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Thursday, 12 February 2026
1928 John Colicos, Toronto, actor (Battlestar Galactica) 
1929 Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st.
1929 Dan Blocker, Texas, American actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza)
1930 Clayton K Yeutter, Nebraska, US trade rep/Republican Natl chairman.
1931 Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize.
1931 Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
1932 Thailand receives its inaugural constitution.
1932 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution.
1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
1935 A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150000.
1935 John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78.
1936 In this year, England formally adopts in place of King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson
1936 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69
1938 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7.
1938 Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35
1939 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat NY Giants 27-0.
1939 Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45.
1940 British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
1941 HMS PRINCE OF WALES sunk off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea as many as 5 or 6 torpedoes from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Nells and Bettys).Of the crew of 1612 327 were lost.
1941 HMS REPULSE sunk with HMS PRince of Wales but hit by 5 torpedoes. Destroyers rescued 1285 officers and men.
1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people".
1943 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy.
1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis.
1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
1946 Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys and Dolls), dies at 66
1947 USSR and Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement.
1948 In this year, UN General Assembly formally adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize.
1952 Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
1952 Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel.
1953 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 perfs.
1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize
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