396 Historic Events for January 12
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| 1908 |
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Ben Seijes, Dutch historian (WW II)
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| 1908 |
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Jos‚ Lim¢n, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
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| 1909 |
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Mauritz Hugo, Sweden, actor (Atomic Blonde, Road Agent)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Charles Martin, cartoonist
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Patsy Kelly, Bkln, actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Luise Rainer, Austria, actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City)
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| 1912 |
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-47øF (-44øC), Washta, Iowa (state record)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Peter Pooley, broadcaster
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Edqard John Gurney, politician
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| 1915 |
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House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Frank Annunzio, (Rep-D-IL, 1965- )
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Martin Agronsky, journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot
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| 1916 |
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A P[ieter] W Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa
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| 1916 |
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Britain proclaims Gilbert and Ellice Is colony in Pacific
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| 1917 |
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Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor
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| 1918 |
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Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
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| 1920 |
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James Farmer, Marshall, Tex, civil rights leader
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| 1920 |
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Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
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| 1921 |
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
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| 1921 |
Birth |
John Henry Davis Jr, Smithtown NY, weightlifter (Olym-gold-1948, 52)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist/composer
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| 1924 |
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History of Science Society organized at Boston
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker
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