February 12

• 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular.{{cite book |last1=Müller |first1=Annalena |title=From the Cloister to the State: Fontevraud and the Making of Bourbon France, 1642-1100 |date=2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781000436297 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk85EAAAQBAJ |page=43|access-date=6 March 2023}}
• 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.{{cite book|last=Rothenberg|first=Kelly|title=Forensic Science|url=https://archive.org/details/forensicscience00emba|url-access=limited|chapter=The Autopsy Through History|editor=Ayn Embar-seddon, Allan D. Pass|publisher=Salem Press|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/forensicscience00emba/page/n119 100]|isbn=978-1-58765-423-7}}
• 1429 – English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in the Battle of the Herrings.{{cite book|author=Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy|title=History of England from the Earliest to the Present Time: The history during the early and middle ages|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofengland01creauoft|year=1870|publisher=J. Walton|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofengland01creauoft/page/434 434]}}
• 1502 – Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.{{cite book|author=J. Edwards|title=Ferdinand and Isabella|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnHJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA100|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-89345-5|pages=100}}
• 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail with 15 ships and 800 men from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.Barros (p.268) says 1800 soldiers; Gaspar Correia (p.269) says 800 men-at-arms.
• 1541 – Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.{{cite book|author=Hugh Raymond Spilsbury Pocock|title=The Conquest of Chile|url=https://archive.org/details/conquestofchile00poco|url-access=registration|year=1967|publisher=Stein and Day|page=[https://archive.org/details/conquestofchile00poco/page/69 69]}}
• 1593 – Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwŏn Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.

• 1689 – The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
• 1733 – Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.{{cite book|author=John Stewart Bowman|title=The World almanac of the American West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GpJ5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1986|publisher=World Almanac|isbn=978-0-88687-273-1|page=44}}
• 1771 – Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.{{cite book|title=Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRsWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA499|year=1838|publisher=C. Knight|pages=499}}
• 1817 – An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.{{cite book|author=Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz|title=Armies, Politics and Revolution: Chile, 1808-1826|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhPxDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|date=1 May 2015|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-1-78138-744-3|pages=109}}
• 1818 – Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.{{cite book|author=Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz|title=Armies, Politics and Revolution: Chile, 1808-1826|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBLxDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-1-78138-132-8|pages=142}}
• 1825 – The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
• 1832 – Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
• 1889 – Antonín Dvořák's Jakobín is premiered at National Theater in Prague{{cite web|title = Archivní a programové fondy Českého rozhlasu|url =http://www2.rozhlas.cz/archivy/index.php?HLEDPO=697659|date = 2011-02-11|work = Český rozhlas}}
• 1894 – Café Terminus bombing by Émile Henry during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141–142 |oclc=ocm43706446}} Influential event for the birth of modern terrorism.{{Cite journal |last=Ferragu |first=Gilles |date=2019-01-22 |title=L’écho des bombes : l’invention du terrorisme « à l’aveugle » (1893-1895): |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-ethnologie-francaise-2019-1-page-21.htm?ref=doi |journal=Ethnologie française |issue=1 |pages=21–31 |doi=10.3917/ethn.191.0021 |issn=0046-2616}}

• 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• 1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the {{SS|Penguin}}, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• 1912 – The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• 1919 – The Second Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole.{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Darch|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917–21|year=2020|location=London|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=978-0745338880|oclc=1225942343|page=43}}
• 1921 – Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
• 1935 – {{USS|Macon|ZRS-5|6}}, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
• 1945 – A devastating tornado outbreak in Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.{{cite book |last1=Grazulis |first1=Thomas P. |title=Significant tornadoes, 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events |date=1993 |publisher=Environmental Films |location=St. Johnsbury, Vermont |isbn=1-879362-03-1 |pages=922–925}}{{cite journal |author1=F. C. Pate (United States Weather Bureau) |title=The Tornado at Montgomery, Alabama, February 12, 1945 |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |date=October 1946 |volume=27 |issue=8 |pages=462–464 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26257954 |access-date=27 May 2023 |publisher=American Meteorological Society|jstor=26257954 }}
• 1946 – World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
• 1946 – African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
• 1947 – The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• 1947 – Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
• 1961 – The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
• 1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1963 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes into the Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.{{cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-051B N724US Everglades, FL |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630212-0 |access-date=24 March 2022 |website=aviation-safety.net |df=dmy-all}}
• 1966 – Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, United States.{{Cite book |last=LoCicero |first=T. V. |title=Murder in the synagogue |date=1970 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |isbn=978-0-13-606590-6 |location=Englewood Cliffs, N.J}}{{Cite book |last=Bolkosky |first=Sidney M. |title=Harmony & dissonance: voices of Jewish identity in Detroit, 1914-1967 |date=1991 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-1933-8 |location=Detroit}}
• 1965 – Malcolm X visits Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31417235|title=Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick remembered in pictures|date=12 February 2015|website=BBC News|access-date=11 February 2020}}
• 1968 – Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
• 1974 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
• 1992 – The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
• 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.
