July 12th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Kiribati)Independence Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
The Twelfth a.k.a. Orangemen's Day * (see below)
Second day of Naadam (Mongolia)
Fiesta de San Fermin (Pamplona, Spain) July 6th through the 14th every year (9 Days)
Pecan Pie Day
Different Colored Eyes Day
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox Church using the Julian calendar)
Feast of Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus
Feast of Saint John Gualbert, abbot, confessor common
Feast of Saints Nabor and Felix, martyrs common
Feast of Saint Viventiolus, bishop of Lyon, confessor Lyon
Feast of Saint Jason
Crop Over (Bridgetown, Barbados), Second saturday in May through the First Monday in August (86 Days)
* The Twelfth (also known as Orangemen's Day, commemorates the Battle of the Boyne) - Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador
Fête de la Orcanète Translation: Alkanet Day (French Republican) The 24th day of the Month of Messidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Come, sit we by the fireside
And roundly drink we hear,
Till that we see our cheeks all dyed
And noses tanned with beer."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Ditch
1 Part Bourbon
Fill With Water, Serve with Ice.
Wine of The Day
Magnotta (2007) Limited Edition
Style - Vidal Ice Wine
Niagara Peninsula
$35
Beer of The Day
Whoop Ass Witbier
Brewer - Great Basin Brewing Co. Reno, NV
Style - Belgian-Style Witbier
Joke of The Day
A guy goes to pick up his date for the evening. She’s not ready yet, so he has to sit in the living room with her parents.
He has a bad case of gas and really needs to releive some pressure.
Luckly, the family dog jumps up on the couch next to him. He decides that he can let a little fart out and if anyone notices they will think that the dog did it.
He farts, and the woman yells, “Spot, get down from there.”
The guy thinks, “Great, they think the dog did it.” He releases another fart, and the woman again yells for the dog to get down.
This goes on for a couple more farts. Finally the woman yells, “Dammit Spot, get down before he shits on you.”
Quote of The Day
"How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?"
- Unknown
Whisky of The Day
$50
July Observances
Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days (7/3 to 8/15)
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
National Bikini Month
Bioterrorism/Disaster Education and Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)
Doghouse Repairs" Month, Natl
Eggplant and Lettuce Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Family Golf Month
Family Reunion Month
Freedom From Fear of Speaking Month
Herbal/Prescription Awareness Month
Home Inspector Appreciation Month, Natl
International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
International Women with Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
Learn Arabic Month
Mango and Melon Month
National "Doghouse Repairs" Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Black Family Month
National Blueberries Month
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Month
National Culinary Arts Month
National Grilling Month
National Hemochromatosis Screening and Awareness Month
National Horseradish Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Independent Retailers Month
National Make A Difference to Children Month
National Recreation and Parks Month
National Share A Sunset With Your Lover Month
National Vehicle Theft Protection Month
National Wheelchair Beautification Month
Nectarine and Garlic Month
Purposeful Parenting Month
Roots and Branches Month
Sandwich Generation Month
Share A Sunset With Your Lover Month Link
Skyscraper Month
Smart Irrigation Month
Social Wellness Month
Tour de France Month (Started 6/30 - 7/19)
UV Safety Month
Unlucky Month for weddings
Women's Motorcycle Month
Worldwide Bereaved Parents Month
Observances this Week
National Farriers Week, Second Week in July
National Therapeutic Recreation Week, Second Week in July
Be Nice To New Jersey Week, First Full Week in July
Nude Recreation Weekend, 7 Days Starting First Monday of the first full week in July
Sports Cliché Week, Week of Major League Baseball, All Star Game Second Tuesday in July
Historical Events on July 12th
526 St Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1109 Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli
1191 Saladin's garrison surrenders in Palestine, ending the two-year siege of Acre. Conrad of Montferrat, who has negotiated the surrender, raises the banners of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Third Crusade leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Leopold V of Austria on the city's walls and towers.
