December 12th (1937) was a Sunday. It's the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 12th December, 1937
» Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident USS 'Panay' incident Imperial Japan Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay PR-5 6 on the Yangtze River in China.
Famous Birthdays on December 12 in 1937
» Philip Ledger, English organist and composer (d. 2012)
» Buford Pusser, American police officer (d. 1974)
» Michael Jeffery, Australian general and politician, 24th Governor-General of Australia
December 12th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» December 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet
» Feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico)
» Vicelinus
» Constitution Day (Russia, 1993-2005)
» Jamhuri Day, celebrates the Independence Day or independence of Kenya from United Kingdom known as Britain in 1963.