February 12
1554 - Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.
1733 - Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at present-day Savannah.
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.
1818 - Chile formally proclaimed independence from Spain.
1870 - The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote. (The right was later revoked in 1887.)
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1912 - Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) Dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
1915 - The cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C.
1959 - The redesigned Lincoln penny -- with an image of the Lincoln Memorial replacing two ears of wheat on the reverse side -- went into circulation.
1973 - The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam War took place.
1999 - The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2000 - Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died at age 77.
2002 - Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties, sending the dispute to the Security Council.
2004 - Defying a California law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.
2009 - A commuter plane crashed into a suburban Buffalo, N.Y., home, killing all 49 aboard and a person in the house.
2016 - Pope Francis, while en route to Mexico, embraced Patriarch Kirill during a stopover in Cuba in the first-ever meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
2019 - Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation; a jury whose members’ identities were kept secret as a security measure had deliberated for six days. (Guzman is serving a life sentence at the federal supermax prison facility in Florence, Colorado.)
2020 - A second case of coronavirus was confirmed in the U.S. among evacuees from China; the person had been aboard a flight from Wuhan that arrived the previous week at a military base in Southern California.
2020 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the last remaining African American candidate in the Democratic presidential field, ended his campaign after his late bid failed to catch fire.
Birthdays
28 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
29 - Drew Ray Tanner (actor)
29 - Abigail Ratchford (model)
31 - Robert Griffin III (football player)
31 - Park Bo-young (actress)
31 - Katherine Barrell (actress)
33 - DeMarco Murray (football player)
41 - Christina Ricci (actress)
41 - Sarah Lancaster (actress)
42 - Jesse Spencer (actor)
48 - Tara Strong (actress)
53 - Chynna Philips (singer)
53 - Josh Brolin (actor)
55 - Lochlyn Munro (actor)
56 - Christine Elise (actress)
56 - Brett Kavanaugh (Supreme Court justice)
57 - Raphael Sbarge (actor)
58 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
65 - Arsenio Hall (actor/talk show host)
67 - Zach Grenier (actor)
68 - Joanna Kerns (actress)
69 - Michael McDonald (singer)
71 - Michael Ironside (actor)
75 - Cliff DeYoung (actor)
76 - Maud Adams (actress)
85 - Joe Don Baker (actor)
87 - Bill Russell (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - February 12
1937 - The Cleveland Rams (now Los Angeles Rams) were granted an NFL franchise.
1958 - Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics records 41 rebounds in a 119-101 win over Syracuse.
1961 - Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics records 40 rebounds in a 136-125 win over the Philadelphia Warriors.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky tied the NHL record for points in a season when he got his 153rd point.
1987 - Bill Fitch became the fifth coach in NBA history to get 700 career wins.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky got his 45th career hat trick and achieved a 40+ goal season for the 10th time in his career.
1993 - The San Jose Sharks lost their 17th consecutive game to tie an NHL record.
1997 - Kevin Johnson recorded his 1,000th career NBA steal.
2000 - Hall of Fame football coach Tom Landry, who led the Dallas Cowboys to five Super Bowls, died at age 75 in Irving, Texas.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the sale of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos.
2010 - The Winter Olympic Games opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
2016 - New York Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia became the first player to receive a lifetime ban under Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the third time.
1554 - Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.
1733 - Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at present-day Savannah.
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.
1818 - Chile formally proclaimed independence from Spain.
1870 - The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote. (The right was later revoked in 1887.)
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1912 - Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) Dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
1915 - The cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C.
1959 - The redesigned Lincoln penny -- with an image of the Lincoln Memorial replacing two ears of wheat on the reverse side -- went into circulation.
1973 - The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam War took place.
1999 - The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2000 - Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died at age 77.
2002 - Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties, sending the dispute to the Security Council.
2004 - Defying a California law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.
2009 - A commuter plane crashed into a suburban Buffalo, N.Y., home, killing all 49 aboard and a person in the house.
2016 - Pope Francis, while en route to Mexico, embraced Patriarch Kirill during a stopover in Cuba in the first-ever meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
2019 - Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation; a jury whose members’ identities were kept secret as a security measure had deliberated for six days. (Guzman is serving a life sentence at the federal supermax prison facility in Florence, Colorado.)
2020 - A second case of coronavirus was confirmed in the U.S. among evacuees from China; the person had been aboard a flight from Wuhan that arrived the previous week at a military base in Southern California.
2020 - Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the last remaining African American candidate in the Democratic presidential field, ended his campaign after his late bid failed to catch fire.
Birthdays
28 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
29 - Drew Ray Tanner (actor)
29 - Abigail Ratchford (model)
31 - Robert Griffin III (football player)
31 - Park Bo-young (actress)
31 - Katherine Barrell (actress)
33 - DeMarco Murray (football player)
41 - Christina Ricci (actress)
41 - Sarah Lancaster (actress)
42 - Jesse Spencer (actor)
48 - Tara Strong (actress)
53 - Chynna Philips (singer)
53 - Josh Brolin (actor)
55 - Lochlyn Munro (actor)
56 - Christine Elise (actress)
56 - Brett Kavanaugh (Supreme Court justice)
57 - Raphael Sbarge (actor)
58 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
65 - Arsenio Hall (actor/talk show host)
67 - Zach Grenier (actor)
68 - Joanna Kerns (actress)
69 - Michael McDonald (singer)
71 - Michael Ironside (actor)
75 - Cliff DeYoung (actor)
76 - Maud Adams (actress)
85 - Joe Don Baker (actor)
87 - Bill Russell (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - February 12
1937 - The Cleveland Rams (now Los Angeles Rams) were granted an NFL franchise.
1958 - Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics records 41 rebounds in a 119-101 win over Syracuse.
1961 - Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics records 40 rebounds in a 136-125 win over the Philadelphia Warriors.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky tied the NHL record for points in a season when he got his 153rd point.
1987 - Bill Fitch became the fifth coach in NBA history to get 700 career wins.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky got his 45th career hat trick and achieved a 40+ goal season for the 10th time in his career.
1993 - The San Jose Sharks lost their 17th consecutive game to tie an NHL record.
1997 - Kevin Johnson recorded his 1,000th career NBA steal.
2000 - Hall of Fame football coach Tom Landry, who led the Dallas Cowboys to five Super Bowls, died at age 75 in Irving, Texas.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the sale of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos.
2010 - The Winter Olympic Games opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
2016 - New York Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia became the first player to receive a lifetime ban under Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the third time.
