Page 9: Historical Events In February - 12

1989  On February - 12 thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours   

1989  US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman on February - 12.   

1989  Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 on February - 12.   

1990  In Hagersville, Ontarioa tire dump fire set by teenage boys forces hundreds of families from their homes, causes massive air pollution on February - 12.   

1991  On this day in history iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence   

1991  On this day in history north &South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition   

1991  Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 on February - 12.   

1992  Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies on this day in history.   

1993  A pair of 10-year-olds kidnap and beat to death a two-year-old child at a Liverpool, England shopping mall on February - 12.   

1993  On this day in history james Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys   

1994  17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway on February - 12.   

1994  20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston on February - 12.   

1994  Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo) on this day in history.   

1994  Edward Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery. It is later returned and promptly stolen again on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 12 model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose   

1994  Rev. Victoria Matthews consecrated the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada on February - 12.   

1994  Sue Rodriguez takes her own life at age 43 with the help of an anonymous doctor, after a long fight with Lou Gehrig's Disease on February - 12.   

1994  On February - 12 donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65   

1995  PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections on this day in history.   

1995  Susan Auch skates female world record 500 meter (38.94 seconds) on February - 12.   

1995  Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51 on February - 12.   

1997  On this day in history fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement   

1998  250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die &50 hurt on February - 12.   

1998  On February - 12 intel unveils its first graphics chip i740   

1999  American Airlines pilots defy a federal court order and continue their sickout, causing the airline to cancel over a thousand flights on this day in history.   

1999  The U.S. Senate acquits President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice in his impeachment trial on this day in history.   

2000  Former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months on February - 12.   

2000  Peanuts creator Charles Schulz dies of colon cancer in his Santa Rosa, California, home at age 77 on February - 12.   

2005  Fire devastated the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid on this day in history.   

2007  An armed gunman shoots and kills five people at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, before being killed by the police, bringing the evening's rampage death toll to six on this day in history.   

2009  On this day in history colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people.   

2010  The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada on this day in history.   

2012  Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected president of Turkmenistan with 97% of the vote on February - 12.   

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1074  On this day in history 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 February - 12 birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

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  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

1584  On February - 12 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  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history 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 this day in history.