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What happend on 12. January in History
In our data base we found 371 events happened on 12. January:
• 475: Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 690: Benedict Biscop, saint (b. 628) [category: Deaths]
• 1167: Ailred of Rievaulx, saint (b. 1110) [category: Deaths]
• 1321: Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) [category: Deaths]
• 1483: Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (d. 1538) [category: Births]
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• 1519: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459) [category: Deaths]
• 1528: Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1539: Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. [category: Events]
• 1562: Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630) [category: Births]
• 1576: Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1577: Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) [category: Births]
• 1580: Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) [category: Births]
• 1588: John Winthrop, English-born politician (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1591: José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) [category: Births]
• 1597: François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) [category: Births]
• 1628: Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1665: Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605) [category: Deaths]
• 1700: Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
• 1705: Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634) [category: Deaths]
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• 1711: Gaetano Latilla, Italian opera composer (d. 1788) [category: Births]
• 1715: Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1716: Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1721: Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1723: Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1729: Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1732: John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) [category: Deaths]
• 1737: John Hancock, American merchant and statesman (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1746: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1751: King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) [category: Births]
• 1759: Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709) [category: Deaths]
• 1765: Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696) [category: Deaths]
• 1772: Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1773: The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1777: Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1777: Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. [category: Events]
• 1781: Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855) [category: Births]
• 1792: Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1797: Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1808: The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1810: King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1822: Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1829: Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (b. 1772) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1837: Adolf Jensen, German pianist, composer (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1848: The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. [category: Events]
• 1849: Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1856: John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1856: Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Louis Dutfoy, French sports shooter (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1861: Václav Hanka, Czech philologist, (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1866: The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1872: Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. [category: Events]
• 1873: Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1874: James Juvenal, American rower (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1876: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1876: Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish Field Marshal and Prime Minister (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1876: Jack London, American author (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1877: Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1878: Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1879: Anton Uesson, Estonian politician and engineer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1879: Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1882: Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1884: Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1889: Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-born spiritual leader (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1892: Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1892: William Reeves, bishop, antiquarian (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1893: Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1894: Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1895: Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1895: The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1896: David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1897: Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. [category: Events]
• 1899: Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1899: Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1899: Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former flounders off the coast of Devon, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1903: Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1904: Fred McDowell, American blues musician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1905: James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1905: Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1906: Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1906: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. [category: Events]
• 1907: Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1908: Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1908: A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1909: Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Luise Rainer, German actress [category: Births]
• 1910: Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1911: Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek judge and politician (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. [category: Events]
• 1915: Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1915: Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1915: The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1915: The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. [category: Events]
• 1916: Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: P. W. Botha, South African politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1917: Walter Hendl, American conductor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. [category: Events]
• 1920: James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1921: Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. [category: Events]
• 1922: Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ira Hayes, American serviceman (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1924: Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bill Burrud, American television host (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Scottie MacGregor, American actress [category: Births]
• 1926: Morton Feldman, American composer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ray Price, American singer [category: Births]
• 1926: Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. [category: Events]
• 1928: Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-born American philosopher [category: Births]
• 1930: Glenn Yarborough, American singer (The Limeliters) [category: Births]
• 1930: Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1932: Des O'Connor, British television presenter [category: Births]
• 1932: Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1932: Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. [category: Events]
• 1933: Michael Aspel, English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1934: Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1934: Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Kreskin, American mentalist [category: Births]
• 1935: Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Raimonds Pauls, Latvian Composer [category: Births]
• 1937: Marie Dubois, French actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Shirley Eaton, British actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1938: Lewis Fiander, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani politician and scholar (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1938: Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Jim Palosaari, Christian evangelist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1939: William Lee Golden, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) [category: Births]
• 1940: Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Long John Baldry, British singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1942: Bernardine Dohrn, American activist [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. [category: Events]
• 1943: Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate [category: Births]
• 1944: Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1944: Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist [category: Births]
• 1944: Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player [category: Births]
• 1944: Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: André Bicaba, Burkinabé sprinter [category: Births]
• 1945: Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows) [category: Births]
• 1946: Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) [category: Births]
• 1946: George Duke, American musician [category: Births]
• 1946: Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure [category: Births]
• 1947: Tom Dempsey, American football player [category: Births]
