History for February 12

History for February 12 - On-This-Day.com 

Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States

• 1878 - Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask.
• 1892 - In the U.S., President Lincoln's birthday was declared to be a national holiday.
• 1934 - The Export-Import Bank was incorporated.
• 1940 - Mutual Radio presented the first broadcast of the radio play "The Adventures of Superman."
• 1973 - The State of Ohio went metric, becoming the first in the U.S. to post metric distance signs.
• 1998 - A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
• 2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council.
• 2013 - North Korea conducted its third underground nuclear test.