January, 12th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 12, 2005:
Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral by a Delta 2 rocket.

Monday 12, 1998:
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.

Thursday 12, 1995:
Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan.

Sunday 12, 1992:
A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by referendum in Mali.

Saturday 12, 1991:
Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

Sunday 12, 1986:
Space shuttle Columbia takes-off with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.

Monday 12, 1976:
UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestinian Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).

Tuesday 12, 1971:
Harrisburg Six: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, DC.

Monday 12, 1970:
Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.

Sunday 12, 1969:
Hard rock band Led Zeppelin release their eponymous first album.

Wednesday 12, 1966:
Batman the TV series debuts on ABC.

Sunday 12, 1964:
Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt and later proclaim a republic.

Friday 12, 1945:
World War II: The Soviets begin a large offensive in Eastern Europe against the Nazis.

Monday 12, 1942:
President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

Friday 12, 1940:
World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland.

Tuesday 12, 1932:
Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.

Tuesday 12, 1926:
Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program Sam 'n' Henry, a precursor to Amos 'n' Andy; possibly the first situation comedy.

Tuesday 12, 1915:
United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.

Sunday 12, 1908:
A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.

Wednesday 12, 1898:
Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.

Sunday 12, 1896:
H. L. Smith takes the first x-ray photograph.

Tuesday 12, 1875:
Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.

Friday 12, 1872:
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.

Friday 12, 1866:
Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.

Friday 12, 1838:
In order to avoid anti-Mormon.persecution, Joseph Smith, Jr. and his followers leave Ohio for Missouri.

Sunday 12, 1777:
Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.

Tuesday 12, 1773:
The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.

Sunday 12, 1592:
Titus Andronicus first staged at the Rose Theatre.

Thursday 12, 1528:
Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.

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


People born on January 12

1982:
Dontrelle Willis, baseball player (b: January 12, 1982) (Biography of Dontrelle Willis)

1981:
Quentin Griffin, American football player (b: January 12, 1981) (Biography of Quentin Griffin)

1980:
Bobby Crosby, baseball player (b: January 12, 1980) (Biography of Bobby Crosby)

1974:
Melanie Chisholm, British singer (b: January 12, 1974) (Biography of Melanie Chisholm)

1972:
Espen Knutsen, Norwegian hockey player (b: January 12, 1972) (Biography of Espen Knutsen)

1971:
Richard deCosta, American composer (b: January 12, 1971) (Biography of Richard deCosta)

1970:
Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine, former) (b: January 12, 1970) (Biography of Zack de la Rocha)
Raekwon, American rapper (b: January 12, 1970) (Biography of Raekwon)

1966:
Rob Zombie, American musician, artist, and writer (b: January 12, 1966) (Biography of Rob Zombie)

1964:
Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur (b: January 12, 1964) (Biography of Jeff Bezos)

1960:
Oliver Platt, Canadian actor (b: January 12, 1960) (Biography of Oliver Platt)
Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player (b: January 12, 1960) (Biography of Dominique Wilkins)

1959:
Blixa Bargeld, German singer (Einstürzende Neubauten) (b: January 12, 1959) (Biography of Blixa Bargeld)
Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter (b: January 12, 1959) (Biography of Per Gessle)
John Green, most prominent after throwing a plastic cup at Ron Artest during the The Malice at The Palace. (b: January 12, 1959) (Biography of John Green (fan))

1957:
John Lasseter, American director, writer, and animator, creator of Toy Story and Monsters Inc. (b: January 12, 1957) (Biography of John Lasseter)

1955:
Rockne O'Bannon, writer and television producer (b: January 12, 1955) (Biography of Rockne O'Bannon)

1954:
Howard Stern, American radio host (b: January 12, 1954) (Biography of Howard Stern)

1952:
Walter Mosley, American author (b: January 12, 1952) (Biography of Walter Mosley)

1951:
Kirstie Alley, American actress (b: January 12, 1951) (Biography of Kirstie Alley)
Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality (b: January 12, 1951) (Biography of Rush Limbaugh)

1950:
Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician (b: January 12, 1950) (Biography of Sheila Jackson Lee)

