Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

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

1964  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

1964  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen   

1965  Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on February - 12.   

1965  Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 on February - 12.   

1967  On this day in history keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs   

1969  Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80 on February - 12.   

1970  Three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital on February - 12.   

1970  On February - 12 andre Souris, composer, dies at 79   

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

1973  On this day in history american prisoners captured in Vietnam are released   

1973  The first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines on February - 12.   

1973  On this day in history benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67   

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1978  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

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

1980  On this day in history 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  On this day in history admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1981  Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies on February - 12.   

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

1982  Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87 on February - 12.   

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

1984  On February - 12 jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality &the gold medal   

1984  On February - 12 julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69   

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

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  On February - 12 survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages   

1987  Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55 on February - 12.   

1989  On February - 12 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel   

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.   

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.   

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

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

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

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 February - 12.   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.   

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

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 February - 12.