Monday, January 10, 2011

Today in history – January 12, 2011

• 1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asis was founded
• 1856 - Artist John Singer Sargent was born in Florence, Italy
• 1876 - Author Jack London is born in San Francisco, CA
• 1915 - The US House of Representative denied women the right to vote. (Women gained the right to vote in 1920.)
• 1966 - “Batman” TV series premiered
• 2010 - 7.0 Earthquake in Haiti

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