Page 5: Historical Events In February - 12

1901  Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed on February - 12.   

1901  On February - 12 ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83   

1902  On this day in history william D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader   

1904  On this day in history ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)   

1905  Harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City) on this day in history.   

1905  Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on February - 12.   

1906  George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1908  On February - 12 new York to Paris auto race (via Alaska &Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel   

1908  On February - 12 anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female   

1909  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded on February - 12.   

1909  National Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)   

1910  Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer on February - 12.   

1911  Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936) on February - 12.   

1912  On this day in history china adopts the Gregorian calendar   

1912  On February - 12 china becomes a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor   

1912  Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history robert Cromie publishes first issue of the Vancouver Sun, to "consistently advocate the principles of Liberalism"   

1912  The Republic of China is formed on this day in history.   

1912  On February - 12 china adopts Gregorian calendar   

1912  Eddie J Bush, golf professional on this day in history.   

1913  On February - 12 pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I   

1914  On this day in history in Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.   

1914  Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch) on this day in history.   

1915  On February - 12 cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on February - 12.   

1915  On February - 12 lorne Greene broadcaster, actor, born on this day at Ottawa Ontario   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC on this day in history.   

1915  Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1916  1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" on February - 12.   

1916  J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1917  Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 arrives in London to sit as a member of the British [Imperial] War Cabinet on February - 12.   

1920  14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike on this day in history.   

1920  On February - 12 -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike   

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1074  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.   

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

1584  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.   

1538  On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.   

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1595  On February - 12 death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)   

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65