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  • 1192 Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Taishōgun, the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan and de facto ruler
  • 1679 Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners' right to a court review of the justification for their imprisonment
  • 1790 French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state
  • 1804 Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr, near Weehaken, New Jersey
  • 1863 British forces invade the Waikato in New Zealand, home of the Māori King Movement, beginning a new phase of the New Zealand Wars between the colonial government and allied Māori tribes on one side and Māori on the other [1]
  • 1913 150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms as the British Liberals promise the Irish nationalists Home Rule, making civil war appear imminent
  • 1943 World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russia defeats German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles
  • 1957 US Surgeon General Leroy Burney links smoking to lung cancer
More July 12 Events
  • 1976 First "Family Feud" game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson
  • 1962 Rolling Stones' first performance at the Marquee Club in London
  • Anti-disco baseball fans hold a 'Disco Sucks' sign during Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, 1979

    Down With Disco!

    1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers
  • 1998 FIFA World Cup Final, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Zinedine Zidane scores twice as France wins first World Cup beating Brazil, 3-0

Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy

July 12, 1843

  • Josiah Wedgwood

    1730 - 1795

  • Henry David Thoreau

    1817 - 1862

  • George Eastman

    1854 - 1932

  • Emil Hácha

    1872 - 1945

  • Pablo Neruda

    1904 - 1973

  • Malala Yousafzai

    28 Years Old
More Birthdays on July 12

  • Louis B. Mayer

    1884 - 1957

  • Milton Berle

    1908 - 2002

  • Bill Cosby

    88 Years Old

  • Brock Lesnar

    48 Years Old

  • Rachel Brosnahan

    35 Years Old

  • Oscar Hammerstein II

    1895 - 1960

  • Christine McVie

    1943 - 2022

  • Kristi Yamaguchi

    54 Years Old

  • Inbee Park

    37 Years Old

Joseph Dunn (14) is attacked by a shark, suffering non-fatal wounds in New Jersey, the final episode in a spate of shark attacks along the Jersey coast where 4 people died over 12 days

July 12, 1916

  • 1472 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminster Abbey.
  • 1543 King of England Henry VIII (52) weds twice-widowed Catherine Parr (30) at Hampton Court Palace, his sixth and final wife
  • 1890 Welsh-American explorer Henry Morton Stanley (59) marries English artist Dorothy Tennant (46) at Westminster Abbey
  • 2024 American "Charmed" actress Shannen Doherty (53) finalizes divorce from third husband, photographer Kurt Iswarienko (50) after 12 years of marriage
More July 12 Weddings

  • Erasmus

    1466 - 1536

  • Alexander Hamilton

    1755 - 1804

  • William Howe

    1729 - 1814

  • Alexander Cartwright

    1820 - 1892

  • Charles Rolls

    1877 - 1910

  • Gertrude Bell

    1868 - 1926
More July 12 Deaths
  • Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko

    Killing Spree of Lady Death

    Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the most successful female sniper in history, having killed 309 German soldiers during the Second World War. July 12, 1916
  • Explorer Vasco da Gama

    Weekly Quiz for July 8 - 14

    Test your knowledge of historical events and famous people in our multi-choice, weekly history quiz for July 8 - 14. Then challenge your friends!
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  • Police seek evidence at the site of the partly submerged Rainbow Warrior

    Rainbow Warrior Destroyed

    July 10, 1985
  • Robert the Bruce stands tall overlooking his beloved hills of Scotland

    Spiderman! Web Feat Inspires Woebegone Warrior

    July 11, 1274
  • A young Sinatra and adoring fans. Photo: John T. Burns/AP

    Voice Of The Century – 'And Not Even Close'

    July 13, 1939
  • French President Emmanuel Macron heads a military parade on Bastille Day in 2018

    France Celebrates Bastille Day

    July 14, 1789
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