July 12
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July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining.
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Events
- 1573 - Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem after a seven month siege.
- 1690 - William of Orange's army wins the Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Gregorian calendar.
- 1759 - British cannon start firing on French at Quebec, from Lévis, Quebec.
- 1812 - Americans invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1862 - Medal of Honor authorized by the US Congress.
- 1892 - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint Gervais (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais-les-Bains)
- 1932 - Lambeth Bridge, London, opened by King George V of the United Kingdom
- 1932 - Hedley Verity establishes a first-class record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm.
- 1933 - Congress passes the first federal minimum wage law in the United States: 33 cents per hour.
- 1943 - The largest tank engagement ever takes place, part of the Battle of Kursk
- 1950 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1960 - Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded
- 1967 - Four days of race riots begin in Newark, New Jersey that will claim the lives of 27 people.
- 1973 - The 1973 National Archives Fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center
- 1975 - São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence
- 1979 - The island nation of Kiribati declares independence
- 1993 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off the shore of Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri
- 1998 - KDE 1.0 released.
- 2002 - Gay rights: The Superior Court of Ontario orders Ontario to recognize same-sex marriages.
- 2004 - Pedro Santana Lopes is officially appointed Prime Minister of Portugal.
Births
- 100 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman soldier and politician (d. 44 BC)
- 1394 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)
- 1468 - Juan del Encina, poet and composer
- 1714 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (d. 1787)
- 1730 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)
- 1807 - Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)
- 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)
- 1819 - Charles Kingsley, English writer (d. 1875)
- 1824 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
- 1849 - Sir William Osler, Canadian physician, author, professor of medicine (d. 1919)
- 1850 - Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)
- 1852 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933).
- 1854 - George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)
- 1855 - Edward 'Ned' Hanlan, rower (d. 1908)
- 1861 - George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. 1943)
- 1868 - Stefan George, German poet (d. 1933)
- 1870 - Louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)
- 1876 - Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944)
- 1880 - Tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)
- 1884 - Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
- 1886 - Jean Hersholt, Danish film director and actor (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)
- 1892 - Harry Piel, actor, film director, and producer (d. 1963)
- 1895 - Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)
- 1895 - R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983)
- 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (d. 1960)
- 1902 - Günther Anders, philosopher and writer (d. 1992)
- 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician and leader (d. 1997)
- 1904 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize recipient (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002)
- 1909 - Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Andrew Wyeth, American artist
- 1920 - Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (d. 2004)
- 1922 - Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Oregon
- 1925 - Roger B. Smith, American automobile executive
- 1930 - Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer
- 1932 - Otis Davis, American runner
- 1933 - Donald E. Westlake, American author
- 1934 - Van Cliburn, American pianist
- 1937 - Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor
- 1937 - Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France
- 1943 - Christine McVie, singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1947 - Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player
- 1948 - Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer
- 1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sufi musician (d. 1997)
- 1964 - Gaby Roslin, English television presenter
- 1967 - Richard Herring, English comedian
- 1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
- 1976 - Anna Friel, British actress
- 1977 - Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler
- 1984 - Gareth Gates, British singer
- 1986 - Chris Ansette, British actor
- 1991 - Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
Deaths
- 783 - Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (b. 720)
- 1441 - Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
- 1536 - Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher
- 1845 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
- 1918 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
- 1919 - Charles Rock, actor
- 1921 - Ralph Herz, actor
- 1923 - Harry Lonsdale, actor
- 1926 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (b. 1868)
- 1931 - Nathan Söderblom, Swedish clergyman, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
- 1949 - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
- 1950 - Elsie De Wolfe, actress and interior decorator (b. 1865)
- 1962 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
- 1988 - Josh Logan, film director and writer
- 1996 - John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)
- 1996 - Jonathan Melvoin, musician and keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)
- 1999 - Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
Holidays and observances
- Kiribati - Independence Day
- Mongolia - Naadam Holiday (2nd day)
- Northern Ireland - Battle of the Boyne Day (see Irish calendar).
- São Tomé and Príncipe - Independence Day
- Sunset and sunrise occur along Manhattan's street grid centerline
- The "central pivot irrigation day" of Colorado
External links
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/12)
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