• 1948: Anthony Andrews, English actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Gordon Campbell, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Kenny Allen, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1948: Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American religious spokesperson (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1948: William Nicholson, English writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian prime minister [category: Births]
• 1949: Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist [category: Births]
• 1949: Kentarō Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1949: Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist [category: Births]
• 1949: Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager [category: Births]
• 1949: Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American director [category: Births]
• 1950: Bob McEwen, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland [category: Births]
• 1950: Greg X. Volz, Christian singer (Petra) [category: Births]
• 1950: Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1950: Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Ann Althouse, American law professor [category: Births]
• 1951: Drew Pearson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1951: Kirstie Alley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and author [category: Births]
• 1952: Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author [category: Births]
• 1952: John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner [category: Births]
• 1952: Walter Mosley, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: Mary Harron, Canadian screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Howard Stern, American radio personality and author [category: Births]
• 1955: Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Tom Ardolino, American drummer (NRBQ) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1956: Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Brian Blair, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1957: John Lasseter, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1958: Christiane Amanpour, American news anchor [category: Births]
• 1958: Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Charles Mallory Hatfield, U.S. rainmaker (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) [category: Births]
• 1959: Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef [category: Births]
• 1959: Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette) [category: Births]
• 1959: The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain. [category: Events]
• 1960: Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Oliver Platt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Pakistani Canadian terrorist accomplice [category: Births]
• 1962: Joe Quesada, American comic book writer and artist. [category: Births]
• 1962: Luna Vachon, Canadian wrestler (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1962: Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place. [category: Events]
• 1963: François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Nando Reis, Brazilian singer and composer (Titãs) [category: Births]
• 1964: Clare Holman, British actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1964: Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1964: Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. [category: Events]
• 1965: Alexandra Wentworth, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Moore, British record producer [category: Births]
• 1965: Rob Zombie, American musician and director (White Zombie) [category: Births]
• 1965: Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Olivier Martinez, French actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. [category: Events]
• 1967: Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel [category: Births]
• 1967: Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. [category: Events]
• 1968: Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1968: Heather Mills, British activist and model [category: Births]
• 1968: Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1968: Keith Anderson, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Rachael Harris, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer [category: Births]
• 1969: Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. [category: Events]
• 1970: Mig Ayesa, Australian musician [category: Births]
• 1970: Raekwon, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1970: Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine) [category: Births]
• 1970: Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1971: Scott Burrell, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: John Tovey, English Royal Navy admiral (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS [category: Events]
• 1971: The Harrisburg Seven: 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. [category: Events]
• 1972: Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jason Sklar, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Randy Sklar, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1973: Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay) [category: Births]
• 1973: Hande Yener, Turkish singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Matthew Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish) [category: Births]
• 1974: Claudia Conserva, Chilean television presenter [category: Births]
• 1974: Melanie Chisholm, British singer (Spice Girls) [category: Births]
• 1974: Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1974: Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Jason Freese, American musician (Green Day) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). [category: Events]
• 1977: Cade McNown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jeremy Camp, American Christan singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Kim Sa-rang, Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris) [category: Births]
• 1978: Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher [category: Births]
• 1978: Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: David Zabriskie, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1979: Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model [category: Births]
• 1979: Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Matt Kohler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Bobby Crosby, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Marco Jaggi, Swiss professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Vanessa Johansson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Amerie, American singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Dan Klecko, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: João Paulo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Kristin Eubanks, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1981: Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Chris Ray, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Dean Whitehead, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper [category: Births]
• 1982: Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete [category: Births]
• 1982: Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbek boxer [category: Births]
• 1983: Stella Kaltsidou, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian percussionist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Daniel Sepulveda, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jonathan Zydko, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Oribe Peralta, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Scott Olsen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Borja Valero, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Gerard Lawson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Gemma Arterton, English actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Kieron Richardson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Italian Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist. [category: Events]
• 1987: Andi Muise, Canadian model [category: Births]
• 1987: Naya Rivera, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Will Rothhaar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Andrew Lawrence, American actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Chris Casement, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Holder da Silva, Guinea-Bissauan sprinter [category: Births]
• 1988: Ytalo, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player [category: Births]
• 1990: Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator and writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Pixie Lott, English singer [category: Births]
• 1991: Mary Francis Shura, American writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. [category: Events]
• 1992: Ishak Belfodil, Franco-Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol [category: Births]
• 1992: Samuele Longo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: D.O, Member of South Korea Boy-Band EXO [category: Births]
• 1994: Emre Can, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1996: Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Nathan Gamble, American actor [category: Births]
• 1998: Roger Clark, British World Rally driver, and four-times British Rally Champion (1965, 1972, 1973 & 1975) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. [category: Events]
• 1999: Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. [category: Events]
• 2002: Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Alan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Maurice Gibb, British musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. [category: Events]
• 2005: Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. [category: Events]
• 2006: A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. [category: Events]
• 2006: The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. [category: Events]
• 2007: Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. [category: Events]
• 2009: Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Daniel Bensaid, French philosopher (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince. [category: Events]
• 2013: Koto Okubo, Last surviving woman born in 1897 (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• _: Ailred of Rievaulx [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Benedict Biscop [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial Day (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Youth Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tatiana [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) [category: Holidays and observances]