Monday February 12, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

February 12: Day of the Week

February 12, 2024 was the 43rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 323 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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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.

February 12 Historical Event(s)

1771
Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
1817
An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.
1851
Edward Hargraves announces that he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rush.
1855
Michigan State University is established.
1894
Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris’s Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
1961
U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
1990
Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
1992
The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
1994
Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edward Munch’s iconic painting The Scream.
2021
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 12?

1885
Julius Streicher, Nazi German publisher (d. 1946)
1918
Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1933
Costa-Gavras, Greek filmmaker
1937
Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004)
1952
Simon MacCorkindale, British actor (d. 2010)
1954
Joseph Jordania, Australian/Georgian evolutionary musicologist
1959
Larry Nance, American basketball player
1969
Meja, Swedish singer
1979
Antonio Chatman, American football player
1981
Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer

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