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January 9, 2012

January 9, 2012 — a day on which Brian Curvis and Augusto Gansser-Biaggi share the historical record. The year's #1 song was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. Artem Kotenko, Princess Athena of Denmark, Blue Ivy Carter would arrive in the same year.

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2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

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Died on January 9, 2012

Brian Curvis Welsh boxer
Augusto Gansser-Biaggi Swiss geologist (1910–2012)
William G. Roll American psychologist (1926–2012)
Malam Bacai Sanhá President of Guinea-Bissau from 2009 to 2012
László Szekeres Hungarian physician and academic (born 1921)

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Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–
Blue Ivy Carter 2012– American singer and actress
Doug the Pug 2012– American celebrity dog
Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–

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