Historical Events In February - 12

1964  On this day in history beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)   

1964  US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen   

1965  Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean on February - 12.   

1965  Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1969  On February - 12 johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80   

1970  Three-month-old baby receives Canada's first successful liver transplant at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital on February - 12.   

1970  Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 12 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  On this day in history benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67   

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 February - 12 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances   

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

1978  On February - 12 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner   

1979  Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

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

1980  On February - 12 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  Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87 on February - 12.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61   

1986  On this day in history guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86   

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

1987  On February - 12 lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55   

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

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.   

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

1218  On February - 12 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  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  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 February - 12 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 February - 12 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 this day in history death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)   

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.