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, 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1870 - The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (it was revoked in 1887).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.
1914 - Groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (A year later on this date, the cornerstone was laid.)
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 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2000 - Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died in Santa Rosa, California at age 77.
2002 - Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
2018 - In a retreat from promises to balance the budget, President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan that envisioned steep cuts to America’s social safety net but mounting military spending; the outline acknowledged that the 2017 Republican tax overhaul would add billions to the deficit.
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.)
Birthdays
30 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
31 - Abigail Ratchford (model)
33 - Robert Griffin III (football player)
43 - Christina Ricci (actress)
43 - Sarah Lancaster (actress)
44 - Jesse Spencer (actor)
50 - Tara Strong (actress)
55 - Chynna Phillips (singer)
55 - Josh Brolin (actor)
58 - Christine Elise (actress)
58 - Brett Kavanaugh (Supreme Court justice)
60 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
67 - Arsenio Hall (talk show host)
69 - Zach Grenier (actor)
70 - Joanna Kerns (actress)
73 - Michael Ironside (actor)
77 - Cliff DeYoung (actor)
87 - Joe Don Baker (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 12
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams are granted an NFL franchise.
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.
1993 - The San Jose Sharks lost their 17th straight game to tie an NHL record.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the sale of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos.
2006 - Figure skater Michelle Kwan effectively retired from competition as she withdrew from the Turin Olympics due to injury (she was replaced on the U.S. team by Emily Hughes).
2010 - The Winter Olympic Games opened in Vancouver, 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.
2013 - IOC leaders dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program.
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, 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 (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.
1914 - Groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (A year later on this date, the cornerstone was laid.)
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 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2000 - Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died in Santa Rosa, California at age 77.
2002 - Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
2018 - In a retreat from promises to balance the budget, President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan that envisioned steep cuts to America’s social safety net but mounting military spending; the outline acknowledged that the 2017 Republican tax overhaul would add billions to the deficit.
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.)
Birthdays
30 - Jennifer Stone (actress)
31 - Abigail Ratchford (model)
33 - Robert Griffin III (football player)
43 - Christina Ricci (actress)
43 - Sarah Lancaster (actress)
44 - Jesse Spencer (actor)
50 - Tara Strong (actress)
55 - Chynna Phillips (singer)
55 - Josh Brolin (actor)
58 - Christine Elise (actress)
58 - Brett Kavanaugh (Supreme Court justice)
60 - John Michael Higgins (actor)
67 - Arsenio Hall (talk show host)
69 - Zach Grenier (actor)
70 - Joanna Kerns (actress)
73 - Michael Ironside (actor)
77 - Cliff DeYoung (actor)
87 - Joe Don Baker (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 12
1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams are granted an NFL franchise.
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.
1993 - The San Jose Sharks lost their 17th straight game to tie an NHL record.
2002 - Baseball owners approved the sale of the Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos.
2006 - Figure skater Michelle Kwan effectively retired from competition as she withdrew from the Turin Olympics due to injury (she was replaced on the U.S. team by Emily Hughes).
2010 - The Winter Olympic Games opened in Vancouver, 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.
2013 - IOC leaders dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program.