• 1994 – Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
• 1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
• 2001 – NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
• 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.
• 2002 – An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
• 2004 – The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
• 2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
• 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.
• 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.{{Cite web|url=https://vlada.mk/node/16763?ln=en-gb|title=Announcement of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia for entry into force of the Final Agreement, Constitutional Amendments and Constitutional Law for Implementation of Amendments|date=2019-02-12|website=Влада на Република Северна Македонија|language=mk|access-date=2019-02-14}}

• AD 41 – Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (died 55){{cite book|author=Barbara Levick|title=Claudius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_-gjCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|date=8 May 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-52909-5|pages=63}}
• 528 – Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei
• 661 – Princess Ōku of Japan (died 702)
• 1074 – Conrad II of Italy (died 1101){{cite book|author=Penelope Nash|title=Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cMmDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|date=15 February 2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US|isbn=978-1-137-58514-1|pages=45}}
• 1218 – Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (died 1256)
• 1322 – John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (died 1375)
• 1443 – Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Italian noble (died 1508)
• 1480 – Frederick II of Legnica, Duke of Legnica (died 1547)
• 1540 – Wŏn Kyun, Korean general and admiral (died 1597)
• 1567 – Thomas Campion, English composer, poet, and physician (died 1620){{cite web |title=Thomas Campion {{!}} English poet and musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Campion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}
• 1584 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (died 1648)

• 1606 – John Winthrop the Younger, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of Connecticut (died 1676)
• 1608 – Daniello Bartoli, Italian Jesuit priest (died 1685)
• 1637 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist and zoologist (died 1680)
• 1663 – Cotton Mather, English-American minister and author (died 1728)
• 1665 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (died 1721)
• 1704 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (died 1772)
• 1706 – Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (died 1777)
• 1728 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (died 1799){{cite book|author1=Helen Rosenau|author2=Étienne Louis Boullée|title=Boullée & visionary architecture: including Boullée's Architecture, essay on art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-PpPAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Academy Editions|page=7|isbn=9780517525692}}
• 1753 – François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (died 1798)
• 1761 – Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech pianist and composer (died 1812)
• 1768 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1835){{cite book|author=Gregory Fremont-Barnes|title=The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqEUAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-646-6|page=370}}
• 1775 – Louisa Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States (died 1852)
• 1777 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic (died 1838)
• 1777 – Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet (died 1843)
• 1785 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (died 1838)
• 1787 – Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary (died 1853)
• 1788 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (died 1869)
• 1791 – Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (died 1883)
• 1794 – Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player and composer (died 1867)
• 1794 – Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician (died 1850){{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/valentin-canalizo|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|title=Valentín Canalizo|access-date=May 27, 2019}}
• 1804 – Heinrich Lenz, German-Italian physicist and academic (died 1865)
• 1809 – Charles Darwin, English naturalist, geologist, biologist and theorist (died 1882){{cite book |title=Darwin |first1=Gamaliel |last1=Bradford |date=1926 |page=3 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company}}
• 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and statesman, 16th President of the United States (died 1865)
• 1819 – William Wetmore Story, American sculptor, architect, poet and editor (died 1895)
• 1824 – Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher, founded Arya Samaj (died 1883)
• 1828 – George Meredith, English novelist and poet (died 1909){{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34991|title=Meredith, George}}
• 1837 – Thomas Moran, British-American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School (died 1926)
• 1857 – Eugène Atget, French photographer (died 1927)
• 1857 – Bobby Peel, English cricketer and coach (died 1943){{cite book|author=Duncan Hamilton|title=Wisden on Yorkshire: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMSkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88|date=1 November 2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4081-7040-3|pages=88}}
