Historical Events on December 12, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on December 12th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Dutch Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen wins the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from the Netherlands. |
| 2015 | The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.[29] |
| 2012 | North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2. |
| 2001 | Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps. |
| 2000 | The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. |
| 1999 | A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits the Philippines's main island of Luzon, killing six people, injuring 40, and causing power outages that affected the capital Manila. |
| 1988 | The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. |
| 1985 | Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. |
| 1979 | The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami. |
| 1979 | Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea. |
| 1969 | The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded. |
| 1963 | Kenya declares independence from Great Britain. |
| 1956 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United Nations is adopted. |
| 1946 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted. |
| 1945 | The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea. |
| 1941 | World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed. |
| 1941 | The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery. |
| 1939 | HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men. |
| 1939 | Winter War: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, also known as the first major Finnish victory in the Winter War, begins. |
| 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China. |
| 1935 | Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler. |
| 1917 | Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. |
| 1915 | Yuan Shikai declares the establishment of the Empire of China and proclaims himself Emperor. |
| 1901 | Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" |
| 1870 | Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman. |
| 1866 | Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers. |
| 1862 | American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River. |
| 1787 | Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution. |
| 1388 | Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice. |
| 627 | Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. |
Famous People Born on December 12
Here is a random list who born on December 12. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture |
| 1950 | Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager |
| 1870 | Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (d. 1912) |
| 1974 | Bernard Lagat, Kenyan-American runner |
| 1967 | John Randle, American football player |
| 1893 | Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973) |
| 1821 | Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (d. 1880) |
| 1988 | Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1925 | Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2017) |
| 1685 | Lodovico Giustini, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1743) |
Famous People Deaths On December 12
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on December 12. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1751 | Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1678) |
| 2012 | Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (b. 1942) |
| 1296 | Isabella of Mar, first wife of Robert Bruce VII (b. 1277) |
| 1889 | Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804) |
| 2013 | Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist (b. 1931) |
| 2005 | Robert Newmyer, American actor and producer (b. 1956) |
| 1980 | Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912) |
| 1994 | Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933) |
| 1794 | Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (b. 1742) |
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