Today’s highlight in history On this date
On Jan. 12, 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race.
In 1915,
the U.S. House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a proposed constitutional amendment to give women nationwide the right to vote.
In 1932,
Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband, Thaddeus.
In 1959,
Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.
In 1966,
the TV series “Batman,” starring Adam West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic Duo, premiered on ABC, airing twice a week on consecutive nights.
In 1971,
the groundbreaking situation comedy “All in the Family” premiered on CBS television.
In 1986,
the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.
In 1998,
Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Ten years ago:
President George W. Bush, visiting Bahrain, said news that Iraq’s parliament had approved legislation reinstating thousands of former supporters of Saddam Hussein’s dissolved Baath party to government jobs was “an important step toward reconciliation.”
Five years ago:
The NHL’s fourmonth lockout finally ended as the league and the players’ association completed signing a required memorandum of understanding.
One year ago:
The Justice Department inspector general opened an investigation into department and FBI actions before the election, including whether FBI Director James Comey followed established policies in the email investigation of Hillary Clinton.