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12 February, 2008
The second Writers Guild of America strike, which begun November 5, 2007 ends.
12 February, 2007
A gunman opens fire in a mall in Salt Lake City, killing 5 people in the Trolley Square shooting.
12 February, 2006
A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington DC up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City.
12 February, 2002
The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Miloševic begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion.
12 February, 2002
US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States nuclear waste repository.
12 February, 2002
An Iran Air Tupolev Tu-154 crashes prior to landing in Khorramabad, Iran, killing 119.
12 February, 2001
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
12 February, 1999
President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
12 February, 1997
Hwang Jang-yop, secretary in the Workers Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Koreas Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong.
12 February, 1990
Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian History when she becomes premier of Western Australia.
12 February, 1973
Vietnam War: The first United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong.
12 February, 1966
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, announced famous Six Points in Karachi as election manifesto of Awami League that later led to formation of Bangladesh.
12 February, 1961
U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
12 February, 1946
World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
12 February, 1934
The Austrian Civil War begins.
12 February, 1934
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
12 February, 1934
In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista is inaugurated. The council decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.
12 February, 1924
Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio.
12 February, 1914
In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
12 February, 1912
Xuantong Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
12 February, 1912
The Republic of China adopts the Gregorian calendar.
12 February, 1909
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
12 February, 1894
Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Pariss Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
12 February, 1879
At New York Citys Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
12 February, 1870
Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.
12 February, 1855
Michigan State University was established.
12 February, 1832
Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
12 February, 1825
The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west.
12 February, 1818
Bernardo OHiggins signs the Independence of Chile near Concepción.
12 February, 1817
Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeat Spanish troops on the battle of Chacabuco.
12 February, 1816
The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire.
12 February, 1771
Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
12 February, 1733
Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13th United States colony of Georgia, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day).
12 February, 1719
The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded.
12 February, 1689
The Convention Parliament convenes and declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
12 February, 1554
A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.
12 February, 1541
Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
12 February, 1502
Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
12 February, 1429
English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart in the Battle of Rouvray (also known as the Battle of the Herrings).
12 February, 1354
Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

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