Historical Events In August - 12

1991  On August - 12 creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan   

1991  On August - 12 irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies   

1992  Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63 on August - 12.   

1993  Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59   

1995  On this day in history frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68   

1996  On this day in history anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73   

1997  The birth of Erwin Schrodinger, Physicist on August - 12.   

1997  Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57 on August - 12.   

2005  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.   

2012  On this day in history the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games   

2013  8 people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Balad, Iraq on this day in history.   

2014  On August - 12 ebola outbreak death toll exceeds 1000   

2017  On August - 12 usain Bolt injures himself in his very last race - mens 4x100m relay, Jamaica misses gold at world championships   

2017  "Unite the Right" march in Charlottesville, Virginia turns violent when car rams protesters killing 1, injuring 19 on this day in history.   

2017  US President Donald Trump at a press conference at Trump Tower says “there is blame on both sides” about Charlottesville violence, provoking widespread condemnation on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history an American clean sweep of the 3m diving medals via Marjorie Gestring, Katherine Rawls and Dorothy Poynton-Hill at the Berlin Olympics   

2018  NASA launches the Parker Space Probe, its first mission to the Sun and its outermost atmosphere, the corona on August - 12.   

2018  US man steals a plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, flies for an hour chased by military jets before crashing on Ketron Island on August - 12.   

2018  100th PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Brooks Koepka becomes only the 5th player to win 2 major titles in a calendar year (US Open 2018) when he beats Tiger Woods by 2 strokes on August - 12.   

2018  On this day in history more than 200 Afghan soldiers reported killed after 3 days of attacks by taliban insurgents over multiple fronts including Ghazni city   

2018  On August - 12 mali's Presidential run-off election held, eventually won by current President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with opposition disputing outcome   

2018  The five littoral states - Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan - sign the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, ending the 20-year long dispute over the Caspian Sea's legal status on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 12 nASA launches the unmanned Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind.   

2019  Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests: Hong Kong International Airport is closed due to protests on August - 12.   

2019  On August - 12 japan–South Korea trade dispute: South Korea announces the removal of Japan from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on September 18.   

2019  On August - 12 the Trump administration announces it will delay its proposal for 10 percent tariffs slated to take effect from September 1 on certain consumer goods from China while exempting other products — less than two weeks after Trump announced the new proposed tariffs.   

2021  The 2021 Zambian general election is held on August - 12.   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0030  On this day in history 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 August - 12.   

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.