Historical Events In February - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1944 On this day in history wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race
1945 San Francisco selected for site of UN Conference on February - 12.
1945 SF selected for site of UN Conference on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
1946 World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats on this day in history.
1947 On February - 12 daytime fireball &meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
1947 On this day in history record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
1947 On February - 12 daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
1947 Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1948 1st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps on this day in history.
1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0.
1949 Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line on February - 12.
1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio on February - 12.
1949 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem on February - 12.
1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs on this day in history.
1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb on February - 12.
1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb on February - 12.
1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees on February - 12.
1953 On this day in history uSSR breaks relations with Israel
1954 On this day in history dziga Vertov, [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
1955 On February - 12 mcGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 &stays #1 for 10 weeks
1955 President Eisenhower sends first US advisors to South Vietnam on this day in history.
1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan on this day in history.
1955 Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1957 Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed on February - 12.
1957 On February - 12 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
1958 On February - 12 marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
1960 On February - 12 chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
1960 Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1961 On February - 12 first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched
1961 On this day in history uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus
1962 On this day in history bus boycott starts in Macon GA
1963 On this day in history argentina asks extradition of Ex-President Peron
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