Historical Events In August - 12

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

1931  On August - 12 yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China   

1933  On August - 12 cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup   

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

1935  Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand on August - 12.   

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

1936  Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d) on August - 12.   

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 August - 12 the birth of George Hamilton, American film actor   

1940  Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history hMS CAIRO (AA), SUNK, Central Mediterranean, north of Bizerta, Tunisia by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Axum'.   

1942  On August - 12 british premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin   

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

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

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

1945  Stalin invites General Eisenhower to the National Sports Parade in Red Square, Moscow on August - 12.   

1948  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1951  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on August - 12.   

1952  Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan on this day in history.   

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

1953  In Greece, Kefallinia (Cephalonia) a 7.1 quake killed 455, over 27,000 houses destroyed on Ithaki (Ithaca), Kefallinia (Cephalonia) and Zakinthos (Zante) on August - 12.   

1953  Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb on August - 12.   

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

1954  Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row on August - 12.   

1955  On this day in history pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour   

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

1955  On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80   

1956  On this day in history 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  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)