About July 12

July 12, 2022 is the 193rd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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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 194 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.
  • 1191 –
    Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
  • 1561 –
    Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
  • 1562 –
    Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
  • 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.
  • 1806 –
    Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
  • 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.
  • 1920 –
    The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent Lithuania.
  • 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.
  • 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 tally exceeds 2,000.
  • 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 –
    The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain.
  • 2006 –
    The Hezbollah initiate Operation True Promise.

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