About January 12

January 12, 2025 is the 12th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 17 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 12

  • 1528 –
    Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
  • 1777 –
    Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
  • 1808 –
    The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
  • 1866 –
    The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
  • 1875 –
    Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
  • 1895 –
    The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
  • 1898 –
    Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
  • 1915 –
    The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
  • 1915 –
    The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
  • 1926 –
    Original Sam ‘n’Henry aired on Chicago radio later renamed Amos ‘n’Andy in 1928.
  • 1932 –
    Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
  • 1964 –
    Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
  • 1967 –
    Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
  • 1971 –
    The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
  • 1998 –
    Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
  • 2001 –
    Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
  • 2004 –
    The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
  • 2006 –
    The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
  • 2007 –
    Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
  • 2010 –
    The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

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