Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
January 12
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[475]] – [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] is forced to flee his capital at [[Constantinople]], and his general, [[Basiliscus]] gains control of the empire.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barton |first=Tamsyn |title=Power and knowledge: Astrology, physiognomics, and medicine under the Roman Empire |year= 2002 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-08852-1 |page=60 }}</ref> *[[1528]] – [[Gustav I of Sweden]] is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Franklin Daniel|title=Sweden: The Nation's History|location=Carbondale, Ill.|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|date=1992|isbn=9780809314898|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8zxie3A18C|pages=121, 129}}</ref> *[[1554]] – [[Bayinnaung]], who would go on to assemble the [[Toungoo dynasty|largest empire]] in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned [[List of Burmese monarchs|King of Burma]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kaung|first=Thaw|title=Accounts of King Bayinnaung's Life and Hanthawadi Hsinbyu-mya-shin Ayedawbon, a Record of His Campaigns|journal=Myanmar Historical Research Journal|date=June 2003|page=29|url=https://www.uclmyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4-Accounts-of-King-Bayinnaung.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – The city of [[Belém]], Brazil is founded on the [[Amazon River]] delta by Portuguese captain [[Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Henderson|first1=James D.|last2=Delpar|first2=Helen|last3=Brungardt|first3=Maurice P.|last4=Weldon|first4=Richard N.|title=A Reference Guide to Latin American History|location=Armonk, N.Y.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|date=2000|isbn=9781563247446|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2F7c0wW7g4C|page=95}}</ref> *[[1792]] – Federalist [[Thomas Pinckney]] appointed first U.S. minister to Britain.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle Publication|date=1989|isbn=0131337459|page=208}}</ref> *[[1808]] – [[John Rennie the Elder|John Rennie]]'s scheme to defend [[St Mary's Church, Reculver]], founded in 669, from [[coastal erosion]] is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of [[Anglo-Saxon architecture]] and [[Anglo-Saxon art|sculpture]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Storm and tide|work=The Literary Panorama|date=March 1808|at=cols. 1309–10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1309|oclc=7687961}}</ref> * 1808 – The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stark|first=James|title=Picture of Edinburgh: Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs|location=Edinburgh|publisher=J. Fairbairn|date=1825|oclc=977450766|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ul4LAAAAYAAJ|page=194}}</ref> *[[1848]] – The [[Sicilian revolution of 1848|Palermo rising]] takes place in [[Sicily]] against the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldstein|first=Robert J.|title=Political Repression in 19th Century Europe. Volume 24|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2010|isbn=9780415555647|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYLR_ewddRoC|page=184}}</ref> *[[1866]] – The [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] is formed in London.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bearman|first=Peter|title=Foreword|journal=The Aeronautical Journal|volume=120|issue=1223|date=January 2016|page=1|doi=10.1017/aer.2015.1|s2cid=112404040 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Yohannes IV]] is crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] in [[Axum]], the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Henze|first=Paul B.|title=Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia|location=New York|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2000|isbn=9781403967435|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VYBDgAAQBAJ|page=146}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] is founded in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=David|title=A History of Nature Conservation in Britain|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=1997|isbn=9780415144919|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFeKAgAAQBAJ|page=42}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1911]] – The [[University of the Philippines College of Law]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Alfonso|first1=Oscar M.|last2=Bauzon|first2=Leslie E.|title=University of the Philippines: The First 75 Years (1908-1983)|location=Quezon City|publisher=University of the Philippines Press|date=1985|isbn=9789711050184|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XifAAAAMAAJ&q=%22on+January+12%2C+1911%2C+the+College+of+Law%22}}</ref> *[[1915]] – The [[United States House of Representatives]] rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give [[women's suffrage|women the right to vote]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women's Suffrage Amendment Fails|work=Elmira Star-Gazette|date=January 13, 1915|page=1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=House Again Defeats Woman Suffrage Plan|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 13, 1915|page=1}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Oswald Boelcke]] and [[Max Immelmann]] become the first German aviators to earn the [[Pour le Mérite]], receive the [[German Empire]]'s highest military award, for achieving eight aerial victories each over [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book|last=Head|first=R.G.|title=Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat|location=London|publisher=Grub Street|date=2019|isbn=9781911621423|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MY6eDgAAQBAJ}}</ref> *[[1918]] – The [[Minnie Pit Disaster]] coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elliott|first=Brian|title=Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900 to 1980|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.|publisher=Pen and Sword|date=2017|isbn=9781473858879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNUjDwAAQBAJ|page=47}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Hattie Caraway]] becomes the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Judith Freeman|title=Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century|location=New York|publisher=Prentice Hall|date=1917|isbn=9780130226587|page=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00clar/page/56 56]|url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00clar/page/56}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Casas Viejas incident]]: 22 peasants killed by the [[Security and Assault Corps]] in [[Casas Viejas]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mintz|first=Jerome R.|year=1994|orig-year=1982|title=The Anarchists of Casas Viejas|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|isbn=0-253-20854-8|lccn=93-2425|page=227}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] creates the [[National War Labor Board (1942–1945)|National War Labor Board]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Zieger|first=Robert H.|title=The CIO, 1935-1955|location=Chapel Hill, N.C.