12 Februar

The 12t o Februar is the 43t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 322 days ti come (323 in lowp years).

Events

1832: Galapagos Islands

• 1541 - Santiago de Chile is foondit.
• 1809 - Charles Darwin an Abraham Lincoln are born on the same day as each other.
• 1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins proclaims Chile's unthirldom.
• 1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands.
• 1912 - The Republic o Cheenae adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• 1914 - In Washington, D.C., the first stone o the Lincoln Memorial is laid.
• 1961 - The Soviet Union launches the Venera 1 probe tae Venus.
• 1994 - Stairt o the 1994 Winter Olympic Gemmes in Lillehammer, Norawa.
• 2009 - Colgan Air Flicht 3407 crashes in Clarence Center, New York, killin 50 fowk.
• 2010 - Stairt o the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canadae.

Births

Charles Darwin

• 1768 - Francis II, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
• 1809 - Charles Darwin, Inglis naituralist (d. 1882)
• 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16t Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1865)
• 1881 - Anna Pavlova, Roushie ballerina (d. 1931)
• 1920 - Pran, Indian actor (d. 2013)
• 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director an producer
• 1930 - Arlen Specter, American politeecian (d. 2012)
• 1934 - Annette Crosbie, Scots actress
• 1942 - Ehud Barak, former Prime meenister o Israel
• 1948 − Nicholas Soames, Inglis politeecian
• 1968 - Josh Brolin, American actor
• 1976 − Jenni Falconer, Scots televeesion presenter
• 1980 - Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spainyie tennis player
• 1980 - Christina Ricci, American actress
• 1987 - Jérémy Chardy, French tennis player

Daiths

• 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant tae the Inglis throne (b. 1537)
• 1804 - Immanuel Kant, Prussian filosofer (b. 1724)
• 1942 - Grant Wood, American penter (b. 1891)
• 2000 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (b. 1922)
• 2014 - Sid Caesar, American actor an comedian (b. 1922)

Halidays

• Darwin Day
• Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (Unitit States)
• Internaitional Red Hand Day