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unusual facts about 12 January



Julien Vercauteren

Julien Vercauteren (12 January 1993) is a Belgian professional football player who currently plays for Lierse S.K..


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2012 Australian Baseball League postseason

The Perth Heat were the first team to clinch a postseason position when they defeated the Brisbane Bandits in Perth on 8 January, and then clinched a first place finish in their next game when they defeated the Canberra Cavalry in Canberra on 12 January.

26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

24th Photographic Mapping (later, 24th Photographic; 24th Combat Mapping) Squadron: 2 September 1942 – 9 October 1943 (not operational, 2 September 1942 – c. 12 January 1943; detached c. 8 August – 9 October 1943)

621st Contingency Response Wing

Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake of 12 January, the 817th Contingency Response Group deployed to Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti in support of Operation Unified Response.

Action of 12–17 January 1640

A Dutch fleet of 36 ships under Admiral Willem Corneliszoon Loos and Vice Adm. Jacob Huygens emerged from Recife and intercepted the Spanish-Portuguese fleet between Itamaracá and Goiana on 12 January, before any attempt of disembarkation could be effected.

Allegra Byron

Clara Allegra Byron (12 January 1817 – 20 April 1822), initially named Alba, meaning "dawn," or "white," by her mother, was the illegitimate daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Shelley.

Anthony McCowan

Sir Anthony James Denys McCowan (12 January 1928 – 3 July 2003) was a British barrister and judge of the High Court of Justice and Court of Appeal best known for trying the case of Clive Ponting in 1985.

Antoine Craan

On 12 January 2010 a earthquake struck Port-au-Prince.

Baron Abinger

It was created on 12 January 1835 for the prominent lawyer and politician Sir James Scarlett, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

Being Somebody

"Everybody Cries" was released as the album's third single on 12 January 2004.

Bonaventure Kalou

Bonaventure "Barry" Kalou (born 12 January 1978 in Oumé) is an Ivorian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Combs-la-Ville.

Canon Noel Duckworth

He was the subject of This Is Your Life on 12 January 1959 when, taken to the BBC Television Theatre by his friend the rowing commentator John Snagge, he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.

Chris MacKintosh

Charles "Christopher" MacKintosh (31 October 1903 – 12 January 1974) was a Scottish rugby union internationalist, athlete, skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1920s and 30s.

Comcel Haiti

The company's services temporarily came to halt following the 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Crosswordoku

It was nationally announced on 12 January 2007 on Radio 1 in the morning with Chris Moyles.

Darwin Diengdoh Pugh

Born on 12 January 1927 at Sohra to late Bransly Marpna Pugh and Glis Diengdoh, Pugh had his education at Gauhati University.

Dean Parrish

I'm On My Way – The Dean Parrish Story was broadcast on Saturday 12 January 2008 on BBC Radio 2.

Dorothy Clutterbuck

Dorothy Clutterbuck (19 January 1880 – 12 January 1951), was a wealthy Englishwoman who was named by Gerald Gardner as a leading member of the New Forest coven, a group of pagan Witches into which Gardner claimed to have been initiated in 1939.

Emergency contraceptive availability by country

On 12 January 2011, the morning after pill became available over-the-counter without a prescription from Boots pharmacies.

English cricket team in South Africa in 1905–06

The South African Army faced the MCC for a three-day match on an army camp in Pretoria between the first and second Test matches on 12 January.

Eri Irianto

Eri Irianto (Sidoarjo, 12 January 1974 – Surabaya, 3 April 2000) was a former player of Persebaya Surabaya.

Fabre d'Églantine

On 12 January 1794 Fabre was arrested by order of the Committee of Public Safety on a charge of malversation and forgery in connection with the affairs of the French East India Company.

Fernand Yveton

Fernand Iveton (his surname is sometimes erroneously rendered as "Yveton"; 12 January 1926, Algiers - 11 February 1957) was the only pied noir among the 198 supporters of the FLN who were executed (as opposed to being killed in battle) during the war in Algeria.

Finnish minelayer Louhi

On 12 January 1945 Louhi was returning from laying a minefield together with Ruotsinsalmi and was escorted by pair of MO-boats when a large explosion shocked Louhi.

Francisca Ballesteros

On 12 January 2004 Ballesteros killed her husband Antonio González Barribino with Colme and with the sedatives Zolpidem and Bromazepam.

