Editing Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 12

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*[[1924]] – George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York City, masterfully blending jazz idioms with classical music.
*[[1950]] – The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was formed; it would later create the Eurovision Song Contest, a major global televised musical event.
*[[1994]] – Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream was stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo on the opening day of the Winter Olympics.

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|[[Franco Zeffirelli]]|b|1923
|[[Christina Ricci]]|b|1980
|[[Immanuel Kant]]|d|1804
|[[Max Beckmann]]|b|1884
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