Historical Events In August - 12
Friday, 29 March 2024
1928 On August - 12 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1931 On August - 12 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 this day in history.
1936 120ø F (49ø C), Seymour, Texas (state record) on August - 12.
1936 On this day in history diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
1936 On August - 12 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)
1938 Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1939 The birth of George Hamilton, American film actor on this day in history.
1940 On August - 12 luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts
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 this day in history.
1941 On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies
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 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 August - 12.
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 On August - 12 cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
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 this day in history.
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on this day in history.
1952 Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami
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.
1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb on this day in history.
1953 On August - 12 ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami
1954 On this day in history senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row
1955 Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour on this day in history.
1955 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) on this day in history.
1955 On August - 12 thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1956 William Shatner marries Gloria Rand on this day in history.
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