Here's a look at things that have happened on this date in history.
Here's a see at things that have happened subsequent to than quotation to this date in archives.
On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in proficiency-hours of hours of hours of daylight Larue County, Kentucky. (AP Photo)
In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded.
In 1914, groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also on the order of this date, in 1915, the cornerstone was laid for the Lincoln Memorial.
This aerial view of Washington, D.C., shows the Lincoln Memorial, center, subsequent to the Mall leading to the Washington Monument, background, as snow covers the ground a propos Dec. 31, 1935. (AP Photo)
In 1959, the redesigned Lincoln penny gone an image of the Lincoln Memorial replacing two ears of wheat around the reverse side went into circulation. (AP Photo)
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In 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Saying he was humbled, President Clinton makes a confirmation in the Rose Garden at the White House, Friday, Feb. 12, 1999. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
In 2012, Adele emerged as the extremity winner at the Grammy Awards, winning six trophies, including folder and song of the year (for Rolling in the Deep) and album of the year (for 21), in a ceremony shadowed by the death of Whitney Houston the day support on.
FILE In this file photo old Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, Adele poses backstage taking into account her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards harshly Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, USA. According to figures released Tuesday April 12, 2016, Adele had the worlds best-selling album last year, as the British singers 25 sold 17.4 million copies. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, FILE)
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after beast condemned for high treason.
12th February 1554, The do its stuff of Lady Jane Grey, (1537 1554), upon Tower Hill, London, after her brief reign as Queen Jane of England. Her husband Lord Guildford Dudley was along with beheaded. Original Publication: From Harrison Ainsworths Towers of London, (Cruikshank). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Today is Monday, Feb. 12, the 43rd daylight of 2018. There are 322 days left in the year.
Todays Highlight in History:
On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.
On this date:
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after conscious thing condemned for high treason.
In 1818, Chile officially proclaimed its independence, greater than seven years after initially renouncing Spanish regard as creature.
In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded.
In 1914, groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (A year higher upon this date, the cornerstone was laid.)
In 1924, George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue premiered in New York.
In 1940, the radio accomplish The Adventures of Superman debuted taking into account Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel.
In 1959, the redesigned Lincoln penny considering an image of the Lincoln Memorial replacing two ears of wheat upon the reverse side went into circulation.
In 1963, a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 720 broke happening during aggressive turbulence and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 43 people aboard.
In 1973, Operation Homecoming began as the first general pardon of American prisoners of feat from the Vietnam engagement took place.
In 1980, the FBI announced that approximately $5,800 of the $200,000 ransom paid to hijacker D.B. Cooper previously he parachuted from a Northwest Orient jetliner in 1971 had been found by an 8-year-earliest boy upon a riverbank of the Columbia River in Washington appearance.
In 1993, in a crime that horrified and angry Britons, two 10-year-antiquated boys lured 2-year-pass James Bulger from his mother at a shopping mall near Liverpool, England, later provocation him to death.
In 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Ten years ago: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain won their respective parties primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. General Motors reported losing $38.7 billion in 2007, a folder annual loss in automotive archives, and offered buyouts to 74,000 hourly workers. Character actor David Groh died in Los Angeles at age 68. Uno became the first beagle named Westminsters best in do its stuff.
Five years ago: The manhunt for a rogue ex-Los Angeles cop seeking revenge for his firing came to an halt gone his apparent suicide in a mountain cabin taking into account a gunbattle also sham enforcement; authorities answerable him for killing four people, including two officers. President Barack Obama set up high-stakes clashes beyond guns, immigration, taxes and climate revise in his State of the Union dwelling. The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Koreas latest nuclear test. IOC leaders dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports upon the Olympic program.
One year ago: Northern California authorities ordered the evacuation of some 200,000 people from communities near the Oroville Dam, where an emergency spillway was in difficulty of flooding. (After officials drained water from the lake when the dam and made emergency repairs, residents were allowed to reward.) At the Grammy Awards, Adele took ablaze all five awards she was nominated for, including album (25), as expertly as record and way of swine of the year (Hello). Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, 76, died at a Los Angeles hospital, just days after announcing his retirement from touring because of exhaustion.
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