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History for January 12:
Events:
1922 - Mrs. Hattie Caraway becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate.
1945 - US Navy destroys 41 Japanese ships in the Battle of South China Sea.
1971 - Norman Lear's "All in the Family" premieres.
1986 - 24th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 7 is launched.
Birthdays:
1588 - John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1737 - John Hancock, Signer of the Declaration of Independance
1876 - Jack London, writer (Call of the Wild)