1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon becomes king of Naples
1472 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminister Abbey.
1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders
1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr at Hampton Court Palace.
1549 English boer army occupies Norwich
1562, Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
1575 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
1580 Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.
1627 English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe.
1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
1679 Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act
1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland
1690 Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) The armies of King William III defeat those of Catholic King James II.
1691 Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII
1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II. The decisive victory of William's forces in Ireland.
1700 Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar, yesterday is June 30, 1700
1704 Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland
1730 Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII
1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle [NS]
1771 James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England
1774 Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence
1774 Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan
1776 Capt Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
1785 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands
1790 The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French & Spanish
1804 United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel.
1806 Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
1812 US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario (War of 1812).
1817 First flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)
1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course
1843 Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God OKs polygamy
1850 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States
1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Mass
1862 Federal troops occupy Helena Arkansas
1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded
1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott" (BG)
1878 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
1882 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC
1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda Sudan
1900 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)
1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game
1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage
1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France
1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)
1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC
1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox
1917 The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
1918 The Japanese Imperial Navy battle ship Kawachi blows up in Bay of Tokayama at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
1920 Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty. Soviet Russia recognized independent Lithuania.
1920 Panama Canal opens
1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs, Indians (9) & Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles
1926 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu
1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
1928 1st televised tennis match
1930 34th US Golf Open, Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins
1930 Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 mins, 46 fours
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
1932 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
1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
1934 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
1935 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union
1937 -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif
1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula)
1943 National Committee Freies Deutschland forms
1943 Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker
1943 Russian offensive at Orel
1943 Battle of Prokhorovka, German and Soviet forces engage in largest tank engagement of all time, about 12,000 die (World War II). Russians beat Nazis.
1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased
1944 US government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle
1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games
1946 Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia," premieres in Glyndebourne
1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
1948 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1949 16th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
1950 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten & F Fischer to death
1950 ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws
1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill
1951 NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0
1952 East German SED decides to form German DR army
1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system
1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game, NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
1955 Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina
1957 First President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower
1957 US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
1958 "Li'l Abner" closes at St James Theater NYC after 693 performances
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game
1960 Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence
1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched
1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament
1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1960 XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1961 Pune floods due to failure of Khadakvasala and Panshet dams. Half of Pune was submerged. More than 100,000 families dislocated and death tally exceeded 2000.
1962 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)
1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
1964 19th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1966 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)
1966 37th All Star Baseball Game, NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St Louis. All star MVP: Brooks Robinson (Balt Orioles)
1966 Race riot in Chicago
1966 US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints
1967 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0
1967 The Newark race riots began in Newark, New Jersey, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
1968 Couve de Murville forms government in France
1968 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 98th British Golf Open, Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham
1970 99th British Golf Open, Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at St Andrews
1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atl Ocean in "Ra" docks in Barbados
1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
1972 Democrats nominated George McGovern for president in Miami Fla
1973 A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1974 John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights
1975 104th British Golf Open, Tom Watson shoots a 279 at Carnoustie
1975 Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings, Derbyshire v Yorkshire
1975 Sao Tomé e Príncipe gains independence from Portugal (Natl Day)
1976 Ian Dury & Kilburns disband
1977 John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey v Derbyshire at The Oval
1978 Sun Bank Building opens
1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild & causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers
1979 Ian Palce joins Whitesnake
1979 The island nation of Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) becomes independent from Great Britain.
1981 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
1982 FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1983 Chad government troops reconquer Abéché
1984 Geraldine Ferraro, NY becomes 1st woman major-party VP candidate
1985 "Singin' in the Rain" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 367 perfs
1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1987 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
1987 8th US Seniors Golf Open, Gary Player
1987 15th du Maurier Golf Classic, Jody Rosenthal
1987 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar
1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
1988 59th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinati. All star MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland A's)
1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her
1988 USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
1989 NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
1990 "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington
1990 Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party
1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
1992 13th US Seniors Golf Open: Larry Laoretti
1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert
1992 Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed
1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London
1993 Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM)
1994 65th All Star Baseball Game, AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pittsburgh. All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins
1996 Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins
1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million
1996 Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur
1997 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit
1997 Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn
1998 16th Seniors Players Golf Championship
1998 Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic
2006 Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.
