What are the important events that happened on January 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 12 is the 12th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 30, 2023 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 473,616 hours 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 ‘dodecagon’ day.
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 29 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 4,039 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 12 Historical Events
- 1539 –Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
- 1773 –The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1866 –The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- 1875 –Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
- 1899 –13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
- 1966 –Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
- 1976 –The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
- 1986 –Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
- 2001 –Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
- 2005 –Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1925 –Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
- 1947 –Tom Dempsey, American football player
- 1948 –Anthony Andrews, English actor
- 1951 –Drew Pearson, American football player
- 1952 –Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
- 1960 –Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
- 1964 –Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player
- 1972 –Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
- 1982 –Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
- 1986 –Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
Who died on January 12?
- 1735 –John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
- 1765 –Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
- 1834 –William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
- 1899 –Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
- 1943 –Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902)
- 1974 –Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
- 1977 –Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1988 –Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
- 2003 –Alan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
- 2004 –Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
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