{"id":208144,"date":"2020-01-01T13:27:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/august-12\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:29:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:29:39","slug":"august-12","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"August 12: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August 12th is World Elephant Day and Middle Child Day.\n\n\n\n

We are now on day 224 out of 365, and only have days remaining in 2025.\n\n\n\n

This day may well have had its hardships in the past, but it was also an amazing day for space and fashion. You’re about to find out why.\n\n\n\n

Did you know that on this day in 2015, a mass grave was found at Liverpool Street station in London, England? The 42 victims were found to have died from the bubonic plague.\n\n\n\n

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about August 12^{th in history!\n\n\n\n}

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What memorable events happened on August 12 in history? Keep reading to find out!\n\n\n\n
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2019\n\n
Thousands of anti-government protesters disrupted Hong Kong International Airport.\n\n
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The airport had to cancel all departure flights.\n\n
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2018\n\n
A plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport flew for over an hour before crashing on a wooded island.\n\n\n\n
Richard Russell, who took the plane, was the only person on board and died in the crash.\n\n
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2018\n\n
The Parker Solar Probe was launched by NASA, heading for the Sun.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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2017\n\n
The “Unite the Right” gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, became violent after a car smashed into protesters.\n\n\n\n
One person died in the attack, and nineteen more were injured. On this same day, a police helicopter watched the protests and crashed, killing two officers.\n\n
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2015\n\n
Former President Jimmy Carter had a lesion removed from his liver.\n\n\n\n
He also announced that his cancer had spread to his brain.\n\n
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2015\n\n
A mass grave of 42 victims of the bubonic plague was found at Liverpool Street Station in London, England.\n\n
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1981\n\n
The IBM Personal Computer was released.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1964\n\n
South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1908\n\n
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1877\n\n
One of Mars’ moons, “Deimos,” was discovered by an American astronomer, Asaph Hall.\n\n
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It was named after the Ancient Greek god of dread and terror.\n\n
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1877\n\n
Thomas Edison completed his first model of a phonograph.\n\n\n\n
The phonograph was the first device to record sound, which was the birth of recording devices.\n\n
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1851\n\n
Isaac Singer was granted his patent for a commercial sewing machine.\n\n
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Although Singer’s sewing machines made him famous, this wasn’t his first-ever patent. Singer’s first patent was granted in 1839, and it was for a machine to drill rock.\n\n
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1793\n\n
Following the divide of the Rhone-et-Loire department in France, the Rhone department became independent.\n\n\n\n
Due to an ongoing uprising in Lyon, it was decided that the neighboring department, Rhone-et-Loire, should be divided in two to calm the rebellion. The proposal was sent in on this day and was approved on November 9.\n\n
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1676\n\n
The war between English Colonists and Native Americans in New England ended.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Famous Births\n\n\n\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Cara Delevingne? See what other famous people were born on this day.\n\n\n\n
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Dixie D’Amelio\n\n
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