January 12th (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 11th day of the year (12th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 354 days left to the end of the year.
January 12th Famous Deaths for 2012
» MS-1 (wrestler) named MS-1, Mexican wrestler (b. 1956)
» Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)
» Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)
» Reginald Hill, English author (b. 1936)
» Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939)
» Shiv Kumari of Kotah (b. 1916)
» Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1931)
» Rosalind Runcie, English pianist (b. 1932)
» Jim Stanley (football) e.g Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
January 12th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Ailred of Rievaulx
» Benedict Biscop
» Saint Tatiana known as Tatiana
» January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Lee-Jackson Day can fall while January 18 is the latest, celebrated on the Friday before Martin Luther King Day. (Commonwealth of Virginia)
» Public holidays in Turkmenistan e.g Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)