other important things that happened on Jan. 12
that is, besides my birth (according to my google homepage widgets):
Emperor Yohannes Crowned in Ethiopia (1872)
One of the most popular post-Theodorean Emperors, Yohannes IV was the first to receive an imperial coronation in the city of Axum in over 200 years. In 1875, when the British refused to stop their Egyptian allies from marching into Ethiopia, he gathered his armies and met the Egyptian force at Gundat, where his strategic use of topography gave him the victory. He subsequently consolidated his power, and Ethiopia experienced a period of relative peace.
1737: American patriot John Hancock born
1876: Novelist Jack (John Chaney) London (The Sea Wolf, The Call of the Wild, White Fang) born
1915: The US House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1932: Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1943: The wartime Office of Price Administration said standard frankfurters would be replaced by "Victory Sausages" consisting of a mixture of meat and soy meal.
1944: Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier (World Heavyweight Champion 1970-1973) born
1945: During World War Two, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
1948: The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1951: Political commentator Rush Limbaugh born
1954: Radio personality Howard Stern born
1966: Rock singer Rob Zombie (White Zombie) born
1971: A federal grand jury indicted the Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other people, including a nun and two priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger.
1973: Yassar Arafat is re-elected as head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1994: President Clinton asked Attorney General Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the Whitewater affair.
1995: Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, was arrested in Minneapolis on charges she tried to hire a hitman to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan (the charges were later dropped in a settlement with the government).
1995: Amid unprecedented media hype, the murder trial of Hall of Fame football star O.J. Simpson began in a Los Angeles Superior Court. Simpson was accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.
1998: Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1998: A judge ordered Tyson Foods Inc to pay $6 million in fines and penalties for giving airplane rides, pro football tickets and other gifts to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy.
and if you don't like words: today's issue of my favorite comic.
Emperor Yohannes Crowned in Ethiopia (1872)
One of the most popular post-Theodorean Emperors, Yohannes IV was the first to receive an imperial coronation in the city of Axum in over 200 years. In 1875, when the British refused to stop their Egyptian allies from marching into Ethiopia, he gathered his armies and met the Egyptian force at Gundat, where his strategic use of topography gave him the victory. He subsequently consolidated his power, and Ethiopia experienced a period of relative peace.
1737: American patriot John Hancock born
1876: Novelist Jack (John Chaney) London (The Sea Wolf, The Call of the Wild, White Fang) born
1915: The US House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1932: Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1943: The wartime Office of Price Administration said standard frankfurters would be replaced by "Victory Sausages" consisting of a mixture of meat and soy meal.
1944: Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier (World Heavyweight Champion 1970-1973) born
1945: During World War Two, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
1948: The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1951: Political commentator Rush Limbaugh born
1954: Radio personality Howard Stern born
1966: Rock singer Rob Zombie (White Zombie) born
1971: A federal grand jury indicted the Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other people, including a nun and two priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap presidential adviser Henry Kissinger.
1973: Yassar Arafat is re-elected as head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1994: President Clinton asked Attorney General Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the Whitewater affair.
1995: Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, was arrested in Minneapolis on charges she tried to hire a hitman to kill Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan (the charges were later dropped in a settlement with the government).
1995: Amid unprecedented media hype, the murder trial of Hall of Fame football star O.J. Simpson began in a Los Angeles Superior Court. Simpson was accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.
1998: Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1998: A judge ordered Tyson Foods Inc to pay $6 million in fines and penalties for giving airplane rides, pro football tickets and other gifts to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy.
and if you don't like words: today's issue of my favorite comic.
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