Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 12
December 12: Hanukkah ends at sunset (Judaism, 2007); Independence Day in Kenya (1963).
- 1531 – The Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin saw a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary outside of modern-day Mexico City.
- 1897 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, was inaugurated.
- 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi (pictured) received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, from Poldhu Wireless Station in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland.
- 1915 – President Yuan Shikai of the Republic of China reinstated the monarchy and declared himself Emperor.
- 1964 – Jomo Kenyatta became the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
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