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Thursday, 12 February 2026

2009

Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.

2004

The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

2002

The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He dies four years later before its conclusion.

US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is a suitable site for a deep geological repository for the United States.

An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.

2001

NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

1999

President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

1997

Hwang Jang-yop, secretary in the Workers' Party of Korea and a prime architect of North Korea's Juche doctrine, defects at the South Korean embassy in Beijing along with his aide, Kim Dok-hong.

1990

Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.

1976

Actor Sal Mineo is stabbed to death in West Hollywood.

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