Historical Events In July - 12

1920  On this day in history keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats)   

1921  On this day in history babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs   

1921  On this day in history trevor Illtyd Williams, scientific writer   

1922  On this day in history clark MacGregor, politician (involved in Watergate)   

1923  K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history jaap Geraedts, composer   

1925  Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors) on July - 12.   

1926  Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu on this day in history.   

1926  Beah Richards, Vicksburg MS, actress/playwright (Big Shot, Generation) on July - 12.   

1926  On this day in history charles Wood, composer, dies at 40   

1927  On July - 12 babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs   

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

1928  On July - 12 the first televised tennis match   

1928  1st televised tennis match on July - 12.   

1928  Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history pavle Merku, composer   

1929  On July - 12 robert Henri, US painter (The Eight), dies at 63   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history barrie Wilson, academic   

1935  Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies on this day in history.   

1936  Jan Nemec, Prague Czech, director (Diamonds of the Night) on this day in history.   

1937  -13) Tupolev ANT-25 non-stop flight Moscow to San Jacinto Calif on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6)   

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

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  On July - 12 birth of christian Danner, composer   

1794  On this day in history birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist   

1801  John Hill Hewitt, composer was born on July - 12.   

1802  On July - 12 birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer   

0783  On this day in history bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies   

1073  On this day in history johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies   

1429  On July - 12 john [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65   

1441  Death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) on July - 12.   

1450  Death of Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI on July - 12.   

1536  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on July - 12.   

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.