WHAT HAPPENED ON 12. JANUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 12. January

Original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. (12. January 1926)

Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. (12. January 1932)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. (12. January 1942)

The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain. (12. January 1959)

Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place. (12. January 1962)

Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. (12. January 1964)

Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. (12. January 1966)

Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. (12. January 1967)

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. (12. January 1969)

Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. (12. January 1970)

The Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others 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. (12. January 1971)

All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS (12. January 1971)

The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). (12. January 1976)

Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist. (12. January 1986)

Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. (12. January 1991)

Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. (12. January 1998)

Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. (12. January 2001)

The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. (12. January 2004)

Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. (12. January 2005)

A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. (12. January 2006)