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Birthday August 12, 1753 Thomas Bewick, English artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) |
Birthday August 12, 1762 George IV, king of England (1820-30) |
Birthday August 12, 1774 English poet laureate Robert Southey is born |
Birthday August 12, 1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate, biographer of Nelson |
Birthday August 12, 1862 Juluis Rosenwald, philanthropist |
Birthday August 12, 1866 Jacinto Benavente y Mart¡nez, Spanish dramatist (Nobel 1922) |
Birthday August 12, 1876 Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer |
Birthday August 12, 1880 Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher |
Birthday August 12, 1881 Cecil B deMille, directed God |
Birthday August 12, 1887 Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist (had a cat) |
Birthday August 12, 1911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas, Mexican entertainer |
Birthday August 12, 1912 Jane Wyatt, Mom knows best - Spock's mother in Campgaw NJ |
Birthday August 12, 1915 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles) |
Birthday August 12, 1919 Michael Kidd, Choreographer |
Birthday August 12, 1921 Majorie Reynolds, in Buhl Idaho |
Birthday August 12, 1925 Dale Bumpers, (Sen-D-Ark) |
Birthday August 12, 1926 John Derek, Actor-director |
Birthday August 12, 1929 Buck Owens, country singer |
Birthday August 12, 1931 William Goldman, author (Lord of the Flies) (Nobel 1983) |
Birthday August 12, 1939 George Hamilton, Actor |
Birthday August 12, 1941 Deborah Walley, in Bridgeport Ct |
History August 12, 1676 King Philip's War ends |
History August 12, 1776 Washington anticipates British strategy |
History August 12, 1820 Fur trader Manuel Lisa dies |
History August 12, 1851 Issac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine |
History August 12, 1862 John Hunt Morgan captures a Federal garrison at Gallatin |
History August 12, 1867 Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton |
History August 12, 1898 Hawaii formally annexed to the US |
History August 12, 1898 Armistice ends the Spanish-American War |
History August 12, 1898 The peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed. |
History August 12, 1914 British Parliament passes Defense of the Realm Act |
History August 12, 1915 Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham published. |
History August 12, 1923 K Reinmuth discovers 1 000th asteroid names it Giuseppe Piazzi |
History August 12, 1934 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park 41 766 on hand |
History August 12, 1936 diver Marjorie Gestring becomes youngest Olympic gold medalist (13) |
History August 12, 1938 Hitler institutes the Mother's Cross |
History August 12, 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie musical premieres in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin |
History August 12, 1941 French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany. |
History August 12, 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill confer, map out short- and long-term goals |
History August 12, 1953 Ann Davidson -1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic arrived Miami |
History August 12, 1953 Soviets test Layer-Cake bomb |
History August 12, 1953 Soviet Union conducted a secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb. |
History August 12, 1955 Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour |
History August 12, 1959 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile Observation Island |
History August 12, 1960 Echo 1 1st communications satellite is launched |
History August 12, 1961 East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall |
History August 12, 1962 Russia launches Pavel Popovich. He lands safely Aug. 15. |
History August 12, 1964 James Bond creator Ian Fleming dies |
History August 12, 1964 Great Train robber escapes from prison |
History August 12, 1964 10th time Mantle switch hits HR in a game one goes 502 feet |
History August 12, 1965 Henry Cabot Lodge sworn in as Ambassador to Vietnam |
History August 12, 1969 VC launch new offensive |
History August 12, 1972 Last American combat ground troops left Vietnam. |
History August 12, 1973 Nicklaus sets title record |
History August 12, 1974 1st time 2 teammates elected to Hall of Fame on same day they are Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford |
History August 12, 1977 1st test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise |
History August 12, 1978 Rising NFL star paralyzed by hit |
History August 12, 1985 JAL air crash |
History August 12, 1985 World's worst single aircraft disaster-Japan Boeing 747 (520 die) |
History August 12, 1988 Tucker: The Man & His Dream debuts |
History August 12, 2000 Russian sub sinks with 118 onboard |
History August 12, 2014 Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall dies |