Page 6: Historical Events In August - 12

1928  9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1931  Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China on August - 12.   

1933  On this day in history cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup   

1934  Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 on August - 12.   

1935  On this day in history babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand   

1936  On August - 12 120ø F (49ø C), Seymour, Texas (state record)   

1936  Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) on this day in history.   

1936  120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record) on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1939  On this day in history the birth of George Hamilton, American film actor   

1940  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts   

1941  Sikorski-Stalin Polish-Russian agreement allows many Polish Jews to be freed for Siberian labor camp on this day in history.   

1941  French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany on August - 12.   

1941  Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies on August - 12.   

1942  On August - 12 hMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum'.   

1942  On this day in history british premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin   

1943  On this day in history alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.   

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on August - 12.   

1944  Churchill & Tito meet in Naples on August - 12.   

1945  Stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow on this day in history.   

1948  On August - 12 cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game   

1949  On this day in history 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)   

1950  NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa on August - 12.   

1951  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship   

1952  On this day in history hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan   

1953  On this day in history ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami   

1953  On this day in history in Greece, Kefallinia (Cephalonia) a 7.1 quake killed 455, over 27,000 houses destroyed on Ithaki (Ithaca), Kefallinia (Cephalonia) and Zakinthos (Zante)   

1953  On August - 12 soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb   

1953  On August - 12 ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami   

1954  On August - 12 senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row   

1955  Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour on August - 12.   

1955  22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) on this day in history.   

1955  Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1956  On August - 12 william Shatner marries Gloria Rand   

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.   

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.   

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.