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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 30, 2019 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 438,552 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.
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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 13 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 2,578 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 12 Historical Events
- 475 –Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
- 1539 –Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
- 1872 –Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
- 1926 –Original Sam ‘n’Henry aired on Chicago radio later renamed Amos ‘n’Andy in 1928.
- 1964 –Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
- 1967 –Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
- 1976 –The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
- 1998 –Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
- 2001 –Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
- 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?
- 1856 –John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925)
- 1899 –Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
- 1903 –Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
- 1944 –Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
- 1944 –Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
- 1964 –Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
- 1971 –Scott Burrell, American basketball player
- 1982 –Chris Ray, American baseball player
- 1982 –Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
- 1988 –Chris Casement, Irish footballer
Who died on January 12?
- 1167 –Ailred of Rievaulx, saint (b. 1110)
- 1321 –Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
- 1856 –Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)
- 1861 –Václav Hanka, Czech philologist, (b. 1791)
- 1938 –Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
- 1976 –Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
- 2002 –Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
- 2004 –Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
- 2005 –Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
- 2007 –Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
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