February 12 - This day in History

February 12: General Interest
2002: Milosevic goes on trial for war crimes

On this day in 2002, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial at The Hague, Netherlands, on charges of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo... read more


American Revolution
1789 : Ethan Allen dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ethan-allen-dies


Automotive
2008 : GM reports record loss, offers buyouts to 74,000 workers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gm-reports-record-loss-offers-buyouts-to-74000-workers


Civil War
1828 : Rebel General Robert Ransom is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-ransom-is-born


Cold War
1988 : Russian ships bump U.S. destroyer and cruiser
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russian-ships-bump-us-destroyer-and-cruiser


Crime
1976 : Actor Sal Mineo is killed in Hollywood
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-sal-mineo-is-killed-in-hollywood


Disaster
2002 : Iranian jet slams into mountain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iranian-jet-slams-into-mountain


General Interest
1793 : Congress enacts first fugitive slave law
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-enacts-first-fugitive-slave-law

1865 : Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/garnet-preaches-to-house-on-slavery-and-civil-war

1912 : Last emperor of China abdicates
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-emperor-of-china-abdicates

1986 : Scharansky released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/scharansky-released

1999 : President Clinton acquitted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-clinton-acquitted


Hollywood
2008 : Writers' strike ends after 100 days
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/writers-strike-ends-after-100-days


Literary
1938 : Judy Blume, popular young-adult author, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/judy-blume-popular-young-adult-author-is-born


Music
1924 : Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rhapsody-in-blue-by-george-gershwin-performed-for-first-time


Old West
1915 : Lorne Greene is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lorne-greene-is-born


Presidential
1809 : Abraham Lincoln is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-is-born


Sports
1934 : Basketball great Bill Russell born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/basketball-great-bill-russell-born


Vietnam War
1972 : Cambodians launch attack to retake Angkor Wat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cambodians-launch-attack-to-retake-angkor-wat

1973 : Release of U.S. POWs begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/release-of-us-pows-begins


World War I
1915 : British planes raid Belgian coast
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-planes-raid-belgian-coast

1917 : American schooner Lyman M. Law is sunk
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-schooner-lyman-m-law-is-sunk


World War II
1941 : Rommel in Africa
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rommel-in-africa