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 
 1541 - Santiago de Chile is foondit.
 1809 - Charles Darwin an Abraham Lincoln are born on the same day as ilk ither.
 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.
 1999 - US Preses Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in the Unitit States Senate ends wi his acquittal.
 2009 - Colgan Air Flicht 3407 crashes in  Clarence Center, New York, killin 50 fowk.
 2010 - Georgie luger Nodar Kumaritashvili is kilt in trainin for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
 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.
 2019 - The Republic o Macedonie officially chynges its name tae the "Republic o North Macedonie".
 2021 - COVID-19 pandemic: A new five-day lockdoon is imposit in the state o Victoria, Australie.

 Births 
 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)
 1918 - Julian Schwinger, American theoretical pheesicist (d. 1994)
 1920 - Pran, Indian actor (d. 2013)
 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director an producer (d. 2019)
 1930 - Arlen Specter, American politeecian (d. 2012)
 1934 - Annette Crosbie, Scots actress
 1942 - Ehud Barak, umwhile Prime meenister o Israel
 1948 − Sir Nicholas Soames, Inglis politeecian
 1965 - Brett Kavanaugh, Unitit States Supreme Coort Juistice
 1968 - Josh Brolin, American actor
 1976 − Jenni Falconer, Scots telly 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, Proushie philosopher (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)
 2019 - Gordon Banks, Inglis fitbawer (b. 1937)

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

Category:Days o the year
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