Wednesday, February 12, 2025

History for February 12

History for February 12 - On-This-Day.com
Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States
  • 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
  • 1924 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential political speech on radio.
  • 1973 - The State of Ohio went metric, becoming the first in the U.S. to post metric distance signs.
  • 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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