Page 9: Historical Events In January - 12

1992  Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1993  Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45 on January - 12.   

1994  Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1995  Francis Lopez, songwriter, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1996  Edmund Happold, engineer, dies at 65 on January - 12.   

1997  Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated on this day in history.   

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

1997  On this day in history tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships   

1997  Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

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 January - 12.   

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 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 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  On this day in history haiti earthquake in Haiti killing 100,000-316,000 people   

2013  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history uS President Barack Obama in surprise presentation awards Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom   

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

2023  On January - 12 uS Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden 's handling of classified documents [1]   

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 January - 12.   

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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 this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

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

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

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on January - 12.   

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on January - 12.   

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

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  On January - 12 aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

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 January - 12.   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

1665  On January - 12 pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63