What are the important events that happened on December 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 12 is the 346th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 29, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 490,416 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 ‘trihectatetracontahexagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 67 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 4,739 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 12 Historical Events
- 1098 –First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town’s walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
- 1918 –Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time.
- 1941 –Adolf Hitler announces extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery
- 1941 –World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.
- 1941 –World War II: USMC F4F “Wildcats” sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island.
- 1942 –World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1963 –Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1979 –A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.
- 1979 –Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
- 1991 –Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
Who were born on December 12?
- 1574 –Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)
- 1909 –Karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1946 –Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1955 –Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
- 1957 –Robert Lepage, French Canadian playwright
- 1968 –Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002)
- 1970 –Mädchen Amick, American actress
- 1980 –Nicolae Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer
- 1981 –Shane Costa, American baseball player
- 1990 –Victor Moses, Nigerian-born British footballer
Who died on December 12?
- 1569 –Metropolitan Philip of Moscow (b. 1507)
- 1789 –John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)
- 1894 –Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
- 1929 –Charles Goodnight, American cattle baron (b. 1836)
- 1951 –Mildred Bailey, American jazz singer (b. 1907)
- 1978 –Fay Compton, English actress (b. 1894)
- 1993 –József Antall, Hungarian politician (b. 1932)
- 1998 –Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (b. 1922)
- 1998 –Mo Udall, American politician (b. 1922)
- 2005 –Gebran Tueni, Lebanese politician (b. 1957)
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