January 12
Today is the 12th day of 2017, there are 353 days left in the year.
1519 - Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
1773 - The first public museum in American was established in Charleston, South Carolina.
1828 - The United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain.
1896 - H.L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph. It was 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.
1932 - Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1945 - Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1948 - The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1959 - Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in Detroit.
1964 - One month after Zanzibar became independent, the ruling Zanzibar Nationalist Party was overthrown in a violent coup.
1966 - President Lyndon B. Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the U.S. military should stay in Vietnam until Communist aggression there was stopped.
1966 - The TV series "Batman" premiered on ABC.
1969 - Led Zeppelin's self-titled first album was released.
1971 - The sitcom "All In the Family" premiered on CBS.
1991 - A deeply divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. (The Senate vote was 52-47; the House followed suit 250-183.)
1998 - Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1998 - Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.
2000 - The Supreme Court gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2005 - Britain's Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.
2010 - A catastrophic 7.0 magnutide earthquake struck Haiti, killing over 200,000 people and destroying much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Birthdays
21 - Aisslynn Hotung (model)
21 - Ella Henderson (singer)
24 - Zayn Malik (singer)
25 - Georgia May Jagger (model)
26 - Pixie Lott (singer)
30 - Naya Rivera (actress)
35 - Shelli Poole (reality star)
37 - Ashlee Rumfallo (reality star)
43 - Melanie Chisholm (actress)
49 - Rachael Harris (actress)
52 - Rob Zombie (singer)
57 - Dominique Wilkins (basketball player)
63 - Howard Stern (radio host)
66 - Kirstie Alley (actress)
66 - Rush Limbaugh (radio host)
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Today in Sports History - January 12
1906 - The football rules committee legalizes the forward pass.
1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues is agreed to be done in inverse order of the final standings.
1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1944 - Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, South Carolina.
1946 - The NFL champion Cleveland Rams receive permission to move to Los Angeles.
1958 - The NCAA adds the two-point conversion to college football.
1958 - Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals sets the NBA scoring record with 11,770 points.
1960 - Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals becomes the first player in NBA history to score over 15,000 career points.
1966 - Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics wins his 1,000th game as head coach of the Celtics.
1969 - The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Jets quarterback Joe Namath is named MVP. It was the first victory for an AFL team over an NFL team and was considered a huge upset at the time. This was also the first time that "Super Bowl" was officially used as the name of the championship game.
1975 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Minnesota Vikings 16-6 to win Super Bowl IX in New Orleans. Steelers running back Franco Harris is named MVP.
1983 - The NCAA creates the Kickoff Classic to begin the college football season.
1988 - Willie Stargell is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1993 - Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease.
1999 - Setting an all-time record, Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball in one season is purchased at an auction by an anonymous buyer for $3 million.
2004 - Cam Neely's No. 8 was retired by the Boston Bruins.
2015 - Ohio State defeated Oregon 42-20 in Arlington, Texas to win the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship.
2016 - The NFL approved St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke's plan to move the franchise back to Los Angeles.
Today is the 12th day of 2017, there are 353 days left in the year.
1519 - Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
1773 - The first public museum in American was established in Charleston, South Carolina.
1828 - The United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain.
1896 - H.L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph. It was 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.
1932 - Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1945 - Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1948 - The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1959 - Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in Detroit.
1964 - One month after Zanzibar became independent, the ruling Zanzibar Nationalist Party was overthrown in a violent coup.
1966 - President Lyndon B. Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the U.S. military should stay in Vietnam until Communist aggression there was stopped.
1966 - The TV series "Batman" premiered on ABC.
1969 - Led Zeppelin's self-titled first album was released.
1971 - The sitcom "All In the Family" premiered on CBS.
1991 - A deeply divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. (The Senate vote was 52-47; the House followed suit 250-183.)
1998 - Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1998 - Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.
2000 - The Supreme Court gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2005 - Britain's Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.
2010 - A catastrophic 7.0 magnutide earthquake struck Haiti, killing over 200,000 people and destroying much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Birthdays
21 - Aisslynn Hotung (model)
21 - Ella Henderson (singer)
24 - Zayn Malik (singer)
25 - Georgia May Jagger (model)
26 - Pixie Lott (singer)
30 - Naya Rivera (actress)
35 - Shelli Poole (reality star)
37 - Ashlee Rumfallo (reality star)
43 - Melanie Chisholm (actress)
49 - Rachael Harris (actress)
52 - Rob Zombie (singer)
57 - Dominique Wilkins (basketball player)
63 - Howard Stern (radio host)
66 - Kirstie Alley (actress)
66 - Rush Limbaugh (radio host)
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Today in Sports History - January 12
1906 - The football rules committee legalizes the forward pass.
1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues is agreed to be done in inverse order of the final standings.
1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1944 - Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, South Carolina.
1946 - The NFL champion Cleveland Rams receive permission to move to Los Angeles.
1958 - The NCAA adds the two-point conversion to college football.
1958 - Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals sets the NBA scoring record with 11,770 points.
1960 - Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals becomes the first player in NBA history to score over 15,000 career points.
1966 - Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics wins his 1,000th game as head coach of the Celtics.
1969 - The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Jets quarterback Joe Namath is named MVP. It was the first victory for an AFL team over an NFL team and was considered a huge upset at the time. This was also the first time that "Super Bowl" was officially used as the name of the championship game.
1975 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Minnesota Vikings 16-6 to win Super Bowl IX in New Orleans. Steelers running back Franco Harris is named MVP.
1983 - The NCAA creates the Kickoff Classic to begin the college football season.
1988 - Willie Stargell is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1993 - Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease.
1999 - Setting an all-time record, Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball in one season is purchased at an auction by an anonymous buyer for $3 million.
2004 - Cam Neely's No. 8 was retired by the Boston Bruins.
2015 - Ohio State defeated Oregon 42-20 in Arlington, Texas to win the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship.
2016 - The NFL approved St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke's plan to move the franchise back to Los Angeles.
