Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 12
- 1838 - In order to avoid anti-Mormon persecution, Joseph Smith, Jr. and his followers fled Ohio for Missouri.
- 1966 - Batman the television series, starring Adam West, was first broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company.
- 1969 - British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first record album, Led Zeppelin.
- 1970 - The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria capitulated, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
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