Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

1964  Beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1967  On February - 12 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  Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 on February - 12.   

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

1981  On February - 12 admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1981  On this day in history jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 12.   

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

1984  On February - 12 julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

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

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  On this day in history 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 February - 12.