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Historical Events In August - 12

Friday, 29 March 2024

1928  On August - 12 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1931  On August - 12 yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1933  Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  120ø F (49ø C), Seymour, Texas (state record) on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On this day in history diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On August - 12 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  The birth of George Hamilton, American film actor on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On August - 12 luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history sikorski-Stalin Polish-Russian agreement allows many Polish Jews to be freed for Siberian labor camp.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1942  British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Churchill & Tito meet in Naples on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On August - 12 cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  On this day in history ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  In Greece, Kefallinia (Cephalonia) a 7.1 quake killed 455, over 27,000 houses destroyed on Ithaki (Ithaca), Kefallinia (Cephalonia) and Zakinthos (Zante) on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  On August - 12 ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  On this day in history senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  On August - 12 thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  William Shatner marries Gloria Rand on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 12

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 12

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1158  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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