Today in History
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2010 An earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti
Most of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the disaster.
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1991 The U.S. Congress votes for war in Iraq
The authority to use military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait was granted to President George H. W. Bush.
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1969 Led Zeppelin releases their debut album
The album was imaginatively named “Led Zeppelin”.
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1967 James Bedford is frozen with the intent of future resuscitation
Bedford was the first person to be cryonically preserved; his body is currently being resuscitated in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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1908 The first long-distance radio message is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower in Paris
An audience heard scientist Lee de Forest’s broadcast of 50.
Births On This Day, January 12
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1968 Heather Mills
English model, activist
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1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru
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1916 P. W. Botha
South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa
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1876 Jack London
American author
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1729 Edmund Burke
Irish politician, philosopher
Deaths On This Day, January 12
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2005 Amrish Puri
Indian actor
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2003 Maurice Gibb
English singer-songwriter bass player, producer
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1976 Agatha Christie
English author
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1971 John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey
English Admiral
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1856 Ľudovít Štúr
Slovak politician, author