|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|date=1997|isbn=9780807846308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IdhCQAAQBAJ|page=164}}</ref> *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Red Army]] begins the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=Ian|title=The Vistula-Oder Offensive: The Soviet Destruction of German Army Group A, 1945|location=Havertown, Pa.|publisher=Casemate|date=2023|isbn=9781636243597|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgHkEAAAQBAJ}}</ref> *[[1955]] – A [[Martin 2-0-2]] and [[Douglas DC-3]] [[1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision|collide]] over [[Boone County, Kentucky]], killing 15 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin 2-0-2A N93211 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550112-0 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Chopper (Vietnam)|Operation Chopper]], the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carrier|first=Jerry|title=A Long Cold War: A Chronology of American Life and Culture, 1945 to 1991|location=New York|publisher=Algora Publishing|date=2018|isbn=9781628943184|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RrFjDwAAQBAJ|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=Longley|first1=Kyle|last2=Whitt|first2=Jacqueline|title=Grunts: The American Combat Soldier in Vietnam|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2020|isbn=9780429355868|page=1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2bnDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> *[[1964]] – Rebels in [[Zanzibar]] begin a revolt known as the [[Zanzibar Revolution]] and proclaim a republic.<ref>{{cite book|last=Petterson|first=Donald|title=Revolution in Zanzibar: An American's Cold War Tale|location=Boulder, Colo.|publisher=Westview Press|date=2002|isbn=9780813342689|page=i|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uvRPuQnA6roC}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] states that the United States should stay in [[South Vietnam]] until [[Communism|Communist]] aggression there is ended.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wicker|first=Tom|title=Johnson Asks Domestic Reform, Stands Firm on Vietnam|work=The New York Times|date=January 13, 1966|page=A1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Kilpatrick|first=Carroll|title=U.S. Can Continue the 'Great Society' And Fight in Vietnam, Johnson Says: Peace Moves So Far Receive No Response, His Message Reveals|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 13, 1966|page=A1}}</ref> *[[1967]] – Dr. [[James Bedford]] becomes the first person to be [[cryonics|cryonically preserved]] with intent of future resuscitation. *[[1969]] – The [[New York Jets]] of the [[American Football League]] defeat the [[History of the Baltimore Colts|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. *[[1970]] – [[Biafra]] capitulates, ending the [[Nigerian Civil War]]. *[[1971]] – The [[Harrisburg Seven]]: Rev. [[Philip Berrigan]] and five other activists 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.]] *[[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). *[[1986]] – [[Space Shuttle program]]: Congressman and future NASA Administrator [[Bill Nelson (politician)|Bill Nelson]] lifts off from [[Kennedy Space Center]] aboard [[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']] on mission [[STS-61-C]] as a [[payload specialist]]. *[[1990]] – A [[Baku pogrom|seven-day pogrom]] breaks out against [[Armenians|the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan]], during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city. *[[1991]] – [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] out of [[Kuwait]]. *[[1997]] – Space Shuttle program: ''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]'' launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission [[STS-81]] to the Russian space station ''[[Mir]]'', carrying astronaut [[Jerry M. Linenger]] for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut [[John E. Blaha]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lynda|first=Warnock|title=STS-81|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-81.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=nasa.gov|publisher=NASA}}</ref> *[[1998]] – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid [[human cloning]]. *[[2001]] – [[Downtown Disney (Disneyland Resort)|Downtown Disney]] opens to the public as part of the [[Disneyland Resort]] in [[Anaheim, California]]. *[[2004]] – The world's largest [[ocean liner]], {{RMS|Queen Mary 2}}, makes its maiden voyage. *[[2005]] – [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]] launches from [[Cape Canaveral]] on a [[Delta II]] rocket.<ref>{{cite book|last=Doody|first=Dave|title=Deep Space Craft: An Overview of Interplanetary Flight|location=Berlin|publisher=Springer|date=2010|isbn=9783642100468|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gp-2B7AUPVUC|page=365}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Incidents during the Hajj|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 [[pilgrim]]s. *[[2007]] – Comet [[C/2006 P1 (McNaught)]], one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day. *[[2010]] – An [[2010 Haiti earthquake|earthquake in Haiti]] occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts|publisher=CNN|date=December 26, 2018|access-date=January 12, 2020|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/world/haiti-earthquake-fast-facts/index.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last1=DesRoches|first1=Reginald|last2=Comerio|first2=Mary|last3=Eberhard|first3=Marc|last4=Mooney|first4=Walter|last5=Rix|first5=Glenn J.|title=Overview of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake|journal=Earthquake Spectra|date=October 2011|volume=27 |pages=S1–S21|doi=10.1193/1.3630129 |bibcode=2011EarSp..27....1D |s2cid=51746361 |access-date=January 11, 2020|url=https://escweb.wr.usgs.gov/share/mooney/142.pdf}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[2012 Romanian protests|Violent protests]] occur in [[Bucharest]], Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President [[Traian Băsescu]]'s economic [[austerity]] measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. *[[2015]] – [[January 2015 raid on Kolofata|Government raids]] kill 143 [[Boko Haram]] fighters in [[Kolofata|Kolofata, Cameroon]]. *[[2016]] – Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a [[January 2016 Istanbul bombing|bombing]] near the [[Sultan Ahmed Mosque|Blue Mosque in Istanbul]]. *[[2020]] – [[Taal Volcano]] in the Philippines [[2020 Taal Volcano eruption|erupts]] and kills 39 people. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1483]] – [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]] (died 1538) *[[1562]] – [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]] (died 1630)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Emmanuel I {{!}} duke of Savoy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Emmanuel-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref> *[[1576]] – [[Petrus Scriverius]], Dutch historian and scholar (died 1660) *[[1577]] – [[Jan Baptist van Helmont]], Flemish chemist and physician (died 1644) *[[1588]] – [[John Winthrop]], English lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony]] (died 1649) *[[1591]] – [[Jusepe de Ribera]], Spanish painter (died 1652) *[[1597]] – [[François Duquesnoy]], Flemish sculptor and educator (died 1643) *[[1598]] – [[Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale]], mother of Indian king [[Shivaji]] (died 1674) ===1601–1900=== *[[1628]] – [[Charles Perrault]], French author and academic (died 1703) *[[1673]] – [[Rosalba Carriera]], Italian painter (died 1757)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ursula|last=Mehler|title=Rosalba Carriera, 1673-1757: die Bildnismalerin des 18. Jahrhunderts|trans-title=Rosalba Carriera, 1673-1757: Portrait Painter of the 18th Century|location=Königstein im Taunus|publisher=Ortensia Koenigstein|year=2006|page=9|language=de|isbn=978-3-00016-194-0}}</ref> *[[1694]] – [[Godscall Paleologue]], possibly last member of the [[Palaiologos]] dynasty (died ????)