January 12
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Revolution day in Zanzibar
- National youth day in India
- Feast day of Saint Tatiana
On this day . . .
- The first public museum in the U.S. is created (1773)
- Royal Aeronautical Society founded in London (1866)
- The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom (1895)
- A wireless message is sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris (1908)
- First supermarket opened in Britain (1948)
- Led Zeppelin release the group's first album (1969)
- First transatlantic jumbo jet flight (1970)
- The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden
voyage (2004)
Births
- Charles Perrault, French storyteller (1628)
- Jack London, American adventure novelist (1876)
- Joe Frazier, American boxer (1947)
- Howard Stern, American TV presenter (1954)
- Olivier Martinez, French actor (1966)
Deaths
- Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (1625)
- Sir Isaac Pitman, English inventor of shorthand (1897)
- Nevil Shute, English novelist (1960)
- Agatha Christie, English detective story writer (1976)
- Maurice Gibb, British songwriter (2003)