12th Feb| Today Fact| fact about 12 fab

February 12th is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is not a widely recognized holiday, but there are a few notable events that have taken place on this day in history: In 1809, Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who is famous for his theory of evolution, was born. In 1824, Jules Verne, the French novelist and playwright who is considered to be one of the pioneers of science fiction, was born. In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War and ceding much of what is now the southwestern United States to the U.S. In 2009, the US Senate passed an $838 billion economic stimulus package, aimed at boosting the country's economy during the Great Recession. In 2012, Whitney Houston, the American singer and actress, was found dead in her hotel room in Beverly Hills, California.