February 12th

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 313 days remaining until the end of time.

1878 Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)

1880 National Croquet League organizes in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love

 

1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics in one of the most transcendent moments in all of sport and art

1809 Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president reportedly spent intimate moments with other men while in bed

1809 Charles Darwin, naturalist/persona non grata in the state of Kansas

1941 Bruno Lawrence, Kiwi actor

1950 Michael Ironside, Canadian actor

1952 Simon MacCorkindale, English actor/Mr. Susannah York

1960 Chad Johnson, US porn star

1966 Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor

1968 Josh Brolin, US actor/Barbra Streisand's step-son

<1970 Tim Lowe, US porn star/murderer

1979 Jesse Spencer, Australian actor

1979 Jason Hawke, German porn star

1947 Sidney Toler, US actor of Scottish descent from Warrensburg MO (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), meets the true Number One Son.

1971 James Cash Penney, Missourian founder (J C Penney), hearts Ellen like the rest of us

1976 Sal Mineo, gay US actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)/martyr, will always be beautiful

2000 Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist, Peanuts, gets good grief

2007 Randy Stone, gay US actor and casting director/reputed babydaddy of Jodie Foster’s children, won’t be talking about the incident.

2011 Kenneth Mars, US actor (Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid), gets produced.