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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[475]] &ndash; [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] is forced to flee his capital at [[Constantinople]], and his general, [[Basiliscus]] gains control of the empire.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barton |first=Tamsyn |title=Power and knowledge: Astrology, physiognomics, and medicine under the Roman Empire |year= 2002 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=0-472-08852-1 |page=60 }}</ref>
*[[1528]] &ndash; [[Gustav I of Sweden]] is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.<ref>{{cite book|last=Scott|first=Franklin Daniel|title=Sweden: The Nation's History|location=Carbondale, Ill.|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|date=1992|isbn=9780809314898|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8zxie3A18C|pages=121, 129}}</ref>
*[[1554]] &ndash; [[Bayinnaung]], who would go on to assemble the [[Toungoo dynasty|largest empire]] in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned [[List of Burmese monarchs|King of Burma]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kaung|first=Thaw|title=Accounts of King Bayinnaung's Life and Hanthawadi Hsinbyu-mya-shin Ayedawbon, a Record of His Campaigns|journal=Myanmar Historical Research Journal|date=June 2003|page=29|url=https://www.uclmyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4-Accounts-of-King-Bayinnaung.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; The city of [[Belém]], Brazil is founded on the [[Amazon River]] delta by Portuguese captain [[Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Henderson|first1=James D.|last2=Delpar|first2=Helen|last3=Brungardt|first3=Maurice P.|last4=Weldon|first4=Richard N.|title=A Reference Guide to Latin American History|location=Armonk, N.Y.|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|date=2000|isbn=9781563247446|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2F7c0wW7g4C|page=95}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; Federalist [[Thomas Pinckney]] appointed first U.S. minister to Britain.<ref>{{cite book|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle Publication|date=1989|isbn=0131337459|page=208}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[John Rennie the Elder|John Rennie]]'s scheme to defend [[St Mary's Church, Reculver]], founded in 669, from [[coastal erosion]] is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of [[Anglo-Saxon architecture]] and [[Anglo-Saxon art|sculpture]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Storm and tide|work=The Literary Panorama|date=March 1808|at=cols. 1309–10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1309|oclc=7687961}}</ref>
*  1808 &ndash; The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stark|first=James|title=Picture of Edinburgh: Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs|location=Edinburgh|publisher=J. Fairbairn|date=1825|oclc=977450766|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ul4LAAAAYAAJ|page=194}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The [[Sicilian revolution of 1848|Palermo rising]] takes place in [[Sicily]] against the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldstein|first=Robert J.|title=Political Repression in 19th Century Europe. Volume 24|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2010|isbn=9780415555647|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYLR_ewddRoC|page=184}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] is formed in London.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bearman|first=Peter|title=Foreword|journal=The Aeronautical Journal|volume=120|issue=1223|date=January 2016|page=1|doi=10.1017/aer.2015.1|s2cid=112404040 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Yohannes IV]] is crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] in [[Axum]], the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Henze|first=Paul B.|title=Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia|location=New York|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2000|isbn=9781403967435|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VYBDgAAQBAJ|page=146}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] is founded in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=David|title=A History of Nature Conservation in Britain|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=1997|isbn=9780415144919|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFeKAgAAQBAJ|page=42}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; The [[University of the Philippines College of Law]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Alfonso|first1=Oscar M.|last2=Bauzon|first2=Leslie E.|title=University of the Philippines: The First 75 Years (1908-1983)|location=Quezon City|publisher=University of the Philippines Press|date=1985|isbn=9789711050184|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XifAAAAMAAJ&q=%22on+January+12%2C+1911%2C+the+College+of+Law%22}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[United States House of Representatives]] rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give [[women's suffrage|women the right to vote]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women's Suffrage Amendment Fails|work=Elmira Star-Gazette|date=January 13, 1915|page=1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=House Again Defeats Woman Suffrage Plan|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 13, 1915|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Oswald Boelcke]] and [[Max Immelmann]] become the first German aviators to earn the [[Pour le Mérite]], receive the [[German Empire]]'s highest military award, for achieving eight aerial victories each over [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book|last=Head|first=R.G.|title=Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat|location=London|publisher=Grub Street|date=2019|isbn=9781911621423|page=82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MY6eDgAAQBAJ}}</ref> 
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Minnie Pit Disaster]] coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elliott|first=Brian|title=Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900 to 1980|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.|publisher=Pen and Sword|date=2017|isbn=9781473858879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNUjDwAAQBAJ|page=47}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Hattie Caraway]] becomes the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Judith Freeman|title=Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century|location=New York|publisher=Prentice Hall|date=1917|isbn=9780130226587|page=[https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00clar/page/56 56]|url=https://archive.org/details/almanacofamerica00clar/page/56}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Casas Viejas incident]]: 22 peasants killed by the [[Security and Assault Corps]] in [[Casas Viejas]], [[Second Spanish Republic|Spain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mintz|first=Jerome R.|year=1994|orig-year=1982|title=The Anarchists of Casas Viejas|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|isbn=0-253-20854-8|lccn=93-2425|page=227}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: United States President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] creates the [[National War Labor Board (1942–1945)|National War Labor Board]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Zieger|first=Robert H.