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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1990 - Michael Eisner announces Disney's most ambitious expansion of Disneyland over the next ten years, to expand park capacity by 20 percent.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1528 - Gustav Eriksson is formally crowned King of Sweden.
- 1632 - Wismar capitulates to Swedish general Tott.
- 2010 - The Royal Canadian Mint issues the Vancouver 2010 - Gold Collectors Set, with souvenir sheet of two 57-cent postage stamps, one-dollar coin with Vancouver Olympic emblem, one-dollar nickel with color emblem, 50-cent coin with lenticular image of Vancouver skyline and emblem, two pins, booklet, and case. Limit of sets is 16,000; price is $49.95. Also Silver Collectors Set with five stamps, five red-pained 25-cent coins, for $49.95. Also Bronze Collectors Set with three color 50-cent coins, five stamps, for $49.95.
- 1906 - Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass.
- 1918 - Montreal Canadiens' Joe Malone scores five goals beating Ottawa 9-4.
- 1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to.
- 1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes first commissioner of baseball.
- 1930 - NHL's Boston Bruins win then-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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1954 - Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; nine hours later second one-kills 115.
- 1979 - Record blizzard strikes American midwest killing over 100.
- 1982 - In Honduras, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1995 - Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe, Japan.
- 2010 - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, largely destroying the capital, Port-au-Prince, in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in more than 200 years. An estimated 100,000 people are killed.
Other history:
- 1974 - Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic".
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Chronology of World History
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