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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