So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.
December 12th
Click on the Icon to Post this Event to Facebook
Vote for this event to raise it's importance
Vote for this event to raise it's importance
- Virgin of Guadalupe Day (Mexico)
- Neutrality Day and Student Youth Day, celebrate the status of permanent positive neutrality recognized by the UN General Assembly Resolution on Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan on December 12, 1995 (Turkmenistan)
- Christian Feast Day
- Constitution Day, not a public holiday since 2005. (Russia)
- Feast of Masá'il ("Questions"), the first day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)
- Jamhuri Day, celebrate the independence of Kenya from Britain in 1963. (Kenya)
December 12th
Click on the Icon to Post this Event to Facebook
Vote for this event to raise it's importance
Vote for this event to raise it's importance
- 2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
- 1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
- 2006 - Peugeot produces its last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in Coventry, formerly a major centre of the British motor industry.
- 2005 - Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician, is assassinated.
- 2005 - The Young Turks (talk show), a liberal talk show, begins airing.
- 1991 - Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
- 1988 - The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains – one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
- 1985 - Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
- 1984 - Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter was attending a summit.
- 1982 - Women's peace protest at Greenham Common – 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) perimeter fence.
- 1979 - Coup d'état of December Twelfth: South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
- 1979 - President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
- 1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
- 1979 - A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.
- 1969 - Strategy of tension: Piazza Fontana bombing – The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
- 1964 - Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
- 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1958 - Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1956 - Beginning of the Irish Republican Army's "Border Campaign".
- 1950 - Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
- 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.
- 1946 - A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement killing 37 people.
- 1942 - World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1942 - A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland kills 100 people.
- 1941 - World War II: Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesus Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; Cesar Basa is killed.
- 1941 - World War II: USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island.
- 1941 - World War II: UK declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler announces extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery
- 1940 - World War II: Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield as a result of a German air raid.
- 1939 - Winter War: Battle of Tolvajärvi – Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict.
- 1939 - HMS Duchess (H64) sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men
- 1937 - Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink US gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River in China.
- 1936 - Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
- 1935 - Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
- 1925 - The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia.
- 1918 - Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time.
- 1915 - President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.
- 1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
- 1911 - King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India.
- 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
- 1897 - Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
- 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman.
- 1862 - USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
- 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first.
- 1781 - American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet.
- 1531 - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Seńora de Guadalupe.) An image appeared miraculously on the cloak of Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City.
- 1408 - The Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric order was created by Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary.
- 1098 - First Crusade: Massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
- 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
December 12th
Click on the Icon to Post this Event to Facebook
Vote for this event to raise it's importance
Vote for this event to raise it's importance
- 1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
- 1991 - Daniel Magder, Canadian actor
- 1990 - Victor Moses, Nigerian-born British footballer
- 1990 - Seungri, Korean singer
- 1989 - Helen Flanagan, English actress
- 1988 - Ham Eun-jeong, Korean singer and actress
- 1986 - Perparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
- 1986 - Thomas Wansey, English actor
- 1986 - T. J. Ward, American football player
- 1985 - Chris Jennings, American football player
- 1985 - David Veikune, American football player
- 1984 - Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
- 1984 - Daniel Merrett, Australian Rules Football
- 1984 - Andy O'Neill, Brazilian Porn actor
- 1984 - Sohail Tanvir,Pakistani cricketer
- 1983 - Katrina Elam, American singer
- 1982 - Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player
- 1982 - Ai Kato, Japanese actress
- 1981 - Ronnie Brown, American football player
- 1981 - Shane Costa, American baseball player
- 1981 - Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Jeret Peterson, American aerial skier
- 1981 - Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1981 - Stephen Warnock, English footballer
- 1979 - Garrett Atkins, American baseball player
- 1979 - Nate Clements, American football player
- 1979 - Sharin Foo, Danish singer and bassist
- 1979 - John Salmons, American basketball player
- 1978 - Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
- 1978 - Louis (artist), Korean singer
- 1978 - Jennifer Rovero, American model
- 1977 - Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm, American triplet models
- 1977 - Bridget Hall, American supermodel
- 1977 - Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
- 1977 - Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Dan Hawkins, English guitarist (The Darkness)
- 1976 - Lloyd Owusu, English/Ghanaian football player
- 1975 - Mayim Bialik, American actress
- 1975 - Wesley Charles, Vincentian footballer
- 1975 - Craig Moore, Australian footballer
- 1974 - Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer
- 1973 - Walter Otta, Argentine footballer
- 1972 - Hank Williams III, American musician
- 1972 - Nicky Eaden, English footballer
- 1972 - Wilson Kipketer, Danish middle-distance runner
