Historical Events and Current Affairs on August 12

Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem(?)
1071: Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings
1099: Crusaders are victorious at Battle of Ascalon
1332: Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle
1336: English King Edward III endswool export to Flanders
1492: Christopher Columbus discovers Canary Islands
1508: Juan Ponce de Le¢n arrives in Puerto Rico
1530: Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I
1549: French troops occupy Ambleteuse England
1553: Pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish
1588: Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army
1658: 1st US police corps forms (New Amsterdam)
1676: 1st war between American colonists & Indians ends in Ne
1687: Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders
1687: Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed at Battle of Mohacs
1759: Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers
1812: Dr Joseph Lister is 1st surgeon to use disinfectant dur
1812: Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
1831: Dutch troops conquer Leuven
1831: Netherlands & Belgium sign peace treaty
1851: Isaac Singer patents sewing machine
1856: Anthony Fass patents accordion
1861: Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians
1862: Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
1863: 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC
1867: Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Ed
1877: Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording de
1879: 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
1882: Paul Henry discovers asteroid #227 Philosophia
1883: C H F Peters discovers asteroid #234 Barbara
1884: Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 21
1886: W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust,
1888: Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tou
1896: Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson
1896: Willem II soccer team forms in Tilburg
1898: Hawaii formally annexed to US
1898: Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed
1901: Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony
1905: King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp
1909: W Lorenz discovers asteroid #685 Hermia
1914: Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium Battle der Zilveren
1914: German 16.5/12 guns fires on forts round Luik
1914: Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary
1914: Russian troops take East-Prussia & occupy Marggrabowa
1915: Of Human Bondage, by William Somerset Maugham, publis
1916: Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Pƒquerette photogr
1922: Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Wash DC as nat
1923: Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of f
1923: Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westwa
1923: K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1000 Piazzia & #1025 Ri
1925: KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions
1927: Wings, the only silent film to win an Oscar for best
1928: 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1931: Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes i
1933: Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military c
1935: Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand
1936: 120øF (49øC), Seymour, Texas (state record)
1936: Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medali
1940: Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircra
1940: Netherlands starts rationing textile
1941: French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi G
1942: British premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stal
1942: German 1st tank leader captures Elista, Kalmukkensteppe
1942: Lt-gen Montgomery arrives in Cairo
1944: Churchill & Tito meet in Naples
1944: Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating
1948: Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
1948: Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 ye
1949: 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-St
1950: Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
1952: Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan
1953: Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, a
1953: Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
1953: Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen b
1954: Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in
1955: Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75› to $1 an h
1955: WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, FL (PBS) begins broadcastin
1956: Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Glor
1956: KOTI TV channel 2 in Klamath Falls, OR (NBC/CBS) begins
1956: William Shatner marries Gloria Rand
1959: 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Islan
1959: Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Af
1960: 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars
1960: Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched
1960: Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 26' 1
1960: USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m
1962: 1st time 2 people in space
1962: Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands saf
1963: Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonizatio
1963: Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year
1964: Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time i
1964: Race riot in Elizabeth NJ
1965: Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British supreme court
1965: Race riot in West Side of Chicago
1967: New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St Loui
1969: Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
1971: Syriam Pres Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jorda
1972: Funny Thing Happened... closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC a
1972: Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
1972: Oh! Calcutta! closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 131
1973: 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Ca
1973: WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris
1974: hall of fame on same day
1974: Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 & walks only 2 as Angels top
1974: Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become 1st teammate
1976: 1st approach & lands test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise
1976: Christian militia conquer Palestinian camp Tell al-Za't
1977: For 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils
1977: High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth
1977: Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
1978: Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
1978: China & Japan sign peace treaty
1978: ICE is launched
1979: Iran press censors start massive book burnings
1979: Whoopee! closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 perform
1981: IBM introduces PC & PC-DOS version 1.0
1981: Jon Erikson (US) becomes 1st to triple cross English Ch
1982: Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut
1983: General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamania
1984: 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, Calif
1984: Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame
1984: Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee R
1985: 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1985: Balt Orioles W Gross & L Sheets are 6th to hit consecut
1985: Japanese Boeing 747SR crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight
1986: Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time
1986: L V Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #8151
1986: Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single
1987: Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of E
1988: Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23
1988: E W Elst discovers asteroid #6480 Scarlatti
1988: Movie Last Temptation of Christ is released
1988: Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital
1988: Richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General
1990: 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania
1990: crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories
1990: Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resol
1990: R H McNaught discovers asteroid #5133 Phillipadams
1991: Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization
1991: Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Mars
1993: D D Balam discovers asteroid #7886
1993: Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1994: 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - SF vs Denver)
1994: E W Elst discovers asteroid #7142 Spinoza
1994: Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed
1994: Stephen G Breyer, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1995: Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent B
1996: Breakfast on Fox premieres
2001: 38th Walker Cup
2002: CDAC announces it is moving to Linux Operating System f
2002: Indian Index of Industrial Production(IIP) increases by
2002: Infosys gets Level 5 PCMM Model of KPMG Consulting
2002: NDA Candidate Mr. Bhairansing Shakavat elected as the V
2002: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appealed t
2002: President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Azad visits Gujarat.
2002: Wilson Kipketer (Danish) wins Men's 800m.

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