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January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, ...
1554 – Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty. 1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured) , a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University , was ...
The strong surface low rapidly moved into southeastern Nebraska by 3 p.m. on January 12 and finally into southwestern Wisconsin by 11 p.m. that same day. On January 11, the massive cold air mass that had formed around January 8 around Medicine Hat and Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia District, had reached a spread of over 780 miles (1,255 km). [5]
January 2025 Southern California wildfires. California Governor Gavin Newsom states that the ongoing wildfires impacting Los Angeles County could become the worst natural disaster in American history "in terms of the scale and scope", amid current estimated damages of more than US$135 billion. (The Independent)
January 12. National Hot Tea Day. National Kettlebell Day. National Pharmacist Day. Remembrance Day. Stick to Your New Year's Resolution Day. January 13. Calennig. Korean American Day.
The Zanzibar Revolution (Swahili: Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar; Arabic: ثورة زنجبار, romanized: Thawrat Zanjibār) began on 12 January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah and his mainly Arab government by the island's majority Black African population.
François-Henri d'Harcourt (12 January 1726 – 22 July 1802) was a French general, administrator and peer of the realm. Living in turbulent times, he emigrated to Britain during the French Revolution and became a representative of Louis XVIII to the British government.
January 5 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (d. 1955) [8] January 6. Fan Noli, Albanian poet, political figure (d. 1965) Ferdinand Pecora, Sicilian-born American lawyer (d. 1971) Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961) January 12 – Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930) January 17