Historical Events
- 1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the "father of the nation"
- 1554 Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia
- 1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, 1st imperial coronation in Axum in over 200 years
- 1948 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
- 2010 Earthquake Devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
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Jan 12 in Film & TV
- 1966 "Batman", starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC
Jan 12 in Music
- 1969 Atlantic Records releases eponymous debut album of Led Zeppelin in US
Jan 12 in Sport
- 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo is awarded 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year for the first time at a ceremony in Zurich
Hermann Goering
P. W. Botha
Joe Frazier
Howard Stern
Jeff Bezos
Zayn Malik
Would You Believe?
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation; remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation
On January 12, 1967
Famous Weddings
- 1684 French King Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
- 1901 Tennis champ Charlotte Cooper (30) weds solicitor Alfred Sterry
- 1957 Aviator Howard Hughes marries 2nd wife actress Jean Peters
Famous Divorces
- 2022 Actors Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa divorce after four years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Agatha Christie
Bill Hewlett
Leopoldo Galtieri
Maurice Gibb
William Peter Blatty
Lisa Marie PresleyArticles, Photos and Quiz
The Man Who Saved Elton John's Life
Long John Baldry was born on this day - a friend of stars from Rod Stewart to The Beatles and who, in 1969, famously took Elton John aside and saved his life.
January 12, 1941
Agent Orange in Vietnam
American C-123 spraying chemical defoliant, Agent Orange, on a dense Vietnamese jungle
January 12, 1962
Earthquake Devastates Haiti
UN forces patrol the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after a calamitous earthquake on January 12, 2010 killed as many as 200,000 people
January 12, 2010
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