What day of the week was January 12, 1899?

The day of the week January 12th, 1899 fell on was a Thursday.

Hiram Walker the American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816) died on this day in 1899.

Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former founders off the coast of Devon.