December 12

December 12 is the 346th day (347th on leap years) of the year. There are 19 days remaining.

Events:

• 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state.
• 1870 - [Joseph H. Rainey]? of South Carolina becomes the first black congressmen.
• 1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi
• 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from Great Britain.

Births:

• 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer
• 1915 - Frank Sinatra, entertainer
• 1940 - [Dionne Warwick]?, [Grammy Award]?-winning singer

Deaths:

• 1939 - [Douglas Fairbanks]?, actor
• 1999 - [Joseph Heller]?, author

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

December 11 - December 13 - November 12 - January 12 - other historical anniversaries