August 12 History - August 12th Holiday

Famous Quote For August 12

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have."

Gerald Ford, 1974

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August 12 History

1994 - Major League Baseball players strike

1988 - "The Last Temptation of Christ" film premieres

1960 - Echo 1A Comm Satellite launched

1865 - Joseph Lister (inventor of Listerine) first demonstrates use of antiseptic

1851 - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine

This Day In Business

1981 - The IBM Personal Computer is introduced.

This Day In Entertainment

1964 - Mickey Mantle breaks the record with 10 games with switch hit home runs

This Day In Geography

1961 - Order signed to erect Berlin Wall; construction begins at midnight.

This Day In Sports

2007 - Tiger Woods wins his 13th Major Golf tournament when he wins 89th PGA Championship.

August 12th Holiday

The Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom) - Marks the first day of shooting season for the Red Goose, one of the United Kingdom's busiest hunting days.

Today's Birthday Trivia

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Today's Birthday Horoscope

Learn about people born on this day by reading the August 12 Birthday Horoscope.

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