February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 322 days remaining, 323 in
leap years.
- 1567 - Thomas Campion, composer, poet
- 1768 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (+ 1835)
- 1775 - Louisa Adams[?], First Lady, wife of President John Quincy Adams
- 1777 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, poet (+ 1843)
- 1809 - Charles Darwin, naturalist
- 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (+ 1865)
- 1861 - Lou Andreas-Salome[?], author (+ 1937)
- 1880 - John L. Lewis, labor union leader (+ 1969)
- 1881 - Anna Pavlova, ballerina (+ 1931)
- 1884 - Max Beckmann, painter and graphic artist (+ 1950)
- 1884 - Marie Vassilieff, artist (+ 1957)
- 1893 - Omar Bradley, general (+ 1981)
- 1914 - Tex Beneke[?], musician, band leader (+ 2000)
- 1915 - Lorne Greene, actor (+ 1987)
- 1919 - Forrest Tucker[?], actor (+ 1986)
- 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, film director
- 1925 - Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (+ 1984)
- 1933 - Costa-Gavras[?], director, writer
- 1934 - Bill Russell[?], basketball star
- 1938 - Judy Blume, author
- 1939 - Ray Manzarek[?], keyboardist
- 1942 - Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
- 1950 - Michael Ironside[?], actor
- 1954 - Philip Zimmermann, cryptographer
- 1955 - Arsenio Hall[?], actor, talk show host
- 1980 - Christina Ricci, actress
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, briefly Queen of England
- 1916 - Richard Dedekind, mathematician
- 1929 - Lily Langtry[?], singer, actress
- 1954 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker
- 1976 - Sal Mineo, actor
- 1979 - Jean Renoir, director
- 1982 - Victor Jory[?], actor
- 1983 - Eubie Blake, musician, songwriter
- 1995 - Robert Bolt, writer (+ 1995)
- 2000 - Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip
- 2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, musician
- 2000 - Tom Landry, American football coach
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
February 11 - February 13 - January 12 - March 12 - more historical anniversaries