- 1972 - Kevin Parent, French Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1972 - Brandon Teena, American murder victim (d. 1993)
- 1972 - Yeoryios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
- 1970 - Mädchen Amick, American actress
- 1970 - Jennifer Connelly, American actress
- 1970 - Regina Hall, American actress
- 1969 - Carrie Westcott, American model and actress
- 1968 - Kate Humble, English television presenter
- 1968 - Rory Kennedy, American documentarian
- 1968 - Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002)
- 1967 - Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer
- 1967 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer
- 1967 - John Randle, American football player
- 1967 - Deke Sharon, American musician
- 1966 - Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist
- 1966 - Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor
- 1966 - Último Dragón, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1965 - Will Carling, English rugby union footballer
- 1964 - Sabu, American professional wrestler
- 1964 - Haywood Jeffries, American football player
- 1963 - Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1962 - Tracy Austin, American tennis player
- 1962 - Mike Golic, American football player
- 1958 - Monica Attard, Australian journalist
- 1958 - Lucie Guay, Canadian canoer
- 1958 - Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian musician
- 1958 - Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
- 1957 - Sheila E., American musician
- 1957 - Robert Lepage, French Canadian playwright
- 1957 - Susan Powter, Australian author and motivational speaker
- 1956 - Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
- 1955 - Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman
- 1955 - Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
- 1954 - Liz Claman, American television anchor
- 1953 - Bruce Kulick, American guitarist (Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad)
- 1953 - Dave Meniketti, American guitarist
- 1952 - Brenton Broadstock, Australian composer and academic
- 1952 - Herb Dhaliwal, Canadian politician
- 1952 - Sarah Douglas, English actress
- 1952 - Cathy Rigby, American gymnast and actress
- 1950 - Rajnikanth, Indian actor
- 1950 - Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1950 - Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican radio and TV news anchor
- 1949 - Bill Nighy, English actor
- 1948 - Tom Wilkinson, English actor
- 1946 - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1946 - Paula Wagner, American film executive
- 1945 - Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (d. 1997)
- 1944 - Kenneth Cranham, Scottish actor
- 1944 - Jean Doré, Canadian politician
- 1943 - Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French writer
- 1943 - Dickey Betts, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
- 1943 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (d. 1999)
- 1942 - Peter Sarstedt, British musician
- 1940 - Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
- 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer
- 1940 - Frances Willard, American magician
- 1938 - Connie Francis, American singer
- 1937 - Buford Pusser, American law enforcement official (d. 1974)
- 1934 - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, Mexican politician
- 1932 - Bob Pettit, American basketball player
- 1931 - Lionel Blair, English actor and choreographer
- 1930 - Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. 2006)
- 1929 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician
- 1929 - John Osborne, English dramatist (d. 1994)
- 1928 - Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-born Kyrgyz writer (d. 2008)
- 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990)
- 1925 - Vladimir Shainsky, Russian composer
- 1925 - Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Ed Koch, American politician
- 1924 - Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio personality
- 1924 - Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1923 - Bob Barker, American television game show host
- 1923 - Bob Dorough, American jazz pianist/vocalist
- 1923 - Ken Kavanagh, Australian racing driver
- 1922 - Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and writer (d. 1979)
- 1920 - Fred Kida, American comics artist
- 1919 - Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (d. 2001)
- 1919 - Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Joe Williams, American singer (d. 1999)
- 1917 - James Wall, American actor and stage manager (d. 2010)
- 1914 - Patrick O'Brian, English author (d. 2000)
- 1910 - Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
- 1909 - Karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1909 - Hans Keilson, German-born Dutch writer and child psychologist
- 1908 - Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993)
- 1907 - Roy Douglas, English composer and orchestrator
- 1905 - Mančs Sperber, Austrian writer (d. 1984)
- 1904 - Nicolas de Gunzburg, French magazine editor (d. 1981)
- 1903 - Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer (d. 1976)
- 1903 - Yasujir? Ozu, Japanese film director (d. 1963)
- 1902 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003)
- 1900 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988)
- 1893 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1892 - Milko Kos, Slovenian historian (d. 1972)
- 1892 - Herman Poto?nik, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929)
- 1887 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. 1974)
- 1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American athlete (d. 1928)
- 1875 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (d. 1953)
- 1870 - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil industry executive (d. 1912)
- 1866 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1919)
- 1864 - Paul Elmer More, American essayist (d. 1937)
- 1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944)
- 1862 - J. Bruce Ismay, British ocean liner executive and Titanic survivor (d. 1937)
- 1849 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1920)
- 1845 - Bruce Price, American architect (d. 1903)
- 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
- 1806 - Stand Watie, American Confederate general (d. 1871)
- 1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist (d. 1879)
- 1805 - Henry Wells, American banking executive (d. 1878)
- 1799 - Karl Briullov, Russian painter (d. 1852)
- 1792 - Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek prince (d. 1828)
- 1791 - Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, wife of Napoleon (d. 1847)
- 1786 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857)
- 1783 - Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865)
- 1779 - Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865)
- 1745 - John Jay, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1829)
- 1724 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
- 1712 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (d. 1780)
- 1659 - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)
- 1610 - Saint Vasilije (d. 1671)
- 1574 - Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)
- 1418 - Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)
- 1298 - Albert II of Austria (d. 1358)