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What happend on 12. February in History
In our data base we found 351 events happened on 12. February:
• 41: Britannicus, Roman son of Emperor Claudius {d. 55} [category: Births]
• 881: Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Emperor [category: Events]
• 1074: Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) [category: Births]
• 1218: Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) [category: Births]
• 1429: English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and Sir John Stewart of Darnley in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings). [category: Events]
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• 1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. [category: Events]
• 1538: Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter [category: Deaths]
• 1541: Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia. [category: Events]
• 1554: Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537) [category: Deaths]
• 1554: Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (b. 1536) [category: Deaths]
• 1554: A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason. [category: Events]
• 1567: Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620) [category: Births]
• 1571: Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) [category: Deaths]
• 1584: Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1590: François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524) [category: Deaths]
• 1593: Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju. [category: Events]
• 1606: John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) [category: Births]
• 1612: Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538) [category: Deaths]
• 1624: George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1630: Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
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• 1637: Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1663: Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728) [category: Births]
• 1665: Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721) [category: Births]
• 1689: The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication. [category: Events]
• 1692: Hendrick Hamel, Dutch sailor and writer (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1700: Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1724: Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1728: Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1728: Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1733: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day). [category: Events]
• 1752: Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1752: Josef Reicha, Czech cellist, composer and conductor (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1753: François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1761: Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1762: Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1771: King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1775: Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States (1825–1829), widow of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1777: Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1777: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1785: Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1787: Joseph-Norbert Provencher, Canadian clergyman and missionary (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1788: Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1789: Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1791: Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1794: Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1799: Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1804: Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-his death) (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1809: Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1816: The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire. [category: Events]
• 1817: An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco. [category: Events]
• 1818: Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile. [category: Events]
• 1825: The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west. [category: Events]
• 1828: George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1832: Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands. [category: Events]
• 1834: Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher (b. 1768) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1851: Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rush. [category: Events]
• 1855: Michigan State University is established. [category: Events]
• 1857: Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1857: Eugène Atget, French photographer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1861: Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1865: Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1869: Emperor Kien Phuc, the 7th emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1870: Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1872: Guillermo Hayden Wright, Mexican polo player (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1872: Oscar Stribolt, Danish actor (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1874: Edward Marsh, American rower (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1876: Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (1879-his death) (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1877: Louis Renault, French industrialist, one of the founders of Renault and a pioneer of the automobile industry. (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1880: John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1881: Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1884: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, elder daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1884: Johan Laidoner, Estonian military commander (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1884: Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1884: Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1885: Julius Streicher, Nazi German publisher (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1889: Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk and supercentenarian (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1893: Omar Bradley, American general, the last surviving five-star general in the United States and the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1894: Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20. [category: Events]
• 1895: Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1896: Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1898: Wallace Ford, English-born actor (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1900: Roger J. Traynor, American judge (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1902: William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1903: Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1903: Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1904: Ted Mack, American television host (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1907: Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1907: Joseph Kearns, American actor (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1908: August Neo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1909: Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1909: New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. [category: Events]
• 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. [category: Events]
• 1911: Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1911: Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1912: R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1912: The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. [category: Events]
• 1914: Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a. "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference" (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1914: In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place. [category: Events]
• 1915: Andrew Goodpaster, American army general (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1915: Émile Waldteufel, French composer (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1916: Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1917: Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1919: Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1920: Pran, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1920: William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Aurore Gagnon, Victim of child abuse (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Hussein Onn, Malaysian politician, Prime Minister (1976–1981) (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1923: Chaskel Besser, Orthodox rabbi (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1923: Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director [category: Births]
• 1925: Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1926: Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant [category: Births]
• 1926: Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer [category: Births]
• 1929: Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Arlen Specter, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: John Doyle, Irish hurler (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1931: Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1932: Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1932: Maurice Filion, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager [category: Births]
• 1933: Costa-Gavras, Greek filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1933: Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Anne Krueger, American economist [category: Births]
• 1934: Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Bill Russell, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1934: In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española. [category: Events]
• 1934: The Austrian Civil War begins. [category: Events]
• 1935: Gene McDaniels, American singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1935: John Quimby, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1935: Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks. [category: Events]
• 1936: Joe Don Baker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Paul Shenar, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Richard Lynch, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1938: Judy Blume, American author [category: Births]
• 1938: Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors) [category: Births]
