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. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
Events
927 – King Constantine II of Scotland , King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth , Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.1191 – Third Crusade : Saladin 's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus , ending the two-year siege of Acre .1470 – The Ottomans capture Euboea .1493 – Hartmann Schedel 's Nuremberg Chronicle 1527 – Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung , ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty .1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr , at Hampton Court Palace .1561 – Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.1562 – Fray Diego de Landa , acting Bishop of Yucatán , burns the sacred books of the Maya .1580 – The Ostrog Bible , one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language , is published.1690 – Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar ): The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II .1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar ): The decisive victory of William III of England 's forces in Ireland.1776 – Captain James Cook begins his third voyage .1789 – In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker , the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly .1799 – Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire ).1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras .1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel .1806 – Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine .1812 – The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario .1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress .1896 – Revere Beach , the first public beach in the United States, opens.1913 – Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin ; the siege is later called off when the war ends.1917 – The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona .1918 – The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi Shunan , western Honshu , Japan, killing at least 621.1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania .1943 – German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time .1948 – Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla .1960 – Orlyonok , the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR , is founded.1961 – Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London .1963 – Pauline Reade, who was 16 years old, disappears on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton , England, the first victim in the Moors murders .1967 – Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey .1970 – A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.1971 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.1973 – A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.2006 – Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise .2006 – Lebanon-Israel war begins.
2007 – U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad , Iraq ; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.2012 – The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate .2012 – A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie , Nigeria .
2013 – Six people are killed and 200 injured in a passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge , France .
Births
1394 – Ashikaga Yoshinori , Japanese shogun (d. 1441)1468 – Juan del Encina , Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1530)1596 – Michael I of Russia (d. 1645)1628 – Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1684)1675 – Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1742)1730 – Josiah Wedgwood , English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)1803 – Peter Chanel , French priest and saint (d. 1841)1807 – Thomas Hawksley , English engineer and academic (d. 1893)1813 – Claude Bernard , French physiologist and academic (d. 1878)1817 – Henry David Thoreau , American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)1821 – D. H. Hill , American general and academic (d. 1889)1824 – Eugène Boudin , French painter (d. 1898)1828 – Nikolay Chernyshevsky , Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1889)1849 – William Osler , Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)1850 – Otto Schoetensack , German anthropologist and academic (d. 1912)1852 – Hipólito Yrigoyen , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina (d. 1933)1854 – George Eastman , American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)1855 – Ned Hanlan , Canadian rower, academic, and businessman (d. 1908)1857 – George E. Ohr , American potter (d. 1918)1861 – Anton Arensky , Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1906)1863 – Albert Calmette , French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (d. 1933)1863 – Paul Drude , German physicist and academic (d. 1906)
1868 – Stefan George , German poet and translator (d. 1933)1870 – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (d. 1949)1872 – Emil Hácha , Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)1876 – Max Jacob , French poet, painter, and critic (d. 1944)1878 – Peeter Põld , Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)1880 – Tod Browning , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1962)1884 – Louis B. Mayer , Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)1884 – Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
