The December 12th is the 346e Jour of the Année (347e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier. There remain 19 days before the end of the year.
Events
0 to 1899
20th century
- 1901 : with Newfoundland, with for antenna 120 m of copper wire drawn by a Kite, Guglielmo Marconi collect the very first signal transatlantic wireless telegraphy, transmitted in Morse of Poldhu, in Cornouailles.
- 1905 : The Russian tsar Nicolas II grants a constitution to the Montenegro.
- 1915 :
- the German Hugo Junkers makes fly the first plane very out of metal.
- In the Dardanelles, after the failure of the allied operation, the evacuation of the strait starts.
- 1920: With Cork, in Ireland, the martial law is issued.
- 1925 : Reza Khan becomes Chah. He will be crowned in April 25th 1926.
- 1931 : In Germany, last figure of unemployment: 5.349.000 unemployed.
- 1932 : The Soviet Union restores diplomatic relations with the Japan.
- 1935 : Public statement of Frederic Joliot-Curie on the nuclear transmutations discovered by Enrico Fermi, during the handing-over of the Nobel Prize of chemistry, which was allotted to him jointly with his wife Irene Joliot-Curie: it evokes a colossal release of energy.
- 1936 : Tchang Kaï-chek is stopped by its generals, who force it to make peace with the Chinese Communists to fight the Japan.
- 1937 : the USSR: First general elections since the Revolution. Triumph over the Communist party, thanks to the system of the one applicant.
- 1938 : Camillien Houde is elected mayor of Montreal for a fourth mandate.
- 1952 :
- Roger Carpentier, of CEV (Flight test center), is the first pilot French to cross the Mur of the sound on board a Mystère II.
- World congress of the people for Peace, with Vienna, by the World council of Peace.
- 1953 : Charles Yeager is the first man to exceed Mach 2 on board the Bell X1-.
- 1961 :
- Marie Besnard, that which one called “the empoisonneuse one of Loudun” is discharged.
- Mylène Farmer, author and interprête Franco-Canadian, is born in Pierrefonds, Canada.
- 1963 : The Kenya becomes independent, with at its head Jomo Kenyatta.
- 1969:
- 1975 : A suburban train strikes a bus, broken down with a , level crossing Toronto, killing ten people.
- 1981 : The Polish government issues the martial Loi and intern the militants of Solidarność.
- 1983 : Forcing the grids of the embassy of the the United States to the Kuwait, a truck explodes and kills five people.
- 1984 : One Blow-in State in Mauritania gives the capacity to Maaouiya Ould Taya.
- 1985 : Chartered at Arrow Air by the American army, a cd. 8 is crushed in Gander, with Newfoundland; it is the worst air crash to occur with the Canada with two hundred and fifty six dead.
- 1989 : Ashes of the Abbot Gregoire, Monge and Condorcet are transferred to the the Pantheon from Paris.
- 1993 : With the Chile, Eduardo Frei gains the presidential election.
- 1997 : The lawsuit of the Venezuelan Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, alias Carlos, begins with Paris, for three made murders in June 1975.
- 1998 :
- Member of CIO since 1963, Marc Hodler confirms corruption surrounding the choice of the cities for the Olympic Games.
- After three hundred and seventeen days of detention, Vincent Cochetel of HCR is released from its kidnappers tchetchenes by the Russian special forces.
- 1999 : Chartered by Total-Fina-Elf , the Maltese tanker Erika breaks into two to fifty kilometers of the coast of the Finistere; ten thousand tons of hydrocarbons will soil the coasts of the Vendée and Brittany.
- 2000 :
21e century
- 2001 : Adoption by the Heads of State and/or government of the countries of the Association of the States of Caribbean (AEC), joined together on the island of Margarita, with the Venezuela of the Declaration of Margarita , “recognizing the Caribbean Sea like common inheritance of the area, and a priceless credit”.
- 2002 : The North Korea announces the immediate reactivation of its nuclear installations.
- 2004 : Introduction of the first stage of Rail 2000 in Switzerland, great revolution for the CF.
