Today is Sunday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2025. There are 353 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government estimated killed some 300,000 people.
Also on this date:
In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a proposed constitutional amendment to give women nationwide the right to vote.
In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman to win election to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.
In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart completed an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, California, making her the first person to fly solo across any part of the Pacific Ocean.
In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.
In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.
In 1966, “Batman” premiered on ABC, starring Adam West and Burt Ward.
In 1969, the biggest upset in Super Bowl history occurred as the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in Super Bowl III, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
Today’s birthdays:
- Author Haruki Murakami is 76.
- Filmmaker Wayne Wang is 76.
- Football Hall of Famer Drew Pearson is 74.
- Writer Walter Mosley is 73.
- Media personality Howard Stern is 71.
- Filmmaker John Lasseter is 68.
- Broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour is 67.
- Actor Oliver Platt is 65.
- Basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins is 65.
- Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is 61.
- Musician-filmmaker Rob Zombie is 60.
- Rock singer Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) is 55.
- Rapper Raekwon (Wu Tang Clan) is 55.
- Singer Melanie Chisholm (Spice Girls) is 51.
- Hockey Hall of Famer Marián Hossa is 46.
- Actor Issa Rae is 40.
- Singer Zayn Malik is 32.