Antiserum Against Tetanus was Developed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris

January 12 is the 12nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days left until the end of the year (354 in leap years).

Events

1915 - The U.S. House of Representatives rejects a bill allowing women to vote too.
1920 – The last Ottoman Parliamentary Assembly started negotiations in Istanbul.
1923 - An antisera against tetanus is developed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first female politician elected to the United States Senate.
1934 – Former Prime Minister of Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos, nominated Atatürk for the Nobel Peace Prize.
1940 – II. World War II: Russia bombs Finland.
1944 – First handover in the General Staff: Marshal Fevzi Çakmak retired due to age limit, Kazım Orbay was appointed instead.
1945 – II. World War II: Soviet troops counterattack Nazi forces in Eastern Europe.
1951 – The International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide enters into force.
1952 – The US administration approved the military aid of 58 million dollars to Turkey within the framework of the Marshall Plan.
1959 - The Soviet spacecraft Luna 1 is placed in orbit around the sun. Luna became the first spacecraft to escape gravity.
1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson announces that the United States will remain in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends.
1967 James Bedford became the first human to be cryogenically frozen to be reanimated in the future.
1969 - Led Zeppelin released their first album (Led Zeppelin).
1972 - Mujibur Rahman became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
1976 – The UN Security Council, by 1 votes to 11, decides that the Palestine Liberation Organization should participate in Security Council debates without voting rights.
1991 - The United States Congress authorizes their governments to use force to remove Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
1998 – 19 European countries agree to ban human cloning.
2000 – The Chairmen of the parties forming the Government of the Republic of Turkey decided to abide by the interim injunction decision of the European Court of Human Rights regarding Abdullah Öcalan, who was sentenced to death.
2001 – In Colombia, where more than 36 people died and 130 million people left their homes in the 2-year civil war, the administration allocated a demilitarized zone in the north to the National Liberation Army, a communist organization in the country.
2006 – In Mina, (Saudi Arabia), 362 pilgrims died in the turmoil during the stoning of the devil.
2010 – A 7,0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Haiti.
2012 – The mummified body of North Korean Leader Kim Cong-il, who died on December 17, 2011, was transferred to Kumsusan Sun Palace with a ceremony.
2016 – 10 people died and 15 were injured in a bomb attack near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Births

