FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024

1493-Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily

1816-France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever

1930-NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game

1942-British troops reconquer Sollum

1948-Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast

1948-First Supermarket in UK opens

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

1961-U.N. genocide pact goes into effect

1977-Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes

1990-Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn

1990-Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)

1991-Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)

1991-U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq

1994-Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder

1995-Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe, Japan

1995 -Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles

1996-Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.)

1997-Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions

1997-Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships