About July 12
July 12, 2024 is the 194th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 201 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 12
- 1191 –Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
- 1493 –Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
- 1543 –King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
- 1562 –Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
- 1691 –Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) – The decisive victory of William III of England’s forces in Ireland.
- 1790 –The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 1806 –Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
- 1812 –War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1843 –1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, proclaimed a revelation recommending polygamy.
- 1862 –The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
- 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.
- 1917 –The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- 1932 –Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
- 1943 –World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka – German and Soviet forces engage in the largest tank engagement of all time.
- 1948 –Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
- 1962 –The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
- 1971 –The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.
- 1973 –A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
- 1979 –The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain.
- 2006 –The Hezbollah initiate Operation True Promise.
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