1628 – Charles Perrault, French writer (d. 1703)
1729 – Edmund Burke, English philosopher and statesman (d. 1797)
1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue, philanthropist, philosopher, and politician (d. 1827)
1751 – Ferdinando I, King of Sicily (d. 1825)
1772 – Mikhail Speranski, Russian reformist statesman (d. 1839)
1778 – William Herbert, English botanist, plant painter, poet, and cleric (d. 1847)
1810 – II. Ferdinando, king of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
1822 – Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer (d. 1900)
1833 – Karl Eugen Dühring, German philosopher and economist (d. 1921)
1856 – John Singer Sargent, American painter (d. 1925)
1859 – Rızaeddin Fahreddin, Tatar mufti and historian (d. 1936)
1861 – Süleyman Selim Efendi, son of Sultan Abdülmecid (d. 1909)
1870 – Grigori Gurkin, Russian Turcologist, ethnographer and painter (d. 1937)
1871 – Zekiye Sultan, II. Abdulhamid's daughter (d. 1950)
1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and co-founder of the Turkish Republic (d. 1950)
1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (Pal Street Boysauthor of) (d. 1952)
1880 – Fahrettin Altay, Turkish soldier and politician (one of the commanders of the War of Independence) (d. 1974)
1886 – Reşide Bayar, wife of the 3rd President of the Republic of Turkey Celal Bayar (d. 1962)
1892 – Mikhail Kirponos, Soviet Red Army general (d. 1941)
1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, German politician (d. 1946)
1893 – Hermann Göring, Nazi officer (d. 1946)
1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
1894 – Dorothy Wall, New Zealand-Australian writer and illustrator (d. 1942)
1895 – Jean Berthoin, French politician (d. 1979)
1896 – David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist (d. 1981)
1897 – Nahit Hilmi Özeren, Turkish literary and lyricist (d. 1951)
1898 – Gustav Haloun, Czech sinologist (d. 1951)
1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1965)
1900 – Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Turkish literary historian and translator (d. 1982)
1902 – Saud bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Soviet nuclear physicist (who built the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb and first nuclear power plant, and the world's first thermonuclear bomb) (d. 1960)
1905 – Hüseyin Nihal Atsız, Turkish writer, poet, historian and ideologist (d. 1975)
1906 – Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
1907 – Sergey Korolyov, Soviet rocket engineer (d. 1966)
1910 – Louise Rainer, German actor (d. 2014)
1916 – Pieter Willem Botha, first President of South Africa (d. 2006)
1916–Mary Wilson, English poet (d. 2018)
1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru (developing the Transcendental Meditation technique) (d. 2008)
1925 – Nevit Kodallı, Turkish composer, composer and music educator (d. 2009)
1926 Morton Feldman, American composer (d. 1987)
1926 – Ray Price, American country singer, composer, and guitarist (d. 2013)
1928 – Ruth Brown, American Rhythm and Blues singer (d. 2005)
1929 Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish philosopher
1931 – Leyla Erbil, Turkish writer (d. 2013)
1931 – Özdemir Nutku, Turkish theater scientist, actor, writer, critic and director (d. 2019)
1932 – Engin Geçtan, Turkish psychiatrist and writer (d. 2018)
1934 – Metin Serezli, Turkish actor (d. 2013)
1934 – Ibrahim Nafei, Egyptian journalist (d. 2018)
1935 - Kreskin, American mentalist
1936 – Emil Lahud, Lebanese soldier and politician
1936 – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (d. 2016)
1937 – Jan van der Graaf, Dutch church administrator, engineer and author (d. 2022)
1941 – Long John Baldry, English singer and musician (d. 2005)
1941 – Fiona Caldicott, British academic, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and administrator (d. 2021)
1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer and world heavyweight professional boxing champion (d. 2011)
1945 – Aytunç Altındal, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 2013)
1947 – Tom Dempsey, American Football player (d. 2020)
1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football player and manager
1949 – Hammadi Jibali, Tunisian engineer, Islamist politician, journalist, and former prime minister of Tunisia
1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short story writer, translator, and journalist
1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and Emmy Award winner (d. 2022)
1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality, conservative political commentator, author, and television show host (d. 2021)
1953 – Mary Harron, Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter
1956 – Nikolay Noskov, Russian rock singer
1958 – Christiane Amanpour, Iranian-English journalist and journalist
1960 – Dominique Wilkins, former professional basketball player
1962 – Luna Vachon, American-Canadian female professional wrestler (d. 2010)
1964 – Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur and businessman (founder of Amazon.com)
1965 – Rob Zombie, American heavy metal singer, director, producer, producer, screenwriter, clothing and tattoo designer
1966 – Olivier Martinez, French actor
1967 – Selahattin Dervent, Turkish coach
1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish-Turkish model and actress
1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian football player
1969 – David Mitchell, English novelist and screenwriter
1969 – Gökhan Semiz, Turkish lyricist, composer and lead singer of Grup Vitamin (d. 1998)
1970 – Raekwon, American rapper
1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American vocalist, songwriter, and activist
1972 – Toto Wolff, Austrian investor and former racing driver
1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer
1974 – Melanie Chisholm, British artist
1975 - Jason Jeremy Freese, American musician
1979 – Marian Hossa, American ice hockey player
1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish national football player
1980 – Amerie, American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model
1980 – Akiko Morigami, Japanese tennis player
1980 – Amerie, American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model
1981 – Luis Pérez, Mexican football player
1985 – Artem Milevski, Belarusian-Ukrainian football player
1985 - Issa Rae, American actress, writer, and producer
1985 – Borja Valero, former Spanish national football player
1986 – Oya Okar, Turkish actress
1986 – Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Italian football player
1987 – Naya Rivera, American singer and actress
1987 - Salvatore Sirigu, Italian football player
1989 – Axel Thomas Witsel, Belgian national football player
1991 – Pixie Lott, English singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
1992 – Ishak Belfodil, Algerian football player
1992 – Samuele Longo, Italian football player
1993 – DO, Korean singer, actor, and songwriter
1993 – Zayn Malik, Pakistani-English singer-songwriter and member of One Direction
1995 – Alessio Romagnoli, Italian national football player
2000 – Batista Mendy, French football player

