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July 12th, 2008 (July 12 2008) | Death | Tony Snow, former speechwriter for Presidents George H.W. Bush and press secretary for George W. Bush (born in 1955) | George W. Bush Quotes |
July 12th, 2008 (July 12 2008) | Death | Bobby Murcer, center fielder for the New York Yankees,San Francisco Giants, and Chicago Cubs from 1965-1983(born in 1946) | |
July 12th, 2007 (July 12 2007) | Death | Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947) | |
July 12th, 2007 (July 12 2007) | Death | Mr. Butch, Iconic Boston street figure (born in 1951) | |
July 12th, 2007 (July 12 2007) | Death | Robert Buras, Norwegian guitar player (born in 1975) | |
July 12th, 2006 (July 12 2006) | Event | Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise. | |
July 12th, 2005 (July 12 2005) | Death | John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, Chief executive of British Airways since its privitisation (born in 1917) | |
July 12th, 2004 (July 12 2004) | Death | Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (born in 1918) | |
July 12th, 2003 (July 12 2003) | Death | Benny Carter, American musician (born in 1907) | |
July 12th, 2000 (July 12 2000) | Death | Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II (born in 1908) | |
July 12th, 1999 (July 12 1999) | Death | Bill Owen, British actor (born in 1914) | |
July 12th, 1998 (July 12 1998) | Death | Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (born in 1941) | |
July 12th, 1998 (July 12 1998) | Death | Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician (born in 1907) | |
July 12th, 1996 (July 12 1996) | Death | John Chancellor, American television journalist (born in 1927) | |
July 12th, 1996 (July 12 1996) | Death | Jonathan Melvoin, American musician and keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (born in 1961) | |
July 12th, 1993 (July 12 1993) | Death | Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (born in 1970) | |
July 12th, 1991 (July 12 1991) | Birth | Erik Per Sullivan, American actor | |
July 12th, 1990 (July 12 1990) | Death | Joao Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (born in 1917) | |
July 12th, 1988 (July 12 1988) | Birth | Melissa O Neil, Canadian singer | |
July 12th, 1986 (July 12 1986) | Birth | JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer | |
July 12th, 1986 (July 12 1986) | Birth | Krystal Forscutt, Australian model/reality TV contestant | |
July 12th, 1985 (July 12 1985) | Birth | Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer | |
July 12th, 1985 (July 12 1985) | Birth | Natasha Poly, Russian supermodel | |
July 12th, 1984 (July 12 1984) | Birth | Gareth Gates, British singer | |
July 12th, 1984 (July 12 1984) | Birth | Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer | |
July 12th, 1983 (July 12 1983) | Birth | Megumi Kawamura, Japanese volleyballer | |
July 12th, 1983 (July 12 1983) | Birth | Munaf Patel, Indian cricketer | |
July 12th, 1983 (July 12 1983) | Death | Chris Wood, British musician, played with Traffic, (born in 1944) | |
July 12th, 1982 (July 12 1982) | Birth | Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer | |
July 12th, 1981 (July 12 1981) | Birth | Adrienne Camp, South African singer/songwriter | |
July 12th, 1980 (July 12 1980) | Birth | Johanna Klum, German TV presenter | |
July 12th, 1979 (July 12 1979) | Event | The island nation of Kiribati declares independence from Great Britain. | |
July 12th, 1979 (July 12 1979) | Birth | Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player | |
July 12th, 1979 (July 12 1979) | Death | Minnie Riperton, American soul singer (born in 1947) | |
July 12th, 1978 (July 12 1978) | Birth | Topher Grace, American actor | |
July 12th, 1978 (July 12 1978) | Birth | Michelle Rodriguez, American actress | |
July 12th, 1978 (July 12 1978) | Birth | Claire Chitham, New Zealand actress | |
July 12th, 1977 (July 12 1977) | Birth | Neil Harris, English footballer | |
July 12th, 1977 (July 12 1977) | Birth | Steve Howey, American actor | |
July 12th, 1977 (July 12 1977) | Birth | Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler | Martial Quotes |
July 12th, 1976 (July 12 1976) | Birth | Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player | |
July 12th, 1976 (July 12 1976) | Birth | Anna Friel, British actress | |
July 12th, 1976 (July 12 1976) | Birth | Tracie Spencer, American singer and songwriter | |
July 12th, 1975 (July 12 1975) | Event | Sao Tome and Principe declare independence from Portugal. | |
July 12th, 1975 (July 12 1975) | Birth | Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer | |
July 12th, 1974 (July 12 1974) | Birth | Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation) | |
July 12th, 1974 (July 12 1974) | Birth | Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer | |
July 12th, 1974 (July 12 1974) | Birth | Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler | |
July 12th, 1973 (July 12 1973) | Event | A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States. | |
