Historical Events In February - 12

1989  Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours on this day in history.  

1989  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman  

1989  On February - 12 mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83  

1990  On February - 12 in Hagersville, Ontarioa tire dump fire set by teenage boys forces hundreds of families from their homes, causes massive air pollution  

1991  Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history north &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition  

1991  Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 on February - 12.  

1992  Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies on February - 12.  

1993  A pair of 10-year-olds kidnap and beat to death a two-year-old child at a Liverpool, England shopping mall on this day in history.  

1993  On February - 12 james Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys  

1994  17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway on February - 12.  

1994  20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston on this day in history.  

1994  Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo) on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history edward Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery. It is later returned and promptly stolen again.  

1994  Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose on this day in history.  

1994  Rev. Victoria Matthews consecrated the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada on February - 12.  

1994  On February - 12 sue Rodriguez takes her own life at age 43 with the help of an anonymous doctor, after a long fight with Lou Gehrig's Disease  

1994  On this day in history donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65  

1995  PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections on February - 12.  

1995  On this day in history susan Auch skates female world record 500 meter (38.94 seconds)  

1995  On this day in history earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66  

1996  On February - 12 roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51  

1997  Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement on February - 12.  

1998  250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die &50 hurt on this day in history.  

1998  On February - 12 intel unveils its first graphics chip i740  

1999  On this day in history american Airlines pilots defy a federal court order and continue their sickout, causing the airline to cancel over a thousand flights.  

1999  On this day in history the U.S. Senate acquits President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice in his impeachment trial.  

2000  Former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months on this day in history.  

2000  Peanuts creator Charles Schulz dies of colon cancer in his Santa Rosa, California, home at age 77 on this day in history.  

2005  Fire devastated the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid on February - 12.  

2007  On February - 12 an armed gunman shoots and kills five people at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by the police, bringing the evening's rampage death toll to six.  

2009  Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people on February - 12.  

2010  The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada on this day in history.  

2012  On this day in history gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected president of Turkmenistan with 97% of the vote  

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on February - 12.  

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.  

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.  

1567  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.  

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

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 12.  

1590  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

1595  On this day in history death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)  

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