1949:
Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born film director (b: January 12, 1949) (Biography of Wayne Wang)

1948:
Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b: January 12, 1948 ; d: February 17, 2001) (Biography of Khalid Abdul Muhammed)

1946:
George Duke, American musician (b: January 12, 1946) (Biography of George Duke)

1944:
Joe Frazier, American boxer (b: January 12, 1944) (Biography of Joe Frazier)

1937:
Shirley Eaton, British actress (b: January 12, 1937) (Biography of Shirley Eaton)

1935:
Kreskin, mentalist (b: January 12, 1935) (Biography of Kreskin)

1932:
Des O'Connor, British TV presenter (b: January 12, 1932) (Biography of Des O'Connor)

1930:
Glenn Yarborough, American singer and songwriter (b: January 12, 1930) (Biography of Glenn Yarborough)
Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player and entrepreneur (b: January 12, 1930 ; d: February 21, 1974) (Biography of Tim Horton)

1928:
Ruth Brown, American singer (b: January 12, 1928) (Biography of Ruth Brown)

1926:
Ray Price, American singer (b: January 12, 1926) (Biography of Ray Price)

1925:
Scottie MacGregor, American actress (b: January 12, 1925) (Biography of Scottie MacGregor)

1923:
Ira Hayes, American soldier (b: January 12, 1923 ; d: January 24, 1955) (Biography of Ira Hayes)

1920:
James L. Farmer, Jr., American civil rights activist (b: January 12, 1920) (Biography of James L. Farmer, Jr.)

1916:
Pieter Willem Botha, President of South Africa (b: January 12, 1916) (Biography of Pieter Willem Botha)
Jay McShann, American musician (b: January 12, 1916) (Biography of Jay McShann)

1910:
Luise Rainer, German actress (b: January 12, 1910) (Biography of Luise Rainer)

1908:
Jean Delannoy, French film director (b: January 12, 1908) (Biography of Jean Delannoy)

1907:
Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b: January 12, 1907 ; d: January 14, 1966) (Biography of Sergei Korolev)
Patsy Kelly, American actress (b: January 12, 1907 ; d: September 24, 1981) (Biography of Patsy Kelly)

1905:
Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (b: January 12, 1905 ; d: January 2, 1974) (Biography of Tex Ritter)

1902:
King Saud of Saudi Arabia (b: January 12, 1902 ; d: February 23, 1969) (Biography of Saud of Saudi Arabia)

1899:
Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: January 12, 1899) (Biography of Paul Hermann Muller)

1893:
Hermann Göring, Nazi official (b: January 12, 1893 ; d: October 15, 1946) (Biography of Hermann Göring)
Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi official (b: January 12, 1893 ; d: October 16, 1946) (Biography of Alfred Rosenberg)

1892:
Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b: January 12, 1892) (Biography of Mikhail Gurevich)

1884:
Texas Guinan, American actress (b: January 12, 1884 ; d: November 5, 1933) (Biography of Texas Guinan)

1882:
Milton Sills, American actor (b: January 12, 1882 ; d: September 15, 1930) (Biography of Milton Sills)

1879:
Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b: January 12, 1879 ; d: January 19, 1968) (Biography of Ray Harroun)

1878:
Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (b: January 12, 1878) (Biography of Ferenc Molnar)

1877:
Frank J. Corr, Mayor of Chicago (b: January 12, 1877) (Biography of Frank J. Corr)

1876:
Jack London, American author (b: January 12, 1876 ; d: November 22, 1916) (Biography of Jack London)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b: January 12, 1876 ; d: January 21, 1948) (Biography of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari)

1873:
Spiridon Louis, Greek runner (b: January 12, 1873 ; d: March 26, 1940) (Biography of Spiridon Louis)

1863:
Swami Vivekananda, Indian guru (b: January 12, 1863 ; d: July 4, 1902) (Biography of Swami Vivekananda)

1856:
John Singer Sargent, American artist (b: January 12, 1856 ; d: April 14, 1925) (Biography of John Singer Sargent)

