Page 6: Historical Events In August - 12

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

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  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  On August - 12 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)   

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

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

1940  On August - 12 luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts   

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

1941  On August - 12 french Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany   

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 12.   

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  Churchill & Tito meet in Naples on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1952  On this day in history hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan   

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

1953  On August - 12 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 this day in history.   

1953  On August - 12 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  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  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0030  On August - 12 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 August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies   

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

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.   

1546  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

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