Other Notable Events, January 12

He and brothers Barry and Robin comprised the Bee Gees, who performed on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever and were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2005, The Southern California death toll from rain, flood and mudslides rose to 19.

Also in 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that an alien can be deported to a country without the advance consent of that country's government.

In 2006, around 350 people were crushed to death by a stampeding crowd at the entrance to Jamarat Bridge in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during a pilgrimage to Mecca.

In 2007, the former head of the Bangladesh central bank, Fakhruddin Ahmed, was named head of the caretaker government, replacing President Iajuddin Ahmed.

In 2008, some banned officials of the Saddam Hussein Baathist party were allowed to again hold government positions under legislation passed by the Iraqi Parliament.

In 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale dealt Haiti and its capital Port-au-Prince a devastating blow, the region's worst quake in 200 years. Death estimates eventually surpassed the 200,000 mark as many sections of the city and thousands of homes were leveled.

Also in 2010, U.S. Internet search giant Google threatened to stop cooperating with China's censorship terms and possibly leave the country altogether in a dispute over Chinese hackers accused of breaking into email accounts.

And in sports, former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire admitted that he used illegal steroids for several years, including the season in which he hit a record 70 home runs.

In 2011, the Lebanese government, in turmoil since the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, toppled after 11 Cabinet members resigned and Hezbollah withdrew.

In 2012, 399,000 people filed for first-time U.S. unemployment claims, an increase of 24,000 from the week before.

Also in 2012, several websites posted a 39-second video showing four men dressed as U.S. Marines urinating on the apparently dead bodies of three men sprawled on the ground. A military official said an investigation was under way and that the desecration of a body by U.S. troops could be considered a potential war crime.