On This Day

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July 12 Birthdays



Brock Lesnar
WRESTLER

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1977

BIRTHPLACE
Webster, SD

AGE
41 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Milton Berle
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1908

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 27, 2002 (age 93)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Erik Per Sullivan
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1991

BIRTHPLACE
Worcester, MA

AGE
27 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Bill Cosby
TV ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1937

BIRTHPLACE
Philadelphia, PA

AGE
81 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Cheryl Ladd
TV ACTRESS

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1951

BIRTHPLACE
Huron, SD

AGE
67 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Natalie DiDonato
REALITY STAR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1980

BIRTHPLACE
Pennsylvania

AGE
38 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Renee Graziano
REALITY STAR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1969

BIRTHPLACE
New York City, NY

AGE
49 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Charlie Murphy
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1959

BIRTHPLACE
Brooklyn, NY

DEATH DATE
Apr 12, 2017 (age 57)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Loni Love
COMEDIAN

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1971

BIRTHPLACE
Detroit, MI

AGE
47 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Henry David Thoreau
NOVELIST

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1817

BIRTHPLACE
Concord, MA

DEATH DATE
May 6, 1862 (age 44)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer




Richard Simmons
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1948

BIRTHPLACE
New Orleans, LA

AGE
70 years old

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

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George Eastman
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
July 12, 1854

BIRTHPLACE
Waterville, NY

DEATH DATE
Mar 14, 1932 (age 77)

BIRTH SIGN
Cancer

July 12 Deaths




Lon Chaney Jr.
MOVIE ACTOR

BIRTHDAY
February 10, 1906

BIRTHPLACE
Oklahoma City, OK

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1973 (age 67)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius




Dolley Madison
POLITICAL WIFE

BIRTHDAY
May 20, 1768

BIRTHPLACE
Greensboro, NC

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1849 (age 81)

BIRTH SIGN
Taurus




Alexander Hamilton
POLITICIAN

BIRTHDAY
January 11, 1755

BIRTHPLACE
Saint Kitts And Nevis

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1804 (age 49)

BIRTH SIGN
Capricorn




Charles Rolls
ENTREPRENEUR

BIRTHDAY
August 27, 1877

BIRTHPLACE
England

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1910 (age 32)

BIRTH SIGN
Virgo




Ted Mack
TV SHOW HOST

BIRTHDAY
February 12, 1904

BIRTHPLACE
Greeley, CO

DEATH DATE
Jul 12, 1976 (age 72)

BIRTH SIGN
Aquarius

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Historical Events on July 12


1774  Citizens of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, pass a symbolic declaration of independence

1804  Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr

1st US Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton


3rd Vice President of the United States
Aaron Burr

1812  US forces led by General Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)

1843  Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy

Religious Leader
Joseph Smith Jr

1859  Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts

1861  Wild Bill Hickok reputed to have shot and killed David McCanles, possibly his first kill. Hickok later acquitted after found he acted in self defense.

Folk Hero of the American Old West
Wild Bill Hickok

1862  US Congress authorizes Medal of Honor

1862  Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas

1878  Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500

1882  1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, D.C.

1900  114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)

1909  16th Amendment was passed by congress (power to tax incomes)

1920  Lithuania and USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent republic

1933  Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)

1934  US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned

1943  World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russians defeat German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles

1950  Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death

1954  President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system

34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower

1957  1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower

1957  US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer

1960  USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs

1962  1st time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR)

1962  Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)

1966  10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)

1966  US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints

1967  Race riot in Newark, New Jersey, 26 killed, 1,500 injured & over 1,000 arrested

1971  Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders

1972  Democrats nominated George McGovern for US president in Miami, Florida

1974  John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights

1976  1st "Family Feud" game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson

1979  "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers

Anti-disco baseball fans hold a 'Disco Sucks' sign during
Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, 1979

1982  FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail

1984  Geraldine Ferraro becomes 1st US female major-party VP candidate

1985  Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan's colon

US President & Actor
Ronald Reagan

1987  50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar

1988  USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit

1990  Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party

Russian President
Boris Yeltsin

1992  Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert

1993  7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed

2006  Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.

2016  Bernie Sanders endorses fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire

2017  Giant iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length

2018  World's longest fingernails cut off; Shridhar Chillal's nails measured 909.6cm after growing for 66 years

2018  US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK for a four-day visit amid protests

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality
Donald Trump