12 Januar

The **12t o Januar** is the 12t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 353 days ti come (354 in lowp years).

## Events

* 1528 - Gustav I o Swaden is crouned.
* 1616 - The ceety o Belém, Brazil, is foondit.
* 1816 - An amnesty is issued for parteecipants o the French Revolution.
* 1848 - An uprisin stairts in Palermo against the Kinrick o the Twa Sicilies.
* 1866 - The Ryal Aeronautical Society is foondit in Lunnon.
* 1888 - The Schuilchilder's Blizzard hits the Midwastren Unitit States, killin ower 200 fowk, mony o them schuilchilder.
* 1906 - Unitit Kinrick: Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet begins widespread social reforms efter a launslide general election victory.
* 1908 - A long-distance radio signal is sent frae the Eiffel Touer.
* 1915 - The Rocky Moontain Naitional Pairk is creatit.
* 1920 - French steamer "Afrique" hits a reef aff Fraunce an sinks, killin 575 oot o 609 fowk on baird.
* 1945 - A magnitude 7.1 yirdquauk hits Japan, killin 1,900 fowk.
* 1964 - The majority African population on the island o Zanzibar stairts an uprisin against its Arab rulers, proclaimin the "Fowkrepublic o Zanzibar". Maist o the Arab an Indie population are kilt in the uprisin.
* 1970 - Biafra capitulates efter a war o unthirldom against Nigerie.
* 1970 - Major floods affects pairts o Spain.
* 1991 - Gulf War: Unitit States Congress authorises military force against Iraq.
* 2005 - The Deep Impact space probe is launched on a Delta II racket.
* 2006 - A stampede at the Hajj Pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabie, kills 362 fowk. 
* 2010 - 2010 Haiti yirdquauk: Ower 100,000 are kilt an millions affectit.
* 2016 - A terror attack on the Blue Mosque in Istanbul kills 10 fowk.
* 2019 - A roof collapses in a mine in Shenmu, Shaanxi, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, killin at least 21 fowk.
* 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The first-recordit cases o COVID-19 ootside the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae are reportit.

## Births

* 1628 - Charles Perrault, French writer (d. 1703)
* 1729 - Edmund Burke, Erse philosopher an statesman (d. 1797)
* 1746 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827)
* 1751 - Ferdinand I o the Twa Sicilies (d. 1825)
* 1852 - Joseph Joffre, French general (d. 1931)
* 1856 - John Singer Sargent, American penter (d. 1925)
* 1863 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
* 1876 - Jack London, American writer (d. 1916)
* 1893 - Hermann Göring, German Nazi politeecian (d. 1946)
* 1907 - Sergei Korolev, Roushie rocket ingineer an spacecraft designer (d. 1966)
* 1909 - Archie Cochrane, Scots medicinar (d. 1988)
* 1910 - Luise Rainer, German actress (d. 2014)
* 1929 - Alasdair MacIntyre, Scots philosopher
* 1944 - Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011)
* 1949 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, German fitbawer an manager
* 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese writer
* 1959 - Nick Nairn, Scots chef
* 1964 - Jeff Bezos, American businessman (Amazon.com)
* 1965 - Rob Zombie, American muisicker, director, screenwriter an producer
* 1971 - David McAllister, German politeecian
* 1973 - Hande Yener, Turkish sangster
* 1974 - Melanie C, Inglis pop sangster (Spice Girls)
* 1980 - Maurice Golden, Scots politeecian
* 1984 - Oribe Peralta, Mexican fitbawer
* 1988 - Iain Williamson, Scots fitbawer
* 1989 - Axel Witsel, Belgian fitbawer
* 1990 - Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian-Roushie chess player
* 1991 - Pixie Lott, Inglis sangster

## Daiths
* 1519 - Maximilian I, Haly Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
* 1777 - Hugh Mercer, Scots sodger an medicinar (b. 1726)
* 1834 - William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1759)
* 1875 - Emperor Tongzhi o Cheenae (b. 1856)
* 1966 - John Hunter, Scots fitbawer (b. 1878)
* 1976 - Dame Agatha Christie, Inglis writer (b. 1890)
* 2003 - Maurice Gibb, Manx-born sangster (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
* 2003 - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine militar leader (b. 1926)

## Halidays
* Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
* Naitional Youth Day (Indie)
* Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzanie)