February, 12th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 12, 2005:
Former Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean becomes chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Thursday 12, 2004:
Mattel Inc. announces the split of Barbara Millicent Roberts and Ken Carson after 43 years of dating.

Tuesday 12, 2002:
An Iran Air Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119

Monday 12, 2001:
Google obtains Usenet, creating Google Groups ([http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease48.html press release)

Friday 12, 1999:
President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

Thursday 12, 1998:
The presidential line-item veto is declared unconstitutional by United States federal judge.

Saturday 12, 1994:
1994 Winter Olympics open in Lillehammer, Norway.

Monday 12, 1973:
Vietnam War: The first American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong.

Monday 12, 1951:
Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari marries the Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi at Golestan Palace in Teheran at age of 17.

Tuesday 12, 1946:
Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.

Saturday 12, 1938:
Anschluss: German troops enter Austria.

Monday 12, 1934:
1934 - The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.

Tuesday 12, 1924:
Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio.

Friday 12, 1915:
In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

Monday 12, 1912:
China adopts the Gregorian calendar.

Friday 12, 1909:
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

Monday 12, 1894:
22-year-old Anarchist Emile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.

Friday 12, 1892:
Former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday in the United States.

Wednesday 12, 1879:
At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.

Saturday 12, 1870:
Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.

Sunday 12, 1832:
Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.

Saturday 12, 1825:
The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west.

Thursday 12, 1818:
Bernardo O'Higgins signs the Independence of Chile near Concepción.

Wednesday 12, 1817:
Chilean patriotic army, after cross the Andes, defeat Spanish troops on the battle of Chacabuco

Tuesday 12, 1771:
Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden when his father Adolf Frederick "<nowiki></nowiki> himself to death".

Tuesday 12, 1737:
The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated.

Thursday 12, 1733:
Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13^th and final American colony of Georgia, and its first city at Savannah.

Sunday 12, 1719:
The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded

Saturday 12, 1689:
The Convention Parliament convenes and declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.

Friday 12, 1554:
A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.

Wednesday 12, 1541:
Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.

Tuesday 12, 1354:
Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 12

1980:
Christina Ricci, American actress (b: February 12, 1980) (Biography of Christina Ricci)
Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player (b: February 12, 1980) (Biography of Juan Carlos Ferrero)

1976:
Silvia Saint, Czech actress (b: February 12, 1976) (Biography of Silvia Saint)

1970:
Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies) (b: February 12, 1970) (Biography of Jim Creeggan)

1969:
Hong Myung-Bo, South Korean footballer (b: February 12, 1969) (Biography of Hong Myung-Bo)
Meja, Swedish singer (b: February 12, 1969) (Biography of Meja)

1968:
Chynna Phillips, American singer (b: February 12, 1968) (Biography of Chynna Phillips)
Josh Brolin, American actor (b: February 12, 1968) (Biography of Josh Brolin)

1967:
Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist (b: February 12, 1967) (Biography of Chris McKinstry)

1955:
Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host (b: February 12, 1955) (Biography of Arsenio Hall)

1954:
Philip Zimmermann, cryptographer (b: February 12, 1954) (Biography of Philip Zimmermann)

1953:
Robin Thomas, American actor (b: February 12, 1953) (Biography of Robin Thomas)

1950:
Michael Ironside, Canadian actor (b: February 12, 1950) (Biography of Michael Ironside)

1945:
Maud Adams, Swedish actress (b: February 12, 1945) (Biography of Maud Adams)

1943:
Samuel Karokikki, Nauru athlete (b: February 12, 1943) (Biography of Samuel Karokikki)

1942:
Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel (b: February 12, 1942) (Biography of Ehud Barak)

1940:
Richard Lynch, American actor (b: February 12, 1940) (Biography of Richard Lynch)

1939:
Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors) (b: February 12, 1939) (Biography of Ray Manzarek)

1938:
Judy Blume, American author (b: February 12, 1938) (Biography of Judy Blume)
Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver (b: February 12, 1938) (Biography of Johnny Rutherford)

1937:
Charles Dumas, American athlete (b: February 12, 1937 ; d: January 6, 2004) (Biography of Charles Dumas)

1936:
Joe Don Baker, American actor (b: February 12, 1936) (Biography of Joe Don Baker)
Paul Shenar, American actor (b: February 12, 1936) (Biography of Paul Shenar)

1934:
Bill Russell, American basketball player (b: February 12, 1934) (Biography of Bill Russell (basketball))

1933:
Costa-Gavras, Greek-born director and writer (b: February 12, 1933) (Biography of Costa-Gavras)

1932:
Julian Simon, American economist and author (b: February 12, 1932 ; d: February 8, 1998) (Biography of Julian Simon)

