On This Day:
Thursday January 12, 2012
This is the 12th day of the year, with 354 days remaining
in 2012.
Fact of the Day: snowflake birth
Snowflake Birth: 1. Rising air, moisture and cold
temperatures combine to form snowflakes in clouds high above
the earth. First, water droplet freezes into ice crystal. 2.
If temperature is near 5 degrees Fahrenheit and plenty of
moisture is present, crystal grows six branches with arms.
3. Crystal grows heavier as moisture condenses onto it. 4.
Crystal continues growing as it falls through the cloud. 5.
Crystals falling into warm air begin melting. Water can act
like glue, holding crystals together in large flakes. (The
USA Today Weather Book)
Holidays
Feast day of St. Benedict or Benet Biscop, St. Tatiana, St.
Margaret Bourgeoys, St. Arcadius, St. Caesaria, St.
Victorian, and St. Eutropius.
Tanzania:
Zanzibar Revolution Day.
Events
1773
- The first public museum (the Charleston
Museum) in America
was established, in Charleston,
South
Carolina.
1866
- The Royal
Aeronautical Society was founded in London.
1879
- The British-Zulu
War began.
1908
- A wireless message was sent long-distance for the first
time, from the Eiffel
Tower in Paris.
1915
- The U.S. House
of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women
the right to vote.
1915
- Congress
established Rocky
Mountain National Park.
1932
- Hattie
W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S.
Senate.
1959
- "The
Bell Telephone Hour," a musical series, premiered on
television.
1966
- "Batman"
premiered on TV.
1971
- "All
in the Family" premiered on television.
Births
1588
- John
Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts
Bay Colony.
1737
- John
Hancock, American, first signer of the Declaration
of Independence.
1876
- Jack
London (John
Chaney), American author.
Deaths
1976
- Agatha
Christie, English detective-story writer.
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