Historical Events for 12th February 2020

1528 – Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor and ecclesiastical power
1855 – Michigan State University established
1920 – NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
1955 – McGuire Sisters’ “Sincerely” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1968 – 25th Golden Globes: “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger, and Edith Evans win
1977 – Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1982 – Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record
2002 – US Secretary of Energy makes the decision that Yucca Mountain is suitable to be the United States’ nuclear waste repository
2016 – Britain’s Ordnance Survey, using NASA data posts map of Mars on Flickr
2018 – Oxfam deputy director resigns over charity’s failure to deal with sexual misconduct allegations in Haiti and Chad

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