Page 5: Historical Events In February - 12

1901  On this day in history dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed   

1901  Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1902  On February - 12 william D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader   

1904  On February - 12 ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)   

1905  On February - 12 harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)   

1905  Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on February - 12.   

1906  On February - 12 george Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC   

1908  On February - 12 new York to Paris auto race (via Alaska &Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel   

1908  Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female on February - 12.   

1909  On this day in history national Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded   

1909  On February - 12 national Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms   

1909  On this day in history barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)   

1910  On February - 12 forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer   

1911  Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936) on February - 12.   

1912  On this day in history china adopts the Gregorian calendar   

1912  China becomes a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor on February - 12.   

1912  Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history robert Cromie publishes first issue of the Vancouver Sun, to "consistently advocate the principles of Liberalism"   

1912  On this day in history the Republic of China is formed.   

1912  On this day in history china adopts Gregorian calendar   

1912  Eddie J Bush, golf professional on February - 12.   

1913  Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I on February - 12.   

1914  In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place on this day in history.   

1914  On February - 12 gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)   

1915  On February - 12 cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1915  On February - 12 lorne Greene broadcaster, actor, born on this day at Ottawa Ontario   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC on February - 12.   

1915  Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1916  1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" on this day in history.   

1916  On February - 12 j W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies   

1917  Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 arrives in London to sit as a member of the British [Imperial] War Cabinet on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike   

1920  On February - 12 -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike   

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on February - 12.   

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.   

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.   

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.   

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.   

1538  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.