Today is Wednesday, January 12, the 12th day of 2011. There are 353 days left in the year.
1906 ― First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1933 ― U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines
1948 ― Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 ― First supermarket in U.K. opens
1950 ― USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage
1961 ― U.N. genocide pact goes into effect
1966 ― LBJ says U.S. should stay in S. Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1970 ― Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
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)