Page 5: Historical Events In July - 12

1920  Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats) on July - 12.   

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 July - 12 jaap Geraedts, composer   

1925  Roger Smith, CEO (General Motors) on this day in history.   

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

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   

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

1927  On July - 12 gualberto T Hernandez, perfect minister Neth Antilles   

1928  the first televised tennis match on this day in history.   

1928  1st televised tennis match on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

1929  On this day in history pavle Merku, composer   

1929  On July - 12 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 this day in history.   

1931  Andre Laporte, Flemish composer on July - 12.   

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  Harold William Woolhouse, plant scientist on this day in history.   

1933  On July - 12 congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)   

1933  Donald E. Westlake, American author on July - 12.   

1933  On July - 12 willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45   

1934  US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned on this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history belgium recognizes Soviet Union   

1935  Barrie Wilson, academic on this day in history.   

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  Bill Cosby, Phila, actor/comedian (I Spy, Cosby, Leonard Part 6) on July - 12.   

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1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on July - 12.   

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on July - 12.   

1675  On July - 12 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 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  On July - 12 birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer   

0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on this day in history.   

1073  On July - 12 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  On July - 12 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  On July - 12 maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies   

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on July - 12.