Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 12
January 12, 2024 is the 12th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 12
- 1539 –Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
- 1808 –The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- 1875 –Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
- 1915 –The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
- 1915 –The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
- 1921 –Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball’s first commissioner.
- 1932 –Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
- 1986 –Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
- 1991 –Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
- 1998 –Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
Who were born on January 12?
- 1863 –Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
- 1930 –Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
- 1934 –Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer
- 1950 –Bob McEwen, American politician
- 1964 –Laura Gildemeister, Argentine tennis player
- 1968 –Rachael Harris, American actress
- 1978 –Jeremy Camp, American musician
- 1979 –Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
- 1984 –Scott Olsen, American baseball player
- 1987 –Naya Rivera, American actress
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