August 12 2005

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August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005)EventSri Lanka s foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.
August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005)EventAn F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.
August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005)EventCivil unrest provoked in the Maldives
August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005)EventAn F1 tornado strikes Glen Cove, New York, a rare event on Long Island
August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005)DeathJohn Loder, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band CRASS (born in 1946)
August 12th, 1985 (August 12 1985)EventJapan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520. It is the worst single-plane air disaster.
August 12th, 1985 (August 12 1985)DeathKyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (plane crash) (born in 1941)
August 12th, 1985 (August 12 1985)DeathManfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born in 1951)
August 12th, 1975 (August 12 1975)BirthCasey Affleck, American actor
August 12th, 1975 (August 12 1975)BirthDavid Filmore, American actor
August 12th, 1965 (August 12 1965)BirthPeter Krause, American actor
August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955)BirthAnn M. Martin, American author
August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955)BirthTerry Taylor, American retired professional wrestler
August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955)DeathThomas Mann, German writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1875)Thomas Mann Quotes
August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955)DeathJames B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1887)
August 12th, 1935 (August 12 1935)BirthJohn Cazale, Italian-American actor (died in 1978)
August 12th, 1935 (August 12 1935)DeathFriedrich Schottky, German mathematician (born in 1851)
August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925)EventThe first cast of Alpha Psi Omega, drawn from The Masquers of Fairmont College, West Virginia, was initiated.
August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925)BirthNorris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (died in 2004)
August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925)BirthRoss McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (died in 1975)
August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925)BirthGeorge Wetherill, American scientist (died in 2006)
August 12th, 1915 (August 12 1915)BirthMichael Kidd, American choreographer (died in 2007)
August 12th, 1885 (August 12 1885)BirthJean Cabannes, French physicist (died in 1959)
August 12th, 1885 (August 12 1885)BirthMarion Lorne, American actress (died in 1968)
August 12th, 1865 (August 12 1865)DeathWilliam Jackson Hooker, English botanist (born in 1785)
August 12th, 0875 (August 12 0875)DeathLouis II Holy Roman Emperor (born in 825)

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