HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY

On This Day in History

Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.

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Historical chronology for February 12

February 12

9 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049

February 12, 1968 AVAILABLE

Following the deaths of two employees on the job, black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, began a strike that lasted more than two months.

Wikipedia: Death of Echol Cole and Robert Walker
February 12, 1988 AVAILABLE

While claiming the right of innocent passage through Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea, the American cruiser USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Caron were bumped by Soviet warships.

Wikipedia: Innocent passage
February 12, 1993 AVAILABLE

Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.

Wikipedia: Murder of James Bulger
Murder of James Bulger
February 12, 1994 AVAILABLE

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.

Wikipedia: Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
February 12, 2001 AVAILABLE

The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

Wikipedia: NASA
NASA
February 12, 2003 AVAILABLE

Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.

Wikipedia: La Paz
La Paz
February 12, 2009 AVAILABLE

Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

Wikipedia: Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
February 12, 2016 AVAILABLE

In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.

Wikipedia: Catholic Church
Catholic Church
February 12, 2019 AVAILABLE

After being informed that its recently purchased coffin of Nedjemankh (pictured) had been looted, the Metropolitan Museum of Art shuttered its ongoing exhibition Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin two months early and later returned the artifact to Egypt.

Wikipedia: Coffin of Nedjemankh
Coffin of Nedjemankh