This Day in History: February 12th

Here are 10 historical events that took place on February 12th, listed in chronological order:

1. 1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
2. 1733: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the last of the thirteen American colonies.
3. 1809: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is born in Hardin County, Kentucky.
4. 1855: Michigan State University is established.
5. 1876: Al Spalding opens his first sporting goods shop in Chicago, marking the beginning of Spalding sporting goods company.
6. 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
7. 1924: George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” premieres in New York City.
8. 1994: Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch’s iconic painting “The Scream.”
9. 2001: The NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lands on the asteroid Eros, completing the first spacecraft landing on an asteroid.
10. 2014: The XXII Olympic Winter Games open in Sochi, Russia.

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