Historical Events In January - 12

1992  On this day in history last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished   

1992  On January - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman   

1992  Harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1993  On January - 12 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  On January - 12 major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan   

1995  Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history pope John Paul II begins visit to Southeast Asia   

1995  On January - 12 francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77   

1996  Russian troops arrived in Bosnia on a peace keeping mission with the NATO countries on this day in history.   

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 January - 12 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 January - 12.   

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  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 January - 12.   

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

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  A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths on this day in history.   

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

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

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 January - 12.   

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.   

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  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

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  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.   

1537  On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

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