Updated January 11, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
On Jan. 12 , 1876, Jack London , the American author best known for his novel “The Call of the Wild”, was born. Following his death on Nov. 22, 1916, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1519 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died. 1773 The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C. 1932 Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 1944 Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, S.C. 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 (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit. 1969 Led Zeppelin’s self-titled first album was released. 1969 The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami. 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. 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. Current Birthdays By The Associated Press
Actress Naya Rivera (“Glee”) turns 25 years old today.
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Actor Oliver Platt turns 52 years old today.
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1926 Ray Price, Country singer, turns 86 1930 Glenn Yarborough, Singer, turns 82 1935 The Amazing Kreskin, Magician, turns 77 1939 William Lee Golden, Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys), turns 73 1944 Cynthia Robinson, Rock musician (Sly and the Family Stone), turns 68 1951 Kirstie Alley, Actress (“Cheers”), turns 61 1951 Rush Limbaugh, Radio talk show host, turns 61 1952 Ricky Van Shelton, Country singer, turns 60 1954 Howard Stern, Radio talk show host, turns 58 1958 Christiane Amanpour, Broadcast journalist, turns 54 1960 Dominique Wilkins, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 52 1964 Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO, turns 48 1967 Vendela, Model, turns 45 1968 Rachael Harris, Actress, turns 44 1974 Melanie Chisholm, Singer (Spice Girls), turns 38
Historic Birthdays
Jack London 1/12/1876 – 11/22/1916 American novelist.Go to obituary »
61 John Winthrop 1/12/1588 (O.S.) – 3/26/1649 (O.S.)
Massachusetts Bay Colony founder75 Charles Perrault 1/12/1628 – 5/16/1703
French poet56 John Hancock 1/12/1737(O.S.)- 10/8/1793 (O.S.)
American revolutionary leader41 Jakob Michael Lenz 1/12/1751 – 5/24/1792
Russian-born German poet69 Francis Henry Underwood 1/12/1825 – 8/7/1894
American lawyer/author69 John Singer Sargent 1/12/1856 – 4/15/1925
Italian-born American artist86 Max Eastman 1/12/1883 – 3/25/1969
American poet/editor80 Louis Horst 1/12/1884 – 1/23/1964
American pianist/composer53 Hermann Goering 1/12/1893 – 10/15/1946
German Nazi commander
