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This Day in History – August 12

By Paul Johnson
British rock band Led Zeppelin, (left - right): John Paul Jones, John Bonham (1948 - 1980), Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, pose in front of an their private airliner The Starship, 1973.

August 12th is the 224th day of 2022. 141 days remain this year.

Today doubles as World Elephant Day, National Middle Child Day, National Vinyl Record Day and Milkman Day

24 days until Labor Day, 80 to Halloween, 86 days in Daylight Saving Time.

Sunny 94.3 is proud to present This Day in History daily. Check here to see all of our This Day in History archive.

  • August 12, 1851

    The sewing machine is invented.

  • August 12, 1964

    Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author who wrote the James Bond novels, died in Canterbury, England (b. 1908)

  • August 12, 1968

    Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time when they rehearsed at a studio in London’s West End. They would go on to form the Legendary band, Led Zeppelin!

  • August 12, 1970

    Singer Janis Joplin performed the last concert before she died.

  • August 12, 1978

    The Commodores’ Three Times a Lady is the top song and recording in the land.

  • August 12, 1981

    IBM introduced the personal computer – with Bill Gates’ new operating system – MS-DOS version 1.0.

  • August 12, 1981

    IBM introduced the personal computer – with Bill Gates’ new operating system – MS-DOS version 1.0

  • August 12, 1982

    Henry Fonda left us.

  • August 12, 1984

    Lionel Richie performs his hit song “All Night Long,” at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Special lyrics were written and performed for the closing ceremony.

  • August 12, 1989

    Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx is #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

  • August 12, 1994

    Woodstock 2 – officially titled “Woodstock ’94” starts in Saugerties, New York, with Sheryl Crow, Todd Rundgren and Violent Femmes performing on opening night. The festival is a success, drawing a crowd of about 350,000.

  • August 12, 2007

    Merv Griffin died. His estate still draws royalties from his syndicated TV-show creations, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy.”

  • August 12, 2013

    Boston mobster Whitey Bulger was found guilty of 11 killings and 30 other criminal offenses.

     

  • August 12, 2021

    The Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-8 in the first Major League Baseball game ever played in Iowa; the teams hit a combined total of eight home runs into the cornstalks, near the site used for the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.”

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