396 Historic Events for January 12
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| 1890 |
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Mordecai W Johnson, educator
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| 1893 |
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Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany)
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| 1894 |
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Billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio)
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| 1896 |
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1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
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| 1896 |
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Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre)
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| 1897 |
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Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
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| 1898 |
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Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer
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| 1899 |
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Paul H Mller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)
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| 1900 |
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Freeland Colony founded in US
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| 1900 |
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Vaino Hannikainen, composer
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| 1901 |
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Kurt Jooss, Wrtemburg, Germany, ballet choreographer
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| 1902 |
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Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)
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| 1902 |
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Ray Teal, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
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| 1902 |
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Simon H Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for Gen MacArthur
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| 1903 |
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Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist (1st Rus nuclear bomb)
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| 1903 |
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Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
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| 1903 |
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Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam
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| 1904 |
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist
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| 1904 |
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Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
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| 1906 |
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1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
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| 1906 |
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Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...)
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| 1906 |
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Football rules committee legalizes forward pass
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| 1906 |
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Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
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| 1907 |
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Sergei Korolev, scientist
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| 1907 |
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Britain grants responsible govt to former colony of Transvaal
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