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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