12 February
Notable Births
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
b. 2001
Georgian footballer (born 2001)
Kim Ji-min (actress)
b. 2000
South Korean actress (born 2000)
Kemal Bilmez
b. 1994
Belgian politician (born 1994)
Arman Hall
b. 1994
American sprinter
Paxton Lynch
b. 1994
American football player (born 1994)
Bud Dupree
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Rafinha (footballer, born February 1993)
b. 1993
Brazilian footballer
Jennifer Stone
b. 1993
American podcaster and social media personality (born 1993)
Magda Linette
b. 1992
Polish tennis player (born 1992)
Patrick Herrmann
b. 1991
German footballer (born 1991)
Kane Richardson
b. 1991
Australian cricketer (born 1991)
Katherine Barrell
b. 1990
Canadian actress
Robert Griffin III
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Josh Harrellson
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
DeMarco Murray
b. 1988
American football player and coach (born 1988)
Nicolás Otamendi
b. 1988
Argentine footballer (born 1988)
Josh Phegley
b. 1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Mike Posner
b. 1988
American singer (born 1988)
George Meredith
b. 1828
British novelist and poet (1828–1909)
Abraham Lincoln
b. 1809
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Notable Deaths
Ivan Reitman
d. 2022
Canadian filmmaker (1946–2022)
Christie Blatchford
d. 2020
Canadian journalist
Gordon Banks
d. 2019
English footballer (1937–2019)
Lyndon LaRouche
d. 2019
American political activist (1922–2019)
Pedro Morales
d. 2019
Puerto Rican professional wrestler (1942–2019)
Al Jarreau
d. 2017
American singer (1940–2017)
Anna Marguerite McCann
d. 2017
American art historian and archaeologist (1933–2017)
Dominique D'Onofrio
d. 2016
Belgian footballer, coach, and chairman (1953-2016)
Yan Su
d. 2016
Musical artist
Movita Castaneda
d. 2015
American actress (1916–2015)
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
d. 2015
Malaysian politician (1931–2015)
Gary Owens
d. 2015
American DJ and radio personality (1934–2015)
Steve Strange
d. 2015
Welsh new wave singer and nightclub host (1959–2015)
Sid Caesar
d. 2014
American comic actor and writer (1922–2014)
John Pickstone
d. 2014
British historian (1944–2014)
Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
d. 2013
Saudi royal and government official (1941–2013)
Hennadiy Udovenko
d. 2013
Ukrainian politician and diplomat
Zina Bethune
d. 2012
American actress, dancer, and choreographer (1945–2012)
David Kelly (actor)
d. 2012
Irish actor (1929–2012)
John Severin
d. 2012
American cartoonist
On This Day in History
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2026
In the first general election since the July Revolution in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory upon returning to power after almost 19 years. A referendum held alongside was also approved by the majority of voters.
2026 Bangladeshi general election
2019
The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.
North Macedonia
2016
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
Pope Francis
2009
Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all 49 on board and one on the ground.
Colgan Air Flight 3407
2004
The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
San Francisco
2002
The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
Trial of Slobodan Milošević
2002
An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
Iran Airtour
2001
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
NEAR Shoemaker
1999
United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
Bill Clinton
1994
Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
National Gallery (Norway)
1993
Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
Murder of James Bulger
1992
The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
Constitution of Mongolia
1990
Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
Carmen Lawrence
1988
Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
Cold War
1983
One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
Lahore
1974
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1968
Vietnam War: The Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre occurs, allegedly by South Korean troops.
Vietnam War
1966
Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, United States.
Murder of Morris Adler
1965
Malcolm X visits Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
Malcolm X
1963
Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gateway Arch