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Day Of The Week: December 12
December 12, 2025 is the 346th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
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Historical Events: December 12
- 1098 –First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town’s walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
- 1781 –American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt on HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet.
- 1939 –Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi – Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict.
- 1942 –World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1946 –A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.
- 1956 –Beginning of the Irish Republican Army’s “Border Campaign”.
- 1979 –A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.
- 1979 –Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
- 1984 –Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
- 2000 –The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
Who were born on December 12?
- 1905 –Manès Sperber, Austrian writer (d. 1984)
- 1925 –Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
- 1928 –Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-born Kyrgyz writer (d. 2008)
- 1950 –Rajinikanth, Indian actor
- 1957 –Sheila E., American musician
- 1958 –Lucie Guay, Canadian canoer
- 1969 –Carrie Westcott, American model and actress
- 1972 –Hank Williams III, American musician
- 1974 –Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer
- 1979 –Garrett Atkins, American baseball player
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