February 12: Day Of The Week
February 12, 2013 is the 43rd day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| February | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 12 Historical Events
- 1593 –Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
- 1771 –Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
- 1816 –The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire.
- 1851 –Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rush.
- 1912 –The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
- 1934 –In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista decides to merge the movement with the Falange Española.
- 1946 –African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement and partially inspires Orson Welles’ film Touch of Evil.
- 1946 –World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
- 2001 –NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- 2040 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 12?
- 1903 –Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 1920 –William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
- 1926 –Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer
- 1931 –Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author (d. 2008)
- 1944 –Moe Bandy, American singer
- 1948 –Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
- 1950 –Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis)
- 1954 –Joseph Jordania, Australian/Georgian evolutionary musicologist
- 1970 –Judd Winick, writer and artist
- 1973 –Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress
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