Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

1964  Beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall) on this day in history.   

1964  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on February - 12.   

1964  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on February - 12.   

1965  On February - 12 nuclear test at Pacific Ocean   

1965  Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 on February - 12.   

1967  Keith Richards, Mick Jagger &Marianne Faithful busted for drugs on February - 12.   

1969  Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80 on February - 12.   

1970  Three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history andre Souris, composer, dies at 79   

1971  On this day in history george Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86   

1973  American prisoners captured in Vietnam are released on February - 12.   

1973  The first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines on this day in history.   

1973  Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.   

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 12.   

1976  James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances   

1978  On February - 12 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne   

1978  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1980  Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies   

1981  On February - 12 admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA   

1981  On this day in history jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87   

1983  On February - 12 eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100   

1984  On February - 12 jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality &the gold medal   

1984  On February - 12 julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69   

1985  Defence Minister Robert Coates resigns news reports reveal he visited a nightclub featuring nude dancers and prostitutes while on ministry business in West Germany on this day in history.   

1985  Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1986  Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86 on February - 12.   

1987  On February - 12 survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages   

1987  Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55 on February - 12.   

1989  On February - 12 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel   

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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  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.   

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

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.   

1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

1242  On this day in history death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.   

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  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

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

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.