Historical Events In August - 12

1928  On August - 12 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam   

1931  On August - 12 yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China   

1933  On this day in history cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup   

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on August - 12.   

1935  On August - 12 babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand   

1936  On August - 12 120ø F (49ø C), Seymour, Texas (state record)   

1936  Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) on August - 12.   

1936  On August - 12 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)   

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1939  The birth of George Hamilton, American film actor on this day in history.   

1940  Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history sikorski-Stalin Polish-Russian agreement allows many Polish Jews to be freed for Siberian labor camp.   

1941  French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany on August - 12.   

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on August - 12.   

1942  On this day in history hMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum'.   

1942  On August - 12 british premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin   

1943  On August - 12 alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.   

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

1944  On this day in history churchill & Tito meet in Naples   

1945  Stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow on this day in history.   

1948  Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game on August - 12.   

1949  On August - 12 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)   

1950  On this day in history nY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa   

1951  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship   

1952  Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan on August - 12.   

1953  Ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami on August - 12.   

1953  On August - 12 in Greece, Kefallinia (Cephalonia) a 7.1 quake killed 455, over 27,000 houses destroyed on Ithaki (Ithaca), Kefallinia (Cephalonia) and Zakinthos (Zante)   

1953  Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami   

1954  On this day in history senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row   

1955  Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour on August - 12.   

1955  On August - 12 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000)   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1956  William Shatner marries Gloria Rand on this day in history.   

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

0030  On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.   

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)