1886 – Jean Hersholt , Danish-American actor and director (d. 1956)1892 – Bruno Schulz , Ukrainian-Polish author and painter (d. 1942)1895 – Kirsten Flagstad , Norwegian soprano (d. 1962)1895 – Buckminster Fuller , American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)
1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II , American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)
1902 – Günther Anders , German philosopher and journalist (d. 1992)1904 – Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)1907 – Weary Dunlop , Australian colonel and surgeon (d. 1993)1908 – Milton Berle , American comedian and actor (d. 2002)1908 – Alain Cuny , French actor (d. 1994)
1908 – Paul Runyan , American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1909 – Joe DeRita , American actor (d. 1993)1909 – Motoichi Kumagai , Japanese photographer and illustrator (d. 2010)
1909 – Fritz Leonhardt , German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart (d. 1999)
1909 – Herbert Zim , American naturalist, author, and educator (d. 1994)
1911 – Evald Mikson , Estonian footballer (d. 1993)1913 – Willis Lamb , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)1914 – Mohammad Moin , Iranian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1971)1916 – Lyudmila Pavlichenko , Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper (d. 1974)1917 – Luigi Gorrini , Italian soldier and pilot (d. 2014)1917 – Andrew Wyeth , American artist (d. 2009)
1918 – Mary Glen-Haig , English fencer (d. 2014)1920 – Pierre Berton , Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)1920 – Bob Fillion , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2015)
1920 – Paul Gonsalves , American saxophonist (d. 1974)
1920 – Randolph Quirk , Manx linguist and academic
1920 – Beah Richards , American actress (d. 2000)
1922 – Mark Hatfield , American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (d. 2011)1923 – René Favaloro , Argentine surgeon and cardiologist (d. 2000)1924 – Faidon Matthaiou , Greek basketball player and coach (d. 2011)1925 – Albert Lance , Australian-French tenor (d. 2013)1925 – Roger Smith , American businessman (d. 2007)
1927 – Françoys Bernier , Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1993)1927 – Conte Candoli , American trumpet player (d. 2001)
1927 – Jack Harshman , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1927 – Harley Hotchkiss , Canadian businessman (d. 2011)
1928 – Alastair Burnet , English journalist (d. 2012)1928 – Elias James Corey , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 – Imero Fiorentino , American lighting designer (d. 2013)
1929 – Monte Hellman , American director and producer1930 – Gordon Pinsent , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter1931 – Eric Ives , English historian and academic (d. 2012)1931 – Geeto Mongol , Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013)
1932 – Otis Davis , American sprinter1933 – Victor Poor , American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (d. 2012)1933 – Donald E. Westlake , American author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1934 – Van Cliburn , American pianist and composer (d. 2013)1935 – Satoshi Ōmura , Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1936 – Jan Němec , Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2016)1937 – Bill Cosby , American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter1937 – Mickey Edwards , American lawyer and politician
1937 – Lionel Jospin , French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France
1937 – Robert McFarlane , American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor
1937 – Guy Woolfenden , English composer and conductor
1938 – Ron Fairly , American baseball player and sportscaster1938 – Wieger Mensonides , Dutch swimmer
1939 – Phillip Adams , Australian journalist and producer1941 – Benny Parsons , American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2007)1942 – Roy Palmer , English cricketer and umpire1942 – Billy Smith , Australian rugby player and coach
1943 – Christine McVie , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player1943 – Paul Silas , American basketball player and coach
1944 – Simon Blackburn , English philosopher and academic1944 – Delia Ephron , American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1947 – Loren Coleman , American cryptozoologist, author, and academic1947 – Gareth Edwards , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1947 – Wilko Johnson , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Richard C. McCarty , American psychologist and academic
1948 – Ben Burtt , American director, screenwriter, and sound designer1948 – Walter Egan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Richard Simmons , American fitness trainer and actor
1949 – Simon Fox , English drummer1949 – Rick Hendrick , American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports
1950 – Eric Carr , American drummer and songwriter (d. 1991)1950 – Gilles Meloche , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951 – Joan Bauer , American author1951 – Brian Grazer , American screenwriter and producer, founded Imagine Entertainment
1951 – Cheryl Ladd , American actress
1951 – Piotr Pustelnik , Polish mountaineer
1951 – Jamey Sheridan , American actor
1952 – Voja Antonić , Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija computer 1952 – Irina Bokova , Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952 – Philip Taylor Kramer , American bass player (d. 1995)
1954 – Eric Adams , American singer-songwriter1954 – Robert Carl , American pianist and composer
1954 – Wolfgang Dremmler , German footballer and coach
1955 – Timothy Garton Ash , English historian and author1955 – Jimmy LaFave , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Mel Harris , American actress1956 – Sandi Patty , American singer and pianist
1956 – Mario Soto , Dominican baseball player
1957 – Rick Husband , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)1957 – Dave Semenko , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1958 – J. D. Hayworth , American politician and radio host1958 – Tonya Lee Williams , English-Canadian actress and producer
1959 – David Brown , Australian meteorologist1959 – Karl J. Friston , English psychiatrist and neuroscientist
1961 – Heikko Glöde , German footballer and manager1961 – Shiva Rajkumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer
1962 – Julio César Chávez , Mexican boxer1962 – Luc De Vos , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1962 – Dan Murphy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Joanna Shields , American-English businesswoman
1962 – Dean Wilkins , English footballer and manager
1964 – Tim Gane , English guitarist1964 – Gaby Roslin , English television host and actress
1965 – Sanjay Manjrekar , Indian cricketer and sportscaster1965 – Robin Wilson , American singer and guitarist
1966 – Jeff Bucknum , American race car driver1966 – Annabel Croft , English tennis player and sportscaster
1966 – Taiji , Japanese bass player and songwriter (d. 2011)
1967 – Richard Herring , English comedian and screenwriter1967 – Mac McCaughan , American singer and guitarist
1967 – John Petrucci , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Bruny Surin , Canadian sprinter
1968 – Catherine Plewinski , French swimmer1969 – Chantal Jouanno , French politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 1969 – Anne-Sophie Pic , French chef
1969 – Jesse Pintado , Mexican-American guitarist (d. 2006)
1970 – Aure Atika , Portuguese-French actress, director, and screenwriter1970 – Lee Byung-hun , South Korean actor, singer, and dancer
1970 –Brigitte Nijman , Dutch actress
1971 – Andriy Kovalenco , Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player1971 – Loni Love , American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1971 – Kristi Yamaguchi , American figure skater
1972 – Travis Best , American basketball player1972 – Brett Reed , American drummer
1973 – Christian Vieri , Italian footballer1974 – Sharon den Adel , Dutch singer-songwriter1974 – Stelios Giannakopoulos , Greek footballer and manager
1976 – Dan Boyle , Canadian ice hockey player1976 – Anna Friel , English actress
1976 – Tracie Spencer , American singer-songwriter and actress
1977 – Neil Harris , English footballer and manager1977 – Steve Howey , American actor
1977 – Brock Lesnar , American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1977 – Francesca Lubiani , Italian tennis player
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez , American actress1979 – Nikos Barlos , Greek basketball player1979 – Maya Kobayashi , Japanese journalist
1981 – Adrienne Camp , South African singer-songwriter1981 – Pradeepan Raveendran , Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter
1982 – Antonio Cassano , Italian footballer1982 – Tara Kirk , American swimmer
1983 – Megumi Kawamura , Japanese volleyball player1984 – Gareth Gates , English singer-songwriter1984 – Jonathan Lewis , American football player
1984 – Michael McGovern , Irish footballer
1984 – Sami Zayn , Canadian professional wrestler
1984 – Yoshino Nanjō , Japanese voice actress and singer
1985 – Paulo Vitor Barreto , Brazilian footballer1985 – Gianluca Curci , Italian footballer
1985 – Keven Lacombe , Canadian cyclist
1986 – Didier Digard , French footballer1986 – Hannaliis Jaadla , Estonian footballer
1986 – JP Pietersen , South African rugby player
1986 – Simone Laudehr , German footballer
1988 – Natalie La Rose , Dutch singer and dancer1988 – LeSean McCoy , American football player
1988 – Inbee Park , South Korean golfer
1989 – Nick Palmieri , American ice hockey player1990 – Bebé , Portuguese footballer1991 – Salih Dursun , Turkish footballer1991 – James Rodríguez , Colombian footballer
1992 – Bartosz Bereszyński , Polish footballer1994 – Kanako Momota , Japanese singer-songwriter1995 – Luke Shaw , English footballer1995 – Jordyn Wieber , American gymnast
1996 – Moussa Dembélé , French footballer1996 – Jordan Romero , American mountaineer
1997 – Daniel Lawrence , English cricketer1997 – Malala Yousafzai , Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths
