January 12

January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are 353 days (354 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Contents

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Born
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 celebration / commemoration
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1528 - Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king.
 * 1807 - Leiden gunpowder disaster .
 * 1979 - The Kindertelefoon founded.
 * 1983 - The Chilean Charlie da Silva shoots in Amsterdam compatriot dead at a fish stall (herring murder).
 * 1987 - Seven mafia bosses are in New York was sentenced to a hundred years in prison each.
 * 2010 - Haiti is hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale . Many buildings are destroyed and at least 230,000 people killed.


 * Economy
 * 1986 - In France, the comedian Coluche first meet with Les Enfoirés to raise money for the homeless.


 * Media
 * 1983 - The BRT is the first episode of the game show Higher, lower broadcast.


 * Politics
 * 1950 - In Egypt by Mustafa Nahas Pasha, leader of the Wafdisten formed a government composed entirely of Wafdisten.
 * 1976 - The former ministers Roolvink and Schmelzer and Elsevier - editor Hoogendijk admit that they face hefty fee Gulf Oil Corporation had provided advice.


 * Sport
 * 1961 - Founding of the Ecuadorian Football Club Atlético Green Cross from Manta .
 * 1982 - In Bombay loses Netherlands in the consolation final of the World Cup hockey 4-2 to Australia .
 * 2014 - The Dutch skater Jan Blokhuijsen is European champion skating round . In the women triumphed his compatriot Ireen Wüst .


 * Science and Technology
 * 2005 - Launch of Deep Impact, the first spacecraft (controlled) crashing into a comet .

