On this day 12th January

Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

1528 Gustav I of Sweden "father of the nation" crowned King of Sweden. Rules 37 years

1554 Bayinnaung is crowned King of Burma. He would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia

1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.

1948 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast

1970 Nigerian civil war ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria

2010 Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince

Deaths

689 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies

1700 Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame in Quebec, dies at 79

1759 Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, dies at 49

1834 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1806-07), dies at 74

1897 Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)

1976 Agatha Christie, British crime writer ("10 Little Indians"), dies at 85

2001 William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (co-founder Hewlett-Packard), dies of a heart attack at 87

2003 Maurice Gibb, guitarist of the Bee Gees, dies of cardiac arrest at 53

Sport

1918 Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4

1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points

1967 Louisville, Kentucky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali

1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships

2009 Cristiano Ronaldo is awarded 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year at a ceremony in Zurich

Films and TV

1965 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV

2001 Disney Channel series "Lizzie McGuire" premieres starring Hilary Duff

2014 71st Golden Globes: "12 Years a Slave", Matthew McConaughey, & Cate Blanchett win

Born on this day

1974 Melanie Chisholm, English singer "Sporty Spice" (Spice Girls), born in Whiston, England

1993 Zayn Malik, English pop singer (One Direction), born in Bradford, England

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us

William Hewlett

Maurice Gibb