12th of August 2026
12th of August 2026 is the 224th day of the year.
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This day in history:
1851: 1st Americas Cup - ...more
1999: Total eclipse of the Sun - ...more
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British quote for the day:
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the narrow narrower - Florence Nightingale.
Born today:
Thomas Bewick - 1753, Robert Southey - 1774, Radclyffe Hall - 1880, Guy Gibson - 1918, Fulton MacKay - 1922, Mark Knopfler - 1949, Tom Cleverley - 1989.
Died today:
William Blake - 1827, George Stephenson - 1848, William Hooker - 1865, Willie Renshaw - 1904, Ernest Gimson - 1919, Horace Smith-Dorrien - 1930, Ian Fleming - 1964, Willie Gallacher - 1965, Ernst Chain - 1979, Harry Godwin - 1985, Godfrey Hounsfield - 2004.
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