August 12 August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 141 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1099 -- First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders defeat Saracens and the Kingdom of Jerusalem is established under Godfrey of Bouillon. 1323 - Treaty of Nöteborg - Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time 1332 - Battle of Dupplin Moor - Scots under the Earl of Mar routed by Edward Balliol 1676 - King Philip's War ends 1851 - Isaac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine 1854 - Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon is executed by shooting, in regard to the Battle of Guaymas. 1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Deimos 1883 - The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam 1898 - Armistice ends the Spanish-American War 1898 - The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the American flag to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States. 1900-1999 1908 - First Model T Ford built 1914 - Great War - Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary; British Empire countries automatically included. 1953 - Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates its first hydrogen bomb. 1960 - Echo I, the first communications satellite, launched 1981 - The IBM PC, an early personal computer, is introduced 1985 - Japan Airlines flight 123 Boeing 747 jumbo jet crashes into Mount Ogura, Japan killing 520, in world's worst single-plane air disaster 1992 - Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for NAFTA. 1994 - Woodstock '94 rock concert 1994 - Major League Baseball players go on strike. The work stoppage will force the cancellation of the World Series. 2000-2099 2000 - Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea 2004 - Sweden's 9th million inhabitant is born and well. 2004 - Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as Singapore's 3rd Prime Minister Births 1500-1899 1503 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1559) 1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu, 3rd Tokugawa shogun (d. 1651) 1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) 1774 - Robert Southey, poet, biographer (d. 1843) 1831 - Helena Blavatsky, author (d. 1891) 1859 - Katherine Lee Bates, poet, author of America the Beautiful (d. 1929) 1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, author (d. 1958) 1880 - Christy Mathewson, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1925) 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, director (d. 1959) 1883 - Pauline Frederick, stage actress & film star (d.1938) 1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, physicist (d. 1961) 1892 - Alfred Lunt, actor (d. 1977) 1900-1999 1904 - Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov, Tsarevich, heir to the throne of Russia (d. 1918) 1906 - Pauline Frederick, journalist (d. 1990) 1907 - Joe Besser, actor, comedian; member of the Three Stooges (d. 1988) 1911 - Cantinflas (Mario Moreno Reyes), actor (d. 1993) 1911 - Jane Wyatt, actress 1924 - Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, Leader of Pakistan, (d. 1988) 1926 - John Derek, actor (d. 1998) 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist 1927 - Porter Wagoner, country and western singer 1928 - Dan Curtis, movie and television producer and director 1929 - Buck Owens, country and western singer 1930 - George Soros American businessman 1931 - William Goldman, screenwriter 1933 - Parnelli Jones, auto racer 1939 - George Hamilton, actor 1949 - Mark Knopfler, musician 1954 - Pat Metheny, guitarist 1971 - Pete Sampras, tennis player 1972 - Rebecca Gayheart, actress 1972 - Takanohana Kōji, sumo wrestler (65th yokozuna) 1973 - Richard Reid, alleged Al-Qaida operative; "the shoe bomber" 1976 - Antoine Walker, basketball player 1977 - Plaxico Burress, American football player 1988 - Leah Pipes, actress Deaths 800-1899 875 - Louis II Holy Roman Emperor 1484 - Pope Sixtus IV 1612 - Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer 1633 - Jacopo Peri, composer 1689 - Pope Innocent XI 1827 - William Blake, poet and printmaker 1848 - George Stephenson, locomotive designer 1864 - Sakuma Shōzan, reformist of the late Tokugawa shogunate (b. 1811) 1900-1999 1914 - John Philip Holland, early submarine designer (b. 1840) 1918 - Anna Held, actress amd singer, (b. 1872) 1923 - Vatrslav Jagić - Croatian philologist (b. 1838) 1928 - Leos Janacek, Czech composer 1948 - Harry Brearley, inventor of stainless steel 1955 - Thomas Mann, German author 1964 - Ian Fleming, British novelist 1968 - Angus Walters, schooner captain 1982 - Henry Fonda, American actor 1982 - Joe Tex (Joseph Arrington), singer 1982 - Salvador Sanchez world champion boxer 1985 - Manfred Winkelhock, auto racing driver 1985 - Kyu Sakamoto, singer (b. 1941) 1989 - William Shockley, physicist 1992 - John Cage, American composer 2000-2099 2000 - Loretta Young, actress 2002 - Enos Slaughter, baseball Hall of Famer 2002 - Ed Headrick, developer of the Frisbee 2004 - Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, inventor of computed axial tomography 2004 - Peter Woodthorpe, British character actor Holidays and observations Glorious Twelfth at the Yorkshire Dales Zaraday (Discordianism) August 11 - August 13 - July 12 - September 12 -- listing of all days Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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