
December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining. ==Events== *627 - Battle of Nineveh (627) *1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City *1719 - The first U.S. newspaper (the ''Boston Gazette'') is published *1781 - The Royal Navy defeated a France fleet in the Second Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War. *1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution *1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black Congress of the United States *1872 - A meteorite struck earth near the town of Banbury, England. *1897 - The city of Belo Horizonte is founded. *1900 - US Steel formed *1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi *1903 - The City of Fairfield, California,California is incorporated. *1913 - Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen *1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well). *1925 - Reza Pahlavi takes control of Iran as Shah *1937 - Panay incident *1939 - Finland defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle of Tolvajärvi, their first major victory in the Winter War. *1941 - United States seizes France ship SS_Normandie. *1942 - A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people. *1946 - A fire at a New York, New York ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people. *1948 - Batang Kali Massacre, Malaysia *1950 - Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services. *1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. *1969 - Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy. *1979 - The Coup d'état of December Twelfth of South Korea. *1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe *1981 - The Chaos Computer Club was founded in Berlin. *1983 - Dallos is the first OVA (Original Animation Video) ever released. *1985 - Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division *1996 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt. *2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the U.S. presidential election, 2000. *2003 - Paul Martin, Jr. is sworn-in as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada *2004 - Portugal football (soccer) team FC Porto wins the last-held Intercontinental Cup against Colombia Once Caldas in an 8-7 penalty shoot-out. ==Births== *1298 - Duke Albert II of Austria *1418 - Duke Albert VI of Austria *1574 - Anne of Denmark, queen of James I of England (d. 1619) *1745 - John Jay, Supreme Court of the United States justice (d. 1829) *1786 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857) *1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist (d. 1879) *1806 - Stand Watie, American Confederate general and Cherokee leader (d. 1871) *1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880) *1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944) *1866 - Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) *1871 - Umenosuke Bessho, Japanese writer (d. 1945) *1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete *1879 - Laura Hope Crews, actress (d. 1942) *1887 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer *1892 - Liesl Karlstadt, actress (d. 1960) *1892 - Herman Potocnik, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929) *1893 - Edward G. Robinson, actor (d. 1973) *1900 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer *1903 - Ozu Yasujiro, film director (d. 1963) *1905 - Manes Sperber, writer (d. 1984) *1914 - Patrick O'Brian, British author (d. 2000) *1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998) *1918 - Joe Williams (jazz singer), singer (d. 1999) *1919 - Hermann Neuberger, sports official (d. 1992) *1923 - Bob Barker, American television game show host *1924 - Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City *1927 - Honor Blackman, actress * 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990) *1929 - John Osborne, British dramatist (d. 1994) *1929 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, musician *1932 - Bob Pettit, basketball star *1934 - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, President of Mexico *1938 - Connie Francis, American singer *1940 - Sharad Pawar, Indian politician * 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer *1943 - Dickie Betts, musician (The Allman Brothers) * 1943 - Grover Washington Jr., musician (d. 1999) *1952 - Cathy Rigby, gymnast, actress *1957 - Sheila E., musician *1967 - John Randle, American football player *1970 - Jennifer Connelly, actress *1976 - Dan Hawkins, musician *1979 - Nate Clements, American football player *1981 - Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer *1983 - Katrina Elam, country music singer ==Deaths== *884 - Carloman, King of the West Franks *1574 - Selim II, Ottoman Emperor *1766 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) *1889 - Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812) *1894 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) *1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (b. 1903) *1929 - Charles Goodnight, cattle baron (b. 1836) *1939 - Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939), American actor (b. 1883) *1952 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist and linguist *1963 - Ozu Yasujiro, film director *1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (b. 1902) *1970 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889) *1971 - David Sarnoff, radio and television pioneer (b. 1891) *1994 - Stuart Roosa, astronaut (b. 1933) *1996 - Vance Packard, American author on media manipulation (b. 1914) *1999 - Joseph Heller, American author (b. 1923) *2001 - Jean Richard, French actor (b. 1921) *2002 - Dee Brown, author *2003 - Geidar Aliev, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) *2003 - Keiko_(orca), killer whale in the Free Willy movies *2003 - Fadwa Toukan, Palestinian poet *2003 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, Roman Catholic prelate ==Holidays and observances== * Independence Day in Kenya (1963) *Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Masá'il (Questions) - First day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í Calendar *Roman Catholic - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe *United Nations - Digital Solidarity Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 11 - December 13 - November 12 - January 12 -- historical anniversaries la:12 Decembris nds:12 Dezember
