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 193rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 29, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,204,640 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 ‘hectaenneacontatrigon’ day.
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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 220 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 4,586 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 12 Historical Events
- 1561 –Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
- 1690 –Battle of the Boyne (Julian calendar) – The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.
- 1790 –The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 1804 –Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
- 1879 –The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
- 1917 –The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- 1920 –The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent Lithuania.
- 1943 –World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka – German and Soviet forces engage in the largest tank engagement of all time.
- 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.
Who were born on July 12?
- 1730 –Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795)
- 1854 –George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)
- 1863 –Paul Drude, German physicist (d. 1906)
- 1906 –Pietro Tordi, Italian actor (d. 1990)
- 1909 –Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d.1993)
- 1937 –Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor
- 1942 –Tam White, Scottish blues singer and actor (d. 2010)
- 1977 –Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- 1982 –Tara Kirk, American swimmer
- 1985 –Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer
Who died on July 12?
- 1682 –Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
- 1910 –Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
- 1918 –Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
- 1962 –Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
- 1966 –Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japanese author and lecturer (b. 1870)
- 1996 –John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)
- 1999 –Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
- 2000 –Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1908)
- 2008 –Tony Snow, American press secretary for George W. Bush (b. 1955)
- 2011 –Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer (b. 1916)
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