THIS DAY IN HISTORY – JANUARY 12

HISTORICAL EVENTS

1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. British troops — under Lieutenant General Frederic Augustus — invade Zululand from the southern African republic of Natal.

1906 –  First time the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 100 (100.26).

1915 – The U.S. Congress establishes Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

1918 – Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.



1932 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. retires from the Supreme Court at age 90.

1952 – University of Tennessee admits it's first black student.

1991 –  The U.S. Congress gives the green light to military action against Iraq in the Persian Gulf Crisis.

FAMOUS BIRTHS

1737 – John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1876 – Jack London, American writer ("The Call of the Wild", "The Sea Wolf", "Heart of Darkness").

1964 – Jeff Bezos, Albuquerque New Mexico, American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon.com. In the 1980s we "missed by that much" at becoming multi-millionaires when we became friends with his parents in Norway but not close enough friends to be asked to become some of the original investors in Amazon. I just shake my head every time I think about it.

FAMOUS DEATHS

1976 – Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, English mystery writer ("10 Little Indians", "The Moustrap"), dies at 85.

2012 – Charles H. Price III, American businessman and diplomat, dies at 80.


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