Saturday January 12, 2019: Zodiac, Events, Birthdays and Holidays

Historical Events

• 2019 Paris explosion: An explosion in Paris caused by a gas leak causes a large explosion that destroys a bakery located in Paris' 9th arrondissement. There are 40 people who are hurt and four are killed.
• A suspected gas leak causes a large explosion that destroys a bakery located in Paris' 9th arrondissement. There are 40 people who are hurt and four are killed.
• A roof collapsed in a Shenmu coal mine, China, killing at least 21 miners.
• A fire broke out at Guayaquil's drug rehab clinic, Ecuador. At least 17 people were killed and 12 more were injured. Officials stated that the fire started when patients lit their mattresses on fire to try and escape from the clinic.
• Aftermath of 2019 Gabonese coup D'etat: Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba appoints Julien Nkoghe Bekale to be the country's next prime minister following a failed coup attempt that occurred five days ago.
• After a failed coup five days ago, Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba named Julien Nkoghe Bekale the new prime minister.
• United States federal government shut down 2018-2019: The shutdown, now on its 22nd day surpasses the 1995-1996 record.
• The federal government shutdown, now on its 22nd day surpasses the 1995-1996 record.
• 2020 United States Presidential Election, 2020 Democratic Party Presidential Primaries: Julian Castro, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announces that he will run for the 2020 United States presidency.
• Julian Castro, who was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development between 2014 and 2017, announced his intention to run for the 2020 United States presidency.
• 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general elections: The Congolese Election Commission announces that the parties supporting the outgoing president Joseph Kabila have won the majority of the National Assembly.
• According to the Congolese Election Commission, the National Assembly has elected the majority of the parties that supported Joseph Kabila as president.
• Politics in Taiwan: Taiwanese premier William Lai resigns, and former premier Su Tseng Chang succeeds.
• Taiwanese premier William Lai resigns, and Su Tseng Chang succeeds.
• 2019 Venezuelan Presidential Crisis, Censorship Wikipedia: Wikipedia is being blocked in Venezuela by the state-owned CANTV during an ongoing political crisis.
• All Wikipedia editions are being blocked in Venezuela by CANTV, a state-owned television station. This is despite a continuing political crisis.
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See also

What happened on January 12 in history? Find out the list of January 12th major events

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Other January 12th famous birthdays

• Jeff Bezos

  American entrepreneur.

• Zayn Malik

  An English singer and songwriter.

• Howard Stern

  American talk-show host and shock-jock, who has a listener base of around three million.

• Howard Stern

  American talk-show host and shock-jock, who has a listener base of around three million.

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How old am I?

If January 12, 2019 is your birthday you are 4 years old. Find out how old you are in years, months, weeks and days and how long until your next birthday on January 12.

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Other January 12th famous deaths

• Maurice Gibb

  British-American musician.

• Jean-Edern Hallier

  French writer and talk-show host.

• Claude Berri

  French director of film, producer, and founder of the Association of Authors-Directors-Producers, one of the most important men in the...

• Henri-Georges Clouzot

  French playwright and screenwriter from the early 1930s.

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Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Capricorn

Capricorn personality

Who should a Capricorn marry?

Babies born in January are either Capricorn or Aquarius. People born before January 19th are Capricorn, while people born from January 20th have the sign of Aquarius

Personality of January born

Chinese Zodiac

Sign: Pig

Element: Earth

Pig personality

Find out your Moon Sign

Can the numbers in January 12, 2019 reveal something about your future ? Find out

The day of the week was Saturday.

January 12th marks the 11th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2019.

There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

January 2019 calendar

Holidays

• In USA's Monk, the 4th season episode of MR. MONK AND MRS. MONK (#T-2351) indicates that Monk spilt something on January 12, 1999 during an earthquake. He stated "Earthquakes count, I don't make the rules."
• In the television series The X-Files, the third season episode Syzygy, has two girls, Terri & Magi, both born on January 12, 1979. Strange astrological properties with 3+ celestial bodies in alignment gives them great power which they use to kill off several of their high school classmates on their birthday in 1996.
• In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the fictional computer HAL becomes operational on January 12. In the movie by Stanley Kubrick, HAL was "born" in 1992, while in the book by Arthur C. Clarke the same event occurs in 1997.
• Tanzania - Zanzibar Revolution Day

Lunar phase

The moon phase for January 12, 2019 is First Quarter.

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Planetary phase

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