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:
- 627 - Battle of Nineveh
- 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. constitution
- 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman
- 1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi
- 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from Great Britain
Births:
- 1574 - Anne of Denmark, consort of James I of England
- 1745 - John Jay, United States Supreme Court justice
- 1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist
- 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, writer (+ 1880)
- 1863 - Edvard Munch, painter (+ 1944)
- 1892 - Liesl Karlstadt, actress along with Karl Valentin (+ 1960)
- 1905 - Mànes Sperber, writer (+ 1984)
- 1915 - Frank Sinatra, singer (+ 1998)
- 1919 - Hermann Neuberger, sports official (+ 1992)
- 1924 - Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City
- 1927 - Robert Noyce, inventor
- 1929 - John Osborne, dramatist (+ 1994)
- 1940 - Dionne Warwick, singer
- 1943 - Dickie Betts, musician (The Allman Brothers)
- 1952 - Cathy Rigby, gymnast, actress
Deaths:
- 1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, actor
- 1999 - Joseph Heller, author
- 2001 - Jean Richard, actor
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 11 - December 13 - November 12 - January 12 -- listing of all days
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