On this day in history - Today, January, 12

Today in History

• 1908 The first long-distance radio message is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower in Paris

  Scientist Lee de Forest's broadcast was heard by an audience of 50.

• 1967 James Bedford is frozen with intent of future resuscitation

  Bedford was the first human to be cryonically preserved; his body awaits resuscitation in Scottsdale

• 1969 Led Zeppelin releases their debut album

  The album was imaginatively named “Led Zeppelin”.

• 1991 The U.S. Congress votes for war in Iraq

  President George H. W. Bush was given the authority to use military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait.

• 2010 An earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti

  Most of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the disaster.