What are the important events that happened on July 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 12: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 12 is the 194th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 29, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,679,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontatetragon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 201 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,221 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 12 Historical Events
927 –
Æthelstan, King of England, secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.
1690 –
Battle of the Boyne (Julian 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.
1812 –
War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
1843 –
1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, proclaimed a revelation recommending polygamy.
1913 –
Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
1918 –
The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
1948 –
Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
1975 –
São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1979 –
The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain.
Who were born on July 12?
1949 –
Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner
1951 –
Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano
1954 –
Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer
1957 –
Taso N. Stavrakis, American actor and stuntman
1960 –
Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer
1970 –
Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor
1973 –
Christian Vieri, Italian footballer
1975 –
Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer
1985 –
Paulo Vitor Barreto, Brazilian footballer
1989 –
Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress and model
Who died on July 12?
783 –
Bertrada of Laon, Frankish wife of Pepin the Short (b. 720)
1693 –
John Ashby, English admiral (b. c. 1640)
1934 –
Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-born American inventor and industrialist (b. 1877)
1935 –
Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
1944 –
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, son of Theodore Roosevelt (b. 1887)
1947 –
Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
1969 –
Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (b. 1885)
1993 –
Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)
2006 –
Adamantios Lemos, Greek actor (b. 1916)
2007 –
Robert Burås, Norwegian guitar player (b. 1975)
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