Saturday, December 12, 2020. 347th day of the year. There are 19 days left until the end of the year.
? HISTORICAL EVENTS?
● 627 - Battle of Nineveh: The Byzantine army, led by Emperor Heraclius, defeats the Persian army of Emperor Khosrow II, commanded by General Rakhzad.
● 884 - King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident.
● 1388 - Maria Argos of Engien and Lord of Nauplia sell to the Republic of Venice
● 1862 - American Civil War: The USS sinks into the Yazoo River.
● 1866 - Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England killed 361 miners and rescuers.
● 1870 - Joseph H. Rhine of South Carolina becomes the second black congressman in the United States.
● 1901 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal on Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland (the letter “S” in the Morse code [***]).
● 1917 - Father Edward J. Flanagan establishes Boys Town as an agricultural village for lost boys.
● 1935 - The Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, founded by Heinrich Himmler
● 1937 - Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese planes bomb and sink a USS Panay warship in the Yangtze River in China.
● 1956 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 is adopted to admit Japan to the United Nations.
● 1979 - An 8,2 MW Tumako earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violence), killing 300-600 people and creating a major tsunami.
● 1985 - Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 101 members of the U.S. Army 236st Airborne Division. ldi.
● 1988 - Thirty-five people are killed and hundreds injured in a Klefem Junction railway crash that occurred after a collision of three passenger trains - one of the worst trains in the UK.
● 2015 - The Paris Agreement on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.
? BORN?
● 1526 - Alvaro de Bazan, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Admiral of Spain (died 1588)
● 1805 - Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founder of Wells Fargo and American Express (died 1878)
● 1830 - Joseph Orville Shelby, General of the Confederacy (died 1897)
● 1866 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academician, Nobel Laureate (died 1919)
● 1870 - Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, founded the Hughes Tool Company (died 1912).
● 1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner (died 1928)
● 1881 - Louise Toulouse, French schoolteacher, resistance fighter and author during World War I and World War II (died 1966)
● 1893 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (died 1973)
● 1901 - Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (died 1942)
● 1907 - Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer (died 2015)
● 1912 - Henry Armstrong, American boxer (died 1988)
● 1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor and producer (died 1998)
● 1918 - Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (died 1999)
● 1923 - Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
● 1923 - Bob Doro, American musician, composer and producer (died 2018)
● 1925 - Ted Kennedy, Canadian hockey player (died 2009)
● 1925 - Dattu Phadkar, Indian cracker (died 1985)
● 1925 - Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (died 2017)
● 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor and entrepreneur, founded Intel Corporation (died 1990).
● 1940 - Sharad Pavar, Indian politician, Minister of Agriculture of India
● 1943 - Grover Washington, Jr., American songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 1999)
● 1945 - Tony Williams, American drummer, composer and producer (died 1997)
● 1947 - Chris Mullin, British journalist and politician
● 1948 - Colin Todd, English footballer and coach
● 1949 - Bill Nigi, English actor
● 1949 - Mark Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar
● 1950 - Pedro Ferriz de Cohn, Mexican journalist
● 1950 - Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic
● 1950 - Billy Smith, Canadian hockey player, coach and manager
● 1951 - Rahman Malik, Pakistani politician, Minister of Interior of Pakistan
● 1952 - Katie Rigby, American gymnast
● 1962 - Tracy Austin, American tennis player and master of sports
● 1962 - Mike Golich, American footballer and radio host
● 1967 - John Randle, American footballer
● 1968 - Saso Udovic, Slovenian footballer
● 1969 - Michael Myollenbeck, German discus thrower
● 1972 - Nikki Eaden, English footballer and coach
● 1972 - Craig Field, Australian rugby league player
● 1972 - Wilson Kipketer, Kenyan-Danish runner
● 1974 - Bernard Lagat, Kenyan, American runner
● 1979 - Nate Clements, American footballer
● 1979 - John Salmons, American basketball player
● 1986 - Daddy Birori, Rwandan footballer
● 1986 - Pérparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
● 1986 - Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper
● 1988 - Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league player
■ THE DEAD ■
● 1296 - Isabella of Mary, first wife of Robert Bruce VII (born 1277)
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