August 12

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 12. From 1900 until now. August 12 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include François Hollande (1954), Cara Delevingne (1992) and Julien Lepers (1949). Several movies were released around August 12 over the years, such as Elite Squad in 2007 directed by José Padilha and That Obscure Object of Desire in 1977 directed by Luis Buñuel.
But much more happened on August 12 over the years: find out below

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2018 August 2018 Lombok earthquake: The BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed that the death toll from the earthquake in Lombok rises to 436. (Tempo.co)
2017 Syrian Civil War: Seven members of the White Helmets are shot dead by unidentified gunmen who stormed their office in rebel-held Sarmin, in northwestern Syria. (CNN)
2016 August 2016 Thailand bombings: A series of coordinated bombings across Thailand, mostly at sites popular with tourists, leaves at least four people dead and dozens wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. (The New York Times)
2015 Syrian Civil War: Artillery strikes in Damascus during a visit by the Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif kill at least 40 people and wound more than 180. (The News Hub)
2014 War in Donbass:: Ukrainian government forces recapture control of the city of Vuhlehirsk, Donetsk Oblast, from pro-Russian insurgents. (Kyiv Post)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: Eight people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack on a cafe in Balad north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian civil war:
2011 Two bombers kill themselves in an attempted attack in the Philippines city of Kidapawan in Cotabato province. (Philippines Star)
2010 War in Afghanistan:
2009 At a meeting in Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sign agreements expanding trade between their two countries. (MercoPress)
2008 On August 12, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed against Facebook, Blockbuster Inc., Overstock.com, Fandango, Hotwire.com, GameFly, Zappos.com, and any additional ampquotJohn Doeampquot corporations that activated Facebook Beacon when they released their common member's personal information to their Facebook user friends without their consent through the Facebook Beacon program. The lawsuit alleges the release of the information was a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act,
2007 The bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with the oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged.
2006 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
2005 Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.
2004 New Jersey Governor James McGreevey announces that he is "a gay American" and will resign effective November 15, 2004.
2003 War on Terrorism: An exclusive BBC report says a joint United States, Russia and United Kingdom ampquotstingampquot halted a plot to shoot down Air Force One using an Igla surface to air missile. According to the BBC, the plot, initially unearthed by the Russians, led President Vladimir Putin to request that an FBI agent go to St. Petersburg, where the agent posed as an Islamic extremist and met the British arms dealer supplying the missile. The missile was shipped from St. Peterburg to
2002 In Arlington, Virginia, US Airways declares bankruptcy.
2000 The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
1996 Breakfast on Fox premieres
1994 1st NFL game on Fox network (exhibition - SF vs. Denver)
1993 Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1991 Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan.
1990 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala
1988 Movie Last Temptation of Christ is released
1986 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season.
1985 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California
1983 General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army
1982 Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut
1981 IBM introduces PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
1979 Whoopee! closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances
1978 Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes first atmospheric flight.
1976 First approach and lands test (ALT) of NASA space shuttle orbiter Enterprise.
1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
1973 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury - Cleveland
1972 Funny Thing Happened... closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 156 performances
1971 Syriam President Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1969 Boston Celtics team sold for an NBA record $6 million.
1967 New Orleans Saints' first pre-season victory, beat Saint Louis Cardinals 23-14.
1966 The General Services Administration turns the New Orleans Mint over to the state of Louisiana.
1965 Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British Supreme Court Justice
1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th and final time in a game
1963 Portuguese Dictator Salazar firm on African colonization
1962 1st time 2 people in space
1960 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7 (70,000)
1959 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa
1956 Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Brink
1955 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000)
1954 Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row
1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
1952 Hussain ibn Talal proclaimed King of Jordan
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
1949 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)
1948 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
1944 Churchill and Tito meet in Naples
1943 Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.
1942 British Premier Churchill arrives in Moscow, meets Stalin
1941 French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1940 Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts
1936 Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats US, 6-5
1933 Cuban Dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
1931 Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China
1930 Turkish troops move into Persia to fight Kurdish insurgents.
1928 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1927 Wings, the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens
1925 KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions
1923 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as Minister of Finances
1914 Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium (Battle der Zilveren Helmen)
1912 Sultan Abd Al-Hafid of Morocco abdicates.
1905 King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp
1901 Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony
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