December, 12th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 12, 2004:
Portuguese football team FC Porto wins the last-held Intercontinental Cup against Colombia's Once Caldas in an 8-7 penalty shoot-out.

Friday 12, 2003:
Paul Martin, Jr. is sworn-in as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada

Tuesday 12, 2000:
The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the presidential election of 2000.

Thursday 12, 1996:
Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.

Thursday 12, 1985:
Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division

Monday 12, 1983:
Dallos is the first OAV (Original Animation Video) ever released.

Saturday 12, 1981:
The Chaos Computer Club was founded in Berlin.

Wednesday 12, 1979:
Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe

Friday 12, 1969:
Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy.

Thursday 12, 1963:
Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 12, 1950:
Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.

Sunday 12, 1948:
Batang Kali Massacre, Malaysia

Thursday 12, 1946:
A fire at a New York, New York ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.

Saturday 12, 1942:
A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people.

Friday 12, 1941:
United States seizes French ship Normandie.

Tuesday 12, 1939:
Finland defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle of Tolvajärvi, their first major victory in the Winter War.

Sunday 12, 1937:
Panay incident

Saturday 12, 1925:
Reza Pahlavi takes control of Iran as Shah

Wednesday 12, 1917:
In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well).

Sunday 12, 1915:
President of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai declares himself the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, restoring monarchy.

Friday 12, 1913:
Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen

Tuesday 12, 1911:
The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata).

Saturday 12, 1903:
The City of Fairfield,California is incorporated.

Thursday 12, 1901:
First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi

Wednesday 12, 1900:
US Steel formed

Sunday 12, 1897:
The city of Belo Horizonte is founded.

Thursday 12, 1872:
A meteorite struck earth near the town of Banbury, England.

Monday 12, 1870:
Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman

Wednesday 12, 1787:
Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution

Wednesday 12, 1781:
The British navy defeated a French fleet in the Second Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War.

Tuesday 12, 1719:
The first U.S. newspaper (the Boston Gazette) is published

Saturday 12, 1531:
Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City

Monday 12, 1098:
massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan where Crusaders resort to cannibalism

Wednesday 12, 627:
Battle of Nineveh

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 12

1983:
Katrina Elam, American singer (b: December 12, 1983) (Biography of Katrina Elam)

1981:
Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer (b: December 12, 1981) (Biography of Yuvraj Singh)

1979:
Nate Clements, American football player (b: December 12, 1979) (Biography of Nate Clements)
Garrett Atkins, baseball player (b: December 12, 1979) (Biography of Garrett Atkins)

1976:
Dan Hawkins, English musician (b: December 12, 1976) (Biography of Dan Hawkins)

1970:
Jennifer Connelly, American actress (b: December 12, 1970) (Biography of Jennifer Connelly)

1968:
Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b: December 12, 1968 ; d: September 8, 2002) (Biography of Laurie Williams)

1967:
John Randle, American football player (b: December 12, 1967) (Biography of John Randle)

1957:
Sheila E., American musician (b: December 12, 1957) (Biography of Sheila E.)

1956:
Johan Van der Velde, Dutch cyclist (b: December 12, 1956) (Biography of Johan Van der Velde)

1952:
Cathy Rigby, American gymnast and actress (b: December 12, 1952) (Biography of Cathy Rigby)

1950:
Rajnikanth,famous Actor (b: December 12, 1950) (Biography of Rajnikanth)

1946:
Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian driver (b: December 12, 1946) (Biography of Emerson Fittipaldi)

1943:
Dickie Betts, American musician (The Allman Brothers) (b: December 12, 1943) (Biography of Dickie Betts)
Grover Washington Jr., American musician (b: December 12, 1943 ; d: December 17, 1999) (Biography of Grover Washington Jr.)

1942:
Dale Stanley Phillips, American driver. (b: December 12, 1942) (Biography of Dale Stanley Phillips)

1940:
Sharad Pawar, Indian politician (b: December 12, 1940) (Biography of Sharad Pawar)
Dionne Warwick, American singer (b: December 12, 1940) (Biography of Dionne Warwick)

1938:
Connie Francis, American singer (b: December 12, 1938) (Biography of Connie Francis)

1934:
Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico (b: December 12, 1934) (Biography of Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado)

1932:
Bob Pettit, American basketball star (b: December 12, 1932) (Biography of Bob Pettit)

1929:
John Osborne, British dramatist (b: December 12, 1929) (Biography of John Osborne)
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician (b: December 12, 1929) (Biography of Toshiko Akiyoshi)

1927:
Honor Blackman, English actress (b: December 12, 1927) (Biography of Honor Blackman)
Robert Noyce, American inventor (b: December 12, 1927) (Biography of Robert Noyce)

1924:
Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City (b: December 12, 1924) (Biography of Ed Koch)

1923:
Bob Barker, American television game show host (b: December 12, 1923) (Biography of Bob Barker)

1918:
Joe Williams, American singer (b: December 12, 1918 ; d: March 29, 1999) (Biography of Joe Williams (jazz singer))

1915:
Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b: December 12, 1915 ; d: May 14, 1998) (Biography of Frank Sinatra)

1914:
Patrick O'Brian, British author (b: December 12, 1914 ; d: January 2, 2000) (Biography of Patrick O'Brian)

1905:
Mànes Sperber, Austrian-born writer (b: December 12, 1905) (Biography of Manes Sperber)

1903:
Ozu Yasujiro, Japanese film director (b: December 12, 1903 ; d: December 12, 1963) (Biography of Ozu Yasujiro)

1900:
Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b: December 12, 1900 ; d: May 21, 1988) (Biography of Sammy Davis, Sr.)

