Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

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

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

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

1965  On this day in history nuclear test at Pacific Ocean   

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

1967  On this day in history keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs   

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  On this day in history american prisoners captured in Vietnam are released   

1973  On February - 12 the first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines   

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

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

1980  On this day in history richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117   

1980  Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies on February - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1987  Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 12.   

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  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.   

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

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.   

1538  On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65