Portal:United States/Anniversaries/August/August 12
- 1833 – The town of Chicago is founded, with a population of about 200.
- 1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, an influential author who is credited for the "Had I but known" style of mystery novels, and whose novel The Door inspired the phrase "The butler did it", is born. Rinehart's novel The Bat, which featured a costumed supervillain, was credited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for the character "Batman".
- 1898 – A "Protocol of Peace" is signed, ending combat in the Spanish–American War. A formal peace treaty would not be signed, however, until 1899.
- 1908 – The first production model of the Ford Model T (pictured) is built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
- 1990 – Sue, the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota.
On this day for the United States
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Events
- 1833 – Chicago was founded.
- 1851 – Isaac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine.
- 1898 – Armistice ends the Spanish–American War.
- 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the American flag to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawai`i to the United States.
- 1908 – First Model T Ford built.
- 1925 – The first cast of Alpha Psi Omega, drawn from The Masquers of Fairmont College, West Virginia, was initiated.
- 1943 – Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge.
- 1960 – Echo I, the first communications satellite, launched.
- 1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
- 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
- 1990 – Sue, the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota.
- 1992 – Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
- 1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike. The work stoppage forces the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
- 2004 – New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey comes out publicly as a gay man.
- 2005 – An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.
- 2005 – An F1 tornado strikes Glen Cove, New York, a rare event on Long Island