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February 12th, 2008 (February 12 2008) | Death | Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (born in 1907) | |
February 12th, 2008 (February 12 2008) | Death | Lawrence "Larry" King, 15-year old hate crime victim (born in 1993) | |
February 12th, 2007 (February 12 2007) | Event | A gunman opens fire in a mall in Salt Lake City, killing 5 people in the Trolley Square shooting. | |
February 12th, 2007 (February 12 2007) | Death | Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (born in 1905) | |
February 12th, 2007 (February 12 2007) | Death | Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (born in 1958) | |
February 12th, 2006 (February 12 2006) | Event | A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington DC up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City. | |
February 12th, 2005 (February 12 2005) | Death | Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (born in 1964) | |
February 12th, 2005 (February 12 2005) | Death | Sammi Smith, American country music singer (born in 1943) | |
February 12th, 2004 (February 12 2004) | Event | The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom. | |
February 12th, 2003 (February 12 2003) | Death | Vali Myers, Australian painter (born in 1930) | |
February 12th, 2002 (February 12 2002) | Event | The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion. | |
February 12th, 2002 (February 12 2002) | Event | US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States nuclear waste repository. | |
February 12th, 2002 (February 12 2002) | Event | An Iran Air Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119. | |
February 12th, 2001 (February 12 2001) | Event | NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. | |
February 12th, 2001 (February 12 2001) | Death | Kristina Soderbaum, German actress (born in 1912) | |
February 12th, 2000 (February 12 2000) | Death | Screamin Jay Hawkins, American musician (born in 1929) | |
February 12th, 2000 (February 12 2000) | Death | Tom Landry, American football coach (born in 1924) | |
February 12th, 2000 (February 12 2000) | Death | Andy Lewis, Australian musician (born in 1967) | |
February 12th, 2000 (February 12 2000) | Death | Charles Schulz, American comics author (born in 1922) | |
February 12th, 2000 (February 12 2000) | Death | Oliver, American pop singer (born in 1945) | |
February 12th, 1999 (February 12 1999) | Event | President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
February 12th, 1997 (February 12 1997) | Event | Hwang Jang-yop, secretary in the Workers Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Korea s Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong. | An Wang Quotes |
February 12th, 1996 (February 12 1996) | Death | Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (born in 1931) | |
February 12th, 1995 (February 12 1995) | Death | Robert Bolt, English writer (born in 1924) | |
February 12th, 1995 (February 12 1995) | Death | Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (born in 1952) | |
February 12th, 1994 (February 12 1994) | Death | Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (born in 1950) | |
February 12th, 1993 (February 12 1993) | Birth | Jennifer Stone, American actress | |
February 12th, 1993 (February 12 1993) | Death | James Bulger, English murder victim (born in 1990) | |
February 12th, 1992 (February 12 1992) | Death | Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (born in 1907) | |
February 12th, 1991 (February 12 1991) | Birth | Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (died in 2006) | |
February 12th, 1991 (February 12 1991) | Death | Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (born in 1968) | |
February 12th, 1990 (February 12 1990) | Event | Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian History when she becomes premier of Western Australia. | |
February 12th, 1989 (February 12 1989) | Death | Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (born in 1931) | |
February 12th, 1985 (February 12 1985) | Birth | Saskia Burmeister Croft, Australian actress | |
February 12th, 1985 (February 12 1985) | Death | Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (born in 1924) | |
February 12th, 1984 (February 12 1984) | Birth | Peter Vanderkaay, American mid-distance swimmer | |
February 12th, 1984 (February 12 1984) | Birth | Brad Keselowski, NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver | |
February 12th, 1984 (February 12 1984) | Death | Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia (born in 1896) | |
February 12th, 1984 (February 12 1984) | Death | Julio Cortazar, Argentine writer (born in 1914) | Julio Cortazar Quotes |
February 12th, 1983 (February 12 1983) | Birth | Carlton Brewster, National Football League player | |
