Page 6: Historical Events In August - 12

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand   

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 August - 12.   

1939  On August - 12 the birth of George Hamilton, American film actor   

1940  Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts on this day in history.   

1941  Sikorski-Stalin Polish-Russian agreement allows many Polish Jews to be freed for Siberian labor camp on August - 12.   

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 August - 12.   

1942  British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin on August - 12.   

1943  On this day in history 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  On August - 12 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 12 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  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 August - 12.   

1956  On this day in history william Shatner marries Gloria Rand   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

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

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 12 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  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.   

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

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

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

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.