Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

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

1964  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming   

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 February - 12.   

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

1971  George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1973  American prisoners captured in Vietnam are released on this day in history.   

1973  On February - 12 the first US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines   

1973  On February - 12 benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67   

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

1976  On this day in history james Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52   

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

1978  US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne on this day in history.   

1978  US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner on February - 12.   

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

1980  On this day in history richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117   

1980  Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies on this day in history.   

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

1981  Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies on February - 12.   

1982  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 12.   

1982  Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100   

1984  On this day in history jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality &the gold medal   

1984  Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69 on February - 12.   

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 February - 12.   

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  Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages on this day in history.   

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

1989  On this day in history 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel   

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1074  On February - 12 birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.   

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.   

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.   

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.   

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

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65