HISTORY AT A GLANCE

TODAY is Thursday, January 12, the 12th day of 2017. There are 353 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:

1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1970 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). 1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist. 1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the

use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human

cloning. 2001 – Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the

Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. 2004 – The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2,

makes its maiden voyage. 2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a

Delta II rocket. 2006 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. 2006 – The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. 2007 – Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion

becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. 2010 – An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-auPrince. 2012 – Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as twoday-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Basescu’s economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. 2015 – Cameroon kills 143 Boko Haram fighters in clashes. 2015 – A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military

Base, kills seven people in Gyumri, Armenia.