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On Jan. 12, 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
In 1773 the first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
In 1915 the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to allow women to vote.
In 1948 the Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
In 1986 the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz.
In 1998 nineteen European nations signed a treaty in Paris opposing human cloning.
In 1999 Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million.
