February 12

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 322 days remaining, 323 in leap years.

Events:

• 1912: Arizona admitted to the U.S. as the 48th state.

Births:

• 1775: Louisa Adams (First Lady--wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President)
• 1809: Charles Darwin (naturalist)
• 1809: Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. President)
• 1881: Anna Pavlova (ballerina)
• 1915: Lorne Greene (actor, newscaster)
• 1923: Franco Zeffirelli (director)
• 1938: Judy Blume (author)
• 1939: Ray Manzarek (keyboardist)
• 1955: Arsenio Hall (actor, talk show host)
• 1956: Paula Zahn (television journalist)

Deaths:

• 1954: Dziga Vertov (Russian filmmaker)

Holidays and observances:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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