History for February 12 - On-This-Day.com:
John Winthrop 1588, Charles Darwin 1809, Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States
Lorne Greene 1915, Joe Garagiola 1926 - Baseball broadcaster, Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian, talk show host
1733 - Savannah, GA, was founded by English colonist James Oglethorpe.
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1912 - China's boy emperor Hsuan T'ung announced that he was abdicating, ending the Manchu Ch'ing dynasty. Subsequently, the Republic of China was established.
1918 - All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal.
1940 - Mutual Radio presented the first broadcast of the radio play "The Adventures of Superman."
1998 - A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council.
2013 - North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test.
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