Taal Volcano
2020
Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people..
January-12
Historical Events on January 12
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January 2016 Istanbul bombing
Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
2016
January 2015 raid on Kolofata
Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
2015
2012 Romanian protests
Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian BÄsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
2012
2010 Haiti earthquake
An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
2010
Comet McNaught
2007
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), one of the brightest comets ever observed is at its zenith visible during the day..
Incidents during the Hajj
A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
2006
Deep Impact (spacecraft)
Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
2005
Ocean liner
The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
2004
Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
2001
Human cloning
1998
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning..
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha.
1997
Gulf War
Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
1991
Baku pogrom
A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
1990
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle program: Congressman and future NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.
1986
United Nations Security Council
1976
The United Nations Security Council votes 11â1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights)..
Harrisburg Seven
The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
1971
Biafra
Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
1970
New York Jets
The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
1969
James Bedford
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
1967
Lyndon B. Johnson
1966
Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended..
Zanzibar
Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
1964
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place.
1962
Martin 2-0-2
A Martin 2-0-2 and Douglas DC-3 collide over Boone County, Kentucky, killing 15 people.
1955
Red Army
World War II: The Red Army begins the VistulaâOder Offensive.
1945
World War II
1942
World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board..
Casas Viejas incident
Casas Viejas incident: 22 peasants killed by the Security and Assault Corps in Casas Viejas, Spain.
1933
Hattie Caraway
Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1932
Minnie Pit Disaster
The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
1918
Oswald Boelcke
Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann become the first German aviators to earn the Pour le MĂ©rite, receive the German Empire's highest military award, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft.
1916
United States House of Representatives
1915
The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give women the right to vote..
University of the Philippines College of Law
The University of the Philippines College of Law is established.
1911
National Trust
The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
1895
Yohannes IV
Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
1872
Royal Aeronautical Society
The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1866
Sicilian revolution of 1848
1848
The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies..
John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
1808
Wernerian Natural History Society
The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
1808
Thomas Pinckney
Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain.
1792
Belém
The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
1616
Bayinnaung
1554
Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma..
Gustav Vasa
Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
1528
List of Byzantine emperors
Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
475