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Today in History: January 12, Joe Namath, New York Jets win Super Bowl III

Today in History: January 11, Theodore Roosevelt makes the Grand Canyon a national monument

Today in History: January 10, “The Catch” sends 49ers to Super Bowl

Today in History: January 9, the iPhone makes its debut

Today in History: January 8, Lyndon Johnson declares ‘war on poverty’

Today in History: January 7, gunmen kill 12 at Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris

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Today in History: January 6, Trump supporters storm Capitol to stop certification of Biden victory

Former Capitol Police officer reflects on 5th anniversary of Jan. 6 riot

Former Capitol Police officer reflects on 5th anniversary of Jan. 6 riot

Today in History: January 5, construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge

Today in History: January 4, Nancy Pelosi becomes first female speaker of the House

Today in History: January 3, the ‘Curse of the Bambino’ begins

Today in History: December 31, Edison demonstrates incandescent lights in Menlo Park

Today in History: January 2, Armed militia occupies Malheur refuge in Oregon

Today In History, January 1: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

Today in History: December 30, Saddam Hussein executed

Today in History: December 29, the Wounded Knee Massacre

Today in History: December 28, U.S. Afghan war formally ends

Today in History: December 27, Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Today in History: December 26, massive earthquake triggers Asian Tsunami

Today in History: December 25, George Washington crosses the Delaware

Today in History: December 24, World War I ‘Christmas truce’ begins

Today in History: December 23, Franco Harris makes the ‘Immaculate Reception’

Today in History: December 22, four shot by New York subway vigilante

Today in History: December 21, Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie

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