History for February 12

History for February 12 - On-This-Day.com
John Winthrop 1588, Charles Darwin 1809, Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States 


Ted Mack (William Maguiness) 1904, Lorne Green 1915, Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor 


1554 - Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being charged with treason. She had claimed the throne of England for only nine days. 


1878 - Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask. 


1880 - The National Croquet League was organized in Philadelphia, PA. 


1892 - In the U.S., President Lincoln's birthday was declared to be a national holiday. 


1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. 


1973 - The State of Ohio went metric, becoming the first in the U.S. to post metric distance signs. 


1993 - In Liverpool, England, a 2-year-old boy, James Bulger, was lured away from his mother at a shopping mall and beaten to death. Two ten-year-old boys were responsible. 


2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council. 


2013 - North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test.