Born

 * 1579 - Jan Baptista, Flemish alchemist, physician and physiologist (deceased in 1644 )
 * 1591 - José de Ribera, Spanish-Italian painter (deceased in 1652 )
 * 1597 - French Duquesnoy, Belgian sculptor (deceased in 1643 )
 * 1628 - Charles Perrault, French author (deceased in 1703 )
 * 1715 - Jacques Duphly, French composer, organist and harpsichordist (deceased in 1789 )
 * 1729 - Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher and politician (deceased in 1797 )
 * 1741 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch draftsman and engraver (deceased in 1816 )
 * 1751 - Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, German writer (deceased in 1792 )
 * 1783 - Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish writer, historian, poet, philosopher and composer (deceased in 1847 )
 * 1822 - Étienne Lenoir, Belgian inventor (deceased in 1900 )
 * 1856 - John Singer Sargent, American painter (deceased in 1925 )
 * 1860 - Maurice Lemonnier, Belgian politician (deceased in 1930 )
 * 1860 - William Ludwig Reymert Wenckebach, Dutch painter and graphic artist (deceased 1937 )
 * 1873 - Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1876 ​​- Jack London, American writer (deceased in 1916 )
 * 1876 ​​- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (deceased 1948 )
 * 1884 - Alberto Ohaco, Argentine footballer (deceased in 1950 )
 * 1893 - Hermann Goering, German Nazi politician (deceased in 1946 )
 * 1897 - Kitty Kluppell, Dutch actress and singer (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1898 - Felix De Boeck, Flemish painter and farmer (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1905 - Jan M. May, Dutch lawyer and officer (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1906 - Rene David, French lawyer (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1906 - Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (deceased 1995 )
 * 1909 - Huub Baars Garst, Dutch boxer (deceased 1985 )
 * 1910 - Luise Rainer, German-American actress (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1914 - Cornelis Dubbink, Dutch jurist, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1916 - Pieter Willem Botha, South African ex-president (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1917 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1923 - Holden Roberto, Angolan freedom fighter and rebel (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1924 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1925 - Hans Daudt, Dutch political scientist (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1926 - Ray Price, American country singer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1926 - Leopold Schaeken, Belgian cyclist (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1928 - Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1929 - Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish philosopher
 * 1930 - John Leddy, Dutch actor
 * 1932 - Alain Teister, Dutch writer and painter (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1936 - Émile Lahoud, President of Lebanon
 * 1937 - Mikheil Meskhi, Georgian footballer (deceased in 1991 )
 * 1938 - Alan Rees, Welsh racing driver
 * 1939 - Jacques Hamelink, Dutch poet, novelist and essayist
 * 1941 - Long John Baldry, British singer (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1941 - Chet Jastremski, American swimmer
 * 1942 - Michel Mayor, Swiss astronomer
 * 1944 - Joe Frazier, American boxer (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1944 - Vlastimil Hort, Czech-German chess
 * 1946 - George Duke, American keyboardist, composer and producer (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1947 - Jawad al-Assadi, Iraqi theater director and poet
 * 1947 - Henning Munk Jensen, Danish footballer
 * 1949 - William Esposo, Filipino journalist and columnist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1949 - Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and football coach
 * 1949 - Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian politician
 * 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese writer
 * 1949 - Henk de Velde, Dutch sailor
 * 1951 - Kirstie Alley, American actress
 * 1951 - Herman Hein Broek, Dutch businessman and politician
 * 1952 - Louis Coolen, Dutch football coach
 * 1952 - John Walker, New Zealand athlete
 * 1953 - Willem Endstra, Dutch real estate tycoon (deceased in 2004 )
 * 1954 - Cees van der Pluijm, Dutch writer, poet, columnist, actor, presenter and communications trainer (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1954 - Erwin Provoost, Belgian producer, actor and production manager
 * 1954 - Howard Stern, American disc jockey
 * 1954 - Jack Veerman, Dutch drummer
 * 1955 - Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch cyclist
 * 1955 - Klaas Lok, Dutch athlete
 * 1955 - Bas van Noortwijk, Dutch football goalkeeper and team manager
 * 1956 - Vincent Lavenu, French cyclist and sports director
 * 1958 - Mark Allen, American triathlete
 * 1959 - Per Gessle, Swedish singer ( Roxette )
 * 1960 - Anton van Schijndel, Dutch politician
 * 1960 - Leon Villa, Colombian footballer
 * 1964 - Jeroen Prins, Dutch art rider
 * 1967 - Marco Boogers, Dutch footballer
 * 1967 - Meho Kodro, Bosnian footballer and football coach
 * 1968 - Roy Beukenkamp, Dutch soccer goalkeeper
 * 1969 - Boško Boškovič, Slovenian footballer
 * 1969 - Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer and football coach
 * 1970 - Zack de la Rocha, American rapper
 * 1971 - Vernon Forrest American boxer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1973 - Tania Kloek, Flemish actress
 * 1973 - Laurens Looije, Dutch athlete
 * 1974 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer
 * 1974 - Stefan Docx, Belgian chess
 * 1974 - Ivica Mornar, Croatian footballer
 * 1974 - Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer
 * 1975 - Predrag Filipović, Serbian footballer
 * 1977 - Bas Nijhuis, Dutch football referee
 * 1977 - Gunter Thiebaut, Belgian footballer
 * 1978 - Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
 * 1979 - Johnny de Mol, Dutch actor and presenter
 * 1979 - Marián Hossa, Slovak hockey player
 * 1979 - Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
 * 1979 - Jurgen Wevers, Dutch soccer goalkeeper
 * 1980 - Akiko Morigami, Japanese tennis star
 * 1981 - Dina Rodrigues, Portuguese singer
 * 1982 - Jean-Philippe Charlet, Belgian footballer
 * 1982 - Henry Ho, Macao's racing driver
 * 1982 - Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
 * 1982 - Hans Van Alphen, Belgian athlete
 * 1983 - Pedro Luís of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1984 - Oribe Peralta, Mexican footballer
 * 1984 - Chaunte Lowe, American athlete
 * 1985 - Artem Milevsky, Ukrainian footballer
 * 1986 - Michael Kaatee, Dutch speed skater
 * 1987 - Danny Mekic ', Dutch entrepreneur and columnist
 * 1987 - Edoardo Mortara, Italian racing driver
 * 1987 - Naya Rivera, American singer and actress
 * 1988 - Andrew Lawrence, American actor
 * 1988 - Douglas Franco Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
 * 1989 - Claire Donahue, American swimmer
 * 1989 - Axel Witsel, Belgian footballer
 * 1990 - Sergei Karjakin, Ukrainian chess
 * 1991 - Pixie Lott, English singer, songwriter and actress
 * 1993 - Belle Brockhoff, Australian snowboarder
 * 1993 - Zayn Malik, English singer, former member of One Direction

