December 12

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 12. From 1900 until now. December 12 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Frank Sinatra (1915), Rajinikanth (1950) and Jennifer Connelly (1970). Several movies were released around December 12 over the years, such as Doctor Zhivago in 1965 directed by David Lean and Two Women in 1960 directed by Vittorio De Sica.
But much more happened on December 12 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Bah�'f Faith - Feast of Mas�'il (Questions) - First day of the 15th month of the Bah�'f Calendar
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)

Events

2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): The Afghan National Army abandons the western Shib Koh District after the government failed to resupply troops stationed there. The district, which borders Iran, is now effectively under Taliban control. (Reuters)The Taliban claims responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 12 people, including 8 civilians in Kabul. (Tolo News)
2017 Unibail-Rodamco agrees to purchase shopping mall owner Westfield Corporation for $15.7 billion. (Business Insider)
2016 December 2016 Istanbul bombings: The death toll from the bombings in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, rises to at least 44, according to Health Minister Recep Akdağ. (Anadolu Agency)At least 118 HDP officials and supporters are arrested in anti-terrorism raids. HDP rejects any link with either the PKK or Kurdistan Freedom Falcons. (Reuters), (FOX News)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): A suicide bomber attacks an Iraqi Army post in Al Anbar Governorate on the border with Saudi Arabia, killing at least six guards. (Ahram Online)
2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack: Sony Pictures Entertainment reportedly shuts production on several sets because of computer network issues regarding employee disbursement of pay following a massive computer hack. (FOX News)
2013 An air strike intended to target an al Qaeda convoy in Al-Bayda province in central Yemen mistakenly attacks a wedding procession, killing 15 civilians. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian civil war:: A car bomb and two other explosions go off outside the Interior Ministry and Palace of Justice in Damascus. (Al Jazeera)Government forces reportedly fire Scud-type missiles at rebels in the north of the country. (BBC)
2011 Credit rating agency Moody's in its weekly credit report dismisses the significance of last week's EU agreement, saying it ampquotdoes not change our view that risks to the cohesion of the euro area continue to rise.ampquot (Reuters)
2010 A suicide bomber in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in western Anbar province kills several people. (Al Jazeera)
2009 Annise Parker is elected Mayor of Houston, which becomes the largest United States city with an openly gay person elected mayor. (CBS News) (New York Times)
2008 Former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with allegedly running a $50 billion "Ponzi scheme", among the biggest fraud cases ever.
2007 The Society of the Cincinatti badge of George Washington (later owned by the Marquis de Lafayette) is sold at auction by Sotheby's for US$5.3 million.
2006 An Ethiopian court finds exiled former president Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty of genocide. (BBC)
2005 Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician, is assassinated.
2004 According to the Washington Post the Bush administration used wire taps to intercept a number of phone conversations of Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency in hope of finding information that would help remove ElBaradei from his post. (CNN) (The Washington Post)
2003 A plot by militants linked to Al Qaeda to blow up the United Kingdom embassy in Yemen is foiled.
2000 The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
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 (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1964 Shooting starts for Star Trek pilot The Cage (Menagerie)
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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