Historical Events In July - 12

1989  NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) on this day in history.  

1990  Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Soviet Communist Party, spelling the end of communism in Russia on this day in history.  

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

1992  On July - 12 albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies  

1993  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 on July - 12.  

1993  On this day in history gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78  

1994  David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1995  Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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.  

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2005  Terrorists kill 5 people and wound 90 people in a crowded mall in Netanya, Israel. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for attack on this day in history.  

2007  On July - 12 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.  

2007  Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947) on this day in history.  

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

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  World's longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal's nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years on July - 12.  

2018  Sandra Oh is the first woman to be nominated for an Emmy award in a leading role for "Killing Eve" on this day in history.  

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

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

2018  Chemical plant explosion in Jiangan County, Sichuan Province, China, kills at least 19 on July - 12.  

2018  On July - 12 "Misson: Impossible - Fallout", directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise , Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson, premieres in Paris  

2019  Asasey Hotel attack: A car bomb and a gun attack kill at least 26 people, including two prominent journalists and nine foreigners, in Kismayo, Somalia. Islamist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility on July - 12.  

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1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on this day in history.  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on this day in history.  

1675  On July - 12 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 July - 12.  

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.  

0783  On July - 12 bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1429  On this day in history 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 this day in history desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies  

1545  On July - 12 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