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What Happened on February 12th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.
2016	Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
2009	Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
2004	The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
2002	The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
2002	An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
2001	NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
1999	United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
1994	Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
1993	Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
1992	The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
1990	Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
1988	Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
1983	One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
1974	Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
1968	Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
1965	Malcolm X visits Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
1963	Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
1961	The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
1947	The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
1947	Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
1946	World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
1946	African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
1935	USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
1924	George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
1921	Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
1915	In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
1912	The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
1909	The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
1909	New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
1894	Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
1889	Antonín Dvořák's Jakobín is premiered at National Theater in Prague
1855	Michigan State University is established.
1832	Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
1825	The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
1818	Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
1817	An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
1771	Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
1733	Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
1689	The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
1593	Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
1541	Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
1502	Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
1502	Vasco da Gama with 15 ships and 800 men sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
1429	English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in the Battle of the Herrings.
1404	The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.

Famous People Born on February 12

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Year	Name
1880	George Preca, Maltese priest and saint (d. 1962)
1969	Anneli Drecker, Norwegian singer and actress
1955	Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
1889	Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (d. 1999)
1954	Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author (d. 2018)
1857	Eugène Atget, French photographer (d. 1927)
1884	Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general (d. 1953)
1956	Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
1480	Frederick II of Legnica, Duke of Legnica (d. 1547)
1880	John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (d. 1969)

Famous People Deaths On February 12

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on February 12. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1947	Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
1991	Roger Patterson, American bass player (b. 1968)
1935	Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
1971	James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
1804	Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
1929	Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
821	Benedict of Aniane, French monk and saint (b. 747)
1571	Nicholas Throckmorton, English politician and diplomat (b. 1515)
1977	Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1894)
1266	Amadeus of the Amidei, Italian saint