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What happened in history on this day: February 12?
On February 12 in ...
- 1793 - First US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves.
- 1795 - Boston merchant Moses Brown makes first deposit of gold at Philadelphia Mint, $2275.22.
- 1825 - Creek Indian treaty signed with USA; tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the US government and migrate west by September 1, 1826.
- 1838 - The Dahlonega Mint in Georgia state, USA opens for operations.
- 1839 - Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick leads to Aroostook.
- 1861 - State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln signs legislation authorizing additional $10 million in demand notes.
- 1870 - Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada.
- 1873 - The US Mint Act of 1873 is signed into law:
- the mint is established as a bureau within the Treasury Department;
- the silver dollar, 2-cent, silver 3-cent, and silver half dime are discontinued;
- half dollar weight increases from 192 grains to 192.904 (12.5 grams), with quarter dollar and dime set proportionately;
- a $3 gold coin is authorized;
- the right of silver holders to have their silver stuck as legal tender dollar coins is abolished;
- a Trade dollar is established as 420 grains of 0.900 fine silver.
- 1874 - King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Island, Hawaii, is first king to visit US.
- 1877 - First news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Massachusetts.
- 1877 - US railroad builders strike against wage reduction.
- 1879 - At New York City's Madison Square Garden, the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
- 1899 - -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record).
- 1909 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded in USA.
- 1915 - The cornerstone is laid for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
- 1924 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio.
- 1925 - First federal arbitration law approved by US Congress.
- 1932 - US Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon steps down.
- 1935 - Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean off Point Sur, California.
- 1944 - Wendell Wilkie (Republican) enters US presidential race.
- 1945 - San Francisco, California, selected for site of United Nations Conference.
- 1949 - Annie Get Your Gun closes at Imperial Theater in New York City after 1147 performances.
- 1950 - Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb.
- 1950 - US Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees.
- 1955 - US President Dwight Eisenhower sends first US advisors to South Vietnam.
- 1959 - The US Mint releases the 1959 Lincoln Memorial cent to circulation.
- 1962 - Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia, USA.
- 1973 - First US POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines.
- 1973 - Ohio becomes the first US state to post distances on signs in System International (Metric) units.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1981 - Admiral Bobby R Inman, US Navy, becomes deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan names Angela Marie Buchanan as Treasurer of the US.
- 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded US$7 million damages.
- 1988 - Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1994 - 20th century premiere of six restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston.
- 1997 - Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement.
- 1998 - Intel unveils its first graphics chip, the i740.
- 1998 - US district judge T Hogan declares the presidential line-item veto law is unconstitutional.
- 1999 - The US Senate votes on whether to remove President Bill Clinton from office. The president is acquitted on both articles of impeachment.
- 2002 - The U.S. Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States' nuclear waste repository.
- 2004 - San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as an act of civil disobedience.
- 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.
- 2008 - In the USA, General Motors reports a fiscal 2007 year loss of US$39 billion.
- 2008 - In Los Angeles and New York, film and television writers vote to lift their 100-day-old strike against major studios and return to work. Writers Guild of America members voted 92.5 percent in favor of ending the strike, with a new three-year contract approved in principle.
- 2009 - Colgan Air's Continental Connection Flight 3407 Dash 8 Q400 turboprop commuter plane nosedives and slams into a home in western New York state, killing all 49 people aboard and one on the ground.
- 2023 - The U.S. Air Force shoots down an unknown object flying over Lake Huron in Michigan.
Births on February 12
- 1791 - Birth of Peter Cooper; industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union), first US presidential candidate of the Greenback Party.
- 1809 - Birth of Abraham Lincoln in Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA; (Republican) 16th President (1861-65) (dies 1865).
- 1867 - Birth of Joe Howard in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Gay Nineties Revue).
- 1898 - Birth of Leroy Harris AKA Roy Harris in Oklahoma, USA; composer ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home").
- 1904 - Birth of Ted Mack in Denver, Colorado, USA; TV host (Original Amateur Hour).
- 1909 - Birth of Barry Wood in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1916 - Birth of Joseph Lawrence Alioto in San Francisco, California, USA; American politician (Mayor of San Francisco 1968-1976).
- 1917 - Birth of Thomas K Scherman in New York City, New York, USA; conductor (Little Orchestra Society 1947-75).
- 1919 - Birth of Forrest Tucker in Plainfield, Indiana, USA; actor (O'Rourke - F Troop, Dusty Trail).
- 1926 - Birth of Joe Garagiola in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; sportscaster/host (Today Show).
- 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 Bill Russell in Monroe, Louisiana, USA; NBA star (Boston Celtics, Olympics-gold-1956).
- 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).
- 1937 - Birth of Charles Everett Dumas in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; high jumper (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1938 - Birth of Judy Blume in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA; author (Wifey, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Blubber, Forever).
- 1944 - Birth of Moe Bandy in Meridian, Mississippi, USA; country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys).
- 1945 - Birth of Cliff De Young in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment).
- 1945 - Birth of Joe Schermie in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; bassist (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World").
- 1953 - Birth of Joanna Kerns [de Varona] in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Maggie - Growing Pains).
- 1956 - Birth of Paula Zahn in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; news anchor (ABC, CBS This Morning).
- 1958 - Birth of Ingrid Klich in Whittier, California, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Ruben Amaro; US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians).
- 1968 - Birth of Chynna Phillips in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (Wilson Phillips - "Hold On").
- 1969 - Birth of Colin Keely in Buffalo, New York, USA; water polo driver (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Shauna Lyn Searles; Miss California-USA (1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Tracy Kennick; Miss Utah-USA (1996).
- 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
- 1942 - Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), dies at age 49.
- 1959 - George Antheil, US pianist/composer (Ballet Mécanique), dies at age 58.
- 1971 - James Cash Penney, US founder (J C Penney), dies at age 95.
- 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).
- 1984 - Anna Anderson Manahan [claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia] dies in Virginia.
- 1991 - Robert Wagner, mayor (New York City - Democrat - 1954-65), dies.
- 2000 - Death of Charles Schulz at age 77 after a heart attack; cartoonist (Peanuts, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973, Emmy award).
- 2003 - Death of American hotel pioneer Charles Kemmons Wilson, at age 90. Wilson founded the first Holiday Inn hotel in 1952.
- 2007 - Death of Peter Ellenshaw in Santa Barbara, California, USA; artist at Disneyland, for Disney movies, four Oscar nominations, named Disney Legend 1993.
- 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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