What happened this day in history December 12

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, 1,733,961,600 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 ‘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

  • 1901
    Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland.
  • 1911
    Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
  • 1911
    King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India.
  • 1925
    The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia.
  • 1935
    Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
  • 1942
    World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
  • 1950
    Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
  • 1963
    Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1964
    Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
  • 1979
    A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.

Who were born on December 12?

  • 1805
    Henry Wells, American banking executive (d. 1878)
  • 1903
    Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer (d. 1976)
  • 1917
    James Wall, American actor and stage manager (d. 2010)
  • 1928
    Helen Frankenthaler, American artist (d. 2011)
  • 1940
    Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
  • 1942
    Peter Sarstedt, British musician
  • 1950
    Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican radio and TV news anchor
  • 1956
    Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
  • 1979
    Nate Clements, American football player
  • 1990
    Victor Moses, Nigerian-born British footballer

Who died on December 12?

  • 1913
    Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)
  • 1970
    Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
  • 1976
    Vinko Žganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (b. 1890)
  • 1985
    Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923)
  • 1994
    Donna J. Stone, American poet (b. 1933)
  • 2002
    Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (b. 1965)
  • 2005
    Gebran Tueni, Lebanese politician (b. 1957)
  • 2006
    Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)
  • 2006
    Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)
  • 2006
    Raymond P. Shafer, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917)

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