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Here are 10 historical events that took place on February 12th, listed in chronological order: 1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. 1733: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the last of the thirteen American colonies. 1809: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is bornContinue reading “This Day in History: February 12th”