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 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, 28,944,000 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 ‘dodecagon’ day.
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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.
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January 12 Historical Events
- 1866 –The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- 1875 –Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
- 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.
- 1921 –Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball’s first commissioner.
- 1926 –Original Sam ‘n’Henry aired on Chicago radio later renamed Amos ‘n’Andy in 1928.
- 2004 –The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
- 2006 –The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
- 2007 –Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
- 2010 –The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1562 –Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
- 1923 –Ira Hayes, US Marine (d. 1955)
- 1930 –Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
- 1933 –Michael Aspel, English broadcaster
- 1950 –Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
- 1959 –Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- 1968 –Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
- 1969 –Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
- 1973 –Hande Yener, Turkish singer
- 1978 –Jeremy Camp, American musician
Who died on January 12?
- 690 –Benedict Biscop, saint (b. 628)
- 1167 –Ailred of Rievaulx, saint (b. 1110)
- 1765 –Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
- 1781 –Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)
- 1829 –Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (b. 1772)
- 1834 –William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
- 1899 –Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
- 2000 –Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
- 2000 –Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2010 –Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)
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