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 the site of Savannah.
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States (1861-1865), was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.
1818 - Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
1870 - The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote. (It was revoked in 1887.)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.
1973 - The first release of American prisoners from the Vietnam War took place.
1999 - The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton in 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 - Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
2004 - Defying a California law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.
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.)
2021 - Lawyers for Donald Trump defended him against impeachment at his Senate trial by accusing Democrats of waging a campaign of “hatred” against the former president and manipulating his words in the lead-up to the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol.
Birthdays
29 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
30 - Abigail Ratchford (model)
42 - Christina Ricci (actress)
42 - Sarah Lancaster (actress)
43 - Jesse Spencer (actor)
49 - Tara Strong (actress)
54 - Chynna Phillips (singer)
54 - Josh Brolin (actor)
57 - Christine Elise (actress)
57 - Brett Kavanaugh (Supreme Court justice)
58 - Raphael Sbarge (actor)
59 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
66 - Arsenio Hall (talk show host)
68 - Zach Grenier (actor)
69 - Joanna Kerns (actress)
72 - Michael Ironside (actor)
76 - Cliff DeYoung (actor)
77 - Maud Adams (actress)
86 - Joe Don Baker (actor)
88 - Bill Russell (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - February 12
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams football franchise is formed.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky tied the NHL record for points in a season when he got his 153rd point.
2010 - The Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
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 the site of Savannah.
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States (1861-1865), was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.
1818 - Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
1870 - The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote. (It was 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.
1973 - The first release of American prisoners from the Vietnam War took place.
1999 - The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton in 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 - Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
2004 - Defying a California law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.
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.)
2021 - Lawyers for Donald Trump defended him against impeachment at his Senate trial by accusing Democrats of waging a campaign of “hatred” against the former president and manipulating his words in the lead-up to the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol.
Birthdays
29 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
30 - Abigail Ratchford (model)
42 - Christina Ricci (actress)
42 - Sarah Lancaster (actress)
43 - Jesse Spencer (actor)
49 - Tara Strong (actress)
54 - Chynna Phillips (singer)
54 - Josh Brolin (actor)
57 - Christine Elise (actress)
57 - Brett Kavanaugh (Supreme Court justice)
58 - Raphael Sbarge (actor)
59 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
66 - Arsenio Hall (talk show host)
68 - Zach Grenier (actor)
69 - Joanna Kerns (actress)
72 - Michael Ironside (actor)
76 - Cliff DeYoung (actor)
77 - Maud Adams (actress)
86 - Joe Don Baker (actor)
88 - Bill Russell (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - February 12
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams football franchise is formed.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky tied the NHL record for points in a season when he got his 153rd point.
2010 - The Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
