925 - Rose Marie has its Canadian premiere at the Royal Alexandra Theatre; with music by Rudolph Friml and Herbert Stothart and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach; operetta set in Canada, a land of mountains, snow and singing Mounties. → 1926 - Ray Price born, (singer: Crazy Arms, Make the World Go Away, For the Good Times, I Won’t Mention it Again, Nightlife). → 1926 - Sam ’n’ Henry debuted on WGN radio in Chicago, Illinois. The show’s name was soon changed to Amos ’n’ Andy and the voices of its creators, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll played to Depression-era audiences; portraying two characters who were constantly looking for extra income. Although the players were white, the characters were supposed to be black. The popular radio show would attract over forty million fans during its radio tenure which ended in 1948. (Gosden and Correll returned to radio with the Amos ’n’ Andy Music Hall [1954-1960]). → 1930 - Tim Horton born, (hockey: NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs, NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres; killed in car crash Feb 21, 1974). → 1930 - Glenn Yarbrough born, (singer: group: The Limeliters; solo: Baby the Rain Must Fall). → 1932 - Ed Sullivan joined CBS radio in a program of gossip and interviews. → 1937 - Plow for laying submarine cable patented. → 1939 - The Ink Spots gained national attention after five years together, as they recorded If I Didn’t Care, Decca record number 2286. Many other standards by the group soon followed. → 1940 - World War II - Canada issues $200 million war loan. → 1942 - World War II - Germans submarines begin Operation Drumbeat against Allied east coast shipping as U-123 sinks British SS Cyclops at 1.49 AM off Nova Scotia; 40 crew, 46 passengers and 1 gunner killed; 56 crew, 33 passengers and 6 gunners rescued by Canadian minesweeper HMCS Red Deer. 5 U-boats are already patrolling off US East coast and another 10 are on their way across the Atlantic → 1943 - Oh my gosh! It’s frankfurter day! The Office of Price Administration announced that the standard frankfurter/hot dog/wiener would be replaced by ‘Victory Sausage’; made of meat and soybean meal. Yum! Yum! → 1944 - Joe Frazier born, (boxer: ‘Smokin’ Joe’: World Heavyweight Champion [1970-1973]; dies Nov 7, 2011). → 1945 - World War II - Japan bombs Saskatchewan; 15-year old Ralph Melle discovers a downed 10 metre diameter incendiary balloon bomb on the family farm south of Regina. Beginning in November of 1944, the Japanese militarys Special Balloon Regiment launched 9000 hydrogen filled balloons carrying a payload of incendiary bombs into the jet stream; their intent was to start forest fires in the Pacific Northwest, divert military resources and create public panic during the invasion of the Aleutians. → 1949 - Arthur Godfrey and His Friends was first seen on CBS-TV this day. The program stayed on the network for seven years. → 1949 - The Chicago-based children’s show, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, made its national debut on NBC-TV. Fran Allison was hostess. The show was phenomenally successful. → 1951 - Kirstie Alley born, (Emmy Award-winning actress: Cheers [1991]; Look Who’s Talking) → 1951 - Rush Limbaugh (Rush Hudson Limbaugh III) born, (right-wing radio talk show host: The Rush Limbaugh Show). → 1952 - The Viet Minh cut the supply lines to the French forces in Hoa Binh, Vietnam. → 1952 - Slow Poke by Pee Wee King topped the charts. → 1954 - Howard Stern born, (syndicated/satellite radio talk-show host, TV host: The Howard Stern Show; actor: Private Parts). → 1955 - The beginning of Rod Serling’s stellar career began with the TV production of Patterns, an original, hour-long drama. Within two weeks, the then struggling author had 23 other TV assignments. → 1957 - Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell topped the charts. → 1959 - 55 years ago - Berry Gordy, Jr. borrows $800 from his family loan fund to form Motown Records. → 1960 - Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals became the first pro basketball player in the NBA to score more than 15,000 points in his career. → 1963 - Songwriter Bob Dylan sang Blowin’ in the Wind on the BBC radio presentation of The Madhouse on Castle Street. The song soon became one of the classics of the 1960s protest movement. → 1963 - Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence topped the charts. → 1964 - Chart Toppers - ‘There! I’ve Said It Again’ - Bobby Vinton; ‘Louie Louie’ - The Kingsmen; ‘Popsicles and Icicles’ - The Murmaids; ‘Love’s Gonna Live Here’ - Buck Owens. → 