On this day …

January 12, 2017

  • In 1528, Gustav I was crowned king of Sweden.
  • In 1908, a long-distance radio message was first sent from the Eiffel Tower.
  • In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.
  • In 1921, in order to restore confidence in the game after the “Black Sox” scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was named baseball’s first commissioner.
  • In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson said that the United States should remain in Vietnam until Communist aggression ended there.
  • In 1969, the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III, one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
  • In 2004, the world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage.
  • In 2010, an earthquake in Haiti killed more than 100,000.