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 193^rd 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.

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.

July 12 Historical Events

• 1191 –
  Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
• 1543 –
  King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
• 1789 –
  French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech, following hearing the news that France’s financial minister Jacques Necker has been dismissed. The speech called the citizens to arms, which lead to the falling of the Bastille two days later.
• 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.
• 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. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2,000.
• 1967 –
  The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
• 1979 –
  Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL
• 1979 –
  The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain.

Who were born on July 12?

• 1813 –
  Claude Bernard, French physiologist (d. 1878)
• 1849 –
  Sir William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)
• 1895 –
  Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983)
• 1909 –
  Fritz Leonhardt, German civil engineer (d. 1999)
• 1952 –
  Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer
• 1956 –
  Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player
• 1964 –
  Gaby Roslin, English television presenter
• 1967 –
  Richard Herring, English comedian
• 1970 –
  Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor
• 1971 –
  Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater

Who died on July 12?

• 783 –
  Bertrada of Laon, Frankish wife of Pepin the Short (b. 720)
• 1584 –
  Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
• 1682 –
  Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
• 1742 –
  Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675)
• 1849 –
  Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
• 1969 –
  Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (b. 1885)
• 1999 –
  Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
• 2003 –
  Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
• 2005 –
  John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, British noble and aviation executive (b. 1917)
• 2008 –
  Bobby Murcer, American baseball player (b. 1946)