Thursday, January 12, 2023

History for January 12

History for January 12 - On-This-Day.com
Rush Limbaugh 1951
  • 1896 - At Davidson College, several students took x-ray photographs. They created the first X-ray photographs to be made in America.
  • 1908 - A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
  • 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.'
  • 1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
  • 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.
  • 1966 - "Batman" debuted on ABC-TV.

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