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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 30, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,739,318,400 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.
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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 370 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 4,436 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 12 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1832 –Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
- 1909 –The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- 1947 –A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
- 1961 –U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
- 1968 –Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
- 2001 –NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- 2002 –The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
- 2004 –The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
- 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?
- 1704 –Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
- 1897 –Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
- 1914 –Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000)
- 1920 –Pran, Indian actor
- 1930 –Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
- 1932 –Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
- 1936 –Joe Don Baker, American actor
- 1950 –Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
- 1970 –Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1976 –Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
Who died on February 12?
- 1538 –Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
- 1624 –George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
- 1771 –King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710)
- 1834 –Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher (b. 1768)
- 1929 –Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853)
- 1947 –Moses Gomberg, Russian-born American chemist (b. 1866)
- 2000 –Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929)
- 2005 –Dorothy Stang, Brazilian nun (b. 1931)
- 2007 –Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
- 2011 –Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
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