Frank M. Folsom

Frank Marion Folsom (14 May 1894, Sprague, Washington - 12 January 1970, New York City) was an electronics company executive and was a permanent representative of the Holy See.

Israeli legislative election, 2009

On 12 January 2009, Balad and the United Arab ListTa'al alliance were disqualified by the Central Elections Committee on the grounds that they failed to recognise Israel as a Jewish state and called for armed conflict against it.

James Herring

James Herring (born in London, 12 January 1794; died in Paris, October 1867) was a United States portrait painter.

Janey Sevilla Callander

She thus became a ward of her stepmother's relation George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, growing up at his Inveraray Castle and marrying his second son Lord Archibald Campbell (1846–1913) on 12 January 1869 (their children included Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll).

Jimmy Downey

On 12 January 2010, it was announced he would be joining North Queensland for the rest of the 2009-10 season in a swap for striker Daniel McBreen.

John Chamberlaine

John Chamberlaine (1745 - 12 January 1812 Paddington Green) was an antiquary and acted as keeper of George III's drawings, coins and medals from 1791 until his death in 1812.

Keith Bancroft

Claude Keith Bancroft (30 October 1885 in Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados – 12 January 1919 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper.

Le Thi Diem Thuy

Lê Thị Diễm Thúy (Phan Thiết 12 January 1972; pronounced lay tee yim twee) is a Vietnamese American poet, novelist, and performer.

Léogâne Arrondissement

On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the arrondissement.

Ljubo Miličević

On 12 January 2011, it was announced that Milicevic was not going to re-sign for the Jets and left for Switzerland, where he trialled with former club FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.

Luciano Civelli

On 12 January 2009 Sky Sports News reported that Banfield had accepted a bid of £1 million from English Football League Championship side Ipswich Town.

Marlon Costa

On 12 January 2014, Costa made his professional debut with Vitória Setúbal in a 2013–14 Primeira Liga match against Olhanense.

Mid Lanarkshire by-election, 1888

2. The Conservative candidate was William Robert Bousfield (12 January 1854 – 16 July 1943), admitted to the bar of England and Wales in 1880.

Nelson Rae

Nelson S. Rae (1915-12 January 1945) was an American radio and stage actor who was killed in combat in World War II.

Nigel Patrick

He married the actress Beatrice Campbell at St James' Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, Marylebone, London on 12 January 1951.

Nina Zilli

On 12 January 2010, it was announced that Nina Zilli was one of the winners of the contest Sanremo New Generation, allowing her to participate in the newcomers section of the 60th Sanremo Music Festival.

Pantelis Kafes

The following season on 12 January 2008 Kafes scored his first goal for AEK against Veria.

Raul Águas

Raul António Águas (born 12 January 1949 in Lobito, Portuguese Angola) is a Portuguese retired football striker and manager.

Sergi Roberto

In only his third official appearance for Barcelona's first team, on 12 January 2012, Roberto scored his second goal, helping the visitors come from behind to win it 2–1 against CA Osasuna in the season's domestic cup (6–1 on aggregate).

Sian Williams

She joined the BBC's Breakfast programme in 12 January 2001 as a relief presenter, initially presenting on Friday-Sunday alongside Darren Jordon, to cover for main presenter, Sarah Montague, and then later with Jeremy Bowen, to cover for Sophie Raworth.

Sir Dugald Campbell, 1st Baronet

MacPhail wrote (p. 65): “…(Dugald) was by King’s Charter 1st created Knight Baronet of Nova Scotia... (He received a charter wherein there are many privileges) “…dated at Whitehall, London 12 January 1628. He seems to have been knighted at an earlier date.” He married first, in 1590, and twice thereafter.

The Eclectic Moniker

The Eclectic Moniker took part in the Roskilde Festival 2011 and on 12 January 2012 won the Talent Prize for $15,000 at the "Odense live prisen" held in Odense.

Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly

Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly (12 January 1974 – 9 May 1997) was the only son of Maurice FitzGerald, Marquess of Kildare (now 9th Duke of Leinster).

Wilton Park

Wilton Park began on 12 January 1946 as part of an initiative inspired by Sir Winston Churchill, who in 1944 called for Britain to help establish a democracy in Germany after the second world war.

Zsolt Becsey

Zsolt László Becsey (born on 12 January 1964 in Szeged)