February 12 is the 43^rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of the year (323 in leap years).

1953 - The signing of the agreement to evacuate Egypt from Sudan.

Egypt and Sudan signed the Sudanese autonomous rule agreement and this was shortly followed by the Anglo-Egyptian evacuation agreement of 1954.

1294                       Kublai Khan, the conqueror of Asia, dies at the age of 80.

1554                       Lady Jane Grey, the Queen of England for thirteen days, is beheaded on Tower Hill. She

1912                       China becomes a republic following the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty.

1921                       Winston Churchill of London is appointed colonial secretary.

1931                       Japan makes its first television broadcast–a baseball game.

1947                       French fashion designer Christian Dior presents his first influential collection, named the "New Look"

1949                       Muslim Brotherhood chief Hassan el Banna is shot to death in Cairo.

1999                       The U.S. Senate fails to pass two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton. He had been accused of perjury and obstruction of justice by the House of Representatives.

2008 - A car bomb in Damascus kills Lebanese Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyeh.

2013                       North Korea allegedly conducts its third nuclear test, saying it was a nuclear device that could be weaponized

Birth:

1926 - Omar Hariri, Egyptian actor.

Death:

1963 - Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltout, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mosque.