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Date | Description | Type |
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12th of July 0927 | EVENT | England is unified by Athelstan of England after a long process of annexation. |
12th of July 1191 | EVENT | Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre. |
12th of July 1543 | EVENT | King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace. |
12th of July 1562 | EVENT | Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya. |
12th of July 1580 | EVENT | The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published. |
12th of July 1690 | EVENT | Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) : The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II. |
12th of July 1691 | EVENT | Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) : The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland. |
12th of July 1790 | EVENT | The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly. |
12th of July 1804 | EVENT | Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel. |
12th of July 1806 | EVENT | Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine. |
12th of July 1812 | EVENT | War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario. |
12th of July 1862 | EVENT | The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. |
12th of July 1917 | EVENT | The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. |
12th of July 1918 | EVENT | The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621. |
12th of July 1920 | EVENT | The Soviet : Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent Lithuania. |
12th of July 1943 | EVENT | World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka : German and Soviet forces engage in the largest tank engagement of all time. |
12th of July 1960 | EVENT | Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded. |
12th of July 1961 | EVENT | Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2,000. |
12th of July 1962 | EVENT | The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London. |
12th of July 1967 | EVENT | The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey. |
12th of July 1970 | EVENT | A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output. |
12th of July 1973 | EVENT | A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States. |
12th of July 1975 | EVENT | Sao Tome and Principe declare independence from Portugal. |
12th of July 1979 | EVENT | The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain. |
12th of July 1979 | EVENT | Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL |
12th of July 2006 | EVENT | The Hezbollah initiate Operation True Promise. |
12th of July 1394 | BIRTHDAY | Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) |
12th of July 1468 | BIRTHDAY | Juan del Encina, Spanish Composer, poet and playwright |
12th of July 1596 | BIRTHDAY | Tsar Michael I of Russia (d. 1645) |
12th of July 1675 | BIRTHDAY | Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1742) |
12th of July 1730 | BIRTHDAY | Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795) |
12th of July 1803 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841) |
12th of July 1807 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893) |
12th of July 1813 | BIRTHDAY | Claude Bernard, French physiologist |
12th of July 1817 | BIRTHDAY | Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862) |
12th of July 1824 | BIRTHDAY | Eugene Boudin, French painter (d. 1898) |
12th of July 1828 | BIRTHDAY | Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889) |
12th of July 1839 | BIRTHDAY | Frederick Halsey, English Conservative Party politician |
12th of July 1849 | BIRTHDAY | Sir William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919) |
12th of July 1850 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912) |
12th of July 1852 | BIRTHDAY | Hipolito Yrigoyen, Argentinian politician, 19th and 21st President of Argentina (d. 1933) |
12th of July 1854 | BIRTHDAY | George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932) |
12th of July 1861 | BIRTHDAY | Anton Arensky, Russian composer, pianist and professor of music (d. 1906) |
12th of July 1863 | BIRTHDAY | Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933) |
12th of July 1863 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Drude, German physicist (d. 1906) |
12th of July 1864 | BIRTHDAY | George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. 1943) |
12th of July 1868 | BIRTHDAY | Stefan George, German poet (d. 1933) |
12th of July 1870 | BIRTHDAY | Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949) |
12th of July 1872 | BIRTHDAY | Emil Hacha, Czech politician (d. 1945) |
12th of July 1876 | BIRTHDAY | Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944) |
12th of July 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Peeter Pold, Estonian pedagogic scientist and politician (d. 1930) |
12th of July 1880 | BIRTHDAY | Tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962) |
12th of July 1884 | BIRTHDAY | Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920) |
12th of July 1886 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Hersholt, Danish film director and actor (d. 1956) |
12th of July 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942) |
12th of July 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983) |
12th of July 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (d. 1962) |
12th of July 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (d. 1960) |
12th of July 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Gunther Anders, German philosopher (d. 1992) |
12th of July 1904 | BIRTHDAY | Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1973) |
12th of July 1906 | BIRTHDAY | Pietro Tordi, Italian actor (d. 1990) |
12th of July 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002) |
12th of July 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Runyan, American professional golfer |
12th of July 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d. 1993) |
12th of July 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Herbert Zim, The founder and editor in chief of the Golden Guides |
12th of July 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Joe DeRita, American comedian |
12th of July 1909 | BIRTHDAY | Fritz Leonhardt, German civil engineer (d. 1999) |
12th of July 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Willis Lamb, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008) |
12th of July 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Mohammad Moin, Iranian writer (d. 1971) |
12th of July 1917 | BIRTHDAY | Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009) |
12th of July 1919 | BIRTHDAY | George Weissman,American businessman and a former president of Philip Morris (now Altria). |
12th of July 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (d. 2004) |
12th of July 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Keith Andes, American actor |
12th of July 1920 | BIRTHDAY | Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000) |
12th of July 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Bob Fillion, French Canadian ice hockey player |
12th of July 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Hatfield, American politician |
12th of July 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Roger Smith, American automotive executive (d. 2007) |
12th of July 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Jo Myong-Rok, North Korean military official (d. 2010) |
12th of July 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate |
12th of July 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director and writer |
12th of July 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Alberto Lionello,Italian film actor. Was an actor, voice actor and television presenter Italian |
12th of July 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Otis Davis, American middle distance runner |
