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January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | 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. | |
January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | 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. | |
January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Agca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II. | |
January 12th, 2006 (January 12 2006) | Event | The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. | |
January 12th, 1996 (January 12 1996) | Death | Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (born in 1926) | |
January 12th, 1986 (January 12 1986) | Birth | Miguel Angel Nieto, Spanish footballer | |
January 12th, 1976 (January 12 1976) | Event | The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). | |
January 12th, 1976 (January 12 1976) | Birth | Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer | |
January 12th, 1976 (January 12 1976) | Death | Agatha Christie, English writer (born in 1890) | Agatha Christie Quotes |
January 12th, 1966 (January 12 1966) | Event | Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
January 12th, 1966 (January 12 1966) | Birth | Olivier Martinez, French actor | |
January 12th, 1956 (January 12 1956) | Death | Norman Kerry, American actor (born in 1894) | |
January 12th, 1946 (January 12 1946) | Birth | Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure | |
January 12th, 1946 (January 12 1946) | Birth | George Duke, American musician | |
January 12th, 1946 (January 12 1946) | Birth | Cynthia Robinson, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone) | |
January 12th, 1926 (January 12 1926) | Birth | Morton Feldman, American composer | Morton Feldman Quotes |
January 12th, 1926 (January 12 1926) | Birth | Ray Price, American singer | |
January 12th, 1926 (January 12 1926) | Death | Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (born in 1864) | |
January 12th, 1916 (January 12 1916) | Birth | Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician (died in 2006) | |
January 12th, 1916 (January 12 1916) | Birth | Jay McShann, American musician (died in 2006) | |
January 12th, 1916 (January 12 1916) | Birth | William Pleeth, British cellist (died in 1999) | |
January 12th, 1906 (January 12 1906) | Event | 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. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
January 12th, 1906 (January 12 1906) | Birth | Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (died in 1942) | |
January 12th, 1896 (January 12 1896) | Birth | David Wechsler, American psychologist (d.1981) | |
January 12th, 1876 (January 12 1876) | Birth | Jack London, American author (died in 1916) | Jack London Quotes |
January 12th, 1876 (January 12 1876) | Birth | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (died in 1948) | |
January 12th, 1866 (January 12 1866) | Event | The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. | |
January 12th, 1856 (January 12 1856) | Birth | John Singer Sargent, American artist (died in 1925) | |
January 12th, 1856 (January 12 1856) | Death | Ludovit Stur, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (born in 1815) | |
January 12th, 1786 (January 12 1786) | Birth | Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (died in 1855) | |
January 12th, 1746 (January 12 1746) | Birth | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (died in 1827) | |
January 12th, 1716 (January 12 1716) | Birth | Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (died in 1795) | |
January 12th, 1576 (January 12 1576) | Birth | Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (died in 1660) | |