February 12th, 1983 (February 12 1983) | Death | Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (born in 1887) | |
February 12th, 1982 (February 12 1982) | Birth | Onil Joseph, Dominican baseball player | |
February 12th, 1982 (February 12 1982) | Birth | Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper | |
February 12th, 1982 (February 12 1982) | Death | Victor Jory, Canadian actor (born in 1902) | |
February 12th, 1980 (February 12 1980) | Birth | Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player | |
February 12th, 1980 (February 12 1980) | Birth | Sarah Lancaster, American actress | |
February 12th, 1980 (February 12 1980) | Birth | Christina Ricci, American actress | |
February 12th, 1980 (February 12 1980) | Death | Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (born in 1913) | |
February 12th, 1979 (February 12 1979) | Birth | Antonio Chatman, National Football League runningback | |
February 12th, 1979 (February 12 1979) | Birth | Matt Mauck, American football player | |
February 12th, 1979 (February 12 1979) | Birth | Jesse Spencer, Australian actor | |
February 12th, 1979 (February 12 1979) | Death | Jean Renoir, French director (born in 1894) | |
February 12th, 1978 (February 12 1978) | Birth | Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer | |
February 12th, 1978 (February 12 1978) | Birth | Gethin Jones, British (Welsh) television presenter | |
February 12th, 1978 (February 12 1978) | Birth | Silver Meikar, Estonian politician | |
February 12th, 1977 (February 12 1977) | Birth | Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player | |
February 12th, 1976 (February 12 1976) | Birth | Anna Benson, American model | |
February 12th, 1976 (February 12 1976) | Birth | Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer | |
February 12th, 1976 (February 12 1976) | Birth | Silvia Saint, Czech actress | |
February 12th, 1976 (February 12 1976) | Death | Sal Mineo, American actor (born in 1939) | |
February 12th, 1975 (February 12 1975) | Birth | Scot Pollard, American basketball player | |
February 12th, 1974 (February 12 1974) | Birth | Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver | |
February 12th, 1973 (February 12 1973) | Event | Vietnam War: The first United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong. | |
February 12th, 1973 (February 12 1973) | Birth | Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater | |
February 12th, 1973 (February 12 1973) | Birth | Kath Soucie, American voice actress | |
February 12th, 1973 (February 12 1973) | Birth | Tara Strong, Canadian-born voice actress | |
February 12th, 1972 (February 12 1972) | Birth | Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor | |
February 12th, 1972 (February 12 1972) | Birth | Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player | |
February 12th, 1971 (February 12 1971) | Death | James C. Penney, American department store founder (born in 1875) | |
February 12th, 1970 (February 12 1970) | Birth | Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies) | |
February 12th, 1970 (February 12 1970) | Birth | Judd Winick, writer and artist | |
February 12th, 1969 (February 12 1969) | Birth | Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer | |
February 12th, 1969 (February 12 1969) | Birth | Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer | |
February 12th, 1969 (February 12 1969) | Birth | Meja, Swedish singer | |
February 12th, 1969 (February 12 1969) | Birth | Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player | |
February 12th, 1968 (February 12 1968) | Birth | Josh Brolin, American actor | |
February 12th, 1968 (February 12 1968) | Birth | Gregory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host | |
February 12th, 1968 (February 12 1968) | Birth | Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (died in 1992) | |
February 12th, 1968 (February 12 1968) | Birth | Chynna Phillips, American singer | |
February 12th, 1967 (February 12 1967) | Birth | Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist | |
February 12th, 1967 (February 12 1967) | Birth | Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician | |
February 12th, 1966 (February 12 1966) | Event | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, announced famous Six Points in Karachi as election manifesto of Awami League that later led to formation of Bangladesh. | |
February 12th, 1963 (February 12 1963) | Birth | John Michael Higgins, American actor | |
February 12th, 1963 (February 12 1963) | Birth | Ed Lover, American radio personality | |
February 12th, 1962 (February 12 1962) | Birth | Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player | |
February 12th, 1961 (February 12 1961) | Event | U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus. | |
February 12th, 1961 (February 12 1961) | Birth | Jim Harris, Canadian politician | |
