Birthdates Which Occur on February 12:
1211 Henry VII Roman catholic German king (1220-35)
1438 Adolf van Egmond duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
1474 Lorenzo Campeggi[east] archbishop of Bologna/diplomat
1567 Thomas Campion England, composer/poet/physician
1584 Casparus Barleaus Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)
1585 Caspar Bartholin Malm”, physician, theologian, writer on anatomy
1588 John Winthrop English attorney/governor
1636 Herman Witsius [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist
1637 John Swammerdam Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)
1663 Cotton Mather witchcraft authority
1665 Rudolph J Camerarius German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)
1706 Josef Christian German sculptor
1740 Matej Sojka composer
1751 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot composer
1753 Lambert-Fran‡ois Godecharle composer
1758 Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer
1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemia, pianist/composer
1768 Francis II Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)
1775 Louise Catherine Johnson Adams 1st lady (1825-1829)
1778 Franz Joseph Volkert composer
1791 Jan D Zocher Jr Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
and Peter Cooper industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)
1809 Abraham Lincoln Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)
and Charles Darwin England, discovered evolution (Origin of species)
1818 Otto Ludwig German writer (Die Heiterethei)
1828 George Meredith England, poet/novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)
and Robert Ransom Jr Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1831 John Morrissey boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
1838 Charles Carroll Walcott Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898
1841 Bert van Tienhoven mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister
and G˜sbert van Tienhoven Dutch mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister
1850 Amaat Vyncke Flemish missionary (Flemish Flag)
1853 Bertram Luard-Selby composer
1861 Lou [Andreas-]Salom‚ Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott)
1865 Kazimierz P Tetmajer Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)
1867 Hedwig Courths-Mahler Dutch author (Warbride) [or Febr 18]
and Joe Howard NYC, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue)
1868 Johan H A Schaper founder SDAP/Member of Dutch 2nd Chamber
1869 Hendrik P Marchant Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD)
1873 J¢n Trausti [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Icelandic writer (Heidarbylid)
1880 John Llewellyn Lewis union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60)
1882 Walter Vaes Flemish painter/etcher
1883 Ludwig Stossel Austria, actor (Man With a Camera)
1884 Max Beckmann German painter/graphic artist
1885 Julius Streicher German district leader (Strmer)
and Licinio Refice composer
1886 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist composer
and Michel Brusselmans composer
1891 Maurice Yvain composer
and Max Terhune actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice)
1893 Marcel G J Minnaert Dutch astronomer
and Omar Bradley General of Army WW II (GI General)
1894 Hans Guido von Blow German conductor
1898 Roy Harris composer
and Wallace Ford Batton England, actor (Deputy)
and [Le]Roy Harris Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
1899 Albert Huybrechts composer
19-- Andrew Cassesse actor (Revenge of Nerds II, TV 101)
and Lillian Lehman Selma Ala, actress (Tenafly, Fay)
and Pat St John radio DJ (WPLJ-FM NYC)
and Sarah Lancaster actress (Rachel Meyers-Saved By Bell: New Class)
1900 Ferenc K”rmendy Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland)
and Fred Emney London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino)
1902 William D Revelli Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
1904 Ted Mack Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)
1905 Harry Bellaver actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)
1909 Barry Wood New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1910 Lee Byung Chull Korean industrialist, founder of Samsung Business
1911 Charles Mathiesen Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
and Sylvstre A Guzm n Fern ndez president (Dominican Republic)
1912 Ernest Clark London England, actor (Doctor in the House)
1913 Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Bragan‡a empreror of Brazil
1914 Gordon Tex Beneke saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
1915 Andrew J Goodpaster US, general/supreme commander NATO-Europe
and Lorne Greene Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica)
1916 Joseph L Alioto (Mayor-SF)
and Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske composer
1917 Thomas K Scherman NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75)
1918 Dominic DiMaggio baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
and Julian S Schwinger US physicist
1919 Forrest Tucker Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail)
1923 Franco Zeffirelli Italy, director (Romeo & Juliet)
and James Abdnor (Sen-R-SD, 1981-87)
and Mel Powell composer
1924 Hans Berghuis author/poet (3 Women, Adam)
1926 Joe Garagiola St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show)
and Paul Hamlyn English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus)
1927 Anne Gillis Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men)
1929 Agustin Gonzalez Acilu composer
1930 Arlen Specter (Sen-R-PA, 1981- )
1931 Constance A Morella (Rep-R-Maryland)
1932 Lincoln Kilpatrick St Louis Mo, actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show)
1933 I N Anikeyev cosmonaut
and Juanita [Ruth] Coulson sci-fi author (Web of Wizardry, Space Trap)
1934 Bill Russell US, NBA star (Olympic-gold-1956, Boston Celtics)
1935 Gene McDaniels US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers)
and Ray Manzarek keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier)
1936 Arnost Parsch composer
and Joe Don Baker Groesback Tx, actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch)
and Paul Shenar Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Carrington-Roots)
1937 Charles Everett Dumas Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
1938 Judy Blume author (Wifey)
1939 John D Hancock actor/director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights)
1940 Hank Brown (Rep-R-CO, 1981-88)
1941 Naomi Uemura mountain climber (1st Japanese to scale Everest)
1942 Chananjit Vohra Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
and Rick Frank rocker
1944 Desmond Nuttall English educator
