January 12th in History

Michael Dobson | January 12

Today in History

  • The US House of Representatives rejects a measure to give women the right to vote (1915)
  • Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman to be elected to the US Senate (1932)
  • The first US combat mission in Vietnam takes place (1962)

Birthdays

  • John Singer Sargent, painter (1856)
  • Jack London, writer (1876)
  • Hermann Göring, Nazi leader (1893)
  • Tex Ritter, singer (1905)
  • Sergei Korolev, chief designer of the Soviet space program (1907 [O.S. December 30, 1906])
  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, transcendental meditator (1918)
  • Ray Price, country singer (1926)
  • Tim Horton, restauranteur (1930)
  • Kreskin, magician (1935)
  • Shirley Eaton, Bond girl (1937)
  • Joe Frazier, boxer (1944)
  • Kirstie Alley, actress (1951)
  • Rush Limbaugh, radio host (1951)
  • Walter Mosley, novelist (1952)
  • Howard Stern, radio host (1954)
  • John Lasseter, animator (1957)
  • Christiane Amanpour, journalist (1958)
  • Jeff Bezos, businessman (1964)

Deaths

  • Hiram Walker, distiller (1899)
  • Nevil Shute, author (1960)
  • Agatha Christie, author (1976)
  • Maurice Gibb, singer-songwriter (2003)

Holidays and Celebrations

  • Kiss a Ginger Day
  • Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
  • National Youth Day (India)
  • Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)
January 12 is the twelfth day of the year. There are 353 days (354 in leap years) remaining until the end of the year. (*O.S., or Old Style, when used, refers to the fact that Russia did not convert from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar until 1918.)