August 12: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

August 12th marks the 224th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 225th in case of leap years). There are 141 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include François Hollande (1954), Cara Delevingne (1992) and Julien Lepers (1949). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Youth Day.
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2018 August 2018 Lombok earthquake: Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson for BNPB, confirmed that 436 people have died in the earthquake in Lombok.
2017 Syrian Civil War: Seven White Helmets members are killed by unidentified gunmen storming their office in rebel-held Sarmin in northwestern Syria.
2016 August 2016 Thailand bombings The attacks were not claimed by any group.
2015 Syrian Civil War: Artillery attacks in Damascus, during a visit of the Foreign Minister to Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, kill at least 40 and leave more than 180 people injured.
2014 War in Donbass -: Ukrainian government forces retake control of Vuhlehirsk in Donetsk Oblast from pro-Russian rebels
2013 Insurgent in Iraq (post-U.S. withdrawal:) Eight people are killed and 25 injured in a suicide bombing attack at a cafe in Balad, north of Baghdad.
2012 Civil war in Syria:
2011 Two suicide bombers were killed in an attack on Kidapawan, Philippines in Cotabato Province.
2010 Afghanistan War:
2009 Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President, and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, sign agreements to expand trade between their countries at a Caracas meeting.
2008 A class action lawsuit was filed against Facebook Inc., Blockbuster Inc. and Overstock.com. Fandango.com. Hotwire.com. GameFly.com. Zappos.com. And any other ampquotJohn Doeampquot companies that activated Facebook Beacon to release their common members' personal information to their Facebook friend without their consent through Facebook Beacon. The lawsuit claims that the information was released in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.
2007 At the southernmost tip Gibraltar, the bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides and is partially submerged.
2006 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict:
2005 Lakshman Kalidar, Sri Lanka's foreign minister is shot and killed by an LTTE sniper in his home.
2004 James McGreevey, the Governor of New Jersey, has announced that he is a "gay American" and will be resigning effective November 15, 2004.
2003 War on Terrorism: A BBC exclusive report reveals that the United States, Russia, and United Kingdom stopped a plot to down Air Force One with an Igla surface-to-air missile. According to the BBC, President Vladimir Putin requested that an FBI agent travel to St. Petersburg to investigate the plot. The agent claimed to be an Islamic extremist and met with the British arms dealer who supplied the missile. The missile was sent from St. Peterburg.
2002 In Arlington, Virginia, US Airways declares bankruptcy.
2000 During a military exercise, the Russian Navy's Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk explodes and sinks into the Barents Sea.
1996 Breakfast on Fox premieres
1994 1st NFL game on Fox network
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
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
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
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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