December 12th (2012) was a Wednesday. 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, 2012
» North Korea successfully Timeline of first orbital launches by country named launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using a Unha or Unha-3 carrier rocket.
» 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief took place at Madison Square Garden and was broadcast on 20 international television networks to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
December 12th Famous Deaths for 2012
» Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (b. 1924)
» Ray Briem, American radio host (b. 1930)
» Eddie "Guitar" Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
» Richard Eyre (priest) named Richard Eyre, English priest (b. 1929)
» Else Marie Jakobsen, Norwegian designer (b. 1927)
» Walt Kirk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
» N.M. Mohan, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1949)
» Augustin Sagna, Senegalese bishop (b. 1920)
» Nityanand Swami (politician) known as Nityanand Swami, Indian politician, 1st List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand known as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (b. 1927)
» David Tait, English rugby player (b. 1987)
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.