What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
01/12/1588	John Winthrop, 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
01/12/1737	John Hancock
01/12/1876	Jack London, writer (Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf)
EVENTS
01/12/	Volunteer Fireman Day
01/12/1777	Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
01/12/1820	Royal Astronomical Society, founded in England
01/12/1986	24th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 7 is launched

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