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January 12

2 sourced moments from January 12 in history: Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist, leaves a record legacy (1976); and A catastrophic earthquake devastates Haiti (2010).

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2 things happened on January 12

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2010 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

A catastrophic earthquake devastates Haiti

A magnitude-7.0 quake struck minutes from Haiti's capital, flattening Port-au-Prince and killing well over a hundred thousand people.

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1976 Culture & Arts · Literature

Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist, leaves a record legacy

The creator of Poirot and Miss Marple died holding a record no author has matched: roughly two billion copies sold.

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