Historical Events In July - 12

1920  On this day in history keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats)  

1921  Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs on July - 12.  

1921  On this day in history trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer  

1922  On July - 12 clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate)  

1923  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682 on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history jaap Geraedts, composer  

1925  On this day in history roger Smith, CEO (General Motors)  

1926  Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu on July - 12.  

1926  Beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation) on this day in history.  

1926  Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1927  Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs on July - 12.  

1927  On this day in history gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles  

1928  the first televised tennis match on July - 12.  

1928  On this day in history 1st televised tennis match  

1928  On this day in history elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate  

1929  Pavle Merku, composer on July - 12.  

1929  Robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins  

1930  On July - 12 gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer  

1931  45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32 on July - 12.  

1931  Andre Laporte, Flemish composer on this day in history.  

1932  Hedley Verity establishes a first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm on July - 12.  

1932  On July - 12 harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist  

1933  On July - 12 congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)  

1933  On this day in history donald E. Westlake, American author  

1933  Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1934  US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned on this day in history.  

1934  On July - 12 van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958)  

1935  On July - 12 belgium recognizes Soviet Union  

1935  Barrie Wilson, academic on July - 12.  

1935  Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies on July - 12.  

1936  On this day in history jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night)  

1937  On this day in history -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif  

1937  Bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6) on July - 12.  

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1394  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on July - 12.  

1675  On this day in history birth of evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer  

1730  On July - 12 birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)  

1757  On this day in history birth of christian Danner, composer  

1794  Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist was born on this day in history.  

1801  On July - 12 birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer  

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on July - 12.  

0783  On July - 12 bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1429  John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1441  Death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) on July - 12.  

1450  On July - 12 death of jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI  

1536  On this day in history desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies  

1545  On this day in history maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies  

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on July - 12.