1893:
Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b: December 12, 1893 ; d: January 26, 1973) (Biography of Edward G. Robinson)

1887:
Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b: December 12, 1887 ; d: February 15, 1974) (Biography of Kurt Atterberg)
Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovenian rocket engineer (b: December 12, 1887 ; d: August 27, 1929) (Biography of Herman Potocnik)

1876:
Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete (b: December 12, 1876 ; d: January 6, 1928) (Biography of Alvin Kraenzlein)

1866:
Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 12, 1866 ; d: November 15, 1919) (Biography of Alfred Werner)

1864:
Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b: December 12, 1864 ; d: March 9, 1937) (Biography of Paul Elmer More)

1863:
Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b: December 12, 1863 ; d: January 23, 1944) (Biography of Edvard Munch)

1821:
Gustave Flaubert, French writer (b: December 12, 1821 ; d: May 8, 1880) (Biography of Gustave Flaubert)

1806:
Stand Watie, American Confederate general and Cherokee leader (b: December 12, 1806) (Biography of Stand Watie)

1805:
William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist (b: December 12, 1805 ; d: May 24, 1879) (Biography of William Lloyd Garrison)

1786:
William L. Marcy, American statesman (b: December 12, 1786 ; d: July 4, 1857) (Biography of William L. Marcy)

1779:
Madeline Sophie Barat, French saint (b: December 12, 1779) (Biography of Madeline Sophie Barat)

1745:
John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States (b: December 12, 1745 ; d: May 17, 1829) (Biography of John Jay)

1612:
Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b: December 12, 1612 ; d: January 25, 1670) (Biography of Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine)

1610:
Saint Vasilije (b: December 12, 1610) (Biography of Saint Vasilije)

1574:
Anne of Denmark, queen of James I of England (b: December 12, 1574 ; d: March 4, 1619) (Biography of Anne of Denmark)

1418:
Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b: December 12, 1418 ; d: December 2, 1463) (Biography of Albert VI of Austria)

1298:
Archduke Albert II of Austria (b: December 12, 1298 ; d: August 16, 1358) (Biography of Albert II of Austria)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-december/births.html

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They left us on December 12

2003:
Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate (b: March 3, 1926 ; d: December 12, 2003) (Biography of Joseph Anthony Ferrario)
Geidar Aliev (d: December 12, 2003) (Biography of Geidar Aliev)

2002:
Dee Brown, American writer and historian (b: February 29, 1908 ; d: December 12, 2002) (Biography of Dee Brown)

2001:
Jean Richard, French actor (b: April 18, 1921 ; d: December 12, 2001) (Biography of Jean Richard)

1999:
Joseph Heller, American novelist (b: May 1, 1923 ; d: December 12, 1999) (Biography of Joseph Heller)

1996:
Vance Packard, American author (b: May 22, 1914 ; d: December 12, 1996) (Biography of Vance Packard)

1994:
Stuart Roosa (d: December 12, 1994) (Biography of Stuart Roosa)

1971:
David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcasting pioneer (b: February 27, 1891 ; d: December 12, 1971) (Biography of David Sarnoff)

1970:
Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b: September 18, 1889 ; d: December 12, 1970) (Biography of Doris Blackburn)

1968:
Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b: January 31, 1902 ; d: December 12, 1968) (Biography of Tallulah Bankhead)

1963:
Ozu Yasujiro, Japanese film director (b: December 12, 1903 ; d: December 12, 1963) (Biography of Ozu Yasujiro)

1952:
Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b: May 6, 1879 ; d: December 12, 1952) (Biography of Bedrich Hrozny)

1939:
Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (b: May 23, 1883 ; d: December 12, 1939) (Biography of Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939))

1929:
Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (b: March 5, 1836 ; d: December 12, 1929) (Biography of Charles Goodnight)

1923:
Raymond Radiguet, French author (b: June 18, 1903 ; d: December 12, 1923) (Biography of Raymond Radiguet)

1894:
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b: November 10, 1845 ; d: December 12, 1894) (Biography of John Sparrow David Thompson)

1889:
Robert Browning, English poet (b: May 7, 1812 ; d: December 12, 1889) (Biography of Robert Browning)

1843:
King William I of the Netherlands (b: August 25, 1772 ; d: December 12, 1843) (Biography of William I of the Netherlands)

1766:
Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b: February 2, 1700 ; d: December 12, 1766) (Biography of Johann Christoph Gottsched)

1754:
Wu Jingzi (d: December 12, 1754) (Biography of Wu Jingzi)

1751:
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b: September 16, 1678 ; d: December 12, 1751) (Biography of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke)

1685:
John Pell, English mathematician (b: March 1, 1610 ; d: December 12, 1685) (Biography of John Pell)

1574:
Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b: May 28, 1524 ; d: December 12, 1574) (Biography of Selim II)

1569:
Metropolitan Philip (d: December 12, 1569) (Biography of Metropolitan Philip)

884:
Carloman, King of the West Franks (d: December 12, 884) (Biography of Carloman, King of the West Franks)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-december/deaths.html