<ref>Hall, John (2015). ''An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer''. Stroud: The History Press. {{ISBN|978-0750962612}}. p. 209</ref> *[[1711]] – [[Gaetano Latilla]], Italian composer (died 1788) *[[1715]] – [[Jacques Duphly]], French organist and composer (died 1789) *[[1716]] – [[Antonio de Ulloa]], Spanish general and politician, 1st [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Spanish Governor of Louisiana]] (died 1795) *[[1721]] – [[Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Prussian field marshal (died 1792) *[[1723]] – [[Samuel Langdon]], American minister, theologian, and academic (died 1797) *[[1724]] – [[Frances Brooke]], English author and playwright (died 1789) *[[1729]] – [[Edmund Burke]], Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1797) *[[1746]] – [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi]], Swiss philosopher and educator (died 1827) *[[1751]] – [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (died 1825) *[[1772]] – [[Mikhail Speransky]], Russian academic and politician (died 1839) *[[1786]] – [[Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet]], English politician (died 1855) *[[1792]] – [[Johan August Arfwedson]], Swedish chemist and academic (died 1841) *[[1797]] – [[Gideon Brecher]], Austrian physician and author (died 1873) *[[1799]] – [[Priscilla Susan Bury]], British botanist (died 1872)<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Lightman|title=Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century of British Scientists Vol.1|location=Bristol|publisher=Thoemmes|date=2004|page=356|isbn=978-1-85506-999-2}}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Étienne Lenoir]], Belgian engineer, designed the [[internal combustion engine]] (died 1900) *[[1837]] – [[Adolf Jensen]], German pianist and composer (died 1879) *[[1849]] – [[Jean Béraud]], Russian-French painter and academic (died 1935) *[[1853]] – [[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]], Italian mathematician (died 1925) *[[1856]] – [[John Singer Sargent]], American painter and academic (died 1925) *[[1863]] – [[Swami Vivekananda]], Indian monk and philosopher (died 1902) *[[1869]] – [[Bhagwan Das]], Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1958) *[[1873]] – [[Spyridon Louis]], Greek runner (died 1940) *[[1874]] – [[Laura Adams Armer]], American author and photographer (died 1963)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stanley Kunitz|author2=Howard Haycraft|title=The Junior Book of Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WV9kAAAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|page=16}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Fevzi Çakmak]], Turkish field marshal and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government]] (died 1950)<ref>{{cite book|author=Metin Tamkoç|title=The warrior diplomats: guardians of the national security and modernization of Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=University of Utah Press|page=14|isbn=9780874801156}}</ref> * 1876 – [[Jack London]], American novelist and journalist (died 1916) * 1876 – [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]], Italian composer and educator (died 1948) *[[1877]] – [[Frank J. Corr]], American lawyer and politician, 45th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (died 1934) *[[1878]] – [[Ferenc Molnár]], Hungarian-American author and playwright (died 1952) *[[1879]] – [[Ray Harroun]], American race car driver and engineer (died 1968)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|page=10}}</ref> * 1879 – [[Anton Uesson]], Estonian engineer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Tallinn]] (died 1942) *[[1882]] – [[Milton Sills]], American actor and screenwriter (died 1930) *[[1884]] – [[Texas Guinan]], American entertainer and bootlegger (died 1933)<ref>{{cite book|author=A. C. Greene|title=Sketches from the Five States of Texas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XeSi31_W8H4C&pg=PA123|year=1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-0-89096-853-6|pages=123}}</ref> * 1885 – [[Thomas Ashe]], Irish Republican died while on Hunger Strike (died 1917)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/b5d7fa0199366|title=Irish Genealogy}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]], Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (died 1965) *[[1890]] – [[Johannes Vares]], Estonian poet, physician, and politician (died 1946) *[[1892]] – [[Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)|Mikhail Gurevich]], Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (died 1976) *[[1893]] – [[Hermann Göring]], German commander, pilot, and politician, [[Minister President of Prussia]] (died 1946) * 1893 – [[Alfred Rosenberg]], Estonian-German architect and politician, [[Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories|Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories]] (died 1946) *[[1894]] – [[Georges Carpentier]], French boxer and actor (died 1975) *[[1895]] – [[Leo Aryeh Mayer]], Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (died 1959) *[[1896]] – [[Uberto De Morpurgo]], Italian tennis player (died 1961)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/umberto-de-morpurgo|title=Umberto DE MORPURGO – Olympic Tennis | Italy|date=June 13, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> * 1896 – [[David Wechsler]], Romanian-American psychologist and author (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|author=Daniel J. Keyser|title=Test critiques compendium: reviews of major tests from the Test critiques series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4eBGAAAAMAAJ|date=1 September 1987|publisher=Test Corp. of America|isbn=978-0-933701-08-3|page=560}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Pierre Bernac]], French opera singer and educator (died 1979) * 1899 – [[Paul Hermann Müller]], Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1965) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Karl Künstler]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1945) *[[1903]] – [[Igor Kurchatov]], Russian physicist and academic (died 1960) * 1903 – [[Andrew J. Transue]], American politician and attorney (''[[Morissette v. United States]]'') (died 1995) *[[1904]] – [[Mississippi Fred McDowell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1972) *[[1905]] – [[Nihal Atsız]], Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (died 1975) * 1905 – [[James Bennett Griffin]], American archaeologist and academic (died 1997) * 1905 – [[Tex Ritter]], American actor and singer (died 1974) *[[1906]] – [[Emmanuel Levinas]], Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1995) *[[1907]] – [[Sergei Korolev]], Russian colonel and engineer (died 1966) *[[1908]] – [[Jean Delannoy]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008) * 1908 – [[Clement Hurd]], American illustrator (died 1988) *[[1910]] – [[Patsy Kelly]], American actress and comedian (died 1981) * 1910 – [[Luise Rainer]], German-English