Deaths

1519 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
1621 – Prince Mehmed, prince of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1605)
1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and jurist (b. 1601)
1759 – Anne, King II. Second child and eldest daughter of George and his wife Caroline (Ansbach) (b. 1709)
1833 – Marie-Antonin Carême, one of France's first confectioners (b. 1784)
1875 – Tongzhi, Qing Dynasty (Manchu) emperor (b. 1856)
1889 – Churchill Babington, English classical scholar, archaeologist and naturalist (b. 1821)
1905 – Abdullah Galib Pasha, Ottoman politician (b. 1829)
1909 – Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian mathematician (b. 1864)
1942 – Charles Tate Regan, Fellow of the Royal Society of Great Britain and ichthyologist (b. 1878)
1950 – Pedro Calomino, Argentinean former international football player (b. 1892)
1967 – James Bedford, American scientist (b. 1893)
1974 – Patricia, granddaughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1886)
1976 – Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1983 – Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)
1985 – Sabri Kiraz, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
1997 – Charles Brenton Huggins, American physician, physiologist, and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901)
1998 – Sadi Koçaş, Turkish politician and former deputy prime minister (b. 1919)
2001 – Bill Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 – Cyrus Vance, 57th US Secretary of State (b. 1917)
2003 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and statesman (b. 1926)
2003 – Maurice Gibb, English musician (member of Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2006 – Ömer Küyük, Turkish War of Independence veteran (b. 1898)
2009 – Claude Berri, French director, actor and producer (b. 1934)
2010 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher, civic activist and thinker (b. 1946)
2010 – Altan Dinçer, Turkish national basketball player and coach (b. 1932)
2010 – Miep Gies, II. Dutch citizen who helped Anne Frank and her family during World War II (b. 1909)
2012 – Aslı Nemutlu, Turkish national skier (b. 1994)
2013 – Precious Bryant, American country and blues musician (b. 1942)
2013 – Alev Sururi, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actress (b. 1931)
2013 – Koto Okubo has the title of World's Oldest Woman (b. 1897)
2014 – Alexandra Bastedo, English actress and activist (b. 1946)
2014 – Halet Çambel, Turkish archaeologist, writer and the first Turkish female athlete in the Olympics (b. 1916)
2015 – Yelena Obraztsova, Russian mezzo-soprano (b. 1939)
2016 – Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (b. 1995)
2017 – Giulio Angioni, Italian writer (b. 1939)
2017 – Meir Banai, Israeli musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1961)
2017 – William Peter Blatty, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2017 – Vsevolod Murakhovski, Ukrainian Russian Soviet politician (b.1926)
2017 – Graham Taylor, English former football player and manager (b. 1944)
2017 – Ilyas Huseynov, Azerbaijani musician (b. 1924)
2018 – Eddy Beugels, Former Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
2018 – Bella Emberg, English actress (b. 1937)
2018 – Frankie Muse Freeman, American black female human rights activist and lawyer (b. 1916)
2018 – Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and presenter (b. 1928)
2019 – Bonnie Guitar, American singer, songwriter, producer, equine educator, and businessperson (b. 1923)
2019 – Etsuko Ichihara, Japanese actress (b. 1936)
2019 – Joe M. Jackson, American veteran and fighter pilot (b. 1923)
2019 – Batton Lash, American comics artist (b. 1953)
2019 – Patricia Wald, American judge (b. 1928)
2020 – Tony Garnett, English actor, television and film producer (b. 1936)
2020 – Paulo Gonçalves, Portuguese professional motorcycle racer (b. 1979)
2020 – Jayalath Manoratne, Sri Lankan actor, writer and singer (b. 1948)
2020 – Roger Scruton, English philosopher, author and animal rights activist (b. 1944)
2020 – Aart Staartjes, Dutch actor, director, TV personality, writer and producer (b. 1938)
2021 – Frank Arok, Hungarian professional football player and manager (b. 1932)
2021 – Bruce Bennett, American football player (b. 1943)
2021 – Florentin Crichălmeanu, hierarch of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (b. 1959)
2021 – Mona Malm, Swedish actress (b. 1935)
2021 – Sidik Mia, Malawian businessman and politician (b. 1965)
2021 – Belarusian Orthodox Archbishop, born in Philaret, Russia (b. 1935)
2021 – Bridget Rowe, British journalist and columnist (b. 1950)
2021 – Shingoose, Canadian Ojibwa native country singer, songwriter, television producer, and presenter (b. 1946)
2023 – Burhan Çaçan, Turkish folk music artist (b. 1960)
2023 – Lisa Marie Presley, American rock singer (daughter of Elvis Presley) (b. 1968)