February 12

Monday 12, 1951:

Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari marries the Shah of Iran Reza Pahlavi at Golestan Palace in Teheran at age of 17.

Tuesday 12, 1946:

Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.

Sunday 12, 1832:

Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.

Saturday 12, 1825:

The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government, and migrate west.

Thursday 12, 1818:

Bernardo O'Higgins signs the Independence of Chile near Concepción.

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