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, 1,707,696,000 seconds 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.
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
- 1502 –Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
- 1689 –The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
- 1817 –An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.
- 1818 –Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- 1855 –Michigan State University is established.
- 1935 –USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
- 1968 –Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
- 1992 –The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
- 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.
- 2021 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 12?
- 1828 –George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
- 1880 –John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
- 1938 –Judy Blume, American author
- 1952 –Michael McDonald, American musician
- 1955 –Chet Lemon, American baseball player
- 1965 –John Michael Higgins, American actor
- 1969 –Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer
- 1972 –Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
- 1975 –Scot Pollard, American basketball player
- 1993 –Jennifer Stone, American actress
Who died on February 12?
- 1935 –Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846)
- 1958 –Douglas Hartree, English mathematical physicist (b. 1897)
- 1976 –Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
- 1980 –Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (b. 1913)
- 1984 –Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
- 1996 –Bob Shaw, Northern Irish novelist (b. 1931)
- 2000 –Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
- 2001 –Kristina Söderbaum, German actress (b. 1912)
- 2001 –Tiberio Mitri, Italian boxer (b. 1926)
- 2003 –Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930)
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