July 12 Events |
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| July 12th, 2006 (July 12 2006) | Event | Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise. | |
| July 12th, 1979 (July 12 1979) | Event | The island nation of Kiribati declares independence from Great Britain. | |
| July 12th, 1975 (July 12 1975) | Event | Sao Tome and Principe declare independence from Portugal. | |
| 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, 1962 (July 12 1962) | Event | The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London. | |
| July 12th, 1960 (July 12 1960) | Event | Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1862 (July 12 1862) | Event | The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress. | |
| July 12th, 1812 (July 12 1812) | Event | War of 1812: The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario. | |
| 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, 1790 (July 12 1790) | Event | The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Assembly. | |
| 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, 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, 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. | |
