12 January
Notable Births
Artem Kotenko
b. 2012
Ukrainian singer (born 2012)
Eva Lys
b. 2002
German tennis player (born 2002)
Sam LaPorta
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Sven Botman
b. 2000
Dutch footballer (born 2000)
Xavier Tillman
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Tyler Roberts
b. 1999
Welsh international footballer (born 1999)
Juan Foyth
b. 1998
Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Darius Slayton
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Ella Henderson
b. 1996
British singer (born 1996)
Allisha Gray
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman)
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Emre Can
b. 1994
German footballer (born 1994)
Jamel Artis
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Doh Kyung-soo
b. 1993
South Korean singer and actor (born 1993)
Zayn Malik
b. 1993
English singer (born 1993)
Ishak Belfodil
b. 1992
Algerian footballer (born 1992)
Samuele Longo
b. 1992
Italian footballer
Pixie Lott
b. 1991
English singer (born 1991)
Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler)
b. 1991
American professional wrestler (born 1991)
Matt Srama
b. 1991
Philippines international rugby league footballer (born 1991)
Notable Deaths
Rick Garcia (activist)
d. 2026
American LGBTQ activist (1956–2026)
Leslie Charleson
d. 2025
American actress (1945–2025)
Claude Jarman Jr.
d. 2025
American actor (1934–2025)
Lisa Marie Presley
d. 2023
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
Sharad Yadav
d. 2023
Indian politician (1947–2023)
Ronnie Spector
d. 2022
American singer (1943–2022)
Roger Scruton
d. 2020
English philosopher (1944–2020)
Keith Jackson
d. 2018
American sports announcer (1928–2018)
William Peter Blatty
d. 2017
American writer and filmmaker (1928–2017)
Graham Taylor
d. 2017
English football player, manager and chairman
Trevor Colbourn
d. 2015
Australian professor & academic (1927-2015)
Robert Gover
d. 2015
American novelist
Carl Long (baseball)
d. 2015
American baseball player
Elena Obraztsova
d. 2015
Soviet and Russian opera singer
Inge Vermeulen
d. 2015
Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player
Alexandra Bastedo
d. 2014
British actress (1946–2014)
Connie Binsfeld
d. 2014
American politician (1924–2014)
George Dement
d. 2014
American businessman and politician (1922–2014)
Flor María Chalbaud
d. 2013
First Lady of Venezuela
Eugene Patterson
d. 2013
American journalist and civil rights activist
On This Day in History
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2020
Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.
Taal Volcano
2016
Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
January 2016 Istanbul bombing
2015
Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
Battle of Kolofata (2015)
2012
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.
2012 Romanian protests
2010
An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
2010 Haiti earthquake
2007
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day.
Comet McNaught
2006
A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
Incidents during the Hajj
2005
Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
Deep Impact (spacecraft)
2004
The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
Ocean liner
2001
Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Downtown Disney
1998
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
Human cloning
1997
Space Shuttle program: 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.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
1991
Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
Gulf War
1990
A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
Baku pogrom
1986
Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.
Space Shuttle program
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).
United Nations Security Council
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.
Harrisburg Seven
1970
Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
Biafra
1969
The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
New York Jets
1967
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
James Bedford