2007 The July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike took place. Two Reuters employees were killed by U.S. forces.
2012 45th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2012 90-155 people are killed after an oil tanker crashes and explodes in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria
2012 200 people are killed by the Syrian army in Tremseh
2012 Tongan Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala marries his second cousin Sinaitakala Fakafanua
2013 8 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Paris
2013 Malala Yousafzai addresses the United Nations and calls for worldwide access to education
2015 Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer (7-6 6-7 6-4 6-3) to win the 129th Wimbledon Men's Tennis Championship
2016 Bernie Sanders endorses fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire
Born on July 12th
1394 Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)
1596 Tsar Michael I of Russia (d. 1645)
1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)
1675 Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist, composer (d. 1742)
1730 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter and manufacturer (Wedgwood) (d. 1795)
1757 Christian Danner, composer
1794 Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist
1801 John Hill Hewitt, composer
1802 Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer
1803 Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)
1807 Silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1882)
1807 Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (d. 1893)
1817 Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher, pacifist (Walden Pond) (d. 1862)
1821 Cesare Dominiceti, composer
1821 Daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1889)
1824 Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
1828 Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889)
1840 Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist
1849 William Osler, Canadian physician and author (circulatory system) (d. 1919)
1850 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)
1852 Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933)
1854 George Eastman, American inventor (Kodak camera) (d. 1932)
1861 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer
1863 Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933)
1863 Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906)
1864 George Washington Carver, American botanist (studied the peanut) (d. 1943)
1868 Stefan George, German poet (Algabal) (d. 1933)
1870 Louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)
1872 Emil Hácha, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)
1876 Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944)
1878 Peeter Põld, Estonian pedagogic scientist and politician (d. 1930)
1880 Tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)
1881 Ludwig Rubiner, writer
1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (Reclining Nude) (d. 1920)
1884 Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)
1884 Louis B. Mayer, Dymer, Ukraine, American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM)
1885 George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer
1886 Jean Hersholt, Danish film director and actor (Men in White, Aryan) (d. 1956)
1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat)
1892 Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1942)
1895 Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983)
1895 Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner) (d. 1962)
1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, worked with Richard Rodgers (d. 1960)
1895 R Buckminster Fuller, architect/inventor (geodesic dome)
1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky)
1901 Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1902 Gunther Anders, German philosopher (d. 1992)
1904 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (Residence on Earth) (Nobel laureate 1971) (d. 1973)
1905 John C F, son of English King George V
1908 Alain Cuny, actor (Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle)
1908 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician
1908 Johan Franco, composer
1908 Milton Berle, American comedian (Uncle Miltie, Mr Television) (d. 2002)
1909 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader (1941-45)
1909 Curly Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (d. 1993)
