Today is Saturday, January 12, the 12th day of 2013. There are 353 days left in the year.
1906 ― First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1948 ― Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1961 ― U.N. genocide pact goes into effect
1970 ― Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
1970 ― Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1976 ― U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
1990 ― Romania bans Communist party (first Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1991 ― U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1995 ― Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe, Japan
1995 ― Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles