Today in History: January 12, Joe Namath, New York Jets win Super Bowl III

"On Jan. 12, 1969, the biggest upset in Super Bowl history occurred as the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in Super Bowl III, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Also on this date: In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to give women nationwide the right to vote."

"In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit. In 1966, Batman premiered on ABC, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. In 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government estimated killed some 300,000 people."

Jan. 12 records several significant events across U.S. and global history. In 1969 the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III, marking the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. In 1915 the U.S. House rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to grant women nationwide suffrage. In 1932 Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1948 the Supreme Court ruled in Sipuel v. Board of Regents that state law schools could not discriminate by race. In 1959 Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records. In 2010 a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, with the Haitian government estimating about 300,000 fatalities. The date also lists numerous notable birthdays, including Haruki Murakami and Jeff Bezos.

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