February 12 in History: Chile's independence, Christian Dior and lots more!
| Updated: Feb 12, 2021, 03:39 PM IST
From Chile's independence to Christian Dior, we've covered it all:
1818
Chile formally declares independence from Spain.
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1912
Last Emperor of China, Puyi, abdicates at the age of 6.
(Photograph:WION)
1947
French fashion designer Christian Dior presents his first influential collection
(Photograph:WION)
1974
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature (1970), is exiled from USSR
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2001
NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft becomes first to land on asteroid