• 1940: Ralph Bates, English actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1941: Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1942: Ehud Barak, Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel [category: Births]
• 1942: Lionel Grigson, British jazz pianist, composer and educator (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1942: Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1942: Eugene Esmonde, British pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Grant Wood, American painter (b.1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Claude Jameson, American soccer player (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Moe Bandy, American singer [category: Births]
• 1945: David D. Friedman, American economist [category: Births]
• 1945: Maud Adams, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Antonio Villa-Real, Filipino jurist (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Walraven van Hall, a Dutch banker and resistance leader during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician (Clear Light) [category: Births]
• 1946: Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon [category: Births]
• 1946: African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. [category: Events]
• 1946: World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats. [category: Events]
• 1947: Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1947: Jim Durham, American sportscaster (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1947: Moses Gomberg, Russian-born American chemist (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1948: Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1948: Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author [category: Births]
• 1949: Joaquín Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Canadian politician and victim's rights activist [category: Births]
• 1949: Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Angelo Branduardi, Italian singer and composer [category: Births]
• 1950: Michael Ironside, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis) [category: Births]
• 1951: Steven Parent, Manson murder victim (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1952: Michael McDonald, American musician [category: Births]
• 1952: Simon MacCorkindale, British actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1953: Joanna Kerns, American actress [category: Births]
• 1953: Nabil Shaban, British actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Robin Thomas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Joseph Jordania, Australian/Georgian evolutionary musicologist [category: Births]
• 1954: Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer [category: Births]
• 1954: Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian [category: Births]
• 1954: Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer [category: Births]
• 1955: Chet Lemon, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Ad Melkert, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1956: Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead) [category: Births]
• 1957: Willie Smits, Dutch trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal rights activist and social entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1957: Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1958: Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Dan Puric, Romanian actor, director and writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Larry Nance, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1960: George Gray, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1960: Jean-Michel Atlan, French painter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Jim Harris, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Michel Martelly, Haitian musician, businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Tonnie Dirks, Dutch long distance runner [category: Births]
• 1961: Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus. [category: Events]
• 1962: Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Ed Lover, American radio personality [category: Births]
• 1964: Michel Petit, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Christine Elise, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: John Michael Higgins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Rubén Amaro, Jr., American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician [category: Births]
• 1967: Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1968: Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1968: Chynna Phillips, American singer (Wilson Phillips) [category: Births]
• 1968: Grégory Charles, Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1968: Josh Brolin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre. [category: Events]
• 1969: Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer [category: Births]
• 1969: Dean Bergeron, Canadian paralympic athlete [category: Births]
• 1969: Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Meja, Swedish singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Paltiel Daykan, Russian-born Israeli jurist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies) [category: Births]
• 1970: Judd Winick, writer and artist [category: Births]
• 1970: Ishman Bracey, American blues musician (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Scott Menville American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1971: James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Sophie Zelmani, Swedish singer/songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1973: Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1974: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1975: Cliff Blezinski, Design director for Epic Games [category: Births]
• 1975: Scot Pollard, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Silvia Saint, Czech pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1977: Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter [category: Births]
• 1978: Silver Meikar, Estonian politician [category: Births]
• 1979: Antonio Chatman, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jesse Spencer, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Matt Mauck, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Christina Ricci, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sarah Lancaster, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Loren Kreiss, American artist [category: Births]
• 1982: Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand All Black rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jonas Hiller, Swiss ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper [category: Births]
• 1982: Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Carlton Brewster, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jan Klaassens, Dutch footballer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Aylar Lie, Norwegian model [category: Births]
• 1984: Brad Keselowski, American racing car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Lolly Badcock, English pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Tobias Schlauderer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Anna Anderson, claimant to the throne of Russia (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Mike Posner, American singer, composer and producer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nana Eikura, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Moussa Koné, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia. [category: Events]
• 1991: Michael Schimpelsberger, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Patrick Herrmann, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (Atheist) (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1992: Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Roy Slemon, Canadian military officer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect. [category: Events]
• 1993: Jennifer Stone, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edward Munch's iconic painting The Scream. [category: Events]
• 1995: Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Doménica González, Ecuadorian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1996: Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Hugh Gardner Ackley, American economist (b.1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Toni Fisher, American pop singer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial. [category: Events]
• 2000: Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Charles M. Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Tiberio Mitri, Italian boxer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. [category: Events]
• 2002: John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119. [category: Events]
• 2002: The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. He dies four years later before its conclusion. [category: Events]
• 2003: Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom. [category: Events]
• 2005: Dorothy Stang, Brazilian nun (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Eldee Young, American jazz player (Ramsey Lewis Trio) (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Alison Des Forges, American investigator of the Rwanda genocide (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Beverly Eckert, American co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Claude Nollier, French actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Coleman Mellett, American musician (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gerry Niewood, American musician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mat Mathews, Dutch jazz accordionist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: notable victims of Colgan Air Flight 3407: [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground. [category: Events]
• 2010: Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Fedor den Hertog, Dutch racing cyclist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Peter Alexander, Austrian singer, actor, entertainer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: David Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A primary election is held in Venezuela to choose the contendent against Hugo Chávez, the then current president of Venezuela. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Damian of Alexandria [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Darwin Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state)) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Julian the Hospitaller [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lincoln's Birthday (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Freedom to Marry Day, unofficial (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Red Hand Day (United Nations) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Union Day (Myanmar) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day (Venezuela) [category: Holidays and observances]