About July 12
July 12, 2025 is the 193rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 220 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.
- 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.
- 1790 –The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
- 1804 –Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
- 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.
- 1879 –The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
- 1918 –The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
- 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.
- 1967 –The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
- 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.
- 1975 –São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
- 1979 –Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL
- 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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