- 2005 : Lebanon: Assassination in an car bomb attack of Gébrane Tuéni, 48 years, director of the liberal newspaper An Nahar , Lebanese journalist engaged and anti-Syrian of the first hour, Greek-orthodoxe deputy of Beirut, on the list of the Current of the Future, of Saad Hariri.
- 2006 : Egypt: manifestation of the opponents not-monk of Kifāya to the Cairo, to protest against the policy of the government and to make public their suspicion as for the will of the president Hosnī Mubārak to modify the Constitution in favor of the election of his/her Gamal son.
Sport
- 2004 : FC Oporto gains for the second time the intercontinental Coupe by beating the Colombian team of the Once Caldas with the shootings with the goals.
Births
- 1541 : Jean Bauhin, Swiss botanist († October 26th 1612)
- 1745: John Jay, man, diplomat and American lawyer († May 17th 1829)
- 1773: Robert Surcouf, French corsair († July 8th 1827)
- 1791: Marie Louise, archduchess of Austria, second wife of Napoleon i and Impératrice of the French (1810 - 1815) († December 18th 1847).
- 1806 : Stand Watie, only Amerindian general officer of the American Civil War.
- 1821 : Gustave Flaubert, French writer († May 8th 1880)
- 1863: Edvard Munch, painter and Norwegian engraver († January 23rd 1944)
- 1875: Gerd von Rundstedt, German general of the Second world war († February 24th 1953)
- 1890: Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, philosopher Polish († April 12th 1963)
- 1893: Edward G. Robinson, American actor († January 26th 1973)
- 1903: Yasujiro Ozu, realizer Japan board († 1963)
- 1908: Manoel de Oliveira, Realizer Portuguese
- 1915: Frank Sinatra, American singer († May 14th 1998)
- 1934: Bernard Darty, business man French
- 1934: Miguel of Madrid Hurtado, president of the Mexico between 1982 and 1988.
- 1937 : Roberto Benzi, leader French
- 1938: Connie Francis, American singer
- 1945: Patrice Duhamel, journalist French
- 1951: Steven A. Hawley, American astronaut
- 1949: Marc Ravalomanana, president of Madagascar since May 6th, 2002
- 1967: Yuzo Koshiro, musician and type-setter Japan board
- 1970: Jennifer Connelly, American actress
Death
- 1586 : Etienne Bathory, king de Pologne
- 1846: Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Naturalist, Exploring Artist and French (° January 1st 1778).
- 1913 : Ménélik II emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1921 : Henrietta Swan Leavitt, astronomer American (° 1868).
- 1923 : Raymond Radiguet, writer French (° June 18th 1903).
- 1963 : Yasujiro Ozu, realizer Japan board (° 1903).
- 1964 : Boris Karlov, Bulgarian accordionist
- 1968: Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (° January 31st 1902)
- 1980:
- 1987 : Enrique Jorrin, violonist and cuban and creative leader of the Cha-cha.
- 1992 : Suzanne Lilar, Belgian writer of French language (° 1901)
- 1994: Stuart Roosa, American astronaut (° August 16th 1933)
- 2001: Jean Richard, actor and man of circus (° 1921).
- 2002 : Dee Brown, novelist and American historian (° February 29th 1908).
- 2002 : Brad Dexter American actor .
- 2003 : Keiko, orc-high-speed motorboat of the films Save Willy, Sauvez Willy 2, Sauvez Willy 3, the continuation.
- 2003 : Heydər Əliyev, former president Azerbaïdjan board.
- 2005 : Gébrane Tuéni, journalist and Lebanese politician, Greek-orthodoxe deputy of Beirut. (° September 15th 1957).
Celebrations
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
Catholic saints of the day
- Jeanne-Francoise Frémyot de Chantal
Catholic day celebrates
- Notre Dame de Guadalupe, appearance of 1531 to the Mexico
See too
Beats-smg: Groudė 12
Be-X-old: 12 сьнежня
Fiu-vro: 12. joulukuu päiv
Nds-nl: 12 december
Simple: December 12
Zh-yue: 12 月 12 號