On this day: December 12

National days on this date

• International Day of NeutralityAnniversary of the 1995 UN General Assembly recognition of Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality.

Events

1. 115 Antioch earthquake of 115 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Antakya in south-central Turkey on December 13, 115
2. 1510 Battle of Merv 1510 battle between the Safavid Iran and the Shaybanids
3. 2022 Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh 2022 part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Births

1. 1792 Alexander Ypsilantis Greek general (1792-1828)
2. 1896 Vasily Gordov Soviet colonel general (1896–1950)
3. 1909 Hamid Olimjon writer, poet (1909–1944)
4. 1928 Chingiz Aĭtmatov Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928–2008)
5. 1960 Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed First Deputy Chairman of "Nur Otan" party
6. 1963 Yulduz Usmonova Uzbekistani singer and actress
7. 1979 Emin Azerbaijani-Russian singer and businessman
8. 1983 Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistani wrestler
9. 1987 Almat Kebispayev Kazakhstani wrestler
10. 1991 Elmurat Tasmuradov Olympic wrestler

Deaths

1. 1931 Mammad agha Shahtakhtinski Azerbaijani publicist, linguist and political writer (1846–1931)
2. 1963 Latif Safarov Soviet film director (1920–1963)
3. 2003 Heydar Aliyev 3rd President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1923–2003)