DATELINE

February 12

1688: The Glorious Revolution ended. James II fled to France and Prince William of Orange and Princess Mary were declared King and Queen of England.

1809: Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, was born in Kentucky.

1809: Charles Darwin, naturalist and author, was born in Shrewsbury. His work on The Origin Of Species (1859) formulated his theory of evolution and natural selection. 1870: Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Victoria Wood), Cockney music hall star who had a scandalous private life, was born in London.

1898: Henry Lindfield of Brighton became the first British motorist to be killed in a car crash - a result of a steering failure.

1924: Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin was first performed in New York.

1929: Actress Lillie Langtry, an intimate friend of Edward VII, died.