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, 1,720,742,400 seconds 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
- 1543 –King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
- 1562 –Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
- 1806 –Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
- 1812 –War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1862 –The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
- 1932 –Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
- 1948 –Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
- 1971 –The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.
- 1973 –A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
- 2007 –U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
Who were born on July 12?
- 1730 –Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)
- 1828 –Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889)
- 1895 –Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983)
- 1928 –Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1938 –Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
- 1939 –Phillip Adams, Australian broadcaster and journalist
- 1947 –Richard C. McCarty, American professor of psychology
- 1958 –Tonya Lee Williams, Canadian actress
- 1979 –Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player
- 1985 –Natasha Poly, Russian model
Who died on July 12?
- 1693 –John Ashby, English admiral (b. c. 1640)
- 1804 –Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
- 1849 –Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
- 1971 –Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1914)
- 1973 –Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
- 1999 –Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
- 1999 –Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1929)
- 2000 –Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1908)
- 2007 –Mr. Butch, American homeless person (b. 1951)
- 2010 –Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
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