On this Day August 12th

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August 12 is the 224th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.

1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.

1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.

1865 – British surgeon and scientist Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery.

1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom and the British Empire declared war on Austria-Hungary.

1944 – Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be released from the Nazis by French forces.

1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.

1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.

1990 – Sue, the most giant and complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, was discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.

1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

Birthdays

1452 – Abraham Zacuto, Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi, and historian (d. 1515)

1604 – Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1651)

1762 – George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)

1859 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet, and author (d. 1929)

1880 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player, and manager (d. 1925)

1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (d. 1959)

1918 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (d. 2013)

1920 – Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1984)

1927 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)

1929 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

1930 – Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 2021)

1988 – Tyson Fury, English box

Holidays & Observance

World Elephant Day

Elephants, those awe-inspiring savanna and forest giants, face grave challenges. Habitat loss, driven by human expansion, is shrinking their homes, like having unwelcome neighbors rearrange your living room. The ivory trade persists; poachers target them for tusks, a jewelry heist with deadly consequences. Climate change adds to the woes, disrupting migrations and altering habitats like an unrequested change of address. But there's hope in conservation. Heroes work to protect them, anti-poaching teams, habitat defenders, and educators. It's a global "protect the pachyderms" game. With determination, we can secure a brighter future, ensuring these gentle giants persist, reminding us of the breathtaking diversity of our natural world.

Others include.

International Youth Day

Thailand Mother's Day

National Heritage Week

National Vinyl Record Day

National Gooey Butter Cake Day

IBM PC Day


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