TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Monday, 12 January 2026
2010
The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing at least 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
2007
Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
2006
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.
Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.
The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
2005
Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket.
2004
The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
1998
Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
1992
A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
1991
Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
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