Page 5: Historical Events In July - 12
Friday, 31 October 2025
						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 this day in history clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate)  
 
 
 
					
						1923  On July - 12 k Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682  
 
 
 
					
						1924  On this day in history jaap Geraedts, composer  
 
 
 
					
						1925  On this day in history roger Smith, CEO (General Motors)  
 
 
 
					
						1926  On July - 12 guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu  
 
 
 
					
						1926  On this day in history beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation)  
 
 
 
					
						1926  On July - 12 charles Wood, composer, dies at 40  
 
 
 
					
						1927  Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1927  Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles on July - 12.  
 
 
 
					
						1928  the first televised tennis match on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1928  1st televised tennis match on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1928  Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate on July - 12.  
 
 
 
					
						1929  On this day in history pavle Merku, composer  
 
 
 
					
						1929  Robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63 on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						1930  On July - 12 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins  
 
 
 
					
						1930  On this day in history gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer  
 
 
 
					
						1931  On this day in history 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  
 
 
 
					
						1931  Andre Laporte, Flemish composer on this day in history.  
 
 
 
					
						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  On this day in history uS Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned  
 
 
 
					
						1934  On July - 12 van Cliburn Jr, [Harvey Lavan], La, pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958)  
 
 
 
					
						1935  On this day in history belgium recognizes Soviet Union  
 
 
 
					
						1935  On July - 12 barrie Wilson, academic  
 
 
 
					
						1935  Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies on July - 12.  
 
 
 
					
						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  On this day in history bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6)  
 
 
 
					
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