Daily Calendar for Monday, February 12, 2029
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Monday, February 12, 2029
Born
- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (U.S. First Lady) –
- Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. president; is born near Hodgenville, Kentucky) –
- Charles Darwin (naturalist) –
- Lorne Greene (actor) –
- Joe Garagiola (American baseball player; born in St. Louis, Missouri) –
- Judy Blume (writer) –
- Michael McDonald (musician) –
- Josh Brolin (actor) –
- Tara Strong (voice of Bubbles on The Powerpuff Girls) –
- Jesse Spencer (actor) –
- Christina Ricci (actress) –
Died
- Ethan Allen (patriot) –
- The Earl of Dufferin (Canadian Governor General 1872 - 1878) –
- Sal Mineo (actor) –
- Eubie Blake (jazz musician) –
- Charles Schulz (Peanuts cartoonist) –
- David Groh (actor) –
- David Kelly (actor) –
- Sid Caesar (comedian & actor) –
Events
- Lady Jane Grey, a rival for the English throne, was beheaded under the rule of Queen Mary I –
- James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Georgia –
- Gala carnival at first U.S. skating rink, Madison Square Garden, New York City –
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formed –
- Construction began on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. –
- 17th Olympic Winter Games opened in Lillehammer, Norway –
- The Scream painting stolen, Oslo, Norway –
- Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude opened The Gates, Project For Central Park 1979-2005 in NYC’s Central Park –
- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook southern Mexico –
- For the first time, a beagle won ‘Best in Show’ at the Westminster Kennel Club –
- Figure skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman (and third woman overall) to land a triple axel at the Winter Olympic Games (which took place at PyeongChang, South Korea, that year). –
- The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII –
Weather
- Forty-seven degrees below zero F, Camp Clarke, Nebraska –
- Fort Myers, Florida, had a trace of snow –
- A snowstorm that had started the day before dropped 12.5 inches of snow at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. –
- A Northeaster left 27 inches of snow in Central Park, New York –