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 this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman   

1989  On this day in history mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83   

1990  On this day in history 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 February - 12.   

1991  North &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition on February - 12.   

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

1992  On February - 12 bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies   

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

1993  On February - 12 james Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys   

1994  17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway on this day in history.   

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

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

1994  On this day in history 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  On February - 12 rev. Victoria Matthews consecrated the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada   

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  On February - 12 donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65   

1995  PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections on this day in history.   

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

1995  Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66 on February - 12.   

1996  On this day in history 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 February - 12 american Airlines pilots defy a federal court order and continue their sickout, causing the airline to cancel over a thousand flights.   

1999  On February - 12 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 this day in history.   

2007  On February - 12 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.   

2009  Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

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 February - 12.   

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  On February - 12 birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.   

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.   

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

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

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

1595  On February - 12 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.