<< January 2008 >> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MMVIII

January 12 in recent years 2008 (Saturday) 2007 (Friday) 2006 (Thursday) 2005 (Wednesday) 2004 (Monday) 2003 (Sunday) 2002 (Saturday) 2001 (Friday) 2000 (Wednesday)

January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year (354 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 In Fiction 6 External links

Events

• 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. Events By place Western Roman Empire 28 August — Flavius Orestes forces western Julius Nepos to flee and declares Flavius Basiliscus (d 476/477 was an Eastern Roman Emperor of the House of Leo, who ruled briefly (9 January 475–August 476 when Emperor Zeno This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians Location Bakırköy is a large densely populated Middle class Residential Suburb of İstanbul, Turkey on its Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS
• 1528 - Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson (Colloquial 15th century Upplandic Gösta Jerksson) and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• 1539 - Treaty of Toledo signed by Francis I and Charles V. Francis I may refer to Francis I Duke of Brittany (1414-1450 reigned 1442-1450 Francis I Duke of Lorraine (1517–1545 reigned Charles V may refer to Charles V of France Charles V Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Duke of Lorraine
• 1592 - Titus Andronicus is first staged at the Rose Theatre. Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest Tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built after The Theatre ( 1576) the Curtain
• 1773 - The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Thirteen Colonies were part of what became known as British America, a name that was used by Great Britain until the Treaty of Paris (1783 recognized the A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina.
• 1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded on January 12, 1777 and named for Clare of Assisi, the founder of the order of the Poor Clares. Santa Clara California (ˌsæntəˈklærə founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852 is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U
• 1808 - The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Wernerian Natural History Society ( January 12, 1808 - April 16, 1858) commonly abbreviated as the Wernerian Society, was a A learned society is an Organization that exists to promote an Academic discipline or group of disciplines Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow.
• 1848 - The Palermo rising in Sicily rises against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Sicilian revolution of independence of 1848 occurred in a year replete with revolutions and popular revolts Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. The House of Bourbon is an important European Royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Regno delle Due Sicilie) commonly known as just the Two Sicilies, was the name of a Kingdom in Europe.
• 1866 - The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Founded in 1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a multidisciplinary professional institution dedicated to the entire global Aerospace London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1872 - Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Emperor Yohannes IV ( Ge'ez ዮሓንስ Yōḥānnis, Amharic Yōhānnis, also known as "John" c NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Axum, or Aksum, is a City in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled from the region ca
• 1875 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Guangxu Emperor (光緒帝 (14 August 1871&ndash14 November 1908 born Zaitian (載湉 was the tenth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 1895 - The National Trust is founded in Britain. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927
• 1898 - Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common was a Japanese statesman Resident-General of Korea, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st 5th 7th and 10th and Genrō. The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime
• 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. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 &ndash 26 March 1945 was a British Statesman and the only Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874
• 1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel /tuʀ ɛfɛl/ is an Iron Tower built
• 1911 - The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The University of the Philippines College of Law or UP Law is the law college of the University of the Philippines System the National University of the The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines.
• 1915 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• 1915 - The United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "voting tablet" and figuratively "right to vote" probably from suffrago "hough" and originally
• 1918 - Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
• 1932 - Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway ( February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was the first woman elected to serve as a United States Senator The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
• 1940 - World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
• 1942 - President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by In 1918 President Woodrow Wilson created the National War Labor Board ( NWLB) which was an agency composed of representatives from business and labor
• 1945 - World War II: The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent.
• 1964 - Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Zanzibar ( is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the The Zanzibar Revolution was the overthrow in 1964 of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by 600-800 of the country's African majority
• 1966 - Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
• 1967 - Dr. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. James Hiram Bedford ( 20 April 1893 - 12 January 1967) was a University of California psychology professor who had written several Cryonics is the low-temperature Preservation of Humans and other Animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary Medicine until
• 1970 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Biafra was a Secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria. The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, 6 July 1967 &ndash 13 January 1970 was a political conflict caused by the attempted Secession
• 1971 - The 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, D.C.
• 1976 - The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Philip Berrigan ( October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an internationally renowned American Peace activist, Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German -born American bureaucrat diplomat and 1973 Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary
• 1991 - Gulf War: An act of the U. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed
• 1992 - A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa.
• 1995 - Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19 1925 February 21 1965 also known as El-Hajj Malik El- Shabazz, was an African American Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, was born on December 25, 1960. Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is the Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam as the National Representative
• 1998 - Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a Human being human cell, or human tissue.
• 2004 - The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule Characteristics The Queen Mary 2 is the current Cunard Flagship and makes regular Transatlantic crossings
• 2005 - Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Deep Impact is an ongoing NASA Space probe launched on 12 January 2005 that was designed to study the composition of the interior of the Comet Cape Canaveral from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County Florida, United States, near the center of that
• 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. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program
• 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. There have been many serious incidents during the Hajj (the Muslim pilgrimage to the city of Mecca) that have caused the loss of hundreds of lives Stoning of the Devil or stoning of the jamarat ( Arabic: ramy al-jamarāt) is part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Mina is a desert location situated some 5 kilometres to the east of the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion A pilgrim is one who undertakes a Pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'
• 2006 - Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Mehmet Ali Ağca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish Assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, Pope
• 2006 - The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. History Development of Clemenceau represented France's successful effort to produce its own class of multi-role carriers to replace American and British ships which were This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation Greenpeace activists board the ship. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972
• 2007 - Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Comet McNaught, also known as the Great Comet of 2007 and given the designation C/2006 P1, is a non-periodic Comet discovered on In Celestial mechanics, an apsis, plural apsides (ˈæpsɨdɪːz is the point of greatest or least distance of the Elliptical orbit of an object from

Births

• 1483 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. Count Henry III of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz ( 12 January 1483, Siegen – 14 September 1538, Breda) Lord 1538)
• 1562 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. Charles Emmanuel I ( Italian: Carlo Emanuele I di Savoia, January 12 1562 &ndash July 26 1630) surnamed the Great 1630)
• 1576 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. Petrus Scriverius, the latinized form of Peter Schrijver or Schryver ( 12 January 1576 - 30 April 1660) was a Dutch Writer 1660)
• 1577 - Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. Jan Baptist van Helmont (bapt January 12, 1579 &ndash December 30, 1644) was an Early modern period Flemish 1644)
• 1580 - Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. Alexander Ruthven ( 12 January 1580 - 5 August 1600) was a Scottish nobleman 1600)
• 1591 - José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. Jusepe de Ribera ( January 12, 1591 - 1652 was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and Printmaker, also known as José de Ribera in Spanish 1652)
• 1597 - François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. François Duquesnoy ( Brussels, January 12, 1597 &ndash July 12, 1643 in Livorno) was a prominent Baroque sculptor 1643)
• 1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
• 1715 - Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jacques Duphly ( January 12, 1715 &ndash July 15, 1789) was a French harpsichordist and Composer. 1789)
• 1716 - Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Antonio de Ulloa ( January 12, 1716 &ndash July 3, 1795) was a Spanish general explorer author Astronomer, colonial 1795)
• 1721 - Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ferdinand ( 12 January 1721, Brunswick – 3 July 1792) Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a Prussian 1792)
• 1723 - Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Samuel Langdon ( January 12, 1723 &ndash November 29, 1797) was a U 1797)
• 1729 - Edmund Burke, Irish statesman (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and 1797)
• 1746 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi' ( January 12, 1746 &ndash February 17, 1827) was a Swiss Pedagogue and educational reformer In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or 1827)
• 1751 - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ferdinand I ( Ferdinando Antonio Pasquale Giovanni Nepomuceno Serafino Gennaro Benedetto, January 12, 1751 &ndash January 4, 1825) 1825)
• 1772 - Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Спера́нский ( -) was probably the greatest of Russian reformers in the period between 1839)
• 1786 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Robert Harry Inglis 2nd Baronet FRS ( 12 January 1786 &ndash 5 May 1855) was an English Conservative 1855)
• 1792 - Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Johan August Arfvedson ( January 12, 1792 &ndash October 28, 1841) was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element 1841)
• 1797 - Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gideon Brecher ( January 12, 1797 &ndash May 14, 1873) also known as "Gedaliah Ben Eliezer" was an Austrian Physician 1873)
• 1810 - King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ferdinand II ( Ferdinando Carlo, January 12, 1810 &ndash May 22, 1859) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until 1859)
• 1822 - Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir ( January 12 1822 - August 4 1900) was a French - Belgian engineer 1900)
• 1849 - Jean Béraud, French painter (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Béraud (born January 12, 1849 in Saint Petersburg; died October 4, 1935 in Paris) was a French Impressionist 1935)
• 1852 - Joseph Joffre, French general (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (12 January 1852 - 3 January 1931 was a French General who was Commander-in-Chief of the French Army between 1931)
• 1856 - John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year John Singer Sargent (January 12 1856 &ndash April 14 1925 was the most successful portrait painter of his era During his career he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 1925)
• 1860 - Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Henry E Larkin (January 12 1860 - January 31 1942 Played Major League Baseball for 10 seasons 1942)
• 1863 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Swami Vivekananda (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ Shami Bibekānondo; स्वामी विवेकानन्द Svāmi Vivekānanda) ( 1902)
• 1873 - Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1940)
• 1876 - Jack London, American author (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Jack London (January 12 1876 &ndash November 22 1916 was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The 1916)
• 1876 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (born Ermanno Wolf) ( Venice, January 12, 1876 &ndash Venice January 21, 1948) was an 1948)
• 1877 - Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frank J Corr ( Brooklyn, New York January 12, 1877 - Chicago, Illinois June 3, 1934; buried 1934)
• 1878 - Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ferenc Molnár (originally Ferenc Neumann 12 January 1878 in Budapest &mdash 1 April 1952 in New York City 1952)
• 1879 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ray Harroun ( January 12, 1879 - January 19, 1968) was an American racecar driver 1968)
• 1882 - Milton Sills, American actor (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Milton Sills ( January 12, 1882 – September 15, 1930) was a highly successful American stage and film Actor of the early twentieth 1930)
• 1884 - Texas Guinan, American actress (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan ( January 12, 1884 &ndash November 5, 1933) was a saloon keeper actress and 1933)
• 1892 - Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich (Михаил Иосифович Гуревич ( &mdash November 12, 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer a partner 1976)
• 1893 - Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also spelled Goering) (12 January 1893 15 October 1946 was a German Politician, Military leader and a leading member 1946)
• 1893 - Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (12 January 1893 16 October 1946 was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi Party. 1946)
• 1894 - Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georges Carpentier (pronouced car-pun-tee-eh)( January 12, 1894 – October 28, 1975) was a French boxer 1975)
• 1896 - David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year David Wechsler ( January 12, 1896 - May 2, 1981) was a leading American Psychologist. Mental health professional A psychologist is a practitioner of Psychology, the systematic investigation of the mind including Behavior, Cognition, 1981)
• 1899 - Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierre Bernac (born as Pierre Bertin on 12 January, 1899 in Paris - died 17 October, 1979 in Villeneuve-les-Avignon) was 1979)
• 1899 - Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Paul Hermann Müller also known as Pauly Mueller ( January 12, 1899 &ndash October 12, 1965) was a Swiss Chemist and Nobel The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1965)
• 1903 - Igor_Kurchatov, Russian physicist , (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (И́горь Васи́льевич Курча́тов January 12, 1903 – February 7, 1960) was a Soviet 1960)
• 1904 - Fred McDowell, American blues musician (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Fred McDowell ( January 12 1904 - July 3 1972) often known as Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues Singer and Guitar 1972)
