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  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on this day in history.   

1965  Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on February - 12.   

1965  Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1967  Keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history andre Souris, composer, dies at 79   

1971  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on February - 12.   

1978  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on February - 12.   

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 February - 12 floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies   

1981  On this day in history admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA   

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  On this day in history cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87   

1983  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69   

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

1986  Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1987  On February - 12 survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages   

1987  On this day in history lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55   

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

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1074  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

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

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 February - 12 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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