Page 8: Historical Events In August - 12

1991  Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan on August - 12.   

1991  Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On August - 12 beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63   

1993  On this day in history jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69   

1994  Gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59 on August - 12.   

1995  Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68 on August - 12.   

1996  Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history the birth of Erwin Schrodinger, Physicist   

1997  Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57 on this day in history.   

2005  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched on this day in history.   

2007  On August - 12 tiger Woods wins PGA Championship, his 13th career major.   

2012  The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony completes the games on this day in history.   

2013  On August - 12 8 people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack in Balad, Iraq   

2014  Ebola outbreak death toll exceeds 1000 on August - 12.   

2017  On this day in history usain Bolt injures himself in his very last race - mens 4x100m relay, Jamaica misses gold at world championships   

2017  On this day in history "Unite the Right" march in Charlottesville, Virginia turns violent when car rams protesters killing 1, injuring 19   

2017  US President Donald Trump at a press conference at Trump Tower says “there is blame on both sides” about Charlottesville violence, provoking widespread condemnation on August - 12.   

2018  On this day in history an American clean sweep of the 3m diving medals via Marjorie Gestring, Katherine Rawls and Dorothy Poynton-Hill at the Berlin Olympics   

2018  On this day in history nASA launches the Parker Space Probe, its first mission to the Sun and its outermost atmosphere, the corona   

2018  US man steals a plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, flies for an hour chased by military jets before crashing on Ketron Island on August - 12.   

2018  100th PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Brooks Koepka becomes only the 5th player to win 2 major titles in a calendar year (US Open 2018) when he beats Tiger Woods by 2 strokes on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history more than 200 Afghan soldiers reported killed after 3 days of attacks by taliban insurgents over multiple fronts including Ghazni city   

2018  Mali's Presidential run-off election held, eventually won by current President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with opposition disputing outcome on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 12 the five littoral states - Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan - sign the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, ending the 20-year long dispute over the Caspian Sea's legal status.   

2018  On this day in history nASA launches the unmanned Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind.   

2019  Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests: Hong Kong International Airport is closed due to protests on this day in history.   

2019  Japan–South Korea trade dispute: South Korea announces the removal of Japan from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on September 18 on this day in history.   

2019  The Trump administration announces it will delay its proposal for 10 percent tariffs slated to take effect from September 1 on certain consumer goods from China while exempting other products — less than two weeks after Trump announced the new proposed tariffs on August - 12.   

2021  On this day in history the 2021 Zambian general election is held.   

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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.   

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

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

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

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