actress (died 2014) *[[1912]] – [[Richard Kuremaa]], Estonian footballer (died 1991) *[[1914]] – [[Mieko Kamiya]], Japanese psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1979) *[[1915]] – [[Paul Jarrico]], American screenwriter and producer (died 1997) * 1915 – [[Joseph-Aurèle Plourde]], Canadian archbishop and academic (died 2013) *[[1916]] – [[Ruth R. Benerito]], American chemist and inventor (died 2013) * 1916 – [[P. W. Botha]], South African politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (died 2006) * 1916 – [[Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx]], British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2018) *[[1917]] – [[Walter Hendl]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2007) * 1917 – [[Jimmy Skinner]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2007) *[[1920]] – [[James Farmer]], American activist and politician, co-founded [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (died 1999)<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nszQN3psXkYC&pg=PA4524|year=1969|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=4524}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Jerzy Zubrzycki]], Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (died 2009) *[[1922]] – [[Tadeusz Żychiewicz]], Polish journalist and historian (died 1994) *[[1923]] – [[Ira Hayes]], American marine who [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima]] (died 1955)<ref>{{cite book|title=Marine Corps Historical References Pamphlet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbqAlXIcsu8C&pg=RA6-PA7|year=1982|publisher=U.S. Marine Corps|pages=6}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Olivier Gendebien]], Belgian racing driver and businessman (died 1998) *[[1925]] – [[Bill Burrud]], American television host, producer, and actor (died 1990) *[[1926]] – [[Morton Feldman]], American composer and academic (died 1987) * 1926 – [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/music/ray-price-country-singer-dies-at-87.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/music/ray-price-country-singer-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ray Price, Groundbreaking, Hit-Making Country Singer, Dies at 87|work=The New York Times|author=Bill Friskics-Warren|date= 16 December 2013|access-date=11 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Ruth Brown]], American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (died 2006) *[[1929]] – [[Jaakko Hintikka]], Finnish philosopher and logician (died 2015) * 1929 – [[Alasdair MacIntyre]], Scottish-American philosopher and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Steven Seidman|author2=Jeffrey C. Alexander|title=The New Social Theory Reader: Contemporary Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXgp5b8yvvkC&pg=PA129|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-18807-4|pages=129}}</ref> (died 2025) *[[1930]] – [[Tim Horton]], Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded [[Tim Hortons]] (died 1974) * 1930 – [[Jennifer Johnston (novelist)|Jennifer Johnston]], Irish author and playwright (died 2025) * 1930 – [[Glenn Yarbrough]], American singer and actor (died 2016) *[[1932]] – [[Des O'Connor]], English entertainer, singer and TV presenter (died 2020) *[[1933]] – [[Pavlos Matesis]], Greek author and playwright (died 2013) *[[1934]] – [[Alan Sharp]], Scottish-American author and screenwriter (died 2013) * 1934 – [[Mick Sullivan]], English rugby player and coach (died 2016) *[[1935]] – [[Teresa del Conde]], Mexican historian and critic (died 2017) * 1935 – [[Kreskin]], American mentalist<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 12: Zayn Malik, Jeff Bezos |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/12/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-12-Zayn-Malik-Jeff-Bezos/2331673484626/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=12 January 2023}}</ref> (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fortin |first=Jacey |date=December 11, 2024 |title=The Amazing Kreskin, Mentalist and 1970s TV Star, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/arts/the-amazing-kreskin-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241211194640/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/arts/the-amazing-kreskin-dead.html |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon]], English police officer and politician * 1936 – [[Raimonds Pauls]], Latvian pianist and composer * 1936 – [[Brajanath Ratha]], Indian poet and activist (died 2014) * 1936 – [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of Home Affairs]] (died 2016) *[[1937]] – [[Shirley Eaton]], English actress *[[1938]] – [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]], Pakistani scholar and politician (died 2013) * 1938 – [[Alan Rees (racing driver)|Alan Rees]], British racing driver (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=No words ❤️ |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160047352302657&id=504232656&mibextid=WC7FNe&rdid=kubLkivs3boYli5z |website=Paul Rees on Facebook |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=6 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Rees |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Alan_Rees |website=Old Racing Cars |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Bob Hewitt]], Australian-South African tennis player * 1940 – [[Ronald Shannon Jackson]], American drummer and composer (died 2013) * 1940 – [[Dick Motz]], New Zealand cricketer (died 2007) *[[1941]] – [[Long John Baldry]], English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (died 2005) * 1941 – [[Fiona Caldicott]], English psychiatrist and psychotherapist (died 2021) * 1941 – [[Chet Jastremski]], American swimmer and physician (died 2014) *[[1942]] – [[Bernardine Dohrn]], American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic *[[1944]] – [[Hans Henning Atrott]], German author and theorist (died 2018) * 1944 – [[Joe Frazier]], American boxer (died 2011)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1944 – [[Cynthia Robinson]], American R&B trumpet player and singer (died 2015) *[[1945]] – [[Maggie Bell]], Scottish singer-songwriter *[[1946]] – [[Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove]], Scottish lawyer and judge * 1946 – [[George Duke]], American keyboard player, composer, and educator (died 2013) *[[1947]] – [[Richard Carwardine]], English historian and academic * 1947 – [[Tom Dempsey]], American football player and educator (died 2020) * 1947 – [[Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee]], English politician *[[1948]] – [[Kenny Allen (footballer)|Kenny Allen]], English footballer * 1948 – [[Anthony Andrews]], English actor and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1948 – [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]], Canadian educator and politician, 34th [[Premier of British Columbia]] * 1948 – [[Brendan Foster]], English runner and sportscaster * 1948 – [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]], English author and screenwriter *[[1949]] – [[Kentarō Haneda]], Japanese pianist and composer (died 2007) * 1949 – [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], German footballer and manager * 1949 – [[Hamadi Jebali]], Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th [[Prime Minister of Tunisia]] * 1949 – [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/japans-best-selling-living-novelist-haruki-murakami-at-75/a-67943104?