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  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On February - 12 north &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition   

1991  Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 on February - 12.   

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

1993  A pair of 10-year-olds kidnap and beat to death a two-year-old child at a Liverpool, England shopping mall on February - 12.   

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

1994  On February - 12 17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway   

1994  20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston on February - 12.   

1994  Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo) on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 12 edward Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery. It is later returned and promptly stolen again.   

1994  On February - 12 model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose   

1994  Rev. Victoria Matthews consecrated the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada on this day in history.   

1994  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 on February - 12.   

1994  Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1995  PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections on February - 12.   

1995  Susan Auch skates female world record 500 meter (38.94 seconds) on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66   

1996  On February - 12 roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51   

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

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

1998  Intel unveils its first graphics chip i740 on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 12 former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months.   

2000  Peanuts creator Charles Schulz dies of colon cancer in his Santa Rosa, California, home at age 77 on February - 12.   

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

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  Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people on February - 12.   

2010  On February - 12 the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.   

2012  Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected president of Turkmenistan with 97% of the vote on February - 12.   

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1074  On February - 12 birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

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  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.