Page 8: Historical Events In February - 12

1964  Beatles first NYC concert (Carnegie Hall) on February - 12.   

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

1964  US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history nuclear test at Pacific Ocean   

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

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

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  On February - 12 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1978  "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances on February - 12.   

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

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

1979  On this day in history jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84   

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

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

1981  Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA on February - 12.   

1981  On February - 12 jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

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  On February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

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

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  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.   

1242  On February - 12 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  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

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 February - 12.