JANUARY 12
1969:Quarterback Joe Namath leads the New York Jets to a 16-7 upset over
the Baltimore Colts, giving the AFL a win in the first championship game
to be officially called the Super Bowl, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1971: The highly influential sitcom All in the Family, which would address issues such as homophobia, racism and abortion through the eccentric Bunker family, premieres on CBS.
1991: Congress narrowly votes to allow President George H.W.
Bush to use military force in expelling Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces
from Kuwait. The United Nations-sanctioned Operation Desert Storm will begin five days later.
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