1909 Fritz Leonhardt, German civil engineer (d. 1999)
1909 Joey Faye, NYC, comedian (Joey Faye's Follies)
1909 Souphanouvong (Red Prince), president of Laos (1975-87)
1911 Johanna Moosdorf, writer
1912 Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane, photographer
1913 Willis Lamb, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
1914 Mohammad Moin, Iranian writer (d. 1971)
1915 Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer
1917 Andrew Wyeth, American artist, painter (Christina's World) (d. 2009)
1919 Vera Hruba Ralston, Prague Czech, actress (Dajkota)
1920 Beah Richards, American actress (d. 2000)
1920 Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats)
1920 Paul Foster, singer
1920 Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (d. 2004)
1921 Bob Fillion, French Canadian ice hockey player
1921 Trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer
1922 Clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate)
1922 James E(dwin) Gunn, US, sci-fi author (Station in Space, Immortal)
1922 Mark O Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Oregon (Sen-R Oregon, 1967)
1924 Jaap Geraedts, composer
1925 Roger Bonham Smith, chairman and CEO (General Motors) (d. 2007)
1926 Beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation)
1927 Gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles
1928 Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1929 Pavle Merku, composer
1930 Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and writer
1931 Andre Laporte, Flemish composer
1931 Bob Traxler, (Rep-D-MI, 1974)
1931 Lord Clinton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1932 Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist
1932 Otis Crandell Davis, American runner, 400m/4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960)
1933 Donald E. Westlake, American author
1934 Van Cliburn Jr (Harvey Lavan), American pianist (Tchaikovsky 1958)
1935 Barrie Wilson, academic
1935 Chris Burger, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1957-58)
1936 Jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night)
1937 Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor (The Cosby Show, I Spy, Leonard Part 6)
1937 Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France 1997-2002
1937 Michel Louvain, French Canadian singer
1937 Mickey Edwards, (Rep-R-OK, 1977)
1938 Mickey Stratton, American softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969)
1938 Ron Fairly, American baseball player
1938 Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
1939 Phillip Adams, Australian broadcaster and journalist
1941 Benny Parsons, American NASCAR driver (d. 2007)
1941 Joseph Whipp, American actor
1942 Billy Smith, Australian rugby league footballer
1942 Richard Stoltzman, Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi)
1943 Bruce Taylor, cricketer (big-hitting NZ all-rounder 1965-73)
1943 Christine McVie, British singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
1943 Ernie Anastos, Nashua NH, news anchor (WCBS, WABC)
1943 Paul Silas, American basketball player, NBA (Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic) and head coach
1943 Walter Murch, American film editor
1944 Bill McCollum, (Rep-R-Florida, 1981)
1944 Denise Nicholas, American actress (Room 222, Baby I'm Back) and social activist
1945 Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria soccer player/union coach (Lokomotiv/CSKA)
1945 Leopoldo Mastelloni, Italian actor
1946 Graham Roope, cricketer (England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78)
1946 Sian Barbara Allen, Reading PA, actress (Scream Pretty Peggy)
1947 Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby union footballer
1947 Loren Coleman, American cryptozoologist, author, and television/radio personality
1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour)
1947 Richard C. McCarty, American professor of psychology
1948 Ben Burtt, American sound designer
1948 Jay Thomas, American actor (Eddie LeBec-Cheers, Jerry Gold-Murphy Brown)
1948 Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer (Sweatin' to the Oldies, Deal-a-Meal)
1948 Walter Egan, American singer (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll)
1949 Jay Thomas, American DJ and actor (Mork & Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown)
1949 John Wetton, rock vocalist/bassist (Asia, King Crisom)
1949 Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner, and car dealer.