|title=The CIO, 1935-1955|location=Chapel Hill, N.C.|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|date=1997|isbn=9780807846308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IdhCQAAQBAJ|page=164}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Red Army]] begins the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=Ian|title=The Vistula-Oder Offensive: The Soviet Destruction of German Army Group A, 1945|location=Havertown, Pa.|publisher=Casemate|date=2023|isbn=9781636243597|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgHkEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; A [[Martin 2-0-2]] and [[Douglas DC-3]] [[1955 Cincinnati mid-air collision|collide]] over [[Boone County, Kentucky]], killing 15 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin 2-0-2A N93211 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550112-0 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Chopper (Vietnam)|Operation Chopper]], the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carrier|first=Jerry|title=A Long Cold War: A Chronology of American Life and Culture, 1945 to 1991|location=New York|publisher=Algora Publishing|date=2018|isbn=9781628943184|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RrFjDwAAQBAJ|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last1=Longley|first1=Kyle|last2=Whitt|first2=Jacqueline|title=Grunts: The American Combat Soldier in Vietnam|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2020|isbn=9780429355868|page=1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2bnDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; Rebels in [[Zanzibar]] begin a revolt known as the [[Zanzibar Revolution]] and proclaim a republic.<ref>{{cite book|last=Petterson|first=Donald|title=Revolution in Zanzibar: An American's Cold War Tale|location=Boulder, Colo.|publisher=Westview Press|date=2002|isbn=9780813342689|page=i|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uvRPuQnA6roC}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] states that the United States should stay in [[South Vietnam]] until [[Communism|Communist]] aggression there is ended.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wicker|first=Tom|title=Johnson Asks Domestic Reform, Stands Firm on Vietnam|work=The New York Times|date=January 13, 1966|page=A1|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Kilpatrick|first=Carroll|title=U.S. Can Continue the 'Great Society' And Fight in Vietnam, Johnson Says: Peace Moves So Far Receive No Response, His Message Reveals|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 13, 1966|page=A1}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; Dr. [[James Bedford]] becomes the first person to be [[cryonics|cryonically preserved]] with intent of future resuscitation.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[New York Jets]] of the [[American Football League]] defeat the [[History of the Baltimore Colts|Baltimore Colts]] of the [[National Football League]] to win [[Super Bowl III]] in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Biafra]] capitulates, ending the [[Nigerian Civil War]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Harrisburg Seven]]: Rev. [[Philip Berrigan]] and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap [[Henry Kissinger]] and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in [[Washington, D.C.]]
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes 11–1 to allow the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: Congressman and future NASA Administrator [[Bill Nelson (politician)|Bill Nelson]] lifts off from [[Kennedy Space Center]] aboard [[Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'']] on mission [[STS-61-C]] as a [[payload specialist]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; A [[Baku pogrom|seven-day pogrom]] breaks out against [[Armenians|the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan]], during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city. 
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] out of [[Kuwait]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; Space Shuttle program: ''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]'' launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission [[STS-81]] to the Russian space station ''[[Mir]]'', carrying astronaut [[Jerry M. Linenger]] for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut [[John E. Blaha]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lynda|first=Warnock|title=STS-81|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-81.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=nasa.gov|publisher=NASA}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; Nineteen European nations agree to forbid [[human cloning]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Downtown Disney (Disneyland Resort)|Downtown Disney]] opens to the public as part of the [[Disneyland Resort]] in [[Anaheim, California]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; The world's largest [[ocean liner]], {{RMS|Queen Mary 2}}, makes its maiden voyage.
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]] launches from [[Cape Canaveral]] on a [[Delta II]] rocket.<ref>{{cite book|last=Doody|first=Dave|title=Deep Space Craft: An Overview of Interplanetary Flight|location=Berlin|publisher=Springer|date=2010|isbn=9783642100468|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gp-2B7AUPVUC|page=365}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Incidents during the Hajj|A stampede]] during the [[Stoning of the Devil]] ritual on the last day at the [[Hajj]] in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia]], kills at least 362 Muslim [[pilgrim]]s.
*[[2007]] &ndash; Comet [[C/2006 P1 (McNaught)]], one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day.
*[[2010]] &ndash; An [[2010 Haiti earthquake|earthquake in Haiti]] occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Haiti Earthquake Fast Facts|publisher=CNN|date=December 26, 2018|access-date=January 12, 2020|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/world/haiti-earthquake-fast-facts/index.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite journal|last1=DesRoches|first1=Reginald|last2=Comerio|first2=Mary|last3=Eberhard|first3=Marc|last4=Mooney|first4=Walter|last5=Rix|first5=Glenn J.|title=Overview of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake|journal=Earthquake Spectra|date=October 2011|volume=27 |pages=S1–S21|doi=10.1193/1.3630129 |bibcode=2011EarSp..27....1D |s2cid=51746361 |access-date=January 11, 2020|url=https://escweb.wr.usgs.gov/share/mooney/142.pdf}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[2012 Romanian protests|Violent protests]] occur in [[Bucharest]], Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President [[Traian Băsescu]]'s economic [[austerity]] measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. 
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[January 2015 raid on Kolofata|Government raids]] kill 143 [[Boko Haram]] fighters in [[Kolofata|Kolofata, Cameroon]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a [[January 2016 Istanbul bombing|bombing]] near the [[Sultan Ahmed Mosque|Blue Mosque in Istanbul]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Taal Volcano]] in the Philippines [[2020 Taal Volcano eruption|erupts]] and kills 39 people.

