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
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.
1554 –
A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.
1689 –
The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
1816 –
The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire.
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.
1946 –
African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement and partially inspires Orson Welles’ film Touch of Evil.
1947 –
A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
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?
1663 –
Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
1788 –
Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
1884 –
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, elder daughter of Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1980)
1903 –
Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
1914 –
Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a “Father of the Law of the Sea Conference” (d. 1999)
1917 –
Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
1923 –
Chaskel Besser, Orthodox rabbi (d. 2010)
1969 –
Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
1971 –
Scott Menville American voice actor
1984 –
Brad Keselowski, American racing car driver
Who died on February 12?
1612 –
Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538)
1624 –
George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)
1916 –
Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831)
1961 –
Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (b. 1934)
1971 –
James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875)
1976 –
Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)
1983 –
Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
1985 –
Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
1989 –
Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (b. 1931)
1991 –
Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player (b. 1968)
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