Historical Events In August - 12

1928  9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China  

1933  Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup on August - 12.  

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on August - 12.  

1935  Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand on August - 12.  

1936  On this day in history 120ø F (49ø C), Seymour, Texas (state record)  

1936  On this day in history diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)  

1936  120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record) on this day in history.  

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74  

1939  On August - 12 the birth of George Hamilton, American film actor  

1940  Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts on August - 12.  

1941  On this day in history sikorski-Stalin Polish-Russian agreement allows many Polish Jews to be freed for Siberian labor camp.  

1941  French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany on August - 12.  

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on August - 12.  

1942  HMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum' on this day in history.  

1942  British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.  

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on August - 12.  

1944  On this day in history churchill & Tito meet in Naples  

1945  On this day in history stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow.  

1948  Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game on August - 12.  

1949  16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780) on this day in history.  

1950  NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa on August - 12.  

1951  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on August - 12.  

1952  On this day in history hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan  

1953  Ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history in Greece, Kefallinia (Cephalonia) a 7.1 quake killed 455, over 27,000 houses destroyed on Ithaki (Ithaca), Kefallinia (Cephalonia) and Zakinthos (Zante)  

1953  Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb on August - 12.  

1953  Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami on this day in history.  

1954  On August - 12 senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row  

1955  On August - 12 pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour  

1955  22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) on August - 12.  

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history william Shatner marries Gloria Rand  

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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)  

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.  

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.  

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer  

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  

1158  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies  

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.  

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies  

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.  

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)