This Day in History

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World Day of The Sick? Perfect for all the sick fuckers around here.

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February 12

The U.S. state of Georgia celebrates the arrival of the first colonists to the thirteenth of the original Thirteen Colonies with Georgia Day.

Today is Darwin Day, celebrating the birth date of Charles Darwin and his contributions to science.

Today, is a legal public holiday in the U.S. celebrating the birth date of Abraham Lincoln.

Also observed today is National Freedom to Marry Day, ion the U.S., promoting and bringing awareness to same sex marriage.

Our friends and neighbors in Canadia mark this day as Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day.

And, finally, the General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted this date as Red Hand Day, drawing attention to the fates of child soldiers in war and armed conflict.


Events

1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.

1554 – A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.

1593 – Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.

1733 – Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day).

1855 – Michigan State University is established.

1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

1915 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

1924 – George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.

1946 – World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured German U-boats.

1947 – The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.

1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

1967 - 15 police officers raided Redlands, the West Sussex home of The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards during a weekend party. The police who were armed with a warrant issued under the dangerous drugs act took away various substances for forensic tests. George and Pattie Harrison had been at the house, but it was said that the police waited for them to leave before they raided the house in order not to bust the holder of an MBE.

1974 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.

1977 - Pink Floyd released their tenth studio album Animals in the US, where it reached No.3 in the charts. The album's cover image, a pig floating between two chimneys on Battersea Power Station, was conceived by bassist Roger Waters and realised by long-time design and photographic collaborators Hipgnosis.

1989 - Aretha Franklin lost a court case against Broadway producer Ashton Springer, who sued for $1 million (£0.58 million) when Aretha failed to turn up for rehearsals for the stage show Sing Mahalia Sing, blaming her fear of flying on the non appearance.

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.

2003 - Former Doors drummer John Densmore took out legal action against The Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger for breach of contract, trademark infringement and unfair competition. The band had reformed with Ex- Cult singer Ian Astbury and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Densmore said "It shouldn't be called The Doors if it's someone other than Jim Morrison singing."

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 met Patriarch Kirill at José Martí International Airport in Cuba, the first meeting between the pontiff of the Catholic Church and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, together they signed the Havana Declaration.

Births

41 - Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus; 1663 – Cotton Mather; 1775 – Louisa Adams (6th FLOTUS); 1809 – Charles Darwin; 1809 – Abraham Lincoln (16th POTUS); 1876 – 13th Dalai Lama; 1877 – Louis Renault (founded Renault automobiles); 1893 – Omar Bradley; 1904 – Ted Mack; 1915 – Lorne Greene; 1919 – Forrest Tucker; 1923 – Franco Zeffirelli; 1926 – Joe Garagiola, Sr.; 1926 – Charles Van Doren (quiz show cheater); 1928 – Vincent Montana, Jr.(MFSB); 1930 – Arlen Specter; 1936 – Joe Don Baker; 1938 – Judy Blume; 1939 – Ray Manzarek(The Doors); 1942 – Ehud Barak; 1944 – Moe Bandy♪ ♫; 1945 – Maud Adams; 1948 – Ray Kurzweil; 1950 – Steve Hackett(Genesis); 1950 – Michael Ironside (B-movies); 1952 – Simon MacCorkindale; 1952 – Michael McDonald(Steely Dan, Doobie Bros); 1953 – Joanna Kerns; 1956 – Arsenio Hall; 1956 – Brian Robertson(Thin Lizzy, Motorhead); 1966 – Paul Crook♪ ♫(Meat Loaf, Anthrax, Sebastian Bach); 1968 – Josh Brolin; 1968 – Chynna Phillips♪ ♫; 1969 – Darren Aronofsky; 1974 – 'Prince' Naseem Hamed; 1980 – Christina Ricci; 1984 – Brad Keselowski

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