Historical Events In August - 12

1991  Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan on this day in history.   

1991  Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies on August - 12.   

1992  Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63 on August - 12.   

1993  On this day in history jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69   

1994  Gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1995  Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1996  Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1997  On August - 12 the birth of Erwin Schrodinger, Physicist   

1997  Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57 on this day in history.   

2005  On August - 12 mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched.   

2007  Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major on August - 12.   

2012  On this day in history the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games   

2013  8 people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Balad, Iraq on August - 12.   

2014  Ebola outbreak death toll exceeds 1000 on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history usain Bolt injures himself in his very last race - mens 4x100m relay, Jamaica misses gold at world championships   

2017  On August - 12 "Unite the Right" march in Charlottesville, Virginia turns violent when car rams protesters killing 1, injuring 19   

2017  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump at a press conference at Trump Tower says “there is blame on both sides” about Charlottesville violence, provoking widespread condemnation   

2018  On this day in history an American clean sweep of the 3m diving medals via Marjorie Gestring, Katherine Rawls and Dorothy Poynton-Hill at the Berlin Olympics   

2018  NASA launches the Parker Space Probe, its first mission to the Sun and its outermost atmosphere, the corona on August - 12.   

2018  On August - 12 uS man steals a plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, flies for an hour chased by military jets before crashing on Ketron Island   

2018  On this day in history 100th PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Brooks Koepka becomes only the 5th player to win 2 major titles in a calendar year (US Open 2018) when he beats Tiger Woods by 2 strokes   

2018  On this day in history more than 200 Afghan soldiers reported killed after 3 days of attacks by taliban insurgents over multiple fronts including Ghazni city   

2018  Mali's Presidential run-off election held, eventually won by current President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with opposition disputing outcome on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 12 the five littoral states - Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan - sign the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, ending the 20-year long dispute over the Caspian Sea's legal status.   

2018  On this day in history nASA launches the unmanned Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind.   

2019  Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests: Hong Kong International Airport is closed due to protests on this day in history.   

2019  Japan–South Korea trade dispute: South Korea announces the removal of Japan from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on September 18 on this day in history.   

2019  The Trump administration announces it will delay its proposal for 10 percent tariffs slated to take effect from September 1 on certain consumer goods from China while exempting other products — less than two weeks after Trump announced the new proposed tariffs on August - 12.   

2021  The 2021 Zambian general election is held on this day in history.   

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

1566  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.   

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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.