What happend on 12th February

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13.02
1924

Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a political speech on radio.

1915

In Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

1912

China adopts the Gregorian calendar.

1912

Xuantong Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.

1909

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

1894

22-year-old Anarchist Emile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.

1892

Former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday in the United States.

1879

At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.

1870

Women gain the right to vote in Utah Territory.

1832

Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.