This Day in History
12 Feb 1049
Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
12 Feb 1111
German King Hendry V arrives at St Peter Rome
12 Feb 1502
Muslims in Granada forced to convert to Catholicism
12 Feb 1528
Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power
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Last emperor of China abdicates
On February 12 1912 Hsian-Tung the last emperor of China is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sens republican revolution. A provisional g...
Scharansky released
After spending eight years in Soviet prisons and labor camps human rights activist Anatoly Scharansky is released. The amnesty deal was arranged by Soviet lead...
President Clinton acquitted
On February 12 1999 the five-week impeachment trial of Bill Clinton comes to an end with the Senate voting to acquit the president on both articles of impeac...
Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War
The Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet the first African American to address the U.S. House of Representatives delivers a sermon to a crowded House chamber. His s...
Congress enacts first fugitive slave law
On this day Congress passes the first fugitive slave law requiring all states including those that forbid slavery to forcibly return slaves who have escaped...
GM reports record loss, offers buyouts to 74,000 workers
On this day in 2008 in an attempt to cut costs struggling auto giant General Motors (GM) offers buyouts to all 74000 of its hourly employees in the U.S. repr...
Milosevic goes on trial for war crimes
On this day in 2002 former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial at The Hague Netherlands on charges of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia Croa...
Rommel in Africa
On this day German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli Libya with the newly formed Afrika Korps to reinforce the beleaguered Italians position.I...
Release of U.S. POWs begins
The release of U.S. POWs begins in Hanoi as part of the Paris peace settlement. The return of U.S. POWs began when North Vietnam released 142 of 591 U.S. priso...
Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat
About 6000 Cambodian troops launch a major operation to wrestle the religious center of Angkor Wat from 4000 North Vietnamese troops entrenched around the fam...
Basketball great Bill Russell born
Bill Russell the legendary center for the Boston Celtics during the 1960s is born in Monroe Louisiana. During his 13-year career with the Celtics Russell he...
Abraham Lincoln is born
On this day in 1809 Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgenville Kentucky.Lincoln one of Americas most admired presidents grew up a member of a poor fami...
Lorne Greene is born
Lorne Greene the actor who played Ben Cartwright on the immensely popular television Western Bonanza is born in Ontario Canada. An only child Greene later ...
Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time
The audience packed a house that could have been sold out at twice the size wrote New York Times critic Olin Downes on February 13 1924 of a co...
Writers’ strike ends after 100 days
Hollywoods longest work stoppage since 1988 ends on this day in 2008 when members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) vote by a margin of more than 9...
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