Historical Events In July - 12

1920  On July - 12 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  Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer on this day in history.  

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

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

1927  Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles on July - 12.  

1928  the first televised tennis match on July - 12.  

1928  On this day in history 1st televised tennis match  

1928  On July - 12 elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate  

1929  On this day in history pavle Merku, composer  

1929  On this day in history robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63  

1930  On July - 12 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist  

1933  On this day in history congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)  

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

1933  Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45 on July - 12.  

1934  US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned on July - 12.  

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

1935  Belgium recognizes Soviet Union on this day in history.  

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 July - 12 -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  On this day in history 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  On July - 12 birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)  

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

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

1801  John Hill Hewitt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 on July - 12.  

1441  Death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) on this day in history.  

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

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

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on this day in history.  

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on this day in history.