Today In History....! Feb 12 Have A Nice Day...! ~ Srinivasan Balaji 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. 1541 - The city of Santiago, Chile was founded. 1733 – Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day). 1809 – Charles Darwin, (English naturalist) was Born. 1824- Swami Dayananda Saraswathi (important Hindu religious scholar, reformer, and founder of the Arya Samaj) was Born. 1855 – Michigan State University is established. 1892 - In the U.S., President Lincolns birthday was declared to be a national holiday. 1908 - George Uglow Pope(Christian missionary, Tamil Scholar) was Passed away. 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. 1912 – The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates. 1914 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place. 1918 - All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal. 1920 – Pran, (Indian actor) was Born. 1934 - The Export-Import Bank was incorporated. 1935 – USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks. 1947 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, (Indian leader of Damdami Taksal) was Born. 1961 – U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus. 1967 – Chitravina N. Ravikiran, (Indian composer and musician) was Born. 1972 – Ajay Naidu, (Indian-American actor) was Born. 1986 - 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana 1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia. 1992 – The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect. 2001 – NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the saddle region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. 2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council. 2013 – C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao, (Indian civil servant) was Passed away. Special Event& Observances ================= --Darwin Day(international) வரலாற்றில் இந்நாளில் நடந்த முக்கிய நிகழ்வுகள் ===================================== 1502 - இந்தியாவுக்கான தனது இரண்டாவது கடற் பயணத்தை வாஸ்கோ ட காமா லிஸ்பனில் இருந்து ஆரம்பித்தார். 1809 - சார்ள்ஸ் டார்வின், (ஆங்கிலேய இயற்கையியல் அறிஞர்) பிறந்தார். 1809 - ஆபிரகாம் லிங்கன், (ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்காவின் 16வது அதிபர்) பிறந்தார். 1824- சுவாமி தயானந்த சரஸ்வதி (இந்திய ஆன்மிகவாதி) பிறந்தார். 1908 - ஜி. யு. போப், (தமிழ்நாட்டில் தமிழ்ப் பணி புரிந்த அமெரிக்கர்) இம்மண்ணுலகை விட்டு மறைந்தார்
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