Page 7: Historical Events In February - 12

1944  Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race on February - 12.   

1945  On this day in history san Francisco selected for site of UN Conference   

1945  On this day in history sF selected for site of UN Conference   

1945  On this day in history ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed   

1946  World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats on this day in history.   

1947  Daytime fireball &meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia on February - 12.   

1947  Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands on February - 12.   

1947  On this day in history daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia   

1947  Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72 on February - 12.   

1948  1st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps on this day in history.   

1949  "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances on February - 12.   

1949  Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 on this day in history.   

1949  On February - 12 ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.   

1949  On this day in history panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio   

1949  Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem on February - 12.   

1949  "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs on February - 12.   

1950  Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb on February - 12.   

1950  On this day in history albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb.   

1950  Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees on February - 12.   

1953  On this day in history uSSR breaks relations with Israel   

1954  On this day in history dziga Vertov, [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58   

1955  On February - 12 mcGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 &stays #1 for 10 weeks   

1955  President Eisenhower sends first US advisors to South Vietnam on this day in history.   

1955  Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan on February - 12.   

1955  Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed   

1957  On February - 12 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82   

1958  On February - 12 marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88   

1960  Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers on this day in history.   

1960  Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched   

1961  USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history bus boycott starts in Macon GA   

1963  Argentina asks extradition of Ex-President Peron on February - 12.   

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

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.   

1218  On February - 12 birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.   

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.   

1242  On this day in history death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.   

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on February - 12.   

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.