This day in History - February 12

434 Historic Events for February 12
1850 Event Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300
1852 Birth Hendrik Blink, geographer (Van de Eems tot de Schelde)
1853 Birth Bertram Luard-Selby, composer
1857 Birth Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)
1861 Event State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK
1861 Birth Lou [Andreas-]Salom‚, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott)
1861 Death Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72
1865 Birth Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)
1865 Event Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in US House of Reps
1867 Birth Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German author (Warbride) [or Febr 18]
1867 Birth Joe Howard, NYC, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue)
1868 Birth Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP/founder (SDAP)
1869 Birth Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD)
1870 Event Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada
1873 Birth J¢n Trausti, [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Icelandic writer (Heidarbylid)
1873 Event Congress abolishes bimetallism and authorizes $1 and $3 gold coins
1874 Event King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit US
1876 Event Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
1877 Event 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass
1877 Event US railroad builders strike against wage reduction
1878 Event Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
1879 Event 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC)
1879 Event News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London
1880 Birth John Llewellyn Lewis, union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60)
1880 Event National Croquet League organizes (Phila)