• 1861 – Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (died 1937){{cite book|first=Laura Jo|last=Turner|chapter=Lou Andreas-Salomé|editor-first=Katharina M.|editor-last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Vol 1|location=New York|publisher=Garland|year=1991|page=36|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6}}
• 1866 – Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (died 1938)
• 1869 – Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (died 1884)
• 1870 – Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer (died 1922)
• 1876 – 13th Dalai Lama (died 1933)
• 1877 – Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault (died 1944)
• 1880 – George Preca, Maltese priest and saint (died 1962)
• 1880 – John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (died 1969)
• 1881 – Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress (died 1931){{cite book|first=Frank N.|last=Magill|title=Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror|location=Pasadena|publisher=Salem Press|year=1990|page=1814|isbn=978-0-89356-569-5}}
• 1882 – Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1968)
• 1884 – Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor (died 1950)
• 1884 – Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general (died 1953)
• 1884 – Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author (died 1980)
• 1884 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (died 1957){{cite book|first1=John E.|last1=Bowlt|first2=Nicoletta|last2=Misler|first3=Sammlung|last3=Thyssen-Bornemisza|title=Twentieth-Century Russian and East European Painting: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection|location=Stuttgart|publisher=Klett-Cotta|year=1994|page=320|isbn=978-3-60876-258-7}}
• 1885 – James Scott, American composer (died 1938){{Cite web|title=James Sylvester Scott|url=http://www.ragpiano.com/comps/jscott.shtml|access-date=2022-02-12|website=RagPiano.com|language=en}}
• 1885 – Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer (died 1946)
• 1889 – Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (died 1999)
• 1893 – Omar Bradley, American general (died 1981)
• 1895 – Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1984)
• 1897 – Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (died 1988)
• 1897 – Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic (died 1985)
• 1898 – Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer (died 1966)
• 1900 – Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (died 1983)

• 1902 – William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1987)
• 1903 – Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (died 1980){{Cite book|last=Tauro del Pino |first=Alberto|year=2001 |title=Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú |edition=3rd |volume=2 |language=es |trans-title=Illustrated Encyclopedia of Peru |location=Lima |publisher=PEISA |isbn=9972-40-151-0 |pages=316–317}}
• 1903 – Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager (died 1973)
• 1904 – Ted Mack, American radio and television host (died 1976)
• 1907 – Joseph Kearns, American actor (died 1962)
• 1908 – Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (died 1982)
• 1908 – Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1931)
• 1909 – Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (died 2005)
• 1909 – Sigmund Rascher, German physician (died 1945)
• 1911 – Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (died 1994)
• 1912 – R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright (died 1972)
• 1914 – Tex Beneke, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader (died 2000){{cite book|author=Lee Stern|title=Who is who in Music: A Complete Presentation of the Contemporary Musical Scene, with a Master Record Catalogue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWj0AAAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=Lee Stern Press|page=66}}
• 1914 – Hanna Neumann, German-Canadian mathematician (died 1971){{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/159 159] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/159 }}
• 1915 – Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor (died 1987){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 12: John Michael Higgins, Lochlyn Munro |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/12/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-12-John-Michael-Higgins-Lochlyn-Munro/7951676130797/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=12 February 2023}}
• 1915 – Olivia Hooker, American sailor (died 2018)
• 1916 – Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1998)
• 1917 – Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (died 2009){{cite web |title=Al Cervi|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/al-cervi/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Athletics|access-date=8 February 2020}}
• 1917 – Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (died 2009)
• 1918 – Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (died 2015)
• 1918 – Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
• 1919 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (died 1986)
• 1920 – Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist (died 2005)
• 1922 – Hussein Onn, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1990)
• 1923 – Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician (died 2019){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24855930|title=Obituary: Franco Zeffirelli|website=BBC News|date=15 June 2019}}
• 1925 – Anthony Berry, English politician (died 1984){{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-anthony-berry/index.html|title=Hon. Anthony Berry (Hansard)|website=HANSARD 1803–2005|access-date=11 February 2020}}
