"On Feb. 12, 2016, Pope Francis embraced Patriarch Kirill in the first meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The meeting in Havana was a landmark development in the 1,000-year schism that has divided Christianity. Also on this date: 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 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin at Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in New York City. In 1912, Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, abdicated, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty. In 1914, groundbreaking took place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C."
"In 1999, the Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. In 2002, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic went on trial in The Hague, charged with genocide and war crimes. (Milosevic died in 2006 before the trial could conclude)."
"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, murder and money laundering. (Guzman is currently serving a life sentence at the federal supermax prison facility in Florence, Colorado.)"
On Feb. 12, 2016, Pope Francis embraced Patriarch Kirill in the first meeting between a pontiff and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a landmark in the long schism. In 1554 Lady Jane Grey and her husband were executed for high treason. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in a Kentucky log cabin. The NAACP was founded in 1909. Pu Yi abdicated in 1912, ending the Qing Dynasty, and the Lincoln Memorial groundbreaking occurred in 1914. The Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton in 1999. Milosevic faced trial in 2002, and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted in 2019. Several notable entertainers, politicians, and cultural figures were born on this date.
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