Historical Events In February - 12

1964  Beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall) on this day in history.   

1964  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on February - 12.   

1964  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on this day in history.   

1965  Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on February - 12.   

1965  Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1967  Keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 12 johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80   

1970  Three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital on this day in history.   

1970  Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 on February - 12.   

1971  George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1973  On February - 12 american prisoners captured in Vietnam are released   

1973  On February - 12 the first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines   

1973  Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.   

1976  On February - 12 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1976  On this day in history james Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52   

1978  "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances on this day in history.   

1978  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on February - 12.   

1978  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on this day in history.   

1979  On February - 12 jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84   

1980  On February - 12 richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117   

1980  Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies on this day in history.   

1981  Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA on February - 12.   

1981  On this day in history jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100   

1984  On this day in history jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality &the gold medal   

1984  Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1985  Defence Minister Robert Coates resigns news reports reveal he visited a nightclub featuring nude dancers and prostitutes while on ministry business in West Germany on this day in history.   

1985  Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1986  Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1987  Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages on this day in history.   

1987  On February - 12 lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55   

1989  5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.   

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

1242  On this day in history death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

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.