1849:
Jean Béraud, French painter (b: January 12, 1849 ; d: October 4, 1935) (Biography of Jean Beraud)

1786:
Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b: January 12, 1786 ; d: May 5, 1855) (Biography of Robert Inglis)

1751:
King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b: January 12, 1751 ; d: January 4, 1825) (Biography of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies)

1746:
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (b: January 12, 1746) (Biography of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi)

1737:
John Hancock, American statesman (b: January 12, 1737 ; d: October 8, 1793) (Biography of John Hancock)

1729:
Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (b: January 12, 1729 ; d: July 9, 1797) (Biography of Edmund Burke)

1628:
Charles Perrault, French folklorist (b: January 12, 1628 ; d: May 16, 1703) (Biography of Charles Perrault)

1591:
Giuseppe Ribera, Spanish painter (b: January 12, 1591) (Biography of Giuseppe Ribera)

1576:
Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b: January 12, 1576 ; d: April 30, 1660) (Biography of Petrus Scriverius)

1562:
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (b: January 12, 1562 ; d: July 16, 1630) (Biography of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy)

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

[Spiritus Temporis]

they left us on January 12

2005:
Amrish Puri (d: January 12, 2005) (Biography of Amrish Puri)
Edmund S. Valtman (d: January 12, 2005) (Biography of Edmund S. Valtman)

2003:
Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (b: July 15, 1926 ; d: January 12, 2003) (Biography of Leopoldo Galtieri)
Kinji Fukasaku (d: January 12, 2003) (Biography of Kinji Fukasaku)
Maurice Gibb, Australian musician (The Bee Gees) (b: December 22, 1949 ; d: January 12, 2003) (Biography of Maurice Gibb)

2002:
Stanley Unwin (comedian) (d: January 12, 2002) (Biography of Stanley Unwin (comedian))
Cyrus Vance, American politician (b: March 27, 1917 ; d: January 12, 2002) (Biography of Cyrus Vance)

2001:
William Hewlett, American engineer and computer manufacturer (b: May 20, 1913 ; d: January 12, 2001) (Biography of William Hewlett)
Affirmed, American race horse (b: February 21, 1975 ; d: January 12, 2001) (Biography of Affirmed)

2000:
Bobby Phills (d: January 12, 2000) (Biography of Bobby Phills)
Marc Davis, American animator (b: March 30, 1913 ; d: January 12, 2000) (Biography of Marc Davis)

1999:
Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (b: April 20, 1914 ; d: January 12, 1999) (Biography of Betty Lou Gerson)

1991:
Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (b: June 18, 1904 ; d: January 12, 1991) (Biography of Keye Luke)

1983:
Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (b: February 18, 1903 ; d: January 12, 1983) (Biography of Nikolai Podgorny)

1976:
Agatha Christie, English writer (b: September 15, 1890 ; d: January 12, 1976) (Biography of Agatha Christie)

1965:
Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (b: May 19, 1930 ; d: January 12, 1965) (Biography of Lorraine Hansberry)

1960:
Nevil Shute, English author (b: January 17, 1899 ; d: January 12, 1960) (Biography of Nevil Shute)

1944:
Lance C. Wade (d: January 12, 1944) (Biography of Lance C. Wade)

1943:
Jan Campert (d: January 12, 1943) (Biography of Jan Campert)

1817:
Juan Andres (d: January 12, 1817) (Biography of Juan Andres)

1781:
Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b: September 29, 1691 ; d: January 12, 1781) (Biography of Richard Challoner)

1735:
John Eccles (d: January 12, 1735) (Biography of John Eccles)

1732:
John Horsley (d: January 12, 1732) (Biography of John Horsley)

1705:
Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b: October 18, 1634 ; d: January 12, 1705) (Biography of Luca Giordano)

1674:
Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b: April 18, 1605 ; d: January 12, 1674) (Biography of Giacomo Carissimi)

1665:
Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (b: August 20, 1601 ; d: January 12, 1665) (Biography of Pierre de Fermat)

1583:
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva (d: January 12, 1583) (Biography of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva)

1519:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b: March 22, 1459 ; d: January 12, 1519) (Biography of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor)

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