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January 12

This Day in History

6 historical events

National Events (6)

2010

Haiti earthquake

A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti near Port-au-Prince, killing an estimated 230,000 people and devastating the capital region. The disaster prompted a massive international humanitarian response and highlighted Haiti’s political and economic fragility

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2010

Haiti earthquake

A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti near Port-au-Prince, killing an estimated 230,000 people and devastating the capital region. The disaster prompted a massive international humanitarian response and highlighted Haiti’s political and economic fragility

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1967

First Super Bowl played

The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game (retroactively known as Super Bowl I) in Los Angeles

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1967

First Super Bowl played

The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game (retroactively known as Super Bowl I) in Los Angeles

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1879

British defeat at Battle of Isandlwana

In the Anglo-Zulu War, Zulu forces decisively defeated British troops at Isandlwana in South Africa, one of the British Army’s worst ever colonial defeats

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1879

British defeat at Battle of Isandlwana

In the Anglo-Zulu War, Zulu forces decisively defeated British troops at Isandlwana in South Africa, one of the British Army’s worst ever colonial defeats

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