February 12 marks a day of notable historical events across various years, including the acquittal of President Bill Clinton in 1999, the beheading of Lady Jane Grey in 1554, and the founding of the NAACP in 1909. The day also celebrates the birth of Abraham Lincoln in 1809 and features the ground-breaking of the Lincoln Memorial in 1914. More recently, in 2019, drug lord El Chapo Guzman was convicted for extensive drug crimes. Birthdays on this day include notable figures like author Judy Blume and filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
On Feb. 12, 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beheaded after being condemned for high treason.
In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in New York City.
In 2019, Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale drug smuggling operation.
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