January 12 in History

Historical Events on January 12

1554 Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.

1915 The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.

1942 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.

1945 World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula-Oder Offensive.

1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.

1964 Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.

1966 Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.

1991 Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

2010 An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 100,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.

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Famous Birthdays on January 12

1951 Rush Limbaugh

1964 Jeff Bezos

1973 Hande Yener

1987 Naya Rivera

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Famous Deaths on January 12

1519 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

1976 Agatha Christie

2003 Maurice Gibb

2017 Graham Taylor

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