MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009

Today is Monday, January 12, the 12th day of 2009. There are 353 days left in the year.

1755 _ Tsarina Elisabeth establishes first Russian University

1816 _ France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever

1879 _ British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand

1906 _ First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)

1949 _ Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter

1950 _ USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage

1966 _ LBJ says U.S. should stay in S. Vietnam until communist aggression ends

1970 _ Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria

1974 _ Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as ``Islamic Arab Republic"

1994 _ Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame