What are the important events that happened on February 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 30, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,461,600 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontatrigon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 352 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,070 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 12 Historical Events
- 881 –Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Emperor
- 1429 –English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and Sir John Stewart of Darnley in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings).
- 1541 –Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1818 –Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- 1825 –The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
- 1894 –Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris’s Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
- 1947 –A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
- 1968 –Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
- 2002 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 2009 –Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
Who were born on February 12?
- 1920 –William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
- 1933 –Costa-Gavras, Greek filmmaker
- 1954 –Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
- 1959 –Dan Puric, Romanian actor, director and writer
- 1961 –Jim Harris, Canadian politician
- 1973 –Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
- 1978 –Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
- 1979 –Richard Barnwell, English footballer
- 1982 –Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
- 1983 –Carlton Brewster, American football player
Who died on February 12?
- 1896 –Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (b. 1811)
- 1957 –Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (b. 1872)
- 1989 –Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
- 1993 –James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990)
- 2000 –Andy Lewis, Australian musician (b. 1967)
- 2000 –Charles M. Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922)
- 2000 –Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
- 2003 –Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
- 2007 –Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
- 2009 –Beverly Eckert, American co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee (b. 1951)
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