July 12th, 1973 (July 12 1973) | Birth | Magoo, American rapper | |
July 12th, 1973 (July 12 1973) | Birth | Christian Vieri, Italian footballer | |
July 12th, 1973 (July 12 1973) | Death | Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (born in 1906) | |
July 12th, 1972 (July 12 1972) | Birth | Travis Best, American basketball player | |
July 12th, 1972 (July 12 1972) | Birth | Brett Reed, American musician (Rancid) | |
July 12th, 1972 (July 12 1972) | Birth | Jake Wood, English actor | |
July 12th, 1971 (July 12 1971) | Birth | Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater | |
July 12th, 1971 (July 12 1971) | Death | Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1914) | |
July 12th, 1970 (July 12 1970) | Birth | Brian Lee Byung-Hun, South Korean actor | |
July 12th, 1970 (July 12 1970) | Birth | Juba Kalamka, American artist/activist | |
July 12th, 1969 (July 12 1969) | Birth | Jesse Pintado, American guitarist (Napalm Death) (died in 2006) | |
July 12th, 1969 (July 12 1969) | Birth | Alan Mullally, England cricketer | |
July 12th, 1968 (July 12 1968) | Birth | Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer | |
July 12th, 1967 (July 12 1967) | Birth | Richard Herring, English comedian | |
July 12th, 1967 (July 12 1967) | Birth | John Petrucci, American guitar player (Dream Theater) | |
July 12th, 1967 (July 12 1967) | Birth | Bruny Surin, Canadian athlete | |
July 12th, 1965 (July 12 1965) | Birth | Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer | |
July 12th, 1964 (July 12 1964) | Birth | Tim Gane, English musician (Stereolab, McCarthy) | |
July 12th, 1964 (July 12 1964) | Birth | Gaby Roslin, English television presenter | |
July 12th, 1962 (July 12 1962) | Event | The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London. | |
July 12th, 1962 (July 12 1962) | Birth | Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexican boxer | Cesar Chavez Quotes |
July 12th, 1962 (July 12 1962) | Birth | Dan Murphy, American guitarist (Soul Asylum) | |
July 12th, 1962 (July 12 1962) | Birth | Dean Wilkins, English football manager | |
July 12th, 1962 (July 12 1962) | Death | Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (born in 1907) | |
July 12th, 1961 (July 12 1961) | Death | Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (born in 1879) | |
July 12th, 1960 (July 12 1960) | Event | Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded. | |
July 12th, 1960 (July 12 1960) | Birth | Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer | |
July 12th, 1958 (July 12 1958) | Birth | Tonya Lee Williams, Canadian actress | |
July 12th, 1958 (July 12 1958) | Birth | Jennifer Saunders, British actress | |
July 12th, 1957 (July 12 1957) | Birth | Richard Douglas Husband, American astronaut (died in 2003) | |
July 12th, 1956 (July 12 1956) | Birth | Sandi Patty, American singer | |
July 12th, 1956 (July 12 1956) | Birth | Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player | |
July 12th, 1954 (July 12 1954) | Birth | Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer | |
July 12th, 1952 (July 12 1952) | Birth | Philip Taylor Kramer, Bass Guitar Player (died in 1995) | |
July 12th, 1952 (July 12 1952) | Birth | Voja Antonic, Serbian inventor and writer | |
July 12th, 1951 (July 12 1951) | Birth | Brian Grazer, American film producer | |
July 12th, 1951 (July 12 1951) | Birth | Cheryl Ladd, American actress | |
July 12th, 1951 (July 12 1951) | Birth | Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano | |
July 12th, 1951 (July 12 1951) | Birth | Jamey Sheridan, American actor | |
July 12th, 1950 (July 12 1950) | Birth | Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) (died in 1991) | |
July 12th, 1950 (July 12 1950) | Birth | Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player | |
July 12th, 1950 (July 12 1950) | Death | Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (born in 1865) | |
July 12th, 1949 (July 12 1949) | Birth | Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner, and car dealer. | |
July 12th, 1949 (July 12 1949) | Death | Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (born in 1860) | |
July 12th, 1948 (July 12 1948) | Birth | Ben Burtt, American sound designer | |
July 12th, 1948 (July 12 1948) | Birth | Walter Egan, American singer | |
July 12th, 1948 (July 12 1948) | Birth | Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer | |
July 12th, 1948 (July 12 1948) | Birth | Jay Thomas, American actor | |
July 12th, 1947 (July 12 1947) | Birth | Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby union footballer | |
July 12th, 1947 (July 12 1947) | Birth | Richard C. McCarty, American professor of psychology | |
July 12th, 1947 (July 12 1947) | Death | Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (born in 1902) | |
July 12th, 1945 (July 12 1945) | Birth | Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor | |
July 12th, 1945 (July 12 1945) | Death | Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (born in 1895) | |
July 12th, 1945 (July 12 1945) | Death | Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (born in 1871) | |
