February 12: Day of the Week
February 12, 2023 is the 43rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
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February 12 Historical Event(s)
- 1502Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
- 1541Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1825The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
- 1832Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
- 1956New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1968Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
- 1999President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
- 2001NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
- 2004The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
- 2009Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
Who were born on February 12?
- 1791Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
- 1828George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
- 1918Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
- 1956Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
- 1960George Gray, American professional wrestler
- 1969Meja, Swedish singer
- 1971Scott Menville American voice actor
- 1972Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
- 1976Silvia Saint, Czech pornographic actress
- 1978Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
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