Historical Events In August - 12

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

1931  On August - 12 yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China  

1933  On August - 12 cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup  

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

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

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

1936  Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) on this day in history.  

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

1938  Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history the birth of George Hamilton, American film actor  

1940  Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 12 hMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum'.  

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

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

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1944  Churchill & Tito meet in Naples on August - 12.  

1945  Stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow on August - 12.  

1948  Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game on this day in history.  

1949  16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780) on August - 12.  

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

1951  On August - 12 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship  

1952  On August - 12 hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan  

1953  Ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami on August - 12.  

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  On this day in history soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80  

1956  On August - 12 william Shatner marries Gloria Rand  

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.  

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  

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

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

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.  

1626  On this day in history 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 August - 12.  

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  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.  

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies  

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.  

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.  

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

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.