• 1905 - James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting James Bennett Griffin (also known as Jimmy Griffin is an American archaeologist who was born in Atchinson Kansas on January 12 1905 1997)
• 1905 - Tex Ritter, American country singer and actor (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Tex Ritter (January 12 1905 &ndash January 2 1974 was an American country Singer and Actor and the father of actor John Ritter 1974)
• 1906 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Daniil Kharms ( Даниил Иванович Хармс; &ndash 2 February, 1942) was an early Soviet -era Surrealist and absurdist 1942)
• 1907 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Patsy Kelly ( January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American stage and film comedic actress 1981)
• 1907 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov (often Transliterated as Sergei Korolev) (Серге́й Па́влович Королёв Сергій Павлович Корольов 1966)
• 1908 - Jean Delannoy, French film director
• 1908 - Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jean Delannoy ( January 12, 1908 &ndash June 18, 2008) was a French Actor, Film editor, Screenwriter Clement G Hurd ( January 12, 1908 - February 5, 1988) was an American illustrator of Children's books. 1988)
• 1910 - Luise Rainer, German actress
• 1915 - Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910) is a two-time Academy Award -winning German Film Actress. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paul Jarrico ( January 12, 1915 – October 28, 1997) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer who was 1997)
• 1915 - Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa
• 1916 - Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Joseph-Aurèle Plourde (born 12 January 1915) is the Canadian Archbishop Emeritus of Ottawa. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Pieter Willem Botha (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006 commonly known as "P 2006)
• 1916 - Jay McShann, American musician (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jay McShann ( January 12 1916 – December 7 2006) was an American Blues and swing Pianist, 2006)
• 1916 - William Pleeth, British cellist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. William Pleeth ( 12 January 1916 &ndash 6 April 1999) was a British Cellist and an eminent teacher of the cello 1999)
• 1917 - Walter Hendl, American conductor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Walter Hendl ( January 12, 1917 &ndash April 2007)
• 1917 - Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. James Donald "Jimmie" Skinner ( January 12, 1917 – July 11, 2007) was the Head Coach Chief Scout & Farm Director Director of Player 2007)
• 1917 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ( January 12, 1917 &ndash February 5 2008) founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and 2008)
• 1920 - James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar James Leonard Farmer Jr ( January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a Black civil rights activist who was one of the "big 4" leaders 1999)
• 1920 - Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist
• 1922 - Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Prof Jerzy B Zubrzycki AO CBE (born January 12, 1920 in Kraków) is a Polish -born Australian sociologist widely Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Tadeusz Żychiewicz (b 12 January 1922 in Bratkowice, d 11 November 1994 in Kraków) was a Polish Journalist 1994)
• 1923 - Ira Hayes, American soldier (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography The son of Joe E and Nancy W Hayes Ira Hayes was born on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Sacaton Arizona 1955)
• 1924 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olivier Gendebien ( 12 January 1924, Brussels, Belgium – 2 October 1998, Les Baux de Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône 1998)
• 1925 - Bill Burrud, American television host (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Williams James Burrud ( January 12 1925 - June 12, 1990) known as Bill Burrud, was a former Child star and a television 1990)
• 1925 - Scottie MacGregor, American actress
• 1926 - Morton Feldman, American composer
• 1926 - Ray Price, American singer
• 1928 - Ruth Brown, American singer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (b January 12, 1925 in Glendale California) is an American Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Morton Feldman (January 12 1926 – September 3 1987 was an American Composer, born in New York City. Ray Price (born January 12, 1926 in Perryville Texas) is an American Country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Brown ( January 12 1928 &ndash November 17 2006) was an American R&B Singer, and actress noted for 2006)
• 1928 - Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver
• 1929 - Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottis-born American philosopher
• 1930 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lloyd Ruby (Born January 12, 1928 in Wichita Falls Texas) is a retired American racecar driver Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (born January 12, 1929 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton ( January 12, 1930 &ndash February 21, 1974) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman 1974)
• 1930 - Glenn Yarborough, American singer
• 1932 - Des O'Connor, British television presenter
• 1933 - Michael Aspel, English broadcaster
• 1935 - Kreskin, American mentalist
• 1935 - Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
• 1937 - Marie Dubois, French actress
• 1937 - Shirley Eaton, British actress
• 1937 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Glenn Yarbrough (born January 12, 1930) is an American folk Singer. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Desmond Bernard O'Connor, CBE (born as Conrad Desmondson on 12 January 1932 is a well-known veteran English Television personality. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Terence Aspel OBE (born 12 January 1933) is an English Journalist and Television presenter. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Joseph Kresge Jr (born January 12, 1935) better known as The Amazing Kreskin, is a Mentalist who became is a Japanese actress. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marie Dubois (born January 12 1937 in Paris is a French actress Shirley Eaton (born January 13 1937) is an English actress who appeared in many British black and white comedies in the 1950s and onwards Vicente Sardinero ( January 12, 1937 - February 9, 2002) was a Spanish operatic Baritone. 2002)
• 1938 - Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
• 1941 - Long John Baldry, British blues singer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lewis Fiander (born 12 January 1938) is an Australian stage, Television and Film Actor. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John William Baldry, popularly known as Long John Baldry, ( January 12 1941 &ndash July 21 2005) was an English 2005)
• 1944 - Joe Frazier, American boxer
• 1944 - Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
• 1944 - Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player
• 1944 - Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
• 1944 - Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
• 1945 - Maggie Bell, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
• 1946 - Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure
• 1946 - George Duke, American musician
• 1946 - Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
• 1948 - Kenny Allen, English footballer
• 1948 - Anthony Andrews, English actor