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]] (d. 1538)
*[[1562]] &ndash; [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]] (d. 1630)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Emmanuel I {{!}} duke of Savoy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Emmanuel-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Petrus Scriverius]], Dutch historian and scholar (d. 1660)
*[[1577]] &ndash; [[Jan Baptist van Helmont]], Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644)
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[John Winthrop]], English lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony]] (d. 1649)
*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Jusepe de Ribera]], Spanish painter (d. 1652)
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[François Duquesnoy]], Flemish sculptor and educator (d. 1643)
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale]], mother of Indian king [[Shivaji]] (d. 1674)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Charles Perrault]], French author and academic (d. 1703)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Rosalba Carriera]], Italian painter (d. 1757)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ursula|last=Mehler|title=Rosalba Carriera, 1673-1757: die Bildnismalerin des 18. Jahrhunderts|trans-title=Rosalba Carriera, 1673-1757: Portrait Painter of the 18th Century|location=Königstein im Taunus|publisher=Ortensia Koenigstein|year=2006|page=9|language=de|isbn=978-3-00016-194-0}}</ref>
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Godscall Paleologue]], possibly last member of the [[Palaiologos]] dynasty (d. ????)<ref>Hall, John (2015). ''An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer''. Stroud: The History Press. {{ISBN|978-0750962612}}. p. 209</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Gaetano Latilla]], Italian composer (d. 1788)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Jacques Duphly]], French organist and composer (d. 1789)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Antonio de Ulloa]], Spanish general and politician, 1st [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Spanish Governor of Louisiana]] (d. 1795)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Prussian field marshal (d. 1792)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Samuel Langdon]], American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1797)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Frances Brooke]], English author and playwright (d. 1789)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Edmund Burke]], Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1797)
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi]], Swiss philosopher and educator (d. 1827)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (d. 1825)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Speransky]], Russian academic and politician (d. 1839)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet]], English politician (d. 1855)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Johan August Arfwedson]], Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Gideon Brecher]], Austrian physician and author (d. 1873)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Priscilla Susan Bury]], British botanist (d. 1872)<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Lightman|title=Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century of British Scientists Vol.1|location=Bristol|publisher=Thoemmes|date=2004|page=356|isbn=978-1-85506-999-2}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Étienne Lenoir]], Belgian engineer, designed the [[internal combustion engine]] (d. 1900)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Adolf Jensen]], German pianist and composer (d. 1879)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Jean Béraud]], Russian-French painter and academic (d. 1935)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]], Italian mathematician (d. 1925)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[John Singer Sargent]], American painter and academic (d. 1925)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Swami Vivekananda]], Indian monk and philosopher (d. 1902)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Bhagwan Das]], Indian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1958)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Spyridon Louis]], Greek runner (d. 1940)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Laura Adams Armer]], American author and photographer (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stanley Kunitz|author2=Howard Haycraft|title=The Junior Book of Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WV9kAAAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|page=16}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Fevzi Çakmak]], Turkish field marshal and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government]] (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite book|author=Metin Tamkoç|title=The warrior diplomats: guardians of the national security and modernization of Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=University of Utah Press|page=14|isbn=9780874801156}}</ref>
*  1876 &ndash; [[Jack London]], American novelist and journalist (d. 1916)
*  1876 &ndash; [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1948)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Frank J. Corr]], American lawyer and politician, 45th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (d. 1934)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Molnár]], Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Ray Harroun]], American race car driver and engineer (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|page=10}}</ref>
*  1879 &ndash; [[Anton Uesson]], Estonian engineer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Tallinn]] (d. 1942)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Milton Sills]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 1930)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Texas Guinan]], American entertainer and bootlegger (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite book|author=A. C. Greene|title=Sketches from the Five States of Texas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XeSi31_W8H4C&pg=PA123|year=1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-0-89096-853-6|pages=123}}</ref>
*  1885 &ndash; [[Thomas Ashe]], Irish Republican died while on Hunger Strike (d. 1917)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/b5d7fa0199366|title=Irish Genealogy}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad]], Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Johannes Vares]], Estonian poet, physician, and politician (d. 1946)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)|Mikhail Gurevich]], Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (d. 1976)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Hermann Göring]], German commander, pilot, and politician, [[Minister President of Prussia]] (d. 1946)
*  1893 &ndash; [[Alfred Rosenberg]], Estonian-German architect and politician, [[Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories|Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories]] (d. 1946)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Georges Carpentier]], French boxer and actor (d. 1975)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Leo Aryeh Mayer]], Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1959)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Uberto De Morpurgo]], Italian tennis player (d. 1961)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/umberto-de-morpurgo|title=Umberto DE MORPURGO – Olympic Tennis &#124; Italy|date=June 13, 2016|website=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>
*  1896 &ndash; [[David Wechsler]], Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite book|author=Daniel J. Keyser|title=Test critiques compendium: reviews of major tests from the Test critiques series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4eBGAAAAMAAJ|date=1 September 1987|publisher=Test Corp. of America|isbn=978-0-933701-08-3|page=560}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bernac]], French opera singer and educator (d. 1979)
