What is celebrated on January 12, and what significant events took place on this day?

Today, January 12, Ukraine observes the Day of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner. Additionally, the world celebrates the Day of Keeping New Year's Resolutions, National Hot Tea Day, and National Marzipan Day. The Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Martyr Tatiana.

Notable figures born on this day:

• 1960 - Stanislav Boklan, Ukrainian theater and film actor, People's Artist of Ukraine.
• 1986 - Zlata Ognevich, Ukrainian singer, representative of Ukraine at the 2013 Eurovision (third place).
• 1999 - Vladislav Geraskevich, Ukrainian skeleton athlete, the first representative of Ukraine in this sport at the Olympic Games.

Events in Ukraine and around the world:

• 1554 - Bayinnaung, the creator of the largest empire in Southeast Asian history, becomes the king of Burma.
• 1848 - An uprising against King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies begins in Palermo (Sicily) - the first event of the "Springtime of Nations."
• 1879 - The start of the war between British colonists in South Africa and Zulu tribes.
• 1923 - In Kryvyi Rih, the GPU "exposes" a large Ukrainian insurgent organization, arresting over 200 people.
• 1932 - Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
• 1938 - German archaeologist Wilhelm Konig discovers the oldest battery made of galvanic cells in Baghdad.
• 1939 - The first six taxis begin operating in Poltava.
• 1954 - An avalanche in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg claims the lives of 200 people.
• 1964 - Pope Paul VI appoints Metropolitan Joseph Slipyj as a member of the Congregation for the Eastern Church.
• 1965 - The Mayor of Toronto signs a proclamation declaring January 22 as "Ukrainian Independence Day."
• 1967 - The first cryonically preserved human body - Professor James Bedford.
• 1974 - Vyacheslav Chornovil announces an annual one-day hunger strike on January 12 in protest against the repressions of the sixties.
• 1998 - The EU signs a protocol banning human cloning.
• 2007 - China launches its own meteorological satellite, testing space weaponry.
• 2008 - The Crimean Tatar Wikipedia is established.
• 2024 - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives in Kyiv with military aid and signs a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which will remain in effect until Ukraine joins NATO.