Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology

Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer

February 12, 1809
Birth of Charles Darwin, the founder of the science of evolutionary biology. Further Reading: Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins On Darwin’s 200th Anniversary Related Topics: Darwin, Charles – Darwinism – Evolution
February 12, 1809
Birth of Abraham Lincoln. Related Topics: Lincoln, Abraham
February 12 - 20, 1874
U.S. forces intervene in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Related Topics: Intervention – United States of America – U.S. Imperialism
February 12, 1894
The French anarchist Emile Henry throws a bomb into a cafe in Paris, killing one and wounding 20. Related Topics: Anarchism – Political Murders – Propaganda of the Deed
February 12, 1955
The first American military ‘advisors’ are sent to Vietnam. Their number eventually grows to 550,000; still not enough to defeat the Vietnamese resistance. The last American military personnel flee Vietnam in 1975 just ahead of the victorious Vietnamese resistance forces. Related Topics: U.S. Imperialism – Vietnam War