Page 9: Historical Events In January - 12

1992  Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished on January - 12.   

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  On this day in history doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease   

1993  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

1994  On this day in history bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67   

1995  Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan on January - 12.   

1995  On January - 12 murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles   

1995  Pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia on January - 12.   

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

1996  On January - 12 russian troops arrived in Bosnia on a peace keeping mission with the NATO countries   

1996  On January - 12 edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65   

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  Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2007  The US Embassy in Athens is attacked with a rocket propelled grenade, which caused minimal damage and no injuries on January - 12.   

2010  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 on this day in history.   

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

2013  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uS President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom   

2020  On this day in history 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   

2020  On this day in history taal Volcano in Luzon erupts, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people.   

2023  US Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden 's handling of classified documents [1] on this day in history.   

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  On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.   

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on January - 12.   

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

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  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

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

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

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 January - 12.   

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63