*  1899 &ndash; [[Paul Hermann Müller]], Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1965)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Karl Künstler]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1945)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Igor Kurchatov]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
*  1903 &ndash; [[Andrew J. Transue]], American politician and attorney (''[[Morissette v. United States]]'') (d. 1995)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Mississippi Fred McDowell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Nihal Atsız]], Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)
*  1905 &ndash; [[James Bennett Griffin]], American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997)
*  1905 &ndash; [[Tex Ritter]], American actor and singer (d. 1974)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Emmanuel Levinas]], Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1995)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Sergei Korolev]], Russian colonel and engineer (d. 1966)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Jean Delannoy]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
*  1908 &ndash; [[Clement Hurd]], American illustrator (d. 1988)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Patsy Kelly]], American actress and comedian (d. 1981)
*  1910 &ndash; [[Luise Rainer]], German-English actress (d. 2014)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Richard Kuremaa]], Estonian footballer (d. 1991)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Mieko Kamiya]], Japanese psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1979)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Paul Jarrico]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
*  1915 &ndash; [[Joseph-Aurèle Plourde]], Canadian archbishop and academic (d. 2013)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Ruth R. Benerito]], American chemist and inventor (d. 2013)
*  1916 &ndash; [[P. W. Botha]], South African politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (d. 2006)
*  1916 &ndash; [[Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx]], British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2018)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Walter Hendl]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
*  1917 &ndash; [[Jimmy Skinner]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[James Farmer]], American activist and politician, co-founded [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (d. 1999)<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nszQN3psXkYC&pg=PA4524|year=1969|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=4524}}</ref>
*  1920 &ndash; [[Jerzy Zubrzycki]], Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (d. 2009)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Tadeusz Żychiewicz]], Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Ira Hayes]], American marine who [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima]] (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite book|title=Marine Corps Historical References Pamphlet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbqAlXIcsu8C&pg=RA6-PA7|year=1982|publisher=U.S. Marine Corps|pages=6}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Olivier Gendebien]], Belgian racing driver and businessman (d. 1998)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Bill Burrud]], American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Morton Feldman]], American composer and academic (d. 1987)
*  1926 &ndash; [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/music/ray-price-country-singer-dies-at-87.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/music/ray-price-country-singer-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ray Price, Groundbreaking, Hit-Making Country Singer, Dies at 87|work=The New York Times|author=Bill Friskics-Warren|date= 16 December 2013|access-date=11 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Ruth Brown]], American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2006) 
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jaakko Hintikka]], Finnish philosopher and logician (d. 2015)
*  1929 &ndash; [[Alasdair MacIntyre]], Scottish-American philosopher and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Steven Seidman|author2=Jeffrey C. Alexander|title=The New Social Theory Reader: Contemporary Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXgp5b8yvvkC&pg=PA129|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-18807-4|pages=129}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Tim Horton]], Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, founded [[Tim Hortons]] (d. 1974)
*  1930 &ndash; [[Jennifer Johnston (novelist)|Jennifer Johnston]], Irish author and playwright
*  1930 &ndash; [[Glenn Yarbrough]], American singer and actor (d. 2016)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Des O'Connor]], English entertainer, singer and TV presenter (d. 2020)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Pavlos Matesis]], Greek author and playwright (d. 2013)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Alan Sharp]], Scottish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*  1934 &ndash; [[Mick Sullivan]], English rugby player and coach (d. 2016)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Teresa del Conde]], Mexican historian and critic (d. 2017)
*  1935 &ndash; [[Kreskin]], American mentalist<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 12: Zayn Malik, Jeff Bezos |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/12/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-12-Zayn-Malik-Jeff-Bezos/2331673484626/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=12 January 2023}}</ref> (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fortin |first=Jacey |date=December 11, 2024 |title=The Amazing Kreskin, Mentalist and 1970s TV Star, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/arts/the-amazing-kreskin-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241211194640/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/arts/the-amazing-kreskin-dead.html |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon]], English police officer and politician
*  1936 &ndash; [[Raimonds Pauls]], Latvian pianist and composer
*  1936 &ndash; [[Brajanath Ratha]], Indian poet and activist (d. 2014)
*  1936 &ndash; [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of Home Affairs]] (d. 2016)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Shirley Eaton]], English actress
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Qazi Hussain Ahmad]], Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)
*  1938 &ndash; [[Alan Rees (racing driver)|Alan Rees]], British racing driver (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=No words ❤️ |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160047352302657&id=504232656&mibextid=WC7FNe&rdid=kubLkivs3boYli5z |website=Paul Rees on Facebook |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=6 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Rees |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Alan_Rees |website=Old Racing Cars |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Bob Hewitt]], Australian-South African tennis player
*  1940 &ndash; [[Ronald Shannon Jackson]], American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
*  1940 &ndash; [[Dick Motz]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 2007)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Long John Baldry]], English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005)
*  1941 &ndash; [[Fiona Caldicott]], English psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 2021)
*  1941 &ndash; [[Chet Jastremski]], American swimmer and physician (d. 2014)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Bernardine Dohrn]], American domestic terrorist, political activist and academic
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Hans Henning Atrott]], German author and theorist (d. 2018)
