What are the important events that happened on December 12, 2006? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 12, 2006: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 12, 2006 is the 346th day of the year 2006 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 29, 2006 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,165,881,600 seconds 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 ‘trihectatetracontahexagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a dollar every day starting at age 5, then by now that person has accumulated $4,509.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Dog is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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Who died on December 12, 2006?
- 2006 –Al Shugart, pioneering American computer engineer and co-founder of Seagate Technology (b. 1930)
- 2006 –Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)
- 2006 –Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- 2006 –Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)
- 2006 –Raymond P. Shafer, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917)
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