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| January 12th, 2007 | Event | Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. |
| January 12th, 2006 | Event | The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council. |
| January 12th, 2006 | Event | A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. |
| January 12th, 2006 | Event | Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Agca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II. |
| January 12th, 2006 | Event | The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. |
| January 12th, 2005 | Event | Deep Impact (space mission) launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket. |
| January 12th, 2004 | Event | The world s largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. |
| January 12th, 1998 | Event | Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. |
| January 12th, 1995 | Event | Malcolm X s daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan. |
| January 12th, 1992 | Event | A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali. |
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