BirthDecember 121994

Otto Warmbier

Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)

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When
Monday, December 12 199432 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Otto Warmbier

Who they were

Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)

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Otto Warmbier appears on our December 12 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.

December 12 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1988Clapham Junction rail crash
  2. 1994Otto Warmbier
  3. 19991999 Luzon earthquake
  4. 2000Supreme Court of the United States
  5. 2001Prime Minister of Vietnam
  6. 2012North Korea
  7. 2012Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2
  8. 2015Paris Agreement
  9. 20212021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  10. 2021Formula One
  11. 2024Grandmaster (chess)

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  • September 9Space Shuttle programSpace Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-64.
  • September 12Frank Eugene CorderFrank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West Wing. There were no o…
  • September 14Major League BaseballThe rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
  • September 161988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictionsThe British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
  • June 141994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riotThe 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup, causing an est…
  • January 3Baikal Airlines Flight 130Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.
  • August 14Carlos the JackalIlich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
  • July 5Jeff BezosJeff Bezos founds Amazon.

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December 12 1994 — 32 years ago, on a Monday.

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