July 12th, 1944 (July 12 1944) | Death | Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, received Medal of Honor (born in 1887) | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
July 12th, 1943 (July 12 1943) | Event | World War II: Battle of ProkhorovkaGerman and Soviet forces engage in largest tank engagement of all time. | |
July 12th, 1943 (July 12 1943) | Birth | Christine McVie, British singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac) | |
July 12th, 1943 (July 12 1943) | Birth | Paul Silas, American basketball player and head coach | |
July 12th, 1943 (July 12 1943) | Birth | Walter Murch, American film editor | Walter Murch Quotes |
July 12th, 1942 (July 12 1942) | Birth | Billy Smith, Australian rugby league footballer | |
July 12th, 1941 (July 12 1941) | Birth | Benny Parsons, American NASCAR driver (died in 2007) | |
July 12th, 1941 (July 12 1941) | Birth | Joseph Whipp, American actor | |
July 12th, 1938 (July 12 1938) | Birth | Ron Fairly, American baseball player | |
July 12th, 1938 (July 12 1938) | Birth | Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer | |
July 12th, 1937 (July 12 1937) | Birth | Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor | Bill Cosby Quotes |
July 12th, 1937 (July 12 1937) | Birth | Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France 1997-2002 | |
July 12th, 1937 (July 12 1937) | Birth | Michel Louvain, French Canadian singer | |
July 12th, 1935 (July 12 1935) | Death | Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (born in 1859) | |
July 12th, 1934 (July 12 1934) | Birth | Van Cliburn, American pianist | |
July 12th, 1934 (July 12 1934) | Death | Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and industrialist (born in 1877) | |
July 12th, 1933 (July 12 1933) | Birth | Donald E. Westlake, American author | |
July 12th, 1932 (July 12 1932) | Event | Hedley Verity establishes a first-class record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm. | |
July 12th, 1932 (July 12 1932) | Birth | Otis Davis, American runner | |
July 12th, 1931 (July 12 1931) | Death | Nathan Soderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1866) | |
July 12th, 1930 (July 12 1930) | Birth | Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer | |
July 12th, 1928 (July 12 1928) | Birth | Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate | |
July 12th, 1926 (July 12 1926) | Death | Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (born in 1868) | |
July 12th, 1925 (July 12 1925) | Birth | Roger Bonham Smith, former chairman and CEO of General Motors (died in 2007) | |
July 12th, 1922 (July 12 1922) | Birth | Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Oregon | |
July 12th, 1921 (July 12 1921) | Birth | Bob Fillion, French Canadian ice hockey player | |
July 12th, 1920 (July 12 1920) | Birth | Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (died in 2004) | |
July 12th, 1920 (July 12 1920) | Birth | Beah Richards, American actress (died in 2000) | |
July 12th, 1918 (July 12 1918) | Event | The Japanese Imperial Navy battle ship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621. | |
July 12th, 1918 (July 12 1918) | Death | Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (born in 1864) | |
July 12th, 1917 (July 12 1917) | Event | The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. | |
July 12th, 1917 (July 12 1917) | Birth | Andrew Wyeth, American artist | |
July 12th, 1913 (July 12 1913) | Birth | Willis Lamb, American physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 2008) | |
July 12th, 1910 (July 12 1910) | Death | Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (born in 1887) | |
July 12th, 1909 (July 12 1909) | Birth | Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (died in 1993) | |
July 12th, 1909 (July 12 1909) | Birth | Fritz Leonhardt, German civil engineer (died in 1999) | |
July 12th, 1908 (July 12 1908) | Birth | Milton Berle, American comedian (died in 2002) | Milton Berle Quotes |
July 12th, 1904 (July 12 1904) | Birth | Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (died in 1973) | Pablo Neruda Quotes |
July 12th, 1895 (July 12 1895) | Birth | Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (died in 1962) | |
July 12th, 1895 (July 12 1895) | Birth | Buckminster Fuller, American architect (died in 1983) | Buckminster Fuller Quotes |
July 12th, 1895 (July 12 1895) | Birth | Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist (died in 1960) | |
July 12th, 1892 (July 12 1892) | Birth | Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (died in 1942) | |
July 12th, 1886 (July 12 1886) | Birth | Jean Hersholt, Danish film director and actor (died in 1956) | |
July 12th, 1884 (July 12 1884) | Birth | Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (died in 1920) | |
July 12th, 1880 (July 12 1880) | Birth | Tod Browning, American film director (died in 1962) | |
July 12th, 1876 (July 12 1876) | Birth | Max Jacob, French poet (died in 1944) | |
