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On Jan. 12, 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.

In 1737

revolutionary leader John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Braintree, Mass.

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 give women the right to vote.

In 1932

Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

In 1948

the Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.

In 1954

radio shock jock Howard Stern was born in New York.

In 1969

the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami.

In 1971

the groundbreaking television sitcom “All in the Family” premiered on CBS.

In 1986

the space shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.

In 2010

a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the Haitian capital Port-auPrince, devastating the impoverished nation and killing more than 300,000.

In 2013

the NHL’s four-month lockout ended as the league and the players’ association completed signing a memorandum.