Page 6: Historical Events In August - 12

1928  9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam on August - 12.   

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

1933  Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup on this day in history.   

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 August - 12.   

1936  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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

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

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

1941  On this day in history french Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany   

1941  On August - 12 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  On this day in history churchill & Tito meet in Naples   

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

1948  Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game on August - 12.   

1949  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

1951  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship   

1952  On this day in history 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  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  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 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 August - 12.   

1955  22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) on this day in history.   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1956  William Shatner marries Gloria Rand on August - 12.   

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

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

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

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.   

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  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.   

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

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

1577  On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)