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	Wednesday, January 12th The 012th day of 2011. There are 353 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. (Go to article.)On Jan. 12 , 1876, Jack London , the American author best known for his novel "The Call of the Wild" , was born. Following his death on Nov. 22, 1916, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 12, 1861, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about secession. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1519	Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
1773	The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
1932	Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1945	Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1948	The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1959	Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.
1969	Led Zeppelin's self-titled first album was released.
1969	The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1971	The sitcom "All in the Family" premiered on CBS.
1991	A deeply divided Congress gave President George H.W. Bush the authority to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. (The Senate vote was 52-47; the House followed suit 250-183.)
1998	Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2000	The Supreme Court gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2005	Britain's Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.
2006	Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who'd shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from an Istanbul prison.
2006	A stampede broke out during the Islamic hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, killing 363 people.
2010	Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake, killing as many as 300,000 residents and leaving over 1.5 million people homeless.

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Current Birthdays

Howard Stern turns 57 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Radio talk show host Howard Stern turns 57 years old today.

85 Ray Price Country singer 81 Glenn Yarborough Singer 76 The Amazing Kreskin Magician 72 William Lee Golden Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) 67 Joe Frazier Boxing Hall of Famer 67 Cynthia Robinson Rock musician (Sly and the Family Stone) 60 Kirstie Alley Actress ("Cheers") 60 Rush Limbaugh Radio talk show host 59 Ricky Van Shelton Country singer 53 Christiane Amanpour Broadcast journalist 51 Oliver Platt Actor 51 Dominique Wilkins Basketball Hall of Famer 47 Jeff Bezos Amazon.com founder and CEO 45 Rob Zombie Rock singer 44 Vendela Model 43 Rachael Harris Actress 37 Melanie Chisholm Singer (Spice Girls) 24 Naya Rivera Actress ("Glee")

Historic Birthdays
Jack London
1/12/1876 - 11/22/1916 American novelist  (Go to obit.)
61	John Winthrop 1/12/1588 (O.S.) - 3/26/1649 (O.S.) Massachusetts Bay Colony founder
75	Charles Perrault 1/12/1628 - 5/16/1703 French poet
56	John Hancock 1/12/1737(O.S.)- 10/8/1793 (O.S.) American revolutionary leader
41	Jakob Michael Lenz 1/12/1751 - 5/24/1792 Russian-born German poet
69	Francis Henry Underwood 1/12/1825 - 8/7/1894 American lawyer/author
69	John Singer Sargent 1/12/1856 - 4/15/1925 Italian-born American artist
86	Max Eastman 1/12/1883 - 3/25/1969 American poet/editor
80	Louis Horst 1/12/1884 - 1/23/1964 American pianist/composer
53	Hermann Goering 1/12/1893 - 10/15/1946 German Nazi commander

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