On This Day for February 12 - Chile's independence from Spain declared, Abraham Lincoln is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. February 12 [Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Mathew Brady.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1809 Abraham Lincoln [READ MORE]( [Chile]( FEATURED EVENT 1818 Chile's independence from Spain declared [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević (third from left), Alija Izetbegović (fourth from left), and Franjo Tudjman (sixth from left) initialing the Dayton Accords at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, outside Dayton, Ohio, November 21, 1995.] 2002: [Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević]( president of [Yugoslavia]( in 1997–2000, went on trial for [war crimes]( in The Hague, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; he died four years later, before the trial had ended. [Munch, Edvard: The Scream] 1994: Thieves broke into the [National Gallery]( in Oslo and stole The Scream (later recovered), one of several versions Norwegian artist [Edvard Munch]( made of his most famous painting. [Bill Russell, mid-1960s.] 1934: American [basketball]( player [Bill Russell]( one of the greatest defensive centres in [NBA]( history and the first black coach of a major professional American sports team (the [Boston Celtics]( was born. [An NAACP march in New York City during World War I.] 1909: The [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]( (NAACP) was founded. [Charles Darwin, carbon-print photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868.] 1809: British naturalist [Charles Darwin]( who developed the theory of [evolution]( by [natural selection]( was born. [Lady Jane Grey, undated engraving by W. Holl.] 1554: At age 16 [Lady Jane Grey]( titular queen of England, was executed in London by order of [Mary I](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1809 [Charles Darwin]( British naturalist 1884 [Alice Roosevelt Longworth]( American politician and socialite 1934 [Bill Russell]( American basketball player 1948 [Raymond Kurzweil]( American computer scientist and futurist 1893 [Omar Nelson Bradley]( United States general [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](