February 12
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 1992
The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
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Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
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Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
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United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
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NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
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The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
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An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
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The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all 49 on board and one on the ground.
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Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
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The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.
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In the first general election since the July Revolution in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory upon returning to power after almost 19 years. A referendum held alongside was also approved by the majority of voters.
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2001Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgian footballer
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2000Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress
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1994Kemal Bilmez, Belgian politician
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1994Arman Hall, American sprinter
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1994Paxton Lynch, American football player
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1993Bud Dupree, American football player
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1993Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
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1993Jennifer Stone, American actress
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1992Magda Linette, Polish tennis player
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1991Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
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1991Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer
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1990Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer
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