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Historical Events
on January 12th
- Lead Story
- Original Amos n Andy debuts on Chicago radio,1926
- American Revolution
- Hugh Mercer dies from wounds received in Battle of Princeton,1777
- Automotive
- Henry Ford sets speed record,1904
- Civil War
- General Kilpatrick is promoted,1865
- Cold War
- Dulles announces policy of "massive retaliation",1954
- Crime
- Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested,1995
- Disaster
- Blizzard brings tragedy to Northwest Plains,1888
- General Interest
- British-Zulu War begins,1879
- First elected female senator,1932
- Pyramid mystery unearthed,1984
- Hollywood
- Dynasty premieres on ABC,1981
- Literary
- Jack London is born,1876
- Music
- Pianist Vladimir Horowitz makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall,1928
- Old West
- Joseph Smith abandons Ohio,1838
- Presidential
- Roosevelt (re)creates the National War Labor Board,1942
- Johnson says U.S. should stay in Vietnam,1966
- Sports
- Broadway Joe delivers,1969
- Vietnam War
- Operation Ranch Hand initiated,1962
- "Harrisburg Six" charged with conspiracy,1971
- World War I
- Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris,1919
- World War II
- Soviet forces penetrate the siege of Leningrad,1943
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