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February 12, 2002 Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119 February 12, 1999 Senate acquits President Clinton of lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewinski case February 12, 1998 "Freak," opens at Cort Theater New York City February 12, 1998 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt February 12, 1998 Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach February 12, 1998 Intel unveils its 1st graphics chip i740 February 12, 1998 U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional February 12, 1997 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement February 12, 1995 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix February 12, 1995 Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly February 12, 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec) February 12, 1995 Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51) February 12, 1995 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec) February 12, 1995 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15) February 12, 1995 PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections February 12, 1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m) February 12, 1995 Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec) February 12, 1994 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway February 12, 1994 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston February 12, 1994 Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo) February 12, 1994 Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.90m February 12, 1994 Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose February 12, 1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence February 12, 1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition February 12, 1989 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston February 12, 1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel February 12, 1989 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry February 12, 1989 Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church February 12, 1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season February 12, 1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h February 12, 1989 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman February 12, 1987 Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages February 12, 1986 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana February 12, 1985 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary February 12, 1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup February 12, 1984 Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic February 12, 1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH February 12, 1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics February 12, 1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal February 12, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 12, 1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record February 12, 1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA February 12, 1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent February 12, 1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution February 12, 1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m February 12, 1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances February 12, 1980 New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs. Winnipeg Jets February 12, 1980 Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117 February 12, 1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched February 12, 1978 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances February 12, 1978 Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic February 12, 1978 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne February 12, 1978 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner February 12, 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 February 12, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 12, 1973 1st U.S. POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine February 12, 1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Aust vs. England February 12, 1970 Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in New York City February 12, 1967 Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater February 12, 1967 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for drugs February 12, 1965 KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting February 12, 1965 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean February 12, 1964 Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall February 12, 1964 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career February 12, 1964 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming February 12, 1964 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen February 12, 1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron February 12, 1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia February 12, 1961 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125 February 12, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open February 12, 1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days February 12, 1961 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus February 12, 1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers February 12, 1958 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse 119-101 February 12, 1958 General Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala February 12, 1957 Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed February 12, 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open February 12, 1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks February 12, 1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam February 12, 1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan February 12, 1955 WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting February 12, 1953 U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel February 12, 1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb February 12, 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees February 12, 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances February 12, 1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio February 12, 1949 Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey February 12, 1949 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem February 12, 1948 1st Lt. Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps February 12, 1947 Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia February 12, 1947 Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands February 12, 1945 San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference February 12, 1944 Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race February 12, 1943 General Eisenhower departs Algiers to Tebessa February 12, 1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany February 12, 1941 Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen February 12, 1941 Occupation Police arrest "Jewish Foursome" February 12, 1938 Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden February 12, 1938 German troops entered Austria February 12, 1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise February 12, 1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean February 12, 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporates February 12, 1934 France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists February 12, 1933 German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis February 12, 1932 Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees February 12, 1929 Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30) February 12, 1927 British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai February 12, 1926 Barendrecht soccer team forms February 12, 1925 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress February 12, 1925 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo February 12, 1925 Estonia forbids communist Party February 12, 1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York City) February 12, 1924 George Kaufman's "Beggar on Horseback," premieres in New York City February 12, 1924 President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech February 12, 1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia February 12, 1921 Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies February 12, 1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission February 12, 1916 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" February 12, 1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. February 12, 1912 China adopts Gregorian calendar February 12, 1912 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates February 12, 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms February 12, 1909 Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter and Wijnkoop) February 12, 1909 Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6) February 12, 1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female February 12, 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel February 12, 1906 George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in New York City February 12, 1901 Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed February 12, 1899 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) February 12, 1899 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in U.S. begins, MSG, New York City February 12, 1889 Cesar Francks Symphony in D, premieres February 12, 1889 Henrik Ibsens "Fruen fra Haven," premieres in Oslo February 12, 1886 2nd British government of Salisbury forms February 12, 1885 Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society February 12, 1882 Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam February 12, 1880 National Croquet League organizes (Phila) February 12, 1879 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City) February 12, 1879 News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London February 12, 1878 Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358) February 12, 1877 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass February 12, 1877 U.S. railroad builders strike against wage reduction February 12, 1876 Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop February 12, 1874 King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit U.S. February 12, 1873 Congress abolishes bimetallism and authorizes $1 and $3 gold coins February 12, 1870 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for U.S. silver coins to circulate in Canada February 12, 1865 Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in U.S. House of Reps February 12, 1861 State troops seize U.S. munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas February 12, 1850 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300 February 12, 1848 Ballet "Faust" premieres, Milan February 12, 1840 Housatonic Railroad opens February 12, 1839 Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick February 12, 1832 Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands February 12, 1825 Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 February 12, 1821 Mercantile Library of City of New York opens February 12, 1818 Chile gains independence from Spain February 12, 1797 Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna February 12, 1793 1st U.S. fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves February 12, 1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India February 12, 1763 John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs February 12, 1762 English fleet occupies Martinique February 12, 1736 Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I) February 12, 1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah February 12, 1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") February 12, 1624 English parliament comes together February 12, 1577 Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" February 12, 1541 Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) February 12, 1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor and ecclesiastical power February 12, 1130 Pope Innocent II elected February 12, 1111 German King Hendry V arrives at St. Peter, Rome February 12, 1049 Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX |