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 12^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 30, 2023 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,705,017,600 seconds 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.

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 29 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 4,039 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

January 12 Historical Events

• 1808 –
  The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
• 1898 –
  Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1899 –
  13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
• 1908 –
  A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
• 1911 –
  The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• 1915 –
  The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
• 1918 –
  Finland’s “Mosaic Confessors” law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
• 1964 –
  Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
• 1966 –
  Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• 1971 –
  The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.

Who were born on January 12?

• 1873 –
  Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
• 1876 –
  Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish Field Marshal and Prime Minister (d. 1950)
• 1882 –
  Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
• 1949 –
  Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
• 1949 –
  Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
• 1953 –
  Mary Harron, Canadian screenwriter
• 1958 –
  Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
• 1968 –
  Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
• 1968 –
  Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1968 –
  Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer

Who died on January 12?

• 1705 –
  Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
• 1938 –
  Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
• 1943 –
  Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902)
• 1962 –
  Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869)
• 1974 –
  Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 –
  Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
• 1999 –
  Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
• 2004 –
  Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
• 2004 –
  Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2009 –
  Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)