August 12, International Youth Day

 

1949 – Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War signed.

1981 – IBM Company produces first personal computer.

Born Today:

1866 – Spanish writer and Nobel-Laureate Jacinto Benavente.

Occasions:

International Youth Day.

Soviet Air Defense Forces Day.

H. Zain/ H. Said

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