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January 12: Day of the Week
January 12, 2024 was the 12th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 354 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 12 Historical Event(s)
1539
Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
1875
Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1899
13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
1906
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
1911
The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
1942
World War II: President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
1971
The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others 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
The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
2004
The world’s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
2006
A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
Who were born on January 12?
1822
Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
1899
Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
1959
Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
1960
Jorge Pupo, Cuban American actor
1966
Olivier Martinez, French actor
1982
Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
1984
Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
1987
Will Rothhaar, American actor
1993
Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
1998
Nathan Gamble, American actor
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