1965 - The NBC-TV pop-music show Hullabaloo made its debut. A competitor of ABC’s successful Shindig show, Hullabaloo tried to attract a wider audience by featuring both rock music and Las Vegas-type acts. Guests on the first show included the New Christy Minstrels, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Zombies and Woody Allen. Hullabaloo lasted on the air through Aug 29, 1966. → 1966 - Batman debuted -- on ABC-TV. Adam West starred as Batman and Burt Ward was the Bat-Boy, Robin. Pow! Zork! Crunch! Holy hot cakes, Batman! → 1966 - 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 battle. → 1967 - Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. → 1967 - “This is the city...” One of broadcasting’s greatest hits, Dragnet, returned to NBC-TV after being off the network schedule for eight years. Harry Morgan was Jack Webb’s sidekick in the renewed series. “Just the facts, ma’am.” → 1968 - Heather Mills born, model, charity campaigner; continued modeling with a prosthetic limb after a leg amputation due to a traffic accident and founded Heather Mills Health Trust to assist amputees; married to former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney (2003–2008). → 1968 - Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd. → 1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage. → 1971 - All In the Family debuted on CBS-TV. Carroll O’Connor starred as Archie Bunker, Rob Reiner as Meathead, Sally Struthers as Gloria and Jean Stapleton as Edith, ‘The Dingbat’. “Stifle yourself!” Originally, ABC had plans to broadcast the series under the title, Those Were the Days. → 1974 - The Joker by the Steve Miller Band. → 1975 - Chrysler Corp offers first car rebates. → 1976 - Agatha Christie dies. Age: 85 years old. → 1977 - Montreal Quebec - Air Canada suspends regular flights to Moscow, Prague, and Brussels, cuts domestic schedule; to offset 1976 operating losses. → 1977 - Ottawa Ontario - Federal Court of Canada upholds restriction on use of French in Canadian airspace. → 1980 - Calgarys Ken Read wins the World Cup downhill race at Kitzbuhel, Austria. → 1980 - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes topped the charts. → 1981 - [-35°F] (-37°C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record). → 1981 - 33 years ago - America is introduced to the suave Blake Carrington when ‘Dynasty’, starring John Forsythe, debuts. → 1985 - After a record 24 weeks as the #1 album in the nation, Prince slipped to the #2 spot with Purple Rain. Replacing Prince at the top spot: ‘The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen’s Born In the USA, which had spent 24 weeks waiting for Purple Rain to fall. → 1985 - Bruce Springsteens Born In the USA topped the charts. → 1985 - Like a Virgin by Madonna topped the charts. → 1987 - Europe was snowed-in with a pounding of white stuff and frigid temperatures as a ‘Siberian Express’ spread across the continent. → 1989 - Korean automaker Hyundai produces its First Sonata automobile at its Bromont factory. Bromont, Quebec → 1991 - Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 became the first album to generate seven top-five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 (four went to number one). Love Will Never Do (Without You) reached #4 this day and it hit #1 the following week. → 1991 - US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq. → 1995 - Cleveland Ohio - Toronto-born rock superstar Neil Young inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; with the Allman Brothers Band, Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa. → 1997 - HAL becomes operational (2001: A Space Odyssey); this date was given as January 12, 1992 on screen, but 1997 is the date used in both the novel and screenplay. → 1998 - Nineteen European nations agree to prohibit human cloning. → 1999 - Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder. It was the most money ever paid for a sports artifact. McGwire’s ball was retrieved Sep 27, 1998 by 26-year-old research scientist Philip Ozersky, who had been attending the game with a group of office friends from Washington University in St. Louis when the ball came flying at him. → 2004 - The worlds largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. → 2008 - Traffic accident near Bathurst leaves eight people dead, including a woman and seven teenagers who were all members of the Bathurst High School basketball team, Bathurst, New Brunswick. → 2010 - The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince. → Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end...Ω
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