Historical Events In July - 12

1989  On July - 12 nY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)  

1990  Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Soviet Communist Party, spelling the end of communism in Russia on July - 12.  

1990  On this day in history richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71  

1992  Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history in the Hokkaido, Japan Region, a 7.6 earthquake killed at least 200 people and 39 missing in the Hokkaido region, including at least 165 killed on Okushiri  

1993  Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78 on July - 12.  

1994  On July - 12 david Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56  

1995  Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 on July - 12.  

1996  Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1997  On this day in history waterloo - St. Jacobs Railway commences passenger service over the former CN Waterloo Spur between Waterloo and Elmira, Ont.  

2005  Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in Netanya, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack on July - 12.  

2007  Queen Elizabeth II visits the world's largest Commonwealth war grave in Ypres, Belgium to pay respects to fallen soldiers of the Battle of Passchendaele on this day in history.  

2007  On this day in history stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947)  

2012  On this day in history 200 people are killed by the Syrian army in Tremseh  

2013  On July - 12 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris  

2017  Giant iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length on this day in history.  

2018  On July - 12 world's longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal's nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years  

2018  Sandra Oh is the first woman to be nominated for an Emmy award in a leading role for "Killing Eve" on July - 12.  

2018  Republic of Ireland will be the first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies after passing legislation in parliament on this day in history.  

2018  On July - 12 uS President Trump arrives in the UK for a four-day visit amid protests  

2018  On July - 12 chemical plant explosion in Jiangan County, Sichuan Province, China, kills at least 19  

2018  On this day in history "Misson: Impossible - Fallout", directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise , Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson, premieres in Paris  

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1394  On July - 12 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  On this day in history birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)  

1757  Christian Danner, composer was born on July - 12.  

1794  Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist was born on July - 12.  

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  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on July - 12.  

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

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

1450  On this day in history death of jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI  

1536  On July - 12 desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies  

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on July - 12.  

1575  On July - 12 renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies