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December 12
December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining.
Events
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627 - Battle of Nineveh
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1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City
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1719 - The first U.S. newspaper (the Boston Gazette ) is published
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1781 - The British navy defeated a French fleet in the Second Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War.
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1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution
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1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman
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1872 - A meteorite struck earth near the town of Banbury, England.
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1897 - The city of Belo Horizonte is founded.
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1900 - US Steel formed
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1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi
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1913 - Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen
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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).
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1925 - Reza Pahlavi takes control of Iran as Shah
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1937 - Panay incident
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1939 - Finland defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle of Tolvajärvi, their first major victory in the Winter War.
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1941 - United States seizes French ship Normandie.
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1942 - A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people.
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1946 - A fire at a New York, New York ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.
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1948 - Batang Kali Massacre, Malaysia
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1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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1969 - Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy.
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1979 - The Coup d'état of December Twelfth of South Korea.
- 1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe
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1981 - The Chaos Computer Club was founded in Berlin.
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1983 - Dallos is the first OAV (Original Animation Video) ever released.
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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
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1996 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
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2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, deciding the presidential election of 2000.
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2003 - Paul Martin, Jr. is sworn-in as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada
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2004 - Portuguese football team FC Porto wins the last-held Intercontinental Cup against Colombia's Once Caldas in an 8-7 penalty shoot-out.
Births
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1298 - Duke Albert II of Austria
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1418 - Duke Albert VI of Austria
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1574 - Anne of Denmark, consort of James I of England (d. 1619)
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1786 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857)
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1831 - Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist, grand-father of Charles Darwin (d. 1802)
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1745 - John Jay, United States Supreme Court justice (d. 1829)
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1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (d. 1879)
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1806 - Stand Watie, Confederate general, Cherokee leader (d. 1871)
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1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
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1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944)
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1871 - Umenosuke Bessho , Japanese writer (d. 1945)
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1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete
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1879 - Laura Hope Crews , actress (d. 1942)
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1887 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer
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1892 - Liesl Karlstadt , actress (d. 1960)
- 1892 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovene rocket engineer (d. 1929)
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1893 - Edward G. Robinson, actor (d. 1973)
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1900 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer
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1903 - Ozu Yasujiro, film director (d. 1963)
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1905 - Mŕnes Sperber, writer (d. 1984)
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1914 - Patrick O'Brian, British author (d. 2000)
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1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
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1918 - Joe Williams, singer (d. 1999)
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1919 - Hermann Neuberger , sports official (d. 1992)
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1923 - Bob Barker, game show host, television personality
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1924 - Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City
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1927 - Honor Blackman, actress
- 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990)
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1929 - John Osborne, British dramatist (d. 1994)
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1932 - Bob Pettit, basketball star
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1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico
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1938 - Connie Francis, American singer
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1940 - Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
- 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer
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1943 - Dickie Betts , musician (The Allman Brothers)
- 1943 - Grover Washington Jr., musician (d. 1999)
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1952 - Cathy Rigby, gymnast, actress
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1957 - Sheila E., musician
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1967 - John Randle, American football player
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1970 - Jennifer Connelly, actress
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1976 - Dan Hawkins, musician
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1979 - Nate Clements, American football player
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1981 - Yuvraj Singh, cricketer, India
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1983 - Katrina Elam, Country singer
Deaths
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884 - Carloman, King of the West Franks
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1574 - Selim II, Ottoman Emperor
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1894 - Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
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1923 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (b. 1903)
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1929 - Charles Goodnight, cattle baron (b. 1836)
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1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor (b. 1883)
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1952 - Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist
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1963 - Ozu Yasujiro, film director
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1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (b. 1902)
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1970 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
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1971 - David Sarnoff, radio and television pioneer (b. 1891)
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1994 - Stuart Roosa, Apollo Astronaut (b. 1933)
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1996 - Vance Packard, American author on media manipulation (b. 1914)
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1999 - Joseph Heller, American author (b. 1923)
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2001 - Jean Richard, French actor (b. 1921)
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2002 - Dee Brown, author
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2003 - Geidar Aliev, former President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Keiko, the killer whale in the Free Willy movies
- 2003 - Fadwa Toukan , Palestinian poet
Holidays and observances
External links
December 11 - December 13 - November 12 - January 12 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 10-24-2005 02:41:42
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