Notable Historical Events on January 12th
January 12th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
475 |
Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople. |
1493 |
Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily |
1528 |
Gustav I of Sweden "father of the nation" crowned King of Sweden. Rules 37 years |
1552 |
Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed |
1583 |
Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583) |
1598 |
Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso |
1616 |
Brazilian city Belem (the entrance gate to the Amazon) founded by Captain Major Francisco Branco |
1701 |
Frisia & Groningen (Netherlands) begin use of Gregorian calendar |
1723 |
Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres at the King's Theatre London |
1755 |
Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University |
1773 |
1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC) |
1777 |
Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif |
1806 |
French evacuate Vienna |
1807 |
Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Neth, 150 die |
1808 |
The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. |
1809 |
British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814) |
1812 |
1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez |
1816 |
France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever |
1820 |
Royal Astronomical Society founded in England |
1836 |
Battle of Wetumka, Fla |
1836 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia |
1839 |
Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn |
1842 |
Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles |
1861 |
Florida state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens (US Civil War) |
1863 |
President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address |
1865 |
-13] Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC |
1866 |
The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. |
1867 |
Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg |
1872 |
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. |
1875 |
Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. |
1879 |
British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand |
1895 |
The National Trust is founded in Britain. |
1896 |
1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) |
1898 |
Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. |
1900 |
Freeland Colony founded in US |
1903 |
Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam |
1903 |
Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170 |
1904 |
Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison |
1906 |
1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26) |
1906 |
Football rules committee legalizes forward pass |
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. |
1907 |
Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal |
1908 |
A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. |
1911 |
The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees. |
1912 |
-47°F (-44°C), Washta, Iowa (state record) |
1913 |
After using other pseudonyms over the years, Josef Dzhugashvili signs himself as Stalin ('man of steel) in a letter to the the paper, Social Democrat |
1915 |
House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote |
1916 |
Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Is colony in Pacific |
1918 |
Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4 |
1918 |
Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. |
1920 |
Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to |
1921 |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball |
1924 |
History of Science Society organized at Boston |
1925 |
John Howard Lawson's "Processional," premieres in NYC |
1928 |
Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin," premieres in NYC |
1929 |
Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana |
1930 |
NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game |
1932 |
France's Laval government falls |
1932 |
Hattie W Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark) |
1932 |
Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in NYC |
1933 |
US Congress recognize independence Philippines |
1933 |
Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies |
1937 |
Plow for laying submarine cable patented |
1940 |
World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland. |
1942 |
British troops reconquer Sollum |
1942 |
Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender |
1942 |
National War Labor Board created |
1943 |
Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat & soy meal) |
1944 |
Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh |
1944 |
Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd |
1945 |
German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge |
1945 |
US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea |
1945 |
The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe |
1946 |
"Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances |
1946 |
Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!," premieres in Rome |
1946 |
NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA |
1948 |
1st Supermarket in UK opens |
1948 |
Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast |
1948 |
US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents) |
1949 |
"Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV |
1949 |
Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter |
1950 |
Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die |
1950 |
USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage |
1951 |
Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
1952 |
NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 |
1952 |
University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student |
1953 |
9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow |
1954 |
Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115 |
1954 |
Queen Elizabeth II opens NZ parliament |
1957 |
Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded |
1958 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open |
1958 |
NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring |
1958 |
NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7 |
1958 |
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points |
1959 |
KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1960 |
Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt v England |
1960 |
Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points |
1961 |
"Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 100 performances |
1961 |
UN genocide pact goes into effect |
1963 |
"Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1 |
1963 |
Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia v England |
1964 |
NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17 |
1964 |
Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence |
1965 |
"Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV |
1965 |
At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada |
1966 |
"Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV |
1966 |
12 day NYC transit strike ends |
1966 |
LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends |
1966 |
Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics |
1966 |
"Batman", starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC |
1967 |
Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali |
1967 |
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. |
1968 |
Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd |
1968 |
Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV |
1969 |
"Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances |
1969 |
Super Bowl III: NY Jets beat Balt Colts, 16-7 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB |
1970 |
Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria |
1970 |
Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage |
1970 |
Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. |
1971 |
"All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV |
1971 |
"Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances |
1971 |
Congressional Black Caucus organizes |
1971 |
Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger |
1971 |
Negotiations over price of petroleum begin in Tehran between 6 OPEC Persian Gulf states and 22 oil companies |
1972 |
Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) |
1974 |
"Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1 |
1974 |
Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic" |
1975 |
Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates |
1975 |
Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB |
1976 |
UN Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org |
1977 |
"Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances |
1977 |
Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes |
1979 |
6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win |
1979 |
LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham |
1979 |
Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 |
1980 |
Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games |
1981 |
"Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV |
1981 |
-35°F (-37°C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record) |
1981 |
Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC |
1983 |
Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame |
1983 |
NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August |
1986 |
24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched |
1986 |
Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period |
1986 |
New England Patriots defeat Miami Dolphins 31 14 to win US AFC football championship |
1987 |
Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training |
1988 |
Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
1989 |
6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax) |
1989 |
Idi Amin expelled from Zaire |
1990 |
Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln |
1990 |
Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) |
1991 |
Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520) |
1991 |
Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69) |
1991 |
US Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq |
1992 |
13th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the Persian Gulf War |
1992 |
Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished |
1992 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman |
1992 |
Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round |
1992 |
A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali. |
1993 |
Doctors announce Pitts Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease |
1993 |
NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma |
1994 |
Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder |
1994 |
Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
1995 |
Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan |
1995 |
Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA |
1995 |
Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia |
1996 |
Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US) |
1997 |
23rd People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Sandra Bullock win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV) |
1997 |
17th United Negro College Fund raises |
1997 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions |
1997 |
Chrysler-Plymouth LPGA Tournament of Champions |
1997 |
HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey) |
1997 |
Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated |
1997 |
Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space |
1997 |
Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships |
1997 |
wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament Of Champions |
1998 |
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. |
2003 |
29th People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Ray Romano & Jennifer Aniston win (TV) |
2004 |
The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. |
2005 |
Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket. |
2006 |
A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. |
2006 |
Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II. |
2006 |
The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. |
2006 |
The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council. |
2006 |
During an emotional ceremony, Mark Messier's #11 jersey is retired by the New York Rangers |
2007 |
Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. |
2010 |
Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince |
2010 |
Colombia officially leaves the recession after achieving 2% economic growth in the last quarter of 2009 |
2013 |
A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths |
2013 |
Beijing's level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health |
2013 |
"Mile High Miracle", trailing the Denver Broncos 35-28 with 1:09 remaining in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, the Baltimore Ravens' quarterback Joe Flacco heaved a 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game (the Ravens would win in overtime and go on to win the Super Bowl) |
2014 |
71st Golden Globe Awards: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle win |
2014 |
Stephen Bunting and Lisa Ashton win the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship |
2014 |
"True Detective", a crime-drama starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, debuts on HBO |
2017 |
Alex Ovechkin records 1000th career NHL point |
2017 |
Chief US spy James Clapper denies Trump leak claim |
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