*  1944 &ndash; [[Joe Frazier]], American boxer (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1944 &ndash; [[Cynthia Robinson]], American R&B trumpet player and singer (d. 2015)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Maggie Bell]], Scottish singer-songwriter
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove]], Scottish lawyer and judge
*  1946 &ndash; [[George Duke]], American keyboard player, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Richard Carwardine]], English historian and academic
*  1947 &ndash; [[Tom Dempsey]], American football player and educator (d. 2020)
*  1947 &ndash; [[Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee]], English politician
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Kenny Allen (footballer)|Kenny Allen]], English footballer
*  1948 &ndash; [[Anthony Andrews]], English actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1948 &ndash; [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]], Canadian educator and politician, 34th [[Premier of British Columbia]]
*  1948 &ndash; [[Brendan Foster]], English runner and sportscaster
*  1948 &ndash; [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]], English author and screenwriter
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Kentarō Haneda]], Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007)
*  1949 &ndash; [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], German footballer and manager
*  1949 &ndash; [[Hamadi Jebali]], Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th [[Prime Minister of Tunisia]]
*  1949 &ndash; [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/japans-best-selling-living-novelist-haruki-murakami-at-75/a-67943104?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf |title=Japan's best-selling living novelist Haruki Murakami at 75 |first1=Sabine |last1=Oelze |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=11 January 2024 |work=Deutsche Welle |first2=Silke |last2=Wünsch}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Randy Jones (baseball)|Randy Jones]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Randy Jones |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/randy-jones-116715 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1950 &ndash; [[Sheila Jackson Lee]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-20 |title=Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-dies-battle-cancer-rcna162819 |access-date=2024-07-23 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref>
*  1950 &ndash; [[Göran Lindblad (politician)|Göran Lindblad]], Swedish dentist and politician
*  1950 &ndash; [[Bob McEwen]], American businessman and politician
*  1950 &ndash; [[Dorrit Moussaieff]], Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th [[List of spouses and partners of Icelandic presidents|First Lady of Iceland]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress and producer (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1951 &ndash; [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
*  1951 &ndash; [[Rush Limbaugh]], American talk show host and author (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1951 &ndash; [[Drew Pearson (American football)|Drew Pearson]], American football player and sportscaster
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Ramón Fagoaga]], Salvadoran footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/ramon-alfredox-fagoaga/105880/|title=El Salvador – R. Fagoaga – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com}}</ref>
*  1952 &ndash; [[Walter Mosley]], American novelist
*  1952 &ndash; [[Phil Perry]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*  1952 &ndash; [[Campy Russell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Campy Russell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78047/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1952 &ndash; [[Ricky Van Shelton]], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*  1952 &ndash; [[John Walker (runner)|John Walker]], New Zealand runner and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Mary Harron]], Canadian director and screenwriter
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Howard Stern]], American radio host, actor, and author<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 12, 2023 includes celebrities Howard Stern, Issa Rae |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-12-2023-includes-celebrities-howard-stern-issa-rae.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=12 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Tom Ardolino]], American rock drummer (d. 2012)
*  1955 &ndash; [[Arif Yunusov]], Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist.<ref>Eynulla Fatullayev. [http://haqqin.az/news/21826 Секретное досье Лейлы и Арифа Юнусовых (фотофакты) Часть первая]. ''Haqqin.az''. 7 May 2014.</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Noskov]], Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[John Lasseter]], American animator, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1957 &ndash; [[Jeremy Sams]], English director, playwright, and composer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Christiane Amanpour]], English-Iranian journalist<ref name="AP" />
*  1958 &ndash; [[Curt Fraser]], American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[B. Brian Blair]], American wrestler and politician
*  1959 &ndash; [[Per Gessle]], Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*  1959 &ndash; [[Sergey Ivanenko]], Russian economist and politician (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |date=4 September 2024|title=Умер заместитель председателя партии "Яблоко" Сергей Иваненко|trans-title= |url=https://ria.ru/20240904/yabloko-1970510904.html|language=Russian|work=[[RIA Novosti]]|location=Moscow|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Oliver Platt]], Canadian-American actor
*  1960 &ndash; [[Dominique Wilkins]], French-American basketball player<ref name="AP" />
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Simon Russell Beale]], Malaysia-born English actor and historian
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Joe Quesada]], American author and illustrator
*  1962 &ndash; [[Richie Richardson]], Antiguan cricketer
*  1962 &ndash; [[Luna Vachon]], American-Canadian wrestler and manager (d. 2010)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[François Girard]], Canadian director and screenwriter
*  1963 &ndash; [[Nando Reis]], Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jeff Bezos]], American computer scientist and businessman<ref name="AP" />
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Borschevsky]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikolai Borschevsky |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nikolai-borschevsky-8459013 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1965 &ndash; [[Rob Zombie]], American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director<ref name="AP" />
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Olivier Martinez]], French actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1966 &ndash; [[Craig Parry]], Australian golfer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Vendela Kirsebom]], Norwegian-Swedish model and actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Farrah Forke]], American actress (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/farrah-forke-wings-lois-clark-182736922.html | title=Farrah Forke, 'Wings' and 'Lois & Clark' Actor, Dies at 54 | date=2 March 2022 }}</ref>
*  1968 &ndash; [[Rachael Harris]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP" />
*  1968 &ndash; [[Junichi Masuda]], Japanese director, producer, and composer
*  1968 &ndash; [[Heather Mills]], English businesswoman, activist and model<ref name="UPI" />
*  1968 &ndash; [[Mauro Silva]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]], English novelist
*  1969 &ndash; [[Margaret Nagle]], American screenwriter and producer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Zack de la Rocha]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1970 &ndash; [[Raekwon]], American rapper<ref name="AP" />
