What happened on 12 August

On August 12, 1099, the Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Al-Afdal in the battle of Ascalon.

On August 12, 1902, Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first vice president was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. He is a joint Sukarno proclaimed Indonesia fight for independence from Dutch colonial rule on August 17, 1945 He died in Jakarta, March 14, 1980 at the age of 77 years.

On August 12, 1960, Echo 1A (Echo 1) was launched and occupies an altitude of about 1,600 miles from Earth.

On August 12, 1981, introduced to the public The IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) model numbers 5150, created by Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division Boca Raton, Folrida.

On August 12, 1990, "SUE" FMNH PR 2081 (the nickname for Tyranosaurus Rex skeleton) have been found in South Dakota and has the size, length of 12.3 meters (40 feet), tinngi 4 meter (13 feet) tall at the hips, and estimated to have weighed more than 9 tons. This skeleton was discovered by Sue Hendrickson, experts Paleontology.

On August 12, 1907, Dr. Benjamin Henry Sheares was born in singapore, he was the second President of Singapore who was inaugurated as President on January 2, 1971 and served until his death (May 12, 1981).

On August 12, 1910, Encik Yusof bin Ishak was born in Perak, Malaysia, he was the first President of Singapore was inaugurated on December 3, 1959 Died in Singapore 23 November 1970 at the age of 60 years.