Deceased

 * 690 - Benedict Biscop (~ 62), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * 1519 - Emperor Maximilian I (59), German Emperor and Archduke of Austria
 * 1665 - Pierre de Fermat (63), French mathematician
 * 1759 - Anna of Hanover (49), widow of Governor William IV
 * 1909 - Hermann Minkowski (44), German mathematician
 * 1930 - Henry de Groux (65), Belgian painter and sculptor
 * 1932 - Daniel Noteboom (21), Dutch chess
 * 1943 - Jan Campert (40), Dutch poet and writer
 * 1943 - Marian Einbacher (43), Polish footballer
 * 1950 - Pedro Calomino (57), Argentine footballer
 * 1950 - Koos van de Griend (44), Dutch musician and composer
 * 1955 - Armand Thiéry (87), Belgian priest, theologian and psychologist
 * 1957 - Ken Wharton (40), British racing driver
 * 1966 - Bertus Coops (91), Dutch mayor in the Dutch East Indies
 * 1972 - Henri Pieck (76), Dutch architect, draftsman and painter
 * 1976 - Agatha Christie (85), English mystery writer
 * 1985 - Staff Weyts (75), Flemish writer
 * 1987 - Andre Tassin (84), French footballer
 * 1988 - Piero Taruffi (81), Italian racing driver
 * 1996 - Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (92), Dutch mathematician
 * 2000 - Rufus Never (64), Surinamese politician
 * 2001 - William Hewlett (87), American inventor and businessman
 * 2001 - Adhemar da Silva (73), Brazilian athlete
 * 2002 - Jan M. May (97), Dutch lawyer and officer
 * 2002 - Cyrus Vance (84), American politician and diplomat
 * 2003 - Maurice Gibb (53), English singer and musician
 * 2005 - Amrish Puri (72), Indian film actor
 * 2007 - Stephen Gilbert (96), British painter and sculptor
 * 2009 - Claude Berri (74), French director
 * 2009 - Frank Laufer (73), Dutch photographer and idealist
 * 2009 - Arne Næss (96), Norwegian philosopher
 * 2009 - William J. Pomeroy (92), American writer and political activist
 * 2009 - Michael Russell (88), Irish bishop
 * 2009 - Kick Stokhuyzen (78), Dutch quizmaster, television presenter and voice actor
 * 2009 - Thierry Werveke (50), Luxembourg actor
 * 2010 - Daniel Bensaïd (63), French philosopher
 * 2012 - Bill Janklow (72), American politician
 * 2013 - Leo Nelissen (91), Dutch comedian and presenter
 * 2013 - Koto Okubo (115), Japanese oldest living person
 * 2014 - Halet Çambel (97), Turkish archaeologist and fencer
 * 2014 - Frank Marth (91), American actor
 * 2015 - Wam de Moor (78), Dutch Neerlandicus, literary critic, writer and poet
 * 2015 - Inge Vermeulen (30), Dutch-Brazilian hockey star

Celebration / commemoration

 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Benedict Biscop († 690 )
 * Saint Bernard of Corleone († 1667 )
 * Holy Caesaria of Arles († c. 530 )
 * Saint Arcadius Mauritania († c. 302 )
 * Saint Anthony Mary Pucci († 1892 )
 * St. Tatiana of Rome († c. 230 )
 * Saint Aelred of Rievaulx († 1167 )
 * Blessed Pierre-François Jamet († 1843 )
 * Blessed Nicolas Bunkerd Kitbamrung († 1944 )
 * Holy Martyrs of Iona († 750 )
 * Saint John of Ravenna († 494 )
 * Blessed Bartholomew Alvarez , Emmanuel d'Abreu , John Gaspardus Cratz and Vincent da Cunha († 1737 )
 * Saint Eutropius († c. 405 )
 * Holy Martyrs of Ephesus († c. 762 )
 * Holy Caesaria of Arles († c. 530 )
 * Saint Martin Leon († 1203 )
 * Saints St. Castulus , Modestus Rogatus and Zoticus
 * Holy Probus Verona († 6th century )
 * Saint Arcadius Mauritania († 302 )
 * Holy Marguerite bourgeous († 1700 )

Netherlands
Record counts
 * 1987 - lowest mean daily temperature -10.7 ° C
 * 2007 - Highest mean daily temperature 10.1 ° C
 * 1968 - Lowest minimum temperature -15.7 ° C
 * 1994 - Highest maximum temperature 12.2 ° C
 * 1930 - Highest hourly average wind speed 18 m / s
 * 1982 - Longest sunshine duration 7.4 hours
 * 1931 - Longest rainfall duration 12.1 hours
 * 1956 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 15.9 mm
 * 1926 - Best day average relative humidity 60%

Belgium
Record counts Extraordinary events
 * 1987 - lowest mean daily temperature -11.6 ° C
 * 1852 - Highest mean daily temperature 9.9 ° C
 * 1987 - Lowest minimum temperature -13.5 ° C
 * 1974 - Highest maximum temperature 13 ° C
 * 1948 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 19.5 mm
 * 1985 - 23 cm snow in Uccle and 24 cm of snow in Kleine-Brogel.
 * 1987 - Lowest Temperature -20.0 ° C in Rochefort.