About July 12
July 12, 2023 is the 193rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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 213 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 12
- 927 –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.
- 1543 –King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
- 1561 –Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
- 1580 –The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
- 1690 –Battle of the Boyne (Julian calendar) – The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.
- 1789 –French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech, following hearing the news that France’s financial minister Jacques Necker has been dismissed. The speech called the citizens to arms, which lead to the falling of the Bastille two days later.
- 1812 –War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1862 –The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
- 1879 –The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
- 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.
- 1918 –The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
- 1920 –The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent Lithuania.
- 1932 –Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
- 1948 –Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
- 1967 –The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
- 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.
- 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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