and Moe Bandy Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys)
1945 Cliff De Young LA Calif, actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment)
and Joe Schermie Madison Wi, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
and Maud Adams Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo)
1946 Ever Meulen [Eddy Vermeulen], Dutch designer (children stamps 1992)
1947 Guus Willemse Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
1949 Stanley Knight country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog)
1950 Steve Hackett rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR)
1951 Gil "The Bird" Moore rocker (Triumph)
1952 Salvador Pineda Mexico City, doctor
1953 Joanna Kerns SF Calif, actress (Maggie Seaver-Growing Pains)
and Simon MacCorkindale Cambridge, actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal) [or 2/2]
1955 Arsenio Hall comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America)
and Daniele Masala Italy, pentathelete (Olympics-1976)
1956 Ad P Melkert Dutch minister of Social Affairs (1994- )
1958 Andie MacDowell [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 4/21]
and Ruth Guerri St Louis Mo, playmate (July, 1983)
1959 Nancy Remy reporter (NYC's Shadow Traffic)
and Omar Hakim drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report)
and Per Gessle rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride)
and Sigrid Thornton Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise)
1964 Raphael Sbarge actor (Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf)
1968 Chynna Phillips LA Calif, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On)
1969 Josh Brolin actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders)
1970 Bryan Roy Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
1976 Christopher Pettiet LA Calif, actor (Young Riders)
1980 Christina Ricci actress (Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper)
Deaths Which Occured February 12:
1128 Toghtekin slave of Damascus, dies
1242 Hendrik VII Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
1538 Albrecht Altdorfer German painter, dies at about 57
1590 Fran‡ois Hotman/Hotomanus French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65
1616 John Drusius of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at 67
1728 Agostino Steffani composer, dies at 73
1738 James Sherard composer, dies at 71
1762 Laurent Belissen composer, dies at 68
1771 Adolf Frederik king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
1787 Ruggiero Boscovich Italy, physicist/astronomer/philosopher, die at 75
1799 Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at 67
1804 Immanuel Kant German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
1820 Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, dies at 71
1834 Friedrich Schleiermacher German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65
1861 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard composer, dies at 72
1886 PJ Edvard Backstr"m Swedish writer, dies at 44
1896 C L Ambroise Thomas French composer (Mignon), dies
Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas composer, dies at 84
Isaac Murphy jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%) dies at 35
1901 Ram¢n de Campoamor bon Campoosorio Spanish poet (Col¢n), dies at 83
1915 Charles Emile Waldteufel composer, dies at 77
1916 J W Richard Dedekind German mathematician, dies
1920 Emile Sauret composer, dies at 67
Jean Allemane French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
1929 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing German para-psychologist, dies
1933 Henri Duparc composer, dies at 85
1942 Grant Wood US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49
1945 Henrietta Szold founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah), dies
Walraven [Wally] van Hall banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
de Young Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
1947 Sidney Toler actor (Charlie Chan, Dark ALibi), dies at 72
1954 Dziga Vertov [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
1955 Tom Moore actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
1957 Johannes Anker Larsen Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
1958 Marcel Cachin 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
1959 George Antheil US pianist/composer (Ballet M‚canique), dies at 58
1965 Henry Kulky actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53
1969 Johanna EFG Tourniaire actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80
1970 Andre Souris composer, dies at 79
1971 George Shelton actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
James Cash Penney US founder (J C Penney), dies at 95
1973 Benjamin Frankel composer, dies at 67
1976 Clifton Williams band master (Sinfonians), dies at 52
Sal Mineo actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 37
1979 Jean Renoir French writer/director (La bˆte humanine), dies at 84
1980 Floyd Taliaferro Alderson dies^
1981 Jean Dixon actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies
1982 Cornelis Rijnsdorp writer (Owing), dies at 87
Victor Jory actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79
1984 Anna Anderson Manahan [Grand Duchess Anastasia?], dies in Virginia
Julio Cort zar Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
1985 Nicholas Colssanto actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
1986 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer, dies at 86
Sid Stone comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
1987 Lang Jeffries actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55
1989 Mauritius Balfoort French/Flemish director, dies at 83
Thomas Bernhard Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies
1991 Edward A Blatt director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
Robert Wagner mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies
1992 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies
Dorothy Tree actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
Ton Brandsteder CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies
1993 James Bulger English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys
1994 Donald Judd US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65
1995 L Jansma Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
Rachid Mimouni Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at 49
Holidays Which Occur February 12:
Booneville Indiana Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Day
Burma Union Day (1947)
Georgia Georgia Day/Oglethorope Day (1733)
US Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (Traditional)
Religious Observances on February 12:
Christian Feast of St Eulalia
