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 - artificial ice surface
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1879: The first artificial ice rink opens in North America at the old Madison Square Garden, the first in a line of four venues to use that name, in New York City.

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