Who was born on January 12?

On Friday, January 12, the 12th day of the year, there are 354 days left in the year

HISTORY OF THE DAY

1816 – The French government issued a decree banning the Bonaparte family from leaving the country forever.

1943 – Operation “Iskra” began, as a result of which the blockade of Leningrad was broken.

1967 – James Bedford, the first person to be cryopreserved.

2004 – The Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest cruise ship, made its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

2010 – An earthquake occurred in Haiti, killing 222,500 people.

BORN TODAY

Writer Charles Perrault (1628-1703)

Painter John Sargent (1856-1925)

Writer Jack London (1876-1916)

Actress, director Renata Litvinova (1967)

Lara Fabian, Belgian singer, born in 1970.