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  US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman on February - 12.   

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 February - 12.   

1991  North &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition on February - 12.   

1991  On this day in history edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88   

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

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

1993  James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys on February - 12.   

1994  17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 12.   

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

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  On February - 12 pRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections   

1995  On February - 12 susan Auch skates female world record 500 meter (38.94 seconds)   

1995  Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51 on February - 12.   

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

1998  250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die &50 hurt on February - 12.   

1998  On this day in history intel unveils its first graphics chip i740   

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

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

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

2007  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 on this day in history.   

2009  On this day in history colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people.   

2010  On this day in history the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.   

2012  On February - 12 gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected president of Turkmenistan with 97% of the vote   

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1074  On February - 12 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  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.   

1584  On February - 12 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  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1538  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 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 February - 12.   

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