What are the important events that happened on December 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 12 is the 347th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 29, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,899,360 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontaheptagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 48 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,374 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 12 Historical Events
- 1870 –Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first one being Hiram Revels.
- 1901 –Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland.
- 1941 –Adolf Hitler announces extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery
- 1942 –A fire in a hostel in St. John’s, Newfoundland, kills 100 people.
- 1942 –World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1958 –Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1963 –Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1982 –Women’s peace protest at Greenham Common – 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 km perimeter fence.
- 1985 –Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, including 236 members of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division.
- 1991 –Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
Who were born on December 12?
- 1659 –Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)
- 1779 –Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865)
- 1792 –Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek prince (d. 1828)
- 1864 –Paul Elmer More, American essayist (d. 1937)
- 1922 –Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and writer (d. 1979)
- 1930 –Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1946 –Paula Wagner, American film executive
- 1968 –Kate Humble, English television presenter
- 1973 –Walter Otta, Argentine footballer
- 1981 –Ronnie Brown, American football player
Who died on December 12?
- 884 –Carloman, King of the West Franks
- 1586 –Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)
- 1685 –John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)
- 1751 –Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)
- 1817 –Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)
- 1889 –Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812)
- 1980 –Jean Lesage, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
- 1997 –Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
- 2006 –Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)
- 2007 –Francois Hajj, Lebanese Army’s chief of operations (b. 1953)
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