July 12

July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining.

Events

• 1690 - William of Orange's army wins the Battle of the Boyne.
• 1862 - the Medal of Honor is authorized by the U.S. Congress.
• 1998 - KDE 1.0 released
• 2002 - Gay rights: The Superior Court of Ontario[?] orders Ontario to recognize same-sex marriages.

Births

• 1730 - Josiah Wedgwood, potter
• 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, writer, Transcendentalist philosopher
• 1819 - Charles Kingsley, writer
• 1854 - George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera (+ 1932)
• 1861 - George Washington Carver, botanist who discovered many uses for peanuts
• 1868 - Stefan George[?], poet (+ 1933)
• 1870 - Louis II of Monaco (+ 1949)
• 1882 - Tod Browning, film director (+ 1962)
• 1884 - Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor (+ 1920)
• 1886 - Jean Hersholt, film director, actor (+ 1956)
• 1892 - Harry Piel[?], actor, film director and producer (+ 1963)
• 1895 - Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist known for his work with Richard Rodgers on various musicals (+ 1960)
• 1895 - R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect, (+ 1983)
• 1902 - Günther Anders[?], philosopher and writer (+ 1992)
• 1904 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician and leader (+ 1997)
• 1904 - Pablo Neruda, author, won Nobel Prize for literature in 1971, (+ 1973)
• 1908 - Milton Berle, comedian (+ 2002)
• 1909 - Joe DeRita[?], AKA "Curly Joe", former member of the Three Stooges (+ 1993)
• 1920 - Beah Richards[?], actress (+ 2000)
• 1922 - Mark Hatfield[?], former US Senator from Oregon
• 1933 - Donald E. Westlake[?], author
• 1934 - Van Cliburn[?], pianist
• 1937 - Bill Cosby, comedian, actor
• 1948 - Richard Simmons, fitness trainer
• 1948 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, musician (+ 1997)
• 1965 - Mauro Gandini, economist
• 1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater
• 1977 - Seann William Scott[?], actor
• 1991 - Erik Per Sullivan[?], actor, Malcolm in the Middle[?]

Deaths

• 1536 - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philospher
• 1926 - Gertrude Bell[?], archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
• 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer
• 1988 - Josh Logan[?], film director, writer

Holidays and observances

• Kiribati - Independence Day
• Mongolia - Naadam Holiday[?] (2nd day)
• Northern Ireland - Battle of the Boyne Day
• Sao Tome and Principe - Independence Day

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