February 12

This day in history:

• 1894 – Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
• 1733 – Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
• 1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1554 – Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for high treason after having claimed the throne of England for 9 days in July 1553.

Births:

• 1958 – Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
• 1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish musician and songwriter
• 1584 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (d. 1648)

Deaths:

• 1915 – Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 821 – Benedict of Aniane, French monk and saint (b. 747)
• 1976 – Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939)

Holidays:

• Lincoln's Birthday (United States)
• Union Day (Myanmar)
• Red Hand Day (United Nations)

Random Article of the day:

Vladimir Voltchkov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov (Belarusian: Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Валчкоў, Uładzimir Mikałajevič Vałčkoŭ; Владимир Николаевич Волчков; born April 7, 1978) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semifinals at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where, as a qualifier, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets. He represented Belarus in both the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games in 2000, also won the Wimbledon juniors competition in 1996. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 25.