February 12th, 1959 (February 12 1959) | Birth | Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress | |
February 12th, 1959 (February 12 1959) | Birth | Larry Nance, American basketball player | |
February 12th, 1958 (February 12 1958) | Birth | Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (died in 2006) | |
February 12th, 1958 (February 12 1958) | Birth | Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player | |
February 12th, 1958 (February 12 1958) | Death | Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b.1897) | |
February 12th, 1957 (February 12 1957) | Death | Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (born in 1872) | |
February 12th, 1956 (February 12 1956) | Birth | Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motorhead) | |
February 12th, 1955 (February 12 1955) | Birth | Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host | |
February 12th, 1955 (February 12 1955) | Birth | Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer | |
February 12th, 1955 (February 12 1955) | Birth | Chet Lemon, American baseball player | |
February 12th, 1954 (February 12 1954) | Birth | Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian | |
February 12th, 1954 (February 12 1954) | Birth | Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer | Philip Zimmermann Quotes |
February 12th, 1954 (February 12 1954) | Death | Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (born in 1896) | |
February 12th, 1953 (February 12 1953) | Birth | Joanna Kerns, American actress | |
February 12th, 1953 (February 12 1953) | Birth | Nabil Shaban, British actor | |
February 12th, 1953 (February 12 1953) | Birth | Robin Thomas, American actor | |
February 12th, 1952 (February 12 1952) | Birth | Michael McDonald, American musician | |
February 12th, 1952 (February 12 1952) | Birth | Simon MacCorkindale, British actor | |
February 12th, 1951 (February 12 1951) | Birth | Steven Parent, Manson murder victim (died in 1969) | |
February 12th, 1951 (February 12 1951) | Death | Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (born in 1897) | |
February 12th, 1950 (February 12 1950) | Birth | Michael Ironside, Canadian actor | |
February 12th, 1950 (February 12 1950) | Birth | Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis) | |
February 12th, 1949 (February 12 1949) | Birth | Joaquin Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter | |
February 12th, 1949 (February 12 1949) | Death | Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (born in 1906) | |
February 12th, 1948 (February 12 1948) | Birth | Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author | |
February 12th, 1948 (February 12 1948) | Birth | Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player | |
February 12th, 1947 (February 12 1947) | Birth | Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (died in 1984) | |
February 12th, 1946 (February 12 1946) | Event | World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats. | |
February 12th, 1946 (February 12 1946) | Birth | Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician | |
February 12th, 1946 (February 12 1946) | Birth | Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon | |
February 12th, 1946 (February 12 1946) | Birth | Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer | |
February 12th, 1945 (February 12 1945) | Birth | Maud Adams, Swedish actress | |
February 12th, 1945 (February 12 1945) | Birth | David Friedman, American economist | |
February 12th, 1945 (February 12 1945) | Death | Antonio Villa-Real, Filipino jurist (born in 1880) | |
February 12th, 1944 (February 12 1944) | Birth | Moe Bandy, American singer | |
February 12th, 1942 (February 12 1942) | Birth | Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel | |
February 12th, 1942 (February 12 1942) | Birth | Pat Dobson, American baseball player (died in 2006) | |
February 12th, 1941 (February 12 1941) | Birth | Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer | |
February 12th, 1940 (February 12 1940) | Birth | Richard Lynch, American actor | |
February 12th, 1939 (February 12 1939) | Birth | Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors) | |
February 12th, 1938 (February 12 1938) | Birth | Judy Blume, American author | |
February 12th, 1938 (February 12 1938) | Birth | Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver | |
February 12th, 1938 (February 12 1938) | Birth | Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician | |
February 12th, 1937 (February 12 1937) | Birth | Charles Dumas, American athlete (died in 2004) | |
February 12th, 1936 (February 12 1936) | Birth | Joe Don Baker, American actor | |
February 12th, 1936 (February 12 1936) | Birth | Paul Shenar, American actor | |
February 12th, 1935 (February 12 1935) | Birth | Gene McDaniels, American singer | |
February 12th, 1935 (February 12 1935) | Death | Auguste Escoffier, French chef (born in 1846) | |
