Agatha Christie, the English crime author, went missing from her house in Berkshire on Friday, December 3, 1926. It was the ideal tabloid tale, complete with all the components of one of Christie's classic 'whodunit' mysteries. Agatha Christie died of natural causes on January 12, 1976, at the age of 85, at her house, Winterbrook House, in the north of Cholsey parish, adjacent to Wallingford in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). She was laid to rest at Cholsey's St Mary's Churchyard.

William Redington Hewlett, the electrical engineer who raised $538 in 1938 with David Packard to start a little electronics firm in a Palo Alto, Calif, garage that eventually led to the formation of Silicon Valley, died on January 12th at his home in Portola Valley, Calif. He was 87 years old. After Mr. Hewlett returned to the San Francisco area from a career at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., the two men created Hewlett-Packard while conducting graduate study at Stanford University.

She was born in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. In 1970, while attending Atlanta's Spelman College, she met actor Samuel L. Jackson, who was then attending all-male Morehouse College and would eventually become her husband. In 1980, she married Jackson. Initially, Richardson, a Spelman College graduate, met Jackson while he was a student at Morehouse College. It was the year 1970. It would take them ten years to be married, which occurred on January 14, 1980. Zoe Jackson, their only child, was born in 1982.

On 14 January 1761, a northern invading army of the Maratha Empire and the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Durrani, with two Indian Muslim allies—the Rohilla Afghans of the Doab and Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Oudh—fought at Panipat, roughly 60 miles north of Delhi. The fight is regarded as one of the largest fought in the 18th century, with the most casualties known in a single day in a typical formation combat between two armies. The fight halted future Maratha advances in the north and destabilised their territory for almost ten years. An estimated 60,000–70,000 people were slain in the combat, and around 40,000 Maratha captives were slaughtered as a result.

Imran Khan, an actor of Indian descent who appeared in Hindi films, was born on January 13, 1983. He is the grandson of director-producer Nasir Hussain and the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and director-producer Mansoor Khan. In the 90s He had appearances in many movies.

Martin Luther King Jr., an American Baptist clergyman and activist, was born on January 15, 1929, and served as the most visible voice and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his death in 1968. King used nonviolence and civil disobedience to achieve civil rights, influenced by his Christian convictions and Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful work. He was the son of Martin Luther King Jr., an early civil rights leader and clergyman.

The primary actors in Rakesh Roshan's 1995 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action film Karan Arjun were Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Raakhee, Kajol, and Mamta Kulkarni. Amrish Puri plays the major antagonist, with supporting roles going to Johnny Lever, Arjun, Jack Gaud, Ranjeet, and Aasif Sheikh. The plot of the movie centres on the two titular brothers, who seek retribution against their avaricious uncle for killing their father, but are killed by him and resurrected to carry out the murderous deed.
 

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra  born 12 January 1972 is an Indian politician who now serves as the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee for Uttar Pradesh. She is a member of the politically powerful Nehru-Gandhi family, as the daughter of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, the sister of Rahul Gandhi, and the granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi. She is also a member of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation's board of trustees.

Adar Poonawalla is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Serum Institute of India. He was born on January 14, 1981. It was founded in 1966 by his father, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, and as of 2017, it was the world's largest vaccine maker in terms of doses produced. After graduating from the University of Westminster in London, Adar Poonawalla joined the Serum Institute of India in 2001. Poonawalla then focused on the company's worldwide business and on having new goods certified and pre-qualified by the World Health Organization for supply to United Nations Agencies such as UNICEF and PAHO. As of 2015, the firm sells its goods to over 140 countries globally, accounting for 85 percent of its sales.

Thomas Grant Gustin (born January 14, 1990) is an actor and singer from the United States. He is most known for his appearances as Barry Allen / The Flash on the CW's The Flash and Sebastian Smythe on Fox's Glee, both of which are part of the Arrowverse television franchise.

Surya Sen's fellow revolutionaries were quickly apprehended and condemned to long jail terms. Sen was cruelly tortured by the ruthless British just moments before his execution on January 12, 1934. According to accounts, his bones, limbs, and joints were crushed with a hammer, and all of his nails were ripped out. Sen's spirit remained unbroken despite the torment. Surya Sen, a former schoolteacher from Naopoara in Chittagong and affectionately known as 'Master Da,' was a leader among these revolutionaries.

Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor who was born on January 13, 1990. In the serial opera Neighbours, he portrayed Josh Taylor, and in the children's television series The Elephant Princess, he played Marcus. Hemsworth played Will Blakelee in The Last Song (2010), Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games film trilogy (2012–2015), and Jake Morrison in Independence Day: Resurgence in American cinema (2016).

Puri had myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare kind of blood cancer, and had had brain surgery for it after being hospitalised to the Hinduja hospital on December 27, 2004. His illness necessitated repeated drainage of blood deposited in the cerebral part of the brain, and he eventually lapsed into a coma soon before his death on January 12, 2005, about 7:30 a.m. His body was transported to his home for visitors to pay their respects, and his funeral was held on January 13, 2005, in the Shivaji Park cremation.

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard the Soviet Interkosmos Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984. Although there have been other astronauts of an Indian heritage who were not Indian nationals, he is the only Indian citizen to journey in space. 

Zain Javadd Malik, better known by his stage name Zayn, is a British musician who was born on January 12, 1993. Malik, who was born and raised in Bradford, auditioned for the British music competition The X Factor as a single entrant in 2010. Malik was welcomed back into the competition after being ousted as a solo artist, along with four other competitors, to create the boy band One Direction, which went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. In March 2015, Malik departed the group and obtained a solo recording contract with RCA Records.

Armando Christian Pérez, better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper and musician who was born on January 15, 1981. Pérez's career began in the early 2000s, when he recorded reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk songs for a variety of labels. In 2004, he released his debut album M.I.A.M.I., which was produced by Lil Jon and published through TVT Records. Pitbull's second album, El Mariel, was published in 2006, while his third, The Boatlift, was released in 2007. Rebelution (2009) included his breakout smash single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," which reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and fourth on the UK Singles Chart.

Jeff Bezos was born in New Mexico on January 12, 1964. His mother was just a teenager when he was born, and her marriage to his father lasted only a year. When Jeff was five years old, she married Miguel Bezos. When Jeff was fifteen, his family moved to the United States. Jeff Bezos was a brilliant student with a keen interest in science. Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who has been instrumental in the growth of e-commerce. He founded Amazon.com, the world's largest online store. Bezos, who is only 49 years old, is a billionaire with a net worth of $23.2 billion.