• 1948 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the Major League Baseball player and manager see Joe Frazier (baseball. Hans Henning Atrott was born 12 January 1944 in Memel, East Prussia (now Klaipéda, Lithuania) (The city was annexed by Vlastimil Hort (born 12 January 1944) is a Chess grandmaster of Czech nationality Viktoria Postnikova is a Russian pianist She graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1967 having studied there and in postgraduate courses with Professor Yakov Flier Carlos Villagrán Eslava (born January 12, 1944) is a Mexican comedy actor and former journalist Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Stone The Crows was a band formed in Glasgow in late 1969 History The band was formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hazel Josephine Cosgrove Lady Cosgrove, OBE (née Aronson (born 12 January 1946, Glasgow) is a Scottish lawyer and was a Judge of the Court of Session George Duke (born 12 January, 1946 in San Rafael California) is a piano and Synthesizer pioneer and singer Cynthia Robinson (born January 12, 1946 in Sacramento California) is an African-American Musician, best known for being the Sly & the Family Stone is an American funk, soul and rock band from San Francisco California. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Richard Allen (born 12 January 1948 in Thornaby-on-Tees is a retired English professional football goalkeeper. Anthony Andrews ( born 12 January 1948 in London) is an English Actor, best known for his role in Brideshead Revisited Khallid Abdul Muhammad (born Harold Moore Jr; January 12, 1948 – February 17, 2001) was an 2001)
• 1948 - William Nicholson, English writer
• 1949 - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. William Nicholson (born January 12, 1948) is a BAFTA - Oscar - and Tony -nominated British screenwriter playwright Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was a Japanese Pianist, Composer and Arranger of popular anime and movies and Video game music as well 2007)
• 1949 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
• 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
• 1949 - Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
• 1949 - Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director
• 1950 - Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician
• 1950 - Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
• 1950 - Bob McEwen, American politician
• 1950 - Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
• 1950 - Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ottmar Hitzfeld (born 12 January 1949 in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg) is a German former football player and manager nicknamed is a popular contemporary Japanese Writer and Translator. His work has been described by the Virginia Quarterly Review as "easily accessible Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael W Vannier (born January 12, 1949) is a radiologist in Chicago. Wayne Wang ( born January 12, 1949) is a Chinese American Film director. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheila Jackson-Lee (born January 12, 1950) is an American politician Lars Göran Axel Lindblad (born 12 January 1950 Gothenburg) is a Swedish politician and member of the Moderate Party. Robert D "Bob" McEwen (born January 12 1950 is an American politician of the Republican Party, who was a member of the United States House of Dorrit Moussaieff ( Hebrew & Bukhori: דורית מוסאיוף (born 12 January 1950) is the Israeli -born British - Ricky Ray Rector ( January 12, 1950 &ndash January 24, 1992) was executed for the 1981 murder of police officer Robert Martin in Conway 1992)
• 1951 - Kirstie Alley, American actress
• 1951 - Ann Althouse, American law professor
• 1951 - Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality and political commentator
• 1952 - Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
• 1952 - Walter Mosley, American author
• 1952 - John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
• 1954 - Howard Stern, American radio personality
• 1955 - Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
• 1957 - John Lasseter, American animation director
• 1958 - Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
• 1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
• 1959 - Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
• 1959 - Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef
• 1960 - Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
• 1960 - Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
• 1963 - François Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter
• 1964 - Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur
• 1964 - Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player
• 1965 - Mark Moore, British record producer
• 1965 - Rob Zombie, American musician
• 1966 - Olivier Martinez, French actor
• 1967 - Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
• 1968 - Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1968 - Rachael Harris, American actress
• 1968 - Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
• 1968 - Heather Mills, British activist
• 1968 - Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1969 - Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
• 1969 - Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
• 1970 - Raekwon, American rapper
• 1970 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
• 1972 - Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
• 1972 - Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
• 1972 - Jason Sklar, American comedian
• 1972 - Randy Sklar, American comedian
• 1973 - Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
• 1973 - Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
• 1973 - Hande Yener, Turkish singer
• 1974 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer
• 1974 - Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1975 - Jason Freese, American musician
• 1975 - Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 - Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
• 1977 - Dominic Etli, American soccer player
• 1977 - Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
• 1977 - Cade McNown, American football player
• 1977 - Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
• 1978 - Amerie, American singer and songwriter
• 1978 - Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher
• 1978 - Jeremy Camp, American musician
• 1978 - Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 1978 - Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress
• 1978 - Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris)
• 1979 - Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1979 - Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
• 1980 - Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
• 1981 - Dan Klecko, American football player
• 1982 - Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
• 1982 - Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
• 1982 - Chris Ray, American baseball player
• 1982 - Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
• 1982 - Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
• 1984 - Scott Olsen, American baseball player
• 1985 - Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
• 1985 - Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
• 1986 - Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
• 1987 - Will Rothhaar, American actor
• 1987 - Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
• 1988 - Chris Casement, Irish footballer
• 1988 - Joseph Dundas, British TV Presenter
• 1988 - Andrew Lawrence, American actor
• 1990 - Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
• 1992 - Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
• 1995 - Laurel McGoff, American singer

