Complete Clue List
Across
1. Feb 12, 1889: Premiere of composer Antonin ____'s opera "Jakobin" in Prague (6)
5. Feb 12, 2012: at the 54th Annual ____ Awards, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" was Song of the Year (6)
9. Big fuss; Feb 12, 1983: much ____ after women protesters attacked by police in Lahore, Pakistan (3)
11. Baking need (3,4)
12. American actor and talk show host: ____ Hall (b. Feb 12, 1956) (7)
13. Mikhail ____: world chess champion, 1960-61 (3)
15. 15A + 30A: Director ____'s "The Squaw Man" U.S. release Feb 12, 1914 (first name and initial, 5,1)
17. Feb 12, 1889: premiere of playwright ____ Ibsen's "Fruen fra havet" ("The Lady from the Sea") (6)
18. Act of sedition; Feb 12, 1554: Lady Jane Grey (nine-day English Queen) executed for ____ (7)
19. Russian-English prima ballerina and actress ____ Pavlova (Feb 12, 1881-1931), b. St. Petersburg (4)
22. Sir Walter ____ (Feb 12, 1882-1968), 27th New Zealand Prime Minister (1957-1960) (4)
24. Steps down; Feb 12, 1912: Puyi (aged 6), (34D) Qing Emperor of China, ____ (9)
25. American actor ____ Brolin (b. Feb 12, 1968) nominated for Academy Award: "Milk" (2009) (4)
27. Gains; 59th Annual 5A Awards (Feb 12, 2017), Adele ___ Song of the Year with "Hello" (4)
30. 15A + 30A: Director ____'s "The Squaw Man" film, U.S. release Feb 12, 1914 (surname, 7)
32. Feb 12, 1932: Sonja Henie of ____ (27A) Olympic gold in figure skating at Lake Placid Games (6)
33. Lady Jane Grey (c. 1537-Feb 12, 1554) was nominated by King ____ VI as successor to the crown (6)
34. Inc., in London OR old Ford (abbr., 3)
36. One of more than 200 Bach choral compositions (7)
37. Title of John Lennon's second studio album (1971), some of which was recorded Feb 12, 1971 (7)
38. Actor ____ Mineo (1939-Feb 12, 1976), John "Plato" Crawford in 1955's "Rebel Without a Cause" (3)
39. Collision; Feb 12, 1947: ____ crater in Sikhote-Alin (Soviet Union) created by iron meteorite (6)
40. "Day ____" (1969) final single recorded together by folk group Peter, Paul and Mary (2,4)
Down
2. Roman enclave; Feb 12, 1931: ____ Radio (callsign HVJ) begins broadcasting (7)
3. Uprising; Feb 12, 1921: Bolsheviks launch a ____ in Georgia before Red Army invasion (6)
4. Immanuel ____ (1724-Feb 12, 1804) was a German philosopher, anthropologist and academic (4)
5. English professional footballer, Gordon Banks (1937-Feb 12, 2019), played in ____ (4)
6. Feb 12, 2020: Rocket Classic Collection publishes "Pride and Prejudice" (1813) by Jane ____ (6)
7. Roman goddess of wisdom (7)
8. Completely full (U.K. slang, 6)
10. Water pipe? (6)
14. Opponent of government; Feb 12, 1894: ____ Émile Henry bombed a French café killing one person (9)
16. Omar ____ (Feb 12, 1893-1981), senior U.S. Army officer (World War II) and General of the Army (7)
17. Unfriendly; Feb 12, 1429: ____ French and Scottish troops attack English herring convoy (7)
20. Sgt. or Cpl. in the British expeditionary army which landed in Shanghai, Feb 12, 1927 (abbr., 3)
21. Contented sigh (3)
22. Feb 12, 1851: Australia's first gold rush began after discovery at Ophir, ____ (State abbr., 3)
23. Feb 12, 2004: City of ____ Francisco, CA began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples (3)
25. Muppet who played lead guitar in The Electric Mayhem (6)
26. Dutch Guiana, capital Paramaribo (var., 7)
28. Franco Zeffirelli (Feb 12, 1923-2019), ____ director and producer (nationality, 7)
29. Without warning; like French air attacks in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso, Feb 12, 2022 (6)
30. Feb 12, 1502: Portuguese explorer Vasco ____ departs Lisbon on his second voyage to India (2,4)
31. "The Scream" by painter ____ Munch stolen in Oslo, Feb 12, 1994 (6)
34. Final; (also see 24A) Puyi was the ____ Qing Emperor of China (4)
35. Capital and largest city of East Timor (4)