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 2019 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, 2019 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,562,889,600 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 ‘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 197 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 2,394 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.
- 1493 –Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
- 1580 –The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
- 1691 –Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) – The decisive victory of William III of England’s forces in Ireland.
- 1879 –The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
- 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.
- 1917 –The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- 1932 –Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
- 1967 –The Newark riots began 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.
Who were born on July 12?
- 1914 –Mohammad Moin, Iranian writer (d. 1971)
- 1934 –Van Cliburn, American pianist
- 1937 –Lionel Jospin, French politician, 165th Prime Minister of France
- 1953 –John Ausonius, Swedish criminal (The Laser Man)
- 1955 –Bambi Woods, American porn actress
- 1976 –Anna Friel, British actress
- 1980 –Richard Bennett, American guitarist
- 1985 –Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer
- 1986 –JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer
- 1990 –Bébé, Portuguese footballer
Who died on July 12?
- 1947 –Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
- 1949 –Douglas Hyde, Irish politician (b. 1860)
- 1962 –Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
- 1969 –Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (b. 1885)
- 1975 –James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)
- 1993 –Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)
- 1999 –Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
- 2001 –Fred Marcellino, American illustrator (b. 1939)
- 2007 –Robert Burås, Norwegian guitar player (b. 1975)
- 2007 –Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b. 1947)
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