• 1925 – Joan Mitchell, American-French painter (died 1992)
• 1926 – Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (died 2014)
• 1926 – Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2016)
• 1926 – Charles Van Doren, American academic (died 2019)
• 1928 – Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (died 2013)
• 1930 – John Doyle, Irish hurler and politician (died 2010)
• 1930 – Arlen Specter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 2012){{cite book|editor-last1=Maisel|editor-first1=L. Sandy|editor-link1=L. Sandy Maisel|editor-last2=Forman|editor-first2=Ira N.|editor-link2=Ira Forman|title=Jews in American Politics|year=2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7g1jaWlsY24C&pg=PA424|isbn=978-0-7425-0181-2|pages=424}}
• 1931 – Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American author and translator (died 2008)
• 1932 – Axel Jensen, Norwegian author and poet (died 2003)
• 1932 – Julian Simon, American economist, author, and academic (died 1998)
• 1933 – Ivan Anikeyev, Soviet cosmonaut (died 1992){{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=31 |lccn=2008935694}}
• 1933 – Costa-Gavras, Greek-French director and producer
• 1934 – Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
• 1934 – Anne Osborn Krueger, American economist and academic
• 1934 – Bill Russell, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
• 1935 – Gene McDaniels, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
• 1936 – Joe Don Baker, American actor (died 2025)
• 1936 – Alan Ebringer, Australian immunologist
• 1938 – Judy Blume, American author and educator
• 1939 – Leon Kass, American physician, scientist, and educator
• 1939 – Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2013)
• 1941 – Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 2013)
• 1941 – Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountaineer and explorer (died 1984)
• 1942 – Ehud Barak, Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1942 – Terry Bisson, American science fiction and fantasy author (died 2024){{cite news|title=Terry Bisson (1942-2024)|work=Locus|date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 11, 2024|url=https://locusmag.com/2024/01/terry-bisson-1942-2024/}}
• 1942 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2006)
• 1945 – Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress
• 1945 – David D. Friedman, American economist, physicist, and scholar
• 1946 – Jean Eyeghé Ndong, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister of Gabon
• 1946 – Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1948 – Ray Kurzweil, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1948 – Nicholas Soames, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1949 – Lenny Randle, American baseball player{{Cite web|title=Lenny Randle|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/randlle01.shtml|access-date=2024-06-24|website=Baseball Reference}}
• 1949 – Gundappa Viswanath, Indian cricketer{{Cite web|title=Gundappa Viswanath|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35712.html|access-date=2020-07-17|website=Cricinfo}}
• 1950 – Angelo Branduardi, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Steve Hackett, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1950 – Michael Ironside, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (died 2010)
• 1952 – Michael McDonald, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1953 – Joanna Kerns, American actress and director
• 1954 – Zach Grenier, American actor
• 1954 – Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
• 1954 – Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author (died 2018)
• 1954 – Phil Zimmermann, American cryptographer and programmer
• 1955 – Bill Laswell, American musician and producer
• 1955 – Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 – Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 12, 2023 includes celebrities Christina Ricci, Arsenio Hall |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-12-2023-includes-celebrities-christina-ricci-arsenio-hall.html |website=The Plain Dealer |agency=Associated Press |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=12 February 2023}}
• 1956 – Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
• 1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish musician and songwriter
• 1958 – Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and executive{{cite web |title=Bobby Smith |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bobby-smith-8451476 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1959 – Larry Nance, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Larry Nance |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77685/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1961 – David Graeber, American anthropologist and activist (died 2020){{Cite news |last=Jeffries |first=Stuart |date=2020-09-06 |title=David Graeber obituary: Anthropologist, activist and author who played a key role in the Occupy Wall Street movement |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/06/david-graeber-obituary |access-date=2022-08-30 |quote=David Rolfe Graeber, anthropologist and activist, born 12 February 1961; died 2 September 2020.}}
• 1961 – Jim Harris, Canadian environmentalist and politician
• 1961 – Michel Martelly, Haitian singer and politician, 56th President of Haiti
• 1963 – John Michael Higgins, American actor and comedian
• 1964 – Omar Hakim, American drummer, producer, arranger, and composer
• 1964 – Raphael Sbarge, American actor and director
• 1965 – Rubén Amaro, Jr., American baseball player and manager
• 1965 – Christine Elise, American actress and producer
