Page 5: Historical Events In November - 19
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1929 Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies. 

1930 Bob Mathias, Tulare Calif, decathelete (Olympics-gold-48). 

1931 Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74. 

1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game. 

1932 Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies 

1933 Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing). 

1933 Larry King, NYC, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN) 

1933 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84. 

1934 Dave Guard, rocker 

1935 John F Welch Jr, Salem Mass, CEO (GE). 

1935 F S Gough-Calthorpe, cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies 

1936 Dick Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show). 

1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle 

1939 In this year, Don Lash claims 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship. 

1940 Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler. 

1941 HMAS SYDNEY (RAN) sunk in the Indian Ocean west of Shark Bay, Western Australia by torpedoes and 5.9in gunfire of German raider 'Kormoran' 

1942 American fashion designer Calvin Klein was born. 

1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front 

1942 Calvin Klein, American fashion designer is born 

1942 Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden" 

1942 Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76 

1943 U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean. 

1943 Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85 

1944 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort 

1945 Canadian rock star Neil Young was born. 

1946 Bradman scores 119 South Australia v Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours 

1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar 

1948 Belgian govt of Spaak, forms 

1949 Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco. 

1949 Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco 

1949 James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89. 

1950 US General Eisenhower is recorded as becoming supreme commander of NATO-Europe 

1950 Thomas Wood, composer, dies at 57. 

1951 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday 

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