Deaths

• 1321 - Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Kirsten Louise "Kirstie" Alley (born January 12 1951 is an American Actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which Ann Althouse (born 1951 is an American law professor and Blogger. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaPersondata --> Charles Faulkner, (born 12 January 1952) is an American resident of England who is a master NLP A motivational speaker is a professional speaker who makes speeches intending to lift up and motivate their audiences Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist most widely recognized for his Crime fiction. John George Walker, CBE, (born January 12, 1952 in Papakura) is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Howard Allan Stern (born January 12 1954 is an American radio host and Television personality. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Rockne S O'Bannon (born January 12, 1955) is a television producer and writer Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) John Alan Lasseter (born January 12 1957 is an Academy Award -winning American Animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Curtis Martin Fraser (born January 12, 1958 in Cincinnati Ohio, United States is a former hockey player of dual American and Canadian The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blixa Bargeld (born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany) is a composer author actor singer musician Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band with multinational personnel fronted by Nick Cave. Per Håkan Gessle (pæːr 'gæslæ born January 12, 1959, in Halmstad) is a Swedish pop Singer, Guitarist Roxette is a Swedish pop duo consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. Nick Nairn, born ( January 12, 1959) in Stirling, Scotland is a Celebrity chef. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oliver Platt (born January 12 1960) is a Canadian stage film and television Actor. Jacques Dominique Wilkins (born January 12 1960 is a retired American Professional Basketball player in the NBA and Basketball Hall Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a Canadian director and Screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is the founder president chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Mark Moore (born 12 January 1965, in London) is a British Dance music Record producer and DJ. Robert Bartleh Cummings (born January 12, 1965) better known by his Stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American Musician Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Olivier Martinez (born January 12, 1966) is a French film Actor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Vendela Maria Kirsebom (born January 12, 1967) is a Swedish / Norwegian model and actress Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keith Anderson (born on January 12, 1968, in Miami, Oklahoma) is an American Country music artist Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian (born January 12, 1968) is a Japanese Video game music Composer. Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968 is an English charity campaigner and former model, and the ex-wife of musician Paul McCartney. Mauro Silva, real name Mauro da Silva Gomes, (born January 12, 1968 in São Bernardo do Campo in Brazil) is a former football Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Margaret Nagle, (born January 12, 1969, Berkeley, California is a Screenwriter, Television producer and Actress Robert Prosinečki ˈprɔsinɛtʃki}} (born January 12, 1969 in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany) is a Croatian former football Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Corey Woods, known by his stage name Raekwon, is an American East Coast Rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is an American rapper, Singer Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rajiv Gandhi राजीव गांधी (raːdʒiːv gaːnd̪ʰiː born in Bombay, (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991 the elder son of Indira and Feroze Espen Knutsen (born January 12, 1972) is a former Norwegian Ice hockey player Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar (born January 12, 1972) are Identical twin American comedians Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar (born January 12, 1972) are Identical twin American comedians Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Dan Haseltine (born Daniel Paul Haseltine on January 12, 1973) is an American singer best known for being the lead vocalist for Christian alternative Jars of Clay is a Grammy Award winning Christian rock band from Franklin Tennessee. Matt Wong (born January 12, 1973 in Hilo Hawaii was formerly the Bassist and one of the founding members of the California -based Reel Big Fish is an American Ska punk band from Huntington Beach California, best known for the 1997 hit " Sell Out. Hande Yener (born January 12, 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop superstar Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside) also known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an Tor Arne Hetland (born January 12, 1974) is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jason Jeremy Freese (born in Orange County California, on January 12, 1975) provides Piano / keyboard, Guitar, Tenor Jocelyn Thibault (born January 12, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese actress and Singer. Nakatani was born in Tokyo, Japan and began her professional career as a member of a singing group Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Dominic Mason Etli ( born January 12 1977) serves on the Hardwick Select Board in Hardwick VT Yoandy Garlobo