• 1965 – Brett Kavanaugh, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States{{Cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx|title=Current Members |publisher=Supreme Court of the United States |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240214010202/https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx |archive-date= February 14, 2024 }}
• 1965 – David Westlake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 – Greg Carberry, Australian rugby league player{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/greg-carberry/summary.html|title=Greg Carberry - Career Stats & Summary |website=Rugby League Project |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231101055141/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/greg-carberry/summary.html |archive-date= Nov 1, 2023 }}
• 1966 – Paul Crook, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor
• 1968 – Josh Brolin, American actor
• 1968 – Chynna Phillips, American singer and actress
• 1968 – Nathan Rees, Australian politician, 41st Premier of New South Wales{{cite news | last = McNicoll |first=D. D. | url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24834642-25090,00.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121215174818/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24834642-25090,00.html | archive-date = 15 December 2012 | title = Scud marks in Open court - Secrecy the safest policy | work = The Australian | date = 23 December 2008 | publisher = News Limited }}
• 1969 – Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (died 2014)
• 1969 – Steve Backley, English javelin thrower
• 1969 – Anneli Drecker, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1969 – Hong Myung-bo, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1970 – Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1970 – Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 – Judd Winick, American author and illustrator
• 1971 – Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
• 1972 – Owen Nolan, Northern Irish-Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Owen Nolan |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/owen-nolan-8449895 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1973 – Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
• 1973 – Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress and singer
• 1974 – Naseem Hamed, English boxer
• 1975 – Scot Pollard, American basketball player and actor{{cite web |title=Scot Pollard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1513/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1976 – Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 – Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player and manager
• 1978 – Paul Anderson, English actor
• 1979 – Jesse Spencer, Australian actor and violinist
• 1980 – Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
• 1980 – Sarah Lancaster, American actress
• 1980 – Gucci Mane, American rapper
• 1980 – Christina Ricci, American actress and producer
• 1981 – Wade McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 – Jonas Hiller, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1982 – Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
• 1982 – Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Carlton Brewster, American football player and coach
• 1984 – Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1984 – Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
• 1985 – Konstantin Pushkaryov, Kazakhstani ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Konstantin Pushkarev |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/konstantin-pushkarev-8470637 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1986 – Todd Frazier, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Todd Frazier |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/todd-frazier-453943 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1987 – Jérémy Chardy, French tennis player{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/jeremy-chardy/ca12/overview|title=Jeremy Chardy |website=ATP Tour}}
• 1987 – Gabriela Mărginean, Romanian basketball player{{cite web |title=Gabriela Marginean |url=https://stats.wnba.com/player/202276/traditional/ |publisher=WNBA |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1988 – DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 – Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
• 1988 – Josh Phegley, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Josh Phegley |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/josh-phegley-572033 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1988 – Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1989 – Josh Harrellson, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Josh Harrellson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202725/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1990 – Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer
• 1990 – Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 1991 – Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1991 – Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/272262.html |title=Kane Richardson |website=ESPNcricinfo.com |access-date=17 February 2025}}
• 1992 – Magda Linette, Polish tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315130/magda-linette|title=Profile: Magda Linette|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=17 October 2022}}
• 1993 – Bud Dupree, American football player{{cite web |title=Bud Dupree |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2576702/bud-dupree |work=ESPN |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1993 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer{{cite web|title=Rafinha|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/rafael-alcantara-do-nascimento/170346/|website=Soccerway|access-date=12 February 2024}}
