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, 28,944,000 minutes 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
- 1773 –The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1872 –Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
- 1915 –The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
- 1932 –Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
- 1942 –World War II: President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
- 1964 –Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
- 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.
- 2004 –The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
- 2007 –Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1878 –Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. 1952)
- 1926 –Ray Price, American singer
- 1932 –Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress (d. 1992)
- 1936 –Raimonds Pauls, Latvian Composer
- 1969 –Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
- 1974 –Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1981 –Amerie, American singer
- 1982 –Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
- 1984 –Scott Olsen, American baseball player
- 1987 –Naya Rivera, American actress
Who died on January 12?
- 1167 –Ailred of Rievaulx, saint (b. 1110)
- 1674 –Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
- 1861 –Václav Hanka, Czech philologist, (b. 1791)
- 1976 –Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
- 1983 –Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)
- 1991 –Mary Francis Shura, American writer (b. 1923)
- 2000 –Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
- 2003 –Alan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
- 2007 –Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
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