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| 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, 1996 (February 12 1996) | Death | Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (born in 1931) | |
| 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, 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, 1956 (February 12 1956) | Birth | Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motorhead) | |
| 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, 1936 (February 12 1936) | Birth | Joe Don Baker, American actor | |
| February 12th, 1936 (February 12 1936) | Birth | Paul Shenar, American actor | |
| 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, 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, 1896 (February 12 1896) | Death | Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (born in 1811) | |
| February 12th, 1876 (February 12 1876) | Birth | Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (died in 1933) | |
| February 12th, 1816 (February 12 1816) | Event | The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire. | |
| February 12th, 1746 (February 12 1746) | Birth | Tadeusz Kosciuszko (Thaddeus Kosciusko), Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero and general (d.1817) | |
| February 12th, 1606 (February 12 1606) | Birth | John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (died in 1676) | |
