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What happened in history on this day: January 12?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 12 in ...
- 1984 - IBM announces the Personal Computer Interactive Executive operating system. It is the UNIX system licensed from AT&T, and developed for IBM by Interactive Systems Corp. Price is expected to be US$900 in April.
- 1984 - Mattel Electronics sells worldwide marketing rights for the Aquarius home computer to Radofin Electronics, the company that made the computer.
- 1984 - In London, England, Sinclair Research announces the 16/32-bit Sinclair QL microcomputer. It features 7.5-MHz Motorola MC68008P microprocessor, 128 kB RAM, 48 kB ROM, 42x25 text, 256x256 8-color graphics, 512x256 4-color graphics, two joystick ports, two built-in 100-kB Microdrive tape drives, two network sockets, and multitasking ROM-based operating system. Weight is 3 pounds. Price is expected to be US$500 when marketed in the US later in the year. QL stands for Quantum Leap.
- 2000 - The United States Postal Service issues a 33-cent postage stamp depicting personal computers, part of its series of memories of the 1980s.
- 2005 - Cuba issues a 65 centavos postage stamp depicting a laptop computer.
- 1924 - Roy Disney pays off debts to Uncle Robert.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the film Treasure Island, part two.
- 1956 - The Silhouette Studio shop opens on Main Street in Disneyland.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Ballad of Hector, the Stowaway Dog, part two: Who the Heck is Hector?.
- 1990 - Michael Eisner announces Disney's most ambitious expansion of Disneyland over the next ten years, to expand park capacity by 20 percent.
- 1991 - The Calling Dick Tracy shop on Hollywood Boulevard in Disney-MGM Studios in Walt Disney World closes.
- 1991 - Showtime airs The Steven Banks Show.
- 1996 - The US government purchases the Shades of Green hotel at Walt Disney World from Disney.
- 2000 - Disney announces that Joe Roth is stepping down as chairman of Walt Disney Studios, to be replaced by Peter Schneider.
- 2001 - Downtown Disney opens, in the Disneyland Resort, between Disneyland and the site of Disney's California Adventure. The 300,000 square foot site features restaurants, nightclubs, shops, and movie theaters.
- 2001 - The Café Catal restaurant opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The La Brea Bakery opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The Naples Ristorante and Pizzeria restaurant opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The Rainforest Cafe restaurant opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The ESPN Zone restaurant and arcade opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen restaurant opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The Y Arriba Y Arriba restaurant opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - The House of Blues nightclub opens in Downtown Disney in California.
- 2001 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Double Take to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - A ground-breaking ceremony is held for the construction of Hong Kong Disneyland.
- 2003 - Hong Kong issues four postage stamps depicting Hong Kong Disneyland.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A shopping mall has a huge banner outside saying "NOW DISNEY STORE-FREE!".
- A boy treasures a photo of himself with Snow White; likely a reference to photos taken with cast members at a Disney theme park.
- 2004 - Disney announces it is shutting down its Orlando, Florida, animation unit.
- 2006 - The ABC TV network premieres the TV series Crumbs.
- 2007 - The Disney Channel premieres the Cory in the House TV series.
- 1953 - A formal presentation of the prototype Corvette is made to General Motors management. The management team tells the styling team to change the front emblem and horn button, to remove the American flag.
- 1991 - In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over nine days. American Sunroof Corporation and Don Runkle, General Motors' chief of advanced engineering, unveil the Corvette ZR-1 Spyder, a prototype convertible ZR-1.
- 1940 - Japan notifies the Netherlands it is terminating their treaty in which each party agreed to settle disputes peacefully.
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler orders the three capital ships at Brest harbor, France, to return to Germany.
- 1945 - Soviet forces begin an assault toward Berlin, 300 miles away. 70 divisions of the 1st Ukrainian Front cross the Vistula River near Baranov, 120 miles south of Warsaw, Poland.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Ouside the "Noiseland Arcade", a sign is displayed above a live gorilla: "Friday Meet Donkey Kong in Person". The gorilla throws a barrel at a man, knocking him down.
- 2000 - The United States Postal Service issues a 33-cent postage stamp depicting video games, part of its series on memories of the 1980s.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal releases the Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2010 - Electronic Arts releases the Army of Two: The 40th Day video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2010 - Capcom releases the Dark Void video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 1528 - Gustav Eriksson is formally crowned King of Sweden.
- 1632 - Wismar capitulates to Swedish general Tott.
- 2004 - At the 32nd Annual New York International Numismatic Convention, Heritage World Coin Auctions sells a Canada 1936 1-cent dot graded MS-63 PCGS from the Chester L. Krause Collection for US$207,000.
- 1792 - US Senate passes bill authorizing establishment of a federal mint.
- 1909 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1909-dated eagles.
- 1912 - Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh selects sculptor James Earle Fraser to redesign both obverse and reverse of the 5-cent coin.
- 1934 - US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6556, allowing coin collectors to buy and sell gold coins without a license, provided that the coins have recognized collector value.
