Page 9: Historical Events In January - 12

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

1992  US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman on this day in history.   

1992  Harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76 on January - 12.   

1993  Doctors announce Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease on this day in history.   

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 January - 12.   

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

1995  On this day in history 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  Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

1997  Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships on January - 12.   

1997  Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95 on January - 12.   

2005  Deep Impact is launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Delta 2 rocket on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On January - 12 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  On January - 12 haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100,000-316,000 people   

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

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

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

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  On January - 12 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  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 on this day in history.   

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1483  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.   

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

1580  On this day in history 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  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

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  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

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

1519  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

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

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