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January 12th
1665 ~ Death of Pierre de Fermat, Mathematician.
1893 ~ Birthday of Hermann Göring, Nazi official.
1915 ~ The U.S. House of Representatives defeated a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1969 ~ On a day that will be long remembered in infamy, Joe Namath and the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III, and became the first team from the American Football League to win American Football's championship.
1976 ~ Death of Agatha Christie, Mystery Writer.
1991 ~ U.S. Congress authorized the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
1992 ~ In the film ”2001: A Space Odyssey”, the computer HAL 9000 was activated on this date.
2003 ~ Death of Maurice Gibb, Bee Gee.
2003 ~ Death of Leopoldo Galtieri, Dictator of Argentina.
2010 ~ At least 230,000 people died when an earthquake destroyed most of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.
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