Birthday February 12, 1746 Thaddeus Kosciusko, Polish patriot
Birthday February 12, 1775 Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams
Birthday February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln ,(R), 16th U.S. president (1861-65)
Birthday February 12, 1809 Charles Darwin, Evolutionist--Shrewsbury, England
Birthday February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln is born
Birthday February 12, 1828 Robert Ransom is born
Birthday February 12, 1880 John L. Lewis, leader of United Mine Workers of America
Birthday February 12, 1893 General of Army Omar Bradley, 'GI General'
Birthday February 12, 1915 Lorne Greene is born
Birthday February 12, 1915 Lorne Greene, Actor (Ben Cartwright on Bonanza) in Canada
Birthday February 12, 1919 Forrest Tucker, Actor
Birthday February 12, 1923 Franco Zefferelli, motion picture director
Birthday February 12, 1926 Joe Garagiola, baseball player & announcer
Birthday February 12, 1934 Bill Russell, basketball player & coach
Birthday February 12, 1934 Basketball great Bill Russell born
Birthday February 12, 1936 Joe Don Baker, Actor
Birthday February 12, 1938 Judy Blume, author
Birthday February 12, 1938 Judy Blume, popular young-adult author, is born
Birthday February 12, 1945 Maud Adams, Actress in Sweden
History February 12, 1541 Santiago - Chile founded
History February 12, 1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe
History February 12, 1789 Ethan Allen dies
History February 12, 1793 Congress enacts first fugitive slave law
History February 12, 1865 Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War
History February 12, 1908 Anna Jeanes bequests $1 -000 -000 to Swarthmore to become all girl
History February 12, 1912 Last emperor of China abdicates
History February 12, 1915 British planes raid Belgian coast
History February 12, 1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington - DC
History February 12, 1917 American schooner Lyman M. Law is sunk
History February 12, 1924 Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time
History February 12, 1924 Rhapsody In Blue" premiers in Carnegie Hall
History February 12, 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporated
History February 12, 1941 Rommel in Africa
History February 12, 1945 SF selected for site of UN Conference
History February 12, 1947 A daytime fireball & meteorite fall is seen in eastern Siberia
History February 12, 1955 Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam
History February 12, 1961 USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus
History February 12, 1972 Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat
History February 12, 1973 Release of U.S. POWs begins
History February 12, 1976 Actor Sal Mineo is killed in Hollywood
History February 12, 1980 2nd Islander scoreless tie - Jets at Nassau
History February 12, 1986 Scharansky released
History February 12, 1988 Russian ships bump U.S. destroyer and cruiser
History February 12, 1999 President Clinton acquitted
History February 12, 2002 Iranian jet slams into mountain
History February 12, 2008 GM reports record loss, offers buyouts to 74,000 workers
History February 12, 2008 Writers’ strike ends after 100 days
February 12, 1746 Thaddeus Kosciusko, Polish patriot
February 12, 1775 Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams
February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln ,(R), 16th U.S. president (1861-65)
February 12, 1809 Charles Darwin, Evolutionist--Shrewsbury, England
February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln is born
February 12, 1828 Robert Ransom is born
February 12, 1880 John L. Lewis, leader of United Mine Workers of America
February 12, 1893 General of Army Omar Bradley, 'GI General'
February 12, 1915 Lorne Greene is born
February 12, 1915 Lorne Greene, Actor (Ben Cartwright on Bonanza) in Canada
February 12, 1919 Forrest Tucker, Actor
February 12, 1923 Franco Zefferelli, motion picture director
February 12, 1926 Joe Garagiola, baseball player & announcer
February 12, 1934 Bill Russell, basketball player & coach
February 12, 1934 Basketball great Bill Russell born
February 12, 1936 Joe Don Baker, Actor
February 12, 1938 Judy Blume, author
February 12, 1938 Judy Blume, popular young-adult author, is born
February 12, 1945 Maud Adams, Actress in Sweden
February 12, 1541 Santiago - Chile founded
February 12, 1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe
February 12, 1789 Ethan Allen dies
February 12, 1793 Congress enacts first fugitive slave law
February 12, 1865 Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War
February 12, 1908 Anna Jeanes bequests $1 -000 -000 to Swarthmore to become all girl
February 12, 1912 Last emperor of China abdicates
February 12, 1915 British planes raid Belgian coast
February 12, 1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington - DC
February 12, 1917 American schooner Lyman M. Law is sunk
February 12, 1924 Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time
February 12, 1924 Rhapsody In Blue" premiers in Carnegie Hall
February 12, 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporated
February 12, 1941 Rommel in Africa
February 12, 1945 SF selected for site of UN Conference
February 12, 1947 A daytime fireball & meteorite fall is seen in eastern Siberia
February 12, 1955 Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam
February 12, 1961 USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus
February 12, 1972 Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat
February 12, 1973 Release of U.S. POWs begins
February 12, 1976 Actor Sal Mineo is killed in Hollywood
February 12, 1980 2nd Islander scoreless tie - Jets at Nassau
February 12, 1986 Scharansky released
February 12, 1988 Russian ships bump U.S. destroyer and cruiser
February 12, 1999 President Clinton acquitted
February 12, 2002 Iranian jet slams into mountain
February 12, 2008 GM reports record loss, offers buyouts to 74,000 workers
February 12, 2008 Writers’ strike ends after 100 days