Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 12
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Chiang Kai-shek -
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George W. Bush
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Independence Day in Kenya (1963) | refimprove section |
| Feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholicism); | lots of unreferenced |
| 1862 – American Civil War: USS Cairo was sunk in the Yazoo River, the first armored ship sunk by a naval mine. | refimprove section |
| 1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, was inaugurated as Cidade de Minas. | cleanup required, expansion, refimprove |
| 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England, to Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland. | refimprove section |
| 1905 – In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of Workers' Deputies of Kyiv staged a mass uprising, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in the city. | Too much uncited, date not cited in article |
| 1911 – The final Delhi Durbar, a mass assembly at Coronation Park to mark the succession of an emperor or empress of India, took place. | lots of CN tags (8) |
| 1915 – President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy and declared himself Emperor. | refimprove section |
| 1935 – The Nazi Lebensborn programme, which was later mistakenly believed to engage in coercive breeding, was established to provide assistance to the wives of SS members and unmarried mothers. | Too much uncited |
| 1918 – The flag of Estonia was raised for the first time atop the Pikk Hermann in Tallinn. | refimprove section |
| 1937 – Japanese aircraft attacked and sank USS Panay while it was anchored in the Yangtze. | refimprove section |
| 1956 – The Irish Republican Army began its border campaign, a guerrilla campaign to overthrow British rule in Northern Ireland. | refimprove section |
| 1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285R crashed after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, killing 256 people, including 248 members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. | Date not cited |
| Johann Christoph Gottsched |d|1766| | "More sources" orange banner |
| Cesar Virata |b|1930| | "More sources" orange banner |
| Yasujirō Ozu |bd|1903; 1963| | Too much uncited |
| Peter Fraser |d|1950| | Too much uncited |
Eligible
- 627 – At the Battle of Nineveh, the Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeated the forces of Sasanian emperor Khosrow II, commanded by Rhahzadh, near present-day Mosul, Iraq.
- 1866 – England's worst mining disaster occurred when a series of explosions (depicted) caused by flammable gases ripped through the Oaks Colliery, killing 361 people.
- 1936 – Republic of China leader Chiang Kai-shek was kidnapped by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, a former warlord of Manchuria.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.
- 1969 – The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.
- 1988 – Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.
- 2000 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.
- 2012 – North Korea made its first successful satellite launch, as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 reached orbit.
- 2021 – At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.
- Born/died: | Geoffrey |d|1212| Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood |b|1724| Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke |d|1751| Gustave Flaubert |b|1821| Edvard Munch |b|1863| Henrietta Swan Leavitt |d|1921| Ikuhiko Hata|b|1932| Raymond P. Shafer |d|2006| Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi |d|2021
December 12: Beginning of the Yule Lads' arrival in Iceland
HMS Duchess
- 1388 – Unable to defend her possessions, Maria of Enghien sold the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.
- 1939 – The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, sinking with heavy loss of life.
- 1942 – World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1964 – Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.
- 1979 – A Mw8.2 earthquake struck just offshore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami.
- John Boydell (d. 1804)
- Anne Liburd (b. 1920)
- Doris Blackburn (d. 1970)
- Evelyn S. Lieberman (d. 2015)
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