About the day » Monday January 12, 2009Calender converter

• Alexander James Shaw, Sunninghill

• Albertha Hermina Hasina (Berth) Oldenhof (91), Etten-Leur, NB, Nederland
• Adrie Tieben (74), Medemblik
• Cornelis (Kees) Hamelink (74), Bergen Op Zoom, Nederland
• Cecile Maria Goes (82), Ieper
• Armand Noel MARTIN (89), Sassenage,38360, Frankrijk
• Claude Langmann (74), Paris
• Alida Maria Louise (Lidy) Scheepens (94), Laren
• Cornelis(Kees) Hamelink (74), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Jacoba Otto (84), Amsterdam
• Elizabeth-Johanna-Maria Jellema (67), Twente, Overijsel, Netherlands

• 1989 » Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
• 1991 » Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1992 » Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
• 1992 » Samuele Longo, Italian footballer
• 1993 » Do Kyungsoo, South Korean singer and member of boy band EXO
• 1993 » Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer
• 1993 » Zayn Malik, English singer-songwriter
• 1995 » Alessio Romagnoli, Italian footballer
• 1995 » Sarah Mehain, Canadian Paralympic swimmer

• 2006 » Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2007 » James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Max Beck, American intersex advocate (b. 1966)
• 2009 » Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2010 » Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939)
• 2012 » Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 1 » Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.
• January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
• January 29 » Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
• July 4 » The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
• August 17 » An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
• October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.

The temperature on January 12, 2009 was between 1.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.