1809CE
Birth
Abraham Lincoln Born
Abraham Lincoln, who would become the 16th President of the United States and lead the nation through the Civil War, is born in a log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Daily Chronicle
February 12
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1809CE
Birth
Charles Darwin Born
Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection, is born in Shrewsbury, England — on the exact same day as Abraham Lincoln.