On this day: February 12

POSTED: 04:16 PM PST Feb 11, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 11, 2013 

Charles Darwin and Abe Lincoln share a birthday, Superman makes his radio debut, President Clinton is acquitted in his impeachment trial, and Charles Schulz passes away, all on this day.

OTD February 12 - George Gershwin
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1924: George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premieres at New York City's Aeolian Hall in the concert "An Experiment in Modern Music," with Gershwin himself playing the piano.

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