{"id":3451,"date":"2024-02-12T00:52:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:04:57","slug":"history-of-12-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-12-february\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 12 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 12 February<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1909\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0National Association for the Advancement of Colored People\u00a0(NAACP) is founded.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1909<\/strong> \u2013 New Zealand&#8217;s worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the\u00a0SS\u00a0<i>Penguin<\/i>, an inter-island\u00a0ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to\u00a0Wellington Harbour.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1912<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Xuantong Emperor, the last\u00a0Emperor of China,\u00a0abdicates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1915\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the\u00a0Lincoln Memorial\u00a0is put into place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1921\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Bolsheviks\u00a0launch a revolt in\u00a0Georgia\u00a0as a preliminary to the\u00a0Red Army invasion of Georgia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1924\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0George Gershwin&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Rhapsody in Blue<\/i>\u00a0received its premiere in a concert titled &#8220;An Experiment in Modern Music&#8221;, in Aeolian Hall, New York, by\u00a0Paul Whiteman\u00a0and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1935<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0USS\u00a0<i>Macon<\/i>, one of the two largest\u00a0helium-filled\u00a0airships\u00a0ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of\u00a0California\u00a0and sinks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1946\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 World War II:\u00a0Operation Deadlight\u00a0ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured\u00a0U-boats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1946<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0African American\u00a0United States Army\u00a0veteran\u00a0Isaac Woodard\u00a0is severely beaten by a\u00a0South Carolina\u00a0police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the\u00a0civil rights movement\u00a0and partially inspires\u00a0Orson Welles&#8217; film\u00a0<i>Touch of Evil<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1947\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0largest observed iron meteorite\u00a0until that time creates an\u00a0impact crater\u00a0in\u00a0the Sikhote-Alin, in the\u00a0Soviet Union.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1947<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Christian Dior\u00a0unveils a &#8220;New Look&#8221;, helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1961\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Soviet Union launches\u00a0<i>Venera 1<\/i>\u00a0towards\u00a0Venus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1963\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Construction begins on the\u00a0Gateway Arch\u00a0in\u00a0St. Louis,\u00a0Missouri.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1965\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Malcolm X\u00a0visits\u00a0Smethwick\u00a0following the racial charged 1964 general election.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><strong>1968\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Phong Nh\u1ecb and Phong Nh\u1ea5t massacre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1974\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the winner of the\u00a0Nobel Prize in Literature\u00a0in\u00a01970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 One hundred women protest in\u00a0Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator\u00a0Zia-ul-Haq&#8217;s proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Cold War: The\u00a01988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser\u00a0USS\u00a0<i>Yorktown<\/i>\u00a0(CG-48)\u00a0is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate\u00a0<i>Bezzavetnyy<\/i>\u00a0in the Soviet\u00a0territorial waters, while\u00a0<i>Yorktown<\/i>\u00a0claims\u00a0innocent passage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Carmen Lawrence\u00a0becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes\u00a0Premier of Western Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1992\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The current\u00a0Constitution of Mongolia\u00a0comes into effect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Two-year-old\u00a0James Bulger\u00a0is abducted from\u00a0New Strand Shopping Centre\u00a0by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Four thieves break into the\u00a0National Gallery of Norway\u00a0and steal\u00a0Edvard Munch&#8217;s iconic painting\u00a0<i>The Scream<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 United States President\u00a0Bill Clinton\u00a0is acquitted by the\u00a0United States Senate\u00a0in his\u00a0impeachment\u00a0trial.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0NEAR Shoemaker\u00a0spacecraft touches down in the &#8220;saddle&#8221; region of\u00a0433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an\u00a0asteroid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0trial of Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107, the former President of the\u00a0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the\u00a0United Nations\u00a0International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia\u00a0in\u00a0The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2002<\/strong> \u2013 An\u00a0Iran Airtour\u00a0Tupolev Tu-154\u00a0crashes in the mountains outside\u00a0Khorramabad,\u00a0Iran\u00a0while descending for a landing at\u00a0Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The city of\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0begins issuing\u00a0marriage licenses\u00a0to same-sex couples in response to a directive from\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Gavin Newsom.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Colgan Air Flight 3407\u00a0crashes into a house in\u00a0Clarence Center, New York\u00a0while on approach to\u00a0Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2016\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Pope Francis\u00a0and\u00a0Patriarch Kirill\u00a0sign an\u00a0Ecumenical Declaration\u00a0in the first such meeting between leaders of the\u00a0Catholic\u00a0and\u00a0Russian Orthodox Churches\u00a0since their\u00a0split in 1054.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1970\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter, and bass player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1970<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer, and manager<\/li>\n<li><strong>1970<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Judd Winick, American author, and illustrator<\/li>\n<li><strong>1971\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor, and musician<\/li>\n<li><strong>1973\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater<\/li>\n<li><strong>1973<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress, and singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1974\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Naseem Hamed, English boxer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1976\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1977\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Jimmy Conrad, an American soccer player, and manager<\/li>\n<li><strong>1978\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Paul Anderson, English actor<\/li>\n<li><strong>1978<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league player, and coach<\/li>\n<li><strong>1979\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Antonio Chatman, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1979<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jesse Spencer, Australian actor, and violinist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> \u2013 Juan Carlos Ferrero, a Spanish tennis player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Sarah Lancaster, American actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Christina Ricci, American actress, and producer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1980<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Gucci Mane, American rapper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Wade McKinnon, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Jonas Hiller, Swiss ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand rugby player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Carlton Brewster, American football player, and coach<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Brad Keselowski, American race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0DeMarco Murray, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Nicol\u00e1s Otamendi, Argentine footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Robert Griffin III, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1991\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Patrick Herrmann, German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 12 February 1909\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0National Association for the Advancement of Colored People\u00a0(NAACP) is founded. 1909 \u2013 New Zealand&#8217;s worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the\u00a0SS\u00a0Penguin, an inter-island\u00a0ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to\u00a0Wellington Harbour. 1912\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Xuantong Emperor, the last\u00a0Emperor of China,\u00a0abdicates. 1915\u00a0\u2013 In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the\u00a0Lincoln 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