December 12: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

December 12th marks the 346th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 347th in case of leap years). There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Frank Sinatra (1915), Rajinikanth (1950) and Jennifer Connelly (1970). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Universal Health Coverage Day and International Day of Neutrality.
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Holidays

R.C. Saints - optional memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Also see December 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Kenya - Jamhuri Day: Independence Day (from Britain, 1963)
Bahá'f Faith - Feast of Masá'il (Questions) - First day of the 15th month of the Bahá'f Calendar

Events

2018 Afghanistan War (2001-present). The Afghan National Army leaves the western Shib Koh District, after the government failed in its duty to replenish troops there. The Taliban now control the district that borders Iran. (Reuters) The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that left 12 dead, 8 of them civilians in Kabul.
2017 Unibail-Rodamco buys Westfield Corporation, a shopping mall owner, for $15.7 billion
2016 December 2016 Istanbul bombings: According to Recep Akdag, the death toll from the bombings at Besiktas (Istanbul) has risen to at least 44. (Anadolu Agency). At least 118 HDP supporters and officials were arrested in anti-terrorism raids. HDP denies any connection with the PKK and Kurdistan Freedom Falcons. (Reuters),
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014-17): Six guards are killed when a suicide bomber targets an Iraqi Army post at Al Anbar Governorate, on the border to Saudi Arabia.
2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack: Sony Pictures Entertainment shuts down production of several sets due to computer network problems regarding employee pay disbursement. This follows a huge computer hack.
2013 A strike by air to attack an al Qaeda convoy in Al-Bayda, central Yemen, accidentally attacked a wedding procession, killing fifteen civilians.
2012 Syrian civil war: Two explosions and a car bomb explode outside the Palace of Justice and Interior Ministry in Damascus. (Al Jazeera). The government forces fired Scud-type missiles at the rebels in northern Syria.
2011 Moody's credit rating agency dismisses last week's EU deal in its weekly credit report. It says it "doesn't change our view that the risks to the cohesion and stability of the euro zone continue to rise."
2010 Several people were killed by a suicide bomber in Ramadi, western Anbar province.
2009 Annise Parker becomes Houston's first openly gay mayor.
2008 Bernard Madoff, former chairman of Nasdaq Stock Exchange, is being charged with running a Ponzi scheme worth $50 billion. This case is one of the most serious fraud cases in history.
2007 Sotheby's sells the Society of the Cincinatti badge of George Washington, later owned by the Marquis de Lafayette, for US$5.3million.
2006 A court in Ethiopia finds Mengistu Hailemarim, an exiled president, guilty of genocide.
2005 Lebanese politician and journalist Gebran Tueni is assassinated.
2004 The Washington Post reports that the Bush administration used wire tapping to intercept phone conversations of Mohamed ElBaradei (Director General of United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency), in an attempt to find information that could help ElBaradei be removed from his position.
2003 An Al Qaeda plot to attack the United Kingdom Embassy in Yemen by militants is foiled.
2000 Bush v. Gore: The United States Supreme Court has released its decision
1997 TWA 800 hearings end
1996 Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
1995 NBA referees return to work after striking.
1993 Any Given Day closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
1991 Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community.
1990 US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell, leaves Kuwait.
1988 3 trains collide in London, 40 die
1987 Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game.
1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed.
1985 248 US soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
1984 Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'etat against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
1983 A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait.
1982 Herman Van Veen: All of Him closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 performances
1981 1st closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
1980 USA's copyright law amended to include computer programs.
1979 Gold hits record US$462.50 an ounce.
1976 QB Joe Namath last game as a New York Jet
1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca, Saudi Arabia).
1973 Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 and $10 silver coins).
1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays.
1969 Hello Dolly with Barbra Striesand premieres
1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
1967 US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit.
1966 US Supreme Court votes 4-3 allowing Braves baseball team to move to Atlanta.
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert
1964 Shooting starts for Star Trek pilot The Cage
1963 Argentina asks for extradition of ex-President Peron
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1961 Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36.
1960 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds a lower Federal Court ruling that the State of Louisiana's laws on racial segregation laws are unconstitutional, and overturns them.
1958 Dutch Social Democratic Party-ministers / Premier Drees dismissed
1957 US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond).
1956 Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's ''Border Campaign''.
1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1952 Dallas Texans (former Boston Yankees) play last game, last original team.
1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB).
1948 Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre : 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
1947 United Mine Workers union withdraws from AFL.
1946 Tide detergent introduced
1945 Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death.
1944 December 13 ampndash WWII: British units attempt to take the hilltop town of Tossignano, but are repulsed.
1942 German offensive in South Western Stalingrad.
1941 European reservists on Java mobilizes.
1940 British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani.
1939 Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die
1937 Japanese aircraft shell and sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologizes and eventually pays US $2.2 million in reparations).
1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan.
1935 Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
1932 S N Behrmans Biography, premieres in New York City
1931 Japanese Government of Imukai forms.
1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1928 Nichols / Brownes Wings over Europe, premieres in New York City
1925 Cossack officer / ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia
1923 In Italy, the Po River dam bursts, killing 600.
1920 Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse" premieres in Paris.
1918 Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time.
1917 French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543
1916 Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed)
1915 Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia.
1914 The New York Stock Exchange re-opened, having been closed since 1 Aug 1914 except for bond trading.
1913 Mona Lisa, stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
1906 Oscar Straus, first Jewish cabinet member, appointed Secretary of Commerce.
1904 CMS McClellans "Leah Kleschna" premieres in New York City, New York.
1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo.
1901 Marconi receives first transatlantic radio signal, England to US.
1900 National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is composed.
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