12th of July 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Monte Hellman, American Film Director producer, and film editor. |
12th of July 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Donald E. Westlake, American novelist (d. 2008) |
12th of July 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Van Cliburn, American pianist |
12th of July 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor |
12th of July 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Michel Louvain, French Canadian singer |
12th of July 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Robert McFarlane, Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan, from 1983 through 1985. |
12th of July 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Mickey Edwards, Republican congressman |
12th of July 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Lionel Jospin, French politician, 165th Prime Minister of France |
12th of July 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Ron Fairly, American baseball player |
12th of July 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer |
12th of July 1939 | BIRTHDAY | Phillip Adams, Australian broadcaster and journalist |
12th of July 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Benny Parsons, American NASCAR driver (d. 2007) |
12th of July 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Whipp, American actor |
12th of July 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Billy Smith, Australian rugby league player |
12th of July 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Silas, American basketball player and head coach |
12th of July 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Walter Murch, American film editor |
12th of July 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Christine McVie, British singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac) |
12th of July 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Denise Nicholas, American actress and activist |
12th of July 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor |
12th of July 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Fisk, an English writer and journalist |
12th of July 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby union player |
12th of July 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Loren Coleman, American cryptozoologist and author |
12th of July 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Richard C. McCarty, American professor of psychology |
12th of July 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Ben Burtt, American sound designer |
12th of July 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer |
12th of July 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Walter Egan, American singer |
12th of July 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Jay Thomas, American actor |
12th of July 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner |
12th of July 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) (d. 1991) |
12th of July 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player |
12th of July 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Phoebe Snow, American singer and songwriter |
12th of July 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Brian Grazer, American film producer |
12th of July 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Cheryl Ladd, American actress |
12th of July 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Piotr Pustelnik, Polish mountaineer |
12th of July 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano |
12th of July 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Jamey Sheridan, American actor |
12th of July 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Philip Taylor Kramer, American bassist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 1995) |
12th of July 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Voja Antonic, Serbian inventor and writer |
12th of July 1952 | BIRTHDAY | Liz Mitchell, Jamaican singer (Boney M.) |
12th of July 1953 | BIRTHDAY | John Ausonius, Swedish criminal (The Laser Man) |
12th of July 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer |
12th of July 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Bambi Woods, American porn actress |
12th of July 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Sandi Patty, American singer |
12th of July 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player |
12th of July 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Mel Harris, is an American actress. |
12th of July 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Douglas Husband, American astronaut (d. 2003) |
12th of July 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Taso N. Stavrakis, American actor and stuntman |
12th of July 1958 | BIRTHDAY | J. D. Hayworth, Congressman from Arizona |
12th of July 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Tonya Lee Williams, Canadian actress |
12th of July 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Charlie Murphy, American actor and writer |
12th of July 1959 | BIRTHDAY | David Brown, Australian weatherman |
12th of July 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer |
12th of July 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Heikko Glode, German footballer |
12th of July 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Murphy, American guitarist (Soul Asylum) |
12th of July 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexican boxer |
12th of July 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Dean Wilkins, English football manager |
12th of July 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Gaby Roslin, English television presenter |
12th of July 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Gane, English guitarist (Stereolab, McCarthy) |
12th of July 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer |
12th of July 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Jeff Bucknum, American auto racer |
12th of July 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Misato Watanabe, Japanese popular music |
12th of July 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Ana Torrent, Spanish film actress |
12th of July 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Herring, English comedian |
12th of July 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Bruny Surin, Canadian sprinter |
12th of July 1967 | BIRTHDAY | John Petrucci, American guitarist (Dream Theater) |
12th of July 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer |
12th of July 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress |
12th of July 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Alan Mullally, England cricketer |
12th of July 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Jesse Pintado, American guitarist (Napalm Death) (d. 2006) |
12th of July 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Juba Kalamka, American hip hop artist |
12th of July 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor |
12th of July 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater |
12th of July 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Loni Love, American comedian |
12th of July 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Travis Best, American basketball player |
12th of July 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Brett Reed, American drummer (Rancid) |
12th of July 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Patrick Hill, American sculptor |
12th of July 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Jake Wood, English actor |
12th of July 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Magoo, American rapper |
12th of July 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Christian Vieri, Italian footballer |
12th of July 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation) |
12th of July 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer |
12th of July 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler |
