12th February anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1809
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Charles Darwin, British naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection"
  • 1809
  • United States
  • "Birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States"
• event
  • 1733
  • United States
  • "James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia " more
  • 1909
  • United States
  • The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) was founded in the USA
  • 1934
  • Austria
  • The Austrian Civil War began. (Note: it ended a few days later)
  • 1984
  • Great Britain
  • "British figure skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, scoring the first perfect 6.0 in Olympic ice dancing history"
  • 1994
  • Norway
  • "The Scream, a painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway, Oslo. (Recovered 3 months later)"
  • 1999
  • United States
  • "After a five-week impeachment trial, US President Bill Clinton was acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice"
  • 1999
  • A group of 20 international scientists warned that genetically modified food may be damaging to health and called for further studies
• Death
  • 1554
  • Great Britain
  • Lady Jane Grey Executed
  • 1929
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Lillie Langtry, British actress, the first society woman on stage"
  • 1933
  • France
  • "Death of Henri Duparc, French composer ."
  • 1979
  • France
  • "Death of Jean Renoir, French film director"
  • 1983
  • United States
  • "Death of Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter ."
  • 1984
  • Belgium
  • "Death of Julio Cortázar, Belgian-born Argentine intellectual, author of surrealist and experimental novels and short stories"
  • 1989
  • Ireland
  • "Death of Pat Finucane, Belfast solicitor, shot dead by UDA paramilitaries who suspected him of being a high-ranking IRA member"