1950 Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) (d. 1991)
1950 Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 Brian Grazer, American film producer
1951 Cheryl Ladd, American actress (Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts)
1951 Jamey Sheridan, American actor (Another World)
1951 Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano
1952 Liz Mitchell, Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M)
1952 Phil Kramer, Youngtown Oh, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
1952 Philip Taylor Kramer, Bass Guitar Player (d. 1995)
1952 Voja Antonic, Serbian inventor and writer
1953 John Ausonius, Swedish criminal (The Laser Man)
1954 Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer
1955 Bambi Woods, American porn star, best known as the title character in Debbie Does Dallas
1956 Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player
1956 Mel Harris (Mary Ellen), American actress (Hope-30 Something)
1956 Sandi Patty, American singer
1957 Buddy Foster, actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD)
1957 Richard Douglas Husband, American astronaut (d. 2003)
1957 Taso N. Stavrakis, American actor and stuntman
1958 Tonya Lee Williams, Canadian actress
1959 Charlie Murphy, American actor and writer
1959 David Brown, Australian weatherman
1959 Judi Adams, Phoenix Az, archer (Olympics-1980, 96)
1959 Rolonda Watts, talk show hostess (Rolanda)
1960 Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer
1961 Bruce Braman, Greene NY, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1962 Dan Murphy, American guitarist (Soul Asylum)
1962 Dean Wilkins, English football manager
1962 Grecia Colmenares, Venezuela, actress (Esmeralda, Los Crinimales)
1962 Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
1962 Stein Jorgesen, LA California, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
1963 Norman Alvis, Fair Oaks California, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1963 Thierry Tulasne, France, tennis star
1964 Gaby Roslin, English television presenter
1964 Judi Evans Luciano, Montebello, actress (Paulina Cory-Another World)
1964 Tim Gane, English musician (Stereolab, McCarthy)
1965 Eric Cullen, actor (Huntington Tower)
1965 Michael Stewart, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
1965 Robin Wilson, rocker (Gin Blossoms)
1965 Russ Bertram, Indianapolis Ind, diver (Olympics-96)
1965 Sanjay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer
1966 Allegra Curtis, London, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann
1966 Annabel Croft, England, tennis star
1966 Peter Shorts, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1966 Tamsin Greig, British actress
1967 Bruny Surin, Canadian athlete, 4X100m sprinter (Oly-gold-96)
1967 Joan Pitcock, American LPGA golfer (1995 Standard Register PING-3rd)
1967 John Petrucci, American guitar player (Dream Theater)
1967 Richard Herring, English comedian
1968 Catherine Plewinski, French swimmer
1969 Alan Mullally, England cricketer
1969 Jesse Pintado, American guitarist (Napalm Death) (d. 2006)
1969 Lisa Nicole Carson, American actress
1969 Sabine Hack, Ulm Germany, tennis star (1995 Jakarta)
1970 Brian Lee Byung-Hun, South Korean actor
1970 Chad Brown, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1970 Jaason Simmons, actor (Baywatch)
1970 Jerry Ostroski, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
1970 Juba Kalamka, American artist/activist
1970 Markus Thomas, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
1970 Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler
1971 Kristi (Tsuya) Yamaguchi, American figure skater (Olympic-Gold-92)
1971 Loni Love, American comedian
1972 Brett Reed, American musician (Rancid)
1972 Colin Quiney, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 Jake Wood, English actor
1972 Patrick Hill (artist), American artist
1972 Travis Best, American basketball player, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
1973 Christian Vieri, Italian footballer
1973 Magoo, American rapper
1974 Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
1974 Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation)
1974 Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer
1975 Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer
1976 Anna Friel, British actress
1976 Dan Boyle, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 Tracie Spencer, American singer and songwriter
1977 Brock Lesnar, American mixed martial artist (UFC Heavyweight Champ) and professional wrestler
1977 Neil Harris, English footballer
1977 Steve Howey, American actor
1978 Claire Chitham, New Zealand actress
1978 Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
1978 Topher Grace, American actor
1979 Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player
1980 Johanna Klum, German TV presenter
1980 Tina Tharp, Jacksonville Fla, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1981 Adrienne Camp, South African singer/songwriter
1982 Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
1982 Tara Kirk, American swimmer
1983 Megumi Kawamura, Japanese volleyballer
1983 Munaf Patel, Indian cricketer
1984 Gareth Gates, British singer
1984 Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer
1985 Luiz Ejlli, Albanian singer
1985 Natasha Poly, Russian supermodel
1986 JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer
1986 Krystal Forscutt, Australian model/reality TV contestant
1988 Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
1988 Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer
1991 Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
1992 Eoghan Quigg, British Singer and X-Factor Finalist
2008 Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's children.
Died on July 12th
783 Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III (b. 720)
1073 Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint
1429 John (Jean C) Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic)
1441 Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
1450 Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI
1536 Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch writer, philosopher, humanist, and priest (Novum instrumentum omne)
1545 Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II
1575 Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII
1584 Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
1633 Simon Besler, composer
1640 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz
1664 Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)
1682 Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
1693 John Ashby, English admiral
1712 Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1658-59) (b. 1626)
1742 Evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1675 same day)
1749 Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France
1773 Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)
1804 Alexander Hamilton, First Secretary of the Treasury, killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken (b. 1755)
1839 Christian Traugott Tag, composer
1844 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher
1845 Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
1849 Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
1870 John A. Dahlgren, American Navy admiral (b. 1809)
1874 Fritz Reuter, writer
1882 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
1883 Hermann Zopff, composer
1892 Alexander Cartwright, Inventor of the Modern Game of Baseball (b. 1820)
1897 Felix Godefroid, composer
1898 Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal
1899 Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname
1902 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway)
1906 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer
1910 Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture
1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger
1918 Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
1926 Charles Wood, composer
1926 Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (b. 1868)
1929 Robert Henri, US painter (The Eight)
1931 Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1866)
1933 Willem H Drucker, lawyer
1934 Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and industrialist (b. 1877)
1935 Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (Dreyfus Affair) (b. 1859)
1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, received Medal of Honor (b. 1887)
1945 Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
1945 Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
1947 Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
1949 Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
1950 Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)
1953 (Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas) Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer
1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23)
1961 Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
1962 Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
1964 William Solomon, South African cricketer (Test 1898-99)
1966 D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar,
1971 Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1914)
1973 Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (Wolfman) (b. 1906)
1976 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)
1977 Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune)
1977 Frantisek Suchy, composer
1979 Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer
1979 Minnie Ripperton (Andrea Davis), American soul singer (Lovin' You) (b. 1947)
1980 John W Davis, Pres (WV State college)
1981 Ben Seijes, historian (WW II)
1982 Kenneth More, English actor (Genevieve) (b. 1914)
1983 Chris Wood, British musician (Traffic) (b. 1944)
1988 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer
1988 Raymond W Goldsmith, US economist
1990 João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (b. 1917)
1990 Richard R Briggs
1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women)
1992 Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom)
1993 Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)
1993 Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besc
1993 Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better
1994 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
1994 Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image)
1994 James Bysse Joll, historian
1995 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer
1995 Earl Coleman, singer
1995 Ernie Furtado, bassist
1995 Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster
1996 Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist
1996 Gottfried von Einem, composer
1996 John Boon, publisher
1996 John William Chancellor, American television journalist, news anchor (VOA, NBC) (b. 1927)
1996 Jonathan Melvoin, American musician and keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins), heorin OD (b. 1961)
1996 Nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Pakistan's 1st five Tests 1952-53)
1996 William Darling, journalist
1997 Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian musician (b. 1959)
1998 Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician (b. 1907)
1998 Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (b. 1941)
1999 Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
1999 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1929)
2000 Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II (b. 1908)
2003 Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
2004 Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
2005 John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, Chief executive of British Airways since its privitisation (b. 1917)
2006 Adamantios Lemos, Greek actor (b. 1916)
2007 Mr. Butch, Iconic Boston street figure (b. 1951)
2007 Robert Burås, Norwegian guitar player (b. 1975)
2007 Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b. 1947)
2008 Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, center field (NY Yankees, SF Giants, Chicago Cubs 1965-1983) (b. 1946)
2008 Tony Snow, former speechwriter for Presidents George H.W. Bush and press secretary for George W. Bush (b. 1955)
2010 Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (b. 1939)
2010 Paulo Moura, Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1932)
2011 Sherwood Schwartz, American Television Writer (b. 1916)
2013 Pran Krishan Sikand, Indian actor often cast as the villain in Hindi cinema (Khandaan, Be-Imaan)
2016 Gregg Smith, American choral conductor and composer