1931:
Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author (b: February 12, 1931) (Biography of Janwillem van de Wetering)

1930:
Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (b: February 12, 1930) (Biography of Arlen Specter)

1926:
Paul Kurtz, American philosopher (b: February 12, 1926) (Biography of Paul Kurtz)
Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant (b: February 12, 1926) (Biography of Charles Van Doren)
Joe Garagiola, baseball player (b: February 12, 1926) (Biography of Joe Garagiola)

1925:
Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (b: February 12, 1925 ; d: October 12, 1984) (Biography of Anthony Berry)

1923:
Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director and opera director and designer (b: February 12, 1923) (Biography of Franco Zeffirelli)

1920:
William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (b: February 12, 1920 ; d: July 14, 2000) (Biography of William Roscoe Estep)

1919:
Forrest Tucker, actor (b: February 12, 1919 ; d: October 25, 1986) (Biography of Forrest Tucker)

1918:
Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 12, 1918 ; d: July 16, 1994) (Biography of Julian Schwinger)

1916:
Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (b: February 12, 1916 ; d: January 29, 1998) (Biography of Joseph Alioto)

1915:
Lorne Greene, American actor (b: February 12, 1915 ; d: September 11, 1987) (Biography of Lorne Greene)

1914:
Tex Beneke, musician, band leader (b: February 12, 1914 ; d: May 30, 2000) (Biography of Tex Beneke)

1912:
R. F. Delderfield, English author (b: February 12, 1912) (Biography of R. F. Delderfield)

1911:
Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b: February 12, 1911 ; d: April 22, 1968) (Biography of Stephen H. Sholes)

1904:
Ted Mack, American television host (b: February 12, 1904) (Biography of Ted Mack (television host))

1900:
Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b: February 12, 1900 ; d: May 14, 1980) (Biography of Roger J. Traynor)

1898:
Wallace Ford, actor (b: February 12, 1898) (Biography of Wallace Ford)

1893:
Omar Bradley, American general (b: February 12, 1893 ; d: April 8, 1981) (Biography of Omar Bradley)

1884:
Max Beckmann, painter and graphic artist (b: February 12, 1884 ; d: December 27, 1950) (Biography of Max Beckmann)
Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b: February 12, 1884 ; d: May 14, 1957) (Biography of Marie Vassilieff)

1881:
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b: February 12, 1881 ; d: January 23, 1931) (Biography of Anna Pavlova)

1880:
John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (b: February 12, 1880) (Biography of John L. Lewis)

1865:
Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (b: February 12, 1865 ; d: January 18, 1940) (Biography of Kazimierz Tetmajer)

1861:
Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (b: February 12, 1861 ; d: February 5, 1937) (Biography of Lou Andreas-Salome)

1857:
Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b: February 12, 1857 ; d: August 12, 1943) (Biography of Bobby Peel)

1828:
George Meredith, English writer (b: February 12, 1828 ; d: May 18, 1909) (Biography of George Meredith)

1818:
Otto Ludwig, German writer (b: February 12, 1818) (Biography of Otto Ludwig)

1809:
Charles Darwin, English naturalist (b: February 12, 1809 ; d: April 19, 1882) (Biography of Charles Darwin)
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b: February 12, 1809 ; d: April 15, 1865) (Biography of Abraham Lincoln)

1804:
Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b: February 12, 1804 ; d: February 10, 1865) (Biography of Heinrich Lenz)

1788:
Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b: February 12, 1788 ; d: January 19, 1869) (Biography of Carl Reichenbach)

1777:
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, French poet (b: February 12, 1777) (Biography of Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué)

1775:
Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (b: February 12, 1775) (Biography of Louisa Adams)

1768:
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b: February 12, 1768) (Biography of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor)

1753:
François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (b: February 12, 1753 ; d: August 1, 1798) (Biography of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers)

1728:
Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b: February 12, 1728 ; d: February 6, 1799) (Biography of Étienne-Louis Boullée)

1704:
Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (b: February 12, 1704 ; d: March 26, 1772) (Biography of Charles Pinot Duclos)

1665:
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b: February 12, 1665 ; d: September 11, 1721) (Biography of Rudolf Jakob Camerarius)

1663:
Cotton Mather, New England minister (b: February 12, 1663 ; d: February 13, 1728) (Biography of Cotton Mather)

1637:
Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b: February 12, 1637 ; d: February 17, 1680) (Biography of Jan Swammerdam)

1606:
John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (b: February 12, 1606 ; d: April 5, 1676) (Biography of John Winthrop, the Younger)

1567:
Thomas Campion, English composer, poet (b: February 12, 1567 ; d: March 1, 1620) (Biography of Thomas Campion)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-february/births.html

