January 12 in History

• 1773

  January 12, 1773:

  The Charleston Museum is established in Charleston, South Carolina.

• 1926

  January 12, 1926:

  The radio comedy show, “Amos n Andy” makes its debut under the name “Sam n Henry”.

• 1932

  January 12, 1932:

  Hattie Ophelia Caraway is elected into the United States Senate as the first female senator.

• 1966

  January 12, 1966:

  “Batman”, the live-action television series, makes its debut on ABC.

• 1969

  January 12, 1969:

  Joe Namath leads the New York Jets to clinch the Super Bowl III championship over the Baltimore Colts.

• 1971

  January 12, 1971:

  The television sitcom series, “All in the Family” is premiered on CBS.

• 1981

  January 12, 1981:

  The drama television series, “Dynasty” makes its premiere on ABC.

• 2005

  January 12, 2005:

  The US launches the space probe named Deep Impact.

• 2010

  January 12, 2010:

  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Haiti, leaving more than a million people homeless and killing over 200,000.