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12 January in internet history

Things that can be dated to 12 January: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

What is dated to this day12 January

  1. The video is uploaded to Luis Fonsi’s channel. The single is released the next day. Despacito Wikipedia — Despacito

  2. A second predicted date passes. Conformity Gate Wikipedia — Conformity Gate

Also around this weekWithin three days

These did not happen on 12 January. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

  1. It is a clue on the quiz show Jeopardy! OK boomer Wikipedia — OK boomer

  2. The American Dialect Society names “slop” its word of the year for 2025, as Merriam-Webster had. AI slop Wikipedia — AI slop

  3. The last thousand pixels sell at auction for 38,100 dollars, making 1,037,100 in all. The Million Dollar Homepage Wikipedia — The Million Dollar Homepage

  4. The site I Can Has Cheezburger? posts its first image, reportedly taken from Something Awful. Its popularity over the following year carries lolcats to a general audience. Lolcat Wikipedia — Lolcat

  5. Baby Shark Dance became the first video in history to reach ten billion views. Baby Shark Dance Guinness World Records

  6. A post pairing the audio with an AI-generated shark in shoes reaches seven million views. Italian brainrot Wikipedia — Italian brainrot

  7. American TikTok users begin signing up to RedNote. TikTok refugees Wikipedia — Restrictions on TikTok in the United States

  8. It announces that the service other apps use to fetch its GIFs will be switched off at the end of June. Tenor Wikipedia — Tenor (website)

  9. A Scientology video of Tom Cruise is posted to YouTube, and removed after a copyright claim. Project Chanology Wikipedia — Project Chanology

  10. It is relaunched as Bilibili. Bilibili Wikipedia — Bilibili

  11. Hulu releases a documentary, Fyre Fraud. Netflix releases its own, Fyre, four days later. Fyre Festival Wikipedia — Fyre Festival

  12. It passes her, in just under ten days. Within two more days it has 45 million likes. Instagram egg Wikipedia — Instagram egg

  13. Chief Justice John Roberts uses the phrase during argument in the US Supreme Court case Babb v. Wilkie. OK boomer Wikipedia — OK boomer

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