Romay (born January 12, 1977 in Jovellanos, Matanzas Province, Cuba) is a Baseball player who starred for Cade B McNown (born January 12 1977 in Portland Oregon) is a Quarterback who played in the National Football League. Piolo Pascual (Born January 12, 1977, in Manila, Philippines) is an award-winning and multi-nominated film and television Actor Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12 1978) better known as Amerie, is a grammy nominated multiracial ( African-American & Korean Luis Ignacio Ayala (born January 12, 1978 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a professional Baseball Pitcher Jeremy Thomas Camp is a Contemporary Christian music Vocalist and Guitarist. Bonaventure "Barry" Kalou (born January 12, 1978 in Oumé, Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian Striker, who is currently Kim Sa-rang (born January 12 1978) is a Korean actress Her first name is the Korean word for " Love " Kristopher Lee Roe (born January 12, 1977 in Anderson Indiana) is a singer guitarist and songwriter in the alternative rock band The Ataris The Ataris are a Pop punk band originally hailing from Anderson, Indiana. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Marián Hossa (born January 12 1979) is a Slovak professional Ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Detroit Red Grzegorz Rasiak ( pron ˈgʐɛgɔʂ ˈraɕak Gzhegosh Rashak born 12 January 1979 in Szczecin, is a Polish international footballer Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) This article is for the baseball player For the comic strip character see Superosity. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Dan Klecko (born January 12, 1981 in) is an American football fullback and Defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Sherzod Abdurahmonov (born January 12, 1982) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Paul-Henri Mathieu (born January 12, 1982 in Strasbourg, France) is a French tennis player. Christopher Thomas Ray (born January 12, 1982 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Relief pitcher for the Baltimore Dimitrios Tsiamis (born 12 January 1982) is a Greek Triple jumper He finished eighth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships Dontrelle Wayne Willis (born January 12, 1982 in Oakland California) nicknamed "D-Train" is a Starting pitcher in the Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Scott Matthew Olsen (born January 12, 1984) is a Starting pitcher for the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Yohana Cobo' (born Madrid, January 12, 1985) is a Spanish film and television actress Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy (Артем Володимирович Мілевський (born on January 12, 1985 in Mazyr, Belarus) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle, Nieto (born January 12, 1986 in Madrid) is a Spanish football winger, currently Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Will Rothhaar (born January 12, 1987) is an American actor Rothhaar was born in New York City New York, the son of Michael Rothhaar and Salvatore Sirigu (born January 12, 1987) is an Italian footballer presently playing with Ancona, on loan from Palermo Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Chris Casement (born 12 January 1988 in Belfast, Co Antrim) is a Northern Irish professional footballer currently on-loan at Joseph David Dundas (born January 12, 1988 in Stoke on Trent, England) is a Film maker and Presenter known for his documentaries Andrew James Lawrence (born January 12, 1988) is an American Actor. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Sergey Karjakin (Сергій Карякін Сергей Карякин born January 12, 1990 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian Chess Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese Junior idol. Her books and DVDs sell heavily in Japan according to Amazon Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Laurel McGoff (born January 12, 1995) is an actress and singer most widely known for her appearance in the CBS reality Maria of Brabant ( 13 May 1254, Leuven &ndash January 10, 1321, Murel) Queen consort of France Philip the Bold Philip III ( 30 April 1245 &ndash 5 October 1285) called the Bold ( French: le Hardi) was 1256)
• 1519 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
• 1665 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. Pierre de Fermat pjɛːʁ dəfɛʁ'ma ( 17 August 1601 or 1607/8 &ndash 12 January 1665) was a French Lawyer at the 1601)
• 1674 - Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. Giacomo Carissimi (baptized April 18 1605 &ndash January 12 1674 was an Italian Composer, one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque, 1605)
• 1700 - Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys ( 17 April 1620 &ndash 12 January 1700, feast day January 12) was born the sixth of twelve children 1620)
• 1705 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Luca Giordano ( October 18, 1634 &ndash January 12, 1705) was an eclectic peripatetic and influential Italian late Baroque 1634)
• 1732 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1685)
• 1735 - John Eccles, English composer (b. Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This article is about the English composer for other people with the same name see John Eccles. 1668)
• 1759 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Princess Anne Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (2 November 1709 – 12 January 1759 was the second child and eldest daughter of George II and his consort Queen 1709)
• 1765 - Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Melchior Molter ( 10 February 1696 &ndash 12 January 1765) was a German baroque Composer and Violinist 1696)
