On This day August 12th

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August 12th is the two-hundredth-twenty-fourth day of the year, and there are 141 days remaining 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

  

Holiday Spotlight

  World Elephant Day

Elephants and humans have a long history together. African elephants have been hard to tame due to their vast natural habitat and imposing size. On the other hand, Asian elephants have been living alongside humans for over 4,000 years and are deeply respected. Despite living alongside humans for so long, there's still a lot we don't know about elephants. They have the largest brains of any land animal, making them clever, social, and empathetic. Unfortunately, we are endangering their future by threatening their habitats and engaging in poaching and illegal ivory trade. Losing them would mean losing a valuable environmental caretaker. To save elephants, we need to enforce stronger protection laws against poaching and the illegal ivory trade, manage their natural habitats better, and protect their sanctuaries.

 

Holidays And Observance.

 Baseball Fans Day

IBM PC Day

International Youth Day

Julienne Fries Day

Middle Child Day

National Sewing Machine Day

Truck Driver Day

Victory Day  

Vinyl Record Day

World Elephant Day

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