Search examples: Microsoft | 2015 | 2014/10 | 4.12 | 04/20 | 05/26/1980 | Galileo Galilei

Events on the 12th of January in history

Events
Date Text
12 Jan 1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
0
12 Jan 1528 Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king.
0
12 Jan 1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
0
12 Jan 1554 Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
0
12 Jan 1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1 / 1 / 1583)
0
12 Jan 1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
0
12 Jan 1616 The city of Belém is founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
0
12 Jan 1684 French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
0
12 Jan 1701 Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar
0
12 Jan 1701 Parts of the Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar
0
12 Jan 1701 Parts of the Netherlands (Frisia & Groningen) adopt the Gregorian calendar (others 1 year later)
0
12 Jan 1723 H
0
12 Jan 1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
0
12 Jan 1773 1st US public museum established (Charleston SC)
0
12 Jan 1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
0
12 Jan 1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
0
12 Jan 1806 French evacuate Vienna
0
12 Jan 1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Netherlands, 150 die
0
12 Jan 1808 John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
0
12 Jan 1808 The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
0
12 Jan 1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814)
0
12 Jan 1812 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
0
12 Jan 1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
0
12 Jan 1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
0
12 Jan 1836 Battle of Wetumka, Florida
0
12 Jan 1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
0
12 Jan 1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn
0
12 Jan 1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherlands Antilles
0
12 Jan 1848 The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
0
12 Jan 1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens
0
12 Jan 1863 President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address
0
12 Jan 1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
0
12 Jan 1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
0
12 Jan 1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo" premieres in St Petersburg
0
12 Jan 1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
0
12 Jan 1879 British Zulu War begins Lieutenant-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
0
12 Jan 1895 The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
0
12 Jan 1896 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
0
12 Jan 1898 Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
0
12 Jan 1899 Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former founders off the coast of Devon.
0
12 Jan 1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
0
12 Jan 1902 Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formally dissolved.
0
12 Jan 1903 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam
0
12 Jan 1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown PA, killing 170
0
12 Jan 1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
0
12 Jan 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.
0
12 Jan 1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
0
12 Jan 1906 Football rules committee legalizes the forward pass
0
12 Jan 1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
0
12 Jan 1908 A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
0
12 Jan 1911 The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
0
12 Jan 1912 -47
0
12 Jan 1915 The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
0
12 Jan 1916 Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
0
12 Jan 1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Island colony in the Pacific
0
12 Jan 1918 Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
0
12 Jan 1918 Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law goes into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
