12 Februar
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The 12t o Februar is the 43t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 322 days ti come (323 in lowp years).
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Events[eedit | eedit soorce]
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.
- 2017 - Frank-Walter Steinmeier is chosen tae succeed Joachim Gauck as Preses o Germany on 19 Mairch.
Births[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 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)
- 1876 - 13t Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
- 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, umwhile 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant tae the Inglis throne (b. 1537)
- 1804 - Immanuel Kant, Proushie 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[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Darwin Day
- Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (Unitit States)
- Internaitional Red Hand Day
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