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| August 12th |
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| About August 12th is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 141 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. August 12th is International Youth Day. Births 1880 - Christy Mathewson, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher 1912 - Jane Wyatt, actress (Father Knows Best) 1915 - Alex Wojciechowicz, Hall of Fame linebacker, center 1927 - Porter Wagoner, country music singer 1929 - Buck Owens, country music singer 1939 - George Hamilton, actor, director (Dynasty) 1939 - Skip Caray, broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves 1971 - Pete Samprass, professional tennis player 1980 - Dominique Swain, actress (Lolita) Deaths 1896 - Thomas Chamberlain, 20th Maine Gettysburg officer 1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Naval Aviator, brother of JFK 1955 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel laureate 1982 - Henry Fonda, actor (Mister Roberts, 12 Angry Men) 2000 - Loretta Young, actress (Letter to Loretta) 2002 - Enos Slaughter, Hall of Fame outfielder 2007 - Mike "Ringo" Wieringo, comic book artist (The Flash) 2007 - Merv Griffin, television host, businessman (Jeopardy!) 2009 - Les Paul, guitarist, songwriter, inventor Events 1877 - Development on the phonograph begins as Thomas Edison gives the basics to an assistant and instructs him to begin constructing one. 1908 - Henry Ford's first Model T, commonly known as the "Tin Lizzie" is complete in Detroit, Michigan. 1960 - The Beatles invite Pete Best to become their drummer. 1978 - Jack Tatum, a safety for the Oakland Raiders uses a helmet to helmet hit on New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley, leaving Stingley paralyzed for life. 1990 - Susan Hendrickson discovers the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever to be discovered after she noticed three large bones sticking out of the ground near a cliff in Faith, South Dakota. 1994 - An estimated 300,000 people attend the Woodstock II in Saugerties, New York, a follow-up to the 1969 concert. |
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