On this day: January 12

National days on this date

• Turkmenistan Remembrance Day (Gökdepe)Remembers those who fell defending Gökdepe in 1881.

Events

1. 2016 112 emergency telephone number

Births

1. 1876 Fevzi Çakmak Turkish military officer and statesperson (1876–1950)
2. 1912 Dinmukhamed Konayev Soviet politician (1912-1993)
3. 1941 Bolotbek Shamshiyev Soviet film director (1941–2019)
4. 1950 Zinaida Amosova cross-country skier
5. 1955 Arif Yunus Azerbaijani writer
6. 1967 Grigoriy Yegorov Kazakhstani pole vaulter
7. 1973 Hande Yener Turkish singer (born 1973)
8. 1982 Velichko Cholakov Bulgarian weightlifter (1982-2017)
9. 1994 Emre Can Turkish-German association football player (born 1994)
10. 2000 Zhansaya Abdumalik Kazakh chess player

Deaths

1. 2014 Halet Çambel Turkish archaeologist (1916–2014)