12th of July 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer |
12th of July 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player |
12th of July 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Tracie Spencer, American singer and songwriter |
12th of July 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Anna Friel, British actress |
12th of July 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Neil Harris, English footballer |
12th of July 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Howey, American actor |
12th of July 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler |
12th of July 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Claire Chitham, New Zealand actress |
12th of July 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Topher Grace, American actor |
12th of July 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Michelle Rodriguez, American actress |
12th of July 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player |
12th of July 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Johanna Klum, German TV presenter |
12th of July 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Price, British Actor |
12th of July 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Adrienne Camp, South African singer and songwriter |
12th of July 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Tara Kirk, American swimmer |
12th of July 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer |
12th of July 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Megumi Kawamura, Japanese volleyball player |
12th of July 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Gareth Gates, British singer |
12th of July 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Jonathan Lewis, American football player |
12th of July 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer |
12th of July 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer |
12th of July 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Natasha Poly, Russian supermodel |
12th of July 1986 | BIRTHDAY | JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer |
12th of July 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer |
12th of July 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Inbee Park, South Korean golfer |
12th of July 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress and model |
12th of July 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Bebe, Portuguese footballer |
12th of July 1996 | BIRTHDAY | Jordan Romero, American mountaineer |
12th of July 0783 | DEATH | Bertrada of Laon, Frankish wife of Pepin the Short (Born 720) |
12th of July 1441 | DEATH | Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (Born 1394) |
12th of July 1536 | DEATH | Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher (Born 1466) |
12th of July 1584 | DEATH | Steven Borough, English explorer (Born 1525) |
12th of July 1664 | DEATH | Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (Born 1610) |
12th of July 1682 | DEATH | Jean Picard, French astronomer (Born 1620) |
12th of July 1693 | DEATH | John Ashby, English admiral (Born c. 1640) |
12th of July 1712 | DEATH | Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell (Born 1626) |
12th of July 1742 | DEATH | Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (Born 1675) |
12th of July 1749 | DEATH | Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France (Born c. 1671) |
12th of July 1773 | DEATH | Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (Born 1697) |
12th of July 1804 | DEATH | Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (Born 1755) |
12th of July 1845 | DEATH | Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (Born 1808) |
12th of July 1849 | DEATH | Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (Born 1768) |
12th of July 1870 | DEATH | John A. Dahlgren, American Navy admiral (Born 1809) |
12th of July 1892 | DEATH | Alexander Cartwright, American fireman and inventor of baseball (Born 1820) |
12th of July 1910 | DEATH | Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (Born 1887) |
12th of July 1918 | DEATH | Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (Born 1864) |
12th of July 1926 | DEATH | Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (Born 1868) |
12th of July 1931 | DEATH | Nathan Soderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (Born 1866) |
12th of July 1934 | DEATH | Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-born American inventor and industrialist (Born 1877) |
12th of July 1935 | DEATH | Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (Born 1859) |
12th of July 1944 | DEATH | Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, son of Theodore Roosevelt (Born 1887) |
12th of July 1945 | DEATH | Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (Born 1895) |
12th of July 1945 | DEATH | Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (Born 1871) |
12th of July 1947 | DEATH | Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (Born 1902) |
12th of July 1949 | DEATH | Douglas Hyde, Irish politician (Born 1860) |
12th of July 1950 | DEATH | Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (Born 1865) |
12th of July 1961 | DEATH | Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (Born 1879) |
12th of July 1962 | DEATH | Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (Born 1907) |
12th of July 1965 | DEATH | Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (Born 1898) |
12th of July 1966 | DEATH | D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author, translator and teacher/lecturer (Born October 18, 1870) |
12th of July 1969 | DEATH | Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (Born 1885) |
12th of July 1971 | DEATH | Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (Born 1914) |
12th of July 1973 | DEATH | Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (Born 1906) |
12th of July 1979 | DEATH | Minnie Riperton, American soul singer (Born 1947) |
12th of July 1982 | DEATH | Kenneth More, English actor (Born 1914) |
12th of July 1983 | DEATH | Chris Wood, British saxophonist (Traffic) (Born 1944) |
12th of July 1990 | DEATH | Joao Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (Born 1917) |
12th of July 1993 | DEATH | Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (Born 1970) |
12th of July 1996 | DEATH | Jonathan Melvoin, American keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (Born 1961) |
12th of July 1996 | DEATH | John Chancellor, American television journalist (Born 1927) |
12th of July 1998 | DEATH | Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician (Born 1907) |
12th of July 1998 | DEATH | Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (Born 1941) |
12th of July 1999 | DEATH | Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (Born 1929) |
12th of July 1999 | DEATH | Bill Owen, British actor (Born 1914) |
12th of July 2000 | DEATH | Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (Born 1908) |
12th of July 2001 | DEATH | Fred Marcellino, American illustrator (Born 1939) |
12th of July 2003 | DEATH | Benny Carter, American musician (Born 1907) |
12th of July 2004 | DEATH | Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (Born 1918) |
12th of July 2005 | DEATH | John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, British noble and aviation executive (Born 1917) |
12th of July 2006 | DEATH | Adamantios Lemos, Greek actor (Born 1916) |
12th of July 2007 | DEATH | Mr. Butch, American homeless person (Born 1951) |
12th of July 2007 | DEATH | Robert Buras, Norwegian guitar player (Born 1975) |
12th of July 2007 | DEATH | Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (Born 1947) |
12th of July 2008 | DEATH | Tony Snow, American press secretary for George W. Bush (Born 1955) |
12th of July 2008 | DEATH | Bobby Murcer, American baseball player (Born 1946) |
12th of July 2010 | DEATH | Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (Born 1932) |
12th of July 2010 | DEATH | Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (Born 1939) |