Historical Events In July - 12

1920  Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats) on July - 12.   

1921  On July - 12 babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs   

1921  On July - 12 trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer   

1922  Clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate) on this day in history.   

1923  On July - 12 k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682   

1924  On July - 12 jaap Geraedts, composer   

1925  Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu   

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

1926  Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40 on July - 12.   

1927  On this day in history babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs   

1927  Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles on this day in history.   

1928  the first televised tennis match on July - 12.   

1928  1st televised tennis match on July - 12.   

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

1929  On July - 12 pavle Merku, composer   

1929  On July - 12 robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63   

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

1930  On this day in history 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  On July - 12 andre Laporte, Flemish composer   

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  Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist on this day in history.   

1933  Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) on July - 12.   

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

1933  On this day in history willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45   

1934  On July - 12 uS Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned   

1934  Van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958) on this day in history.   

1935  Belgium recognizes Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history barrie Wilson, academic   

1935  On this day in history alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies   

1936  On July - 12 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 this day in history.   

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1394  On July - 12 birth of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)   

1644  On this day in history birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)   

1675  Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on July - 12.   

1730  On this day in history birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)   

1757  On July - 12 birth of christian Danner, composer   

1794  On July - 12 birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist   

1801  On this day in history birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer   

1802  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer   

0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on July - 12.   

1073  On this day in history johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies   

1429  On July - 12 john [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65   

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

1450  Death of Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI on this day in history.   

1536  On July - 12 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 this day in history.