February 12th, 1934 (February 12 1934) | Event | The Austrian Civil War begins. | |
February 12th, 1934 (February 12 1934) | Event | The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated. | |
February 12th, 1934 (February 12 1934) | Event | In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista is inauguratedied in The council decides to merge the movement with the Falange Espanola. | |
February 12th, 1934 (February 12 1934) | Birth | Anne Krueger, American economist | |
February 12th, 1934 (February 12 1934) | Birth | Bill Russell, American basketball player | |
February 12th, 1934 (February 12 1934) | Birth | Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress | |
February 12th, 1933 (February 12 1933) | Death | Henri Duparc, French composer (born in 1848) | |
February 12th, 1932 (February 12 1932) | Birth | Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (died in 2003) | |
February 12th, 1932 (February 12 1932) | Birth | Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (died in 1998) | Julian Quotes |
February 12th, 1931 (February 12 1931) | Birth | Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author | |
February 12th, 1931 (February 12 1931) | Death | Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (born in 1855) | |
February 12th, 1930 (February 12 1930) | Birth | Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania | Arlen Specter Quotes |
February 12th, 1929 (February 12 1929) | Death | Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (born in 1853) | |
February 12th, 1926 (February 12 1926) | Birth | Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer | |
February 12th, 1926 (February 12 1926) | Birth | Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant | |
February 12th, 1925 (February 12 1925) | Birth | Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (died in 1984) | |
February 12th, 1924 (February 12 1924) | Event | Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio. | Calvin Coolidge Quotes |
February 12th, 1923 (February 12 1923) | Birth | Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director and designer | |
February 12th, 1923 (February 12 1923) | Birth | Chaskel Besser, Orthodox rabbi | |
February 12th, 1920 (February 12 1920) | Birth | William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (died in 2000) | |
February 12th, 1920 (February 12 1920) | Birth | Pran, Indian actor | |
February 12th, 1919 (February 12 1919) | Birth | Forrest Tucker, American actor (died in 1986) | |
February 12th, 1918 (February 12 1918) | Birth | Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1994) | Julian Quotes |
February 12th, 1917 (February 12 1917) | Birth | Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (died in 2006) | |
February 12th, 1916 (February 12 1916) | Birth | Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (died in 1998) | |
February 12th, 1916 (February 12 1916) | Death | Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (born in 1831) | |
February 12th, 1915 (February 12 1915) | Birth | Lorne Greene, American actor (died in 1987) | |
February 12th, 1915 (February 12 1915) | Death | Emile Waldteufel, French composer (born in 1837) | |
February 12th, 1914 (February 12 1914) | Event | In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place. | |
February 12th, 1914 (February 12 1914) | Birth | Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (died in 2000) | |
February 12th, 1914 (February 12 1914) | Birth | Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference" (died in 1999) | |
February 12th, 1912 (February 12 1912) | Event | Xuantong Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. | |
February 12th, 1912 (February 12 1912) | Event | The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar. | |
February 12th, 1912 (February 12 1912) | Birth | R. F. Delderfield, English author (died in 1972) | |
February 12th, 1911 (February 12 1911) | Birth | Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (died in 1968) | |
February 12th, 1909 (February 12 1909) | Event | The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. | |
February 12th, 1909 (February 12 1909) | Birth | Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (died in 1945) | |
February 12th, 1908 (February 12 1908) | Birth | Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (died in 1931) | |
February 12th, 1908 (February 12 1908) | Birth | Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (died in 1982) | |
February 12th, 1908 (February 12 1908) | Birth | August Neo, Estonian wrestler (died in 1982) | |
February 12th, 1907 (February 12 1907) | Birth | Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (died in 1991) | |
February 12th, 1904 (February 12 1904) | Birth | Ted Mack, American television host (died in 1976) | |
February 12th, 1903 (February 12 1903) | Birth | Chick Hafey, baseball player (died in 1973) | |
February 12th, 1903 (February 12 1903) | Birth | Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (died in 1996) | |
February 12th, 1903 (February 12 1903) | Death | Gaspar Nunez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (born in 1834) | |
February 12th, 1902 (February 12 1902) | Birth | William Collier, American stage and film actor (died in 1987) | |
February 12th, 1900 (February 12 1900) | Birth | Roger J. Traynor, American judge (died in 1980) | |
February 12th, 1898 (February 12 1898) | Birth | Wallace Ford, English-born actor (died in 1966) | |
February 12th, 1897 (February 12 1897) | Birth | Vola Vale, American actress (died in 1970) | |
February 12th, 1896 (February 12 1896) | Death | Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (born in 1811) | |
February 12th, 1894 (February 12 1894) | Event | Anarchist Emile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris s Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20. | |
February 12th, 1894 (February 12 1894) | Death | Hans von Bulow, German pianist and composer (born in 1830) | |
February 12th, 1893 (February 12 1893) | Birth | Omar Bradley, American general (died in 1981) | Omar Bradley Quotes |
February 12th, 1885 (February 12 1885) | Birth | Julius Streicher, Nazi German publisher (died in 1946) | Julius Streicher Quotes |
February 12th, 1884 (February 12 1884) | Birth | Max Beckmann, German artist (died in 1950) | |
February 12th, 1884 (February 12 1884) | Birth | Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (died in 1957) | |
February 12th, 1884 (February 12 1884) | Birth | Johan Laidoner, Estonian military commander (died in 1953) | |
February 12th, 1881 (February 12 1881) | Birth | Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (died in 1931) | |
February 12th, 1880 (February 12 1880) | Birth | John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (died in 1969) | |
February 12th, 1879 (February 12 1879) | Event | At New York City s Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens. | |
February 12th, 1876 (February 12 1876) | Birth | Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (died in 1933) | |
February 12th, 1870 (February 12 1870) | Event | Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory. | |
February 12th, 1870 (February 12 1870) | Birth | Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (died in 1922) | |
February 12th, 1865 (February 12 1865) | Birth | Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (died in 1940) | |
February 12th, 1861 (February 12 1861) | Birth | Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (died in 1937) | |
February 12th, 1857 (February 12 1857) | Birth | Bobby Peel, English cricketer (died in 1943) | |
February 12th, 1855 (February 12 1855) | Event | Michigan State University was established. | |
February 12th, 1843 (February 12 1843) | Birth | John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (died in 1883) | |
February 12th, 1832 (February 12 1832) | Event | Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands. | |
February 12th, 1828 (February 12 1828) | Birth | George Meredith, English writer (died in 1909) | George Meredith Quotes |
February 12th, 1825 (February 12 1825) | Event | The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west. | |
February 12th, 1818 (February 12 1818) | Event | Bernardo O Higgins signs the Independence of Chile near Concepcion. | |
February 12th, 1817 (February 12 1817) | Event | Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeat Spanish troops on the battle of Chacabuco. | |
February 12th, 1816 (February 12 1816) | Event | The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire. | |
February 12th, 1809 (February 12 1809) | Birth | Charles Darwin, English naturalist (died in 1882) | Charles Darwin Quotes |
February 12th, 1809 (February 12 1809) | Birth | Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (died in 1865) | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
February 12th, 1804 (February 12 1804) | Birth | Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (died in 1865) | |
February 12th, 1804 (February 12 1804) | Death | Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (born in 1724) | Immanuel Kant Quotes |
February 12th, 1799 (February 12 1799) | Death | Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (born in 1729) | |
February 12th, 1794 (February 12 1794) | Birth | Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (died in 1867) | |
February 12th, 1791 (February 12 1791) | Birth | Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (died in 1883) | |
February 12th, 1789 (February 12 1789) | Death | Ethan Allen, American patriot (born in 1738) | |
February 12th, 1788 (February 12 1788) | Birth | Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (died in 1869) | Philo Quotes |
