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 12^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 30, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,736,640,000 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 ‘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 17 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 4,405 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 12 Historical Events

• 1528 –
  Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
• 1895 –
  The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• 1906 –
  Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
• 1911 –
  The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• 1918 –
  Finland’s “Mosaic Confessors” law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
• 1967 –
  Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
• 1971 –
  The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
• 1991 –
  Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
• 1998 –
  Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
• 2004 –
  The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.

Who were born on January 12?

• 1893 –
  Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
• 1916 –
  Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
• 1920 –
  Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
• 1945 –
  Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
• 1948 –
  Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
• 1969 –
  Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
• 1972 –
  Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
• 1978 –
  Jeremy Camp, American musician
• 1981 –
  Amerie, American singer
• 1987 –
  Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer

Who died on January 12?

• 1674 –
  Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
• 1777 –
  Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
• 1834 –
  William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1934 –
  Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)
• 1943 –
  Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902)
• 1960 –
  Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899)
• 1974 –
  Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1983 –
  Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian percussionist (b. 1944)
• 2003 –
  Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
• 2007 –
  Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)