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  On this day in history cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup   

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1938  On this day in history ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

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

1940  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts   

1941  On August - 12 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  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on August - 12.   

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

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

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

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

1944  On August - 12 churchill & Tito meet in Naples   

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

1948  On this day in history 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 August - 12.   

1951  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on August - 12.   

1952  Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan on August - 12.   

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

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 August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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

1956  On this day in history william Shatner marries Gloria Rand   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.   

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

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  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

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  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 August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)