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf |title=Japan's best-selling living novelist Haruki Murakami at 75 |first1=Sabine |last1=Oelze |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=11 January 2024 |work=Deutsche Welle |first2=Silke |last2=Wünsch}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Randy Jones (baseball)|Randy Jones]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Randy Jones |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/randy-jones-116715 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Sheila Jackson Lee]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-dies-battle-cancer-rcna162819 |access-date=2024-07-23 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Göran Lindblad (politician)|Göran Lindblad]], Swedish dentist and politician * 1950 – [[Bob McEwen]], American businessman and politician * 1950 – [[Dorrit Moussaieff]], Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th [[List of spouses and partners of Icelandic presidents|First Lady of Iceland]] *[[1951]] – [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress and producer (died 2022)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1951 – [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978) * 1951 – [[Rush Limbaugh]], American talk show host and author (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1951 – [[Drew Pearson (American football)|Drew Pearson]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1952]] – [[Ramón Fagoaga]], Salvadoran footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/ramon-alfredox-fagoaga/105880/|title=El Salvador – R. Fagoaga – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Walter Mosley]], American novelist * 1952 – [[Phil Perry]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1952 – [[Campy Russell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Campy Russell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78047/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Ricky Van Shelton]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1952 – [[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]], New Zealand runner and politician *[[1953]] – [[Mary Harron]], Canadian director and screenwriter *[[1954]] – [[Howard Stern]], American radio host, actor, and author<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 12, 2023 includes celebrities Howard Stern, Issa Rae |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-12-2023-includes-celebrities-howard-stern-issa-rae.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=12 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Tom Ardolino]], American rock drummer (died 2012) * 1955 – [[Arif Yunusov]], Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist.<ref>Eynulla Fatullayev. [http://haqqin.az/news/21826 Секретное досье Лейлы и Арифа Юнусовых (фотофакты) Часть первая]. ''Haqqin.az''. 7 May 2014.</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Nikolai Noskov]], Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter *[[1957]] – [[John Lasseter]], American animator, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1957 – [[Jeremy Sams]], English director, playwright, and composer *[[1958]] – [[Christiane Amanpour]], English-Iranian journalist<ref name="AP" /> * 1958 – [[Curt Fraser]], American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1959]] – [[B. Brian Blair]], American wrestler and politician * 1959 – [[Per Gessle]], Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 – [[Sergey Ivanenko]], Russian economist and politician (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |date=4 September 2024|title=Умер заместитель председателя партии "Яблоко" Сергей Иваненко|trans-title= |url=https://ria.ru/20240904/yabloko-1970510904.html|language=Russian|work=[[RIA Novosti]]|location=Moscow|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Oliver Platt]], Canadian-American actor * 1960 – [[Dominique Wilkins]], French-American basketball player<ref name="AP" /> *[[1961]] – [[Simon Russell Beale]], Malaysia-born English actor and historian *[[1962]] – [[Joe Quesada]], American author and illustrator * 1962 – [[Richie Richardson]], Antiguan cricketer * 1962 – [[Luna Vachon]], American-Canadian wrestler and manager (died 2010) *[[1963]] – [[François Girard]], Canadian director and screenwriter * 1963 – [[Nando Reis]], Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1964]] – [[Jeff Bezos]], American computer scientist and businessman<ref name="AP" /> *[[1965]] – [[Nikolai Borschevsky]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikolai Borschevsky |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nikolai-borschevsky-8459013 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Rob Zombie]], American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director<ref name="AP" /> *[[1966]] – [[Olivier Martinez]], French actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – [[Craig Parry]], Australian golfer *[[1967]] – [[Vendela Kirsebom]], Norwegian-Swedish model and actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1968]] – [[Farrah Forke]], American actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/farrah-forke-wings-lois-clark-182736922.html | title=Farrah Forke, 'Wings' and 'Lois & Clark' Actor, Dies at 54 | date=2 March 2022 }}</ref> * 1968 – [[Rachael Harris]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1968 – [[Junichi Masuda]], Japanese director, producer, and composer * 1968 – [[Heather Mills]], English businesswoman, activist and model<ref name="UPI" /> * 1968 – [[Mauro Silva]], Brazilian footballer *[[1969]] – [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]], English novelist * 1969 – [[Margaret Nagle]], American screenwriter and producer *[[1970]] – [[Zack de la Rocha]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[Raekwon]], American rapper<ref name="AP" /> *[[1971]] – [[Arman Alizad]], Iranian-Finnish tailor and television presenter<ref name="menaiset">{{cite news |last1=Hoimela |first1=Leeni |title=Tätä Arman Alizad ei uskaltaisi tehdä: "Jos olen ollut vaarassa, aistin sen tyttärestäni" |url=https://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ajankohtaista/ihmiset/tata_arman_alizad_ei_uskaltaisi_tehda_jos_olen_ollut_vaarassa_aistin |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Me Naiset |date=21 November 2015}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Scott Burrell]], American basketball player and coach * 1971 – [[Peter Madsen]], Danish engineer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://youthentrepreneurship.eu/speakers/peter-madsen/|title=Peter Madsen « European Youth Entrepreneurship Conference|access-date=2020-12-16|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110183239/http://youthentrepreneurship.eu/speakers/peter-madsen/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Priyanka Gandhi]], Indian politician * 1972 – [[Zabryna Guevara]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1972 – [[Espen Knutsen]], Norwegian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Espen Knutsen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/espen-knutsen-8456857 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Paul Wilson (cricketer)|Paul Wilson]], Australian cricketer and umpire * 1972 – [[Toto Wolff]], Austrian investor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wienerpost.at/2010/11/der-toto-gewinner/|title=Der Toto-Gewinner|website=Wiener|date=10 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314083140/http://www.wienerpost.at/2010/11/der-toto-gewinner/|access-date=31 