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Category: This Day In History August 12

Categories: This Day In History August

Note: These categories should be applied to notable persons/events in history.

This Day in History for August 12th

Historic Events:

  • 1851 - Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
  • 1853 - Valley Falls train collision killed 14 and seriously injured 17 after two passenger trains collided. This accident established the double track system, railroad signaling instead of timed arrivals and departures, and spurred the creation of the first time zones in the U.S.
  • 1898 - Spanish-American War ends.

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Famous Deaths:

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Person Profiles (13)

17 Feb 1848 Guntawang Station near Gulgong, New South Wales - 12 Aug 1920

12 Aug 1881 Ashfield, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States - 21 Jan 1959

02 Nov 1899 Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States - 12 Aug 1972

28 May 1908 Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1964

16 May 1905 Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States - 12 Aug 1982

12 Aug 1926 Hollywood, California, United States - 22 May 1998

12 Aug 1933 Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States - 04 Jun 2024

12 Aug 1929 Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States - 25 Mar 2006

16 Sep 1924 Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA - 12 Aug 2014

12 Aug 1887 Wien, Österreich - 04 Jan 1961

abt 1639 Wampanoag Tribal Lands - 12 Aug 1676

12 Aug 1777 Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA - 11 Mar 1840

06 Jan 1913 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 12 Aug 2000