Historical Events In July - 12

1920  On July - 12 keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats)  

1921  On this day in history babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs  

1921  Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer on this day in history.  

1922  Clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate) on July - 12.  

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

1924  On this day in history jaap Geraedts, composer  

1925  Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors) on July - 12.  

1926  On July - 12 guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu  

1926  On July - 12 beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation)  

1926  On July - 12 charles Wood, composer, dies at 40  

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

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

1928  the first televised tennis match on July - 12.  

1928  1st televised tennis match on July - 12.  

1928  Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate on July - 12.  

1929  Pavle Merku, composer on July - 12.  

1929  Robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63 on July - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1931  On this day in history andre Laporte, Flemish composer  

1932  On July - 12 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  

1932  Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist on this day in history.  

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

1933  On July - 12 donald E. Westlake, American author  

1933  On July - 12 willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45  

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

1934  On this day in history van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958)  

1935  On July - 12 belgium recognizes Soviet Union  

1935  On this day in history barrie Wilson, academic  

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  -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif on July - 12.  

1937  Bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6) on this day in history.  

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

1644  On July - 12 birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)  

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

1730  Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) was born on this day in history.  

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  John Hill Hewitt, composer was born on this day in history.  

1802  On July - 12 birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer  

0783  On this day in history bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies  

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

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  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on July - 12.  

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

1575  On this day in history renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies