Monday, January 12, 2015

History for January 12

History for January 12 - On-This-Day.com
Edmund Burke 1729, Jack London 1876, Herman Goering 1893 


Tim Horton 1930, Rush Limbaugh 1951, Howard Stern 1954 


 49 BC - Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River signaling a war between Rome and Gaul. 


1943 - The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.' 


1949 - "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV. 


1966 - U.S. President Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended. 


2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer. 

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