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.
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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
- 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).
- 1851 –Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rush.
- 1912 –The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
- 1934 –In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.
- 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.
- 1946 –World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
- 1956 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1968 –Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
- 1974 –Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on February 12?
- 1804 –Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
- 1925 –Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984)
- 1961 –Jim Harris, Canadian politician
- 1968 –Chynna Phillips, American singer
- 1972 –Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
- 1978 –Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1983 –Carlton Brewster, American football player
- 1984 –Lolly Badcock, English pornographic actress
- 1984 –Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
- 1988 –Nana Eikura, Japanese actress
Who died on February 12?
- 1700 –Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
- 1763 –Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
- 1799 –Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729)
- 1969 –Paltiel Daykan, Russian-born Israeli jurist (b. 1885)
- 1983 –Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter (b. 1887)
- 1995 –Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1952)
- 2007 –Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
- 2008 –Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 2009 –Beverly Eckert, American co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee (b. 1951)
- 2011 –Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
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