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Gravdigr · 01-12-2017, 01:44 PM

January 12

1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king.

1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.

1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.

1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.

1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.

1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.

1926 – Original radio show Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago radio, later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928.

1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.

1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.

1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.

1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.

1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists [1 + 5 = 7?] are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.

1991 – Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.

2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.

2005 – Deep Impact (the spacecraft, not the movie) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.

2010 – An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 100,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.

Births

1822 – Étienne Lenoir (designed the internal combustion engine); 1856 – John Singer Sargent

; 1876 – Jack London; 1879 – Ray Harroun

(won 1st Indy 500); 1893 – Hermann Göring; 1901 – Karl Künstler; 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell♪ ♫; 1905 – Tex Ritter♪ ♫; 1910 – Patsy Kelly; 1910 – Luise Rainer; 1916 – P. W. Botha; 1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; 1923 – Ira Hayes (one of the Marines to raise the flag on Iwo Jima, subject of "Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash); 1926 – Ray Price♪ ♫; 1930 – Tim Horton (founded Tim Hortons); 1939 – William Lee Golden♪ ♫(The Oak Ridge Boys, he was the mountain man); 1941 – Long John Baldry♪ ♫; 1944 – Smokin' Joe Frazier

; 1947 – Tom Dempsey (NFL place kicker, was notable for being born with no right toes (nor right fingers), who kicked a no-time-left, game-winning field goal from 63 yards in 1970, that was the NFL record, until it was broken by Matt Prater in 2013); 1951 – Kirstie Alley; 1951 – Chris Bell♪ ♫(Big Star); 1951 – Rush Limbaugh (gas bag); 1952 – Ricky Van Shelton♪ ♫; 1954 – Howard Stern's Ass; 1960 – Oliver Platt; 1964 – Jeff Bezo$ (Amazon.com); 1965 – Rob Zombie♪ ♫

; 1970 – Zack de la Rocha♪ ♫(Rage Against The Machine); 1974 – Melanie C♪ ♫(Spice Girls, she was 'Sporty Spice'); 1981 – Amerie

Deaths

1899 – Hiram Walker (founded Canadian Club whisky); 1976 – Agatha Christie; 2001 – William Redington Hewlett (co-founded Hewlett-Packard); 2003 – Maurice Gibb♪ ♫(The Bee Gees); 2004 – Randy VanWarmer♪ ♫

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Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	January 12 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king. 1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. 1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom. 1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. 1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote. 1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. 1926 – Original radio show Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago radio, later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. 1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place. 1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists [1 + 5 = 7?] are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. 1991 – Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. 2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. 2005 – Deep Impact (the spacecraft, not the movie) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. 2010 – An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 100,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince. Births 1822 – Étienne Lenoir (designed the internal combustion engine); 1856 – John Singer Sargent; 1876 – Jack London; 1879 – Ray Harroun(won 1st Indy 500); 1893 – Hermann Göring; 1901 – Karl Künstler; 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell♪ ♫; 1905 – Tex Ritter♪ ♫; 1910 – Patsy Kelly; 1910 – Luise Rainer; 1916 – P. W. Botha; 1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; 1923 – Ira Hayes (one of the Marines to raise the flag on Iwo Jima, subject of "Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash); 1926 – Ray Price♪ ♫; 1930 – Tim Horton (founded Tim Hortons); 1939 – William Lee Golden♪ ♫(The Oak Ridge Boys, he was the mountain man); 1941 – Long John Baldry♪ ♫; 1944 – Smokin' Joe Frazier; 1947 – Tom Dempsey (NFL place kicker, was notable for being born with no right toes (nor right fingers), who kicked a no-time-left, game-winning field goal from 63 yards in 1970, that was the NFL record, until it was broken by Matt Prater in 2013); 1951 – Kirstie Alley; 1951 – Chris Bell♪ ♫(Big Star); 1951 – Rush Limbaugh (gas bag); 1952 – Ricky Van Shelton♪ ♫; 1954 – Howard Stern's Ass; 1960 – Oliver Platt; 1964 – Jeff Bezo$ (Amazon.com); 1965 – Rob Zombie♪ ♫; 1970 – Zack de la Rocha♪ ♫(Rage Against The Machine); 1974 – Melanie C♪ ♫(Spice Girls, she was 'Sporty Spice'); 1981 – Amerie Deaths 1899 – Hiram Walker (founded Canadian Club whisky); 1976 – Agatha Christie; 2001 – William Redington Hewlett (co-founded Hewlett-Packard); 2003 – Maurice Gibb♪ ♫(The Bee Gees); 2004 – Randy VanWarmer♪ ♫ __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.