OnThisDay: January 12th
1773 - First US public museum established (Charleston SC)
1896 - First X-ray photo in US (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1906 - Football rules committee legalized the forward pass
1906 - First time Dow Jones closed above 100 (100.26)
1948 - Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi began his final fast
1952 - University of Tennessee admitted its first black student
1966 - LBJ said US should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1970 - Boeing 747 made its maiden voyage
1977 - Anti-French demonstrations took place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud (Islamic terrorist responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes)
1991 - US Congress gave former President George H.W. Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1995 - Major earthquake killed 5,092 in Kobe, Japan
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, began in Los Angeles