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, 482,400 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 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
- 1528 –Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
- 1539 –Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
- 1777 –Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
- 1848 –The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- 1898 –Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 1918 –Finland’s “Mosaic Confessors” law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
- 1932 –Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
- 1966 –Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
- 1986 –Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
- 2006 –A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1715 –Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
- 1876 –Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
- 1906 –Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1920 –James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 1999)
- 1925 –Scottie MacGregor, American actress
- 1948 –Anthony Andrews, English actor
- 1950 –Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
- 1959 –Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
- 1965 –Mark Moore, British record producer
- 1972 –Randy Sklar, American comedian
Who died on January 12?
- 1519 –Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
- 1705 –Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
- 1759 –Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
- 1765 –Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
- 1834 –William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
- 1977 –Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1996 –Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
- 2001 –Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)
- 2007 –Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
- 2010 –Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)
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