What happened on 9 January 2012?

Discover what happened on 9 January 2012 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Births

• Patrick Gordon Lauchlan Fraser ((born 2012))
• Lily Meade ((born 2012))
• Wang Shuyao (Chinese Go player)

Deaths

• Thomas Höhle (German historian (1926-2012))
• Ernie Carson (American musician (1937-2012))
• Gilbert Thiel (Swiss internist (1934-2012))
• Heinrich Tessmer (German painter (1943-2012))
• Giuliano Pedretti (Swiss sculptor (1924-2012))
• Kurt Pfläging (German markscheider)
• Louis Boekhout (Dutch Canadian painter (1919-2012))
• Ger van Norden (Dutch painter (1927-2012))
• Wim de Jong (Dutch draughts player (1922-2012))
• Mae Laborde (American actress (1909-2012))
• Etienne Bagchus (Dutch painter (1940-2012))
• Aldo Zenhäusern (Swiss ice hockey player (1951-2012))
• Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc’h (French philologist (1926-2012))
• Denis Van Hecke (Belgian singer-songwriter (1951-2012))
• Takashi Fujinuma (Japanese translator (1931–2012))
• Junsaku Koizumi (Japanese painter and potter (1924-2012))
• Ruth Fernández (Puerto Rican singer and politician (1919–2012))
• Bridie Gallagher (Irish singer (1924–2012))
• Gaetano Mancini (Italian politician (1923–2012))
• Luigi Vertemati (Italian politician (1938-2012))
• Meyrkhan Murbakuly Abdildin (Soviet physicist and theoretical physicist (1938-2012))
• Pyotr Vasilevsky (Soviet footballer (1956-2012))
• Carlos Washington Pastor (Argentinian aviator and military personnel (1924–2012))
• Ivan Khorin (Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Humanities, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, participant in WW II)
• Q4525653 (Russian actor (1931-2012))
• Alex DeCroce (Member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1936-2012))
• Bill Dickie (Scottish football executive (1929-2012))
• Bill Lucky (American football tackle (1931-2012))
• Brian Curvis (Welsh boxer (1937-2012))
• Mika Mannermaa (Finnish politician)
• Rebeca Anchondo (Mexican politician (1926-2012))
• John Both Puok (South Sudanese politician)
• Paul Terbenche (Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1945-2012))
• Larry Solway (Canadian broadcaster (1928-2012))
• László Szekeres (Hungarian physician (1921-2012))
• Robert Nelson (American film director (1930–2012))
• Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr. (Philippine soldier (1919-2012))
• Tubby Bacon (Sports team owner)
• Vern McGrew (American high jumper (1929–2012))
• William G. Roll (American psychologist (1926-2012))
• Louise Kaplan (psychologist)
• Ants Viidalepp (Estonian painter and illustrator (1921-2012))
• Kostas Ostrauskas (Lithuanian journalist)
• Sevastian Fenoghen (Romanian politician)
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• Richard Edward Snyder (American diplomat)
• Moldurga Salçak
• Gennady Ryazantsev (scientist)
• Herbert Pahlings (German mathematician)
• Floro Garrido (Spanish football player/manager (1952-2012))
• Magda Marsay (opera singer, voice teacher (1927-2012))
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• Shin’ichi Arai (Japanese bureaucrat and businessman)
• Éva Spányik (Hungarian actress (1928-2012))
• Carlo Caldi (Italian entrepreneur and partisan, founder of Girmi)
• Yngve Hagerman
• Henryk Zieliński
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• Francis Golffing (American poet (1910–2012))
• Shirley Jane Goldblum (Mother of Jeff Goldblum, an American actor)
• Georges Souville (French historian and archeologist (1927-2012))
• Mervyn Talbot Archdale ((1924-2012))
• Stephen St. Clair McNeile ((1925-2012))
• William Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt ((1932-2012))
• Aurea Ethelwyn Allix ((1917-2012))
• Gábor Klausz
• Evio Tomasucci (Italian worker, partisan and politician)
• Fritz Lorenz Wermelinger ((1922-2012))
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• Deirdre Henty-Creer (Australian painter)
• Paul Rice Camp (American academic and professor of physics (1919-2012))
• Hiram Paley (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1959)
• Wissam el-Yamni
• John Taylor (British judge)
• Marcel Nachtergaele (Belgian conservationist, 1922-2012)
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• Zhang Zaitang (Chinese politician)
