July 12
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July 12 is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 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
- 1596 – Tsar Michael I of Russia (d. 1645)
- 1730 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)
- 1807 – Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)
- 1813 – Claude Bernard, French physiologist (d. 1878)
- 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)
- 1864 – 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 movie director (d. 1962)
- 1884 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
- 1886 – Jean Hersholt, Danish movie director and actor (d. 1956)
- 1892 – Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)
- 1892 – Harry Piel, actor, movie 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 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize recipient (d. 1973)
- 1905 – Prince John of the United Kingdom (d. 1919)
- 1908 – Milton Berle, American comedian (d. 2002)
- 1909 – Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Willis Lamb, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1920 – Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Oregon
- 1922 – Michael Ventris, English architect and philologist (d. 1956)
- 1925 – Roger B. Smith, American automobile executive
- 1928 – Elias James Corey, American chemist
- 1930 – Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer
- 1932 – Otis Davis, American runner
- 1933 – Donald E. Westlake, American author (d. 2008)
- 1934 – Van Cliburn, American pianist
- 1935 – Hans Tilkowski, German footballer
- 1937 – Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor
- 1937 – Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister of France
- 1943 – Christine McVie, singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1946 – Valentina Tolkunova, Russian singer (d. 2010)
- 1947 – Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player
- 1948 – Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer
- 1948 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sufi musician (d. 1997)
- 1950 – Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) (d. 1991)
- 1953 – John Ausonius, Swedish criminal
- 1954 – Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer
- 1964 – Gaby Roslin, English television presenter
- 1967 – Richard Herring, English comedian
- 1971 – Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
- 1972 – Travis Best, NBA player
- 1973 – Christian Vieri, Italian footballer
- 1974 – Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1976 – Anna Friel, British actress
- 1977 – Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler
- 1978 – Topher Grace, American actor
- 1982 – Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Gareth Gates, British singer
- 1986 – Simone Laudehr, German footballer
- 1991 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
- 1992 – Eoghan Quigg, Northern Irish singer
- 1996 – Jordan Romero, American mountain climber
Deaths [change]
- 783 – Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (b. 720)
- 1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
- 1536 – Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher (b. around 1466)
- 1664 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)
- 1682 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
- 1712 – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1626)
- 1773 – Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)
- 1804 – Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
- 1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
- 1849 – Dolley Madison, First Lady of the United States (b. 1768)
- 1910 – Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
- 1918 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
- 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, movie 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)
- 1999 – Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1929)
- 2003 – Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
- 2007 – Kesha Wizzart, British singer (b. 1988)
- 2010 – Guenter Behnisch, German architect (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer and artist (b. 1939)
Events [change]
- 1543 – King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace.
- 1573 – Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem after a seven month siege.
- 1690 – Williamite war in Ireland: Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) – The army of William III of England defeats that of the deposed King James VII of Scotland and II of England.
- 1691 – Williamite war in Ireland: Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) – The decisive victory of William III's forces in Ireland.
- 1759 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: British cannon start firing on French at Quebec City, from Lévis, Quebec.
- 1806 – Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and formed the Confederation of the Rhine.
- 1812 – War of 1812: The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1862 – Medal of Honor authorized by the United States 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.
- 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 – World War II: Battle of Kursk – German and Soviet forces engage in largest tank engagement of all time.
- 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.
- 1979 – Reinhold Messner and Michael Dacher climb to the top of K2 without oxygen supplies.
- 1979 – Disco Demolition Night held at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois
- 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.
- 1998 – The France national football team beats the Brazil national football team 3-0, to win the FIFA World Cup for the first time.
- 2002 – Gay rights: The Superior Court of Ontario orders Ontario to recognize same-sex marriages.
- 2004 – An earthquake strikes in Posočje, Slovenia, with 2 dead, and measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale.
- 2004 – Pedro Santana Lopes is officially appointed Prime Minister of Portugal.
- 2005 – Prince Albert II is enthroned as ruler of the Principality of Monaco.
- 2006 – War erupts between Israel and Lebanon.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day in Kiribati and São Tomé and Príncipe
- Second Day of Naadam (Mongolia)
- The Twelfth, or Orangeman's Day, Commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