• 1993 – Jennifer Stone, American actress
• 1994 – Kemal Bilmez, Belgian politician{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Kemal Bilmez |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07980&lactivity=56 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=29 August 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}
• 1994 – Arman Hall, American sprinter{{cite web |title=Arman Gino Hall|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/arman-hall-256492|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=8 February 2020}}
• 1994 – Paxton Lynch, American football player{{cite web |title=Paxton Lynch |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2977881/paxton-lynch |work=ESPN |access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 2000 – Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress
• 2001 – Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgian footballer{{cite web|title=Khvicha Kvaratskhelia|url=https://sscnapoli.it/en/player-details/?id=26560|publisher=SSC Napoli|access-date=12 February 2024}}

• 821 – Benedict of Aniane, French monk and saint (born 747)
• 890 – Henjō, Japanese priest and poet (born 816)
• 981 – Ælfstan, bishop of RamsburyFryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
• 901 – Antony II, patriarch of Constantinople
• 914 – Li, empress of Yan
• 941 – Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1247 – Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, ruler (born 1185)
• 1266 – Amadeus of the Amidei, Italian saint
• 1517 – Catherine of Navarre (born 1468)
• 1538 – Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, engraver, and architect (born 1480)
• 1554 – Lord Guildford Dudley, English son of Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (born 1536; executed){{cite book|author=George Lillie Craik|title=Pictorical History of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQQwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1850|publisher=W.S. Orr & Company|pages=124}}
• 1554 – Lady Jane Grey, de facto monarch of England and Ireland for nine days (born 1537; executed)
• 1571 – Nicholas Throckmorton, English politician and diplomat (born 1515)
• 1590 – François Hotman, French lawyer and author (born 1524)
• 1600 – Edward Denny, Knight Banneret of Bishop's Stortford, English soldier, privateer and adventurer (born 1547)

• 1612 – Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (born 1563)
• 1624 – George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded George Heriot's School (born 1563)
• 1713 – Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (born 1664)
• 1728 – Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (born 1653)
• 1763 – Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (born 1688)
• 1771 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (born 1710)
• 1789 – Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (born 1738)
• 1804 – Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1724)
• 1834 – Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (born 1768)
• 1886 – Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (born 1846)
• 1894 – Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1830)
• 1896 – Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (born 1811)

• 1912 – Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (born 1841)
• 1915 – Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)
• 1916 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (born 1831)
• 1929 – Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (born 1853)
• 1931 – Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (born 1855)
• 1935 – Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (born 1846)
• 1942 – Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1909)
• 1942 – Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (born 1907)
• 1942 – Grant Wood, American painter and academic (born 1891)
• 1947 – Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (born 1866)
• 1949 – Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (born 1906)
• 1954 – Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (born 1896)
• 1958 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (born 1897)
• 1960 – Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (born 1887)
• 1970 – Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (born 1903)
• 1971 – James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (born 1875)
• 1975 – Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (born 1895)
• 1976 – Frank Stagg, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (born 1941){{cite book|author=Diarmaid Ferriter|title=Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qN-jf5dN7QAC&pg=PT215|date=1 November 2012|publisher=Profile Books|isbn=978-1-84765-856-2|pages=215}}
• 1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (born 1939)
• 1977 – Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1894)
• 1979 – Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
• 1980 – Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (born 1913)
• 1982 – Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (born 1902)
• 1983 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (born 1887)
• 1984 – Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (born 1896)
• 1984 – Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (born 1914)
• 1985 – Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (born 1924)
• 1989 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (born 1931)
• 1991 – Roger Patterson, American bass player (born 1968)
• 1992 – Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (born 1907)
• 1994 – Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (born 1928)
• 1995 – Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (born 1952)
• 1998 – Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1915)