February 12th, 1785 (February 12 1785) | Birth | Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (died in 1838) | |
February 12th, 1777 (February 12 1777) | Birth | Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, German poet (died in 1843) | |
February 12th, 1775 (February 12 1775) | Birth | Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (died in 1852) | John Quincy Adams Quotes |
February 12th, 1771 (February 12 1771) | Event | Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden. | |
February 12th, 1771 (February 12 1771) | Death | King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (born in 1710) | |
February 12th, 1768 (February 12 1768) | Birth | Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1835) | |
February 12th, 1763 (February 12 1763) | Death | Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (born in 1688) | |
February 12th, 1762 (February 12 1762) | Death | Laurent Belissen, French composer (born in 1693) | |
February 12th, 1753 (February 12 1753) | Birth | Francois-Paul Brueys D Aigalliers, French admiral (died in 1798) | |
February 12th, 1746 (February 12 1746) | Birth | Tadeusz Kosciuszko (Thaddeus Kosciusko), Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero and general (d.1817) | |
February 12th, 1733 (February 12 1733) | Event | Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13th United States colony of Georgia, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day). | |
February 12th, 1728 (February 12 1728) | Birth | Etienne-Louis Boullee, French architect (died in 1799) | |
February 12th, 1728 (February 12 1728) | Death | Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (born in 1653) | |
February 12th, 1724 (February 12 1724) | Death | Elkanah Settle, English writer (born in 1648) | |
February 12th, 1719 (February 12 1719) | Event | The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded. | |
February 12th, 1704 (February 12 1704) | Birth | Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (died in 1772) | |
February 12th, 1700 (February 12 1700) | Event | The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe. | |
February 12th, 1700 (February 12 1700) | Death | Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (born in 1662) | |
February 12th, 1689 (February 12 1689) | Event | The Convention Parliament convenes and declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication. | |
February 12th, 1665 (February 12 1665) | Birth | Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (died in 1721) | |
February 12th, 1663 (February 12 1663) | Birth | Cotton Mather, New England minister (died in 1728) | |
February 12th, 1637 (February 12 1637) | Birth | Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (died in 1680) | |
February 12th, 1630 (February 12 1630) | Death | Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (born in 1566) | |
February 12th, 1624 (February 12 1624) | Death | George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (born in 1563) | |
February 12th, 1612 (February 12 1612) | Death | Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (born in 1538) | |
February 12th, 1606 (February 12 1606) | Birth | John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (died in 1676) | |
February 12th, 1595 (February 12 1595) | Death | Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (born in 1553) | |
February 12th, 1590 (February 12 1590) | Death | Francois Hotman, French lawyer and writer (born in 1524) | |
February 12th, 1571 (February 12 1571) | Death | Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (born in 1515) | |
February 12th, 1567 (February 12 1567) | Birth | Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (died in 1620) | Thomas Campion Quotes |
February 12th, 1554 (February 12 1554) | Event | A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason. | |
February 12th, 1554 (February 12 1554) | Death | Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (born in 1536) | |
February 12th, 1554 (February 12 1554) | Death | Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (born in 1537) | |
February 12th, 1541 (February 12 1541) | Event | Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia. | |
February 12th, 1538 (February 12 1538) | Death | Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter | |
February 12th, 1502 (February 12 1502) | Event | Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India. | |
February 12th, 1429 (February 12 1429) | Event | English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings). | |
February 12th, 1354 (February 12 1354) | Event | Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania. | |
February 12th, 1218 (February 12 1218) | Birth | Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (died in 1256) | |
February 12th, 1074 (February 12 1074) | Birth | Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (died in 1101) | |