• Beonne Boronda (American sculptor, educator (1911–2012))
• Jindřiška Jínová
• Thomas Höhle (German historian (1926-2012))
• Ernie Carson (American musician (1937-2012))
• Gilbert Thiel (Swiss internist (1934-2012))
• Heinrich Tessmer (German painter (1943-2012))
• Giuliano Pedretti (Swiss sculptor (1924-2012))
• Kurt Pfläging (German markscheider)
• Louis Boekhout (Dutch Canadian painter (1919-2012))
• Ger van Norden (Dutch painter (1927-2012))
• Wim de Jong (Dutch draughts player (1922-2012))
• Mae Laborde (American actress (1909-2012))
• Etienne Bagchus (Dutch painter (1940-2012))
• Aldo Zenhäusern (Swiss ice hockey player (1951-2012))
• Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc’h (French philologist (1926-2012))
• Denis Van Hecke (Belgian singer-songwriter (1951-2012))
• Takashi Fujinuma (Japanese translator (1931–2012))
• Junsaku Koizumi (Japanese painter and potter (1924-2012))
• Ruth Fernández (Puerto Rican singer and politician (1919–2012))
• Bridie Gallagher (Irish singer (1924–2012))
• Gaetano Mancini (Italian politician (1923–2012))
• Luigi Vertemati (Italian politician (1938-2012))
• Meyrkhan Murbakuly Abdildin (Soviet physicist and theoretical physicist (1938-2012))
• Pyotr Vasilevsky (Soviet footballer (1956-2012))
• Carlos Washington Pastor (Argentinian aviator and military personnel (1924–2012))
• Ivan Khorin (Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Humanities, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, participant in WW II)
• Q4525653 (Russian actor (1931-2012))
• Alex DeCroce (Member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1936-2012))
• Bill Dickie (Scottish football executive (1929-2012))
• Bill Lucky (American football tackle (1931-2012))
• Brian Curvis (Welsh boxer (1937-2012))
• Mika Mannermaa (Finnish politician)
• Rebeca Anchondo (Mexican politician (1926-2012))
• John Both Puok (South Sudanese politician)
• Paul Terbenche (Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1945-2012))
• Larry Solway (Canadian broadcaster (1928-2012))
• László Szekeres (Hungarian physician (1921-2012))
• Robert Nelson (American film director (1930–2012))
• Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr. (Philippine soldier (1919-2012))
• Tubby Bacon (Sports team owner)
• Vern McGrew (American high jumper (1929–2012))
• William G. Roll (American psychologist (1926-2012))
• Louise Kaplan (psychologist)
• Ants Viidalepp (Estonian painter and illustrator (1921-2012))
• Kostas Ostrauskas (Lithuanian journalist)
• Sevastian Fenoghen (Romanian politician)
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• Richard Edward Snyder (American diplomat)
• Moldurga Salçak
• Gennady Ryazantsev (scientist)
• Herbert Pahlings (German mathematician)
• Floro Garrido (Spanish football player/manager (1952-2012))
• Magda Marsay (opera singer, voice teacher (1927-2012))
• Q24010718 (scientist)
• Shin’ichi Arai (Japanese bureaucrat and businessman)
• Éva Spányik (Hungarian actress (1928-2012))
• Carlo Caldi (Italian entrepreneur and partisan, founder of Girmi)
• Yngve Hagerman
• Henryk Zieliński
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• Francis Golffing (American poet (1910–2012))
• Shirley Jane Goldblum (Mother of Jeff Goldblum, an American actor)
• Georges Souville (French historian and archeologist (1927-2012))
• Mervyn Talbot Archdale ((1924-2012))
• Stephen St. Clair McNeile ((1925-2012))
• William Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt ((1932-2012))
• Aurea Ethelwyn Allix ((1917-2012))
• Gábor Klausz
• Evio Tomasucci (Italian worker, partisan and politician)
• Fritz Lorenz Wermelinger ((1922-2012))
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• Deirdre Henty-Creer (Australian painter)
• Paul Rice Camp (American academic and professor of physics (1919-2012))
• Hiram Paley (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1959)
• Wissam el-Yamni
• John Taylor (British judge)
• Marcel Nachtergaele (Belgian conservationist, 1922-2012)
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• Zhang Zaitang (Chinese politician)
• Beonne Boronda (American sculptor, educator (1911–2012))
• Jindřiška Jínová
• Pengiran Anak Kemaluddin (Bruneian legislative speaker (1929–2012))
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