July 12 in History

Historical Events on July 12

1470 The Ottomans capture Euboea.

1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

1918 The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

1943 German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.

1961 Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.

1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London's Marquee Club.

1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

2007 U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.

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Famous Birthdays on July 12

1977 Brock Lesnar

1984 Sami Zayn

1991 James Rodríguez

1997 Malala Yousafzai

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Famous Deaths on July 12

1536 Desiderius Erasmus

1804 Alexander Hamilton

1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

1945 Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen

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