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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 12
- 100th: 1924 - History of Science Society organized at Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Burdette Haldorson; American basketball player (Olympics-gold-1956, 1960).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Joe Frazier in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA; heavyweight champion boxer (Olympics-gold-1964)/champion (1968-73).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Vlastimil Hort; Czechoslovakian/German chess player.
- 80th: 1944 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a two-day wartime conference in Marrakesh.
- 80th: 1944 - Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat, Amsterdam.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Howard Stern in Roosevelt, New York, USA; shock jock, "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK).
- 70th: 1954 - Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; nine hours later second one-kills 115.
- 70th: 1954 - Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lynnae Marie Thurik in Vancouver, Washington, USA; Miss Washington-America (1990).
- 60th: 1964 - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (West Indies in four Tests, six wickets), dies.
- 60th: 1964 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17.
- 60th: 1964 - Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, one month after independence.
- 50th: 1974 - "Joker" song by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Melanie Jayne Chisholm in Widnes, England; vocalist ("Sporty Spice" - Spice Girls).
- 50th: 1974 - Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic".
- 30th: 1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder.
- 30th: 1994 - Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at age 85.
- 30th: 1994 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 25th: 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.
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