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Arman Alizad]], Iranian-Finnish tailor and television presenter<ref name="menaiset">{{cite news |last1=Hoimela |first1=Leeni |title=Tätä Arman Alizad ei uskaltaisi tehdä: "Jos olen ollut vaarassa, aistin sen tyttärestäni" |url=https://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ajankohtaista/ihmiset/tata_arman_alizad_ei_uskaltaisi_tehda_jos_olen_ollut_vaarassa_aistin |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Me Naiset |date=21 November 2015}}</ref>
*  1971 &ndash; [[Scott Burrell]], American basketball player and coach
*  1971 &ndash; [[Peter Madsen]], Danish engineer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://youthentrepreneurship.eu/speakers/peter-madsen/|title=Peter Madsen « European Youth Entrepreneurship Conference|access-date=2020-12-16|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110183239/http://youthentrepreneurship.eu/speakers/peter-madsen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Priyanka Gandhi]], Indian politician
*  1972 &ndash; [[Zabryna Guevara]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1972 &ndash; [[Espen Knutsen]], Norwegian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Espen Knutsen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/espen-knutsen-8456857 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1972 &ndash; [[Paul Wilson (cricketer)|Paul Wilson]], Australian cricketer and umpire
*  1972 &ndash; [[Toto Wolff]], Austrian investor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wienerpost.at/2010/11/der-toto-gewinner/|title=Der Toto-Gewinner|website=Wiener|date=10 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314083140/http://www.wienerpost.at/2010/11/der-toto-gewinner/|access-date=31 October 2020|archive-date=2011-03-14}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Brian Culbertson]], American pianist and producer
*  1973 &ndash; [[Hande Yener]], Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Melanie C]], English singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1974 &ndash; [[Tor Arne Hetland]], Norwegian skier
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jason Freese]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
*  1975 &ndash; [[Jocelyn Thibault]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Yoandy Garlobo]], Cuban baseball player (d. 2023)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Luis Ayala (baseball)|Luis Ayala]], Mexican baseball player
*  1978 &ndash; [[Jeremy Camp]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP" />
*  1978 &ndash; [[Maurizio Zaffiri]], Italian rugby player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Lee Bo-young]], South Korean actress and model
*  1979 &ndash; [[Marián Hossa]], Slovak ice hockey player
*  1979 &ndash; [[Grzegorz Rasiak]], Polish footballer
*  1979 &ndash; [[David Zabriskie]], American cyclist
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Amerie]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and writer<ref name="AP" />
*  1980 &ndash; [[Bobby Crosby]], American baseball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Niklas Kronwall]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Niklas Kronwall |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/niklas-kronwall-8468509 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1981 &ndash; [[Angus Macdonald (rugby union)|Angus Macdonald]], New Zealand rugby player
*  1981 &ndash; [[João Paulo (footballer, born January 1981)|João Paulo]], Brazilian footballer
*  1981 &ndash; [[Luis Ernesto Pérez]], Mexican footballer and manager
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], French tennis player
*  1982 &ndash; [[Chris Ray]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Ray |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-ray-444884 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1982 &ndash; [[Hans Van Alphen]], Belgian decathlete
*  1982 &ndash; [[Dean Whitehead]], English footballer
*  1982 &ndash; [[Dontrelle Willis]], American baseball player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Zydko]], French footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Cynthia Addai-Robinson]], English-American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1985 &ndash; [[Artem Milevskyi]], Ukrainian footballer
*  1985 &ndash; [[Issa Rae]], American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator<ref name="AP" />
*  1985 &ndash; [[Borja Valero]], Spanish footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Kehoma Brenner]], German rugby player
*  1986 &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Nieto]], Spanish footballer
* 1986 &ndash; [[Dani Osvaldo]], Italian-Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4819/Daniel-Osvaldo/overview|title=Daniel Osvaldo|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Iván Nova]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Iván Nova |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/ivan-nova-467100 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1987 &ndash; [[Naya Rivera]], American actress and singer (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-07-13/naya-rivera-dead-glee|title=Actress Naya Rivera, 'Glee' TV star and 'fierce talent,' dies at 33|date=July 13, 2020}}</ref>
*  1987 &ndash; [[Salvatore Sirigu]], Italian footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Claude Giroux]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1988 &ndash; [[Hyun-soo Kim]], South Korean baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hyun Soo Kim |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hyun-soo-kim-547957 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka]], German footballer
*  1989 &ndash; [[Axel Witsel]], Belgian footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Pixie Lott]], English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
*  1991 &ndash; [[Raquel Rodriguez (wrestler)|Raquel Rodriguez]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Raquel Rodriguez |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/36169554/wwe-profile-raquel-rodriguez |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=12 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Matt Srama]], Australian rugby league player
*  1991 &ndash; [[Alex Wood (baseball)|Alex Wood]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Wood |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alex-wood-622072 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1992 &ndash; [[Ishak Belfodil]], Algerian footballer
*  1992 &ndash; [[Samuele Longo]], Italian footballer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jamel Artis]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamel Artis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628503/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[D.O. (entertainer)|D.O.]], South Korean singer
*  1993 &ndash; [[Zayn Malik]], English singer<ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Simone Pecorini]], Italian footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Emre Can]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emre Can|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5001/Emre-Can/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Allisha Gray]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Allisha Gray |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1628277/allisha-gray |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1995 &ndash; [[Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman)|Mike McGlinchey]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike McGlinchey |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3052885/mike-mcglinchey |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Ella Henderson]], English singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Darius Slayton]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darius Slayton |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3916945 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Juan Foyth]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Juan Foyth|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/25309/Juan-Foyth/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Xavier Tillman]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Xavier Tillman |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630214/xavier-tillman |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
