Hollywood’s longest work stoppage since 1988 ends on February 12, 2008, when members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) vote by a margin of more than 90 percent to go back to work after a walkout that began the previous November 5.

In a poignant turn of events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, figure skating icon Michelle Kwan announced her effective retirement from competitive sports due to a debilitating injury.

In February 2000, the world bid a poignant farewell to Charles M.

On February 12, 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of Bill Clinton comes to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and obstruction of justice.

In a landmark event that captured the attention of the nation, the United States Senate voted on February 12, 1999, to acquit President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

The release of U.S. POWs begins in Hanoi as part of the Paris peace settlement.

About 6,000 Cambodian troops launch a major operation to wrestle the religious center of Angkor Wat from 4,000 North Vietnamese troops entrenched around the famous Buddhist temple complex, which had been seized in June 1970.

On February 12, 1970, Joseph Searles III shatters a deeply entrenched color barrier by becoming the first Black member of the New York Stock Exchange.

On February 12, 1947, as Europe continues to recover from the devastation of World War II, French fashion designer Christian Dior launches his first collection: the “New Look.

German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, Libya, with the newly formed Afrika Korps, to reinforce the beleaguered Italians’ position.