TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Sunday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2023. There are 322 days left in the year. On this date in:

1554: Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason.

1809: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky.

1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP, was founded.

1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, abdicated, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty.

1914: Groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (A year later on this date, the cornerstone was laid.) 1973: Operation Homecoming began as the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict took place.

1983: Composer-pianist Eubie Blake, who wrote such songs as “I’m Just Wild About Harry” and “Memories of You,” died in Brooklyn, New York, five days after turning 100.

1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice. 2000: Charles M. Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, died in Santa Rosa, California, at age 77.

2002: Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial in The

Hague, accused of war crimes (he died in 2006 before the trial could conclude). 2006: Figure skater Michelle Kwan effectively retired from competition as she withdrew from the Turin Olympics due to injury (she was replaced on the U.S. team by Emily Hughes).