783 – Bertrada of Laon (b. 720)1067 – John Komnenos , Byzantine general (b. ca. 1015)1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori , Japanese shogun (b. 1394)1536 – Desiderius Erasmus , Dutch priest and philosopher (b. 1466)1584 – Steven Borough , English navigator and explorer (b. 1525)1645 – Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)1664 – Stefano della Bella , Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610)1682 – Jean Picard , French priest and astronomer (b. 1620)1693 – John Ashby , English admiral (b. 1640)1712 – Richard Cromwell , English academic and politician (b. 1626)1742 – Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)1749 – Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois , French navy officer and politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1671)1773 – Johann Joachim Quantz , German flute player and composer (b. 1697)1804 – Alexander Hamilton , American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)1845 – Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)1850 – Robert Stevenson , Scottish engineer (b. 1772)1855 – Pavel Nakhimov , Russian admiral (b. 1802)1870 – John A. Dahlgren , American admiral (b. 1809)1892 – Alexander Cartwright , American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)1910 – Charles Rolls , English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)1926 – Gertrude Bell , English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)1926 – Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
1929 – Robert Henri , American painter and educator (b. 1865)1931 – Nathan Söderblom , Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)1934 – Ole Evinrude , Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)1935 – Alfred Dreyfus , French colonel (b. 1859)1944 – Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. , American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)1945 – Boris Galerkin , Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)1945 – Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen , German field marshal (b. 1895)
1946 – Ray Stannard Baker , American journalist and author (b. 1870)1947 – Jimmie Lunceford , American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)1949 – Douglas Hyde , Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)1950 – Elsie de Wolfe , American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)1961 – Mazo de la Roche , Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)1962 – Roger Wolfe Kahn , American composer and bandleader (b. 1907)1965 – Christfried Burmeister , Estonian speed skater (b. 1898)1966 – D. T. Suzuki , Japanese philosopher and author (b. 1870)1969 – Henry George Lamond , Australian farmer and author (b. 1885)1971 – Yvon Robert , Canadian wrestler (b. 1914)1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr. , American actor (b. 1906)1975 – James Ormsbee Chapin , American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)1979 – Minnie Riperton , American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)1982 – Kenneth More , English actor (b. 1914)1983 – Chris Wood , English saxophonist (b. 1944)1990 – João Saldanha , Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)1992 – Caroline Pafford Miller , American journalist and author (b. 1903)1993 – Dan Eldon , English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)1996 – John Chancellor , American journalist (b. 1927)1997 – François Furet , French historian and author (b. 1927)1998 – Jimmy Driftwood , American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)1998 – Arkady Ostashev , Russian engineer and educator (b. 1925)1998 – Serge Lemoyne , Canadian painter (b. 1941)
2000 – Charles Merritt , Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)2001 – Fred Marcellino , American author and illustrator (b. 1939)2003 – Benny Carter , American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)2003 – Mark Lovell , English race car driver (b. 1960)
2004 – Betty Oliphant , English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (b. 1918)2005 – John King, Baron King of Wartnaby , English businessman (b. 1917)2007 – Robert Burås , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1975)2008 – Bobby Murcer , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)2008 – Tony Snow , American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (b. 1955)
2010 – Olga Guillot , Cuban-American singer (b. 1922)2010 – James P. Hogan , English-American author (b. 1941)
2010 – Paulo Moura , Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
2010 – Pius Njawé , Cameroonian journalist (b. 1957)
2010 – Harvey Pekar , American author and critic (b. 1939)
2011 – Sherwood Schwartz , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)2012 – Alimuddin , Pakistani cricketer (b. 1930)2012 – Eddy Brown , English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2012 – Else Holmelund Minarik , Danish-American author and illustrator (b. 1920)
2012 – Roger Payne , English mountaineer (b. 1956)
2012 – Hamid Samandarian , Iranian director and playwright (b. 1931)
2012 – George C. Stoney , American director and producer (b. 1916)
2013 – Amar Bose , American businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (b. 1929)2013 – Takako Takahashi , Japanese author (b. 1932)
2013 – Alan Whicker , Egyptian-English journalist (b. 1925)
2014 – Jamil Ahmad , Pakistani author (b. 1931)2014 – Nestor Basterretxea , Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
2014 – Emil Bobu , Romanian politician (b. 1927)
2014 – Alfred de Grazia , American political scientist and author (b. 1919)
2014 – Kenneth J. Gray , American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2014 – Valeriya Novodvorskaya , Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)
2015 – D'Army Bailey , American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941)2015 – Chenjerai Hove , Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956)
2015 – Tenzin Delek Rinpoche , Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950)
2015 – Cheng Siwei , Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935)
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