On Jan. 12, 1773, the first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
In 1876 novelist Jack London was born in San Francisco.
In 1915 the House rejected giving women the right to vote.
In 1932 Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
In 1951 Rush Limbaugh was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
In 1954 Howard Stern was born in New York.
In 1969 the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III in Miami.
In 1971 the TV sitcom “All in the Family” premiered on CBS.
In 1976 mystery writer Agatha Christie, 85, died in Wallingford, England.
In 1991 Congress authorized President George H.W. Bush to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. (The Senate vote was 52-47; the House vote was 250-183.)
In 1998 Linda Tripp gave Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s office her taped conversations with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
In 2000 the Supreme Court gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer. Also, Britain lifted its ban on gays in the military.
In 2001 William Hewlett, 87, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co., died in Palo Alto, Calif.
In 2003 singer Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees died in Miami; he was 53.
