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| January 12th, 2007 (January 12 2007) | Event | Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. | |
| January 12th, 2007 (January 12 2007) | Death | Sir James Killen, Australian politician (born in 1925) | |
| January 12th, 2007 (January 12 2007) | Death | Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (born in 1937) | |
| January 12th, 1997 (January 12 1997) | Death | Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (born in 1936) | |
| January 12th, 1997 (January 12 1997) | Death | Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1901) | |
| January 12th, 1987 (January 12 1987) | Birth | Will Rothhaar, American actor | |
| January 12th, 1987 (January 12 1987) | Birth | Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Dominic Etli, American soccer player | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Cade McNown, American football player | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Birth | Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor | |
| January 12th, 1977 (January 12 1977) | Death | Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (born in 1907) | |
| January 12th, 1967 (January 12 1967) | Event | Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. | |
| January 12th, 1967 (January 12 1967) | Birth | Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel | |
| January 12th, 1957 (January 12 1957) | Birth | John Lasseter, American animation director | |
| January 12th, 1937 (January 12 1937) | Birth | Marie Dubois, French actress | |
| January 12th, 1937 (January 12 1937) | Birth | Shirley Eaton, British actress | |
| January 12th, 1937 (January 12 1937) | Birth | Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (died in 2002) | |
| January 12th, 1917 (January 12 1917) | Birth | Walter Hendl, American conductor (died in 2007) | |
| January 12th, 1917 (January 12 1917) | Birth | Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (died in 2007) | |
| January 12th, 1917 (January 12 1917) | Birth | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (died in 2008) | |
| January 12th, 1907 (January 12 1907) | Birth | Patsy Kelly, American actress (died in 1981) | |
| January 12th, 1907 (January 12 1907) | Birth | Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (died in 1966) | |
| January 12th, 1897 (January 12 1897) | Death | Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (born in 1813) | |
| January 12th, 1877 (January 12 1877) | Birth | Frank J. Corr, American politician (died in 1934) | |
| January 12th, 1817 (January 12 1817) | Death | Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (born in 1740) | |
| January 12th, 1797 (January 12 1797) | Birth | Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (died in 1873) | |
| January 12th, 1777 (January 12 1777) | Event | Mission Santa Clara de Asis is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. | |
| January 12th, 1777 (January 12 1777) | Death | Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (born in 1726) | |
| January 12th, 1597 (January 12 1597) | Birth | Francois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (died in 1643) | |
| January 12th, 1577 (January 12 1577) | Birth | Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died in 1644) | |
