December 12

Events

 * 1896 - gives first public demonstration of his radio equipment.
 * 1901 - receives the first transatlantic radio signal at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Births

 * 1887 -, Swedish composer (d. 1974)
 * 1927 -, Inventor of the integrated circuit (d.1990)
 * 1929 -, Japanese musician
 * 1940 -, American singer
 * 1942 -, British musician
 * 1943 -, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
 * 1943 -, American saxophonist (d. 1999)
 * 1945 -, American jazz drummer (d. 1997)
 * 1957 -, American musician
 * 1967 -, Japanese composer
 * 1972 -, French Canadian singer and songwriter
 * 1972 -, American musician, grandson of Hank Williams
 * 1976 -, English guitarist (The Darkness)
 * 1979 -, Danish singer and bassist