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What happened in history on this day: February 12?
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Births on February 12
- 1883 - Birth of Ludwig Stossel in Austria; actor (Man With a Camera).
- 1891 - Birth of Max Terhune; actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice).
- 1898 - Birth of Wallace Ford AKA Samuel Jones Grundy in Batton, England; actor (The Deputy).
- 1900 - Birth of Fred Emney in London, England; actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino).
- 1905 - Birth of Harry Bellaver; actor (Sergeant Arcaro - Naked City).
- 1912 - Birth of Ernest Clark in London, England; actor (Doctor in the House).
- 1915 - Birth of Lorne Greene in Ottawa, Canada; actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica).
- 1919 - Birth of Forrest Tucker in Plainfield, Indiana, USA; actor (O'Rourke - F Troop, Dusty Trail).
- 1927 - Birth of Anne Gillis in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; actress (Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Men).
- 1932 - Birth of Lincoln Kilpatrick in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (BJ - Leslie Uggams Show).
- 1934 - Birth of Annette Crosbie in Edinburgh, Scotland; actress (Six Wives of Henry VIII, One Foot in the Grave).
- 1935 - Birth of Gene McDaniels; American vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers).
- 1936 - Birth of Joe Don Baker in Groesback, Texas, USA; actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch).
- 1936 - Birth of Paul Shenar in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Carrington - Roots).
- 1939 - Birth of John D Hancock; actor/director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights).
- 1945 - Birth of Cliff De Young in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment).
- 1945 - Birth of Maud Adams in Lulea, Sweden; actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo).
- 1950 - Birth of Michael Ironside; actor (Starship Troopers).
- 1952 - Birth of Simon MacCorkindale in Cambridge, England; actor (Counterstrike, Falcon Crest, Manimal, Jaws 3D).
- 1953 - Birth of Joanna Kerns [de Varona] in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Maggie - Growing Pains).
- 1955 - Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at age 71.
- 1956 - Birth of Paula Zahn in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning).
- 1958 - Birth of Arsenio Hall; comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America).
- 1959 - Birth of Sigrid Thornton in Australia; actress (Amelia Lawson - Guns of Paradise).
- 1964 - Birth of Raphael Sbarge; actor (Glenn - Risky Business, Sherman - My Science Project, Brian - Better Days).
- 1968 - Birth of Josh Brolin; actor (Johnny - Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok - Young Riders).
- 1969 - Birth of Josh Brolin; actor (Johnny - Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok - Young Riders).
- 1972 - Birth of Andrew Cassesse; actor (Wormser - Revenge of Nerds, TV 101).
- 1976 - Birth of Christopher Pettiet in Los Angeles, California; actor (Young Riders).
- 1980 - Birth of Christina Ricci; American actress (Wednesday - Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper).
- 1980 - Birth of Sarah Lancaster in Kansas City, Kansas; actress (Rachel - Saved By the Bell: New Class).
Deaths on February 12
- 1947 - Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at age 72.
- 1965 - Henry Kulky, actor (Otto - Life of Riley), dies at age 53.
- 1969 - Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch and Perlemoer), dies at age 80.
- 1971 - George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at age 86.
- 1976 - Death of Sal Mineo at age 37, stabbed to death behind his apartment building; actor/singer (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause film, The Gene Krupa Story film).
- 1980 - Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies.
- 1981 - Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Living, You Only Live Once), dies.
- 1982 - Victor Jory of Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, actor (Adventures of Tom Sawyer, First Lady, Jigsaw), dies at age 79 (born 1902).
- 1985 - Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach - Cheers), dies at age 61.
- 1986 - Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at age 82.
- 1987 - Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip - Rescue 8), dies at age 55.
- 1992 - Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies.
- 2022 - Death of Ivan Reitman at age 75 in his sleep in Montecito, California, USA; American director and producer (Meatballs (1979), National Lampoon's Animal House, Kindergarten Cop, Ghostbusters, Space Jam).
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