January 12
1773 - The first public museum in the United States 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.
1910 - At a White House dinner hosted by President William Howard Taft, Baroness Rosen, wife of the Russian ambassador, caused a stir by requesting and smoking a cigarette — it was, apparently, the first time a woman had smoked openly during a public function in the executive mansion. (Some of the other women present who had brought their own cigarettes began lighting up in turn.)
1915 - The 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 to be elected to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.
1945 - During World War II, Soviet forces began a major, successful offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe. Aircraft from U.S. Task Force 38 sank about 40 Japanese ships off Indochina.
1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.
1959 - Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla 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.
1971 - The groundbreaking situation comedy "All in the Family" premiered on CBS television.
1991 - A divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to take military action in the Persian Gulf War.
1998 - Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.
2000 - In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2010 - Haiti is dealt a catastrophic blow when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country's capital. It is the region's worst earthquake in 200 years. The number of fatalities were between 46,000 and 85,000 people.
2016 - Iran detained 10 American sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats drifted into Iranian waters; the sailors and their vessels were released the following day.
2022 - Ronnie Spector, who sang 1960s hits including "Be My Baby" as leader of the girl group The Ronettes, died at 78 after a brief battle with cancer.
2023 - Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father's legacy, died at age 54.
Birthdays
28 - Ella Henderson (singer)
33 - Pixie Lott (singer)
33 - Raquel Rodriguez (professional wrestler)
36 - Andrew Lawrence (actor)
37 - Will Rothhaar (actor)
39 - Issa Rae (actress)
40 - Jessie Graff (stunt double)
44 - Amerie (singer)
44 - Cynthia Addai-Robinson (actress)
50 - Melanie Chisholm (singer)
56 - Rachael Harris (actress)
57 - Vendela (model)
58 - Olivier Martinez (actor)
59 - Rob Zombie (singer)
60 - Jeff Bezos (entrepreneur)
64 - Dominique Wilkins (basketball player)
64 - Oliver Platt (actor)
66 - Christiane Amanpour (journalist)
70 - Howard Stern (TV/radio host)
72 - Ricky Van Shelton (singer)
76 - Anthony Andrews (actor)
85 - William Lee Golden (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 12
1906 - The forward pass was legalized by the football rules committee.
1921 - Kennesaw Mountain Landis became the first commissioner of baseball.
1946 - The Cleveland Rams were granted permission to move to Los Angeles.
1958 - The NCAA adds the 2-point conversion to college football.
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.
1966 - Red Auerbach won his 1,000th game as coach of the Boston Celtics.
1969 - In what was considered a major upset, the New York Jets of the AFL upset the Baltimore Colts of the NFL 16-7 to win Super Bowl III. The game also marked the first time the "Super Bowl" name was officially used.
1975 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Minnesota Vikings 16-6 to win Super Bowl IX.
1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1988 - Willie Stargell is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1992 - In the highest scoring game in NCAA basketball history, Troy State defeats DeVry 258-149.
1994 - Steve Carlton is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1999 - Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2004 - Cam Neely's No. 8 was retired by the Boston Bruins.
2006 - Mark Messier's #11 is retired by the New York Rangers.
2013 - The NHL's four-month lockout finally ended as the league and the players' association completed signing a required memorandum of understanding.
2015 - Ohio State defeats Oregon 42-20 to win the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
2016 - The NFL approved St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke's plan to move the Rams back to Los Angeles.
2018 - Sportscaster Keith Jackson, best known as the down-home voice of college football, died; he was 89.
1773 - The first public museum in the United States 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.
1910 - At a White House dinner hosted by President William Howard Taft, Baroness Rosen, wife of the Russian ambassador, caused a stir by requesting and smoking a cigarette — it was, apparently, the first time a woman had smoked openly during a public function in the executive mansion. (Some of the other women present who had brought their own cigarettes began lighting up in turn.)
1915 - The 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 to be elected to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.
1945 - During World War II, Soviet forces began a major, successful offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe. Aircraft from U.S. Task Force 38 sank about 40 Japanese ships off Indochina.
1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.
1959 - Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla 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.
1971 - The groundbreaking situation comedy "All in the Family" premiered on CBS television.
1991 - A divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to take military action in the Persian Gulf War.
1998 - Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.
2000 - In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2010 - Haiti is dealt a catastrophic blow when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country's capital. It is the region's worst earthquake in 200 years. The number of fatalities were between 46,000 and 85,000 people.
2016 - Iran detained 10 American sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats drifted into Iranian waters; the sailors and their vessels were released the following day.
2022 - Ronnie Spector, who sang 1960s hits including "Be My Baby" as leader of the girl group The Ronettes, died at 78 after a brief battle with cancer.
2023 - Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father's legacy, died at age 54.
Birthdays
28 - Ella Henderson (singer)
33 - Pixie Lott (singer)
33 - Raquel Rodriguez (professional wrestler)
36 - Andrew Lawrence (actor)
37 - Will Rothhaar (actor)
39 - Issa Rae (actress)
40 - Jessie Graff (stunt double)
44 - Amerie (singer)
44 - Cynthia Addai-Robinson (actress)
50 - Melanie Chisholm (singer)
56 - Rachael Harris (actress)
57 - Vendela (model)
58 - Olivier Martinez (actor)
59 - Rob Zombie (singer)
60 - Jeff Bezos (entrepreneur)
64 - Dominique Wilkins (basketball player)
64 - Oliver Platt (actor)
66 - Christiane Amanpour (journalist)
70 - Howard Stern (TV/radio host)
72 - Ricky Van Shelton (singer)
76 - Anthony Andrews (actor)
85 - William Lee Golden (singer)
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Today in Sports History - January 12
1906 - The forward pass was legalized by the football rules committee.
1921 - Kennesaw Mountain Landis became the first commissioner of baseball.
1946 - The Cleveland Rams were granted permission to move to Los Angeles.
1958 - The NCAA adds the 2-point conversion to college football.
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.
1966 - Red Auerbach won his 1,000th game as coach of the Boston Celtics.
1969 - In what was considered a major upset, the New York Jets of the AFL upset the Baltimore Colts of the NFL 16-7 to win Super Bowl III. The game also marked the first time the "Super Bowl" name was officially used.
1975 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Minnesota Vikings 16-6 to win Super Bowl IX.
1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1988 - Willie Stargell is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1992 - In the highest scoring game in NCAA basketball history, Troy State defeats DeVry 258-149.
1994 - Steve Carlton is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1999 - Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2004 - Cam Neely's No. 8 was retired by the Boston Bruins.
2006 - Mark Messier's #11 is retired by the New York Rangers.
2013 - The NHL's four-month lockout finally ended as the league and the players' association completed signing a required memorandum of understanding.
2015 - Ohio State defeats Oregon 42-20 to win the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
2016 - The NFL approved St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke's plan to move the Rams back to Los Angeles.
2018 - Sportscaster Keith Jackson, best known as the down-home voice of college football, died; he was 89.
