Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

1964  Beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall) on February - 12.   

1964  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

1964  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on February - 12.   

1965  Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

1965  Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 on February - 12.   

1967  On February - 12 keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs   

1969  Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital   

1970  Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 12 george Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86   

1973  On February - 12 american prisoners captured in Vietnam are released   

1973  On this day in history the first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines   

1973  On this day in history benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67   

1976  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1976  James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52 on February - 12.   

1978  "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances on this day in history.   

1978  On February - 12 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

1978  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

1979  Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

1980  Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117 on February - 12.   

1980  On this day in history floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies   

1981  Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA on February - 12.   

1981  Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies on February - 12.   

1982  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1982  Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1983  Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100 on this day in history.   

1984  Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality &the gold medal on this day in history.   

1984  Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1985  Defence Minister Robert Coates resigns news reports reveal he visited a nightclub featuring nude dancers and prostitutes while on ministry business in West Germany on February - 12.   

1985  On February - 12 nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61   

1986  Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86 on February - 12.   

1987  Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages on February - 12.   

1987  Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1989  5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel on February - 12.   

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

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

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

1474  On February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65