On this Day In History - January 12th

January 12th

1915		The U.S. Congress establishes Rocky Mountain National Park.
1926		U.S. coal talks break down, leaving both sides bitter as the strike drags on into its fifth month.
1927		U.S. Secretary of State Kellogg claims that Mexican rebel Plutarco Calles is aiding communist plot in Nicaragua.
1932		Oliver Wendell Holmes retires from the Supreme Court at age 90.
1962		The United States resumes aid to the Laotian regime.
1991		The U.S. Congress gives the green light to military action against Iraq in the Persian Gulf Crisis.
Born on January 12
1588		John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1737		John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1876		Jack London, American writer (The Call of the Wild).