• 2000 – Tom Landry, American football player and coach (born 1924)
• 2000 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (born 1922)
• 2001 – Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (born 1912)
• 2002 – John Eriksen, Danish footballer (born 1957)
• 2005 – Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun and missionary (born 1931)
• 2007 – Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (born 1905){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qojgLBuEFEUC&q=Ann+Barzel+%221905%22&pg=PA29|title=Chicago Portraits: New Edition|last=Sawyers|first=June Skinner|date=2012|publisher=Northwestern University Press|isbn=9780810126497|pages=29|language=en}}
• 2007 – Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1905)
• 2008 – David Groh, American actor (born 1939)
• 2009 – Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims:
• Alison Des Forges, American historian and activist (born 1942)
• Beverly Eckert, American activist (born 1951)
• Mat Mathews, Dutch accordion player (born 1924)
• Coleman Mellett, American guitarist (born 1974)
• Gerry Niewood, American saxophonist (born 1943)
• 2010 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (born 1988)
• 2011 – Peter Alexander, Austrian singer and actor (born 1926)
• 2011 – Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1919)
• 2011 – Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (born 1935)
• 2012 – Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1945)
• 2012 – Denis Flannery, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1928)
• 2012 – David Kelly, Irish actor (born 1929)
• 2012 – John Severin, American illustrator (born 1921)
• 2013 – Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1941)
• 2013 – Reginald Turnill, English journalist and author (born 1915)
• 2013 – Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (born 1931)
• 2014 – Sid Caesar, American actor and comedian (born 1922)
• 2014 – John Pickstone, English historian and author (born 1944)
• 2015 – Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer (born 1916)
• 2015 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (born 1931)
• 2015 – Gary Owens, American radio host and voice actor (born 1934)
• 2015 – Steve Strange, Welsh singer (born 1959)
• 2016 – Dominique D'Onofrio, Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (born 1953)
• 2016 – Yannis Kalaitzis, Greek cartoonist (born 1945)
• 2016 – Yan Su, Chinese general and composer (born 1930)
• 2017 – Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940)
• 2017 – Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)
• 2017 – Ren Xinmin, Chinese rocket scientist (born 1915)
• 2018 – Bill Crider, American author (born 1941){{cite news |title=Allen Billy (Bill) Crider |url=http://www.alvinsun.net/obituaries/article_d4f4d782-129e-11e8-abd6-8bc3591efa00.html |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=The Alvin Sun |date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228121656/http://www.alvinsun.net/obituaries/article_d4f4d782-129e-11e8-abd6-8bc3591efa00.html |archive-date=28 February 2022}}
• 2019 – Gordon Banks, English footballer (born 1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gordon-banks-dies-stoke-city-2531230|title=Stoke City and England hero Gordon Banks OBE dies aged 81|first=Martin|last=Spinks|date=February 12, 2019|website=StokeonTrentLive}}
• 2019 – Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (born 1922){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/lyndon-larouche-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/obituaries/lyndon-larouche-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Lyndon LaRouche, Cult Figure Who Ran for President 8 Times, Dies at 96 (Published 2019)|first=Richard|last=Severo|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 13, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
• 2019 – Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (born 1942){{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/pedro-morales-wwe-hall-of-famer-and-former-heavyweight-champion-dies-at-age-76/|title=Pedro Morales, WWE Hall of Famer and former heavyweight champion, dies at age 76|website=CBS Sports|date=12 February 2019 }}
• 2020 – Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (born 1951){{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/rip-christie-blatchford|title=Dead at 68: Christie Blatchford was a tenacious voice for victims, a thorn to the smug | National Post|newspaper=National Post|date=February 12, 2020|last1=Humphreys|first1=Adrian}}
• 2020 – Geert Hofstede, Dutch social psychologist (born 1928){{cite journal |last1=Jackson |first1=Terence |title=The legacy of Geert Hofstede |journal=International Journal of Cross Cultural Management |date=April 2020 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=3–6 |doi=10.1177/1470595820915088 |s2cid=216237997 |language=en |issn=1470-5958|doi-access=free }}
• 2022 – Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1946){{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/ivan-reitman-ghostbusters-director-dies-at-75/|title = Ivan Reitman, 'Ghostbusters' director, dies at 75|magazine = Entertainment Weekly}}

• Christian feast day:
• Benedict of Aniane
• Damian (?)
• Julian the Hospitaller
• Martyrs of Abitinae
• February 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Darwin Day (International)
• Georgia Day (Georgia (U.S. state))
• Lincoln's Birthday (United States)
• Red Hand Day (United Nations)
• Union Day (Myanmar)

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/12 BBC: On This Day]
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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/12 Historical Events on February 12]

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