July 12th, 1870 (July 12 1870) | Birth | Louis II of Monaco (died in 1949) | |
July 12th, 1868 (July 12 1868) | Birth | Stefan George, German poet (died in 1933) | |
July 12th, 1864 (July 12 1864) | Birth | George Washington Carver, American botanist (died in 1943) | George Washington Quotes |
July 12th, 1863 (July 12 1863) | Birth | Albert Calmette, French physician (died in 1933) | |
July 12th, 1863 (July 12 1863) | Birth | Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (died in 1906) | |
July 12th, 1862 (July 12 1862) | Event | The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. | |
July 12th, 1854 (July 12 1854) | Birth | George Eastman, American inventor (died in 1932) | |
July 12th, 1852 (July 12 1852) | Birth | Hipolito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (died in 1933) | |
July 12th, 1850 (July 12 1850) | Birth | Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (died in 1912) | |
July 12th, 1849 (July 12 1849) | Birth | Sir William Osler, Canadian physician and author (died in 1919) | William Osler Quotes |
July 12th, 1849 (July 12 1849) | Death | Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (born in 1768) | |
July 12th, 1845 (July 12 1845) | Death | Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (born in 1808) | |
July 12th, 1828 (July 12 1828) | Birth | Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (died in 1889) | Philo Quotes |
July 12th, 1824 (July 12 1824) | Birth | Eugene Boudin, French painter (died in 1898) | |
July 12th, 1817 (July 12 1817) | Birth | Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (died in 1862) | Henry David Thoreau Quotes |
July 12th, 1812 (July 12 1812) | Event | War of 1812: The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario. | |
July 12th, 1807 (July 12 1807) | Birth | Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (died in 1893) | |
July 12th, 1806 (July 12 1806) | Event | Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine. | |
July 12th, 1804 (July 12 1804) | Event | Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel. | Alexander Hamilton Quotes |
July 12th, 1804 (July 12 1804) | Death | Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born in 1755) | Alexander Hamilton Quotes |
July 12th, 1803 (July 12 1803) | Birth | Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (died in 1841) | |
July 12th, 1790 (July 12 1790) | Event | The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Assembly. | |
July 12th, 1773 (July 12 1773) | Death | Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (born in 1697) | |
July 12th, 1749 (July 12 1749) | Death | Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France | |
July 12th, 1742 (July 12 1742) | Death | Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (born in 1675) | |
July 12th, 1730 (July 12 1730) | Birth | Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (died in 1795) | |
July 12th, 1712 (July 12 1712) | Death | Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (born in 1626) | |
July 12th, 1693 (July 12 1693) | Death | John Ashby, English admiral | |
July 12th, 1691 (July 12 1691) | Event | Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar)The decisive victory of William s forces in Ireland. | Julian Quotes |
July 12th, 1690 (July 12 1690) | Event | Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar)The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II. | William James Quotes |
July 12th, 1682 (July 12 1682) | Death | Jean Picard, French astronomer (born in 1620) | |
July 12th, 1675 (July 12 1675) | Birth | Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (died in 1742) | |
July 12th, 1664 (July 12 1664) | Death | Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (born in 1610) | |
July 12th, 1596 (July 12 1596) | Birth | Tsar Michael I of Russia (died in 1645) | |
July 12th, 1584 (July 12 1584) | Death | Steven Borough, English explorer (born in 1525) | |
July 12th, 1580 (July 12 1580) | Event | Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published. | |
July 12th, 1543 (July 12 1543) | Event | King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
July 12th, 1536 (July 12 1536) | Death | Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher | Philo Quotes |
July 12th, 1441 (July 12 1441) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (born in 1394) | |
July 12th, 1394 (July 12 1394) | Birth | Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (died in 1441) | |
July 12th, 1191 (July 12 1191) | Event | Saladin s garrison surrenders, ending the two-year siege of Acre. Conrad of Montferrat, who has negotiated the surrender, raises the banners of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Third Crusade leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Leopold V of Austria on the city s walls and towers. | |
July 12th, 0783 (July 12 0783) | Death | Bertrada of Laon, wife of Pippin III (born in 720) | |
July 12th, 0100 (July 12 0100) | Birth | Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (died in 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13) | Julius Caesar Quotes |