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Historical Events In August - 12

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1956  On August - 12 canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On August - 12 the first ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On this day in history echo 1, first communications satellite, is launched  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On August - 12 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15 on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On this day in history tim D.was born this day in Calgary  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On this day in history race riot in Elizabeth NJ  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On August - 12 ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  On August - 12 race riot in West Side of Chicago  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  A three day street battle started in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  Echo, the worlds first communications satellite, launched by the US on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become first teammates elected to hall of fame on the same day on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  First approach and landing test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On August - 12 thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  On August - 12 high Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  Space shuttle Enterprise makes first atmospheric flight on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On this day in history helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On this day in history henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 12 nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at the hospital  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 12 richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On August - 12 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 12

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 12

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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