Methodist Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
ORTH St Mary/Marinos of Alexandria
Orth Feast of 3 Saints-Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian
RC Modestus, martyr of Sardinia
Orth& John Chrysostom (1/30 OS)
896 Orth? Commem of St Anthony of Cauleas, patriarch of Constantinople
1233 old RC Feast of 7 Founders of Servite Order
Things to Remember for February 12:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
7 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
2 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
34 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] Prid Id Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur February 12:
1049 Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
1130 Pope Innocent II elected
1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power
1541 Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)
1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
1793 1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves
1797 Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna
1818 Chile gains independence from Spain
1821 Mercantile Library of City of NY opens
1832 Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands
1839 Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick leads to Aroostook
1840 Housatonic Railroad opens
1848 Ballet "Faust" premieres, Milan
1850 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300
1861 State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK
1865 Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in US House of Reps
1873 Congress abolishes bimetallism & authorizes $1 & $3 gold coins
1877 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Mass
and US railroad builders strike against wage reduction
1878 Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
1879 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC)
1880 National Croquet League organizes (Phila)
1882 Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam
1891 E Millosevich discovers asteroid #303 Josephina
1899 -47øF (-44øC), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)
and 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC
1901 Penitentiary children's law proclaimed
1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #481 Emita
1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female
and Around the World Automobile Race begins in NYC
and Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins
George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
1909 National Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
and Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter & Wine)
1912 China adopts Gregorian calendar
and Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates
1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC
1920 -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike
1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)
and Winston Churchill becomes England, minister of Colonization
1924 Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (NYC)
1925 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress
and E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo
and Estonia forbids communist Party
1926 S Belyavskij discovers asteroids #1084 Tamariwa & #1094 Siberia
1927 British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai
1929 Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 city skate (11:30)
and P Bourgeois discovers asteroid #1547 Nele
1932 Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committee
1934 Export-Import Bank incorporates
and France hit by a general strike against fascist & royalists
1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
1936 E Delporte discovers asteroid #2101 Adonis
1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
and L Boyer discovers asteroids #1413 Roucarie & #1414 Jerome
1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1541 Estonia
1941 Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen
and Occupation Police arrest "Jewish Foursome"
1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany
and L Oterma discovers asteroids #1680 Per Brahe & #2846 Ylppo
1945 SF selected for site of UN Conference
1947 Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
and Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
1948 1st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps
1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
and Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey
and Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
and Sen Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist govt employees
1953 USSR breaks relations with Israel
1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
and Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam
and Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan
and WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Gen Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala
1960 Chinese army honorary 12 Indies soldiers
1961 USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus
1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
1964 Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
1965 KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1967 Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater
and Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
and Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting
1973 1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine
1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
1980 2nd Islander scoreless tie-Jets at Nassau
and NY Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets
1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution
and Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
and Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal
1987 Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages
1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
and Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season
and Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence
and North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
1994 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
and 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston
and Edvard Munchs painting "The Cry" stolen
and Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.90m
and Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose
and STS-60 (Discovery) lands [approx]
Your Special Reminders for February 12:
1914 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1966 58øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 43rd day of the year with 322 days left (Numerology = 5)
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