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.
- 1777 –Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
- 1808 –The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- 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.
- 1967 –Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
- 1970 –Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
- 1986 –Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
- 2005 –Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1884 –Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
- 1895 –Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (d. 1959)
- 1925 –Bill Burrud, American television host (d. 1990)
- 1944 –Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
- 1949 –Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
- 1960 –Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
- 1973 –Hande Yener, Turkish singer
- 1981 –Amerie, American singer
- 1982 –Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
- 1993 –Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
Who died on January 12?
- 1700 –Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
- 1759 –Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
- 1921 –Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
- 1926 –Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
- 1958 –Charles Mallory Hatfield, U.S. rainmaker (b. 1875)
- 1965 –Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936)
- 1976 –Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
- 1999 –Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
- 2003 –Alan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
- 2007 –Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
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