• 1777 - Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hugh Mercer ( January 17, 1726 &ndash January 12, 1777) was a Physician, a Brigadier general in the Continental 1726)
• 1781 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Challoner (1691-1781 was an English Roman Catholic Bishop, a leading figure of English Catholicism during the greater part of the eighteenth century 1691)
• 1817 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Juan Andrés was a Littérateur and historian (b Planes Valencia, Spain - 1740 d 1740)
• 1829 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (b. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later von) Schlegel ( March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829) was a German Poet 1772)
• 1833 - Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Marie Antoine (Antonin Carême (8 June 1784&ndash12 January 1833 was a French chef and author 1784)
• 1834 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Wyndham Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PC (25 October 1759 &ndash 12 January 1834 was a British Whig Statesman and Prime Minister The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1759)
• 1856 - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ľudovít Štúr ( October 29, 1815 – January 12, 1856) known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the 1815)
• 1897 - Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sir Isaac Pitman ( January 4 1813 &ndash January 12 1897) knighted in 1894 developed the most widely used system of Shorthand Pitman shorthand is a system of Shorthand for the English language developed by Englishman Sir Isaac Pitman ( 1813 – 1897) who first 1813)
• 1899 - Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hiram Walker ( 4 July 1816 &ndash 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller and the Eponym of the famous distillery in 1816)
• 1909 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Hermann Minkowski ( June 22 1864 – January 12 1909) was a Russian born German Mathematician, of Jewish 1864)
• 1921 - Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Gervase Cary Elwes ( 15 November 1866 – 12 January 1921) always known as Gervase Elwes, was an English Tenor 1866)
• 1926 - Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Austin Chapman KCMG ( 10 July 1864 - 12 January 1926) Australian politician was a member of several early federal 1864)
• 1934 - Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paweł Kochański ( 14 September 1887 &ndash 12 January 1934) also called Paul Kochanski, was a Polish Violinist 1887)
• 1938 - Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gösta Ekman, Sr ( December 28, 1890 &ndash January 12, 1938) born Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman, was a Swedish actor 1890)
• 1940 - Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Benn ('Ned' Smith VC, DCM ( 10 November 1898 - 12 January 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria 1899)
• 1943 - Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jan Remco Theodoor Campert ( Spijkenisse The Netherlands August 15, 1902 — January 12, 1943) was a Journalist, theater 1902)
• 1944 - Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wing Commander Lance Cleo "Wildcat" Wade DSO, DFC and two Bars ( 1915 - 12 January 1944) was an American pilot 1915)
• 1956 - Norman Kerry, American actor (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norman Kerry ( June 16, 1894 – January 12, 1956) was a US actor whose career spanned over twenty-five years in the motion picture 1894)
• 1958 - Charles Mallory Hatfield, U. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Mallory Hatfield (c 1875 - 12 January 1958) was an American "rainmaker" S. rainmaker (b. 1875)
• 1960 - Nevil Shute, English writer (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nevil Shute Norway ( 17 January 1899 - 12 January 1960) was both a popular novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer 1899)
• 1962 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ariadna Vladimirovna Tyrkova-Williams ( November 13, 1869, Saint Petersburg - January 12, 1962, Washington DC, Ariadna 1869)
• 1965 - Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Lorraine Hansberry ( May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an African American LGBT Playwright and Author 1936)
• 1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English 1890)
• 1977 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Henri-Georges Clouzot ( November 20, 1907 - January 12, 1977) was a French Film director, Screenwriter and 1907)
• 1983 - Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah, 13 February 1944 in Konongo Ghana; died 12 January 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden 1944)
• 1983 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny (Никола́й Ви́кторович Подго́рный Микола Вікторович Підгорний (&ndash The President of the Soviet Union was the Head of State of the USSR from March 15, 1990 to December 25, 1991. 1903)
• 1988 - Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Connie Mulder, born Cornelius Petrus Mulder ( 5 June 1925 &ndash12 January 1988 Johannesburg) was a South African politician and minister 1925)
• 1990 - Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator et writer (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Dr Laurence J Peter ( September 16, 1919 - January 12, 1990) was an educator and " hierarchiologist," best known to the 1919)
• 1991 - Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Keye Luke ( Cantonese: Lo Sek Lam Pinyin: Lù Xílín June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese -born 1904)