- 2005 - Steven Contursi and Donald Kagin purchase the unique 1787 Brasher gold doubloon for US$2,990,000, third highest price ever paid for a rare coin at public auction.
- 2005 - Heritage Auctions sells the Gold Rush Collection. An 1880 Coiled Hair Stella gold $4 pattern, one of 10-15 struck, Proof 66 NGC, sells for $977,500, highest price paid for any US $4 pattern.
- 2010 - The US Mint releases the 2010 Lincoln Cent to circulation in Puerto Rico.
- 1906 - Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass.
- 1918 - Montreal Canadiens' Joe Malone scores five goals beating Ottawa Senators 9-4.
- 1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues is agreed to be done in inverse order of the final standings.
- 1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
- 1930 - NHL's Boston Bruins win record 14th consecutive game.
- 1946 - NFL champions Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles.
- 1951 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1952 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13.
- 1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open.
- 1958 - NCAA adds two-point conversion to football scoring.
- 1958 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7.
- 1958 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points.
- 1960 - Sobers and Worrell complete 399 stand for fourth wicket versus England.
- 1960 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is first NBA player to score 15,000 points.
- 1963 - Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia versus England.
- 1964 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17.
- 1966 - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics.
- 1969 - Super Bowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Joe Namath, quarterback for New York Jets.
- 1972 - Detroit Tigers sign a lease to build a US$126 million domed stadium (doesn't happen).
- 1975 - Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Franco Harris, Running Back.
- 1977 - Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris releases Abu Daoud, responsible for 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes.
- 1983 - NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August.
- 1983 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1985 - Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship.
- 1986 - Chicago Blackhawks' Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of third period.
- 1988 - Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirates player), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1988 - Mercedes-Benz board of directors decides to officially return to motor sport racing, since withdrawing in 1955.
- 1991 - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520).
- 1991 - Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 metre butterfly (1 55.69).
- 1992 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman.
- 1993 - Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease.
- 1994 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions.
- 1997 - Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Golf Championships.
- 1999 - Setting an all-time record, Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball in one season is purchased at an auction by an anonymous buyer for $3 million.
- 2005 - Paul Lo Duca signs a three-year, US$18 million deal to remain with the Florida Marlins.
- 2005 - At a Dodger Stadium's news conference, general manager Paul DePodesta announces the team has signed Derek Lowe to a $36 million, four-year deal.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Arizona Coyotes beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Seattle Kraken by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Montreal Canadiens by score 5-1.
- 1986 - 24th space shuttle mission STS 61-C Columbia 7 is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space.
- 2005 - Deep Impact is launched from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.
- 2007 - Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion.
- 1552 - Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed.
- 1979 - Record blizzard strikes American midwest killing over 100.
- 1792 - US Senate passes bill authorizing establishment of a federal mint.
- 1812 - First cargo arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana, by steam, from Natchez.
- 1839 - Anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.
- 1861 - Florida state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens.
- 1863 - CSA President Jefferson Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address.
- 1865 - USA fleet bombs Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
- 1896 - First X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson, North Carolina).
- 1912 - -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record).
- 1915 - House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.
- 1924 - History of Science Society organized at Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1926 - The two-man comedy series "Sam 'n' Henry" debuts on Chicago's WGN radio station. The creators and the stars of the new radio program are Freeman Gosden and Charles Carrell.
- 1929 - Seatrain (railroad cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans, Louisiana to Havana, Cuba.
- 1933 - US Congress recognizes independence for Philippines.
- 1937 - Plow for laying submarine cable patented.
- 1942 - National War Labor Board created.
- 1945 - US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea.
- 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded.
- 1959 - Record label Motown is launched in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1966 - US President Lyndon Johnson says US should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends.
- 1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage.
- 1971 - US Federal grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan and five others, including a nun and two priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger.
- 1975 - Caryn Campbell disappears from Snowmass, Colorado, USA (Ted Bundy victim).
- 1979 - 6th American Music Awards: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win.
- 1979 - Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham, Washington.
- 1979 - Record blizzard strikes American midwest killing over 100.
- 1981 - -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C) in Chester, Massachusetts (state record).
- 1986 - 24th space shuttle mission STS 61-C Columbia 7 is launched with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.
- 1989 - George Bush names William Bennett to be his Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and James Watkins as Secretary of Energy.
- 1990 - Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
- 1991 - US Congress gives President George H.W. Bush authority to use military force to liberate Kuwait.
- 1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder.
- 1997 - Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space.
- 2001 - Downtown Disney opens, in the Disneyland Resort, between Disneyland and the site of Disney's California Adventure. The 300,000 square foot site features restaurants, nightclubs, shops, and movie theaters.
- 2002 - The X (roller coaster) opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California.
- 2005 - Steven Contursi and Donald Kagin purchase the unique (US) 1787 Brasher gold doubloon with "EB" punch on breast for US$2,990,000, third highest price ever paid for a rare coin at public auction.
- 2007 - The US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, causing minimal damage and no injuries.
- 2016 - Two US Navy patrol boats enter Iranian water near an island naval base; the boats and crew are seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
Other history:
- 1974 - Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic".
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