* 1999 &ndash; [[Tyler Roberts]], Welsh footballer<ref>{{Cite web| title=Tyler Roberts|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10532/Tyler-Roberts/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Sven Botman]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49908/Sven-Botman/overview |title=Sven Botman |website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Sam LaPorta]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam LaPorta |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4430027/sam-laporta |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Eva Lys]], German tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eva Lys {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325826/eva-lys |access-date=2022-10-17 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[2005]] &ndash; [[Yuika (singer)|Yuika]], Japanese singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Kashu "Yuika", 20-sai Kinen ni Hatsu Kaodashi ni Netto Sōzen "Biju yo Sugi!?" "Kon'na no Motto Suki ni Natchau"|script-title=ja:歌手『ユイカ』、20歳記念に初顔出しにネット騒然「ビジュ良すぎ!?」「こんなのもっと好きになっちゃう」|trans-title=Singer Yuika's first public appearance to celebrate her 20th birthday causes a stir online: "Her looks are too good!?" "I can't help but like her even more"|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2363749/full/ |website=[[Oricon]] |access-date=26 February 2025 |date=January 13, 2025|language=ja}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[690]] &ndash; [[Benedict Biscop]], English scholar and saint, founded the [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey]] (b. 628)
* [[914]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Samani]], Samanid emir 
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Sang Weihan]], Chinese chief of staff (b. 898)
*[[1140]] &ndash; [[Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia]]
*[[1167]] &ndash; [[Aelred of Rievaulx]], English monk and saint (b. 1110)
*[[1320]] &ndash; [[John Dalderby]], bishop of Lincoln<ref>{{cite book |last1=Childs |first1=Wendy R. |title=Vita Edwardi Secundi |date=3 February 2005 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-151530-9 |page=179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiWQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179}}</ref>
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France]] (b. 1254)
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[Eleanor Maltravers]], English noblewoman (b. 1345)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1459)<ref>{{cite web |title=Maximilian I {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maximilian-I-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Fermat]], French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Carissimi]], Italian priest and composer (b. 1605)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]], French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the [[Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal]] (b. 1620)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[William Ashhurst]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Mayor of London]] (b. 1647)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[John Horsley (antiquarian)|John Horsley]], English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[John Eccles (composer)|John Eccles]], English composer (b. 1668)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange]] (b. 1709)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Johann Melchior Molter]], German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Hugh Mercer]], Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[François Bigot]], French politician (b. 1703)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Richard Challoner]], English bishop (b. 1691)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel]], German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Marie-Antoine Carême]], French chef (b. 1784)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville]], English academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1759)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Ľudovít Štúr]], Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Václav Hanka]], Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont]], Irish politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone]] (b. 1820)
*  1892   &ndash; [[William Reeves (bishop)|William Reeves]], Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Hiram Walker]], American businessman, founded [[Canadian Club]] (b. 1816)

===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Hermann Minkowski]], Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Andreas Papagiannakopoulos]], Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Georgios Theotokis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 80th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1844)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Gervase Elwes]], English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Austin Chapman]], Australian businessman and politician, 4th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (b. 1864)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Paul Kochanski]], Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Oscar Florianus Bluemner]], German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Ralph Hitz]], Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Edward Smith (VC)|Edward Smith]], English lieutenant, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1898)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jan Campert]], Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Lance C. Wade]], American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Charles Hatfield]], American meteorologist (b. 1875)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Nevil Shute]], English engineer and author (b. 1899)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams]], Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Lorraine Hansberry]], American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Burhan Asaf Belge]], Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey]], English admiral (b. 1885)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Roy Franklin Nichols]], American historian and academic (b. 1896)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Princess Patricia of Connaught]] (b. 1886)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Agatha Christie]], English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Agatha Christie {{!}} Biography, Novels, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agatha-Christie |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henri-Georges Clouzot |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13979e1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306194302/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13979e1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Podgorny]], Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Connie Mulder]], South African politician (b. 1925)
*  1988 &ndash; [[Piero Taruffi]], Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Laurence J. Peter]], Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Robert Jackson (UN administrator)|Robert Jackson]], Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Kumar Gandharva]], a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Gustav Naan]], Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Joachim Nitsche]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jean-Edern Hallier]], French author (b. 1936)
*  1997 &ndash; [[Charles Brenton Huggins]], Canadian-American physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1901)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Roger Clark (rally driver)|Roger Clark]], English racing driver (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-roger-clark-1138920.html|title=Obituary: Roger Clark|author=Graham Robson|work=The Independent|date=16 January 1998|access-date=2 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Doug Wickenheiser]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1961)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]], American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913)
