Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 12
12 February: Major events in the arts
- 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.
- Franco Zeffirelli (b. 1923)
- Christina Ricci (b. 1980)
- Immanuel Kant (d. 1804)
- Max Beckmann (b. 1884)