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Day Of The Week: February 12
February 12, 2025 is the 43rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 12
- 1771 –Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
- 1817 –An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.
- 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.
- 1934 –The Austrian Civil War begins.
- 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 –A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
- 1974 –Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 –The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
- 1994 –Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edward Munch’s iconic painting The Scream.
- 2040 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 12?
- 1663 –Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
- 1843 –John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)
- 1902 –William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
- 1911 –Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
- 1926 –Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
- 1934 –Bill Russell, American basketball player
- 1939 –Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
- 1978 –Douglas Fisher, American high school security guard and musician
- 1978 –Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
- 1982 –Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand All Black rugby player
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