History for August 12 - On-This-Day.com
Cecil B. DeMille 1881, Jane Wyatt 1912, William Goldman 1931
Parnelli Jones 1933, George Hamilton 1939 - Actor, Sir Mix-A-Lot 1963 - Rapper
1865 - Disinfectant was used for the first time during surgery by Joseph Lister.
1877 - Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.
1898 - The Spanish-American War was ended with the signing of the peace protocol. The U.S. acquired Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Hawaii was also annexed.
1981 - IBM unveiled its first PC.
1992 - The U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations.
2000 - The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank and its 118-man crew died during naval exercises in the Barents Sea.
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