Page 6: Historical Events In August - 12

1928  On August - 12 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam   

1931  Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China on August - 12.   

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

1934  On August - 12 hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

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

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 August - 12.   

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  On August - 12 the birth of George Hamilton, American film actor   

1940  Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts on August - 12.   

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 August - 12.   

1941  On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies   

1942  On this day in history hMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum'.   

1942  On this day in history british premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin   

1943  Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge on August - 12.   

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

1944  On August - 12 churchill & Tito meet in Naples   

1945  On this day in history stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow.   

1948  On this day in history cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game   

1949  On this day in history 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)   

1950  NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa on this day in history.   

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

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

1953  On this day in history ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami   

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  Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb on August - 12.   

1953  On this day in history ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami   

1954  Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row on August - 12.   

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 August - 12.   

1955  On August - 12 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 this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

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

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

1484  On August - 12 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 this day in history.