*  2000 &ndash; [[Bobby Phills]], American basketball player (b. 1969)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Luiz Bonfá]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
*  2001 &ndash; [[William Redington Hewlett]], American engineer and businessman, co-founded [[Hewlett-Packard]] (b. 1913)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Cyrus Vance]], American lawyer and politician, 57th [[U.S. Secretary of State]] (b. 1917)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Dean Amadon]], American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)
*  2003 &ndash; [[Kinji Fukasaku]], Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*  2003 &ndash; [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], Argentine general and politician, 44th [[President of Argentina]] (b. 1926)
*  2003 &ndash; [[Maurice Gibb]], Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1949)
*  2003 &ndash; [[Alan Nunn May]], English physicist and spy (b. 1911)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Olga Ladyzhenskaya]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Amrish Puri]], Indian actor (b. 1932)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Pablita Velarde]], [[Santa Clara Pueblo]] Native American painter (b. 1918)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Alice Coltrane]], American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
*  2007 &ndash; [[James Killen]], Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (b. 1925)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Max Beck]], American [[intersex]] advocate (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southernvoice.com/2008/1-25/news/localnews/8040.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802065622/http://www.southernvoice.com/2008/1-25/news/localnews/8040.cfm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-02|title=Max Beck's meaningful life – Southern Voice Atlanta|date=2008-08-02|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Claude Berri]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Daniel Bensaïd]], French philosopher and author (b. 1946)
*  2010 &ndash; [[Hasib Sabbagh]], Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Consolidated Contractors Company]] (b. 1920)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Bjørn G. Andersen]], Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Glenda Dickerson]], American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Bill Janklow]], American lawyer and politician, 27th [[Governor of South Dakota]] (b. 1939)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Charles H. Price II]], American businessman and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (b. 1931)
*  2012 &ndash; [[Jim Stanley (American football)|Jim Stanley]], American football player and coach (b. 1935)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Precious Bryant]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
*  2013 &ndash; [[Flor María Chalbaud]], First Lady of Venezuela (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|title=Reseña biográfica de Pérez Jiménez|url=http://www.magazine.com.ve/marcos-evangelista-perez-jimenez-1914-2001/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208112826/http://www.magazine.com.ve/marcos-evangelista-perez-jimenez-1914-2001/|archive-date=8 December 2015|access-date=1 September 2015|publisher=Portal web: Magazine.com.ve}}</ref>
*  2013 &ndash; [[Eugene Patterson]], American journalist and activist (b. 1923)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Alexandra Bastedo]], English actress (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexandra Bastedo |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13141012.alexandra-bastedo/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>
*  2014 &ndash; [[Connie Binsfeld]], American educator and politician, 58th [[Lieutenant Governor of Michigan]] (b. 1924)
*  2014 &ndash; [[George Dement]], American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1922)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Trevor Colbourn]], American historian and academic (b. 1927)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Robert Gover]], American journalist and author (b. 1929)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Carl Long (baseball)|Carl Long]], American baseball player (b. 1935)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Elena Obraztsova]], Russian soprano and actress (b. 1939)
*  2015 &ndash; [[Inge Vermeulen]], Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (b. 1985)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[William Peter Blatty]], American writer and filmmaker (b. 1928)
*  2017 &ndash; [[Graham Taylor]], English football player and manager (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Graham Taylor obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/12/graham-taylor-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=12 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Keith Jackson]], American sports commentator and journalist (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abc13.com/entertainment/notable-deaths-in-2018/3745674/|title=Notable deaths in 2018: Keith Jackson|publisher=ABC News Arts & Entertainment}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Roger Scruton|Sir Roger Scruton]], English philosopher and writer (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Roger Scruton, conservative philosopher of wide accomplishments – obituary |work=The Telegraph|date=January 12, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Spector]], American singer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 2022 |title=Notable deaths in 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2022-idUSRTS4OVLY |access-date=2022-05-02 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Lisa Marie Presley]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Medina |first1=Eduardo |last2=Rubin |first2=April |title=Lisa Marie Presley, the Daughter of Elvis Presley, Dies at 54 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/lisa-marie-presley-dead.html |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
*  2023 &ndash; [[Sharad Yadav]], Indian politician, 30th [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)#List of ministers|Minister of Civil Aviation]], 29th [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)#Labour Ministers of India|Labour Minister]] (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sharad Yadav passes away at 75; PM Modi, Nitish Kumar and others condole death |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sharad-yadav-passes-away-at-75-8378705/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=12 January 2023}}</ref>
*  [[2025]] – [[Leslie Charleson]], American actress (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossi |first=Rosemary |date=January 12, 2025 |title=Leslie Charleson, 'General Hospital' Icon Who Played Monica Quartermaine, Dies at 79 |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/leslie-charleson-general-hospital-dies-79-1236272564/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2025 – [[Claude Jarman Jr.]], American actor and producer (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=January 12, 2025 |title=Claude Jarman Jr., Young Star of 'The Yearling,' Dies at 90 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/claude-jarman-dead-yearling-juvenile-oscar-1236107296/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Aelred of Rievaulx]]
** [[Benedict Biscop]]
** [[Bernard of Corleone]]
** [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]]
** [[Tatiana of Rome|Tatiana]]
** [[January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)]]
* [[National Youth Day (India)]]
* [[International Duties Memorial Day|Prosecutor General's Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Zanzibar Revolution Day]] ([[Tanzania]])
* [[Yennayer]] ([[Algeria]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/12 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=12}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/12 Historical Events on January 12]

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