All Events

Historical Events on January 12

  • Bayinnaung

    1554

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

  • United States House of Representatives

    1915

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

  • World War II

    1942

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

  • World War II

    1945

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

  • Vietnam War

    1962

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

  • Zanzibar

    1964

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

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    1966

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

  • Gulf War

    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 Haiti earthquake

    2010

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

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