January 12

Important event in history that happen in 12 January, janari, januari, Януари, Leden, jaanuar, जनवरी, gennaio, siječanj, janvāris, sausis, január, Enero, styczeń, janvier, ianuarie, Январь, јануар, tammikuu, มกราคม, Ocak, Січень, tháng một, Ιανουάριος, Jan.

475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
1493 - Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1528 - Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
1552 - Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1598 - Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
1684 - French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1701 - Frisia & Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar
1701 - Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar
1723 - Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1755 - Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
1773 - 1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC)
1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif
1806 - French evacuate Vienna
1807 - Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Neth, 150 die
1808 - The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
1809 - British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814)
1812 - 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1816 - France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 - Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1836 - Battle of Wetumka, Fla
1836 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
1839 - Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn
1842 - Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
1861 - FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens
1863 - President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address
1865 - -13] Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1866 - The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1867 - Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg
1872 - Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
1875 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1879 - British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1895 - The National Trust is founded in Britain.
1896 - 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1898 - Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
1900 - Freeland Colony founded in US
1903 - Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam
1903 - Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
1904 - Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1906 - 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1906 - Football rules committee legalizes forward pass
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.
1907 - Britain grants responsible govt to former colony of Transvaal
1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
1911 - The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
1912 - -47°F (-44°C), Washta, Iowa (state record)
1915 - House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote
1916 - Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Is colony in Pacific
1918 - Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
1918 - Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
1924 - History of Science Society organized at Boston
1925 - John Howard Lawson's "Processional," premieres in NYC
1928 - Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin," premieres in NYC
1929 - Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
1930 - NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
1932 - France's Laval govt falls
1932 - Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark)
1932 - Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in NYC
1933 - US Congress recognize independence Philippines
1933 - Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
1937 - Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1940 - World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland.
1942 - British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 - Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1942 - National War Labor Board created
1943 - Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)
1944 - Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1944 - Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd
1945 - German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 - US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea
1945 - World War II: The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe.
1946 - "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
1946 - Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!," premieres in Rome
1946 - NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
1948 - 1st Supermarket in UK opens
1948 - Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 - US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
1949 - "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
1949 - Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
1950 - Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1950 - USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1951 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 - NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 30-13
1952 - University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student
1953 - 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
1954 - Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115
1954 - Queen Elizabeth II opens NZ parliament
1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1958 - NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1958 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7
1958 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
1959 - KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 - Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt v England
1960 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
1961 - "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 100 performances
1961 - UN genocide pact goes into effect
1963 - "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1963 - Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia v England
1964 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17
1964 - Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence
1965 - "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV
1965 - At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
1966 - "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1966 - 12 day NYC transit strike ends
1966 - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1966 - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
1967 - Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1967 - Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
1968 - Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
1968 - Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1969 - "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances
1969 - Superbowl III: NY Jets beat Balt Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB
1970 - Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
1970 - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1970 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
1971 - "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 - "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
1971 - Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1971 - Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1972 - Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
1974 - "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1974 - Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
1975 - Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1975 - Superbowl IX: Pitts Steelers beat Minn Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB
1976 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org
1977 - "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances
1977 - Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1979 - 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
1979 - LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 - Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1980 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1981 - "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV
1981 - -35°F (-37°C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1981 - Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC
1983 - Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
1983 - NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
1986 - 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1986 - Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
1986 - Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
1987 - Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1988 - Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 - 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
1989 - Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1990 - Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln
1990 - Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1991 - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991 - Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)
1991 - US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1992 - 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards
1992 - Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
1992 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1992 - Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
1992 - A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
1993 - Doctors announce Pitts Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease
1993 - MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
1994 - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
1994 - Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 - Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
1995 - Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia
1996 - Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
1997 - 17th United Negro College Fund raises
1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 - Chrysler-Plymouth LPGA Tournament of Champions
1997 - HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey)
1997 - Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
1997 - Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
1997 - Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
1997 - wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament Of Champions
1998 - Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
2004 - The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
2005 - Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
2006 - A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
2006 - Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.
2006 - The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
2006 - The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
2007 - Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.