Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

1964  On February - 12 beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)   

1964  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on this day in history.   

1964  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen   

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  Keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs on February - 12.   

1969  Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80 on February - 12.   

1970  Three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital on February - 12.   

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

1971  George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1973  The first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines on this day in history.   

1973  On February - 12 benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67   

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 12.   

1976  On February - 12 james Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52   

1978  "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances on February - 12.   

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

1978  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  On February - 12 jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84   

1980  Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117 on this day in history.   

1980  On February - 12 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 February - 12.   

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

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

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

1985  On this day in history defence Minister Robert Coates resigns news reports reveal he visited a nightclub featuring nude dancers and prostitutes while on ministry business in West Germany   

1985  Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 12 guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86   

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

1987  On February - 12 lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55   

1989  On this day in history 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel   

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

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.   

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 12 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 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 February - 12.   

1595  On February - 12 death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)   

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