January 12

On This Day In History
	1879: Beginning of Zulu War The Zulu War began this week in 1879 as the British sought control over Zululand in eastern South Africa, and, despite initial setbacks, British forces were victorious over the Zulu army after six months of fighting.
King Dinizulu, the son of King Cetshwayo who led the Zulu nation against the British in the Zulu
Biography Of The Day
	John Hancock John Hancock, born this day in 1737, was a leader of the American Revolution, the first signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and president of the Continental Congress from May 1775 to October 1777.
John Hancock
More Events On This Day In History
	1969 American gridiron football quarterback Joe Namath, having "guaranteed" victory, led the New York Jets to a 16–7 win over the favoured Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.
	1932 Hattie Ophelia Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1916	1916 P.W. Botha, prime minister (1978–84) and president (1984–89) of South Africa, was born.
	1876 American novelist Jack London, author of Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906), was born in San Francisco.
1773	1773 The oldest public museum in the United States was established in colonial Charleston, South Carolina.