October 2020|archive-date=2011-03-14}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Brian Culbertson]], American pianist and producer * 1973 – [[Hande Yener]], Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress *[[1974]] – [[Melanie C]], English singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1974 – [[Tor Arne Hetland]], Norwegian skier *[[1975]] – [[Jason Freese]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer * 1975 – [[Jocelyn Thibault]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1977]] – [[Yoandy Garlobo]], Cuban baseball player (died 2023) *[[1978]] – [[Luis Ayala (baseball)|Luis Ayala]], Mexican baseball player * 1978 – [[Jeremy Camp]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Maurizio Zaffiri]], Italian rugby player *[[1979]] – [[Lee Bo-young]], South Korean actress and model * 1979 – [[Marián Hossa]], Slovak ice hockey player * 1979 – [[Grzegorz Rasiak]], Polish footballer * 1979 – [[David Zabriskie]], American cyclist *[[1980]] – [[Amerie]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and writer<ref name="AP" /> * 1980 – [[Bobby Crosby]], American baseball player *[[1981]] – [[Niklas Kronwall]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Niklas Kronwall |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/niklas-kronwall-8468509 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Angus Macdonald (rugby union)|Angus Macdonald]], New Zealand rugby player * 1981 – [[João Paulo (footballer, born January 1981)|João Paulo]], Brazilian footballer * 1981 – [[Luis Ernesto Pérez]], Mexican footballer and manager *[[1982]] – [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], French tennis player * 1982 – [[Chris Ray]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Ray |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-ray-444884 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Hans Van Alphen]], Belgian decathlete * 1982 – [[Dean Whitehead]], English footballer * 1982 – [[Dontrelle Willis]], American baseball player *[[1984]] – [[Jonathan Zydko]], French footballer *[[1985]] – [[Cynthia Addai-Robinson]], English-American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1985 – [[Artem Milevskyi]], Ukrainian footballer * 1985 – [[Issa Rae]], American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator<ref name="AP" /> * 1985 – [[Borja Valero]], Spanish footballer *[[1986]] – [[Kehoma Brenner]], German rugby player * 1986 – [[Miguel Ángel Nieto]], Spanish footballer * 1986 – [[Dani Osvaldo]], Italian-Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4819/Daniel-Osvaldo/overview|title=Daniel Osvaldo|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Iván Nova]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Iván Nova |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ivan-nova-467100 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Naya Rivera]], American actress and singer (died 2020)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-07-13/naya-rivera-dead-glee|title=Actress Naya Rivera, 'Glee' TV star and 'fierce talent,' dies at 33|date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Salvatore Sirigu]], Italian footballer *[[1988]] – [[Claude Giroux]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1988 – [[Hyun-soo Kim]], South Korean baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hyun Soo Kim |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hyun-soo-kim-547957 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka]], German footballer * 1989 – [[Axel Witsel]], Belgian footballer *[[1991]] – [[Pixie Lott]], English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress * 1991 – [[Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler)|Raquel Rodriguez]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Raquel Rodriguez |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/36169554/wwe-profile-raquel-rodriguez |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=12 April 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Matt Srama]], Australian rugby league player * 1991 – [[Alex Wood (baseball)|Alex Wood]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Wood |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alex-wood-622072 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Ishak Belfodil]], Algerian footballer * 1992 – [[Samuele Longo]], Italian footballer *[[1993]] – [[Jamel Artis]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamel Artis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628503/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1993 – [[D.O. (entertainer)|D.O.]], South Korean singer * 1993 – [[Zayn Malik]], English singer<ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Simone Pecorini]], Italian footballer *[[1994]] – [[Emre Can]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emre Can|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5001/Emre-Can/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Allisha Gray]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Allisha Gray |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1628277/allisha-gray |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman)|Mike McGlinchey]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike McGlinchey |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052885/mike-mcglinchey |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Ella Henderson]], English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1997]] – [[Darius Slayton]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Slayton |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916945 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Juan Foyth]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Juan Foyth|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/25309/Juan-Foyth/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Xavier Tillman]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Xavier Tillman |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630214/xavier-tillman |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Tyler Roberts]], Welsh footballer<ref>{{Cite web| title=Tyler Roberts|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10532/Tyler-Roberts/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Sven Botman]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49908/Sven-Botman/overview |title=Sven Botman |website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Sam LaPorta]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam LaPorta |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4430027/sam-laporta |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Eva Lys]], German tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eva Lys {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325826/eva-lys |access-date=2022-10-17 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref> * [[2005]] – [[Yuika (singer)|Yuika]], Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Kashu "Yuika", 20-sai Kinen ni Hatsu Kaodashi ni Netto Sōzen "Biju yo Sugi!?" "Kon'na no Motto Suki ni Natchau"|script-title=ja:歌手『ユイカ』、20歳記念に初顔出しにネット騒然「ビジュ良すぎ!?」