Historical Events In January - 12

1933  Vaclav Suk, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history plow for laying submarine cable patented  

1940  World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland on January - 12.  

1940  Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 on January - 12.  

1942  British troops reconquer Sollum on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history dutch troops on Tarakan surrender  

1942  On this day in history national War Labor Board created  

1942  On this day in history george Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies  

1943  On January - 12 frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat &soy meal)  

1943  On January - 12 frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)  

1943  On January - 12 jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 Dead), dies at 40  

1944  On this day in history churchill &de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh  

1944  Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam on January - 12.  

1944  Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh on this day in history.  

1945  German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge on January - 12.  

1945  On January - 12 russians open winter offensive with remarkable progress.  

1945  US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea on January - 12.  

1945  German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge on January - 12.  

1946  "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances on this day in history.  

1947  On January - 12 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77  

1948  On January - 12 mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast  

1948  The first American style supermarket in UK opens on this day in history.  

1948  On January - 12 1st Supermarket in UK opens  

1949  On January - 12 "Arthur Godfrey &His Friends" premieres on CBS TV  

1949  Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history the children's show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, a Chicago favorite on local TV, makes its NBC nationwide TV debut.  

1949  "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV on January - 12.  

1950  On this day in history swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die  

1950  On January - 12 uSSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage &sabotage  

1950  Koos van de Griend, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title  

1952  On January - 12 university of Tennessee admits its first black student  

1952  NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 30-13 on January - 12.  

1953  9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow on January - 12.  

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1483  On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland  

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.  

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy  

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.  

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)  

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)  

0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies  

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on January - 12.  

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

1321  On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)  

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies  

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.