Historical Events In January - 12

1992  On January - 12 last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished  

1992  On January - 12 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 January - 12 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  On this day in history malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder  

1994  Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77  

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  Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated on this day in history.  

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

1997  Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships on this day in history.  

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

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

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

2007  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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

2014  On January - 12 71st Golden Globe Awards: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle win  

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

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

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1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland  

1483  On this day in history birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)  

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on this day in history.  

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  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.  

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.  

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

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.  

1049  On January - 12 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  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.  

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.