0
12 Jan 1918 Montr
0
12 Jan 1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
0
12 Jan 1921 Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
0
12 Jan 1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
0
12 Jan 1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston
0
12 Jan 1925 John Howard Lawson's "Processional" premieres in New York City NY
0
12 Jan 1926 Original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928.
0
12 Jan 1928 Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin" premieres in New York City NY
0
12 Jan 1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
0
12 Jan 1930 NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
0
12 Jan 1932 Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
0
12 Jan 1932 Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom" premieres in New York City NY
0
12 Jan 1932 Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-AR)
0
12 Jan 1932 France's Laval government falls
0
12 Jan 1933 US Congress recognize independence Philippines
0
12 Jan 1933 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
0
12 Jan 1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
0
12 Jan 1942 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
0
12 Jan 1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
0
12 Jan 1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
0
12 Jan 1942 National War Labor Board created
0
12 Jan 1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal)
0
12 Jan 1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam
0
12 Jan 1944 Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
0
12 Jan 1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea
0
12 Jan 1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of the Bulge
0
12 Jan 1946 "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
0
12 Jan 1946 Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!", premieres in Rome
0
12 Jan 1946 "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater New York City NY after 113 performances
0
12 Jan 1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles
0
12 Jan 1948 1st Supermarket in the UK opens
0
12 Jan 1948 US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
0
12 Jan 1948 Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
0
12 Jan 1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
0
12 Jan 1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
0
12 Jan 1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
0
12 Jan 1950 USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
0
12 Jan 1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
0
12 Jan 1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
0
12 Jan 1952 NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 30-13
0
12 Jan 1952 NFL Pro Bowl National Conference beats American Conference 30-13
0
12 Jan 1952 University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student
0
12 Jan 1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
0
12 Jan 1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
0
12 Jan 1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament
0
12 Jan 1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hours later 2nd one-kills 115
0
12 Jan 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
0
12 Jan 1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
0
12 Jan 1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
0
12 Jan 1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
0
12 Jan 1959 The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain.
0
12 Jan 1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
0
12 Jan 1960 Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wicket vs England
0
12 Jan 1960 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
0
12 Jan 1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect
0
12 Jan 1961 "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY for 100 performances
0
12 Jan 1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
0
12 Jan 1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
0
12 Jan 1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs England
0
12 Jan 1964 Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
0
12 Jan 1964 Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence
0
12 Jan 1964 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 31-17
0
12 Jan 1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV
0
12 Jan 1965 At 10 58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
0
12 Jan 1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV
0
12 Jan 1966 "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
0
12 Jan 1966 12 day NYC transit strike ends
0
12 Jan 1966 LBJ says US should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends
0
12 Jan 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
0
12 Jan 1966 12 day New York City NY transit strike ends
0
12 Jan 1966 Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
0
12 Jan 1967 Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
0
12 Jan 1967 Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
0
12 Jan 1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
0
12 Jan 1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
0
12 Jan 1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances
0
12 Jan 1969 The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
0
12 Jan 1969 Super Bowl III New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Joe Namath, New York Jets, Quarterback
0
12 Jan 1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 355 performances
0
12 Jan 1970 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
0
12 Jan 1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
0
12 Jan 1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
0
12 Jan 1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
0
12 Jan 1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
0
12 Jan 1971 All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS
0
12 Jan 1971 The Harrisburg Seven: 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.
0
12 Jan 1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
0
12 Jan 1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater New York City NY for 3 performances
0
12 Jan 1971 Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
0
12 Jan 1972 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
0
12 Jan 1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
0
12 Jan 1974 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
0
12 Jan 1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
0
12 Jan 1975 Super Bowl IX Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, Running Back
0
12 Jan 1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
0
12 Jan 1976 The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
0
12 Jan 1976 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Organization
0
12 Jan 1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances
0
12 Jan 1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
0
12 Jan 1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater New York City NY for 39 performances
0
12 Jan 1979 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
0
12 Jan 1979 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
0
12 Jan 1979 Los Angeles's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
0
12 Jan 1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
0
12 Jan 1981 "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV
0
12 Jan 1981 Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC
0
12 Jan 1981 "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
0
12 Jan 1981 -35
0
12 Jan 1983 Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
0
12 Jan 1983 NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
0
12 Jan 1985 Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
0
12 Jan 1986 Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist.
0
12 Jan 1986 Chicago Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
0
12 Jan 1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
0
12 Jan 1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
0
12 Jan 1988 Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
0
12 Jan 1989 Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
0
12 Jan 1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
0
12 Jan 1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
0
12 Jan 1990 Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn
0
12 Jan 1991 Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
0
12 Jan 1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 meter butterfly (1 55.69)
0
12 Jan 1991 US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
0
12 Jan 1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
0
12 Jan 1992 US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
0
12 Jan 1992 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
0
12 Jan 1992 Algeria's General elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
0
12 Jan 1992 13th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 27 awards
0
12 Jan 1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
0
12 Jan 1993 Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease
0
12 Jan 1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
0
12 Jan 1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder
0
12 Jan 1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia
0
12 Jan 1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
0
12 Jan 1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
0
12 Jan 1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
0
12 Jan 1997 HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey)
0
12 Jan 1997 Wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament Of Champions
0
12 Jan 1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
0
12 Jan 1997 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
0
12 Jan 1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
0
12 Jan 1997 HAL becomes operational (2001: A Space Odyssey); this date was given as January 12, 1992 on screen, but 1997 is the date used in both the novel and screenplay
0
12 Jan 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
0
12 Jan 1997 17th United Negro College Fund raises
0
12 Jan 1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
0
12 Jan 2001 Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
0
12 Jan 2004 The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
0
12 Jan 2005 Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
0
12 Jan 2006 The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
0
12 Jan 2006 A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
0
12 Jan 2007 Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
0
12 Jan 2010 An earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
0
12 Jan 2012 Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
0
12 Jan 2015 A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, kills seven people in Gyumri, Armenia.
0
12 Jan 2015 Cameroon kills 143 Boko Haram fighters in clashes.
0
11th January 13th January
© 2016 OnThisDay.net All rights reserved.
Loaded in 0.0557s.