Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

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

1964  On February - 12 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

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

1965  On this day in history nuclear test at Pacific Ocean   

1965  On February - 12 henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53   

1967  Keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs on February - 12.   

1969  On this day in history johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80   

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

1970  On February - 12 andre Souris, composer, dies at 79   

1971  On this day in history george Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86   

1973  American prisoners captured in Vietnam are released on this day in history.   

1973  The first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines on February - 12.   

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

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

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

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

1978  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on this day in history.   

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

1979  Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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  On February - 12 admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1981  On February - 12 jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87 on February - 12.   

1983  Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100 on February - 12.   

1984  On February - 12 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  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  Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history 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 this day in history lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55   

1989  On February - 12 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 February - 12.   

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

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

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.