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  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman   

1989  On February - 12 mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83   

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 February - 12 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 February - 12.   

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

1993  On February - 12 james Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys   

1994  On this day in history 17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway   

1994  On this day in history 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston   

1994  On this day in history edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo)   

1994  Edward Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen from the Norwegian National Gallery. It is later returned and promptly stolen again on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1994  On February - 12 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   

1994  Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

1995  On this day in history pRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections   

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  On this day in history roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51   

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

1998  250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die &50 hurt on this day in history.   

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

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

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

2000  On this day in history former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry dies at age 75 after battling leukemia for nine months.   

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

2005  On February - 12 fire devastated the Windsor Building, a 32 story office block, in Madrid.   

2007  On February - 12 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.   

2009  On February - 12 colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes near Buffalo in e ate of New York killing 50 people.   

2010  On February - 12 the 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.   

2012  On February - 12 gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is re-elected president of Turkmenistan with 97% of the vote   

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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  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  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

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

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 February - 12.   

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.   

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

1538  On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

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.