• 1996 - Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Joachim A Nitsche ( September 2 1926 &ndash January 12 1996) was a German Mathematician and professor of Mathematics 1926)
• 1997 - Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Jean-Edern Hallier ( March 1, 1936, Saint-Germain-en-Laye - January 12, 1997, Deauville) was a French author 1936)
• 1997 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Brenton Huggins ( September 22, 1901 &ndash January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-born American physician and physiologist and cancer researcher The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1901)
• 1999 - Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Elizabeth Louise Gerson ( April 20, 1914 - January 12, 1999) was an American Actress, predominantly in radio 1914)
• 1999 - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Doug Wickenheiser (March 30 1961 – January 12 1999 was a Canadian Ice hockey player 1961)
• 2000 - Marc Davis, American animator (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Marc Fraser Davis ( March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent artist and animator for Walt Disney Studios. 1913)
• 2000 - Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bobby Ray Phills II ( December 20, 1969 &ndash January 12, 2000) was an American professional Basketball player for the 1969)
• 2001 - Affirmed, American racehorse (b. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Affirmed ( February 21, 1975 – January 12, 2001) was an American Thoroughbred race Horse who was the eleventh 1975)
• 2001 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luiz Floriano Bonfá ( October 17, 1922 - January 12, 2001) was a Brazilian Guitarist and Composer best known 1922)
• 2001 - William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. William Redington Hewlett ( May 20, 1913 &ndash January 12, 2001) was the co-founder with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard 1913)
• 2002 - Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Stanley Unwin ( 7 June 1911 Pretoria, South Africa &ndash 12 January 2002 Danetre Hospital Daventry, 1911)
• 2002 - Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cyrus Roberts Vance ( Clarksburg West Virginia, March 27, 1917 &ndash January 12, 2002) was the United States Secretary of State The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs 1917)
• 2003 - Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Dean Amadon ( June 5, 1912 - January 12, 2003) was an American Ornithologist and an authority on birds of prey 1912)
• 2003 - Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting was a Japanese film actor writer and best known as a celebrated and innovative director. 1930)
• 2003 - Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli ( July 15, 1926 - January 12, 2003) was an Argentine general and President of Argentina 1926)
• 2003 - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE ( December 22 1949 &ndash January 12 2003) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. 1949)
• 2003 - Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Nunn May ( 2 May 1911 – 12 January 2003) was a British physicist and a confessed and convicted Soviet 1911)
• 2004 - Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Olga Alexandrowna Ladyzhenskaya ( Ольга Александровна Ладыженская; born March 7, 1922, 1921)
• 2004 - Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Randy VanWarmer ( March 30, 1955 &ndash January 12, 2004) was an American Songwriter and Guitarist. 1955)
• 2005 - Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2003)
• 2005 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Amrish Lal Puri ( Hindi: अमरीश पुरी Urdu: اَمریش پُری June 22, 1932 – January 12, 2005) 1932)
• 2005 - Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Edmund S Valtman ( May 31, 1914 - January 12, 2005) was an Estonian-American editorial cartoonist and winner of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for 1914)
• 2007 - Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sir Denis James "Jim" Killen, AC, KCMG ( 23 November 1925, Dalby Queensland, Australia - 12 January 1925)
• 2007 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alice Coltrane (neé McLeod) ( August 27 1937 &ndash January 12 2007) was an American Jazz Pianist 1937)

Holidays and observances

• Tanzania - Zanzibar Revolution Day
• India- National Youth Day Swami Vivekananda's birthday
• Benedict Biscop
• Saint Tatiana
• January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

In Fiction

• The year HAL 9000 became operational in the Space Odyssey saga. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya The Zanzibar Revolution was the overthrow in 1964 of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by 600-800 of the country's African majority India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Swami Vivekananda (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ Shami Bibekānondo; स्वामी विवेकानन्द Svāmi Vivekānanda) ( Benedict Biscop (c 628 - 690 (also known as Biscop Baducing) was an Anglo-Saxon Abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory. Saint Tatiana was a Christian Martyr in 3rd century Rome during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. Jan 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 13 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 25 by Old Calendarists HAL 9000 ( Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer is a fictional Computer in Arthur C The Space Odyssey series is a Science fiction series of four novels and two films created from 1948 to 1997 primarily by the writer Arthur C

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

---

---

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic