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Events on the 12th of July in history

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12 Jul 0526 St Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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12 Jul 0927 Æthelstan, King of England, secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain. This is considered the closest thing that England has to a foundation date.
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12 Jul 1191 Richard Coeur de Lion and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine
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12 Jul 1191 Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
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12 Jul 1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
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12 Jul 1470 The Ottomans capture Euboea.
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12 Jul 1493 Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
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12 Jul 1527 Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê Dynasty and starting the Mạc Dynasty.
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12 Jul 1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders
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12 Jul 1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
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12 Jul 1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)
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12 Jul 1549 English boer army occupies Norwich
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12 Jul 1561 Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
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12 Jul 1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
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12 Jul 1575 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
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12 Jul 1580 The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
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12 Jul 1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats Catholic King James II
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12 Jul 1690 Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) – The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.
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12 Jul 1690 Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland
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12 Jul 1691 Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII
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12 Jul 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) – The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
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12 Jul 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II
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12 Jul 1700 Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700
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12 Jul 1704 Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes King of part of Poland
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12 Jul 1730 Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII
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12 Jul 1771 James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England
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12 Jul 1774 Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan
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12 Jul 1774 Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence
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12 Jul 1776 Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
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12 Jul 1776 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
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12 Jul 1785 1st manned flight by gas balloon in the Netherlands
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12 Jul 1789 French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech in response to the dismissal of Jacques Necker France's finance minister the day before. The speech calls the citizens to arms and leads to the Storming of the Bastille two days later.
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12 Jul 1790 The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
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12 Jul 1799 Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).
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12 Jul 1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish
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12 Jul 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: British Royal Navy ships inflict heavy damage against Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
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12 Jul 1804 Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
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12 Jul 1806 Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
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12 Jul 1806 Liechtenstein is given full sovereignty after its accession to the Confederation of the Rhine.
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12 Jul 1812 US forces led by General Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)
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12 Jul 1812 War of 1812: The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
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12 Jul 1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
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12 Jul 1817 1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
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12 Jul 1843 Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
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12 Jul 1850 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States
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12 Jul 1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts
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12 Jul 1862 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
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12 Jul 1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
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12 Jul 1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
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12 Jul 1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott" (BG)
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12 Jul 1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded
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12 Jul 1876 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #164 Eva
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12 Jul 1878 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
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12 Jul 1879 The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
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12 Jul 1882 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC
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12 Jul 1882 1st USA ocean amusement pier completed in Atlantic City (Howard's Folly)
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12 Jul 1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda Sudan
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12 Jul 1900 114
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12 Jul 1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game
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12 Jul 1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage
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12 Jul 1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France
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12 Jul 1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
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12 Jul 1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #701 Oriola
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12 Jul 1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC
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12 Jul 1913 Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
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12 Jul 1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
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12 Jul 1917 The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
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12 Jul 1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed
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12 Jul 1918 The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
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12 Jul 1920 Lithuania and the USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
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12 Jul 1920 The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognizes independent Lithuania.
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12 Jul 1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs
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12 Jul 1921 Indians (9) andYankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles
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12 Jul 1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682
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12 Jul 1926 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
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12 Jul 1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
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12 Jul 1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
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12 Jul 1928 1st televised tennis match
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12 Jul 1930 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins
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12 Jul 1930 Hedley Verity takes 10 for 10 vs. Notts (19 4-16-10-10) at Leeds
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12 Jul 1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32
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12 Jul 1931 Cubs & Cards hit a record 23 doubles in a game (2nd game of DH)
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12 Jul 1932 Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record ten wickets for ten runs in a county match for Yorkshire.
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12 Jul 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
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12 Jul 1934 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
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12 Jul 1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
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12 Jul 1935 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union
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12 Jul 1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)
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12 Jul 1943 National Committee Freies Deutschland forms
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12 Jul 1943 Russian offensive at Orel
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12 Jul 1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die
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12 Jul 1943 World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka – German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest tank engagements of all time.
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12 Jul 1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
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12 Jul 1944 US government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle
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12 Jul 1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games
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12 Jul 1946 Vance Dinges hits the only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
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12 Jul 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
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12 Jul 1948 1st jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
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12 Jul 1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
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12 Jul 1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
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12 Jul 1949 AL beats NL 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, NL makes a record 5 errors
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12 Jul 1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
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12 Jul 1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
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12 Jul 1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws
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12 Jul 1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
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12 Jul 1951 New York Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0
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12 Jul 1952 East German SED decides to form German DR army
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12 Jul 1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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12 Jul 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
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12 Jul 1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system
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12 Jul 1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
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12 Jul 1955 Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina
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12 Jul 1955 NL beats AL 6-5 (12 innings) in 22nd All Star Game (Milwaukee)
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12 Jul 1957 US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
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12 Jul 1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
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12 Jul 1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game
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12 Jul 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament
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12 Jul 1960 XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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12 Jul 1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
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12 Jul 1960 Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence
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12 Jul 1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
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12 Jul 1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
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12 Jul 1961 Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death toll exceeds 2,000.
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12 Jul 1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.
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12 Jul 1962 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
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12 Jul 1962 Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
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12 Jul 1963 Pauline Reade, who was 16-years-old, disappears on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
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12 Jul 1966 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)
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12 Jul 1966 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stadium, St. Louis
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12 Jul 1966 All star MVP: Brooks Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
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12 Jul 1966 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints
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12 Jul 1966 26.70 cm (10.51") of rainfall, Sandusky, Ohio (state record)
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12 Jul 1966 Most rain fell in 1 day in Ohio, 10.5" in Sandusky
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12 Jul 1966 NL beats AL 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, St Louis)
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12 Jul 1966 Race riot in Chicago
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12 Jul 1966 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver
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12 Jul 1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
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12 Jul 1967 The Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
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12 Jul 1967 23 die in Newark race rebellion
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12 Jul 1967 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0
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12 Jul 1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
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12 Jul 1968 Couve de Murville forms government in France
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12 Jul 1969 98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham
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12 Jul 1970 99th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at St. Andrews
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12 Jul 1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
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12 Jul 1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
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12 Jul 1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atl Ocean in "Ra" docks in Barbados
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12 Jul 1970 A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
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12 Jul 1970 Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
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12 Jul 1971 The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
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12 Jul 1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
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12 Jul 1972 Democrats nominated George McGovern for President in Miami Florida
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12 Jul 1973 A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
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12 Jul 1975 104th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 279 at Carnoustie
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12 Jul 1975 Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings, Derbyshire vs. Yorkshire
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12 Jul 1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
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12 Jul 1975 Sao Tom
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12 Jul 1976 Ian Dury and Kilburns disband
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12 Jul 1977 John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey vs. Derbyshire at The Oval
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12 Jul 1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
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12 Jul 1978 Sun Bank Building opens
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12 Jul 1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers
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12 Jul 1979 Ian Palce joins Whitesnake
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12 Jul 1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from the UK
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12 Jul 1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from United Kingdom.
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12 Jul 1979 Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is) gains independence from Britain
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12 Jul 1981 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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12 Jul 1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
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12 Jul 1982 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
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12 Jul 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
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12 Jul 1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
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12 Jul 1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
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12 Jul 1987 15th du Maurier Golf Classic: Jody Rosenthal
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12 Jul 1987 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
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12 Jul 1987 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar
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12 Jul 1987 8th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
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12 Jul 1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
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12 Jul 1988 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
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12 Jul 1988 All star MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland Athletics)
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12 Jul 1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's "Delta Force" revenge plan
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12 Jul 1988 USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
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12 Jul 1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
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12 Jul 1989 Lotte World Adventure opened in Seoul, South Korea.
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12 Jul 1990 "Les Miserables, " opens at National Theatre, Washington
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12 Jul 1990 Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party
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12 Jul 1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
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12 Jul 1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits the Yankees 8-0 in a rain
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12 Jul 1992 13th US Seniors Golf Open: Larry Laoretti
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12 Jul 1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of July 2, 1991 concert
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12 Jul 1992 Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
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12 Jul 1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
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12 Jul 1993 Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM)
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12 Jul 1994 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
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12 Jul 1994 All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
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12 Jul 1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for Supreme Court Justice begins
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12 Jul 1996 Kirby Puckett, retires from Minn Twins
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12 Jul 1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million
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12 Jul 1997 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit
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12 Jul 1997 Pirates Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn
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12 Jul 1998 16th Seniors Players Golf Championship
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12 Jul 1998 Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic
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12 Jul 2006 Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.
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12 Jul 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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12 Jul 2012 The Turaymisah massacre kills 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.
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