Historical Events In January - 12

1992  Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished on January - 12.   

1992  US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman on January - 12.   

1992  Harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76 on January - 12.   

1993  Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease on January - 12.   

1993  Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45 on January - 12.   

1994  Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder on this day in history.   

1994  Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67 on January - 12.   

1995  Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan on January - 12.   

1995  On this day in history murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles   

1995  On January - 12 pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia   

1995  On this day in history francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77   

1996  Russian troops arrived in Bosnia on a peace keeping mission with the NATO countries on this day in history.   

1996  On January - 12 edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65   

1997  Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated on January - 12.   

1997  Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space on this day in history.   

1997  Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships on January - 12.   

1997  Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

2005  On January - 12 deep Impact is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket.   

2006  On this day in history a stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 pilgrims.   

2007  An Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former President Isabel Martínez de Perón in connection with the disappearance of a human rights worker in 1976 on January - 12.   

2007  On January - 12 comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion.   

2007  On January - 12 the US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which caused minimal damage and no injuries.   

2010  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230,000 it is one of the deadliest on record on January - 12.   

2010  Haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100,000-316,000 people on January - 12.   

2013  On this day in history a failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths   

2014  71st Golden Globe Awards: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle win on January - 12.   

2017  On this day in history uS President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom   

2020  On January - 12 1st ATP Cup Men's Tennis, Sydney: Novak Đoković & Viktor Troicki beat Spanish pair Pablo Carreño Busta & Feliciano López 6-3, 6-4 to clinch inaugural title for Serbia, 2-1; Đoković beats Raphael Nadal 6-2, 7-6   

2020  On January - 12 taal Volcano in Luzon erupts, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people.   

2023  US Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden 's handling of classified documents [1] on January - 12.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.   

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1321  On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On this day in history peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.   

1537  On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

1665  On January - 12 pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63