The 12t o Februar is the 43t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 322 days ti come (323 in lowp years).

Events

• 1541 - Santiago de Chile is foondit.
• 1809 - Charles Darwin an Abraham Lincoln are born on the same day as ilk ither.
• 1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins proclaims Chile 's unthirldom.
• 1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands .
• 1912 - The Republic o Cheenae adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• 1914 - In Washington, D.C. , the first stone o the Lincoln Memorial is laid.
• 1961 - The Soviet Union launches the Venera 1 probe tae Venus .
• 1994 - Stairt o the 1994 Winter Olympic Gemmes in Lillehammer , Norawa .
• 1999 - US Preses Bill Clinton 's impeachment trial in the Unitit States Senate ends wi his acquittal.
• 2009 - Colgan Air Flicht 3407 crashes in Clarence Center, New York , killin 50 fowk.
• 2010 - Georgie luger Nodar Kumaritashvili is kilt in trainin for the 2010 Winter Olympics .
• 2010 - Stairt o the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canadae .
• 2017 - Frank-Walter Steinmeier is chosen tae succeed Joachim Gauck as Preses o Germany on 19 Mairch .
• 2019 - The Republic o Macedonie officially chynges its name tae the "Republic o North Macedonie ".
• 2021 - COVID-19 pandemic : A new five-day lockdoon is imposit in the state o Victoria , Australie .

Births

• 1768 - Francis II, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1835 )
• 1809 - Charles Darwin , Inglis naituralist (d. 1882 )
• 1809 - Abraham Lincoln , 16t Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1865 )
• 1876 - 13t Dalai Lama (d. 1933 )
• 1881 - Anna Pavlova , Roushie ballerina (d. 1931 )
• 1918 - Julian Schwinger , American theoretical pheesicist (d. 1994 )
• 1920 - Pran , Indian actor (d. 2013 )
• 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli , Italian film director an producer (d. 2019 )
• 1930 - Arlen Specter , American politeecian (d. 2012 )
• 1934 - Annette Crosbie , Scots actress
• 1942 - Ehud Barak , umwhile Prime meenister o Israel
• 1948 ? Sir Nicholas Soames , Inglis politeecian
• 1965 - Brett Kavanaugh , Unitit States Supreme Coort Juistice
• 1968 - Josh Brolin , American actor
• 1976 ? Jenni Falconer , Scots telly presenter
• 1980 - Juan Carlos Ferrero , Spainyie tennis player
• 1980 - Christina Ricci , American actress
• 1987 - Jeremy Chardy , French tennis player

Daiths

• 1554 - Lady Jane Grey , claimant tae the Inglis throne (b. 1537 )
• 1804 - Immanuel Kant , Proushie philosopher (b. 1724 )
• 1942 - Grant Wood , American penter (b. 1891 )
• 2000 - Charles M. Schulz , American cartoonist (b. 1922 )
• 2014 - Sid Caesar , American actor an comedian (b. 1922 )
• 2019 - Gordon Banks , Inglis fitbawer (b. 1937 )

Halidays

• Darwin Day
• Abraham Lincoln's Birthday ( Unitit States )
• Internaitional Red Hand Day

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