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Thursday, 12 February 2026
1995 Erich Geiringer, general Practitioner campaigner, dies at 78. 
1996 Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69.
1997 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90.
2005 Hong Kong High Court Judge Michael Hartmann rules that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.
2006 The International Astronomical Union defines 'planet' at its 26th General Assembly, demoting Pluto to the status of 'dwarf planet' more than 70 years after its discovery.
2007 The 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
2012 Monsoon rains and floods kill 26 people in Pakistan
2013 4 people are killed in a helicopter crash in the Shetland Islands
2014 Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola virus after attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone
2017 Largest-ever lottery jackpot win in the US - $758.7m won by Mavis Wanczyk of Massachusetts in US Powerball Jackpot
2018 Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler sends cease-and-desist letter to President Trump demanding he stop using the band's songs at rallies.
2018 Scott Morrison is recorded as becoming Prime Minister of Australia after defeating Peter Dutton in a leadership spill, replacing Malcolm Turnbull
2018 French Open Tennis bans Serena Williams ' black Nike catsuit from future tournaments citing 'respect for the game and the place'.
2018 Scott Morrison succeeds Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister of Australia following a Liberal Party leadership ballot
2019 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro orders the army to help contain fires in the Amazon after widespread environmental destruction, wildlife loss and international criticism
2021 Beyoncé is recorded as becoming inaugural black woman and third person to wear the Tiffany Diamond in an advertising campaign for the company alongside her husband Jay-Z.
2021 The 2020 Summer Paralympics were held in Tokyo, Japan. They were originally scheduled for 25 August–6 September 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[180].
2023 Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeats Indian teenager Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak to win his inaugural Chess World Cup championship [1]
2024 In Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, 600 civilians are victims of a massacre by Islamists associated with Al-Qaeda.
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