Page 7: Historical Events In August - 12

1956  Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history the first ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island   

1959  1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island on August - 12.   

1960  On this day in history echo 1, first communications satellite, is launched   

1960  On August - 12 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m   

1962  Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 on August - 12.   

1962  On this day in history tim D.was born this day in Calgary   

1964  Race riot in Elizabeth NJ on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 12 ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56   

1965  On this day in history race riot in West Side of Chicago   

1968  On August - 12 pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81   

1969  A three day street battle started in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on August - 12.   

1969  Echo, the worlds first communications satellite, launched by the US on this day in history.   

1969  Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72 on August - 12.   

1972  On August - 12 last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam   

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become first teammates elected to hall of fame on the same day   

1976  On August - 12 first approach and landing test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise   

1976  On this day in history thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies   

1977  High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1977  Space shuttle Enterprise makes first atmospheric flight on this day in history.   

1978  Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours on August - 12.   

1981  On August - 12 iBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0   

1982  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  On August - 12 japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll)   

1985  On this day in history marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86   

1988  Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released on August - 12.   

1988  On August - 12 nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at the hospital   

1988  On August - 12 richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General   

1988  On August - 12 jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies   

1990  On August - 12 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania   

1990  On August - 12 iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories   

1990  On this day in history dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87   

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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

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 August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  On August - 12 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 this day in history.   

0875  On this day in history 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 August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.   

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