434 Historic Events for February 12
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Ernest Clark, London England, actor (Doctor in the House)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Bragan‡a, grandson of emperor Pedro I
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Nello Celio, Swiss president
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
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| 1915 |
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Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Andrew J Goodpaster, US, general/supreme commander (NATO-Europe)
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| 1915 |
Death |
Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Lorne Greene, Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica)
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| 1916 |
Event |
1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps"
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Joseph L Alioto, (Mayor-SF)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode)
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| 1916 |
Death |
J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Julian S Schwinger, US physicist
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail)
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| 1920 |
Death |
Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
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| 1920 |
Death |
Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
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| 1920 |
Death |
Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
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| 1920 |
Event |
NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
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| 1920 |
Event |
-Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike
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| 1921 |
Death |
Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies
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| 1921 |
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Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies
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| 1921 |
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Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director (Romeo and Juliet)
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