Template:On this day/January 12

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

January 12:

• 1803 – US Senate approves Thomas Jefferson’s nomination of James Monroe and Robert Livingston to negotiate the New Orleans purchase from France. Jefferson saw Monroe’s potential as a future leader (he later became the 5th U.S. President), and this mission helped elevate his profile.
• 1895 – Charlottesville City & Suburban Railway Company launched the city’s first electric streetcar; over 2,000 fares collected in first two days; population ~6,000.