January 12

Events

 * 1886 - Patent for an "Electrode for Telephone-Transmitters" was issued to
 * 1897 - One of the many patents for a "" was issued to Thomas Alva Edison
 * 1908 - a long-distance wireless message was sent for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
 * 1919 - U.S. patent for "Method and Means for Improving the Rendition of Musical Compositions" was issued to Thomas A. Edison
 * 1949 - proves mathematics of Nyquist Theorem.

Births

 * 1723 -, American college educator (d. 1797)
 * 1876 -, Italian composer (d. 1948)
 * 1916 -, American musician (d. 2006)
 * 1916 -, British cellist (d. 1999)
 * 1917 -, American conductor (d. 2007)
 * 1926 -, American composer
 * 1928 -, American singer (d. 2006)
 * 1941 -, British blues singer (d. 2005)
 * 1945 -, Scottish singer (Stone the Crows)
 * 1946 -, American musician
 * 1946 -, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
 * 1949 -, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
 * 1959 -, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
 * 1959 -, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette)
 * 1965 -, British record producer
 * 1965 -, American musician
 * 1970 -, American rapper
 * 1970 -, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
 * 1973 -, American singer (Jars of Clay)
 * 1973 -, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
 * 1973 -, Turkish singer
 * 1974 -, British singer
 * 1975 -, American musician
 * 1978 -, American singer and songwriter
 * 1978 -, American musician
 * 1978 -, American musician (The Ataris)
 * 1995 -, American singer