Page 9: Historical Events In January - 12

1992  On this day in history last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished   

1992  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman   

1992  On this day in history harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76   

1993  Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease on January - 12.   

1993  On January - 12 carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45   

1994  Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder on this day in history.   

1994  Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67 on January - 12.   

1995  On this day in history major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan   

1995  Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles on January - 12.   

1995  On this day in history pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia   

1995  Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1996  Russian troops arrived in Bosnia on a peace keeping mission with the NATO countries on this day in history.   

1996  Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65 on January - 12.   

1997  On this day in history ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated   

1997  Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space on this day in history.   

1997  On January - 12 tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships   

1997  On January - 12 charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95   

2005  On January - 12 deep Impact is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket.   

2006  A stampede during the Stoning of the devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 362 pilgrims on January - 12.   

2007  On January - 12 an Argentine judge issues a warrant for the arrest of former President Isabel Martínez de Perón in connection with the disappearance of a human rights worker in 1976.   

2007  Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in over 40 years, makes perihelion on January - 12.   

2007  The US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which caused minimal damage and no injuries on this day in history.   

2010  On this day in history a 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 230,000 it is one of the deadliest on record.   

2010  Haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100,000-316,000 people on January - 12.   

2013  On January - 12 a failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths   

2014  On this day in history 71st Golden Globe Awards: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle win   

2017  US President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January - 12.   

2020  1st ATP Cup Men's Tennis, Sydney: Novak Đoković & Viktor Troicki beat Spanish pair Pablo Carreño Busta & Feliciano López 6-3, 6-4 to clinch inaugural title for Serbia, 2-1; Đoković beats Raphael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 on this day in history.   

2020  Taal Volcano in Luzon erupts, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people on January - 12.   

2023  On January - 12 uS Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden 's handling of classified documents [1]   

2024  On this day in history operation Prosperity Guardian: A U.S.-led coalition launches airstrikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' attacks on ships in the Red Sea.   

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.   

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

1390  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

1537  On this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.