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People who died on February 12

2005:
Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b: January 6, 1964 ; d: February 12, 2005) (Biography of Rafael Vidal)
Brian Kelly, American actor (b: February 14, 1931 ; d: February 12, 2005) (Biography of Brian Kelly)

2001:
Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (b: September 5, 1912 ; d: February 12, 2001) (Biography of Kristina Söderbaum)

2000:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American singer (b: July 18, 1929 ; d: February 12, 2000) (Biography of Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
Tom Landry, American football coach (b: September 11, 1924 ; d: February 12, 2000) (Biography of Tom Landry)

1996:
Bob Shaw, baseball player (b: June 29, 1933 ; d: February 12, 1996) (Biography of Bob Shaw)

1995:
Robert Bolt, English screenwriter (b: August 15, 1924 ; d: February 12, 1995) (Biography of Robert Bolt)
Philip Taylor Kramer (d: February 12, 1995) (Biography of Philip Taylor Kramer)

1993:
James Bulger (d: February 12, 1993) (Biography of James Bulger)

1992:
María Elena Moyano (d: February 12, 1992) (Biography of María Elena Moyano)

1985:
Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b: January 19, 1924 ; d: February 12, 1985) (Biography of Nicholas Colasanto)

1984:
Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b: August 26, 1914 ; d: February 12, 1984) (Biography of Julio Cortázar)

1983:
Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (b: February 7, 1883 ; d: February 12, 1983) (Biography of Eubie Blake)

1982:
Victor Jory, American actor (b: November 28, 1902 ; d: February 12, 1982) (Biography of Victor Jory)

1979:
Jean Renoir, film director (b: September 15, 1894 ; d: February 12, 1979) (Biography of Jean Renoir)

1976:
Sal Mineo, American actor (b: January 10, 1939 ; d: February 12, 1976) (Biography of Sal Mineo)

1971:
James C. Penney, American department store founder (b: September 16, 1875 ; d: February 12, 1971) (Biography of James C. Penney)

1954:
Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b: January 2, 1896 ; d: February 12, 1954) (Biography of Dziga Vertov)

1951:
Choudhary Rahmat Ali (d: February 12, 1951) (Biography of Choudhary Rahmat Ali)

1949:
Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b: October 14, 1906 ; d: February 12, 1949) (Biography of Hassan al Banna)

1935:
Auguste Escoffier (d: February 12, 1935) (Biography of Auguste Escoffier)

1933:
Henri Duparc, French composer (b: January 21, 1848 ; d: February 12, 1933) (Biography of Henri Duparc)

1929:
Lillie Langtry, British actress (b: October 13, 1853 ; d: February 12, 1929) (Biography of Lillie Langtry)

1916:
Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b: October 6, 1831 ; d: February 12, 1916) (Biography of Richard Dedekind)

1804:
Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b: April 22, 1724 ; d: February 12, 1804) (Biography of Immanuel Kant)

1799:
Lazzaro Spallanzani (d: February 12, 1799) (Biography of Lazzaro Spallanzani)

1771:
King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b: May 14, 1710 ; d: February 12, 1771) (Biography of Adolf Frederick of Sweden)

1763:
Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b: February 4, 1688 ; d: February 12, 1763) (Biography of Pierre de Marivaux)

1762:
Laurent Belissen, French composer (b: August 8, 1693 ; d: February 12, 1762) (Biography of Laurent Belissen)

1728:
Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b: July 25, 1653 ; d: February 12, 1728) (Biography of Agostino Steffani)

1724:
Elkanah Settle, English writer (b: January 1, 1648 ; d: February 12, 1724) (Biography of Elkanah Settle)

1700:
Aleksei Shein (d: February 12, 1700) (Biography of Aleksei Shein)

1630:
Fynes Moryson (d: February 12, 1630) (Biography of Fynes Moryson)

1624:
George Heriot (d: February 12, 1624) (Biography of George Heriot)

1612:
Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b: March 25, 1539 ; d: February 12, 1612) (Biography of Christopher Clavius)

1595:
Archduke Ernest of Austria (b: July 15, 1553 ; d: February 12, 1595) (Biography of Archduke Ernest of Austria)

1590:
François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b: August 23, 1524 ; d: February 12, 1590) (Biography of François Hotman)

1571:
Nicholas Throckmorton (d: February 12, 1571) (Biography of Nicholas Throckmorton)

1554:
Lord Guilford Dudley (d: February 12, 1554) (Biography of Lord Guilford Dudley)
Lady Jane Grey (d: February 12, 1554) (Biography of Lady Jane Grey)

1538:
Albrecht Altdorfer (d: February 12, 1538) (Biography of Albrecht Altdorfer)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/12-february/deaths.html