Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
January 12
| 1872 | Russian Grand Duke Alexis goes on a gala buffalo hunting expedition with Gen. Phil Sheridan and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. | |
| 1879 | The British-Zulu War begins. British troops — under Lieutenant General Frederic Augustus — invade Zululand from the southern African republic of Natal. | |
| 1908 | A wireless message is sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. | |
| 1913 | Kiel and Wilhelmshaven become submarine bases in Germany. | |
| 1915 | The U.S. Congress establishes Rocky Mountain National Park. | |
| 1926 | U.S. coal talks break down, leaving both sides bitter as the strike drags on into its fifth month. | |
| 1927 | U.S. Secretary of State Kellogg claims that Mexican rebel Plutarco Calles is aiding communist plot in Nicaragua. | |
| 1932 | Oliver Wendell Holmes retires from the Supreme Court at age 90. | |
| 1938 | Austria recognizes the Franco government in Spain. | |
| 1940 | Soviet bombers raid cities in Finland. | |
| 1943 | Soviet forces raise the siege of Leningrad. | |
| 1952 | The Viet Minh cut the supply lines to the French forces in Hoa Binh, Vietnam. | |
| 1962 | The United States resumes aid to the Laotian regime. | |
| 1973 | Yassar Arafat is re-elected as head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. | |
| 1982 | Peking protests the sale of U.S. planes to Taiwan. | |
| 1991 | The U.S. Congress gives the green light to military action against Iraq in the Persian Gulf Crisis. | |
| Born on January 12 | ||
| 1588 | John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
| 1737 | John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. | |
| 1876 | Jack London, American writer (The Call of the Wild). | |
| 1893 | Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, commander of the Luftwaffe. | |
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