Events
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– Æthelstan, King of England, secures a
pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that
the latter will not ally with Viking kings,
beginning the process of unifying Great
Britain.
1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison
surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the
two-year siege of Acre.
1493 – Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle,
one of the best-documented early printed
books, is published.
1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries
his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr,
at Hampton Court Palace.
1561 – Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
is consecrated.
1562 – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop
of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the
Maya.
1580 – The Ostrog Bible, one of the early
printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is
published.
1690 – Battle of the Boyne (Julian calendar)
– The armies of William III defeat those
of the former James II.
1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar)
– The decisive victory of William III of
England's forces in Ireland.
1789 – French revolutionary and radical
journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech,
following hearing the news that France's
financial minister Jacques Necker has been
dismissed. The speech called the citizens
to arms, which lead to the falling of the
Bastille two days later.
1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
is passed in France by the National Constituent
Assembly.
1804 – Former United States Secretary of
the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day
after being shot in a duel.
1806 – Sixteen German imperial states leave
the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation
of the Rhine.
1812 – War of 1812: the United States invade
Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
1843 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the
Latter Day Saint movement, received a revelation
regarding polygamy.
1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized
by the United States Congress.
1879 – The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria
is founded.
1913 – Second Balkan War: Serbian forces
begin their siege of the Bulgarian city
of Vidin; the siege is later called off
when the war ends.
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 battleship
Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu,
Japan, killing at least 621.
1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty
is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent
Lithuania.
1932 – Hedley Verity takes a cricket world
record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county
match for Yorkshire
1943 – World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka
– German and Soviet forces engage in the
largest tank engagement of all time.
1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion orders the explusion of
Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
1960 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer
camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1961 – Pune floods due to failure of the
Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune
is submerged, more than 100,000 families
need to be relocated and the death tally
exceeds 2,000.
1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their
first ever concert, at the Marquee Club
in London.
1967 – The Newark riots began in Newark,
New Jersey.
1970 – A fire consumes the wooden home of
Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably
destroys about 90 percent of his output.
1971 – The Australian Aboriginal flag is
flown for the first time.
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor
of the National Personnel Records Center
of the United States.
1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence
from Portugal.
1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes
independent from Great Britain.
1979 – Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey
Park Chicago, IL
2006 – The Hezbollah initiate Operation
True Promise.
2007 – U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform
airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from
the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Hermagoras and Fortunatus
Jason of Tarsus (Roman Catholic Church)
John Gualbert
Nabor and Felix
Veronica
Viventiolus
July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence
of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence
of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in
1975.
The second day of Naadam. (Mongolia)
The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day,
commemorates the Battle of the Boyne. (Northern
Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Malala Yousafzai Day
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