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, 477,984 hours 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.
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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 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
- 1493 –Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
- 1804 –Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
- 1862 –The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
- 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
- 1960 –Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
- 1962 –The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
- 1967 –The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
- 1979 –The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain.
- 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?
- 1807 –Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)
- 1849 –Sir William Osler, Canadian physician and author (d. 1919)
- 1941 –Joseph Whipp, American actor
- 1947 –Loren Coleman, American cryptozoologist and author
- 1948 –Ben Burtt, American sound designer
- 1951 –Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano
- 1973 –Magoo, American rapper
- 1984 –Jonathan Lewis, American football player
- 1988 –Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
- 1992 –Eoghan Quigg, Northern Irish singer
Who died on July 12?
- 1441 –Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
- 1712 –Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1626)
- 1849 –Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
- 1918 –Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
- 1945 –Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
- 1961 –Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
- 1999 –Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
- 2004 –Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
- 2010 –Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (b. 1939)
- 2010 –Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
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