Tukuk-OS📅 February 12
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 12? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — After being informed that its recently purchased coffin of Nedjemankh (pictured) had been looted, the Metropolitan Museum of Art shuttered its ongoing exhibition Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin two months early and later returned the artifact to Egypt.
- 2016 — In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.
- 2009 — Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.
Buffalo Niagara International AirportColgan Air Flight 3407Clarence Center, New York
- 2003 — Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.
- 2001 — The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- 1994 — Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.
- 1993 — Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.
- 1988 — While claiming the right of innocent passage through Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea, the American cruiser USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Caron were bumped by Soviet warships.
- 1968 — Following the deaths of two employees on the job, black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, began a strike that lasted more than two months.
Death of Echol Cole and Robert WalkerMemphis sanitation strike
- 1945 — A devistating tornado outbreak across Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.
- 1942 — The Imperial Japanese Army initiated the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore.
Imperial Japanese ArmyBattle of Pasir PanjangKent Ridge Park
- 1935 — USS Macon, one of the largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
- 1924 — George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.
George GershwinRhapsody in BlueAeolian Building (42nd Street)
- 1917 — Mexican football club Toluca FC was founded by a group of local businessmen and sports enthusiasts.
- 1909 — The ferry SS Penguin struck a rock in Wellington Harbour and sank, killing 75 people in New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century.
- 1894 — Ère des attentats: In one of the first acts of modern terrorism, Émile Henry threw a bomb into Café Terminus in Paris, France, killing one person and injuring 17 more.
Ère des attentatsÉmile Henry (anarchist)Café Terminus attack
- 1855 — The precursor of Michigan State University in East Lansing was founded as the United States' first agricultural college.
Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganList of agricultural universities and colleges
- 1691 — A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.
- 1502 — Queen Isabella I issued an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
Isabella I of CastileCrown of CastileForced conversions of Muslims in Spain
Births
- 2001 — Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgian footballer
- 2000 — Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress
- 1994 — Kemal Bilmez, Belgian politician
- 1994 — Arman Hall, American sprinter
- 1994 — Paxton Lynch, American football player
- 1993 — Bud Dupree, American football player
- 1993 — Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 — Jennifer Stone, American actress
- 1992 — Magda Linette, Polish tennis player
- 1991 — Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
- 1991 — Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer
- 1990 — Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer
Deaths
- 2022 — Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1946)
- 2020 — Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (born 1951)
- 2020 — Geert Hofstede, Dutch social psychologist (born 1928)
- 2019 — Gordon Banks, English footballer (born 1937)
- 2019 — Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (born 1922)
- 2019 — Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (born 1942)
- 2018 — Bill Crider, American author (born 1941)
- 2017 — Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940)
- 2017 — Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)
- 2016 — Dominique D'Onofrio, Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (born 1953)
- 2016 — Yannis Kalaitzis, Greek cartoonist (born 1945)
- 2016 — Yan Su, Chinese general and composer (born 1930)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Benedict of Aniane
- Christian feast day: Julian the Hospitaller
- Christian feast day: Martyrs of Abitinae
- Christian feast day: Meletius of Antioch
- Christian feast day: February 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state))
- Lincoln's Birthday (United States)
- Red Hand Day (United Nations)
- Union Day (Myanmar)
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