「こんなのもっと好きになっちゃう」|trans-title=Singer Yuika's first public appearance to celebrate her 20th birthday causes a stir online: "Her looks are too good!?" "I can't help but like her even more"|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2363749/full/ |website=[[Oricon]] |access-date=26 February 2025 |date=January 13, 2025|language=ja}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[690]] – [[Benedict Biscop]], English scholar and saint, founded the [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey]] (born 628) * [[914]] – [[Ahmad Samani]], Samanid emir * [[947]] – [[Sang Weihan]], Chinese chief of staff (born 898) *[[1140]] – [[Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia]] *[[1167]] – [[Aelred of Rievaulx]], English monk and saint (born 1110) *[[1320]] – [[John Dalderby]], bishop of Lincoln<ref>{{cite book |last1=Childs |first1=Wendy R. |title=Vita Edwardi Secundi |date=3 February 2005 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-151530-9 |page=179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiWQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179}}</ref> *[[1322]] – [[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France]] (born 1254) *[[1405]] – [[Eleanor Maltravers]], English noblewoman (born 1345) *[[1519]] – [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (born 1459)<ref>{{cite web |title=Maximilian I {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maximilian-I-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1665]] – [[Pierre de Fermat]], French mathematician and lawyer (born 1601) *[[1674]] – [[Giacomo Carissimi]], Italian priest and composer (born 1605) *[[1700]] – [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]], French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the [[Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal]] (born 1620) *[[1720]] – [[William Ashhurst]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Mayor of London]] (born 1647) *[[1732]] – [[John Horsley (antiquarian)|John Horsley]], English-Scottish historian and author (born 1685) *[[1735]] – [[John Eccles (composer)|John Eccles]], English composer (born 1668) *[[1759]] – [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange]] (born 1709) *[[1765]] – [[Johann Melchior Molter]], German violinist and composer (born 1696) *[[1777]] – [[Hugh Mercer]], Scottish-American general and physician (born 1726) *[[1778]] – [[François Bigot]], French politician (born 1703) *[[1781]] – [[Richard Challoner]], English bishop (born 1691) *[[1829]] – [[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel]], German philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772) *[[1833]] – [[Marie-Antoine Carême]], French chef (born 1784) *[[1834]] – [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville]], English academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1759) *[[1856]] – [[Ľudovít Štúr]], Slovak philologist and politician (born 1815) *[[1861]] – [[Václav Hanka]], Czech philologist and author (born 1791) *[[1892]] – [[James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont]], Irish politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone]] (born 1820) * 1892 – [[William Reeves (bishop)|William Reeves]], Irish bishop and historian (born 1815) *[[1899]] – [[Hiram Walker]], American businessman, founded [[Canadian Club]] (born 1816) ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Hermann Minkowski]], Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (born 1864) *[[1911]] – [[Andreas Papagiannakopoulos]], Greek journalist, judge, and politician (born 1845) *[[1916]] – [[Georgios Theotokis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 80th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (born 1844) *[[1921]] – [[Gervase Elwes]], English tenor and actor (born 1866) *[[1926]] – [[Austin Chapman]], Australian businessman and politician, 4th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (born 1864) *[[1934]] – [[Paul Kochanski]], Polish violinist and composer (born 1887) *[[1938]] – [[Oscar Florianus Bluemner]], German-American painter and illustrator (born 1867) *[[1940]] – [[Ralph Hitz]], Austrian-American hotelier (born 1891) *[[1940]] – [[Edward Smith (VC)|Edward Smith]], English lieutenant, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1898) *[[1943]] – [[Jan Campert]], Dutch journalist and critic (born 1902) *[[1944]] – [[Lance C. Wade]], American commander and pilot (born 1915) *[[1958]] – [[Charles Hatfield]], American meteorologist (born 1875) *[[1960]] – [[Nevil Shute]], English engineer and author (born 1899) *[[1962]] – [[Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams]], Russian journalist and activist (born 1869) *[[1965]] – [[Lorraine Hansberry]], American author, playwright, and director (born 1936) *[[1967]] – [[Burhan Asaf Belge]], Turkish diplomat (born 1887) *[[1971]] – [[John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey]], English admiral (born 1885) *[[1973]] – [[Roy Franklin Nichols]], American historian and academic (born 1896) *[[1974]] – [[Princess Patricia of Connaught]] (born 1886) *[[1976]] – [[Agatha Christie]], English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Agatha Christie {{!}} Biography, Novels, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agatha-Christie |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French director and screenwriter (born 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henri-Georges Clouzot |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13979e1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306194302/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13979e1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Nikolai Podgorny]], Ukrainian engineer and politician (born 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Connie Mulder]], South African politician (born 1925) * 1988 – [[Piero Taruffi]], Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (born 1906) *[[1990]] – [[Laurence J. Peter]], Canadian-American author and educator (born 1919) *[[1991]] – [[Robert Jackson (UN administrator)|Robert Jackson]], Australian public servant and diplomat (born 1911) *[[1992]] – [[Kumar Gandharva]], a Hindustani classical singer (born 1924) *[[1994]] – [[Gustav Naan]], Estonian physicist and philosopher (born 1919) *[[1996]] – [[Joachim Nitsche]], German mathematician and academic (born 1926) *[[1997]] – [[Jean-Edern Hallier]], French author (born 1936) * 1997 – [[Charles Brenton Huggins]], Canadian-American physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1901) *[[1998]] – [[Roger Clark (rally driver)|Roger Clark]], English racing driver (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-roger-clark-1138920.html|title=Obituary: Roger Clark|author=Graham Robson|work=The Independent|date=16 January 1998|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Doug Wickenheiser]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1961) *[[2000]] – [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]], American animator and screenwriter (born 1913) * 2000 – [[Bobby Phills]], American basketball player (born 1969) *[[2001]] – [[Luiz Bonfá]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1922) * 2001 – [[William Redington Hewlett]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (born 1913) *[[2002]] – [[Cyrus Vance]], American lawyer and politician, 57th [[U.S. Secretary of State]] (born 1917) *[[2003]] – [[Dean Amadon]], American ornithologist and author (born 1912) * 2003 – [[Kinji Fukasaku]], Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930) * 2003 – [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], Argentine general and politician, 44th [[President of Argentina]] (born 1926) * 2003 – [[Maurice Gibb]], Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1949) * 2003 – [[Alan Nunn May]], English physicist and spy (born 1911) *[[2004]] – [[Olga Ladyzhenskaya]], Russian mathematician and academic (born 1921) *[[2005]] – [[Amrish Puri]], Indian actor (born 1932) *[[2006]] – [[Pablita Velarde]], [[Santa Clara Pueblo]] Native American painter (born 1918) *[[2007]] – [[Alice Coltrane]], American pianist and composer (born 1937) * 2007 – [[James Killen]], Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (born 1925) *[[2008]] – [[Max Beck]], American [[intersex]] advocate (born 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southernvoice.com/2008/1-25/news/localnews/8040.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802065622/http://www.southernvoice.com/2008/1-25/news/localnews/8040.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-02|title=Max Beck's meaningful life – Southern Voice Atlanta|date=2008-08-02|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Claude Berri]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1934) *[[2010]] – [[Daniel Bensaïd]], French philosopher and author (born 1946) * 2010 – [[Hasib Sabbagh]], Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Consolidated Contractors Company]] (born 1920) *[[2012]] – [[Bjørn G. Andersen]], Norwegian geologist and academic (born 1924) * 2012 – [[Glenda Dickerson]], American director, choreographer, and educator (born 1945) * 2012 – [[Bill Janklow]], American lawyer and politician, 27th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (born 1939) * 2012 – [[Charles H. Price II]], American businessman and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Jim Stanley (American football)|Jim Stanley]], American football player and coach (born 1935) *[[2013]] – [[Precious Bryant]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942) * 2013 – [[Flor María Chalbaud]], First Lady of Venezuela (born 1921)<ref>{{cite web|title=Reseña biográfica de Pérez Jiménez|url=http://www.magazine.com.ve/marcos-evangelista-perez-jimenez-1914-2001/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208112826/http://www.magazine.com.ve/marcos-evangelista-perez-jimenez-1914-2001/|archive-date=8 December 2015|access-date=1 September 2015|publisher=Portal web: Magazine.com.ve}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Eugene Patterson]], American journalist and activist (born 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Alexandra Bastedo]], English actress (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandra Bastedo |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13141012.alexandra-bastedo/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Connie Binsfeld]], American educator and politician, 58th [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan]] (born 1924) * 2014 – [[George Dement]], American soldier, businessman, and politician (born 1922) *[[2015]] – [[Trevor Colbourn]], American historian and academic (born 1927) * 2015 – [[Robert Gover]], American journalist and author (born 1929) * 2015 – [[Carl Long (baseball)|Carl Long]], American baseball player (born 1935) * 2015 – [[Elena Obraztsova]], Russian soprano and actress (born 1939) * 2015 – [[Inge Vermeulen]], Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (born 1985) *[[2017]] – [[William Peter Blatty]], American writer and filmmaker (born 1928) * 2017 – [[Graham Taylor]], English football player and manager (born 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Graham Taylor obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/12/graham-taylor-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=12 January 2017}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Keith Jackson]], American sports commentator and journalist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abc13.com/entertainment/notable-deaths-in-2018/3745674/|title=Notable deaths in 2018: Keith Jackson|publisher=ABC News Arts & Entertainment}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Roger Scruton|Sir Roger Scruton]], English philosopher and writer (born 1944)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Roger Scruton, conservative philosopher of wide accomplishments – obituary |work=The Telegraph|date=January 12, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Ronnie Spector]], American singer (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 2022 |title=Notable deaths in 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2022-idUSRTS4OVLY |access-date=2022-05-02 |work=Reuters}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Lisa Marie Presley]], American singer-songwriter (born 1968)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Medina |first1=Eduardo |last2=Rubin |first2=April |title=Lisa Marie Presley, the Daughter of Elvis Presley, Dies at 54 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/lisa-marie-presley-dead.html |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=13 January 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Sharad Yadav]], Indian politician, 30th [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)#List of ministers|Minister of Civil Aviation]], 29th [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)#Labour Ministers of India|Labour Minister]] (born 1947)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sharad Yadav passes away at 75; PM Modi, Nitish Kumar and others condole death |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sharad-yadav-passes-away-at-75-8378705/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=12 January 2023}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Leslie Charleson]], American actress (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossi |first=Rosemary |date=January 12, 2025 |title=Leslie Charleson, 'General Hospital' Icon Who Played Monica Quartermaine, Dies at 79 |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/leslie-charleson-general-hospital-dies-79-1236272564/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2025 – [[Claude Jarman Jr.]], American actor and producer (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=January 12, 2025 |title=Claude Jarman Jr., Young Star of 'The Yearling,' Dies at 90 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/claude-jarman-dead-yearling-juvenile-oscar-1236107296/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[feast day]]: ** [[Aelred of Rievaulx]] ** [[Benedict Biscop]] ** [[Bernard of Corleone]] ** [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]] ** [[Tatiana of Rome|Tatiana]] ** [[January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)]] * [[National Youth Day (India)]] * [[International Duties Memorial Day|Prosecutor General's Day]] ([[Russia]]) * [[Zanzibar Revolution Day]] ([[Tanzania]]) * [[Yennayer]] ([[Algeria]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/12 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=12}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/12 Historical Events on January 12] {{months}} [[Category:Days of January]]
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page
(
help
)
:
Template:0
(
edit
)
Template:Calendar
(
edit
)
Template:Calendar/portal
(
edit
)
Template:Calendar/table
(
edit
)
Template:Cbignore
(
edit
)
Template:Cite book
(
edit
)
Template:Cite journal
(
edit
)
Template:Cite news
(
edit
)
Template:Cite web
(
edit
)
Template:Commons
(
edit
)
Template:Day
(
edit
)
Template:ISBN
(
edit
)
Template:Months
(
edit
)
Template:NYT On this day
(
edit
)
Template:Navbox
(
edit
)
Template:Pp-move
(
edit
)
Template:Pp-pc
(
edit
)
Template:RMS
(
edit
)
Template:Reflist
(
edit
)
Template:Sister project
(
edit
)
Template:This date in recent years
(
edit
)
Template:Title without disambig
(
edit
)