Tuesday, January 12, 2016

History for January 12

History for January 12 - On-This-Day.com
Edmund Burke 1729, Herman Goering 1893, Rush Limbaugh 1951 


Howard Stern 1954, Kirstie Alley 1955, Jeffrey Bezos 1964 


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


1904 - Henry Ford set a new land speed record when he reached 91.37 miles per hour. 


1940 - Soviet bombers raided cities in Finland. 


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 - "Batman" debuted on ABC-TV. 


1967 - "Dragnet" returned to NBC-TV after being off the network schedule for eight years. 


1971 - "All In the Family" debuted on CBS-TV. 

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