Historical Events In February - 12

1989  Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman  

1989  On February - 12 mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83  

1990  In Hagersville, Ontarioa tire dump fire set by teenage boys forces hundreds of families from their homes, causes massive air pollution on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence  

1991  North &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88  

1992  On this day in history bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies  

1993  A pair of 10-year-olds kidnap and beat to death a two-year-old child at a Liverpool, England shopping mall on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history james Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys  

1994  On this day in history 17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway  

1994  20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston on February - 12.  

1994  Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo) on February - 12.  

1994  Edward Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery. It is later returned and promptly stolen again on February - 12.  

1994  Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose on February - 12.  

1994  Rev. Victoria Matthews consecrated the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history sue Rodriguez takes her own life at age 43 with the help of an anonymous doctor, after a long fight with Lou Gehrig's Disease  

1994  Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1995  PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history susan Auch skates female world record 500 meter (38.94 seconds)  

1995  On this day in history earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66  

1996  Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1997  Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement on February - 12.  

1998  On this day in history 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die &50 hurt  

1998  Intel unveils its first graphics chip i740 on February - 12.  

1999  American Airlines pilots defy a federal court order and continue their sickout, causing the airline to cancel over a thousand flights on this day in history.  

1999  The U.S. Senate acquits President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice in his impeachment trial on February - 12.  

2000  Former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months on this day in history.  

2000  On this day in history peanuts creator Charles Schulz dies of colon cancer in his Santa Rosa, California, home at age 77.  

2005  On February - 12 fire devastated the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.  

2007  An armed gunman shoots and kills five people at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by the police, bringing the evening's rampage death toll to six on this day in history.  

2009  On February - 12 colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people.  

2010  On this day in history the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.  

2012  Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected president of Turkmenistan with 97% of the vote on this day in history.  

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1074  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.  

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.  

1438  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

1567  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

1585  On February - 12 birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy  

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide  

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

1554  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17  

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.  

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65