January 12Enjoy exploring all that

happened on my birthday.

We could have been

twins…Significant people who share my

birthday

Born: January 12, 1580 Who: A Flemish

chemist and physician Significance:

Developed the concept of gas

Fun Fact: Invented the word gas from the Greek word “chaos”

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Jan Baptista

van Helmont…

John Hancock… Born: January 12, 1737 Who: A patriot Significance: First to sign

Declaration of Independence

Fun Fact: People often use the expression, “Put your John Hancock here” when asking for one’s signature. earlyamerica.com

Andrew

Fun Fact: In the Disney Channel Original Movie Jumping Ship, he acted with his two brothers, Joseph and Matthew.

Lawrence

Born January 12, 1988 Who: Actor Significance: Acted in movies and

TV series such as Jumping Ship, Blossom, Tom, and Oliver Beene › Also voiced Recess’s D.J.

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HISTORICAL EVENTS

FIRST X-RAY PHOTO IN U.S. When: The night of

January 12,1896 Who: Students Osmond

L. Barringer, Eben Hardie, and E. Pender Porter

Where: Physics Lab, Davidson College, NC

How: Dr. Henry Smith, their physics professor, had invented an X-Ray camera.

What: X-Ray photograph of two .22 caliber rifle cartridges, two rings and a pin inside a pillbox, and a cadaver’s finger

Dr. Henry Smith

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When: January 12, 1908 Who: Lee de Forest, French engineer and scientist Where: Eiffel Tower, Paris, France What: First long-distance radio message transmission How: The radio show was broadcasted to about 50

people up to 500 miles away.

FIRST WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT

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SPEED RECORD

SET

When: January 12, 1904

Who: Henry Ford

Where: Frozen St. Clair Lake in Michigan

What: A land-speed record of 91.37 mph was set by driving the Ford 999, a four-wheeled vehicle without a hood or body.

Significance: Huge publicity for Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company

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In the World of Enterta

inment Debuts of bands and

shows

The Beatles

When: January 12, 1964 Where: Sunday Night at the London

Palladium (British Television Variety Show)

Who: The Beatles What: Performing “I Want To Hold Your

Hand,” “This Boy,” “All My Loving,” “Money,” and “Twist And Shout”

Fun Fact: Although The Beatles had first appeared on the show the previous October, this time they charged four times as much.Thisdayinmusic.com

When: January 12,1966 Where: Premiere on ABC

TV Who: Stars Adam West

and Burt Ward What: The show

Batman, based on the DC Comics

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Fun Fact: Famous celebrities often guest starred as villains on the show.

In My Life TimeThe Recent Past

Basketball Player Dies

When: January 12, 2000 Who: Bobby Phills,

Charlotte Hornets Guard What: Phills was drag

racing his teammate David Wesley at 75 mph.

How: Phills lost control of his Porche, crashed, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Earthquake

When: January 12, 2010 Where: Port-au-Prince, Haiti What: An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude Who: About 150,000 were killed

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