--User:Maveric149 00:57, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 12 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 12 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_12_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Moved births from article: *1969 - Andrey Spasibozhko, web engineer (Chelyabinsk, Russia) *1979 - Philipp Ka Hummer, creator, designer, artist Both appear to exist, but also appear to be insignificant. If we start adding "web engineers" and web site designers unless they're really, ''really'', really famous, we'll just clutter these date pages hopelessly. And the second one seems to be a minor Austrian artist who just happens to have a web page. User:Lupo 11:46, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining. ==Events== *627 - Battle of Nineveh (627) *1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City *1719 - The first U.S. newspaper (the ''Boston Gazette'') is published *1781 - The Royal Navy defeated a France fleet in the Second Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War. *1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution *1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black Congress of the United States *1872 - A meteorite struck earth near the town of Banbury, England. *1897 - The city of Belo Horizonte is founded. *1900 - US Steel formed *1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi *1903 - The City of Fairfield, California,California is incorporated. *1913 - Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen *1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well). *1925 - Reza Pahlavi takes control of Iran as Shah *1937 - Panay incident *1939 - Finland defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle of Tolvajärvi, their first major victory in the Winter War. *1941 - United States seizes France ship SS_Normandie. *1942 - A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people. *1946 - A fire at a New York, New York ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people. *1948 - Batang Kali Massacre, Malaysia *1950 - Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services. *1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom. *1969 - Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy. *1979 - The Coup d'état of December Twelfth of South Korea. *1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe *1981 - The Chaos Computer Club was founded in Berlin. *1983 - Dallos is the first OVA (Original Animation Video) ever released. *1985 - Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division *1996 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt. *2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the U.S. presidential election, 2000. *2003 - Paul Martin, Jr. is sworn-in as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada *2004 - Portugal football (soccer) team FC Porto wins the last-held Intercontinental Cup against Colombia Once Caldas in an 8-7 penalty shoot-out. ==Births== *1298 - Duke Albert II of Austria *1418 - Duke Albert VI of Austria *1574 - Anne of Denmark, queen of James I of England (d. 1619) *1745 - John Jay, Supreme Court of the United States justice (d. 1829) *1786 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857) *1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist (d. 1879) *1806 - Stand Watie, American Confederate general and Cherokee leader (d. 1871) *1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880) *1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944) *1866 - Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) *1871 - Umenosuke Bessho, Japanese writer (d. 1945) *1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete *1879 - Laura Hope Crews, actress (d. 1942) *1887 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer *1892 - Liesl Karlstadt, actress (d. 1960) *1892 - Herman Potocnik, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929) *1893 - Edward G. Robinson, actor (d. 1973) *1900 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer *1903 - Ozu Yasujiro, film director (d. 1963) *1905 - Manes Sperber, writer (d. 1984) *1914 - Patrick O'Brian, British author (d. 2000) *1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998) *1918 - Joe Williams (jazz singer), singer (d. 1999) *1919 - Hermann Neuberger, sports official (d. 1992) *1923 - Bob Barker, American television game show host *1924 - Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City *1927 - Honor Blackman, actress * 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990) *1929 - John Osborne, British dramatist (d. 1994) *1929 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, musician *1932 - Bob Pettit, basketball star *1934 - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, President of Mexico *1938 - Connie Francis, American singer *1940 - Sharad Pawar, Indian politician * 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer *1943 - Dickie Betts, musician (The Allman Brothers) * 1943 - Grover Washington Jr., musician (d. 1999) *1952 - Cathy Rigby, gymnast, actress *1957 - Sheila E., musician *1967 - John Randle, American football player *1970 - Jennifer Connelly, actress *1976 - Dan Hawkins, musician *1979 - Nate Clements, American football player *1981 - Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer *1983 - Katrina Elam, country music singer ==Deaths== *884 - Carloman, King of the West Franks *1574 - Selim II, Ottoman Emperor *1766 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) *1889 - Robert Browning, English poet (b. 1812) *1894 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) *1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (b. 1903) *1929 - Charles Goodnight, cattle baron (b. 1836) *1939 - Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939), American actor (b. 1883) *1952 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist and linguist *1963 - Ozu Yasujiro, film director *1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (b. 1902) *1970 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889) *1971 - David Sarnoff, radio and television pioneer (b. 1891) *1994 - Stuart Roosa, astronaut (b. 1933) *1996 - Vance Packard, American author on media manipulation (b. 1914) *1999 - Joseph Heller, American author (b. 1923) *2001 - Jean Richard, French actor (b. 1921) *2002 - Dee Brown, author *2003 - Geidar Aliev, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) *2003 - Keiko_(orca), killer whale in the Free Willy movies *2003 - Fadwa Toukan, Palestinian poet *2003 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, Roman Catholic prelate ==Holidays and observances== * Independence Day in Kenya (1963) *Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Masá'il (Questions) - First day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í Calendar *Roman Catholic - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe *United Nations - Digital Solidarity Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/12 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 11 - December 13 - November 12 - January 12 -- historical anniversaries la:12 Decembris nds:12 Dezember
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--User:Maveric149 00:57, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 12 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 12 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_12_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Moved births from article: *1969 - Andrey Spasibozhko, web engineer (Chelyabinsk, Russia) *1979 - Philipp Ka Hummer, creator, designer, artist Both appear to exist, but also appear to be insignificant. If we start adding "web engineers" and web site designers unless they're really, ''really'', really famous, we'll just clutter these date pages hopelessly. And the second one seems to be a minor Austrian artist who just happens to have a web page. User:Lupo 11:46, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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