1991 Iraq Scud Missiles
1991 : Iraq attacks Tel Aviv, and Haifa, with Scud missiles, hoping to bring Israel into the Gulf War and turn it into a wider conflict including other Arab Nations.
2010 Haiti Death Toll Raised to 200,000
2010 : Nearly one week after the magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake strikes Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital ( January 12th 16:53 local time ), as aid workers and rescue workers have spent longer on the ground the original estimate of the number who lost their lives in the quake of 50,000 has been raised significantly to over 200,000.
1967 Boston Strangler Sentenced To Life
1967 : The Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison. He claims to have murdered 13 women in the Boston area between June 1962 and Jan 1964,
1901 U.S.A. Bridges Built
1901 : The County Commissioner of Tioga County, Pennsylvania has awarded money to be used for the building of three different iron bridges. One of these would cross the Tioga River in the township of Covington. The plan was to replace it with the "Richards Bridge".
Another bridge building project was planned to happen in the township of Bloss, to cross Babb's Creek at Landum. Another bridge was planned to be built across Zimmerman Creek in the Morris Township.
1918 U.S.A. Eighteenth Amendment
Certain advocacy groups were working towards overturning the decision of the Senate to pass the Eighteenth amendment to the Constitution. This amendment was passed in the year 1917, and it outlawed the sale, transportation, and manufacturing of alcohol in the United States. By 1920, this law had came into affect.
This law was very unpopular, however. Therefore as of this day in 1918 it was announced in a local Connecticut newspaper that the hope was to elect enough people in Congress in favor of repealing the Eighteenth Amendment.
The first order of business was to petition for the return of light beers and wines. At this time, no effort was being made to push for placing whiskey or other types of hard liquor back on the market.
1920 - Poland Flag Blessed
The Polish flag was blessed on this day. The person who had officiated this Polish flag blessing was Reverend Augustyn Krauso. He was the pastor of St. Joseph's Polish National Catholic Church. Two other reverends (Joseph Rekas and Francis Kloss).
Branches of the PolishNational Union were also present. On the same day, the Polish people had celebrated the 100 anniversary of their independence from the Russian Government.
1920 Miracle Man
Harry Mays, a man who was known as the "Miracle Man" was reported on this day to be down with the Pneumonia. Before this day, he had created a hype in this nation (the U.S.), claiming to be able to heal people by the magical touch of his hand.
The doctor who had treated Mays has stated that May's condition is serious, but that he is likely to recover. Also, it is recorded in history that the fact that May was sick made no difference to those who looked up to him.
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