THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 12/02

This day in #history 12/02
FEBRUARY 12TH

1700 – The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe.

1733 – Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe , at
site of Savannah

1818 – Chile gains independence from Spain

1912 – China adopts Gregorian calendar

1921 – Winston Churchill becomes British Minister of Colonies

1934 – The Austrian Civil War begins .

2002 – The trial of former President of Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion .

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1809 -.Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky , (R ) 16 th US President (1861 -65)

1809 – Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution (Origin of the Species)

1934 – Bill Russell, Monroe La, NBAer (Boston Celtics, Oly- gold-56 )

FAMOUS DEATHS

1949 – Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the
Muslim Brotherhood (b . 1906 )

THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 04/02

This day in #history 04/02

FEBRUARY 4TH

1794 – French National Convention proclaims
abolishment of slavery

1822 – Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa

1938 – Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts

1941 – British tanks occupy Maus , Libya

1948 – Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares
independence from UK

2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is
officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and
adopts a new constitution.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1902 – Charles A Lindbergh, Detroit, pilot (1 st to fly solo across Atlantic )

1906 – Clyde William Tombaugh, US , astronomer
(discovered Pluto )

1913 – Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist (bus protestor)

1914 – IdaLupino, London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

1959 – Zenani Mandela , daughter of Nelson &
Winnie Mandela

FAMOUS DEATHS

1991 – Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako : Jaws  of Death), dies at 64

2003 – Benyoucef Ben Khedda , Algerian politician (b . 1920 )