Sunday, January 12, 2025

History for January 12

History for January 12 - On-This-Day.com 
Rush Limbaugh 1951
  • 1904 - Henry Ford set a new land speed record when he reached 91.37 miles per hour.
  • 1908 - A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
  • 1943 - The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.'
  • 1949 - "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV.
  • 1966 - U.S. President Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.
  • 1971 - "All In the Family" debuted on CBS-TV.
  • 1998 - Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

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