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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 30, 2021 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 456,096 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 20 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 3,309 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 12 Historical Events
- 1528 –Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
- 1773 –The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1848 –The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- 1866 –The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- 1872 –Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
- 1898 –Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 1932 –Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
- 1970 –Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
- 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.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1908 –Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008)
- 1910 –Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1917 –Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2007)
- 1938 –Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
- 1948 –Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
- 1948 –Kenny Allen, English footballer
- 1949 –Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
- 1952 –Walter Mosley, American author
- 1959 –Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- 1975 –Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on January 12?
- 1321 –Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
- 1665 –Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
- 1765 –Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
- 1777 –Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
- 1861 –Václav Hanka, Czech philologist, (b. 1791)
- 1938 –Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
- 1944 –Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
- 1956 –Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1999 –Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
- 2003 –Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
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